[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8361]
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[FR Doc No: 97-4599]



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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 37 / Tuesday, February 25, 1997 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

7 CFR Part 5

RIN 0560-AF08


Update of the Parity Price Regulations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule revises the regulations regarding commodity 
definitions applicable to parity price determinations under the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. The revisions update commodity 
definitions and incorporate recent reorganizational changes within 
USDA. This action is being taken as part of the National Performance 
Review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn A. Broussard, Agricultural 
Economist, Food Grains Analysis Division, Farm Service Agency, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0518, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, DC 
20013-2415 or telephone 202-720-9222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Executive Order 12866

    This final rule has been determined not to be significant under 
Executive Order 12866 and therefore has not been reviewed by the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB).

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    This rule contains no Federal mandates under the regulatory 
provisions of Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(UMRA) for State, local, and tribal governments or the private sector. 
Thus, this rule is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 and 
205 of UMRA.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act is not applicable to this rule 
because the Secretary of Agriculture is not required by 5 U.S.C. 553 or 
any other provision of law to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking 
with respect to the subject matter of this rule.

Environmental Evaluation

    This action will have no significant impact on the quality of the 
human environment. Therefore, neither an Environmental Assessment nor 
an Environmental Impact Statement is needed.

Federal Assistance Program

    The title and number of the Federal Assistance Program, as found in 
the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, to which this rule applies, 
is: Agricultural Statistics Reports (Agricultural Estimates)--10.950.

Executive Order 12988

    This rule has been reviewed in accordance with Executive Order 
12988. The provisions of this rule do not preempt State laws, are not 
retroactive, and do not require the exhaustion of any administrative 
appeal remedies.

Executive Order 12372

    This program is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order 
12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and 
local officials. See the Notice related to 7 CFR part 3015, subpart V, 
published at 48 FR 29115 (June 24, 1983).

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The amendments to 7 CFR Subtitle A Part 5 set forth in this rule do 
not contain information collections that require clearance by OMB under 
the provisions of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

Background

    This final rule updates the definition of ``Wool and Mohair'' and 
``Sugar Crops'' commodities for which a marketing season average price 
is determined; and revises the regulations to incorporate recent 
reorganizational changes within USDA.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 5

    Calendar year price, Marketing season average price, Parity index, 
Parity price.

    For reasons set out in the preamble, 7 CFR part 5 is amended as 
follows:

PART 5--DETERMINATION OF PARITY PRICES

    1. The authority citation is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1301, 1375.

    2. In 7 CFR part 5 all references to ``Statistical Reporting 
Service'' are revised to read ``National Agricultural Statistics 
Service'', all references to ``Consumer and Marketing Service'' are 
revised to read ``Agricultural Marketing Service'', all references to 
``Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service'' are revised to 
read ``Farm Service Agency'', and all references to ``Office of Hearing 
Examiners of the United States Department of Agriculture'' are revised 
to read ``Office of Administrative Law Judges.''


Sec. 5.2  [Amended]

    3. In Sec. 5.2, the entry under the heading ``Wool and Mohair'' is 
revised to read ``Wool and Mohair.'' and the entry under the heading 
``Sugar Crops'' is revised to read ``Sugar beets and sugarcane for 
sugar.''

    Signed at Washington, DC, on February 12, 1997.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-4599 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]
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