Rule2025-10671
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and Allotment Percentage for Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2024-2025 Marketing Year
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Published
June 12, 2025
Effective
June 13, 2025
Issuing agencies
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Abstract
This final rule implements a recommendation from the Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee (Committee) to revise the quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil that handlers may purchase from, or handle on behalf of, producers in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon and parts of Nevada and Utah (Far West) for the 2024-2025 marketing year, which began on June 1, 2024. This action increases the 2024-2025 marketing year Native spearmint oil salable quantity from 678,980 pounds to 731,220 pounds, and the allotment percentage from 26 percent to 28 percent.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 112 (Thursday, June 12, 2025)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 985
[Doc. No. AMS-SC-24-0067]
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced
in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and Allotment
Percentage for Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2024-2025
Marketing Year
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule implements a recommendation from the Far West
Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee (Committee) to revise the
quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil that handlers may purchase
from, or handle on behalf of, producers in Washington, Idaho, and
Oregon and parts of Nevada and Utah (Far West) for the 2024-2025
marketing year, which began on June 1, 2024. This action increases the
2024-2025 marketing year Native spearmint oil salable quantity from
678,980 pounds to 731,220 pounds, and the allotment percentage from 26
percent to 28 percent.
DATES: Effective June 13, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua R. Wilde, Marketing Specialist,
or Barry Broadbent, Chief, Northwest Region Branch, Market Development
Division, Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA; Telephone: (503) 326-
2282, or Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7832170b100d19562a562f11141c1d380d0b1c19561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b614458435e4a0579057c42474f4e6b5e584f4a054c445d">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#296b485b5b50076b5b46484d4b4c475d695c5a4d48074e465f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67250615151e49251508060305020913271214030649000811">[email protected]</span></a>.
Small businesses may request information on complying with this
regulation by contacting Antoinette Carter, Market Development
Division, Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, STOP 0237, Washington, DC 20250-0237; Telephone: (202) 720-8085, or
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c988a7bda6a0a7acbdbdace78aa8bbbdacbb89bcbaada8e7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b3a150f1412151e0f0f1e55381a090f1e093b0e081f1a551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553,
amends regulations issued to carry out a marketing order as defined in
7 CFR 900.2(j). This rule is issued under Marketing Order No. 985, as
amended (7 CFR part 985), regulating the handling of spearmint oil
produced in the Far West. Part 985 referred to as the ``Order'' is
effective under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674), hereinafter referred to as the ``Act.'' The
Committee locally administers the Order and is comprised of spearmint
oil producers operating within the area of production, and a public
member.
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is issuing this final rule
in conformance with Executive Orders 12866 and 13563. Executive Orders
12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of
available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to
select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including
potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects,
distributive impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the
importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, reducing costs,
harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility. This action falls within
a category of regulatory actions that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) exempted from Executive Order 12866, and therefore, has
not been reviewed.
This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 13175--
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, which
requires federal agencies to consider whether their rulemaking actions
would have tribal implications. AMS has determined that this rule is
unlikely to have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian
Tribes, on the relationship between the federal government and Indian
Tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between
the Federal Government and Indian Tribes.
This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988--
Civil Justice Reform. This final rule is not intended to have
retroactive effect. Under the Order now in effect, salable quantities
and allotment percentages have been established for both classes of
spearmint oil produced in the Far West. This final rule increases the
quantity of Native Spearmint oil produced in the Far West that handlers
may purchase from, or handle on behalf of, producers during the 2024-
2025 marketing year, which began on June 1, 2024.
The Act provides that administrative proceedings must be exhausted
before parties may file a suit in court. Under section 608c(15)(A) of
the Act, any handler subject to an order may file with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) a petition stating that the order, any
provision of the order, or any obligation imposed in connection with
the order is not in accordance with law and request a modification of
the order or to be exempted therefrom. Such handler is afforded the
opportunity for a hearing on the petition. After the hearing, USDA
would rule on the petition. The Act provides that the district court of
the United States in any district in which the handler is an
inhabitant, or has his or her principal place of business, has
jurisdiction to review USDA's ruling on the petition, provided an
action is filed not later than 20 days after the date of the entry of
the ruling.
This final rule increases the quantity of Native spearmint oil that
handlers may purchase from, or handle on behalf of, producers during
the 2024-2025 marketing year. Prior to this final rule, the salable
quantity and allotment percentage for Native spearmint oil were
initially established at 678,980 pounds and 26 percent, respectively,
in a final rule published May 23, 2024 (89 FR 45557). This action
increases the Native spearmint oil salable quantity from 678,980 pounds
to 731,220 pounds and the allotment percentage from 26 percent to 28
percent.
Pursuant to the requirements in Sec. 985.50 of the Order, the
Committee meets each year to consider supply and demand of spearmint
oil and to adopt a marketing policy for the ensuing marketing year. In
determining such marketing policy, the Committee considers several
factors, including, but not limited to, the current and projected
supply of oil, estimated future demand, production costs, and producer
prices for both Class 1 (Scotch) and Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil.
Input from spearmint oil handlers and producers is considered as well.
Pursuant to the provisions in Sec. 985.51, when the Committee's
marketing policy considerations indicate a need to
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establish or to maintain stable market conditions through volume
regulation, the Committee subsequently recommends to AMS the
establishment of a salable quantity and allotment percentage for such
class or classes of oil for the upcoming marketing year.
Recommendations for volume control are intended to ensure market
requirements for Far West spearmint oil are satisfied and orderly
marketing conditions are maintained.
Salable quantity represents the total quantity of each class of oil
(Scotch or Native) which handlers may purchase from, or handle on
behalf of, producers during a given marketing year. The allotment
percentage for each class of spearmint oil is the salable quantity for
that class of oil divided by the total of all producers' allotment base
for the same class of oil. A producer's allotment base is their
calculated share of the spearmint oil market based on a statistical
representation of past spearmint production and sales. In order to
account for changes in production and demand over time, the Committee
periodically reviews and adjusts each producer's allotment base in
accordance with a formula prescribed by the Committee and approved by
AMS. Each producer's annual allotment of the salable quantity is
calculated by multiplying their respective allotment base for each
class of spearmint oil by the allotment percentage for that class of
spearmint oil. The total allotment base is revised each year on June 1
to account for producer allotment base being lost because of the ``bona
fide effort'' production provision of Sec. 985.53(e) and additional
base made available pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 985.153.
The Committee met on October 11, 2023, to consider its marketing
policy for the 2024-2025 marketing year. At that meeting, the Committee
determined that, based on the current market and supply conditions,
volume regulation for both classes of oil would be necessary. The
Committee unanimously recommended salable quantities and allotment
percentages for Native spearmint oil of 678,980 pounds and 26 percent,
respectively. In addition, the Committee unanimously recommended a
salable quantity and allotment percentage for Scotch spearmint oil of
663,648 pounds and 29 percent, respectively. A proposed rule to that
effect was published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2024 (89 FR
4835). Comments on the proposed rule were solicited from interested
persons until February 26, 2024. No comments were received.
Subsequently, a final rule establishing the salable quantities and
allotment percentages for Scotch and Native spearmint oil for the 2024-
2025 marketing year was published in the Federal Register on May 23,
2024 (89 FR 45557).
Pursuant to authority contained in Sec. Sec. 985.50, 985.51, and
985.52, the Committee met again on October 9, 2024, to evaluate the
current year's volume control regulation. At the meeting, the Committee
assessed the current market conditions for spearmint oil in relation to
the salable quantities and allotment percentages established for the
2024-2025 marketing year. The Committee considered several factors,
including the current and projected supply and the estimated future
demand for all classes of spearmint oil. The Committee determined that
the established salable quantity and allotment percentage in effect for
Native spearmint oil for the 2024-2025 marketing year should be
increased to provide an adequate buffer to ensure available supply
would continue to meet demand.
At the October 9, 2024, meeting the Committee recommended
increasing the 2024-2025 marketing year Native spearmint oil salable
quantity from 678,980 pounds to 731,220 pounds and the allotment
percentage from 26 percent to 28 percent. The recommendation to
increase the salable quantity and allotment percentage passed with a
vote of 6 in favor with 2 opposed. The members voting against the
recommendation supported volume control, but did not believe, at that
time, that additional supply would be necessary to meet 2024-2025
marketing year demand.
This final rule makes additional amounts of Native spearmint oil
available to the market by increasing the salable quantity and
allotment percentage previously established under the Order for the
2024-2025 marketing year. This action increases the Native spearmint
oil salable quantity by 52,240 pounds, to 731,220 pounds, and raises
the allotment percentage by 2 percentage points, to 28 percent. This
additional oil will come from Native spearmint oil held by producers in
the reserve pool. As of May 31, 2024, the Committee records show that
the reserve pool for Native spearmint oil contained 1,026,336 pounds of
oil.
At the October 9, 2024, meeting, the Committee staff reported that,
as of the meeting date, there was an estimated 356,302 pounds of
salable quantity of Native spearmint available for purchase in the
2024-2025 marketing year, ending May 31, 2025. The Committee considered
this amount to be inadequate for that early in the marketing year.
Based on the Committee's estimated sales demand for Native spearmint
oil for the remainder of the 2024-2025 marketing year, the Committee
projected that approximately 125,000 pounds of Native spearmint oil
could be carried into the 2025-2026 marketing year. However, the
Committee was concerned that, without increasing the salable quantity
and allotment percentage, the market for Native spearmint oil may be
shorted if demand were to increase unexpectedly. The increased quantity
of Native spearmint oil (52,240 pounds) that will be made available to
the market because of this rulemaking will help ensure that market
demand is fully satisfied in the current year. Should the available
supply of Native spearmint oil exceed 2024-2025 marketing year demand,
any unsold quantity would remain available to the market in future
marketing years as salable carry-in.
In making the recommendation to increase the salable quantity and
allotment percentage of Native spearmint oil, the Committee considered
all currently available information on the price, supply, and demand of
Native spearmint oil. The Committee also considered reports and other
information from handlers and producers in attendance at the meeting.
Lastly, the Committee manager presented information and reports that
were provided to the Committee staff by handlers and producers.
This final rule increases the 2024-2025 marketing year Native
spearmint oil salable quantity by 52,240 pounds to a total of 731,220
pounds. This amount, along with 446,420 pounds of salable carry-in,
results in available supply of 1,177,640 pounds. The Committee
estimates 2024-2025 marketing year trade demand for Native spearmint
oil to be 1,000,000 pounds. Actual sales of Native spearmint oil for
the 2023-2024 marketing year totaled 987,041 pounds. The 5-year average
of Native spearmint oil sales is 1,085,916 pounds.
The Committee estimates that, as a result of this action,
approximately 175,000 pounds of salable Native spearmint oil could be
carried into the 2025-2026 marketing year which begins June 1, 2025.
The Committee believes this amount to be a sufficient buffer if demand
exceeds the Committee's expectations for the remainder of the 2024-2025
marketing year. In addition, reserve pool oil could be released into
the market under a future relaxation of the volume regulation should it
be necessary to adequately supply the market prior to the 2025-2026
marketing year. The Committee estimates that a total of 1,335,150
pounds of Native spearmint oil (1,026,336 currently in reserve and an
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estimated 308,814 pounds of excess oil produced during the 2024-2025
marketing year) will be available from the reserve pool, if needed.
The Committee's stated intent in the use of the Order's volume
control regulation is to keep adequate supply available to meet market
needs and to maintain orderly marketing conditions. With that
consideration, the Committee developed its recommendation for
increasing the Native spearmint oil salable quantity and allotment
percentage for the 2024-2025 marketing year based on the information
discussed above, as well as the summary data detailed below.
(A) Initial Estimated 2024-2025 Native Allotment Base--2,611,463
pounds. This figure is the allotment base estimate on which the
original 2024-2025 salable quantity and allotment percentage was based.
(B) Revised 2024-2025 Native Allotment Base--2,611,500 pounds. This
figure is 37 pounds more than the initial estimated allotment base of
2,611,463 pounds. The difference is the result of annual adjustments
made to the allotment base at the beginning of the marketing year in
accordance with the provisions of the Order.
(C) Initial 2024-2025 Native Allotment Percentage--26 percent. This
percentage was unanimously recommended by the Committee on October 11,
2023.
(D) Initial 2024-2025 Native Salable Quantity--678,980 pounds. This
figure is 26 percent of the original estimated 2024-2025 allotment base
of 2,611,463 pounds.
(E) Adjusted Initial 2024-2025 Native Salable Quantity--678,990
pounds. This figure reflects the salable quantity available at the
beginning of the 2024-2025 marketing year. This quantity is derived by
applying the initial 26 percent allotment percentage to the revised
allotment base of 2,611,500.
(F) Revision to the 2024-2025 Native Salable Quantity and Allotment
Percentage:
(1) Increase in the Native Allotment Percentage--2 percent. The
Committee recommended an increase of 2 percentage points over the
initial Native allotment percentage.
(2) Revised 2024-2025 Native Allotment Percentage--28 percent. This
percentage was derived by adding the increase of 2 percentage points to
the initially established 2024-2025 Native allotment percentage of 26
percent.
(3) Revised 2024-2025 Native Salable Quantity--731,220 pounds. This
figure is 28 percent of the revised 2024-2025 Native allotment base of
2,611,500 pounds.
(4) Computed Increase in the 2024-2025 Native Salable Quantity as a
Result of the Revision--52,240 pounds. This figure represents the
difference between the initial 2024-2025 Native salable quantity of
678,980 pounds and the revised Native salable quantity of 731,220
pounds.
Scotch spearmint oil is also regulated by the Order. As mentioned
previously, a salable quantity and allotment percentage for Scotch
spearmint oil were established in a final rule published in the Federal
Register on May 23, 2024 (89 FR 45557). At the October 9, 2024,
meeting, the Committee considered the projected production, inventory,
and marketing conditions for Scotch spearmint oil for the 2024-2025
marketing year. After receiving reports from the Committee staff and
comments from the industry, the consensus of the Committee was that the
previously established salable quantity and allotment percentage for
Scotch spearmint oil were appropriate for the current market
conditions. As such, the Committee took no further action with regards
to Scotch spearmint oil for the 2024-2025 marketing year.
This final rule relaxes the volume regulation requirements of
Native spearmint oil and is expected to allow producers to meet market
demand while improving producer returns. The increase in the Native
spearmint oil salable quantity and allotment percentage accounts for
the anticipated market needs for that class of oil. In determining
anticipated market needs, the Committee considered changes and trends
in historical sales, production, and demand. In conjunction with this
rulemaking, AMS also reviewed the Committee's marketing policy
statement for the 2024-2025 marketing year. The Committee's marketing
policy statement, a requirement whenever the Committee recommends
volume regulation, meets the requirements of Sec. Sec. 985.50 and
985.51.
Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Pursuant to requirements set forth in the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601-612), AMS has considered the economic impact of
this final rule on small entities. Accordingly, AMS has prepared this
final regulatory flexibility analysis.
The purpose of the RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of
businesses subject to such actions in order that small businesses will
not be unduly or disproportionately burdened. Marketing orders issued
pursuant to the Act, and the rules issued thereunder, are unique in
that they are brought about through group action of essentially small
entities acting on their own behalf.
There are approximately 89 producers of Native spearmint oil
operating within the regulated production area. In addition, there are
approximately 6 Native spearmint oil handlers subject to regulation
under the Order. Small agricultural service firms are defined by the
Small Business Administration (SBA) as those having annual receipts of
equal to or less than $34.0 million (Postharvest Crop Activities, NAICS
code 11514). Small agricultural producers of spearmint oil are defined
as those having annual receipts of equal to or less than $2.5 million
(All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming, NAICS code 111998) (13 CFR
121.201).
The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reported that
the 2023 U.S. season average spearmint oil producer price per pound was
$18.40 (both Scotch and Native). Native spearmint oil utilization for
the 2023-2024 marketing year, as reported by the Committee, was 987,041
pounds for Native spearmint oil. Multiplying $18.40 per pound by 2023-
2024 marketing year spearmint oil utilization of 987,041 pounds yields
a crop value estimate of about $18.2 million.
Given the accounting requirements for the volume regulation
provisions of the Order, the Committee maintains accurate records of
each producer's production and sales. Using the $18.40 average
spearmint oil price and Committee production data for each producer,
the Committee estimates that all of the 89 Native spearmint oil
producers could be classified as small entities under the SBA
definition.
There is no third-party or governmental entity that collects and
reports spearmint oil prices received by spearmint oil handlers.
However, the Committee estimates an average spearmint oil handling
markup at approximately 20 percent of the price received by producers.
Twenty percent of the 2023 producer price ($18.40) is $3.68, which
results in a handler Free on Board (f.o.b.) price per pound estimate of
$22.08 ($18.40 + $3.68).
Multiplying this estimated handler f.o.b. price by the 2023-2024
marketing year total spearmint oil utilization of 1,536,364 pounds
(987,041 pounds of Native + 549,323 pounds of Scotch) results in an
estimated handler-level spearmint oil value of $33.9 million. Dividing
this figure by the number of handlers (6) yields estimated average
annual handler receipts of about $5.7 million, which is well below the
$34.0 million SBA threshold for small agricultural service firms.
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Furthermore, using confidential data compiled by the Committee on
the pounds of spearmint oil handled by each handler and the
abovementioned estimated handler price per pound, the Committee
reported that it is not likely that any of the six handlers had 2023-
2024 marketing year spearmint oil sales that exceeded SBA's threshold.
Therefore, in view of the foregoing, the majority of producers of
spearmint oil may be classified as small entities, and all of the
handlers of spearmint oil may be classified as small entities.
This final rule increases the quantity of Native spearmint oil
produced in the Far West, which handlers may purchase from, or handle
on behalf of, producers during the 2024-2025 marketing year, which ends
May 31, 2025. The 2024-2025 marketing year Native spearmint oil salable
quantity was initially established at 678,980 pounds and the allotment
percentage initially set at 26 percent. This action increases the
Native spearmint oil salable quantity to 731,220 pounds and the
allotment percentage to 28 percent. The Committee recommended this
action to help maintain stability in the spearmint oil market by
matching supply to estimated demand, thereby avoiding extreme
fluctuations in supplies and prices. Establishing quantities that may
be purchased from or handled on behalf of producers during the
marketing year through volume regulation allows producers to coordinate
their spearmint oil production with expected market demand. Authority
for this proposal is provided in Sec. Sec. 985.50, 985.51, and 985.52
of the Order.
Based on the information and projections available at the October
9, 2024, meeting, the Committee considered several alternatives to this
increase. The Committee considered leaving the salable quantity and
allotment percentage unchanged, and also considered other potential
levels of increase. The Committee reached its recommendation to
increase the salable quantity and allotment percentage for Native
spearmint oil after careful consideration of all available information
and input from all interested industry participants and believes that
the levels established herein will achieve the desired objectives. The
recommendation to increase the salable quantity and allotment
percentage passed with a vote of 6 in favor with 2 opposed. The members
voting against the recommendation supported volume control, but did not
believe that additional supply would be necessary to meet 2024-2025
marketing year demand. Without the increase, the Committee believes the
industry may not be able to satisfactorily meet market demand.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Order's information collection requirements have been
previously approved by OMB and assigned OMB No. 0581-0178, Vegetable
and Specialty Crops. No changes in those requirements are necessary as
a result of this final rule. Should any changes become necessary, they
would be submitted to OMB for approval.
This final rule relaxes the volume regulation requirements
established under the Order. Accordingly, this action will not impose
any additional reporting or recordkeeping requirements on either small
or large Far West spearmint oil handlers. As with all Federal marketing
order programs, reports and forms are periodically reviewed to reduce
information requirements and duplication by industry and public sector
agencies.
AMS is committed to complying with the E-Government Act, to promote
the use of the internet and other information technologies to provide
increased opportunities for citizen access to Government information
and services, and for other purposes.
AMS has not identified any relevant Federal rules that duplicate,
overlap, or conflict with this final rule.
A proposed rule concerning this action was published in the Federal
Register on December 4, 2024 (89 FR 96126). Copies of the proposed rule
were made available to all members of the Committee and industry
handlers. The proposal was made available through the internet by USDA
and the Office of the Federal Register. A 15-day comment period ending
December 19, 2024, was provided for interested persons to respond to
the proposal. No comments were received during the comment period.
Accordingly, no changes have been made to the rule as proposed.
A small business guide on complying with fruit, vegetable, and
specialty crop marketing agreements and orders may be viewed at:
<a href="https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/moa/small-businesses">https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/moa/small-businesses</a>. Any
questions about the compliance guide should be sent to Antoinette
Carter at the previously mentioned address in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
After consideration of all relevant material presented, including
the information and recommendations submitted by the Committee and
other available information, AMS has determined that this rule is
consistent with and tends to effectuate the declared policy of the Act.
Further, it is found that good cause exists for not postponing the
effective date of this rule until 30 days after publication in the
Federal Register (5 U.S.C. 553 (d)) because there is demand for
additional Far West Native spearmint oil that will not be available
under the volume regulation provisions of the Order until this final
rule is effective. Handlers want to take advantage of this relaxation
as soon as possible and any delay may result in the loss of marketing
opportunities, in both the near and long term. Native spearmint oil
demand that cannot be satisfied from spearmint oil from the Far West
production area may be fulfilled from other U.S. production areas or
imported product. The loss of immediate business resulting from a
delayed implementation of this rule could result in customers entering
into purchase agreements with other Native spearmint oil providers.
Delaying this rule would prevent handlers from meeting current seasonal
demand, resulting in lost revenue from missed sales and the potential
loss of long-term customers who may secure supply from other sources.
This represents clear and immediate economic harm to the industry. This
action, which was initiated by the Committee at a meeting on October 9,
2024, was intended to address an immediate need for additional Native
spearmint oil from the Far West spearmint oil industry. Any delay in
its implementation could have a negative economic impact on the
industry from lost Native spearmint oil sales.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 985
Marketing agreements, Oils and fats, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Agricultural
Marketing Service amends 7 CFR part 985 as follows:
PART 985--MARKETING ORDER REGULATING THE HANDLING OF SPEARMINT OIL
PRODUCED IN THE FAR WEST
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1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 985 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674.
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2. Amend Sec. 985.234 by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 985.234 Salable quantities and allotment percentages--2024-2025
marketing year.
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(b) Class 3 (Native) oil--a salable quantity of 731,220 pounds and
an allotment percentage of 28 percent.
Erin Morris,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-10671 Filed 6-11-25; 8:45 am]
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