# Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla Valley of Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon; Decreased Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 2017-02-27 · Effective 2017-02-28 · 82 FR 11789
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-03714
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 11789
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 956
- **Publication date:** 2017-02-27
- **Effective date:** 2017-02-28
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-SC-16-0116
## Abstract

This rule implements a recommendation from the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Marketing Committee (Committee) for a decrease in the assessment rate established for the 2017 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.22 to $0.10 per 50-pound bag or equivalent of sweet onions handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order and is comprised of producers and handlers of sweet onions operating within the area of production along with one public member. Assessments upon sweet onion handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal period begins January 1 and ends December 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/02/27/2017-03714/sweet-onions-grown-in-the-walla-walla-valley-of-southeast-washington-and-northeast-oregon-decreased)
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