[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 9]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1005.83]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER X--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
                 Orders; Milk) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1005_MILK IN THE APPALACHIAN MARKETING AREA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  1005.83  Mileage rate for the transportation credit balancing fund.

    (a) The market administrator shall compute a mileage rate each month 
as follows:
    (1) Compute the simple average rounded down to three decimal places 
for the most recent 4 four weeks of the Diesel Price per Gallon as 
reported by the Energy Information Administration of the United States 
Department of Energy for the Lower Atlantic and Gulf Coast Districts 
combined.
    (2) From the result in paragraph (a)(1) in this section subtract 
$1.42 per gallon;
    (3) Divide the result in paragraph (a)(2) of this section by 5.5, 
and round down to three decimal places to compute the fuel cost 
adjustment factor;
    (4) Add the result in paragraph (a)(3) of this section to $1.91;
    (5) Divide the result in paragraph (a)(4) of this section by 480;
    (6) Round the result in paragraph (a)(5) of this section down to 
five decimal places to compute the mileage rate.
    (b) The market administrator shall announce publicly on or before 
the 23rd day of the month (except as provided in Sec.  1000.90) the 
mileage rate pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section for the following 
month.

[71 FR 62379, Oct. 25, 2006]

        Administrative Assessment and Marketing Service Deduction