Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is correcting the effective date of the final rule (65 FR 80548), promulgated under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, that establishes the National Organic Program (NOP). The NOP establishes national standards for the production and handling of organically produced products, including a national list of substances approved for or prohibited from use in organic production and handling. This change in the effective date meets the requirements of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) enacted as part of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 801-808), which requires that, before this rule can take effect, AMS must submit a copy of the rule to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General, together with a concise general statement of the rule and its proposed effective date. This information was provided to Congress and the Comptroller General on February 20, 2001.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 205 [Docket Number: TMD-00-02-FR] RIN 0581-AA40 AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule: correction of effective date under CRA. SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is correcting the effective date of the final rule ( 65 FR 80548 ), promulgated under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, that establishes the National Organic Program (NOP). The NOP establishes national standards for the production and handling of organically produced products, including a national list of substances approved for or prohibited from use in organic production and handling. This change in the effective date meets the requirements of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) enacted as part of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 ( 5 U.S.C. 801-808 ), which requires that, before this rule can take effect, AMS must submit a copy of the rule to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General, together with a concise general statement of the rule and its proposed effective date. This information was provided to Congress and the Comptroller General on February 20, 2001. EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the final rule published at 65 FR 80548 , December 21, 2000, is corrected to April 21, 2001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Mathews, Senior Agricultural Marketing Specialist, USDA-AMS-TMP-NOP, Room 2510-So., Ag Stop 0268, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC…
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Citation: 66 FR 15619
