[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR956.85]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 956_SWEET ONIONS GROWN IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY OF SOUTHEAST 
WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 956.85  Termination or suspension.

    (a) The Secretary may at any time terminate the provisions of this 
subpart by giving at least one day's notice by means of a press release 
or in any other manner which the Secretary may determine.
    (b) The Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operations of any 
or all of the provisions of this subpart whenever it is found that such 
provisions do not tend to effectuate the declared policy of the act.
    (c) The Secretary shall terminate the provisions of this subpart at 
the end of

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any fiscal period whenever it is found that such termination is favored 
by a majority of producers who, during a representative period, have 
been engaged in the production of Walla Walla Sweet Onions: Provided, 
That such majority has, during such representative period, produced for 
market more than fifty percent of the volume of such Walla Walla Sweet 
Onions produced for market, but such termination shall be announced at 
least 90 days before the end of the current fiscal period.
    (d) Within six years of the effective date of this subpart the 
Secretary shall conduct a continuance referendum to ascertain whether 
continuance of this subpart is favored by producers. Subsequent 
referenda to ascertain continuance shall be conducted every six years 
thereafter. The Secretary may terminate the provisions of this part at 
the end of any fiscal period in which the Secretary has found that 
continuance of this subpart is not favored by a majority of producers 
who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, have 
been engaged in the production for market of Walla Walla Sweet Onions in 
the production area. Such termination shall be announced on or before 
the end of the fiscal period.
    (e) The provisions of this subpart shall, in any event, terminate 
whenever the provisions of the Act authorizing them cease to be in 
effect.