County, Massachusetts in accordance with chapter 603. Any |
additional payment at the adjusted base minimum price that |
would be due its Maine market producers pursuant to that |
dealer's applicable utilization rate must be made to the Maine |
Milk Pool. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, in |
| any month in which the Maine sample payment amount is more |
| than the comparable Boston payment amount, the Maine market |
| dealer shall pay to the Maine Milk Pool the amount of the |
| difference. Based on the fact that northern Maine market |
| producers presently operate at significantly higher costs |
| because of their remoteness from markets and supplies, that |
| they face greater risks because they operate on a closer |
| margin and because their markets are less secure, payments to |
| the Maine Milk Pool at the adjusted base minimum price |
| attributable to northern Maine market producers must be |
| reduced by 1/2 and those producers' initial payments under |
| this section must be increased by the corresponding amounts. |
The commissioner shall adopt by rule such procedures as are |
necessary to implement this section. |