Environmental Protection Agency July 30, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Request for New Information Collection
Document Number: 2015-18701
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-30
Agency: Aging Administration, Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget, for NEW information collection for the Fruit and Vegetable Specialty Crops Inspection Division.
Clarification of United States Antitrust Laws, Immunity, and Liability Under Marketing Order Programs
Document Number: 2015-18700
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-07-30
Agency: Aging Administration, Environmental Protection Agency
This rule implements an amendment to the general regulations for federal fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop marketing agreements and marketing orders that would accentuate the applicability of U.S. antitrust laws to marketing order programs' domestic and foreign activities. This action advises marketing order board and committee members and personnel of the restrictions, limitations, and liabilities imposed by those laws.
National Organic Program (NOP); Sunset 2015 Amendments to the National List
Document Number: 2015-18699
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-07-30
Agency: Aging Administration, Environmental Protection Agency
This proposed rule would address recommendations submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) following their October 2014 meeting. These recommendations pertain to the 2015 Sunset Review of substances on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List). Consistent with the recommendations from the NOSB, this proposed rule would remove two non- organic agricultural substances from the National List for use in organic handling, fortified cooking winesmarsala wine and sherry wine. This proposed rule would also remove two listings for synthetic substances allowed for use in organic crop production on the National List, streptomycin and tetracycline, as their use exemptions expired on October 21, 2014.
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