[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 94 (Monday, May 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 29731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10451]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Document Number AMS-AMS-22-0027]


Access to Fertilizer: Competition and Supply Chain Concerns

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is providing an 
additional 30 days for comments and information from the public to 
assist AMS in preparing the report required by the Executive Order 
titled ``Promoting Competition in the American Economy,'' which creates 
a White House Competition Council and directs Federal agency actions to 
enhance fairness and competition across America's economy. Among other 
things, the Executive Order Executive Order directs the Council and 
member agencies to ``identify and advance any additional administrative 
actions necessary'' to promote competition on an ongoing basis. This 
notice requests comments and information from the public to assist the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in identifying relevant 
difficulties, including competition concerns, and potential policy 
solutions for the fertilizer market.

DATES: The comment period for the notice originally published on March 
17, 2022, at 87 FR 15191, is extended. Comments must be submitted on or 
before June 15, 2022.

ADDRESSES: All written comments in response to this notice should be 
posted online at https://www.regulations.gov. Comments received will be 
posted without change, including any personal information provided. All 
comments should reference the docket number AMS-AMS-22-0027, the date 
of submission, and the page number of this issue of the Federal 
Register. Comments may also be sent to Jaina Nian, Agricultural 
Marketing Service, USDA, Room 2055-S, STOP 0201, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0201. Comments will be made available 
for public inspection at the above address during regular business 
hours or via the at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaina Nian, Agricultural Marketing 
Service, at (202) 378-2541; or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an 
Executive Order titled ``Promoting Competition in the American 
Economy,'' which creates a White House Competition Council and directs 
Federal agency actions to enhance fairness and competition across 
America's economy. Among other things, the Executive Order directs the 
Council and member agencies to ``identify and advance any additional 
administrative actions necessary'' to promote competition on an ongoing 
basis. The Secretary of Agriculture takes note of wide-ranging concern 
from agricultural producers regarding access to and pricing of 
fertilizer. This notice requests comments and information from the 
public to assist the AMS in identifying relevant difficulties, 
including competition concerns, and potential policy solutions for the 
fertilizer market.
    A notice, published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2022 (87 
FR 15191), requested comments and information from the public to assist 
AMS in identifying relevant difficulties, including competition 
concerns, and potential policy solutions for the fertilizer market. 
This notice established a 60-day comment period, ending May 16, 2022. 
As the comment period overlapped a critical time for agricultural 
producers to plant crops and for academics to conclude semesters, AMS 
is extending the public comment period for an additional 30 days to 
encourage additional public comment.

Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-10451 Filed 5-13-22; 8:45 am]
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