Nominations.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

All nominations for appointments to the Council under § 1209.33 shall be made as follows: (a) As soon as practicable after this subpart becomes effective, nominations for appointment to the initial Council shall be obtained from producers by the Secretary. In any subsequent year in which an appointment to the Council is to be made, nominations for positions whose terms will expire at the end of that year shall be obtained from producers, and as appropriate, importers, and certified by the Council and submitted to the Secretary by August 1 of such year, or such other date as approved by the Secretary. (b) Nominations shall be made at regional caucuses of producers or importers, or by mail ballot as provided in paragraph (e), in accordance with procedures prescribed in this section. (c) Except for initial Council members, whose nomination process will be initiated by the Secretary, the Council shall issue a call for nominations by February 1 of each year in which nominations for an appointment to the Council is to be made. The call shall (1) A list by region of the vacancies for which nominees may be submitted and qualifications as to producers and importers. (2) The date by which the names of nominees shall be submitted to the Secretary for consideration to be in compliance with paragraph (a) of this section. (3) A list of those States, by region, entitled to participate in the nomination process. (4) The date, time, and location of any next scheduled meeting of the Council, a

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