[Federal Register: March 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 44)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 11114-11117]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 955
[Docket No. FV05-955-1 IFR]

Vidalia onions grown in Georgia: increased assessment rate

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comments.

SUMMARY: This rule increases the assessment rate and changes the assessable unit established for the Vidalia Onion Committee (Committee) for the 2005 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.12 per 50-pound bag
or equivalent to $0.10 per 40-pound carton of Vidalia onions. The assessment rate of $0.10 per 40-pound carton is $0.0001 per pound more than the assessment rate previously in effect. The Committee locally
administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of Vidalia onions grown in Georgia. Authorization to assess Vidalia onion handlers enables the Committee to incur expenses that are reasonable and necessary to administer the program. The fiscal period began January 1 and ends December 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

DATES: March 9, 2005. Comments received by May 9, 2005, will be considered prior to issuance of a final rule.

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