Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Decreased Assessment Rate
marketing-order · Agricultural Marketing Service · Rule · Published 2016-02-26 · Effective 2016-02-29 · 81 FR 9743
Document
Document number
2016-04044
Federal Register citation
81 FR 9743
CFR reference
7 CFR 987
Type
Rule
Action
Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
Category
marketing-order
Sub-agency
Agricultural Marketing Service
Publication date
2016-02-26
Effective date
2016-02-29
USDA docket
Docket No. AMS-FV-15-0034
Abstract
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that implemented a recommendation from the California Date Administrative Committee (committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for the 2015-16 and subsequent crop years from $0.20 to $0.10 per hundredweight of dates handled under the marketing order (order). The committee locally administers the marketing order and is comprised of producers and handlers of dates grown or packed in Riverside County, California. The interim rule to decrease the assessment rate was necessary to allow the Committee to reduce its financial reserve while still providing adequate funding to meet program expenses.