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USDA/ARS - Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan: increased assessment rate
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 104394-104398] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-30268]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service 7
CFR Part 1210
[Doc. No. AMS-SC-24-0020] Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan; Increased Assessment Rate AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: This final rule implements a recommendation from the National Watermelon Promotion Board to increase the assessment rate from six cents per hundredweight to nine cents per hundredweight. Domestic watermelon producers of 10 acres or more and domestic first handlers of watermelons will each pay four and a half cents per hundredweight, and importers of 150,000 pounds or more annually of watermelons will pay nine cents per hundredweight. This final rule also amends current regulatory language to correct non-substantive and typographical errors.
DATES: This rule is effective January 22, 2025.
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