[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: 7CFR982.30]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 982_HAZELNUTS GROWN IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  982.30  Establishment and membership.

    (a) There is hereby established a Hazelnut Marketing Board 
consisting of 10 members, each of whom shall have an alternate member, 
to administer the terms and provisions of this part. Each member and 
alternate shall meet the same eligibility qualifications. The 10 member 
positions shall be allocated as follows:
    (b) Four of the members shall represent handlers, as follows:
    (1) One member shall be nominated by the handler who handled the 
largest volume of hazelnuts during the two marketing years preceding the 
marketing year in which nominations are made;
    (2) One member shall be nominated by the handler who handled the 
second largest volume of hazelnuts during the two marketing years 
preceding the marketing year in which nominations are made;
    (3) One member shall be nominated by the handler who handled the 
third largest volume of hazelnuts during the two marketing years 
preceding the marketing year in which nominations are made;
    (4) The fourth handler member shall be nominated by and represent 
all other handlers.
    (c) Five members shall represent growers and shall be nominated for 
the districts designated in or established pursuant to Sec.  982.31. One 
grower member shall represent each of the five grower districts unless 
changes are made pursuant to Sec.  982.31(b).

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    (d) One member shall be a public member who is neither a grower nor 
a handler.
    (e) The Secretary, or the Board with the approval of the Secretary, 
may revise the handler representation on the Board if the Board ceases 
to be representative of the industry.

[51 FR 29546, Aug. 19, 1986, as amended at 61 FR 17559, Apr. 22, 1996]