[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02608]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 205

[Doc. No. AMS-NOP-15-0012; NOP-15-06]
RIN 0581-AD44


National Organic Program (NOP); Organic Livestock and Poultry 
Practices

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: Consistent with the Memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the 
Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled, ``Regulatory 
Freeze Pending Review,'' this action delays the effective date for 60 
days for the rule, Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices. This rule, 
published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017, amends the 
organic livestock and poultry production requirements by adding new 
provisions for livestock handling and transport for slaughter and avian 
living conditions; and expands and clarifies existing requirements 
covering livestock care and production practices and mammalian living 
conditions. The rule was originally set to take effect on March 20, 
2017.

DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 19, 
2017 (82 FR 7042) is delayed from March 20, 2017, to a new effective 
date of May 19, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Lewis, Ph.D., Director, Standards 
Division. Telephone: (202) 720-3252; Fax: (202) 260-9151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AMS is taking this action based on the 
Memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President and 
Chief of Staff, entitled, ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review.'' This 
memorandum directs agencies to extend the effective dates of 
regulations which have been published in the Federal Register, but have 
not taken effect. This action delays the effective date of the final 
rule, Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices, 82 FR 7042 (January 19, 
2017), by 60 days.
    To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A) applies to this action, it is 
exempt from notice and comment for good cause and the reasons cited 
above. AMS finds that notice and solicitation of comment regarding the 
brief extension of the effective date for the final regulation are 
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest pursuant 
to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). AMS also believes that affected entities need to 
be informed as soon as possible of the extension and its length in 
order to plan and adjust their implementation process accordingly.

    Dated: February 3, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-02608 Filed 2-8-17; 8:45 am]
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