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Title 7 → Subtitle B → Chapter IX → Part 922
§922.1 Secretary.
§922.2 Act.
§922.3 Person.
§922.4 Production area.
§922.5 Apricots.
§922.6 Varieties.
§922.7 Fiscal period.
§922.8 Committee.
§922.9 Grade.
§922.10 Size.
§922.11 Grower.
§922.12 Handler.
§922.13 Handle.
§922.14 District.
§922.15 Export.
§922.16 Pack.
§922.17 Container.
§922.20 Establishment and membership.
§922.21 Term of office.
§922.22 Nomination.
§922.23 Selection.
§922.24 Failure to nominate.
§922.25 Acceptance.
§922.26 Vacancies.
§922.27 Alternate members.
§922.30 Powers.
§922.31 Duties.
§922.32 Procedure.
§922.33 Expenses and compensation.
§922.34 Annual report.
§922.40 Expenses.
§922.41 Assessments.
§922.42 Accounting.
§922.45 Marketing research and development.
§922.50 Marketing policy.
§922.51 Recommendations for regulation.
§922.52 Issuance of regulations.
§922.53 Modification, suspension, or termination of regulations.
§922.54 Special purpose shipments.
§922.55 Inspection and certification.
§922.60 Reports.
§922.61 Compliance.
§922.62 Right of the Secretary.
§922.63 Effective time.
§922.64 Termination.
§922.65 Proceedings after termination.
§922.66 Effect of termination or amendment.
§922.67 Duration of immunities.
§922.68 Agents.
§922.69 Derogation.
§922.70 Personal liability.
§922.71 Separability.
Subpart B—Container Exemption; Waivers of Inspection and Certification
§922.110 Container exemption.
§922.111 Waiver of inspection and certification.
§922.142 Reserve fund.
§922.235 Assessment rate.
Subpart D—Container Requirements
§922.306 Apricot Regulation 6.
Subpart E—Grade and Size Requirements
§922.321 Apricot Regulation 21.
Source: 22 FR 3514, May 21, 1957, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961.
[27 FR 5188, June 2, 1962]
Varieties means and includes all classifications or subdivisions of Prunus armeniaca.
Committee means the Washington Apricot Marketing Committee established pursuant to §922.20.
Grade means any one of the officially established grades of apricots as defined and set forth in:
(a) United States Standards for Apricots (§§51.2925 to 51.2932 of this title) or amendments thereto, or modifications thereof, or variations based thereon;
(b) Standards for apricots issued by the State of Washington or amendments thereto, or modifications thereof, or variations based thereon.
Grower is synonymous with producer and means any person who produces apricots for market and who has a proprietary interest therein: Provided, That a grower who is also a handler must have produced not less than 51 percent of the apricots handled by him during the previous season in order to qualify as a grower under §§922.20, 922.22, and 922.23.
Handler is synonymous with shipper and means any person (except a common or contract carrier transporting apricots owned by another person) who handles apricots.
Handle or ship means to sell, consign, deliver, or transport apricots within the production area or between the production area and any point outside thereof: Provided, That the term “handle” shall not include the transportation within the production area of apricots from the orchard where grown to a packing facility located within such area for preparation for market.
District means the applicable one of the following described subdivisions of the production area, or such other subdivisions as may be prescribed pursuant to §922.31(m):
(a) District 1 shall include all counties within the production area not included in District 2.
(b) District 2 shall include the Counties of Yakima, Benton, and Klickitat.
[22 FR 3514, May 21, 1957. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961, as amended at 27 FR 5188, June 2, 1962]
Export means to ship apricots beyond the continental boundaries of the United States.
Pack means the specific arrangement, size, weight, count, or grade of a quantity of apricots in a particular type and size of container, or any combination thereof.
There is hereby established a Washington Apricot Marketing Committee consisting of twelve members, each of whom shall have an alternate who shall have the same qualifications as the member for whom he is an alternate. Eight of the members and their respective alternates shall be growers or officers or employees of corporate growers. Four of the members and their respective alternates shall be handlers, or officers or employees of corporate handlers. The eight members of the committee who are growers or employees or officers of corporate growers are referred to in this part as “grower members” of the committee; and the four members of the committee who shall be handlers, or officers or employees of corporate handlers, are referred to in this part as “handler members” of the committee. Four of the grower members and their respective alternates shall be producers of apricots in District 1, and four of the grower members and their respective alternates shall be producers of apricots in District 2. Two of the handler members and their respective alternates shall be handlers of apricots in District 1, and two of the handler members with their respective alternates shall be handlers of apricots in District 2.
(a) Initial members. Nominations for each of the eight initial grower members and four initial handler members of the committee, together with nominations for the initial alternate members for each position may be submitted to the Secretary by individual growers and handlers. Such nominations may be made by means of group meetings of the growers and handlers concerned in each district. Such nominations, if made, shall be filed with the Secretary no later than the effective date of this part. In the event nominations for initial members and alternate members of the committee are not filed pursuant to, and within the time specified, in this section, the Secretary may select such initial members and alternate members without regard to nominations, but selections shall be on the basis of the representation provided for in §922.20.
(2) Only growers, including duly authorized officers or employees of corporate growers, who are present at such nomination meetings may participate in the nomination and election of nominees for grower members and their alternates. Each grower shall be entitled to cast only one vote for each nominee to be elected in the district in which he produces apricots. No grower shall participate in the election of nominees in more than one district in any one fiscal year. If qualified, a person may vote either as a grower or as a handler but not as both.
(3) Only handlers, including duly authorized officers or employees of corporate handlers, who are present at such nomination meetings, may participate in the nomination and election of nominees for handler members and their alternates. Each handler shall be entitled to cast only one vote for each nominee to be elected in the district in which he handles apricots. No handler shall participate in the election of nominees in more than one district in any one fiscal year. If qualified, a person may vote either as a grower or as a handler but not as both.
From the nominations made pursuant to §922.22, or from other qualified persons, the Secretary shall select the eight grower members of the committee, the four handler members of the committee, and an alternate for each such member.
If nominations are not made within the time and in the manner prescribed in §922.22, the Secretary may, without regard to nominations, select the members and alternate members of the committee on the basis of the representation provided for in §922.20.
To fill any vacancy occasioned by the failure of any person selected as a member or as an alternate member of the committee to qualify, or in the event of the death, removal, resignation, or disqualification of any member or alternate member of the committee, a successor for the unexpired term of such member or alternate member of the committee shall be nominated and selected in the manner specified in §§922.22 and 922.23. If the names of nominees to fill any such vacancy are not made available to the Secretary within a reasonable time after such vacancy occurs, the Secretary may fill such vacancy without regard to nominations, which selection shall be made on the basis of representation provided for in §922.20.
An alternate member of the committee, during the absence or at the request of the member for whom he is an alternate, shall act in the place and stead of such member and perform such other duties as assigned. In the event of the death, removal, resignation, or disqualification of a member, his alternate shall act for him until a successor for such member is selected and has qualified. In the event both a member of the committee and his alternate are unable to attend a committee meeting, the member or the committee may designate any other alternate member from the same district and group (handler or grower) to serve in such member's place and stead.
(f) To cause its books to be audited by a competent accountant at least once each fiscal year and at such times as the Secretary may request;
(h) To investigate and assemble data on the growing, handling, and marketing conditions with respect to apricots;
(m) With the approval of the Secretary, to redefine the districts into which the production area is divided, and to reapportion the representation of any district on the committee: Provided, That any such changes shall reflect, insofar as practicable, shifts in apricot production within the districts and the production area.
(a) Eight members of the committee, including alternates acting for members, shall constitute a quorum; and any action of the committee shall require the concurring vote of at least 7 members: Provided, That when two-thirds of the membership present is greater than 7, such requirement shall be two-thirds of such membership.
The committee shall, prior to the last day of each fiscal period, prepare and mail an annual report to the Secretary and make a copy available to each handler and grower who requests a copy of the report. This annual report shall contain at least:
(a) A complete review of the regulatory operations during the fiscal period;
(b) An appraisal of the effect of such regulatory operations upon the apricot industry; and
(c) Any recommendations for changes in the program.
The committee is authorized to incur such expenses as the Secretary finds are reasonable and likely to be incurred by the committee to enable it to exercise its powers and perform its duties in accordance with the provisions of this part during each fiscal period. The funds to cover such expenses shall be acquired by the levying of assessments as prescribed in §922.41.
(a) Each person who first handles apricots shall, with respect to the apricots so handled by him, pay to the committee upon demand such person's pro rata share of the expenses which the Secretary finds will be incurred by the committee during each fiscal period. Each such person's share of such expenses shall be equal to the ratio between the total quantity of apricots handled by him as the first handler thereof during the applicable fiscal period and the total quantity of apricots so handled by all persons during the same fiscal period. The payment of assessments for the maintenance and functioning of the committee may be required under this part throughout the period it is in effect irrespective of whether particular provisions thereof are suspended or become inoperative.
(b) The Secretary shall fix the rate of assessment to be paid by each such person. At any time during or after the fiscal period, the Secretary may increase the rate of assessment in order to secure sufficient funds to cover any later finding by the Secretary relative to the expenses which may be incurred. Such increase shall be applied to all apricots handled during the applicable fiscal period. In order to provide funds for the administration of the provisions of this part during the first part of a fiscal period before sufficient operating income is available from assessments on the current year's shipments, the committee may accept the payment of assessments in advance, and may also borrow money for such purpose.
The committee, with the approval of the Secretary, may establish or provide for the establishment of marketing research and development projects designed to assist, improve, or promote the marketing, distribution, and consumption of apricots. The expense of such projects shall be paid from funds collected pursuant to §922.41.
(a) Each season prior to making any recommendations pursuant to §922.51, the committee shall submit to the Secretary a report setting forth its marketing policy for the ensuing season. Such marketing policy report shall contain information relative to:
(1) The estimated total production of apricots within the production area;
(2) The expected general quality and size of apricots in the production area and in other areas;
(3) The expected demand conditions for apricots in different market outlets;
(4) The expected shipments of apricots produced in the production area and in areas outside the production area;
(7) Other factors having a bearing on the marketing of apricots; and
(b) In the event it becomes advisable, because of changes in the supply and demand situation for apricots, to modify substantially such marketing policy, the committee shall submit to the Secretary a revised marketing policy report setting forth the information prescribed in this section. The committee shall publicly announce the contents of each marketing policy report, including each revised marketing policy report, and copies thereof shall be maintained in the office of the committee where they shall be available for examination by growers and handlers.
(a) Whenever the committee deems it advisable to regulate the handling of any variety or varieties of apricots in the manner provided in §922.52, it shall so recommend to the Secretary.
(b) In arriving at its recommendations for regulation pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, the committee shall give consideration to current information with respect to the factors affecting the supply and demand for apricots during the period or periods when it is proposed that such regulation should be made effective. With each such recommendation for regulation, the committee shall submit to the Secretary the data and information on which such recommendation is predicated and such other available information as the Secretary may request.
(a) The Secretary shall regulate, in the manner specified in this section, the handling of apricots whenever he finds from the recommendations and information submitted by the committee, or from other available information, that such regulations will tend to effectuate the declared policy of the act. Such regulations may:
(1) Limit, during any period or periods, the shipment of any particular grade, size, quality, maturity, or pack, or any combination thereof, of any variety or varieties of apricots grown in any district or districts of the production area;
(2) Limit the shipment of apricots by establishing, in terms of grades, sizes, or both, minimum standards of quality and maturity during any period when season average prices are expected to exceed the parity level;
(3) Fix the size, capacity, weight, dimensions, markings, or pack of the container, or containers, which may be used in the packaging or handling of apricots.
(a) In the event the committee at any time finds that, by reason of changed conditions, any regulations issued pursuant to §922.52 should be modified, suspended, or terminated, it shall so recommend to the Secretary.
(b) Whenever the Secretary finds, from the recommendations and information submitted by the committee or from other available information, that a regulation should be modified, suspended, or terminated with respect to any or all shipments of apricots in order to effectuate the declared policy of the act, he shall modify, suspend or terminate such regulation. On the same basis and in like manner the Secretary may terminate any such modification or suspension. If the Secretary finds that a regulation obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of the act, he shall suspend or terminate such regulation. On the same basis and in like manner the Secretary may terminate any such suspension.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person may, without regard to the provisions of §§922.41, 922.52, 922.53, and 922.55, and the regulations issued thereunder, handle apricots (1) for consumption by charitable institutions; (2) for distribution by relief agencies; or (3) for commercial processing into products.
(b) Upon the basis of recommendations and information submitted by the committee, or from other available information, the Secretary may relieve from any or all requirements, under or established pursuant to §922.41, §922.52, §922.53, or §922.55, the handling of apricots in such minimum quantities, or types of shipments, or for such specified purposes (including shipments to facilitate the conduct of marketing research and development projects established pursuant to §922.45), as the committee, with approval of the Secretary, may prescribe,
(c) The committee shall, with the approval of the Secretary, prescribe such rules, regulations, and safeguards as it may deem necessary to prevent apricots handled under the provisions of this section from entering the channels of trade for other than the specific purposes authorized by this section. Such rules, regulations, and safeguards may include the requirements that handlers shall file applications and receive approval from the committee for authorization to handle apricots pursuant to this section, and that such applications be accompanied by a certification by the intended purchaser or receiver that the apricots will not be used for any purpose not authorized by this section.
Whenever the handling of any variety of apricots is regulated pursuant to §922.52 or §922.53, each handler who handles apricots shall, prior thereto, cause such apricots to be inspected by the Federal-State Inspection Service and certified by it as meeting the applicable requirements of such regulation: Provided, That inspection and certification shall be required for apricots which previously have been so inspected and certified only if such apricots have been regraded, resorted, repackaged, or in any other way further prepared for market. Promptly after inspection and certification, each such handler shall submit, or cause to be submitted, to the committee a copy of the certificate of inspection issued with respect to such apricots. The committee may, with the approval of the Secretary, prescribe rules and regulations modifying the inspection requirements of this section as to time and place such inspection shall be performed whenever it is determined it would not be practical to perform the required inspection at a particular location: Provided, That all such shipments shall comply with all regulations in effect.
(1) The quantities of each variety of apricots received by a handler,
(3) The date of each such disposition and the identification of the carrier transporting such apricots, and
(4) The destination of each such shipment.
(b) All such reports shall be held under appropriate protective classification and custody by the committee, or duly appointed employees thereof, so that the information contained therein which may adversely affect the competitive position of any handler in relation to other handlers will not be disclosed. Compilations of general reports from data submitted by handlers is authorized, subject to the prohibition of disclosure of individual handler's identities or operations.
(c) Each handler shall maintain for at least two succeeding years such records of the apricots received, and of apricots disposed of, by such handler as may be necessary to verify reports pursuant to this section.
Except as provided in this part, no person shall handle apricots, the shipment of which has been prohibited by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this part; and no person shall handle apricots except in conformity with the provisions of this part.
The provisions of this part, and of any amendment thereto, shall become effective at such time as the Secretary may declare above his signature to this part, and shall continue in force until terminated in one of the ways specified in §922.64.
Whenever container limitations are effective pursuant to §922.52, a handler may make test shipments of apricots in experimental containers, approved by the committee, subject to the following:
(a) Test shipments shall be made only in connection with a container research project, or projects, being conducted by or in cooperation with the Washington Apricot Marketing Committee.
(b) The handler shall first make application to, and receive a permit from, the Washington Apricot Marketing Committee on a form of the committee to handle each experimental container proposed to be used by the handler for test shipments. Such application shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and address of the applicant and date of application;
(2) Description of the container, including size, weight, inside dimensions, and type of pack;
(3) Quantity of such containers proposed to be shipped.
(c) Approval of the application shall be evidenced by the issuance to the applicant by the committee of a permit which shall authorize the handling of apricots in such quantity of experimental containers as the committee may approve.
(d) With respect to each test shipment of apricots handled in experimental containers, the handler shall, prior to such handling, advise the committee as to (1) the number and type of the container or containers in the test shipment, (2) identification of the carrier, (3) name and address of the receiver, and (4) expected time of arrival at destination.
(e) Terms used in this section shall have the same meaning as when used in said marketing agreement and order (§§922.1 to 922.71).
[23 FR 4781, June 28, 1958. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961]
(a) Application. Any handler (including a grower-handler packing and handling apricots of his own production), whose packing facilities are located in an area where a Washington State Horticultural Division Inspection Office or Federal-State Inspector is not readily available to perform the required inspection may, prior to shipment, apply to the Committee for a permit authorizing a waiver of inspection. Applications shall be made on forms furnished by the Committee and shall contain such information as the Committee may require including: Name and address of applicant, location of packing facility, distance of packing facility from the nearest inspection office, period (by approximate beginning and ending dates) during which applicant expects to ship apricots, estimated quantity of apricots applicant expects to ship to fresh market during such period, manner in which the majority of applicant's fruit will be marketed (i.e., transported by applicant to market, sold at orchard to truckers, etc.), areas or markets to which applicant expects to ship the majority of his apricots. The application shall also contain an agreement by applicant (1) not to ship or handle any apricots unless such apricots meet the grade, size, maturity, container, and all other requirements of the amended marketing agreement and order in effect at time of handling, (2) to report periodically to the Committee on reporting forms furnished by the Committee the following information on each shipment: quantity, variety, grade, minimum size, container, date of shipment, destination, name and address of buyer or receiver, and such other information as the Committee may specify, (3) to pay applicable assessments on each shipment, (4) to have or cause to have each shipment of apricots inspected when such shipment is transported to a market or through a location en route to market where an inspector is available, and (5) to comply with such other safeguards as the Committee may prescribe.
(b) Issuance of permit. Whenever the Committee finds and determines from the information contained in the application or from other proof satisfactory to the Committee that the applicant is entitled to a waiver from the inspection requirements of the amended marketing agreement and order at time of shipment, the Committee shall issue a permit authorizing the applicant to ship apricots in accordance with these administrative regulations and the terms and conditions of such permit.
[29 FR 9526, July 14, 1964]
(a) The establishment of a reserve fund of an amount not greater than approximately one fiscal year's operational expenses is appropriate and necessary to the maintenance and functioning of the Washington Apricot Marketing Committee. The committee is hereby authorized to carry forward in the aforesaid reserve $5,765.09 which are excess assessment funds from the fiscal period ended March 31, 1960, and $787.61 which are excess assessment funds from the fiscal period ended March 31, 1961. Such reserve shall be used in accordance with the provisions of §922.42 of the said marketing agreement and order (§§922.1 to 922.71).
On and after April 1, 2019, an assessment rate of $2.86 per ton is established for Washington apricots handled in the production area.
[85 FR 640, Jan. 7, 2020]
(a) No handler shall handle any apricots unless such apricots are:
(1) In open containers or telescope fiberboard cartons and the net weight of the apricots is not less than 28 pounds; or
(2) In closed containers containing not less than 14 pounds, net weight, of apricots: Provided, That when the apricots are packed in such containers they are row-faced or tray-packed; or
(3) In closed containers that are marked “12 pounds net weight” and contain not less than 12 pounds, net weight, of apricots which are of random size and are not row-faced; or
(4) In closed containers containing not less than 24 pounds, net weight, of apricots when packed loose in such containers; or
(5) If exported to Canada, in any of the containers specified in this paragraph (a) or in containers having inside dimensions of 161⁄8 × 111⁄2 inches with 43⁄4 -inch end pieces and 33⁄4 -inch side pieces.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any individual shipment of apricots which, in the aggregate, does not exceed 500 pounds, net weight, may be handled without regard to the requirements specified in this section or in §922.41 or §922.55.
(c) All apricots handled are also subject to all applicable grade, size, quality, maturity and pack regulations which are in effect pursuant to this part.
(d) The terms handler, handle and apricots shall have the same meaning as when used in the amended marketing agreement and order.
[59 FR 30673, June 15, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 32718, June 16, 1998]
Effective Date Note: At 72 FR 16265, Apr. 4, 2007, §922.306 was suspended indefinitely, effective Apr. 1, 2007.
(1) Minimum grade and maturity requirements. Such apricots that grade not less than Washington No. 1 and are at least reasonably uniform in color: Provided, That such apricots of the Moorpark variety in open containers shall be generally well matured.
(2) Minimum size requirements. Such apricots measure not less than 15⁄8 inches in diameter except that apricots of the Blenheim, Blenril, and Tilton varieties may measure not less than 11⁄4 inches: Provided, That not more than 10 percent, by count, of such apricots may fail to meet the applicable minimum diameter requirements.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any individual shipment of apricots which meets each of the following requirements may be handled without regard to the provisions of this paragraph, of §922.41 (Assessments), and of §922.55 (Inspection and Certification):