[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00893]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

7 CFR Parts 1220 and 1260


Withdrawal of Certain Proposed Rules and Other Proposed Actions; 
Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rules; Correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the withdrawal 
published on January 4, 2018, titled, Withdrawal of Certain Proposed 
Rules and Other Proposed Actions. The document incorrectly stated that 
the proposed rule published on July 15, 2016, under the title Soybean 
Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information; Beef Promotion and 
Research; Amendments To Allow Redirection of State Assessments to the 
National Program; Technical Amendments (Soybean Promotion) is not 
considered a candidate for final action at this time. This document 
corrects that statement and makes it known that this rulemaking remains 
under review.

DATES: The proposed rule published on January 4, 2018 is corrected as 
of January 19, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Poe, Telephone Number: (202) 
720-3323. Email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Soybean Promotion proposed rule published on July 15, 2016, is 
among a class of research and promotion orders for which the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has waived review under Executive Order 
12866. As a matter of practice, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
does not create or assign Regulatory Identification Numbers (RIN) for 
documents that are not reviewed by OMB. In the present case, the 
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) incorrectly created RIN 0581-AD49 
for the Soybean Promotion rule on May 26, 2016 and corrected the 
mistake by withdrawing the RIN on June 23, 2017. RIN 0581-AD49 was 
listed in the July 15, 2016 publication of the Soybean Promotion rule. 
Additionally, AMS incorrectly created a second RIN for the same Soybean 
Promotion rule on March 17, 2017 and corrected this subsequent mistake 
by withdrawing that RIN on August 31, 2017. The second RIN 0581-AD63 
was listed in the January 4, 2018 document. The withdrawals of RIN 
0581-AD49 and RIN 0581-AD63 removed the incorrectly created numbers 
from the Regulatory Information Service Center and Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs Consolidated Information System, but 
did not affect the underlying rulemaking.
    As stated above, the January 4, 2017 document incorrectly stated 
that the Soybean Promotion rule is not considered a candidate for final 
action at this time. This document corrects that statement and makes it 
known that AMS continues to review the proposed rule and the comments.

    Dated: January 11, 2018.
Rebeckah Adcock,
Regulatory Reform Officer and Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Office 
of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-00893 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
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