# Melons Grown in South Texas; Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 1997-02-20 · Effective 1996-10-01 · 62 FR 7659
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-4112
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 7659
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 979
- **Publication date:** 1997-02-20
- **Effective date:** 1996-10-01
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. FV97-979-1 IFR
## Abstract

This interim final rule establishes an assessment rate for the South Texas Melon Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 979 for the 1996-97 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee is responsible for local administration of the marketing order which regulates the handling of melons grown in South Texas. Authorization to assess Texas melon 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/1997/02/20/97-4112/melons-grown-in-south-texas-assessment-rate)
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