Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service
This final rule implements a recommendation from the Citrus Administrative Committee to increase the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 fiscal period and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.02 to $0.025 per 4/5-bushel carton or equivalent of oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and pummelos grown in Florida. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely until modified, suspended, or terminated.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 905 [Doc. No. AMS-SC-24-0071] ( printed page 22949) AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule implements a recommendation from the Citrus Administrative Committee to increase the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 fiscal period and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.02 to $0.025 per 4/5-bushel carton or equivalent of oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and pummelos grown in Florida. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely until modified, suspended, or terminated. DATES: Effective May 29, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Geller, Marketing Specialist, or Christian D. Nissen, Chief, Southeast Region Branch, Market Development Division, Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA; telephone: (863) 324-3375, or email: Rebecca.Geller@usda.gov or Christian.Nissen@usda.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 , amends regulations issued to carry out a marketing order as defined in 7 CFR 900.2(j) . This final rule is issued under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended ( 7 U.S.C. 601-674 ) (the Act), amending Marketing Order No. 905 ( 7 CFR part 905 ; the Order), regulating the handling of oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and pummelos grown in Florida. The Citrus Administrative Committee (Committee) locally administers the Order and is comprised of growers of fresh citrus operating within the …
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Citation: 91 FR 22949
