Agricultural Marketing Service August 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Dairy Donation Program
On September 1, 2021, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) amended the provisions of the Milk Donation Reimbursement Program through September 1, 2023, and added regulations for the Dairy Donation Program, on an interim basis, set to expire September 1, 2023. On August 24, 2023, AMS published a final rule further amending the provisions of both programs and removing the expiration date for the Dairy Donation Program. However, we failed to formally adopt the interim provisions, remove the expiration of the amendments to the Milk Donation Reimbursement Program, and list the removal of both expirations in the DATES section of the preamble. This final rule corrects that oversight.
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the currently approved information collection, ``Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News'' (OMB 0581-0033).
Dairy Donation Program
This rule finalizes establishment of the Dairy Donation Program as required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Under the program, eligible dairy organizations that account to a Federal milk marketing order and incur a qualified expense related to certain dairy product donations may apply for and receive reimbursements for those donations. The program facilitates dairy product donations and minimizes food waste. The program works in tandem with the Milk Donation Reimbursement Program, and thus this rule also makes corresponding changes to those regulations.
Walnuts Grown in California; Order Amending Marketing Order No. 984
This final rule amends Marketing Order No. 984, which regulates the handling of walnuts grown in California. USDA approved and adopted amendments proposed by the California Walnut Board (the Board) after due consideration of a public hearing record, and after California walnut producers voted in favor of such amendments in a referendum. This rule eliminates mandatory inspection and certification of inshell and shelled walnuts, and of shelled walnuts for processing; creates a new mechanism for determining and collecting handler assessments; adds the authority to charge interest for late payments; establishes an assessment rate of $0.0125 per inshell pound of walnuts; expands the definition of ``to handle'' to include ``receive''; and removes volume control authority. In addition, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) made necessary changes to the marketing order to conform to the amendments adopted.
Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2023 Amendments)
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations, increasing the value assigned to imported cotton for the purposes of calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. This amendment is required each year to ensure that assessments collected on imported cotton and the cotton content of imported products will be the same as those paid on domestically produced cotton. In addition, AMS is updating the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) statistical reporting numbers that were amended since the last assessment adjustment in 2022.
Plant Records To Include Grade Label Butterfat Testing
This document invites comments on a proposed amendment to the plant records requirement for the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Dairy Grading and Inspection program. The proposal would allow butterfat tests to be performed at an in-house or approved third party laboratory and add a requirement for plants to maintain and make such records available for examination by a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector. This amendment would increase efficiency by conforming to current industry practice.
Solicitation of Nominations for Members of the Grain Inspection Advisory Committee
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the Grain Inspection Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee). The Advisory Committee meets no less than once annually to advise AMS on the programs and services it delivers pursuant to the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA) and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended. Recommendations by the Advisory Committee help AMS better meet the needs of its customers who operate in a dynamic and changing marketplace.
Grain Inspection Advisory Committee Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this constitutes notice of the upcoming meeting of the Grain Inspection Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee). The Advisory Committee meets no less than once annually to advise the Secretary on the programs and services delivered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under the U.S. Grain Standards Act. Recommendations by the Advisory Committee help AMS meet the needs of its customers, who operate in a dynamic and changing marketplace.
Notice of Funds Availability
The Secretary hereby announces the availability of funding for cotton merchandisers under the Pandemic Assistance for Cotton Merchandisers (PACM) Program. PACM will be administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and is authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The funds are intended to reduce the economic impacts of COVID-19 and other supply chain disruptions that impacted cotton merchandisers. Interested entities may apply for program participation by submitting the application, and required supporting documentation, available on our website at www.ams.usda.gov/ services/warehouse/cotton-program.
Notice of Request for Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request for renewal a recordkeeping burden for the information collection for the Export Fruit Acts covering exports of apples and grapes.
Redefining Bona Fide Cotton Spot Markets
This rule amends the regulation that defines two of the seven designated spot markets and changing the names of the affected markets. Specifically, market price data for cotton grown in Oklahoma and Kansas are reassigned from the East Texas/Oklahoma spot market to the West Texas spot market. This action also changes the names of these two markets to describe the markets more accurately.
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