# Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Decreased Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2016-03-16 · Effective 2016-03-17 · 81 FR 13967
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-05841
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 13967
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 906
- **Publication date:** 2016-03-16
- **Effective date:** 2016-03-17
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-15-0035
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that implemented a recommendation from the Texas Valley Citrus Committee (Committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for the 2015-16 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.11 to $0.08 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent of oranges and grapefruit handled under the marketing order (order). The Committee locally administers the order and is comprised of producers and handlers of oranges and grapefruit operating within the area of production. The interim rule decreased the assessment rate to more closely align assessment income to the lower budgeted expenses.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/03/16/2016-05841/oranges-and-grapefruit-grown-in-lower-rio-grande-valley-in-texas-decreased-assessment-rate)
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