[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: 7CFR985.28]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 985_MARKETING ORDER REGULATING THE HANDLING OF SPEARMINT OIL 
PRODUCED IN THE FAR WEST--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 985.28  Duties.

    The Committee shall have, among others, the following duties;
    (a) To select from among its membership such officers and adopt such 
rules or by-laws for the conduct of its meetings as it deems necessary;
    (b) To appoint such employees as it may deem necessary, and to 
determine the compensation and to define the duties of each employee;
    (c) To appoint such subcommittees and consultants as it may deem 
necessary;
    (d) To keep minutes, books, and records which will reflect all of 
the acts and transactions of the Committee and which shall be subject to 
examination by the Secretary;
    (e) To prepare periodic statements of the financial operations of 
the Committee and to make copies of each such statement available to 
producers and handlers for examination at the office of the Committee;
    (f) To cause the books of the Committee to be audited by a certified 
public accountant at such times as the Committee may deem necessary, or 
as the Secretary may request, to submit

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copies of each audit report to the Secretary, and to make available a 
copy which does not contain confidential data for inspection at the 
offices of the committee by producers and handlers;
    (g) To act as intermediary between the Secretary and any producer or 
handler;
    (h) To investigate and assemble data on the growing, handling, and 
marketing conditions with respect to oil;
    (i) To submit to the Secretary such available information as may be 
requested or that the Committee may deem desirable and pertinent;
    (j) To notify producers and handlers of all meetings of the 
Committee to consider recommendations for regulations and of all 
regulatory actions taken affecting producers and handlers;
    (k) To give the Secretary the same notice of meetings of the 
Committee and its subcommittees as is given to its members;
    (l) To investigate compliance and use means available to prevent 
violations of the provisions of this part;
    (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 such 
changes shall reflect insofar as practical, shifts in oil production 
within the production area and numbers of producers; and
    (n) To establish with the approval of the Secretary such rules and 
regulations as are necessary or incidental to administration of this 
subpart, as are consistent with its provisions, and as would tend to 
accomplish the purposes of this subpart and the act.