[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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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announcing that it has withdrawn certain advance notice of proposed 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are withdrawn on January 4, 2018.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Federal Register that it has withdrawn these 16 items.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the reasons set forth above, USDA announces that it has withdrawn the 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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