Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Decreased Assessment Rate
marketing-order · Agricultural Marketing Service · Rule · Published 2016-12-20 · Effective 2016-12-21 · 81 FR 92564
Document
Document number
2016-30303
Federal Register citation
81 FR 92564
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
2016-12-20
Effective date
2016-12-21
USDA docket
Doc. No. AMS-SC-16-0084
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 committee for the 2016-17 and subsequent crop years from $0.10 to $0.05 per hundredweight of dates handled under the marketing order (order). The committee locally administers the order and is comprised of producers and handlers of dates operating within the area of production. The interim rule was necessary to allow the committee to reduce its financial reserve while still providing adequate funding to meet program expenses.