[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 11, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02485]
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 27 / Tuesday, February 11, 2025 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
7 CFR Part 1
[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0008]
RIN 0579-AE68
Privacy Act Regulations; Delay of Effective Date
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: On January 10, 2025, we published a final rule that exempted a
system of records, titled ``Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance
(SITC) National Information Communication Activity System (SNICAS),
USDA/APHIS-21,'' from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. In
addition, it also amended the Privacy Act regulations to reflect an
administrative change to the list of system of records that are exempt
from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. The final rule was
scheduled to go into effect on February 10, 2025. This document delays
the effective date until April 11, 2025.
DATES: As of February 7, 2025, the effective date for the final rule
amending 7 CFR 1.123 published on January 10, 2025 (90 FR 1847), is
delayed until April 11, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Tonya Woods, Director, Freedom of
Information Act and Privacy Act Staff, 4700 River Road, Unit 50,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-4076.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the memorandum of January
20, 2025, from the President to executive departments and agencies,
titled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' \1\ this action delays the
effective date of the rule, ``Privacy Act Regulations,'' published in
the Federal Register on January 10, 2025 (90 FR 1847-1848; APHIS-2015-
0008).\2\
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\1\ Available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/regulatory-freeze-pending-review/.
\2\ To view the final rule, go to www.regulations.gov, and enter
APHIS-2015-0008 in the Search field.
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The final rule USDA's Privacy Act regulations in 7 CFR 1.123 to
exempt a system of records, titled ``Smuggling Interdiction and Trade
Compliance (SITC) National Information Communication Activity System
(SNICAS), USDA/APHIS-21,'' from certain provisions of the Privacy Act
in order to avoid interference with law enforcement functions. In
addition, we updated the list of systems exempt from certain provisions
of the Privacy Act in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2) to reflect
administrative changes as a result of a notice published in the Federal
Register on November 16, 2001 (66 FR 57698-57700, Docket No. 99-024-1),
announcing that USDA combined three system of records (Plant Protection
and Quarantine Program-Regulatory Actions, USDA/APHIS-1; Veterinary
Services Programs-Animal Quarantine Regulatory Actions, USDA/APHIS-3;
and Veterinary Services Programs--Animal Welfare and Horse Protection
Regulatory Actions, USDA/APHIS-4) into one system of record:
Investigative and Enforcement Records Regarding Regulatory Activities,
USDA/APHIS-1. The reason for combining the system of records was to
bring all records concerning investigation and enforcement together.
However, USDA's Privacy Act regulations were not amended to reflect
this consolidation, which we proposed to rectify.
In this issue of the Federal Register, we are also publishing a
delay of effective date for the exemptions in the system of records
notice, ``Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) National
Information Communication Activity System (SNICAS), USDA/APHIS-21,''
associated with this action.\3\
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\3\ To view the notice's delay of effective date, go to
www.regulations.gov, and enter APHIS-2014-0062 in the Search field.
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This action is exempt from notice and comment under 5 U.S.C. 553
and is effective immediately upon publication today in the Federal
Register, based on the good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and
553(d)(3), respectively. Seeking public comment is impracticable,
unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest. The delay in the
effective date until April 11, 2025, is necessary to give Department
officials the opportunity for further review and consideration of new
regulation, consistent with the President's memorandum of January 20,
2025. Given the imminence of the effective date and the brief length of
the delay of the effective date, seeking prior public comment on this
delay would have been impractical, as well as contrary to the public
interest in the orderly promulgation and implementation of regulations.
Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of February 2025.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-02485 Filed 2-7-25; 8:45 am]
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