Obsolete Provisions

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 Foreign Agricultural Service 7 CFR Parts 1560 and 1570 [Docket No. FAS-2025-0001] RIN 0551-AB08 AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Department of Agriculture. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: FAS is in the process of reviewing all regulations within its purview to reduce regulatory burdens and costs. Pursuant to this review, FAS has identified the following obsolete, unnecessary, and outdated provisions in title 7 of the Code of Federal R egulation (CFR). FAS is removing these provisions to streamline and update title 7. DATES: This rule is effective July 18, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Vernon, Senior Director, General Services Division, Kenneth.Vernon@usda.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The President's Executive Order 14219 of February 19, 2025, Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's “Department of Government Efficiency” Deregulatory Initiative, 90 FR 10583 , and subsequent implementing memorandum directed all agency heads to review regulations within their purview and rescind those that are, among other things, unlawful or unnecessary. FAS has undertaken such a review and is accordingly removing the following regulations from title 7. Regulatory Certifications Executive Orders This document does not meet the criteria for a significant regulatory action as specified by Executive Order (E.O.) 12866. This action also has no federalism or tribal implications and will not impose substa…