Implementing Provisions of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, 10463 [2023-03492]
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Vol. 88, No. 34
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
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are keyed to and codified in the Code of
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50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
and therefore confirms the rule without
change.
Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–03492 Filed 2–17–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
7 CFR Parts 1710, 1720, and 1785
9 CFR Part 94
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0066]
[Docket No. RUS–ELECTRIC–21–0016
Alignment of Canned Meat and Canned
Product Requirements
RIN 0572–AC49
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
The Rural Utilities Service, a
Rural Development agency of the United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), hereinafter referred to as
‘‘RUS’’ or ‘‘the Agency,’’ published in
the Federal Register on December 6,
2022, a final rule with request for
comments. The Agency received no
substantiative comments, so this notice
confirms the final rule as published.
SUMMARY:
As of February 21, 2023, the
December 6, 2022, effective date for the
final rule published December 6, 2022,
at 87 FR 74493, is confirmed.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexis Solano, Rural Utilities Service
Electric Program, Rural Development,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1568,
Room 5165–S, Washington, DC 20250–
3201; telephone: (202) 690–3407; email:
alexis.solano@usda.gov.
RUS
published a final rule with request for
comments in the Federal Register on
December 6, 2022, at 87 FR 74493. The
final rule implemented sections 6501,
6503, 6505 and 6507 of the Agriculture
Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115–
34) (Farm Bill).
The Agency received no
substantiative comments during the
public comment period on the final rule
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We are revising the
regulations for cured or cooked meat
from regions where foot-and-mouth
disease exists to reflect changes to the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
regulations regarding thermally
processed, commercially sterile meat.
This action will remove from our
regulations reference to a section in
FSIS’ regulations that was eliminated
when FSIS consolidated their
regulations regarding thermally
processed, commercially sterile meat.
This action will align the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service’s animal
product regulations with the current
FSIS regulations.
DATES: Effective February 21, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Nathaniel J. Koval, Veterinary Medical
Officer, APHIS Veterinary Services,
Strategy and Policy, Animal Product
Import and Export, 4700 River Road,
Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231;
(301) 851–3434; Nathaniel.J.Koval@
usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
Final rule, confirmation
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
Implementing Provisions of the
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations
in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to below as
the regulations) govern the importation
of certain animals and animal products
into the United States in order to
prevent the introduction of various
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foreign animal diseases. The regulations
in § 94.4 prescribe conditions for
importing into the United States cured
or cooked meat from regions where
APHIS considers foot-and-mouth
disease (FMD) to exist.
Currently, § 94.4(b)(3) states that
canned product (canned meat) as
defined in 9 CFR 318.300(d) is exempt
from the requirements of § 94.4. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
administers the regulations in 9 CFR
part 318. In brief, paragraph (d) of
§ 318.300 had defined canned product
as a meat food product with a water
activity above 0.85 that receives a
thermal process either before or after
being packed in a hermetically sealed
container. The intent of § 94.4(b)(3) is,
accordingly, to specify that canned
product that meets FSIS’ definition of
that term is exempt from our conditions
governing cured or cooked meat from
regions where APHIS considers FMD to
exist. This exemption is warranted
because canned product that meets
FSIS’ regulatory definition of that term
has been processed in a manner that
denatures FMD.
However, on May 31, 2018, FSIS
published in the Federal Register (83
FR 25302–25325, Docket No. FSIS–
2015–0036) 1 a final rule that, among
other things, combined their regulations
for thermally processed, commercially
sterile meat products that appeared in 9
CFR 318.300 through 381.311 into 9
CFR part 431, Thermally Processed,
Commercially Sterile Products. As FSIS’
final rule has taken effect, the reference
to § 318.300(d) in APHIS’ regulations is
outdated, and it has become necessary
to update our regulations to reflect this
change by removing reference to 9 CFR
318.300(d) and replacing it with the
reference to 9 CFR part 431.
Effective Date
This rule updates APHIS’ regulations
in order to ensure that references to
FSIS’ regulations are accurate.
Therefore, APHIS considers there to be
good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 to
find that an opportunity for public
comment is unnecessary and contrary to
the public interest, and this rule may be
made effective less than 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register.
1 To view the final rule, go to
www.regulations.gov and enter FSIS–2015–0036 in
the Search box.
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Rules and Regulations
Federal Register
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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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Rules and Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
7 CFR Parts 1710, 1720, and 1785
[Docket No. RUS-ELECTRIC-21-0016
RIN 0572-AC49
Implementing Provisions of the Agriculture Improvement Act of
2018
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule, confirmation
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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service, a Rural Development agency of the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), hereinafter referred to
as ``RUS'' or ``the Agency,'' published in the Federal Register on
December 6, 2022, a final rule with request for comments. The Agency
received no substantiative comments, so this notice confirms the final
rule as published.
DATES: As of February 21, 2023, the December 6, 2022, effective date
for the final rule published December 6, 2022, at 87 FR 74493, is
confirmed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis Solano, Rural Utilities Service
Electric Program, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1568, Room 5165-S, Washington, DC
20250-3201; telephone: (202) 690-3407; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS published a final rule with request for
comments in the Federal Register on December 6, 2022, at 87 FR 74493.
The final rule implemented sections 6501, 6503, 6505 and 6507 of the
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-34) (Farm Bill).
The Agency received no substantiative comments during the public
comment period on the final rule and therefore confirms the rule
without change.
Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-03492 Filed 2-17-23; 8:45 am]
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