# Hazelnuts Grown in Oregon and Washington; Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 1996-08-20 · Effective 1996-07-01 · 61 FR 42991
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-21119
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 42991
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 982
- **Publication date:** 1996-08-20
- **Effective date:** 1996-07-01
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. FV96-982-1 FIR
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule that established an assessment rate for the Hazelnut Marketing Board under Marketing Order No. 982 for the 1996-97 and subsequent marketing years. The Board is responsible for local administration of the marketing order which regulates the handling of hazelnuts grown in Oregon and Washington. Authorization to assess hazelnut handlers enables the Board to incur expenses that are reasonable and necessary to administer the program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/08/20/96-21119/hazelnuts-grown-in-oregon-and-washington-assessment-rate)
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