Rolnictwo i żywność · 3.10.1995

Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Program: Rules and Regulations

This proposed rule would implement provisions of a proposed Sheep and Wool Promotion, Research, Education, and Information Order (Order), which would establish a national and industry-funded sheep and wool promotion, research, and information program if an Order is approved by producers, feeders, and importers voting in the initial referendum. A full proposal and four partial proposals were published previously in the Federal Register (60 FR 2874). This proposed rule establishes the collection and remittance process, puts into effect the reporting requirements, identifies and establishes the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) classification numbers, conversion factors, and assessment rates for imported sheep, sheep meat, wool, and wool products subject to assessment, establishes procedures for calculating, collecting, and remitting assessments on imported sheep, sheep meat, wool, and wool products and establishes the basis for exempting certain imported sheep and sheep products from assessment. Because the Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994 (Act) provides that raw wool will be exempted from the collecting provisions, raw wool is not subject to assessment.