Milk in the Mideast Marketing Area; Notice of Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Tentative Marketing Agreement and Order

요약

A public hearing is being held to consider proposals that would amend certain pooling and related provisions of the Mideast order. Proposals include increasing the minimum route disposition requirements for distributing plants; amending the automatic pool plant qualification provision; decreasing the amount of producer milk that can be diverted to nonpool plants for varying months of the year; and increasing the minimum amount of milk that a producer needs to deliver to pool plants in order to qualify as a producer and to be eligible to be pooled on the order. Additionally, other proposals which call for eliminating a provision that currently permits a pool plant to have both a pool and a nonpool portion; establishing a "net shipment'provision for milk received at pool plants for determining pooling eligibility; and establishing the criteria for requiring a waiting period for a supply plant to regain pool status if it fails to meet the pooling requirements, will also be considered. A proposal that would change the rate of partial payments to producers will also be heard.