Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Order; Suspension of Late Payment Charges

This interim final rule suspends, until April 30, 1996, portions of the Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Order (Order) relating to assessment late payment charges. This action allows the National PromoFlor Council (Council) to cease levying late charges on past due assessments remitted by qualified handlers during the period January 15, 1995, through April 30, 1996. The suspension also permits the Council to refund late charges which have been collected since January 15, 1995. The Council recommended this suspension because it discovered that some qualified handlers were unfamiliar with the new fresh cut flowers and greens program.