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United States Code U.S. Code: Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Title 7 published on 10-May-2017 03:42
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 7 CFR Part 1150 after this date.
2016-12-13; vol. 81 # 239 - Tuesday, December 13, 2016 81 FR 89878 - Provisions for Removing Commodity Research and Promotion Board Members and Staff
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service Extension of comment period. Comments must be received by December 23, 2016. 7 CFR Parts 1150, 1160, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1212, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1222, 1230, 1250, and 1260 Summary Notice is hereby given that the comment period on proposed amendments to the provisions for removal of board and council members or staff of the research and promotion orders—or the regulations under the orders—overseen by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is extended to December 23, 2016. The proposed rule would provide uniform authority for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to initiate action to remove board members and staff who fail to perform their duties or who engage in dishonest actions or willful misconduct. Such action is necessary to ensure the boards can continue to fulfill their intended purposes with minimal disruption.
2016-11-23; vol. 81 # 226 - Wednesday, November 23, 2016 81 FR 84510 - Provisions for Removing Commodity Research and Promotion Board Members and Staff
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service Proposed rule. Comments must be received by December 8, 2016. 7 CFR Parts 1150, 1160, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1212, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1222, 1230, 1250, and 1260 Summary This proposal would amend the research and promotion orders—or the regulations under the orders—overseen by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to provide uniform authority for the removal of board members and staff who fail to perform their duties or who engage in dishonest actions or willful misconduct. The removal provisions in 13 of the orders would be modified to allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take action necessary to ensure the boards can continue to fulfill their intended purposes with minimal disruption. Removal provisions would be added to the six orders that do not currently provide for such action.
2016-09-13; vol. 81 # 177 - Tuesday, September 13, 2016 81 FR 62809 - National Dairy Promotion and Research Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service Announcement of finding. Effective date: September 13, 2016. 7 CFR Part 1150 Summary The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) hereby gives notice that no changes will be made to the current distribution of domestic National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (Dairy Board) members in 12 regions as outlined in Section 1150.131(b) of the Dairy Research and Promotion Order (Dairy Order). The Dairy Order provides that the Dairy Board shall review the geographic distribution of milk production throughout the United States (U.S.) and, if warranted, shall recommend to the Secretary a reapportionment of the regions and/or modification of the number of domestic members from the regions in order to better reflect the geographic distribution of milk production volumes in the U.S. The number of domestic Dairy Board members was last modified in 2011 based on 2010 U.S. milk production.
2016-08-12; vol. 81 # 156 - Friday, August 12, 2016 81 FR 53245 - National Dairy Promotion and Research Program; Amendments to the Order
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service Final rule. Effective Date: August 12, 2016. 7 CFR Part 1150 Summary This final rule amends the Dairy Promotion and Research Order (Dairy Order). The amendment modifies the number of National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (Dairy Board) importer members. The total number of importer members would be reduced from 2 members to 1 member, and the domestic Dairy Board members would remain the same at 36. The Dairy Order requires that at least once every three years, after the initial appointment of importer members on the Dairy Board, the Secretary shall review the average volume of domestic production of dairy products compared to the average volume of imports of dairy products into the United States during the previous three years, and, on the basis of that review, if warranted, reapportion the importer representation on the Dairy Board to reflect the proportional shares of the United States market served by domestic production and imported dairy products.
2016-04-01; vol. 81 # 63 - Friday, April 1, 2016 81 FR 18802 - National Dairy Promotion and Research Program Order
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service Proposed rule. Comments must be submitted on or before May 2, 2016. 7 CFR Part 1150 Summary This document invites comments on a proposed amendment to the Dairy Promotion and Research Order (Dairy Order). The proposal would modify the number of National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (Dairy Board) importer members. The total number of domestic Dairy Board members would remain the same at 36 and the total number of importer members would be reduced from 2 to 1. The Dairy Order requires that at least once every three years, after the initial appointment of importer members on the Dairy Board, the Secretary shall review the average volume of domestic production of dairy products compared to the average volume of imports of dairy products into the United States during the previous three years and, on the basis of that review, if warranted, reapportion the importer representation on the Dairy Board to reflect the proportional shares of the United States market served by domestic production and imported dairy products. This reapportionment review is the first conducted since importer members were appointed to the Dairy Board on November 2, 2011. The review could not be conducted prior to 2015 since the required data was not available.
2015-12-31; vol. 80 # 251 - Thursday, December 31, 2015 80 FR 81737 - Dairy Promotion Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 1150 Summary
80 FR 82006 - Exemption of Organic Products From Assessment Under a Commodity Promotion Law
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service Final rule. Effective February 29, 2016. 7 CFR Parts 900, 1150, 1160, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1212, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1230, 1250, 1260, and 1280 Summary This rule implements the provisions of section 10004 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 and modifies the organic assessment exemption regulations under 23 Federal marketing orders and 22 research and promotion programs (commodity promotion programs). This rule amends the current regulations to allow persons that produce, handle, market, process, manufacture, feed, or import “organic” and “100 percent organic” products to be exempt from paying assessments associated with commodity promotion activities, including paid advertising, conducted under a commodity promotion program administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), regardless of whether the person requesting the exemption also produces, handles, markets, processes, manufactures, feeds, or imports conventional or nonorganic products. Currently, only persons that exclusively produce and market products certified as 100 percent organic are eligible for an exemption from assessments under commodity promotion programs. This rule expands the exemption to cover all “organic” and “100 percent organic” products certified under the National Organic Program regardless of whether the person requesting the exemption also produces, handles, markets, processes, manufactures, feeds, or imports conventional or nonorganic products.
2015-01-15; vol. 80 # 10 - Thursday, January 15, 2015 80 FR 2060 - Exemption of Organic Products From Assessment Under a Commodity Promotion Law
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service Extension of comment period. Comments must be received by February 17, 2015. 7 CFR Parts 900, 1150, 1160, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1212, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1230, 1250, 1260, and 1280 Summary Notice is hereby given that the comment period on proposed modifications to the organic assessment exemption regulations under 23 Federal marketing orders and 22 research and promotion programs is extended until February 17, 2015. The proposed rule would expand the organic assessment exemption to cover all “organic” and “100 percent organic” products certified under the National Organic Program regardless of whether the person requesting the exemption also produces, handles, markets, or imports conventional or nonorganic products. The authority for this proposal is in section 10004 of the Agricultural Act of 2014.
2014-12-16; vol. 79 # 241 - Tuesday, December 16, 2014 79 FR 75006 - Exemption of Organic Products From Assessment Under a Commodity Promotion Law
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Agricultural Marketing Service Proposed rule. Comments must be received by January 15, 2015. 7 CFR Parts 900, 1150, 1160, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1212, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1230, 1250, 1260, and 1280 Summary This proposal would modify the organic assessment exemption regulations under 23 Federal marketing orders and 22 research and promotion programs. The current regulations would be amended to allow persons that produce, handle, market, or import certified organic products to be exempt from paying assessments associated with commodity promotion activities, including paid advertising, conducted under a commodity promotion program administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). The exemption would cover all “organic” and “100 percent organic” products certified under the National Organic Program regardless of whether the person requesting the exemption also produces, handles, markets, or imports conventional or nonorganic products. Currently, only persons that exclusively produce and market products certified as 100 percent organic are eligible for an exemption from assessments under commodity promotion programs. The authority for this proposal is in section 10004 of the Agricultural Act of 2014.
