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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1260
[Doc. # AMS–LPS–16–0071]
Beef Promotion and Research;
Reapportionment
AGENCY:
Executive Order 12988
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
This final rule adjusts
representation on the Cattlemen’s Beef
Promotion and Research Board (Board),
established under the Beef Promotion
and Research Act of 1985 (Act), to
reflect changes in domestic cattle
inventories and changes in levels of
imported cattle, beef, and beef products
that have occurred since the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
last reapportioned the Board in July
2014. These adjustments are required by
the Beef Promotion and Research Order
(Order) and will result in a decrease in
Board membership from 100 to 99,
effective with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA) appointments for
terms beginning early in the year 2018.
DATES: Effective July 17, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Dinkel, Agricultural Marketing
Specialist; Research and Promotion
Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed
Program, AMS, USDA; Room 2610–S,
STOP 0249, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–0249; via
telephone at (301) 352–7497; or by
email at Michael.Dinkel@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Executive Orders 12866 and 13771, and
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule does not meet the definition
of a significant regulatory action
contained in section 3(f) of Executive
Order 12866 and is not subject to review
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Additionally, because
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this rule does not meet the definition of
a significant regulatory action, it does
not trigger the requirements contained
in Executive Order 13771. See OMB’s
Memorandum titled ‘‘Interim Guidance
Implementing Section 2 of the Executive
Order of January 30, 2017, titled
‘Reducing Regulation and Controlling
Regulatory Costs’ ’’ (February 2, 2017).
Under the requirements set forth in the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5
U.S.C. 601–612), AMS has considered
the economic impact of this action on
small entities. The purpose of the RFA
is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of
businesses subject to such actions in
order that small businesses will not be
unduly or disproportionately burdened.
This final rule has been reviewed
under Executive Order 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. This rule is not intended
to have a retroactive effect.
The Act prohibits states or political
subdivisions of a state to impose any
requirement that is in addition to, or
inconsistent with, any requirement of
the Act. There are no civil justice
implications associated with this final
rule.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In the February 2013 publication of
‘‘Farms, Land in Farms, and Livestock
Operations,’’ USDA’s National
Agricultural Statistics Service estimated
that the number of operations in the
U.S. with cattle totaled approximately
915,000 in 2012, down from 950,000 in
2009. There are approximately 270
importers who import beef or edible
beef products into the United States and
198 importers who import live cattle
into the United States. It is estimated
that the majority of those operations
subject to the Order are considered
small businesses under the criteria
established by the Small Business
Administration (SBA) [13 CFR 121.201].
SBA generally defines small agricultural
service firms as those having annual
receipts of $7.5 million or less, and
small agricultural producers are
generally defined as those having
annual receipts of less than $750,000.
The final rule imposes no new burden
on the industry; it only adjusts
representation on the Board to reflect
changes in domestic cattle inventory, as
well as in cattle and beef imports. The
adjustments are required by the Order
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and will result in a decrease in Board
membership from 100 to 99.
AMS is committed to complying with
the E-Government Act of 2002 to
promote the use of the Internet and
other information technologies to
provide increased opportunities for
citizen access to government
information and services, and for other
purposes.
USDA has not identified any relevant
Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or
conflict with this rule.
Background
The Act established a national beef
research and promotion program—
administered by the Board—that is
financed through industry assessments
and subject to oversight by USDA’s
AMS. This program of promotion and
research is designed to strengthen the
position of beef and beef products in the
marketplace and to establish, maintain,
and expand markets for beef and beef
products both domestically and
internationally. Domestic representation
on the Board is based on cattle
inventory numbers, while importer
representation is based on the
conversion of the volume of imported
cattle, beef, and beef products into live
animal equivalencies.
Section 1260.141(c) of the Order
provides that at least every 3 years and
not more than every 2 years, the Board
shall review the geographic distribution
of cattle inventories throughout the
United States and the volume of
imported cattle, beef, and beef products
and, if warranted, shall reapportion
units and/or modify the number of
Board members from units to reflect the
geographic distribution of cattle
production volume in the United States
and the volume of cattle, beef, or beef
products imported into the United
States.
Section 1260.141(d) of the Order
authorizes the Board to recommend to
the Secretary of Agriculture
modifications to the number of cattle
per unit necessary for representation on
the Board.
Section 1260.141(e)(1) of the Order
provides that each geographic unit or
state that includes a total cattle
inventory equal to or greater than
500,000 head of cattle shall be entitled
to one representative on the Board.
Section 1260.141(e)(2) provides that
states that do not have total cattle
inventories equal to or greater than
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500,000 head shall be grouped, to the
extent practicable, into geographically
contiguous units, each of which has a
combined total inventory of not less
than 500,000 head. Such grouped units
are entitled to at least one representative
on the Board. Each unit is entitled to an
additional Board member for each
additional 1 million head of cattle
within the unit, as provided in
§ 1260.141(e)(4). Further, as provided in
§ 1260.141(e)(3), importers shall be
represented by a single unit, with the
number of Board members representing
such unit based on a conversion of the
total volume of imported cattle, beef, or
beef products into live animal
equivalencies.
Representation of states and units
affected by this final rule is as follows:
Current
representation
Virginia .....................................................................................................................................................................
Texas .......................................................................................................................................................................
Importers ..................................................................................................................................................................
The Board reapportionment will take
effect with appointments to fill
positions early in the year 2018.
Summary of Comments
AMS published the notice of
proposed rulemaking in the Federal
Register on January 13, 2017. The
comment period closed on April 13,
2017. AMS received four timely
comments. Three of the four comments
were outside the scope of the rule. One
commenter suggested that the latest
statistical survey of cattle in Virginia
released in February 2017 verifies that
Virginia does in fact retain the
prerequisite greater than 1.5 million
head of cattle to justify two seats on the
Board. For the purpose of this final rule,
domestic cattle numbers are determined
by using an average of 3 years to better
reflect the geographic distribution of
cattle production volume in the United
States. Accordingly, this comment was
not adopted.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1260
Administrative practice and
procedure, Advertising, Agricultural
research, Imports, Meat and meat
products, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, 7 CFR part 1260 is amended
as follows:
Revised
representation
2
13
6
State/unit
1
12
7
PART 1260—BEEF PROMOTION AND
RESEARCH
1. The authority citation for 7 CFR
part 1260 continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2901–2911 and 7
U.S.C. 7401.
2. In § 1260.141, revise paragraph (a)
to read as follows:
■
§ 1260.141
Membership of Board.
(a) Beginning with the 2017 Board
nominations and the associated
appointments effective early in the year
2018, the United States shall be divided
into 37 geographical units and 1 unit
representing importers, for a total of 38
units. The number of Board members
from each unit shall be as follows:
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State/unit
(1,000 head)
1. Arizona .................................................................................................................................................................
2. Arkansas ..............................................................................................................................................................
3. Colorado ..............................................................................................................................................................
4. Florida ..................................................................................................................................................................
5. Idaho ....................................................................................................................................................................
6. Illinois ...................................................................................................................................................................
7. Indiana .................................................................................................................................................................
8. Iowa .....................................................................................................................................................................
9. Kansas .................................................................................................................................................................
10. Kentucky ............................................................................................................................................................
11. Louisiana ...........................................................................................................................................................
12. Michigan ............................................................................................................................................................
13. Minnesota ..........................................................................................................................................................
14. Mississippi .........................................................................................................................................................
15. Missouri .............................................................................................................................................................
16. Montana .............................................................................................................................................................
17. Nebraska ...........................................................................................................................................................
18. New Mexico .......................................................................................................................................................
19. New York ...........................................................................................................................................................
20. North Carolina ...................................................................................................................................................
21. North Dakota .....................................................................................................................................................
22. Ohio ...................................................................................................................................................................
23. Oklahoma ..........................................................................................................................................................
24. Oregon ...............................................................................................................................................................
25. Pennsylvania .....................................................................................................................................................
26. South Dakota .....................................................................................................................................................
27. Tennessee .........................................................................................................................................................
28. Texas .................................................................................................................................................................
29. Utah ...................................................................................................................................................................
30. Virginia ...............................................................................................................................................................
31. Wisconsin ..........................................................................................................................................................
32. Wyoming ............................................................................................................................................................
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900
1,660
2,600
1,680
2,307
1,143
873
3,867
5,983
2,110
787
1,133
2,347
923
3,983
2,567
6,317
1,340
1,450
803
1,697
1,243
4,567
1,300
1,580
3,783
1,770
11,500
807
1,487
3,467
1,293
Directors
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
4
6
2
1
1
2
1
4
3
6
1
1
1
2
1
5
1
2
4
2
12
1
1
3
1
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CATTLE AND CALVES 1—Continued
State/unit
(1,000 head)
Directors
33. Northwest ...........................................................................................................................................................
Alaska ......................................................................................................................................................................
Hawaii ......................................................................................................................................................................
Washington ..............................................................................................................................................................
........................
10
135
1,137
1
........................
........................
........................
Total .....................................................................................................................................................................
1,282
........................
34. Northeast ...........................................................................................................................................................
Connecticut ..............................................................................................................................................................
Delaware ..................................................................................................................................................................
Maine .......................................................................................................................................................................
Massachusetts .........................................................................................................................................................
New Hampshire .......................................................................................................................................................
New Jersey ..............................................................................................................................................................
Rhode Island ............................................................................................................................................................
Vermont ...................................................................................................................................................................
........................
48
16
84
38
32
28
5
260
1
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total .....................................................................................................................................................................
511
........................
35. Mid-Atlantic ........................................................................................................................................................
Maryland ..................................................................................................................................................................
West Virginia ............................................................................................................................................................
........................
186
382
1
........................
........................
Total .....................................................................................................................................................................
567
........................
36. Southeast ...........................................................................................................................................................
Alabama ...................................................................................................................................................................
Georgia ....................................................................................................................................................................
South Carolina .........................................................................................................................................................
........................
1,240
1,057
337
3
........................
........................
........................
Total .....................................................................................................................................................................
2,633
........................
37. Southwest ..........................................................................................................................................................
California ..................................................................................................................................................................
Nevada .....................................................................................................................................................................
........................
5,183
442
6
........................
........................
Total .....................................................................................................................................................................
5,625
........................
38. Importers 2 .........................................................................................................................................................
6,949
7
1 2014,
2 2013,
*
2015, and 2016 average of January 1 cattle inventory data.
2014, and 2015 average of annual import data.
*
*
*
*
Dated: June 13, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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________________________________________________________________________
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents
having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed
to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published
under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
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and Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1260
[Doc. # AMS-LPS-16-0071]
Beef Promotion and Research; Reapportionment
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This final rule adjusts representation on the Cattlemen's Beef
Promotion and Research Board (Board), established under the Beef
Promotion and Research Act of 1985 (Act), to reflect changes in
domestic cattle inventories and changes in levels of imported cattle,
beef, and beef products that have occurred since the Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) last reapportioned the Board in July 2014.
These adjustments are required by the Beef Promotion and Research Order
(Order) and will result in a decrease in Board membership from 100 to
99, effective with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA)
appointments for terms beginning early in the year 2018.
DATES: Effective July 17, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Dinkel, Agricultural Marketing
Specialist; Research and Promotion Division; Livestock, Poultry, and
Seed Program, AMS, USDA; Room 2610-S, STOP 0249, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0249; via telephone at (301) 352-7497;
or by email at Michael.Dinkel@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Orders 12866 and 13771, and Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule does not meet the definition of a significant regulatory
action contained in section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 and is not
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Additionally, because this rule does not meet the definition of a
significant regulatory action, it does not trigger the requirements
contained in Executive Order 13771. See OMB's Memorandum titled
``Interim Guidance Implementing Section 2 of the Executive Order of
January 30, 2017, titled `Reducing Regulation and Controlling
Regulatory Costs' '' (February 2, 2017). Under the requirements set
forth in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601-612), AMS
has considered the economic impact of this action on small entities.
The purpose of the RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of
businesses subject to such actions in order that small businesses will
not be unduly or disproportionately burdened.
Executive Order 12988
This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988,
Civil Justice Reform. This rule is not intended to have a retroactive
effect.
The Act prohibits states or political subdivisions of a state to
impose any requirement that is in addition to, or inconsistent with,
any requirement of the Act. There are no civil justice implications
associated with this final rule.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In the February 2013 publication of ``Farms, Land in Farms, and
Livestock Operations,'' USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service
estimated that the number of operations in the U.S. with cattle totaled
approximately 915,000 in 2012, down from 950,000 in 2009. There are
approximately 270 importers who import beef or edible beef products
into the United States and 198 importers who import live cattle into
the United States. It is estimated that the majority of those
operations subject to the Order are considered small businesses under
the criteria established by the Small Business Administration (SBA) [13
CFR 121.201]. SBA generally defines small agricultural service firms as
those having annual receipts of $7.5 million or less, and small
agricultural producers are generally defined as those having annual
receipts of less than $750,000.
The final rule imposes no new burden on the industry; it only
adjusts representation on the Board to reflect changes in domestic
cattle inventory, as well as in cattle and beef imports. The
adjustments are required by the Order and will result in a decrease in
Board membership from 100 to 99.
AMS is committed to complying with the E-Government Act of 2002 to
promote the use of the Internet and other information technologies to
provide increased opportunities for citizen access to government
information and services, and for other purposes.
USDA has not identified any relevant Federal rules that duplicate,
overlap, or conflict with this rule.
Background
The Act established a national beef research and promotion
program--administered by the Board--that is financed through industry
assessments and subject to oversight by USDA's AMS. This program of
promotion and research is designed to strengthen the position of beef
and beef products in the marketplace and to establish, maintain, and
expand markets for beef and beef products both domestically and
internationally. Domestic representation on the Board is based on
cattle inventory numbers, while importer representation is based on the
conversion of the volume of imported cattle, beef, and beef products
into live animal equivalencies.
Section 1260.141(c) of the Order provides that at least every 3
years and not more than every 2 years, the Board shall review the
geographic distribution of cattle inventories throughout the United
States and the volume of imported cattle, beef, and beef products and,
if warranted, shall reapportion units and/or modify the number of Board
members from units to reflect the geographic distribution of cattle
production volume in the United States and the volume of cattle, beef,
or beef products imported into the United States.
Section 1260.141(d) of the Order authorizes the Board to recommend
to the Secretary of Agriculture modifications to the number of cattle
per unit necessary for representation on the Board.
Section 1260.141(e)(1) of the Order provides that each geographic
unit or state that includes a total cattle inventory equal to or
greater than 500,000 head of cattle shall be entitled to one
representative on the Board. Section 1260.141(e)(2) provides that
states that do not have total cattle inventories equal to or greater
than
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500,000 head shall be grouped, to the extent practicable, into
geographically contiguous units, each of which has a combined total
inventory of not less than 500,000 head. Such grouped units are
entitled to at least one representative on the Board. Each unit is
entitled to an additional Board member for each additional 1 million
head of cattle within the unit, as provided in Sec. 1260.141(e)(4).
Further, as provided in Sec. 1260.141(e)(3), importers shall be
represented by a single unit, with the number of Board members
representing such unit based on a conversion of the total volume of
imported cattle, beef, or beef products into live animal equivalencies.
Representation of states and units affected by this final rule is
as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Revised
State/unit representation representation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Virginia................................ 2 1
Texas................................... 13 12
Importers............................... 6 7
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Board reapportionment will take effect with appointments to
fill positions early in the year 2018.
Summary of Comments
AMS published the notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal
Register on January 13, 2017. The comment period closed on April 13,
2017. AMS received four timely comments. Three of the four comments
were outside the scope of the rule. One commenter suggested that the
latest statistical survey of cattle in Virginia released in February
2017 verifies that Virginia does in fact retain the prerequisite
greater than 1.5 million head of cattle to justify two seats on the
Board. For the purpose of this final rule, domestic cattle numbers are
determined by using an average of 3 years to better reflect the
geographic distribution of cattle production volume in the United
States. Accordingly, this comment was not adopted.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1260
Administrative practice and procedure, Advertising, Agricultural
research, Imports, Meat and meat products, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 7 CFR part 1260 is
amended as follows:
PART 1260--BEEF PROMOTION AND RESEARCH
0
1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 1260 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2901-2911 and 7 U.S.C. 7401.
0
2. In Sec. 1260.141, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 1260.141 Membership of Board.
(a) Beginning with the 2017 Board nominations and the associated
appointments effective early in the year 2018, the United States shall
be divided into 37 geographical units and 1 unit representing
importers, for a total of 38 units. The number of Board members from
each unit shall be as follows:
Cattle and Calves \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
State/unit (1,000 head) Directors
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Arizona.............................. 900 1
2. Arkansas............................. 1,660 2
3. Colorado............................. 2,600 3
4. Florida.............................. 1,680 2
5. Idaho................................ 2,307 2
6. Illinois............................. 1,143 1
7. Indiana.............................. 873 1
8. Iowa................................. 3,867 4
9. Kansas............................... 5,983 6
10. Kentucky............................ 2,110 2
11. Louisiana........................... 787 1
12. Michigan............................ 1,133 1
13. Minnesota........................... 2,347 2
14. Mississippi......................... 923 1
15. Missouri............................ 3,983 4
16. Montana............................. 2,567 3
17. Nebraska............................ 6,317 6
18. New Mexico.......................... 1,340 1
19. New York............................ 1,450 1
20. North Carolina...................... 803 1
21. North Dakota........................ 1,697 2
22. Ohio................................ 1,243 1
23. Oklahoma............................ 4,567 5
24. Oregon.............................. 1,300 1
25. Pennsylvania........................ 1,580 2
26. South Dakota........................ 3,783 4
27. Tennessee........................... 1,770 2
28. Texas............................... 11,500 12
29. Utah................................ 807 1
30. Virginia............................ 1,487 1
31. Wisconsin........................... 3,467 3
32. Wyoming............................. 1,293 1
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33. Northwest........................... .............. 1
Alaska.................................. 10 ..............
Hawaii.................................. 135 ..............
Washington.............................. 1,137 ..............
-------------------------------
Total................................. 1,282 ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
34. Northeast........................... .............. 1
Connecticut............................. 48 ..............
Delaware................................ 16 ..............
Maine................................... 84 ..............
Massachusetts........................... 38 ..............
New Hampshire........................... 32 ..............
New Jersey.............................. 28 ..............
Rhode Island............................ 5 ..............
Vermont................................. 260 ..............
-------------------------------
Total................................. 511 ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
35. Mid-Atlantic........................ .............. 1
Maryland................................ 186 ..............
West Virginia........................... 382 ..............
-------------------------------
Total................................. 567 ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
36. Southeast........................... .............. 3
Alabama................................. 1,240 ..............
Georgia................................. 1,057 ..............
South Carolina.......................... 337 ..............
-------------------------------
Total................................. 2,633 ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
37. Southwest........................... .............. 6
California.............................. 5,183 ..............
Nevada.................................. 442 ..............
-------------------------------
Total................................. 5,625 ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
38. Importers \2\....................... 6,949 7
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ 2014, 2015, and 2016 average of January 1 cattle inventory data.
\2\ 2013, 2014, and 2015 average of annual import data.
* * * * *
Dated: June 13, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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