Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Decreased Assessment Rate
marketing-order · Agricultural Marketing Service · Rule · Published 2016-09-21 · Effective 2016-09-22 · 81 FR 64759
Document
Document number
2016-22745
Federal Register citation
81 FR 64759
CFR reference
7 CFR 987
Type
Rule
Action
Interim rule with request for comments.
Category
marketing-order
Sub-agency
Agricultural Marketing Service
Publication date
2016-09-21
Effective date
2016-09-22
USDA docket
Docket No. AMS-SC-16-0084
Abstract
This rule implements a recommendation from the California Date Administrative Committee (committee) for a decrease in the assessment rate established for the 2016-17 and subsequent crop years from $0.10 to $0.05 per hundredweight of dates handled. The committee locally administers the marketing order, which regulates the handling of dates produced or packed in Riverside County, California. Assessments upon date handlers are used by the committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The crop year begins October 1 and ends September 30. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.