# Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla Valley of Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon; Decreased Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2017-07-06 · Effective 2017-07-07 · 82 FR 31244
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-14177
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 31244
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 956
- **Publication date:** 2017-07-06
- **Effective date:** 2017-07-07
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-SC-16-0116
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that implemented a recommendation from the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Marketing Committee (Committee) to decrease 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. The interim rule was necessary to allow the Committee to reduce its financial reserve while still providing adequate funding to meet program expenses.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/07/06/2017-14177/sweet-onions-grown-in-the-walla-walla-valley-of-southeast-washington-and-northeast-oregon-decreased)
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