[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR929.20]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
   PART 929_CRANBERRIES GROWN IN STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND,
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  929.20  Establishment and membership.

    (a) There is hereby established a Cranberry Marketing Committee 
consisting of 13 grower members, and 9 grower alternate members. Except 
as hereafter provided, members and alternate members shall be growers or 
employees, agents, or duly authorized representatives of growers.
    (b) The committee shall include one public member and one public 
alternate member nominated by the committee and selected by the 
Secretary. The public member and public alternate member shall not be a 
cranberry grower, processor, handler, or have a financial interest in 
the production, sales, marketing or distribution of cranberries or 
cranberry products. The committee, with the approval of the Secretary, 
shall prescribe qualifications and procedures for nominating the public 
member and public alternate member.
    (c) Members shall represent each of the following subdivisions of 
the production areas in the number specified in Table 1. Members shall 
reside in the designated district of the production area from which they 
are nominated and selected. Provided, that there shall also be one 
member-at-large who may be nominated from any of the marketing order 
districts.

    District 1: The States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and 
Connecticut;
    District 2: The State of New Jersey and Long Island in the State of 
New York.
    District 3: The States of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.
    District 4: The States of Oregon and Washington.

                                                     Table 1
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                                                                                 Other than        Other than
                                                Major             Major             major             major
                Districts                    cooperative       cooperative   -----------------------------------
                                                                                   Members         Alternates
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1.......................................                 2                 1                 2                 1
2.......................................                 1                 1                 1                 1
3.......................................                 2                 1                 2                 1
4.......................................                 1                 1                 1                 1
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Any.....................................                             1 member-at-large
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    (d) Disclosure of unregulated production. All grower nominees and 
alternate grower nominees of the committee shall disclose any financial 
interest in the production of cranberries that are not subject to 
regulation by this part.
    (e) The committee may establish, with the approval of the Secretary, 
rules and regulations for the implementation and operation of this 
section.

[69 FR 18806, Apr. 9, 2004]

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