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Recent Rulemaking:
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and Allotment Percentage for Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2014-2015 Marketing Year. Docket Number: AMS-FV-13-0087;FV14-985-1B FIR. EFFECTRIVE: May 27, 2015. [ Notice PDF]
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages for the 2015-2016 Marketing Year. Docket Number: AMS-FV-14-0096; FV15-985-1 FR. EFFECTIVE: May 14, 2015. [ Notice PDF]
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and Allotment Percentage for Class 1 (Scotch) Spearmint Oil for the 2014-2015 Marketing Year. Docket Number: AMS-FV-13-0087; FV14-985-1A FIR. EFFECTIVE: June 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015. [ Notice PDF]
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and Allotment Percentage for Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2014-2015 Marketing Year. Docket Number: AMS-FV-13-0087; FV14-985-1C IR. EFFECTIVE: March 30, 2015, comments received by May 29, 2015, will be considered prior to issuance of final rule. [ Notice PDF]
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and Allotment Percentage for Class 1 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2014-2015 Marketing Year. Docket Number: AMS-FV-13-0087; FV14-985-1B IR. EFFECTIVE: January 22, 2015, comments prior to March 23, 2015, will be considered prior to issuance of final rule. [ Notice PDF]
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Decreased Assessment Rate. Docket Number: AMS-FV-14-0027; FV14-985-3 FIR. EFFECTIVE: July 28, 2014. [ Notice PDF]
Major Provisions:
- Commodity Regulated: The handling of Spearmint Oil produced in the Far West
- Crop Shipping Season: Continuous
- Fiscal Year: June 1 through May 31
- Production Area(s): Washington State, Idaho, Oregon, and that portion of Nevada north of 37th parallel and that portion of Utah west of the 111th meridian.
- Order Authority and Regulations: Marketing order authorizes volume control measures to regulate the marketing of spearmint oil through annual sales allotments. Spearmint oil produced in excess of a grower’s allotment is placed into a reserve pool and used later to fill production deficiencies and unexpected demand.
- Research and Promotion: The order authorizes and has active production research, as well as marketing research and development projects. Paid advertising is not authorized.
- The order was promulgated in 1980 and was last amended under formal rulemaking on June 26, 1996.
Committee Structure: The Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee is comprised of eight members, including one public member. Each has one alternate. Producer members are allocated by district. Committee members serve 2-year terms beginning January 1. One-half of the members are selected annually. Producer and handler members are nominated at district producer meetings.
Contact: Shane Johnson, Manager, Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee; 100 N. Fruitland, Suite B, Kennewick, Washington 99336; Phone: (509) 585-5460; (800) 446-0852; FAX: (509) 585-2671; Email: shanej@agmgt.com; Web site: www.farwestspearmint.org.
AMS Contact: Director, Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, Phone: (202) 720-2491.
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