[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 62565]
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[FR Doc No: 99-30013]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

7 CFR Parts 759 and 761

RIN 0560-AF70


Small Hog Operation Payment Program

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Interim rule technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This interim rule amends the interim rules published February 
10, 1999, (64 FR 6495) and August 30, 1999, (64 FR 47099) to 
redesignate the regulations for the Small Hog Operation Payment Program 
(SHOP) at 7 CFR part 761 as 7 CFR part 759. This change is needed to 
reorganize 7 CFR chapter VII to allow for the incorporation of the Farm 
Service Agency's (FSA's) farm loan program regulations, which will be 
moved from their current location in 7 CFR chapter XVIII to 7 CFR 
chapter VII. The redesignated part 759 remains an interim rule and is 
otherwise unchanged.

DATES: Effective November 17, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Witzig, Chief, Regulatory Review 
and Foreign Investment Disclosure Branch (RRFIDB), Farm Service Agency 
(FSA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), STOP 0540, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0540; telephone: (202) 
205-5851; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Executive Order 12866

    This interim rule is in conformance with Executive Order 12866 and 
has been determined to be not significant and therefore has not been 
reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    It has been determined that the Regulatory Flexibility Act is not 
applicable to this rule because the FSA is not required by 5 U.S.C. 553 
or any other provision of law to publish a notice of proposed 
rulemaking with respect to the subject matter of this rule.

Environmental Evaluation

    It has been determined by an environmental evaluation that this 
action will have no significant impact on the quality of the human 
environment. Therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an 
Environmental Impact Statement is needed.

Executive Order 12988

    This rule has been reviewed in accordance with Executive Order 
12988. The provisions of this rule preempt State laws to the extent 
such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of this rule. Before any 
legal action may be brought regarding determinations of this rule, the 
administrative appeal provisions set forth at 7 CFR part 780 must be 
exhausted.

Executive Order 12372

    This program is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order 
12372, which require intergovernmental consultation with State and 
local officials. See the notice related to 7 CFR part 3014, subpart V, 
published at 48 FR 29115 (June 24, 1983).

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    This rule contains no Federal mandates under the regulatory 
provisions of Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(UMRA) for State, local, and tribal governments or the private sector. 
Thus, this rule is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 and 
205 of the UMRA.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    There are no information collections associated with this interim 
rule.

Executive Order 12612

    It has been determined that this rule does not have sufficient 
Federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism 
Assessment. The provisions contained in this rule will not have a 
substantial direct effect on States or their political subdivisions, or 
on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various 
levels of government.

Background

    The Farm Service Agency published an Interim Rule adding 7 CFR part 
761, Small Hog Operation Payment Program (SHOP), on February 10, 1999, 
at 64 FR 6495, with a comment period that ended March 12, 1999. An 
Interim Rule amending the program was published on August 30, 1999, at 
64 FR 47097, with a comment period ending September 29, 1999. The 
Agency is also streamlining its farm loan program regulations to 
separate them from the former Farmers Home Administration regulations 
contained at 7 CFR chapter XVIII and move them to 7 CFR chapter VII. 
Due to the need to provide a continuous block of CFR parts for the farm 
loan program regulations, it is necessary to move the SHOP regulations 
to 7 CFR part 759. The redesignated part 759 remains an interim rule 
and is otherwise unchanged.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Parts 759 and 761

    Direct payments to small hog operations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Accordingly, 7 CFR chapter VII is amended as follows:

PART 761--[REDESIGNATED AS PART 759]

    1. Redesignate part 761 as part 759.
    2. The authority citation for redesignated part 759 continues to 
read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 612c.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on November 10, 1999.
Keith Kelly,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 99-30013 Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
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