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| Reports, Books, and Records | 1218.60 – 1218.62 | ||||||||||
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65 FR 7654, Feb. 15, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
65 FR 43963, July 17, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
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Nomenclature changes to part 1218 appear at 66 FR 37118, 37119, July 17, 2001, and 71 FR 77245, Dec. 26, 2006.
(a) Each first handler subject to this subpart may be required to provide to the Council periodically such information as may be required by the Council, with the approval of the Secretary, which may include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Number of pounds handled;
(2) Number of pounds on which an assessment was collected;
(3) Name and address of person from whom the first handler has collected the assessments on each pound handled; and
(4) Date collection was made on each pound handled. All reports are due to the Council 30 days after the end of the crop year.
(b) Each producer and importer subject to this subpart may be required to provide to the Council periodically such information as may be required by the Council, with the approval of the Secretary, which may include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Number of pounds produced;
(2) Number of pounds on which an assessment was paid;
(3) Name and address of the producer;
(4) Date collection was made on each pound produced. All reports are due to the Council 30 days after the end of the crop year.
[65 FR 43963, July 17, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 37119, July 17, 2001]
Each first handler, producer, and importer subject to this subpart shall maintain and make available for inspection by the Secretary such books and records as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this subpart and the regulations issued thereunder, including such records as are necessary to verify any reports required. Such records shall be retained for at least 2 years beyond the fiscal period of their applicability.
All information obtained from books, records, or reports under the Act, this subpart, and the regulations issued thereunder shall be kept confidential by all persons, including all employees and former employees of the Council, all officers and employees and former officers and employees of contracting and subcontracting agencies or agreeing parties having access to such information. Such information shall not be available to Council members, producers, importers, exporters, or first handlers. Only those persons having a specific need for such information to effectively administer the provisions of this subpart shall have access to such information. Only such information so obtained as the Secretary deems relevant shall be disclosed by them, and then only in a judicial proceeding or administrative hearing brought at the direction, or on the request, of the Secretary, or to which the Secretary or any officer of the United States is a party, and involving this subpart. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit:
(a) The issuance of general statements based upon the reports of the number of persons subject to this subpart or statistical data collected therefrom, which statements do not identify the information furnished by any person; and
(b) The publication, by direction of the Secretary, of the name of any person who has been adjudged to have violated this subpart, together with a statement of the particular provisions of this subpart violated by such person.
[65 FR 43963, July 17, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 37119, July 17, 2001]