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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01903]

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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 18 / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 / 
Rules and Regulations

[[Page 8367]]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 51

[Doc. No. AMS-SC-23-0009]
RIN 0581-AE32

Section 8e Import Inspection Fee Structure

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This document delays the effective date of the December 30, 
2024, final rule revising the regulations governing the inspection and 
certification for fresh fruits, vegetables, and other products by 
amending certain fees charged for Section 8e import inspections. These 
revisions recover, as nearly as practicable, the costs of performing 
inspection services on imported commodities in accordance with the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.

DATES: As of January 29, 2025, the effective date of the final rule 
amending 7 CFR part 51, published on December 30, 2024 (89 FR 106231), 
is delayed until March 20, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Standardization Branch, Specialty 
Crops Inspection Division, Specialty Crops Program, Agricultural 
Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Training 
and Development Center; 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101; 
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406; fax: (540) 361-1199, or via the 
internet at: https://www.regulations.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the memorandum of January 
20, 2025, from the President to executive departments and agencies, 
entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' \1\ this document 
temporarily delays the effective date of the rule titled, ``Section 8e 
Import Inspection Fee Structure,'' which was published in the Federal 
Register on December 30, 2024 (89 FR 106231). The rule revised the 
regulations concerning fees charged for Section 8e import inspections 
from a per-carlot basis to a per-pound basis, reducing the fee for each 
additional sublot by 50 percent, and establishing a new fee calculation 
for lots less than a carlot. These revisions would enable AMS to 
recover, as nearly as practicable, the costs of performing inspection 
services on imported fresh fruits, vegetables, and other products in 
accordance with the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.
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    \1\ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/regulatory-freeze-pending-review/.
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    This action is exempt from notice and comment under 5 U.S.C. 553 
and is applicable immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, 
based on the good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3), 
respectively. Seeking public comment is impracticable, unnecessary, and 
contrary to the public interest. The temporary delay in effective date 
is necessary to give Department officials the opportunity for further 
review and consideration of new regulations, consistent with the 
President's memorandum of January 20, 2025. Given the imminence of the 
effective date, seeking prior public comment on this temporary delay 
would have been impractical, as well as contrary to the public interest 
in the orderly promulgation and implementation of regulations. The 
imminence of the effective date is also good cause for making this 
action effective immediately upon publication.

Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-01903 Filed 1-24-25; 4:15 pm]
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