# Oregon-California Potatoes; Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 1996-08-21 · Effective 1996-07-01 · 61 FR 43144
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-20662
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 43144
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 947
- **Publication date:** 1996-08-21
- **Effective date:** 1996-07-01
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. FV96-947-1 FIR
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, with an addition, the provisions of an interim final rule that established an assessment rate for the Oregon-California Potato Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 947 for the 1967-97 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee is responsible for local administration of the marketing order which regulates the handling of Irish potatoes grown in Oregon-California. Authorization to assess potato handlers enables the Committee to incur expenses that are reasonable and necessary to administer the program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/08/21/96-20662/oregon-california-potatoes-assessment-rate)
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