Proposed Tart Cherry Marketing Agreement and Order; Reopening of Promulgation Hearing

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This notice reopens a public hearing to consider a proposed marketing agreement and order to cover tart cherries grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. The proposed agreement and order would authorize volume regulation, grade, size, maturity, pack and container regulations including mandatory inspection. The proposed order would also authorize production, processing and marketing research and promotion projects. The proposal was submitted by the Cherry Marketing Institute (CMI), a major industry organization, on behalf of interested cherry growers and processors (handlers). The program would be financed by assessments levied on handlers. The assessment rate would be established by the Secretary of Agriculture, based on the recommendation of a committee that would administer the program. The committee, appointed by the Secretary, would be composed of 18 members (17 growers and handlers and a public member).