[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: 7CFR947.66]

[Page 376]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 947_IRISH POTATOES GROWN IN MODOC AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES, CALIF., 
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  947.66  Granting exemptions.

    (a) The committee may issue certificates of exemption to any 
producer who applies for such exemption and furnishes adequate evidence 
to the committee: (1) That by reason of a regulation issued pursuant to 
Sec.  947.52 he will be prevented from handling as large a proportion of 
his production as the average proportion of production handled by all 
producers in said applicant's immediate production area; and (2) that 
the grade, size, or quality of the applicant's potatoes have been 
adversely affected by acts beyond the applicant's control and by acts 
beyond reasonable expectation. Each certificate shall permit the 
producer to handle the amount of potatoes specified thereon. Such 
certificates shall be transferred with such potatoes at time of 
shipment.
    (b) The committee may issue certificates of exemption to any handler 
who applies for such exemption and furnishes adequate evidence to the 
committee: (1) That by reason of a regulation issued pursuant to Sec.  
947.52 he will be prevented from handling as large a proportion of his 
storage holdings of ungraded potatoes, acquired during or immediately 
following the digging season, as the average proportion of ungraded 
storage holdings handled by all handlers in said applicant's immediate 
shipping area; and (2) that the grade, size, or quality of the 
applicant's potatoes have been adversely affected by acts beyond the 
applicant's control and by acts beyond reasonable expectation. Each 
certificate shall permit the handler to handle the amount of potatoes 
specified thereon. Such certificate shall be transferred with such 
potatoes at time of shipment.
    (c) The committee shall be permitted at any time to make a thorough 
investigation of any producer's or handler's claim pertaining to 
exemptions.