1150.131—Establishment and membership.
(a)
There is hereby established a National Dairy Promotion and Research Board of thirty-six members. For purposes of nominating producers to the Board, the United States shall be divided into thirteen geographic regions and the number of Board members from each region shall be as follows:
(3)
Four members from region number three comprised of the following States: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.
(4)
Four members from region number four comprised of the following States: Arkansas, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
(5)
Two members from region number five comprised of the following States: Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
(7)
Two members from region number seven comprised of the following States: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska.
(8)
One member from region number eight comprised of the following States: Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
(9)
Three members from region number nine comprised of the following States: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
(10)
One member from region number ten comprised of the following States: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
(11)
Two members from region number eleven comprised of the following States: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
(13)
One member from region number thirteen comprised of the following States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
(b)
The Board shall be composed of milk producers appointed by the Secretary either from nominations submitted pursuant to § 1150.133 or in accordance with § 11150.136. A milk producer may be nominated only to represent the region in which such producer's milk is produced.
(c)
At least every five years, and not more than every three years, the Board shall review the geographic distribution of milk production volume throughout the United States and, if warranted, shall recommend to the Secretary a reapportionment of regions and/or a modification of the number of members from regions in order to best reflect the geographic distribution of milk production volume in the United States.
(d)
The number of members for each region which shall serve on the Board shall be determined by dividing the total pounds of milk produced in the United States for the calendar year previous to the date of review by 36 which provides a factor of pounds of milk per member, and then dividing the total pounds of milk for each region by such factor.
(e)
In determining the volume of milk produced in the United States, the Board and the Secretary shall utilize the information received by the Board pursuant to § 1150.171 and data published by the Department.