Title 9 published on 2014-01-01
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2015-02-05; vol. 80 # 24 - Thursday, February 5, 2015 80 FR 6430 - Suspension of Flock Delivery and Stages of Poultry Production
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Grain Inspection Final rule. Effective February 5, 2015. 9 CFR Part 201 Summary This final rule removes certain regulations promulgated under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (P&S Act). Under the authority granted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) and delegated to the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), GIPSA is authorized to issue regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the P&S Act. As directed by Congress in Section 731, Division A, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, GIPSA is rescinding certain regulations issued under the P&S Act. GIPSA is exercising the good cause exceptions provided by the Administrative Procedure Act to forgo notice-and-comment rulemaking and proceed directly to a final rule, because notice and comment rulemaking is impracticable and unnecessary since Congress has ordered the rescission of these specific sections.
2014-06-09; vol. 79 # 110 - Monday, June 9, 2014 79 FR 32859 - Scales; Accurate Weights, Repairs, Adjustments or Replacements After Inspection
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Grain Inspection Direct final rule; correction. This correction is effective June 30, 2014. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 30, 2014. 9 CFR Part 201 Summary The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is correcting a direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on April 29, 2014 (FR Doc. 2014-9655). The direct final rule required all scales used to weigh livestock, livestock carcasses, live poultry, or feed meet requirements contained in section 5.59, Electronic Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and/or Devices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Specifications, Tolerances, and other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (NIST Handbook 44) 2013 edition. The NIST Handbook 44 includes additional requirements for scales used to weigh live animals, livestock and poultry carcasses, which should not have been excluded by this rule. The direct final rule should have incorporated, by reference, all of the General Code, Scales Code, and Weight Code from the 2013 edition of the NIST Handbook 44. Additionally, the direct final rule must reflect the change to the heading of § 201.71, as a result of NIST Handbook 44 requirements for electronic devices and systems and the correct email address for the National Conference for Weights and Measures.
2014-04-29; vol. 79 # 82 - Tuesday, April 29, 2014 79 FR 23892 - Scales; Accurate Weights, Repairs, Adjustments or Replacements After Inspection
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Direct final rule. This rule is effective June 30, 2014. The incorporation by reference of certain publications in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 30, 2014. Comments are due May 29, 2014. If adverse comments are received, GIPSA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register . 9 CFR Part 201 Summary The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) Packers and Stockyards Program (PSP) is incorporating by reference “2013 edition of the NIST Handbook 44” and to require that the scales used by stockyard owner, market agencies, dealers, packers, and live poultry dealers to weigh livestock, livestock carcasses, live poultry, or feed for the purpose of purchase, sales acquisitions, payment, or settlement meet applicable requirements of the 2013 edition of the NIST Handbook 44.
Title 9 published on 2014-01-01
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 9 CFR 201 after this date.
2015-02-05; vol. 80 # 24 - Thursday, February 5, 2015 80 FR 6430 - Suspension of Flock Delivery and Stages of Poultry Production
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Grain Inspection Final rule. Effective February 5, 2015. 9 CFR Part 201 Summary This final rule removes certain regulations promulgated under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (P&S Act). Under the authority granted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) and delegated to the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), GIPSA is authorized to issue regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the P&S Act. As directed by Congress in Section 731, Division A, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, GIPSA is rescinding certain regulations issued under the P&S Act. GIPSA is exercising the good cause exceptions provided by the Administrative Procedure Act to forgo notice-and-comment rulemaking and proceed directly to a final rule, because notice and comment rulemaking is impracticable and unnecessary since Congress has ordered the rescission of these specific sections.
2014-06-09; vol. 79 # 110 - Monday, June 9, 2014 79 FR 32859 - Scales; Accurate Weights, Repairs, Adjustments or Replacements After Inspection
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Grain Inspection Direct final rule; correction. This correction is effective June 30, 2014. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 30, 2014. 9 CFR Part 201 Summary The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is correcting a direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on April 29, 2014 (FR Doc. 2014-9655). The direct final rule required all scales used to weigh livestock, livestock carcasses, live poultry, or feed meet requirements contained in section 5.59, Electronic Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and/or Devices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Specifications, Tolerances, and other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (NIST Handbook 44) 2013 edition. The NIST Handbook 44 includes additional requirements for scales used to weigh live animals, livestock and poultry carcasses, which should not have been excluded by this rule. The direct final rule should have incorporated, by reference, all of the General Code, Scales Code, and Weight Code from the 2013 edition of the NIST Handbook 44. Additionally, the direct final rule must reflect the change to the heading of § 201.71, as a result of NIST Handbook 44 requirements for electronic devices and systems and the correct email address for the National Conference for Weights and Measures.
2014-04-29; vol. 79 # 82 - Tuesday, April 29, 2014 79 FR 23892 - Scales; Accurate Weights, Repairs, Adjustments or Replacements After Inspection
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Direct final rule. This rule is effective June 30, 2014. The incorporation by reference of certain publications in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 30, 2014. Comments are due May 29, 2014. If adverse comments are received, GIPSA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register . 9 CFR Part 201 Summary The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) Packers and Stockyards Program (PSP) is incorporating by reference “2013 edition of the NIST Handbook 44” and to require that the scales used by stockyard owner, market agencies, dealers, packers, and live poultry dealers to weigh livestock, livestock carcasses, live poultry, or feed for the purpose of purchase, sales acquisitions, payment, or settlement meet applicable requirements of the 2013 edition of the NIST Handbook 44.
