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Vol. 90, No. 18 

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 

1https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidentialactions/2025/01/regulatory-freeze-pending-review/. 

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. 

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. 

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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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

7 CFR Parts 1910, 1955, and 3560 

[Docket No. RHS–24–MFH–0042] 

RIN 0575–AD30 

Multifamily Housing Program Update 

to the Credit Report Process 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective 

date. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service 

(RHS or Agency), a Rural Development 

(RD) agency of the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

published a final rule on December 31, 

2024, to update its regulation on how 

credit reports are obtained for the 

purposes of determining eligibility and 

feasibility for Multifamily Housing 

(MFH) Programs. The effective date of 

that final rule was January 30, 2025. 

This document delays the effective date 

of the final rule by 60 days. 

DATES: As of January 29, 2025, the 

effective date of the final rule published 

on December 31, 2024, at 89 FR 106977, 

is delayed until March 31, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abby Boggs, Branch Chief, Program 

Support Branch, Production and 

Preservation Division, Multifamily 

Housing, Rural Development, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250, telephone: 615–490–1371; or 

email: Abby.Boggs@usda.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,’’ this action temporarily delays 

the effective date of the rule entitled 

‘‘Multifamily Housing Program Update 

to the Credit Report Process’’ published 

in the Federal Register on December 31, 

2024, at 89 FR 106977. That rule made 

changes to 7 CFR part 3560 to require 

that in lieu of applicants and borrowers 

submitting credit report fees, the 

Agency will require applicants and 

borrowers to provide the credit 

report(s). The final rule also includes 

conforming changes to rescind 7 CFR 

part 1910, subparts B and C, and 7 CFR 

1955.118, which are outdated. 


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