Onions Grown in South Texas; Decreased Assessment Rate
marketing-order · Agricultural Marketing Service · Rule · Published 2009-08-04 · Effective 2009-08-05 · 74 FR 38505
Document
Document number
E9-18540
Federal Register citation
74 FR 38505
CFR reference
7 CFR 959
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule with request for comments.
Category
marketing-order
Sub-agency
Agricultural Marketing Service
Publication date
2009-08-04
Effective date
2009-08-05
USDA docket
Doc. No. AMS-FV-09-0044
Abstract
This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the South Texas Onion Committee (Committee) for the 2009-10 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.03 to $0.025 per 50-pound equivalent of onions handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of onions grown in South Texas. Assessments upon onion handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal period begins August 1 and ends July 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.