(a) Beginning with the 2014 Board nominations and the associated appointments effective early in the year 2015, the United States shall be divided into 37 geographical units and, 1 unit representing importers, for a total of 38 units. The number of Board members from each unit shall be as follows:
Cattle and Calves \1\------------------------------------------------------------------------
State/Unit (1,000 head) Directors------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Arizona.............................. 897 12. Arkansas............................. 1,663 23. Colorado............................. 2,667 34. Florida.............................. 1,667 25. Idaho................................ 2,270 26. Illinois............................. 1,097 17. Indiana.............................. 840 18. Iowa................................. 3,883 49. Kansas............................... 6,083 610. Kentucky............................ 2,193 211. Louisiana........................... 787 112. Michigan............................ 1,107 113. Minnesota........................... 2,377 214. Mississippi......................... 920 115. Missouri............................ 3,833 416. Montana............................. 2,533 317. Nebraska............................ 6,317 618. New Mexico.......................... 1,423 119. New York............................ 1,403 120. North Carolina...................... 810 121. North Dakota........................ 1,727 222. Ohio................................ 1,247 123. Oklahoma............................ 4,600 524. Oregon.............................. 1,303 125. Pennsylvania........................ 1,610 226. South Dakota........................ 3,733 427. Tennessee........................... 1,930 228. Texas............................... 12,167 1329. Utah................................ 790 130. Virginia............................ 1,547 231. Wisconsin........................... 3,433 332. Wyoming............................. 1,317 133. Northwest........................... 1
Alaska.............................. 13
Hawaii.............................. 138
Washington.......................... 1,117
Total........................... 1,26734. Northeast........................... 1
Connecticut......................... 49
Delaware............................ 18
Maine............................... 87
Massachusetts....................... 40
New Hampshire....................... 34
New Jersey.......................... 31
Rhode Island........................ 5
Vermont............................. 267
Total........................... 53135. Mid-Atlantic........................ 1
Maryland............................ 196
West Virginia....................... 390
Total........................... 58636. Southeast........................... 3
Alabama............................. 1,220
Georgia............................. 1,023
South Carolina...................... 370
Total........................... 2,613
37. Southwest........................... 6
California.......................... 5,283
Nevada.............................. 463
Total........................... 5,74738. Importer \2\........................ 5,927 6------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ 2011, 2012, and 2013 average of January 1 cattle inventory data.\2\ 2010, 2011, and 2012 average of annual import data.
(b) The Board shall be composed of cattle producers and importers appointed by the Secretary from nominations submitted pursuant to the Act and regulations of this part. A producer may only be nominated to represent the unit in which that producer is a resident.
(c) At least every three (3) years, and not more than every two (2) years, the Board shall review the geographic distribution of cattle inventories throughout the United States and the volume of imported cattle, beef, and beef products and, if warranted, shall reapportion units and/or modify the number of Board members from units in order to best reflect the geographic distribution of cattle production volume in the United States and the volume of imported cattle, beef, or beef products into the United States.
(d) The Board may recommend to the Secretary a modification in the number of cattle per unit necessary for representation on the Board.
(e) The following formula will be used to determine the number of Board members who shall serve on the Board for each unit:
(1) Each geographic unit or State that includes a total cattle inventory equal to or greater than five hundred thousand (500,000) head of cattle shall be entitled to one representative on the Board;
(2) States which do not have total cattle inventories equal to or greater than five hundred thousand (500,000) head of cattle shall be grouped, to the extent practicable, into geographically contiguous units each of which have a combined total inventory of not less than 500,000 head of cattle and such unit(s) shall be entitled to at least one representative on the Board;
(3) Importers shall be represented by a single unit, with the number of Board members representing such unit based upon a conversion of the total volume of imported cattle, beef or beef products into live animal equivalencies;
(4) Each unit shall be entitled to representation by an additional Board member for each one million (1,000,000) head of cattle within the unit which exceeds the initial five hundred thousand (500,000) head of cattle within the unit qualifying such unit for representation.
(f) In determining the volume of cattle within the units, the Board and the Secretary shall utilize the information received by the Board pursuant to Sec. Sec. 1260.201 and 1260.202 industry data and data published by the Department. [51 FR 26138, July 18, 1986, as amended at 55 FR 20445, May 17, 1990; 58 FR 12999, Mar. 9, 1993; 60 FR 62020, Dec. 4, 1995; 64 FR 3815, Jan. 26, 1999; 67 FR 11412, Mar. 14, 2002; 70 FR 7005, Feb. 10, 2005; 73 FR 60098, Oct. 10, 2008; 76 FR 42014, July 19, 2011; 79 FR 46963, Aug. 12, 2014]