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1U.S. Government Accountability Office. Report 
B–335744, November 16, 2023, available at https:// 
www.gao.gov/products/b-335744. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
7 CFR Part 205 
[Doc. No. AMS–NOP–21–0073] 
RIN 0581–AE06 
National Organic Program (NOP); 
Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards; Delay of Effective Date and Update of Compliance Date 
AGENCY : Agricultural Marketing Service, 
Department of Agriculture (USDA). 
ACTION : Final rule; delay of effective 
date and update of compliance date. 
SUMMARY : The Agricultural Marketing 
Service (AMS) is delaying the effective date of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) final rule, published on November 2, 2023, to meet the requirements of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (Congressional Review Act (CRA)). The CRA requires that agencies provide Congress with at least 60 days to review a major rule before it takes effect. For the OLPS final rule, AMS provided the required notice to Congress on November 13, 2023, after publication of the rule. Therefore, the published effective date did not provide 60 days for congressional review. This final rule delays the effective date of the OLPS final rule by 10 days to meet the 60-day requirement. AMS is making a technical correction to the compliance date of January 5, 2029, for indoor and outdoor stocking density requirements and soil and vegetation requirements for broiler operations to January 2, 2029. All other compliance dates of the OLPS final rule remain unchanged. Additionally, in acknowledgement of the U.S. Government Accountability Office assessment of the final rule, AMS confirms that the Administrative Pay- As-You-Go Act of 2023 does not apply to the OLPS final rule because it does not increase direct spending. DATES : 
Effective date: The effective date of 
the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards final rule amending 7 CFR part 205, published at 88 FR 75394 on November 2, 2023, is delayed until January 12, 2024. 
Compliance dates: All organic 
operations must comply with the requirements of the OLPS final rule by January 2, 2025, except: 
(1) Currently certified organic layer 
operations and layer operations that are certified before January 2, 2025, must comply with § 205.241(c)(2), (4), and (5), concerning outdoor stocking density requirements and soil and vegetation requirements, by January 2, 2029. 
(2) Currently certified organic broiler 
operations and broiler operations that are certified before January 2, 2025, must comply with § 205.241(b)(10) and (c)(2) and (6), concerning indoor and outdoor stocking density requirements and soil and vegetation requirements, by January 2, 2029. 
(3) Currently certified organic poultry 
operations and poultry operations that are certified before January 2, 2025, must comply with § 205.241(b)(4), concerning poultry house exit area requirements, by January 2, 2029. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Erin 
Healy, Director, Standards Division; Telephone: (202) 720–3252; Email: erin.healy@usda.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : The OLPS 
final rule published on November 2, 2023, at 88 FR 75394. It amends the USDA organic regulations (7 CFR part 205) related to the production of livestock, including poultry, marketed as organic. The rule adds detailed regulations related to animal health care, indoor and outdoor space standards, manure management, temporary confinement of livestock, access to the outdoors, transportation conditions, and humane euthanasia and slaughter. The rule clarifies aspects of the existing USDA organic regulations that are not interpreted or enforced in a consistent manner. In turn, the detailed regulations in the final rule will better assure consumers that organic livestock products meet a consistent standard, as intended by the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA). 
This final rule delays the effective 
date of the OLPS rule in order to meet the requirements of the Congressional Review Act or ‘‘CRA’’ (5 U.S.C. 801– 808). The CRA requires that before a 
rule can take effect, a report must be submitted to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General that includes a copy of the rule, a concise general statement of the rule, and its proposed effective date (5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)). Furthermore, the effective date of a ‘‘major rule,’’ as defined at 5 U.S.C. 804, must be ‘‘the later of the date occurring 60 days after the date on which . . . the Congress received the [required] report . . . or . . . the rule is published in the Federal Register . . ..’’ 
(5 U.S.C. 801(a)(3)). For the OLPS final rule (which meets the criteria of a major rule), the required information was not received by Congress until November 13, 2023,
1so the rule cannot be effective 
until 60 days after that date, i.e., January 
12, 2024. Therefore, the published effective date, which was calculated as 60 days after the date of publication of the rule in the Federal Register, is 
erroneous. This final rule delays the previously published effective date from January 2, 2024, to January 12, 2024. 
In this action, AMS is not changing 
any of the compliance dates in the OLPS final rule, except to correct the compliance date for indoor and outdoor stocking density requirements and soil and vegetation requirements for broiler 
operations from January 5, 2029, as stated in the OLPS final rule, to January 2, 2029. This technical correction will make the date consistent with the other compliance dates in that rule. AMS has previously publicly discussed the OLPS final rule’s compliance dates with certifiers, producers, and stakeholders and believes maintaining them will minimize confusion and allow existing plans for compliance by the original compliance dates to be maintained. 
AMS acknowledges that the preamble 
text of the OLPS final rule is now incorrect when it states compliance dates are ‘‘one year following the effective date of the final rule’’ or ‘‘five years from the effective date.’’ All compliance dates should be understood as one year or five years from the original effective date of January 2, 2024. 
Section 553 of the Administrative 
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.553(b)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that notice and public 
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2U.S. Government Accountability Office. Report 
B–335744, November 16, 2023, available at https:// 
www.gao.gov/products/b-335744. 
3Office of Management and Budget. 
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive 
Departments and Agencies, September 1, 2023, available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp- content/uploads/2023/09/M-23-21-Admin-PAYGO- Guidance.pdf. procedure are impracticable, 
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, an agency may issue a rule without providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. AMS has determined that there is good cause for making this rule final without prior proposal and opportunity for comment because AMS is merely delaying the effective date and correcting one compliance date. AMS is delaying the effective date of the OLPS rule to be consistent with the requirements of the CRA as a matter of law and has no discretion in this matter. The compliance dates erroneously listed as January 5, 2029, in the OLPS final rule will now be corrected to January 2, 2029. These changes are administrative and minor in nature. Accordingly, AMS finds that there is good cause to dispense with notice and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). 
Administrative Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 
2023 
The U.S. Government Accountability 
Office (GAO) assessment of the OLPS final rule reported that AMS did not discuss the Administrative Pay-As-You- Go-Act of 2023 (Pub. L. 118–5, div. B, title III, 137 Stat 3) (Act) in the final rule.
2The Office of Management and 
Budget memorandum on the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2023 stated that the requirements of the Act ‘‘apply to all rules that have not yet been submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as of the date of this memorandum.’’
3Based on AMS’ 
understanding, analysis was not required. AMS submitted the OLPS final rule to OIRA on July 31, 2023, before the memorandum was published on September 1, 2023. However, AMS does confirm the Act does not apply to the OLPS final rule because it does not increase direct spending. 
Erin Morris, 
Associate Administrator, Agricultural 
Marketing Service. 
[FR Doc. 2023–27255 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
Federal Aviation Administration 
14 CFR Part 39 
[Docket No. FAA–2023–2239; Project 
Identifier MCAI–2023–01201–R; Amendment 39–22627; AD 2023–24–51] 
RIN 2120–AA64 
Airworthiness Directives; He ´licopte `res 
Guimbal Helicopters 
AGENCY : Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA), DOT. 
ACTION : Final rule; request for 
comments. 
SUMMARY : The FAA is adopting a new 
airworthiness directive (AD) for all 
He´licopte `res Guimbal Model Cabri G2 
helicopters. This AD was prompted by reports of a crack in the pilot cyclic stick base. This AD requires repetitively inspecting certain part-numbered pilot and co-pilot cyclic stick bases and, depending on the results, corrective action. This AD also prohibits installing those pilot and co-pilot cyclic stick bases unless certain requirements are met. These actions are specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA previously sent this AD as an emergency AD to all known U.S. owners and operators of these helicopters. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products. 
DATES : This AD is effective December 
28, 2023. Emergency AD 2023–24–51, issued on November 21, 2023, which contained the requirements of this amendment, was effective with actual notice. 
The Director of the Federal Register 
approved the incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in this AD as of December 28, 2023. 
The FAA must receive comments on 
this AD by January 29, 2024. 
ADDRESSES : You may send comments, 
using the procedures found in 14 CFR 11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following methods: 
•Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 
regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 
for submitting comments. 
•Fax: (202) 493–2251. 
•Mail: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
•Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 
address above between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. AD Docket: You may examine the AD 
docket at regulations.gov under Docket 
No. FAA–2023–2239; or in person at Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket contains this final rule, any comments received, and other information. The address for Docket Operations is listed above. 
Material Incorporated by Reference: 
•For EASA material identified in this 
final rule, contact EASA, Konrad- 
Adenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 Cologne, Germany; telephone +49 221 8999 000; email ADs@easa.europa.eu; internet 
easa.europa.eu. You may find the EASA 
material on the EASA website at ad.easa.europa.eu. 
•For Guimbal service information 
identified in this final rule, contact He´licopte `res Guimbal, 1070, rue du 
Lieutenant Parayre, Ae ´rodrome d’Aix- 
en-Provence, 13290 Les Milles, France; phone 33–04–42–39–10–88; email support@guimbal.com; or at 
guimbal.com. 
•You may view this material at the 
FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Room 6N–321, Fort Worth, TX 76177. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call (817) 222–5110. It is also available at regulations.gov under Docket No. 
FAA–2023–2239. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Dan 
McCully, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590; phone (404) 474– 5548; email william.mccully@faa.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
Comments Invited 
The FAA invites you to send any 
written data, views, or arguments about this final rule. Send your comments to an address listed under 
ADDRESSES . 
Include ‘‘Docket No. FAA–2023–2239; Project Identifier MCAI–2023–01201–R’’ at the beginning of your comments. The most helpful comments reference a specific portion of the final rule, explain the reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. The FAA will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend this final rule because of those comments. 
Except for Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) as described in the following paragraph, and other information as described in 14 CFR 11.35, the FAA will post all comments received, without change, to regulations.gov, including any personal 
information you provide. The agency will also post a report summarizing each 
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