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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1220
[Document No. AMS–LP–20–0085]
Soybean Promotion and Research:
Adjusting Representation on the
United Soybean Board
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
This proposed rule would
adjust the number of members on the
United Soybean Board (Board) to reflect
changes in production levels that have
occurred since the Board was last
reapportioned in 2018. As required by
the Soybean Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Act (Act),
membership on the Board is reviewed
every 3 years and adjustments are made
accordingly. This proposed change
would result in a decrease in Board
membership for one State, decreasing
the total number of Board members from
78 to 77. These changes would be
reflected in the Soybean Promotion and
Research Order (Order) and would be
effective with the Secretary of
Agriculture’s (Secretary) appointments
for terms in the year 2022. This
proposed rule would also correct the
number of States and units to the Order.
Technical corrections to the regulations
would adjust the number of States and
units from 30 to 31.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
June 14, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be posted
online at www.regulations.gov.
Comments received will be posted
without change, including any personal
information provided. All comments
should reference the docket number
AMS–LP–20–0085, the date of
submission, and the page number of this
issue of the Federal Register. Comments
may also be sent to Sarah Aswegan,
Agricultural Marketing Specialist,
Research and Promotion Division;
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USDA, Room 2627–S, STOP 0251, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250–0251. Comments will be
made available for public inspection at
the above address during regular
business hours or via the internet at
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Aswegan, Research and
Promotion Division, at (515) 201–5190;
or by email at Sarah.Aswegan@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.) 12866 and
13563 direct agencies to assess all costs
and benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health, and safety
effects; distributive impacts; and
equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the
importance of quantifying both costs
and benefits, reducing costs,
harmonizing rules, and promoting
flexibility. This rule does not meet the
definition of a significant regulatory
action contained in section 3(f) of E.O.
12866 and is therefore not subject to
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
Executive Order 12988
This proposed rule has been reviewed
under E.O. 12988, Civil Justice Reform.
This rule is not intended to have
retroactive effect.
Section 11 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2910)
provides that nothing in the Act may be
construed to preempt or supersede any
other program relating to soybean
promotion organized and operated
under the laws of the U.S. or any State.
There are no administrative proceedings
that must be exhausted prior to any
judicial challenge to the provisions of
this rule.
Executive Order 13175
This action has been reviewed in
accordance with the requirements of
E.O. 13175, Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments. The review reveals that
this regulation would not have
substantial and direct efforts on Tribal
governments or significant Tribal
implications.
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Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with OMB regulations
(5 CFR part 1320) that implement the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. part 35), the information
collection and recordkeeping
requirements contained in the Order
and accompanying Rules and
Regulations have previously been
approved by OMB and were assigned
OMB control number 0581–0093.
Background and Proposed Action
The Board was initially appointed on
July 11, 1991, pursuant to the provisions
of the Act (7 U.S.C. 6301–6311), and the
Order (7 CFR part 1220) issued
thereunder. The Order established an
initial Board with 60 members,
composed of soybean producers. For
purposes of establishing the Board, the
United States was divided into 31 States
and geographical units. Representation
on the Board from each unit was
determined by the level of production in
each unit.
Reapportionment
Section 1220.201(c) of the Order
provides that at the end of each 3-year
period, the Board shall review soybean
production levels in the geographic
units throughout the United States.
Section 1220.130 of the Order defines a
unit as each State, or group of States,
which is represented on the Board. The
Board may recommend to the Secretary
modification in the levels of production
necessary for Board membership for
each unit.
Section 1220.201(d) of the Order
provides that at the end of each 3-year
period, the Secretary must review the
volume of production of each unit and
adjust the boundaries of any unit and
the number of Board members from
each such unit as necessary to conform
with the criteria set forth in
§ 1220.201(e): (1) To the extent
practicable, States with annual average
soybean production of less than 3
million bushels shall be grouped into
geographically contiguous units, each of
which has a combined production level
equal to or greater than 3 million
bushels, and each such group shall be
entitled to at least one member on the
Board; (2) units with at least 3 million
bushels, but fewer than 15 million
bushels shall be entitled to one board
member; (3) units with 15 million
bushels or more but fewer than 70
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million bushels shall be entitled to two
Board members; (4) units with 70
million bushels or more but fewer than
200 million bushels shall be entitled to
three Board members; and (5) units with
200 million bushels or more shall be
entitled to four Board members.
The Board was last reapportioned in
2018. The total Board membership
increased from 73 to 78 members, with
Alabama, Kentucky, North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Tennessee each
gaining one additional member. The
final rule was published in the Federal
Register (83 FR 53365) on October 23,
2018. This change was effective with the
2019 appointments.
This proposed rule would decrease
total membership on the Board from 78
to 77. Production data for years 2015–
2019 (excluding the crops in years in
which production was the highest and
in which production was the lowest in
each State) as reported by USDA’s
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS). This change would not affect
the number of geographical units.
This proposed rule would adjust
representation on the Board as follows:
State
Current
representation
Proposed
representation
Alabama ..............
2
1
Board adjustments as proposed by
this rulemaking would become effective,
if adopted, with the 2022 appointment
process.
This proposed rule would also correct
the number of States and units to the
Order. During a previous
reapportionment, the final rule did not
account for the change in the number of
States and units, as New Jersey
production levels met the threshold to
separate from the Eastern Region. Due to
that oversight, AMS is making the
correction. Technical corrections to the
regulations would adjust the number of
States and units from 30 to 31.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act
Pursuant to the requirements set forth
in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
(5 U.S.C. 601–612), AMS considered the
economic effect of this action on small
entities and determined that this
proposed rule would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of 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 burdened.
Effective November 20, 2019, the
Small Business Administration (SBA)
[13 CFR 121.201] published an interim
final rule (84 FR 64013) that adjusts the
monetary-based size standards for
inflation. As a result of this rule, the
size classification for soybean producers
changed from sales of $750,000 or less
to sales of $1,000,000 or less. There are
an estimated 515,008 soybean producers
and an estimated 10,000 first purchasers
who collect the assessment, most of
whom would be considered small
businesses under the criteria established
by SBA.
According to USDA’s NASS 2017
Census of Agriculture, the number of
operations in the United States with
soybean production totaled 303,191.1
The most recent (2017) Census of
Agriculture data show that roughly 2
percent of producers with soybean
production, or 35,852 operations, have
annual receipts of $1,000,000 or more.2
Therefore, the vast majority of soybean
producers, 98 percent, would be
considered small businesses with the
new SBA guidance. It should be noted
that producers are only indirectly
impacted by the proposed rule.
The proposed rule imposes no new
burden on the industry, as it only
adjusts representation on the Board to
reflect changes in soybean production.
The adjustments are required by the
Order and would result in a decrease in
Board membership from 78 to 77.
AMS is committed to complying with
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.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1220
Administrative practice and
procedure, Advertising, Agricultural
research, Marketing agreements,
Soybeans and soybean products,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, AMS proposes to amend 7
CFR part 1220 as follows:
PART 1220—SOYBEAN PROMOTION,
RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER
INFORMATION
1. The authority citation for 7 CFR
part 1220 continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6301–6311 and 7
U.S.C. 7401.
2. In § 1220.201, revise paragraph (a)
to read as follows:
■
§ 1220.201
Membership of Board.
(a) For the purposes of nominating
and appointing producers to the Board,
the United States shall be divided into
31 geographic units and the number of
Board members from each unit, subject
to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section
shall be as follows:
Number of
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Missouri ................................................................................................................................................................................................
Minnesota ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Iowa .....................................................................................................................................................................................................
Indiana .................................................................................................................................................................................................
Illinois ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
Wisconsin .............................................................................................................................................................................................
Tennessee ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
Mississippi ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Michigan ...............................................................................................................................................................................................
Kentucky ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
Kansas .................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Virginia .................................................................................................................................................................................................
Pennsylvania ........................................................................................................................................................................................
North Carolina ......................................................................................................................................................................................
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Texas ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Oklahoma .............................................................................................................................................................................................
New York .............................................................................................................................................................................................
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Georgia ................................................................................................................................................................................................
Delaware ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
Number of
members
Unit
Eastern Region (Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico) .............................................................................................................................................................
Western Region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming .......................................................................................................................................................................
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Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1220
[Document No. AMS-LP-20-0085]
Soybean Promotion and Research: Adjusting Representation on the
United Soybean Board
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would adjust the number of members on the
United Soybean Board (Board) to reflect changes in production levels
that have occurred since the Board was last reapportioned in 2018. As
required by the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information
Act (Act), membership on the Board is reviewed every 3 years and
adjustments are made accordingly. This proposed change would result in
a decrease in Board membership for one State, decreasing the total
number of Board members from 78 to 77. These changes would be reflected
in the Soybean Promotion and Research Order (Order) and would be
effective with the Secretary of Agriculture's (Secretary) appointments
for terms in the year 2022. This proposed rule would also correct the
number of States and units to the Order. Technical corrections to the
regulations would adjust the number of States and units from 30 to 31.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 14, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be posted online at www.regulations.gov.
Comments received will be posted without change, including any personal
information provided. All comments should reference the docket number
AMS-LP-20-0085, the date of submission, and the page number of this
issue of the Federal Register. Comments may also be sent to Sarah
Aswegan, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, Research and Promotion
Division; Livestock and Poultry Program; AMS; USDA, Room 2627-S, STOP
0251, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0251. Comments
will be made available for public inspection at the above address
during regular business hours or via the internet at
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Aswegan, Research and Promotion
Division, at (515) 201-5190; or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.) 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health, and safety effects; distributive impacts; and equity). E.O.
13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility. This rule
does not meet the definition of a significant regulatory action
contained in section 3(f) of E.O. 12866 and is therefore not subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Executive Order 12988
This proposed rule has been reviewed under E.O. 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. This rule is not intended to have retroactive effect.
Section 11 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2910) provides that nothing in the
Act may be construed to preempt or supersede any other program relating
to soybean promotion organized and operated under the laws of the U.S.
or any State. There are no administrative proceedings that must be
exhausted prior to any judicial challenge to the provisions of this
rule.
Executive Order 13175
This action has been reviewed in accordance with the requirements
of E.O. 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments. The review reveals that this regulation would not have
substantial and direct efforts on Tribal governments or significant
Tribal implications.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with OMB regulations (5 CFR part 1320) that implement
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. part 35), the
information collection and recordkeeping requirements contained in the
Order and accompanying Rules and Regulations have previously been
approved by OMB and were assigned OMB control number 0581-0093.
Background and Proposed Action
The Board was initially appointed on July 11, 1991, pursuant to the
provisions of the Act (7 U.S.C. 6301-6311), and the Order (7 CFR part
1220) issued thereunder. The Order established an initial Board with 60
members, composed of soybean producers. For purposes of establishing
the Board, the United States was divided into 31 States and
geographical units. Representation on the Board from each unit was
determined by the level of production in each unit.
Reapportionment
Section 1220.201(c) of the Order provides that at the end of each
3-year period, the Board shall review soybean production levels in the
geographic units throughout the United States. Section 1220.130 of the
Order defines a unit as each State, or group of States, which is
represented on the Board. The Board may recommend to the Secretary
modification in the levels of production necessary for Board membership
for each unit.
Section 1220.201(d) of the Order provides that at the end of each
3-year period, the Secretary must review the volume of production of
each unit and adjust the boundaries of any unit and the number of Board
members from each such unit as necessary to conform with the criteria
set forth in Sec. 1220.201(e): (1) To the extent practicable, States
with annual average soybean production of less than 3 million bushels
shall be grouped into geographically contiguous units, each of which
has a combined production level equal to or greater than 3 million
bushels, and each such group shall be entitled to at least one member
on the Board; (2) units with at least 3 million bushels, but fewer than
15 million bushels shall be entitled to one board member; (3) units
with 15 million bushels or more but fewer than 70
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million bushels shall be entitled to two Board members; (4) units with
70 million bushels or more but fewer than 200 million bushels shall be
entitled to three Board members; and (5) units with 200 million bushels
or more shall be entitled to four Board members.
The Board was last reapportioned in 2018. The total Board
membership increased from 73 to 78 members, with Alabama, Kentucky,
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Tennessee each gaining one additional
member. The final rule was published in the Federal Register (83 FR
53365) on October 23, 2018. This change was effective with the 2019
appointments.
This proposed rule would decrease total membership on the Board
from 78 to 77. Production data for years 2015-2019 (excluding the crops
in years in which production was the highest and in which production
was the lowest in each State) as reported by USDA's National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). This change would not affect
the number of geographical units.
This proposed rule would adjust representation on the Board as
follows:
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Current Proposed
State representation representation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama............................... 2 1
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Board adjustments as proposed by this rulemaking would become
effective, if adopted, with the 2022 appointment process.
This proposed rule would also correct the number of States and
units to the Order. During a previous reapportionment, the final rule
did not account for the change in the number of States and units, as
New Jersey production levels met the threshold to separate from the
Eastern Region. Due to that oversight, AMS is making the correction.
Technical corrections to the regulations would adjust the number of
States and units from 30 to 31.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act
Pursuant to the requirements set forth in the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601-612), AMS considered the economic
effect of this action on small entities and determined that this
proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of 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 burdened.
Effective November 20, 2019, the Small Business Administration
(SBA) [13 CFR 121.201] published an interim final rule (84 FR 64013)
that adjusts the monetary-based size standards for inflation. As a
result of this rule, the size classification for soybean producers
changed from sales of $750,000 or less to sales of $1,000,000 or less.
There are an estimated 515,008 soybean producers and an estimated
10,000 first purchasers who collect the assessment, most of whom would
be considered small businesses under the criteria established by SBA.
According to USDA's NASS 2017 Census of Agriculture, the number of
operations in the United States with soybean production totaled
303,191.\1\ The most recent (2017) Census of Agriculture data show that
roughly 2 percent of producers with soybean production, or 35,852
operations, have annual receipts of $1,000,000 or more.\2\ Therefore,
the vast majority of soybean producers, 98 percent, would be considered
small businesses with the new SBA guidance. It should be noted that
producers are only indirectly impacted by the proposed rule.
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The proposed rule imposes no new burden on the industry, as it only
adjusts representation on the Board to reflect changes in soybean
production. The adjustments are required by the Order and would result
in a decrease in Board membership from 78 to 77.
AMS is committed to complying with 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.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1220
Administrative practice and procedure, Advertising, Agricultural
research, Marketing agreements, Soybeans and soybean products,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, AMS proposes to amend 7
CFR part 1220 as follows:
PART 1220--SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
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1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 1220 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6301-6311 and 7 U.S.C. 7401.
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2. In Sec. 1220.201, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 1220.201 Membership of Board.
(a) For the purposes of nominating and appointing producers to the
Board, the United States shall be divided into 31 geographic units and
the number of Board members from each unit, subject to paragraphs (d)
and (e) of this section shall be as follows:
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Number of
State/unit members
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South Dakota............................................ 4
Ohio.................................................... 4
North Dakota............................................ 4
Nebraska................................................ 4
Missouri................................................ 4
Minnesota............................................... 4
Iowa.................................................... 4
Indiana................................................. 4
Illinois................................................ 4
Wisconsin............................................... 3
Tennessee............................................... 3
Mississippi............................................. 3
Michigan................................................ 3
Kentucky................................................ 3
Kansas.................................................. 3
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Arkansas................................................ 3
Virginia................................................ 2
Pennsylvania............................................ 2
North Carolina.......................................... 2
Maryland................................................ 2
Louisiana............................................... 2
Alabama................................................. 1
Texas................................................... 1
South Carolina.......................................... 1
Oklahoma................................................ 1
New York................................................ 1
New Jersey.............................................. 1
Georgia................................................. 1
Delaware................................................ 1
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Number of
Unit members
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Eastern Region (Connecticut, Florida, Maine, 1
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont,
West Virginia, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico)..
Western Region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, 1
Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,
Utah, Washington, and Wyoming..........................
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Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-07721 Filed 4-14-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-02-P
