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Vol. 72, No. 52 

Monday, March 19, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary of Agriculture 

7 CFR Part 2 

RIN 0524–AA33 

Revisions of Delegations of Authority 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document amends the 

delegations of authority from the 

Secretary of Agriculture to the Under 

Secretary for Research, Education, and 

Economics (FEE) to carry out a program 

of entering into agreements with 

veterinarians under which they provide 

veterinary services in veterinarian 

shortage situations as authorized by the 

National Veterinary Medical Service Act 

(NVMSA) (7 U.S.C. 3151a). This rule 

also further delegates this authority 

from the Under Secretary for REE to the 

Administrator of the Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service (CSREES). 

DATES: Effective Date: March 19, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Sherman, National Program Leader, 

Veterinary Science, Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

STOP 2220, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2220, (202) 401–4952, 

gsherman@csrees.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2003 

NVMSA, 7 U.S.C. 3151a, authorized the 

Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the 

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment 

Act program. In fiscal year 2006 the first 

funding for this program was 

appropriated to CSREES of the United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). Not having previously 

delegated the authority to implement 

the NVMSA program, the Secretary of 

Agriculture is delegating the authority 

to implement this program to CSREES. 

In accordance with the authorizing 

legislation, CSREES is prepared to lead 

a collaborative effort with USDA’s Food 

Safety and Inspection Service and 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service to carry out the intent of the 

authorizing legislation. 

This rule relates to internal agency 

management. Therefore, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 553(a)(2), notice of proposed 

rulemaking and opportunity for 

comment are not required, and this rule 

may be made effective less than 30 days 

after publication in the Federal 

Register. Further, because this rule 

relates to internal agency management, 

it is exempt from the provisions of 

Executive Order Nos. 12291 and 12866. 

Finally, this action is not a rule as 

defined by the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., and is, 

therefore, exempt from the provisions of 

that Act. Accordingly, as authorized by 

section 808 of the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996, 5 U.S.C. 808, this rule may be 

made effective upon publication. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 2 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Authority delegations 

(Government agencies). 

■ Accordingly, Title 7 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations is amended as 

follows: 

PART 2—DELEGATIONS OF 

AUTHORITY BY THE SECRETARY OF 

AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL 

OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 2 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6912(a)(1); 5 U.S.C. 

301; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953, 3 

CFR parts 1949–1953 Comp., p. 1024. 

Subpart C—Delegations of Authority to 

the Deputy Secretary and to the Under 

Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries 

■ 2. Section 2.21 is amended by adding 

paragraph (a)(1)(lxxxiv): 

§ 2.21 Under Secretary for Research, 

Education, and Economics. 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(lxxxiv) Formulate and carry out the 

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment 

Act program authorized by the National 

Veterinary Medical Service Act (7 

U.S.C. 3151a). 

* * * * * 

Subpart K—Delegations of Authority 

by the Under Secretary for Research, 

Education, and Economics 

■ 3. Section 2.66 is amended by adding 

paragraph (a)(141) to read as follows: 

§ 2.66 Administrator, Cooperative State 

Research, Education and Extension 

Service. 

(a) * * * 

(141) Formulate and carry out the 

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment 

Act program authorized by the National 

Veterinary Medical Service Act (7 

U.S.C. 3151a). 

* * * * * 

For Part 2, Subpart C, Paragraph 2.21(a)(1): 

Dated: March 12, 2007. 

Mike Johanns, 

Secretary of Agriculture. 

For Part 2, Subpart C, Paragraph 2.66(a): 

Dated: March 8, 2007. 

Gale A. Buchanan, 

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 

Economics. 

[FR Doc. 07–1308 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 1209 

[Docket No. : AMS–FV–07–0019; FV–06–704 

IFR] 

Mushroom Promotion, Research, and 

Consumer Information Order; 

Reallocation of Mushroom Council 

Membership 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Interim final rule with request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This rule amends, on an 

interim basis, provisions of the 

Mushroom Promotion, Research, and 

Consumer Information Order (Order) to 

reapportion membership of the 

Mushroom Council (Council) to reflect 

shifts in United States mushroom 

production. Specifically, the 

amendments reapportion the Order’s 

four United States geographic regions, 

and reallocate Council member 

representation in two of the four United 

States geographic regions (Regions 1 and 

4). The Council, which administers the 


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