[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: 7CFR1150.131]

[Page 180]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER X--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
                 Orders; Milk) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1150_DAIRY PROMOTION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart_Dairy Promotion and Research Order
 
Sec.  1150.131  Establishment and membership.

    (a) There is hereby established a National Dairy Promotion and 
Research Board of thirty-six members. For purposes of nominating 
producers to the Board, the United States shall be divided into thirteen 
geographic regions and the number of Board members from each region 
shall be as follows:
    (1) Two members from region number one comprised of the following 
States: Washington and Oregon.
    (2) Seven members from region number two comprised of the following 
State: California.
    (3) Three members from region number three comprised of the 
following States: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and 
Wyoming.
    (4) Three members from region number four comprised of the following 
States: Arkansas, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
    (5) Two members from region number five comprised of the following 
States: Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
    (6) Five members from region number six comprised of the following 
State: Wisconsin.
    (7) Two members from region number seven comprised of the following 
States: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska.
    (8) One member from region number eight comprised of the following 
States: Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
    (9) Three members from region number nine comprised of the following 
States: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
    (10) One member from region number ten comprised of the following 
States: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
    (11) Three members from region number eleven comprised of the 
following States: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
    (12) Three members from region number twelve comprised of the 
following State: New York.
    (13) One member from region number thirteen comprised of the 
following States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 
Rhode Island and Vermont.
    (b) The Board shall be composed of milk producers appointed by the 
Secretary either from nominations submitted pursuant to Sec.  1150.133 
or in accordance with Sec.  11150.136. A milk producer may be nominated 
only to represent the region in which such producer's milk is produced.
    (c) At least every five years, and not more than every three years, 
the Board shall review the geographic distribution of milk production 
volume throughout the United States and, if warranted, shall recommend 
to the Secretary a reapportionment of regions and/or a modification of 
the number of members from regions in order to best reflect the 
geographic distribution of milk production volume in the United States.
    (d) The number of members for each region which shall serve on the 
Board shall be determined by dividing the total pounds of milk produced 
in the United States for the calendar year previous to the date of 
review by 36 which provides a factor of pounds of milk per member, and 
then dividing the total pounds of milk for each region by such factor.
    (e) In determining the volume of milk produced in the United States, 
the Board and the Secretary shall utilize the information received by 
the Board pursuant to Sec.  1150.171 and data published by the 
Department.

[49 FR 11816, Mar. 28, 1984, as amended at 54 FR 6264, Feb. 9, 1989; 59 
FR 13435, Mar. 22, 1994; 63 FR 57895, Oct. 29, 1998; 68 FR 52336, Sept. 
3, 2003]