[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 3 (Thursday, January 4, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 474-475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28433]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 3 / Thursday, January 4, 2018 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
7 CFR Subtitles A and B
9 CFR Chapters I, II, and III
Withdrawal of Certain Proposed Rules and Other Proposed Actions
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is
announcing that it has withdrawn certain advance notice of proposed
rulemakings (ANPRM) and proposed rules that were either published in
the Federal Register more than 4 years ago without subsequent action or
determined to no longer be candidates for final action. USDA is taking
this action to reduce its regulatory backlog and focus its resources on
higher priority actions. The Department's actions are part of an
overall regulatory reform strategy to reduce regulatory burden on the
public and to ensure the Spring and Fall 2017 Unified Agendas of
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions provided the public accurate
information about rulemakings the Department intends to undertake.
DATES: The advance notice of proposed rulemakings and proposed rules
are withdrawn on January 4, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Poe, Telephone Number: (202)
720-3323. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
USDA reviewed its pending proposed rules and other notices that
published in the Federal Register more than 4 years ago, and for which
no final rule or notice of withdrawal has been issued. The agency
identified 14 such regulatory proposals for withdrawal. Additionally,
USDA identified two proposed rules for withdrawal because they are not
considered candidates for final action at this time.
Although not required to do so by the Administrative Procedure Act
or by regulations of the Office of the Federal Register, the agency
believes the public interest is best served by announcing in the
Federal Register that it has withdrawn these 16 items. Therefore, for
the reasons set forth above, USDA announces that it has withdrawn the
following documents, published in the Federal Register on the dates
indicated in the table below.
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Published
Agency RIN Title action Date FR cite
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FAS..................................... 0551-AA68 Quality Samples Program........ NPRM 8/03/2006 71 FR 43992
FAS..................................... 0551-AA81 Export Sales Reporting Program. NPRM 3/19/2013 78 FR 16819
RUS..................................... 0572-AC21 Project Financing--Renewable ANPRM 6/5/2013 78 FR 33755
Energy Loans.
RUS..................................... 0572-AC32 Rural Determination and NPRM 6/5/2013 78 FR 33757
Financing Percentage.
APHIS................................... 0579-AC28 Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and NPRM 1/31/2007 72 FR 4467
Analogous Products; Detection
of Avian Lymphoid Leukosis
Virus.
APHIS................................... 0579-AC65 Tuberculosis: Require Approved NPRM 7/24/2008 73 FR 43171
Herd Plans Prior to Payment of
Indemnity.
APHIS................................... 0579-AD50 Forfeiture Procedures Under the NPRM 5/21/2013 78 FR 29659
Endangered Species Act and the
Lacey Act Amendments.
APHIS................................... 0579-AD67 Chrysanthemum White Rust ANPRM 8/3/2012 77 FR 46339
Regulatory Status Restrictions.
AMS..................................... 0581-AC83 Farmers' Market Promotion NPRM 1/19/2011 76 FR 3046
Program.
AMS..................................... 0581-AD24 Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood NPRM 11/13/2013 78 FR 68297
Plywood Research and Promotion
Program.
AMS..................................... 0581-AD63 Soybean Promotion, Research, NPRM 7/15/2016 81 FR 45984
and Consumer Information; Beef
Promotion and Research;
Amendments to Allow
Redirection of State
Assessments to the National
Program; Technical Amendments.
FNS..................................... 0584-AC72 National School Lunch Program: NPRM 10/11/2000 65 FR 60502
Reimbursement for snacks in
afterschool care programs.
Forest Service.......................... 0596-AC46 Small Business Administration NPRM 8/1/2006 71 FR 43435
Timber Sale Set-Aside Program.
Forest Service.......................... 0596-AC71 Proposed Directive on NPRM 5/6/2014 79 FR 25824
Groundwater Resource
Management, Forest Service
Manual 2560.
Forest Service.......................... 0596-AC89 Enhancing Policies Relating to ANPRM 9/14/2010 75 FR 55710
Partnerships.
Forest Service.......................... 0596-AD03 Management of Surface ANPRM 12/29/2008 73 FR 79424
Activities Associated with
Outstanding Mineral Rights on
National Forest System Lands
(Directive).
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The withdrawal of these proposals identified in this document does
not preclude the Department from reinstituting rulemaking concerning
the issues addressed in the proposals listed in the chart. Should we
decide to undertake such rulemakings in the future, we will re-propose
the actions and provide new opportunities for comment. Furthermore,
this notice is only intended to address the specific actions identified
in this document, and
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not any other pending proposals that USDA has issued or is considering.
The Department notes that withdrawal of a proposal does not necessarily
mean that the preamble statement of the proposal no longer reflects the
current position of USDA on the matter addressed. You may wish to
review the Department's website (http://www.USDA.gov) for any current
guidance on these matter matters.
Dated: December 26, 2017.
Rebeckah Adcock,
Regulatory Reform Officer and Senior Advisor to the Secretary.
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