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Program Statute Section and age distinction Regulation 

The Children, Youth, 

and Families At-Risk 

Sustainable Community Projects (CYFAR 

SCP).

7 U.S.C. 341, et seq.; 

7 U.S.C. 343(d).

Section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act authorizes the Department to administer the CYFAR SCP. Per Program notices, CYFAR SCP supports community educational programs for at-risk children, youth, 

and families which are based on locally identified needs, soundly 

grounded in research, and which lead to the accomplishment of 

one of four CYFAR National Outcomes; and (2) [t]o integrate 

CYFAR programming into ongoing Extension programs for children, 

youth, and families—insuring that at-risk, low income children, 

youth, and families continue to be part of Extension and/or 4–H 

programs and have access to resources and educational opportunities.

7 CFR part 3015, 7 

CFR part 3019, 7 

CFR part 3430. 

Risk Management Agency 

Federal Crop Insurance 

Program.

7 U.S.C. 1501 ............. Per the Crop Insurance Handbook, which provides the official FCIC 

approved underwriting standards for policies administered by Approved Insurance Providers under the Common Crop Insurance 

Policy Basic Provisions, 7 CFR part 457 including the Catastrophic 

Risk Protection Endorsement, 7 CFR part 402, and the Actual Production History Regulation 7 CFR part 400 Subpart G for the 2014 

and succeeding crop years, to be eligible for crop insurance the 

applicant must be of ‘‘legal majority.’’ Legal majority is defined as 

‘‘where the individual has reached 18 years old or was conferred 

legal majority by a court. (1) For individuals less than 18 years of 

age or where legal majority has not been conferred by a court, to 

be eligible for crop insurance: (a) A minor must provide evidence 

an insurable share exists; and (b) a court-appointed guardian or 

parent must co-sign the application. (2) When a court-appointed 

guardian or parent cosigns the application: (a) An acknowledgement guaranteeing payment of the annual premium must be included with the application; and (b) a written statement describing 

the farming operation and the insurable share must be provided. 

(3) For CAT coverage only, a minor who is competent to enter into 

a binding contract, may insure a crop at CAT level without a cosigner; however, if not competent to enter into a binding contract, a 

court-appointed guardian or parent must sign the application.’’ 

7 CFR parts 400, 

402, 457. 

Dated: November 17, 2014. 

Thomas J. Vilsack, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

21 CFR Part 101 

[Docket No. FDA–2000–N–0011 (Formerly 

Docket No. 2000N–1596)] 

Uniform Compliance Date for Food 

Labeling Regulations 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA or we) is 

establishing January 1, 2018, as the 

uniform compliance date for food 

labeling regulations that are issued 

between January 1, 2015, and December 

31, 2016. We periodically announce 

uniform compliance dates for new food 

labeling requirements to minimize the 

economic impact of label changes. On 

November 28, 2012, we established 

January 1, 2016, as the uniform 

compliance date for food labeling 

regulations issued between January 1, 

2013, and December 31, 2014. 

DATES: This rule is effective December 

10, 2014. Submit electronic or written 

comments by February 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Written Submissions 

Submit written submissions in the 

following ways: 

• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

paper submissions): Division of Dockets 

Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket No. (FDA– 

2000–N–0011) for this rulemaking. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

additional information on submitting 

comments, see the ‘‘Comments’’ heading 

of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and insert the 

docket number, found in brackets in the 

heading of this document, into the 

‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts 

and/or go to the Division of Dockets 

Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Ellison, Center for Food Safety 

and Applied Nutrition (HFS–24), Food 

and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint 

Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 

240–402–2093. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

We periodically issue regulations 

requiring changes in the labeling of 

food. If the effective dates of these 

labeling changes were not coordinated, 

the cumulative economic impact on the 

food industry of having to respond 


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separately to each change would be 

substantial. Therefore, we periodically 

have announced uniform compliance 

dates for new food labeling 

requirements (see, e.g., the Federal 

Register of October 19, 1984 (49 FR 

41019); December 24, 1996 (61 FR 

67710); December 27, 1996 (61 FR 

68145); December 23, 1998 (63 FR 

71015); November 20, 2000 (65 FR 

69666); December 31, 2002 (67 FR 

79851); December 21, 2006 (71 FR 

76599); December 8, 2008 (73 FR 

74349); December 15, 2010 (75 FR 

78155); and November 28, 2012 (77 FR 

70885)). Use of a uniform compliance 

date provides for an orderly and 

economical industry adjustment to new 

labeling requirements by allowing 

sufficient lead time to plan for the use 

of existing label inventories and the 

development of new labeling materials. 

We have determined under 21 CFR 

25.30(k) that this action is of a type that 

does not individually or cumulatively 

have a significant effect on the human 

environment. Therefore, neither an 

environmental assessment nor an 

environmental impact statement is 

required. 

This final rule contains no collections 

of information. Therefore, clearance by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 is not required. 

We have examined the impacts of the 

final rule under Executive Order 12866, 

Executive Order 13563, the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601–612), and 

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 (Public Law 104–4). Executive 

Orders 12866 and 13563 direct Agencies 

to assess all costs and benefits of 

available regulatory alternatives and, 

when regulation is necessary, to select 

regulatory approaches that maximize 

net benefits (including potential 

economic, environmental, public health 

and safety, and other advantages; 

distributive impacts; and equity). We 

believe that this final rule is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

The establishment of a uniform 

compliance date does not in itself lead 

to costs or benefits. We will assess the 

costs and benefits of the uniform 

compliance date in the regulatory 

impact analyses of the labeling rules 

that take effect at that date. 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act 

requires Agencies to analyze regulatory 

options that would minimize any 

significant economic impact of a rule on 

small entities. Because the final rule 

does not impose compliance costs on 

small entities, we certify that the final 

rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

Section 202(a) of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act of 1995 requires 

that Agencies prepare a written 

statement, which includes an 

assessment of anticipated costs and 

benefits, before proposing ‘‘any rule that 

includes any Federal mandate that may 

result in the expenditure by State, local, 

and tribal governments, in the aggregate, 

or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 

or more (adjusted annually for inflation) 

in any one year.’’ The current threshold 

after adjustment for inflation is $141 

million, using the most current (2013) 

Implicit Price Deflator for the Gross 

Domestic Product. We do not expect 

this final rule to result in any 1-year 

expenditure that would meet or exceed 

this amount. 

We have analyzed this final rule in 

accordance with the principles set forth 

in Executive Order 13132. We have 

determined that the rule does not 

contain policies that have substantial 

direct effects on the States, on the 

relationship between the National 

Government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Accordingly, we 

have concluded that the rule does not 

contain policies that have federalism 

implications as defined in the Executive 

Order and, consequently, a federalism 

summary impact statement is not 

required. 

This action is not intended to change 

existing requirements for compliance 

dates contained in final rules published 

before January 1, 2015. Therefore, all 

final rules published by FDA in the 

Federal Register before January 1, 2015, 

will still go into effect on the date stated 

in the respective final rule. We generally 

encourage industry to comply with new 

labeling regulations as quickly as 

feasible, however. Thus, when industry 

members voluntarily change their 

labels, it is appropriate that they 

incorporate any new requirements that 

have been published as final regulations 

up to that time. 

In rulemaking that began with 

publication of a proposed rule on April 

15, 1996 (61 FR 16422), and ended with 

a final rule on December 24, 1996, we 

provided notice and an opportunity for 

comment on the practice of establishing 

uniform compliance dates by issuance 

of a final rule announcing the date. 

Receiving no comments objecting to this 

practice, FDA finds any further advance 

notice and opportunity for comment or 

delayed effective date unnecessary for 

establishment of the uniform 

compliance date. We have previously 

invited comment on the practice of 

establishing uniform compliance dates 

by issuing a final rule, and interested 

parties will have an opportunity to 

comment on the compliance date for 

each individual food labeling regulation 

as part of the rulemaking process for 

that regulation. Nonetheless, under 21 

CFR 10.40(e)(1), we are providing an 

opportunity for comment on whether 

the uniform compliance date 

established by this final rule should be 

modified or revoked. 

The new uniform compliance date 

will apply only to final FDA food 

labeling regulations that require changes 

in the labeling of food products and that 

publish after January 1, 2015, and before 

December 31, 2016. Those regulations 

will specifically identify January 1, 

2018, as their compliance date. All food 

products subject to the January 1, 2018, 

compliance date must comply with the 

appropriate regulations when initially 

introduced into interstate commerce on 

or after January 1, 2018. If any food 

labeling regulation involves special 

circumstances that justify a compliance 

date other than January 1, 2018, we will 

determine for that regulation an 

appropriate compliance date, which 

will be specified when the final 

regulation is published. 

II. Comments 

Interested persons may submit either 

electronic comments regarding this 

document to http://www.regulations.gov 

or written comments to the Division of 

Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES). It 

is only necessary to send one set of 

comments. Identify comments with the 

docket number found in brackets in the 

heading of this document. Received 

comments may be seen in the Division 

of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 

will be posted to the docket at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: December 4, 2014. 

Leslie Kux, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0123; FRL–9920–13– 

Region 5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; 

Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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