50854 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 174 / Monday, September 13, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 
(2) Long notice. 
By direction of the Commission. 
April J. Tabor, Secretary. 
[FR Doc. 2021–19465 Filed 9–10–21; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 6750–01–C DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
Food and Drug Administration 
21 CFR Part 1141 
[Docket No. FDA–2019–N–3065] 
RIN 0910–AI39 
Tobacco Products; Required Warnings 
for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements; Delayed Effective Date 
AGENCY : Food and Drug Administration, 
HHS. 
ACTION : Final rule; delay of effective 
date. SUMMARY : As required by an order 
issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, this action delays the effective date of the final rule (‘‘Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements’’), which published on March 18, 2020. The new effective date is October 11, 2022. 
DATES : The effective date of the rule 
amending 21 CFR part 1141 published March 18, 2020, at 85 FR 15638, and delayed at 85 FR 32293, May 29, 2020; 86 FR 3793, January 15, 2021; and 86 FR 36509, July 12, 2021, is further delayed until October 11, 2022. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Courtney Smith, Office of Regulations, Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Document Control 
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1R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. et al. v. United States 
Food and Drug Administration et al., No. 6:20–cv– 
00176 (E.D. Tex. filed April 3, 2020). 
2R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 6:20–cv–00176 
(E.D. Tex. May 8, 2020) (order granting joint motion and establishing schedule), Doc. No. 33. 
3R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 6:20–cv–00176 
(E.D. Tex. December 2, 2020) (order granting Plaintiffs’ motion and postponing effective date), Doc. No. 80. 
4R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 6:20–cv–00176 
(E.D. Tex. March 2, 2021) (order granting Plaintiffs’ motion and postponing effective date), Doc. No. 89. 
5R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 6:20–cv–00176 
(E.D. Tex. May 21, 2021) (order granting Plaintiffs’ motion and postponing effective date), Doc. No. 91. 
6R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 6:20–cv–00176 
(E.D. Tex. August 18, 2021) (order postponing effective date), Doc. No. 92. Center, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., 
Bldg. 71, Rm. G335, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 1–877–287–1371, email: CTPRegulations@fda.hhs.gov . 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : In the 
Federal Register of March 18, 2020, the 
Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) issued a final rule establishing new cigarette health warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements. The final rule implements a provision of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) (Pub. L. 111–31) that requires FDA to issue regulations requiring color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking to accompany new textual warning label statements. The Tobacco Control Act amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89–92) to require each cigarette package and advertisement to bear one of the new required warnings. The final rule specifies the 11 new textual warning label statements and accompanying color graphics. Pursuant to section 201(b) of the Tobacco Control Act, the rule was published with an effective date of June 18, 2021, 15 months after the date of publication of the final rule. 
On April 3, 2020, the final rule was 
challenged in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
1On May 
8, 2020, the court granted a joint motion to govern proceedings in that case and postpone the effective date of the final rule by 120 days.
2On December 2, 2020, 
the court granted a new motion by the plaintiffs to postpone the effective date of the final rule by an additional 90 days.
3On March 2, 2021, the court 
granted another motion by the plaintiffs to postpone the effective date of the final rule by an additional 90 days.
4On 
May 21, 2021, the court granted another motion by the plaintiffs to postpone the effective date of the final rule by an additional 90 days.
5On August 18, 
2021, the court issued an order to postpone the effective date of the final rule by an additional 90 days.
6The court ordered that the new effective date 
of the final rule is October 11, 2022. Pursuant to the court order, any obligation to comply with a deadline tied to the effective date is similarly postponed, and those obligations and deadlines are now tied to the postponed 
effective date. 
To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies 
to this action, the Agency’s implementation of this action without opportunity for public comment, effective immediately upon publication today in the Federal Register , is based 
on the good cause exception in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). Seeking public comment is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest. The 90- day postponement of the effective date, until October 11, 2022, is required by court order in accordance with the court’s authority to postpone a rule’s effective date pending judicial review (5 U.S.C. 705). Seeking prior public comment on this postponement would have been impracticable, as well as contrary to the public interest in the orderly issuance and implementation of regulations. 
Dated: September 3, 2021. 
Lauren K. Roth, Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for 
Policy. 
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BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND 
CONCILIATION SERVICE 
29 CFR Part 1402 
RIN 3076–AA16 
Notice to Mediation Agency 
AGENCY : Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service (FMCS). 
ACTION : Final rule. 
SUMMARY : The Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service (FMCS), issues a final rule amending its existing regulations to modify the submission method of information collection request, Notice to Mediation Agency, (Agency Form F–7) and remove the form titled ‘‘Notice to Mediation Agencies.’’ 
DATES : This final rule is effective 
September 13, 2021. 
ADDRESSES : Please contact the person 
identified in the FOR FURTHER  
INFORMATION CONTACT section for 
additional availability information. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Arthur Pearlstein, Director, Arbitration, Notice Processing, Shared Neutrals, apearlstein@fmcs.gov, 202–606–8103. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : I. Background 
Parties to private-sector collective 
bargaining agreements must file certain notices with the Federal Mediation Conciliation Service pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 158(d)(3). This modification changes the submission process of information collection request, Notice to Mediation Agency (Agency Form F–7), from mail-in to electronic submission. This revision is necessary to increase efficiency of FMCS both by allowing FMCS to receive Agency Form F–7’s more quickly, but also to reduce processing time. This will allow the Service to provide its services to the parties more quickly. This modification removes the language which includes the verbiage of the Form–F7, to allow for FMCS to modify the form, if necessary, without necessitating additional rule change. 
II. Authority for This Rulemaking 
FMCS’ authority to issue rules is 
found in 29 U.S.C. 172 of Taft Harley Act of 1947. This regulation is within the scope of that authority. 
III. Public Comment Period 
The public comment period on the 
proposed rule opened on July 22, 2021, the date of its publication in the Federal 
Register , and closed on August 23, 
2021. During this period, FMCS did not receive any comments on our proposed action. 
List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1402 
Administrative practice and 
procedure, Information collection requests, Labor management relations. 
For the reasons discussed in the 
preamble, and under the authority 29 U.S.C. 172 of the Taft Hartley Act of 1947, FMCS amends 29 CFR part 1402 as follows: 
■1. The authority citation for part 1402 
continues to read as follows: 
Authority: Sec. 202, 61 Stat. 153, sec. 3, 80 
Stat. 250, sec. 203, 61 Stat. 153; 5 U.S.C. 552, 29 U.S.C. 172, 173. 
■2. Revise § 1402.1 to read as follows: 
§ 1402.1 Notice of dispute. 
The notice of dispute filed with the 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service pursuant to the provisions of section 8(d)(3), of the Labor- Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, shall be submitted electronically via a platform provided by FMCS. If electronic submission creates an undue hardship, the filer may contact the FMCS Notice Processing office to explain the circumstances and receive assistance. The Form F–7, for use by the parties in filing a notice of 
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