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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 26 (Monday, February 10, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9188-9189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02423]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 1222

[Doc. No. AMS-SC-23-0080]

Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and 
Information Order; Clarifying Changes

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 January 21, 
2025, final rule revising the regulations related to the Paper and 
Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order 
(Order). The amendments included an added definition for partnership; 
clarification of the nominations process; clarification about in person 
and electronic voting for any Board meetings; an update of the timing 
of financial reporting; and a revision of requirements for when 
exemptions can be requested.

DATES: As of February 10, 2025, the effective date of the final rule 
amending 7 CFR part 1222, published on January 21, 2025 (90 FR 6779), 
is delayed until March 21, 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, ``Paper and 
Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order; 
Clarifying Changes,'' which was published in the Federal Register on 
January 21, 2025 (90 FR 6779). The rule made multiple clarifying 
amendments to the Order to bring it up to date with current industry 
practices. These amendments included an added definition for 
partnership; clarification on the nomination process; clarification of 
language about in person and electronic voting for any Board meetings; 
an update of the timing of

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financial reporting; and revised requirements concerning when 
exemptions may be requested. The Board, which is composed of domestic 
manufacturers from across the country and importers, unanimously 
recommended the changes to the Order on August 19, 2023.
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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. 2025-02423 Filed 2-6-25; 8:45 am]
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