[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR270.19]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 270_SPECIES-SPECIFIC SEAFOOD MARKETING COUNCILS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 270.19  Notice of assessment.

    (a) The Council must serve each person subject to assessment with 
notice that the assessment is due. The notice of assessment must 
contain:
    (1) A specific reference to the provisions of the Act, regulations, 
charter and referendum that authorize the assessment;
    (2) The amount of the assessment;
    (3) The period of time covered by the assessment;
    (4) The date the assessment is due and payable, which will not be 
earlier than 30 days from the date of the notice;
    (5) The form(s) of payment; and
    (6) To whom and where the payment must be made.
    (b) The notice must advise such person of his or her right to seek 
review of the assessment by filing a written petition of objection with 
NMFS at any time during the time period to which the assessment applies, 
including the right to request a hearing on the petition. The notice 
must state that the petition of objection must be filed in accordance 
with the procedures in Sec. 270.21.
    (c) The notice must also advise such persons of his or her right to 
a refund of the assessment as provided in Sec. 270.22. The notice must 
state that a refund may be requested for not less than 90 days from such 
collection, and provide that the Council will make the refund within 60 
days after the request for the refund is requested.