CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XI—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 1200 to 1291) > PART 1215—POPCORN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION > SUBPART A—Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (§1215.1 to §1215.77) > 1215.52—Exemption from assessment.

1215.52—Exemption from assessment.

(a) Persons that process and distribute 4 million pounds or less of popcorn annually, based on the previous year, shall be exempted from assessment.
(b) Persons that operate under an approved National Organic Program (NOP) ( 7 CFR part 205) system plan; process only products that are eligible to be labeled as 100 percent organic under the NOP; and are not split operations shall be exempt from the payment of assessments.
(c) To claim an exemption, persons shall apply to the Board, in the form and manner prescribed in the rules and regulations.

Code of Federal Regulations

[70 FR 2757, Jan. 14, 2005]