[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: 7CFR984]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 984_WALNUTS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  984.35  Walnut Marketing Board.

    (a) A Walnut Marketing Board is hereby established consisting of 10 
members selected by the Secretary, each of whom shall have an alternate 
nominated and selected in the same way and with the same qualifications 
as the member. The members and their alternates shall be selected by the 
Secretary from nominees submitted by each of the following groups or 
from other eligible persons belonging to such groups:
    (1) Two members to represent cooperative handlers;
    (2) Two members to represent independent handlers;
    (3) Two members to represent growers who market their walnuts 
through cooperative handlers;
    (4) One member to represent growers who market their walnuts through 
cooperative handlers or independent handlers, whichever category of such 
handlers had certified as merchantable more than 50 percent of the 
kernelweight of all walnuts certified as merchantable by all handlers 
during the two marketing years preceding the year in which nominations 
were made--the member representing growers who market their walnuts 
through independent handlers shall be nominated at large in the State of 
California;

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    (5) One member to represent growers from District 1 who market their 
walnuts through independent handlers; and
    (6) One member to represent growers from District 2 who market their 
walnuts through independent handlers.
    (b) The tenth member and alternate shall be selected after the 
selection of the nine members from the groups specified in paragraph (a) 
of this section and after the opportunity for such members to nominate 
the tenth member and alternate. The tenth member and his alternate shall 
be neither a walnut grower nor a handler.
    (c) Grower Districts:
    (1) District 1. District 1 encompasses the counties in the State of 
California that lie north of a line drawn on the south boundaries of San 
Mateo, Alameda, San Joaquin, Calaveras, and Alpine Counties.
    (2) District 2. District 2 shall consist of all other walnut 
producing counties in the State of California south of the boundary line 
set forth in paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
    (3) The Secretary on the basis of a recommendation of the Board or 
other information may establish different districts within the area of 
production.

[41 FR 31542, July 29, 1976]