[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: 7CFR985]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 985_MARKETING ORDER REGULATING THE HANDLING OF SPEARMINT OIL 
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  985.52  Issuance of volume regulation.

    (a) Whenever the Secretary finds, on the basis of the Committee's 
recommendation or other information, that limiting the total quantity of 
a class of oil of any crop that handlers may purchase from or handle on 
behalf of producers during a marketing year, would tend to effectuate 
the declared policy of the act, the Secretary shall establish the 
salable quantity for that oil.

The salable quantity shall be prorated among producers by applying an 
allotment percentage to each producer's allotment base for that class of 
oil. The allotment percentage shall be established for each class of oil 
by dividing the salable quantity by the total of all producers' 
allotment bases for the same class of oil.
    (b) When an allotment percentage for a class of oil is established 
for any marketing year, no handler shall purchase from or handle on 
behalf of producers any oil of that class during such year unless:
    (1) It is, at the time of handling, within the unused portion of a 
producer's annual allotment, and

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    (2) Such handler notifies the Committee of the handling in such 
manner as it may prescribe.