[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11933-11934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04172]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

9 CFR Part 201

[Doc. No. AMS-LRRS-22-0011]


Nomenclature Changes; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This rule removes the undesignated center headings in a part 
of the Code of Federal Regulations administered by the Agricultural 
Marketing Service (AMS). Further, this rule organizes the part's 
sections into subparts and adds designated subpart headings. This 
action is intended to make the part more readable and easier to amend 
in the future. Finally, these revisions are made to conform to Office 
of the Federal Register formatting requirements.

DATES: Effective March 3, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel L. May, Regulatory Analyst, 
Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; phone: (202) 384-2975 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule makes technical amendments 
to regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Part 201 of 
Title 9 of the CFR contains regulations that effectuate the Packers and 
Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 9 CFR 201 is divided into 
several sections that are currently grouped under undesignated center 
headings. AMS has determined that reorganizing the part into subparts 
and adding designated subpart headings will make the part more readable 
and facilitate future amendatory actions. Further, AMS is revising 
headings in part 201 to conform with nomenclature guidelines 
established by the Office of the Federal Register. This rule falls 
within a category of regulatory actions that the Office of Management 
and Budget exempted from Executive Order 12866 review.
    The notice and comment requirements in the Administrative Procedure 
Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) apply to rules as defined in 5 U.S.C. 551 
(``the whole or a part of an agency statement of general or particular 
applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or 
prescribe law or policy or describing the organization, procedure, or 
practice requirements of an agency and includes the approval or 
prescription for the future of rates, wages, corporate or financial 
structures or reorganizations thereof, prices, facilities, appliances, 
services or allowances therefor or of valuations, costs, or accounting, 
or practices bearing on any of the foregoing''). This final rule is 
limited to reorganizing Part 201 into subparts and adding designated 
subpart headings. It does not create new or amend existing requirements 
or interpretations. Thus, AMS has determined that this final rule is 
not a rule subject to the notice and comment requirements of 5 U.S.C. 
553. Additionally, to the extent that this final rule is subject to 
this section, AMS has determined that there is good cause for making 
this technical amendment final without prior proposal and opportunity 
for comment because the revisions are not substantive and will have no 
impact on the regulatory requirements in the affected part. AMS has 
determined that public comment on such administrative changes is 
unnecessary and that there is good cause under the APA for proceeding 
with a final rule.
    Further, because a notice of proposed rulemaking and opportunity 
for public comment are not required to be given for this rule under the 
APA or any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are not applicable. Accordingly, 
this rule is issued in final form. Although there is no formal comment 
period, public comments on this rule are welcome on an ongoing basis. 
Comments should be submitted to the address or email under the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT caption.

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 201

    Confidential business information, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Stockyards, Surety bonds, Trade practices.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, AMS amends 9 CFR part 
201 as follows:

PART 201--ADMINISTERING THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT

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1. The authority citation for part 201 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 181-229c.


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2. Revise the heading for part 201 to read as set forth above.

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3. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.1 and add a 
heading for subpart A, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.1 through 201.2, in 
its place to read as follows:

Subpart A--Definitions

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4. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.3 and add a 
heading for subpart B, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.3 through 201.4, in 
its place to read as follows:

Subpart B--Administration

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5. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.5 and add a 
heading for subpart C, consisting of Sec.  201.5, in its place to read 
as follows:

Subpart C--Applicability of Industry Rules

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6. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.10 and add a 
heading for subpart D, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.10 through 201.11, 
in its place to read as follows:

Subpart D--Registration

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7. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.17 and add a 
heading for subpart E, consisting of Sec.  201.17, in its place to read 
as follows:

Subpart E--Schedules of Rates and Charges

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8. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.27 and add a 
heading for subpart F, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.27 through 201.28, 
in its place to read as follows:

Subpart F--Bonding

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9. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.29 and add a

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heading for subpart G, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.29 through 201.34, 
in its place to read as follows:

Subpart G--Market Agency, Dealer, and Packer Bonds

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10. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.39 and add 
a heading for subpart H, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.39 through 
201.42, in its place to read as follows:

Subpart H--Proceeds of Sale

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11. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.43 and add 
a heading for subpart I, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.43 through 
201.49, in its place to read as follows:

Subpart I--Accounts and Records

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12. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.53 and add 
a heading for subpart J, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.53 through 
201.70, in its place to read as follows:

Subpart J--Trade Practices

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13. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.71 and add 
a heading for subpart K, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.71 through 
201.82, in its place to read as follows:

Subpart K--Services

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14. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.86 and add 
a heading for subpart L, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.86, in its place 
to read as follows:

Subpart L--Inspection of Brands

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15. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.94 and add 
a heading for subpart M, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.94 through 
201.99, in its place to read as follows:

Subpart M--General

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16. Remove the undesignated center heading before Sec.  201.100 and add 
a heading for subpart N, consisting of Sec. Sec.  201.100 through 
201.218, in its place to read as follows:

Subpart N--Packers and Live Poultry Dealers

Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-04172 Filed 3-2-22; 8:45 am]
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