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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

2 CFR Subtitle B, Ch. IV 

5 CFR Ch. LXXIII 

7 CFR Subtitle A; Subtitle B, Chs. I–XI, 

XIV–XVIII, XX, XXV–XXXVIII, XLII 

9 CFR Chs. I–III 

36 CFR Ch. II 

48 CFR Ch. 4 

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, Fall 

2014 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: This agenda provides 

summary descriptions of significant and 

not significant regulations being 

developed in agencies of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 

conformance with Executive Orders 

(EO) 12866 ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review’’ and 13563 ‘‘Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review.’’ 

The agenda also describes regulations 

affecting small entities as required by 

section 602 of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, Public Law 96–354. This agenda 

also identifies regulatory actions that are 

being reviewed in compliance with 

section 610(c) of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. We invite public 

comment on those actions as well as any 

regulation consistent with Executive 

Order 13563. 

USDA has attempted to list all 

regulations and regulatory reviews 

pending at the time of publication 

except for minor and routine or 

repetitive actions, but some may have 

been inadvertently missed. There is no 

legal significance to the omission of an 

item from this listing. Also, the dates 

shown for the steps of each action are 

estimated and are not commitments to 

act on or by the date shown. 

USDA’s complete regulatory agenda is 

available online at www.reginfo.gov. 

Because publication in the Federal 

Register is mandated for the regulatory 

flexibility agendas required by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

602), USDA’s printed agenda entries 

include only: 

(1) Rules that are likely to have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities; 

and 

(2) Rules identified for periodic 

review under section 610 of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

For this edition of the USDA 

regulatory agenda, the most important 

significant regulatory actions and a 

Statement of Regulatory Priorities are 

included in the Regulatory Plan, which 

appears in both the online regulatory 

agenda and in part II of the Federal 

Register that includes the abbreviated 

regulatory agenda. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on any specific 

entry shown in this agenda, please 

contact the person listed for that action. 

For general comments or inquiries about 

the agenda, please contact Michael Poe, 

Office of Budget and Program Analysis, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Washington, DC 20250, (202) 720–3257. 

Dated: September 29, 2014. 

Michael Poe, 

Chief, Legislative and Regulatory Staff. 

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

160 .................... National Organic Program, Origin of Livestock, NOP–11–0009 (Reg Plan Seq No. 1) ................................ 0581–AD08 

161 .................... National Organic Program, Organic Pet Food Standards (Reg Plan Seq No. 2) .......................................... 0581–AD20 

162 .................... National Organic Program, Organic Apiculture Practice Standard, NOP–12–0063 (Reg Plan Seq No. 3) .. 0581–AD31 

163 .................... National Organic Program—Organic Aquaculture Standards (Reg Plan Seq No. 4) .................................... 0581–AD34 

164 .................... Exemption of Producers and Handlers of Organic Products From Assessment Under a Commodity Promotion Law (Reg Plan Seq No. 5).0581–AD37 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

165 .................... User Fees for 2014 Crop Cotton Classification Services to Growers ............................................................. 0581–AD35 

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

166 .................... Introduction of Organisms and Products Altered or Produced Through Genetic Engineering ....................... 0579–AC31 

167 .................... Scrapie in Sheep and Goats ............................................................................................................................ 0579–AC92 

168 .................... Plant Pest Regulations; Update of General Provisions ................................................................................... 0579–AC98 

169 .................... Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Scrapie; Importation of Small Ruminants and Their Germplasm, 

Products, and Byproducts.

0579–AD10 

170 .................... Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis; Update of General Provisions (Reg Plan Seq No. 9) ........................ 0579–AD65 

171 .................... Establishing a Performance Standard for Authorizing the Importation and Interstate Movement of Fruits 

and Vegetables (Reg Plan Seq No. 10).

0579–AD71 

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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

172 .................... Importation of Poultry and Poultry Products From Regions Affected With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.0579–AC36 

173 .................... Importation of Wood Packaging Material From Canada ................................................................................. 0579–AD28 

174 .................... Importation of Beef From a Region in Brazil ................................................................................................... 0579–AD41 

175 .................... Treatment of Firewood and Spruce Logs Imported From Canada ................................................................. 0579–AD60 

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

176 .................... Importation of Live Dogs .................................................................................................................................. 0579–AD23 

177 .................... Importation of Female Squash Flowers From Israel Into the Continental United States ............................... 0579–AD72 

RURAL HOUSING SERVICE—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

178 .................... Guaranteed Single-Family Housing ................................................................................................................. 0575–AC18 

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

179 .................... Child and Adult Care Food Program: Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids 

Act of 2010 (Reg Plan Seq No. 15).

0584–AE18 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

180 .................... Child Nutrition Programs: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free 

Kids Act of 2010 (Reg Plan Seq No. 18).

0584–AE25 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

181 .................... Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the order Siluriformes and Products Derived From Such Fish (Reg Plan 

Seq No. 21).

0583–AD36 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

182 .................... Change in Accredited Lab Fees ...................................................................................................................... 0583–AD55 

FOREST SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

183 .................... Management of Surface Activities Associated With Outstanding Mineral Rights on National Forest System 

Lands.

0596–AD03 


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FOREST SERVICE—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

184 .................... Ski Area—D Clauses: Resource and Improvement Protection, Water Facilities and Water Rights .............. 0596–AD14 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

160. National Organic Program, Origin 

of Livestock, NOP–11–0009 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 1 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0581–AD08 

161. National Organic Program, 

Organic Pet Food Standards 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 2 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0581–AD20 

162. National Organic Program, 

Organic Apiculture Practice Standard, 

NOP–12–0063 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 3 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0581–AD31 

163. • National Organic Program— 

Organic Aquaculture Standards 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 4 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0581–AD34 

164. • Exemption of Producers and 

Handlers of Organic Products From 

Assessment Under a Commodity 

Promotion Law 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 5 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0581–AD37 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) 

Completed Actions 

165. • User Fees for 2014 Crop Cotton 

Classification Services to Growers 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 471 to 476 

Abstract: The Department is required 

to announce the adjusted fee by June 1 

each year, and it must be set at a 

sufficient level to recover the full costs 

of providing services. To meet the 

mandate that cotton growers pay a 

uniform fee that truly covers USDA’s 

estimated cost of providing grading 

services, revenues and costs associated 

with classification services that will be 

provided during the 2014 crop year 

must be estimated. The user fee 

represents less than 1 percent of the 

average value of a bale of cotton, the 

cotton classing user fee has remained 

the same since 2009, and the 

publication of user fee adjustments over 

the past 10 years has generated no 

significant public comment. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Final Rule ........... 05/14/14 79 FR 27479 

Final Rule Effective.07/01/14 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Darryl W. Earnest, 

Deputy Administrator, Department of 

Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, 14th & Independence Avenue 

SW., Room 2639—South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 720– 

3193, Fax: 202 690–1718, Email: 

darryl.earnest@usda.gov.. 

RIN: 0581–AD35 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

166. Introduction of Organisms and 

Products Altered or Produced Through 

Genetic Engineering 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 

7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 31 U.S.C. 

9701 

Abstract: This rulemaking will amend 

the regulations regarding the 

importation, interstate movement, and 

environmental release of certain 

genetically engineered organisms. This 

rule will affect persons involved in the 

importation, interstate movement, or 

release into the environment of 

genetically engineered plants and 

certain other genetically engineered 

organisms. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

01/23/04 69 FR 3271 

Comment Period 

End.

03/23/04 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental 

Impact Statement.

07/17/07 72 FR 39021 

Comment Period 

End.

09/11/07 

NPRM .................. 10/09/08 73 FR 60007 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/24/08 

Correction ............ 11/10/08 73 FR 66563 

NPRM Comment 

Period Reopened.

01/16/09 74 FR 2907 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/17/09 

NPRM; Notice of 

Public Scoping 

Session.

03/11/09 74 FR 10517 

NPRM Comment 

Period Reopened.

04/13/09 74 FR 16797 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

06/29/09 

NPRM; Withdrawal.11/00/14 

NPRM; Withdrawal Effective.11/00/14 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Andrea Huberty, 

Branch Chief, Regulatory and 

Environmental Analysis, BRS, 

Department of Agriculture, Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 

River Road, Unit 146, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1236, Phone: 301 851–3880. 

RIN: 0579–AC31 

167. Scrapie in Sheep and Goats 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301 to 8317 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

amend the scrapie regulations by 

changing the risk groups and categories 

established for individual animals and 

for flocks. It would simplify, reduce, or 

remove certain recordkeeping 

requirements. This action would 

provide designated scrapie 

epidemiologists with more alternatives 

and flexibility when testing animals in 

order to determine flock designations 

under the regulations. It would also 

make the identification and 

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owners consistent with those for sheep 

owners. These changes would affect 

sheep and goat producers and State 

governments. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 12/00/14 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Diane Sutton, 

National Scrapie Program Coordinator, 

Ruminant Health Programs, NCAHP, 

VS, Department of Agriculture, Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service, 

4700 River Road, Unit 43, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1235, Phone: 301 851–3509. 

RIN: 0579–AC92 

168. Plant Pest Regulations; Update of 

General Provisions 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 

2260; 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 

7781 to 7786; 7 U.S.C. 8301 to 8817; 19 

U.S.C. 136; 21 U.S.C. 111; 21 U.S.C. 

114a; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 

9701; 42 U.S.C. 4331 and 4332 

Abstract: We are proposing to revise 

our regulations regarding the movement 

of plant pests. We are proposing to 

regulate the movement of not only plant 

pests, but also biological control 

organisms and associated articles. We 

are proposing risk-based criteria 

regarding the movement of biological 

control organisms, and are proposing to 

establish regulations to allow the 

movement in interstate commerce of 

certain types of plant pests without 

restriction by granting exceptions from 

permitting requirements for those pests. 

We are also proposing to revise our 

regulations regarding the movement of 

soil and to establish regulations 

governing the biocontainment facilities 

in which plant pests, biological control 

organisms, and associated articles are 

held. This proposed rule replaces a 

previously published proposed rule, 

which we are withdrawing as part of 

this document. This proposal would 

clarify the factors that would be 

considered when assessing the risks 

associated with the movement of certain 

organisms, facilitate the movement of 

regulated organisms and articles in a 

manner that also protects U.S. 

agriculture, and address gaps in the 

current regulations. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Notice of Intent 

To Prepare an 

Environmental 

Impact Statement.

10/20/09 74 FR 53673 

Notice Comment 

Period End.

11/19/09 

NPRM .................. 04/00/15 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

06/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Shirley Wager-Page, 

Chief, Pest Permitting Branch, Plant 

Health Programs, PPQ, Department of 

Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, 

Unit 131, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236, 

Phone: 301 851–2323. 

RIN: 0579–AC98 

169. Bovine Spongiform 

Encephalopathy and Scrapie; 

Importation of Small Ruminants and 

Their Germplasm, Products, and 

Byproducts 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 

1622; 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 

7781 to 7786; 7 U.S.C. 8301 to 8317; 21 

U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

amend the bovine spongiform 

encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie 

regulations regarding the importation of 

live sheep, goats, and wild ruminants 

and their embryos, semen, products, 

and byproducts. The proposed scrapie 

revisions regarding the importation of 

sheep, goats, and susceptible wild 

ruminants for other than immediate 

slaughter are similar to those 

recommended by the World 

Organization for Animal Health in 

restricting the importation of such 

animals to those from scrapie-free 

regions or certified scrapie-free flocks. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/00/15 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Peter Merrill, 

Assistant Director, Technical Trade 

Services, National Center for Import and 

Export, VS, Department of Agriculture, 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231, Phone: 301 

851–3300. 

RIN: 0579–AD10 

170. Brucellosis and Bovine 

Tuberculosis; Update of General 

Provisions 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 9 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0579–AD65 

171. Establishing a Performance 

Standard for Authorizing the 

Importation and Interstate Movement 

of Fruits and Vegetables 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 10 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0579–AD71 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) 

Final Rule Stage 

172. Importation of Poultry and Poultry 

Products From Regions Affected With 

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622; 7 

U.S.C. 8301 to 8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 

136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701 

Abstract: This rulemaking will amend 

the regulations concerning the 

importation of animals and animal 

products to prohibit or restrict the 

importation of birds, poultry, and bird 

and poultry products from regions that 

have reported the presence in 

commercial birds or poultry of highly 

pathogenic avian influenza of any 

subtype. This action will supplement 

existing prohibitions and restrictions on 

articles from regions that have reported 

the presence of Newcastle disease or 

highly pathogenic avian influenza 

subtype H5N1. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Interim Final Rule 01/24/11 76 FR 4046 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period End.

03/25/11 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period Reopened.

05/03/11 76 FR 24793 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period Reopened 

End.

05/18/11 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period Reopened.

06/12/12 77 FR 34783 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period Reopened 

End.

07/12/12 

Final Rule ............ 02/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 


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Agency Contact: Javier Vargas, Case 

Manager, National Center for Import and 

Export, VS, Department of Agriculture, 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 38, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231, Phone: 301 

851–3300. 

RIN: 0579–AC36 

173. Importation of Wood Packaging 

Material From Canada 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 

7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 21 

U.S.C. 136 and 136a 

Abstract: This rulemaking will amend 

the regulations for the importation of 

unmanufactured wood articles to 

remove the exemption that allows wood 

packaging material from Canada to enter 

the United States without first meeting 

the treatment and marking requirements 

of the regulations that apply to wood 

packaging material from all other 

countries. This action is necessary in 

order to prevent the dissemination and 

spread of pests via wood packaging 

material from Canada. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 12/02/10 75 FR 75157 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/31/11 

Final Rule ............ 12/00/14 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: John Tyrone Jones, 

Trade Director, Forestry Products, 

Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, 

Department of Agriculture, Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 

River Road, Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231, Phone: 301 851–2344. 

RIN: 0579–AD28 

174. Importation of Beef From a Region 

in Brazil 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 

7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 7 

U.S.C. 8301 to 8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 

136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701 

Abstract: This rulemaking will amend 

the regulations governing the 

importation of certain animals, meat, 

and other animal products by allowing, 

under certain conditions, the 

importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) 

beef from a region in Brazil (the States 

of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espirito 

Santo, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso 

do Sul, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio 

Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, 

Rondonia, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, and 

Tocantis). Based on the evidence in a 

recent risk assessment, we have 

determined that fresh (chilled or frozen) 

beef can be safely imported from those 

Brazilian States, provided certain 

conditions are met. This action will 

provide for the importation of beef from 

the designated region in Brazil into the 

United States while continuing to 

protect the United States against the 

introduction of foot-and-mouth disease. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 12/23/13 78 FR 77370 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/21/14 

Final Rule ............ 04/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Silvia Kreindel, 

Senior Staff Veterinarian, 

Regionalization Evaluation Services 

Staff, NCIE, VS, Department of 

Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, 

Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231, 

Phone: 301 851–3313. 

RIN: 0579–AD41 

175. Treatment of Firewood and Spruce 

Logs Imported From Canada. 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 

7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 21 

U.S.C. 136 and 136a 

Abstract: This rulemaking will amend 

the regulations to require firewood of all 

species imported from Canada, 

including treated lumber (furniture 

scraps) sold as kindling, and all spruce 

logs imported from Nova Scotia to be 

heat-treated and to be accompanied by 

either a certificate of treatment or an 

attached commercial treatment label. 

This action is necessary on an 

immediate basis to prevent the artificial 

spread of pests, including emerald ash 

borer, Asian longhorned beetle, gypsy 

moth, European spruce bark beetle, and 

brown spruce longhorn beetle to 

noninfested areas of the United States 

and to prevent further introduction of 

these pests into the United States. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Interim Final Rule 01/00/15 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period End.

03/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: John Tyrone Jones, 

Trade Director, Forestry Products, 

Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, 

Department of Agriculture, Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 

River Road, Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231, Phone: 301 851–2344. 

RIN: 0579–AD60 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) 

Completed Actions 

176. Importation of Live Dogs 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2148 

Abstract: We are amending the 

regulations to implement an amendment 

to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 added a new section to the AWA 

to restrict the importation of certain live 

dogs. Consistent with this amendment, 

this rule prohibits the importation of 

dogs, with limited exceptions, from any 

part of the world into the continental 

United States or Hawaii for purposes of 

resale, research, or veterinary treatment, 

unless the dogs are in good health, have 

received all necessary vaccinations, and 

are at least 6 months of age. This action 

is necessary to implement the 

amendment to the AWA and will help 

to ensure the welfare of imported dogs. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Final Rule ............ 08/18/14 79 FR 48653 

Final Rule Effective.11/17/14 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Gerald Rushin, 

Phone: 301 851–3740. 

RIN: 0579–AD23 

177. • Importation of Female Squash 

Flowers From Israel Into the 

Continental United States 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 

7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 21 

U.S.C. 136 and 136a 

Abstract: This rulemaking amends the 

regulations governing the importation of 

fruits and vegetables to allow the 

importation of female squash flowers 

from Israel into the continental United 

States. As a condition of entry, female 

squash flowers from Israel will be 

subject to a systems approach that 

includes requirements for pest 

exclusion at the production site and 

fruit fly trapping and monitoring. The 

female squash flowers must also be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the national plant 

protection organization of Israel with an 

additional declaration that the female 

squash flowers have been inspected and 

found free of quarantine pests. This 

action allows for the importation of 

female squash flowers from Israel into 

the continental United States while 

continuing to provide protection against 

the introduction of quarantine pests. 


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Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 05/02/13 78 FR 25620 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/01/13 

Final Rule ............ 06/05/14 79 FR 32433 

Final Rule Effective.07/07/14 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: George Balady, 

Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 

PPQ, Department of Agriculture, Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service, 

4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1236, Phone: 301 851–2240. 

RIN: 0579–AD72 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Final Rule Stage 

Rural Housing Service (RHS) 

178. Guaranteed Single-Family Housing 

Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 

1989; 42 U.S.C. 1480 

Abstract: The Guaranteed SingleFamily Housing Loan Program interim 

final rule encourages new residential 

construction in rural areas. The new 

rule provides for a ‘‘construction-topermanent financing’’ process. Lenders 

will be able to obtain a loan note 

guarantee when construction 

commences, in a ‘‘single close’’ 

transaction, rather than first obtaining 

short-term construction financing and 

then later obtaining the guaranteed loan. 

The new rule streamlines the financing 

of building new homes. The interim 

final rule also expands the types of 

lenders who are eligible to participate, 

increasing the reach of the program to 

small community banks in remote areas 

and to credit unions with memberships 

who are teachers as well as other 

groups. The rule change will allow 

participation by any lending entity 

supervised and regulated by the Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation, the 

National Credit Union Administration, 

the Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, the Federal Reserve Banks, or 

the Federal Housing Finance Board. 

Currently, these entities may not be 

eligible lenders. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/28/11 76 FR 66860 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/27/11 

Interim Final Rule 12/09/13 78 FR 73927 

Interim Final Rule 

Effective.

12/01/14 

Final Rule ............ 12/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Joaquin Tremols, 

Acting Director, Single-Family Housing 

Guaranteed Loan Division, Department 

of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 

0784, Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 

202 720–1465, Fax: 202 205–2476, 

Email: joaquin.tremols@wdc.usda.gov. 

RIN: 0575–AC18 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

179. Child and Adult Care Food 

Program: Meal Pattern Revisions 

Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free 

Kids Act of 2010 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 15 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0584–AE18 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

Final Rule Stage 

180. Child Nutrition Programs: Local 

School Wellness Policy Implementation 

Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids 

Act of 2010 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 18 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0584–AE25 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

(FSIS) 

Completed Actions 

181. Mandatory Inspection of Fish of 

the Order Siluriformes and Products 

Derived from Such Fish 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 21 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 0583–AD36 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

(FSIS) 

182. Change in Accredited Lab Fees 

Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601, et seq.; 

21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.; 7 U.S.C. 138 

Abstract: The Food Safety Inspection 

Service (FSIS) proposed to amend its 

regulations to change the fees it charges 

for the accreditation and the 

maintenance of accreditation of nonFederal laboratories for the FSIS 

Accredited Lab Program (ALP). 

Currently, the Agency charges a flat 

annual fee of $5,000 for each 

accreditation or maintenance of 

accreditation. Laboratories that 

participate in FSIS’ ALP can receive 

accreditation in one to six analyte 

classes. FSIS proposed to charge 

laboratories $5,000 per year for the first 

analyte class accreditation or 

maintenance (as it currently does), but 

to reduce the charges to $2,900 per year 

for the second, and $2,100 per year for 

each additional analyte class 

accreditation or maintenance of 

accreditation. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 04/21/14 79 FR 22052 

Final Action ......... 09/19/14 79 FR 56235 

Final Action Effective.11/18/14 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Charles Williams, 

Phone: 202 720–5627, Fax: 202 690– 

0486, Email: charles.williams@

fsis.usda.gov. 

RIN: 0583–AD55 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Forest Service (FS) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

183. Management of Surface Activities 

Associated With Outstanding Mineral 

Rights on National Forest System Lands 

Legal Authority: EPA 1992 

Abstract: Close to 11,000,000 acres 

(approximately 6 percent) of National 

Forest System (NFS) lands overlie 

severed (split) mineral estates owned by 

a party other than the Federal 

Government. Over 75 percent of these 

lands are in the Eastern Region (Forest 

Service Regions 8 and 9). There are two 

kinds of severed mineral estates, 

generally known as ‘‘private rights’’: 

reserved and outstanding. Reserved 

mineral rights are those retained by a 

grantor in a deed conveying land to the 

United States. Outstanding mineral 

rights are those owned by a party other 

than the surface owner at the time the 

surface was conveyed to the United 

States. Because these are non-Federal 

mineral interests, the U.S. Department 

of Interiors Bureau of Land Management 

has no authority for or role in managing 

development activities associated with 

such interests. States have the authority 

and responsibility for regulating 

development of the private mineral 

estate. 

Various Secretary’s Rules and 

Regulations (years of 1911, 1937, 1938, 

1939, 1947, 1950, and 1963) and Forest 

Service regulations at 36 CFR 251.15 

provide direction for the use of NFS 

lands for mineral development activities 

associated with the exercise of reserved 

mineral rights. These existing rules for 

reserved minerals development 

activities also include requirements for 

protection of NFS resources. 

Currently, there are no formal 

regulations governing the use of NFS 

lands for activities associated with the 

exercise of outstanding mineral rights 

underlying those lands. The Energy 

Policy Act of 1992, section 2508, 

directed the Secretary of Agriculture to: 

apply specified terms and conditions to 

surface-disturbing activities related to 

development of oil and gas on certain 

lands with outstanding mineral rights 

on the Allegheny National Forest, and 

promulgate regulations implementing 

that section. 

The Forest Service initiated 

rulemaking for the use of NFS lands for 

development activities associated with 

both reserved and outstanding minerals 

rights with an Advance Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in the 

Federal Register on December 29, 2008. 

Comments from the public in response 

to the ANPRM conveyed a high level of 

concern about the broad scope of the 

rule, along with a high level of concern 

about effects of a broad rule on small 

businesses and local economies. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

ANPRM ............... 12/29/08 73 FR 79424 

ANPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/27/09 

NPRM .................. 03/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: LaRenda C. King, 

Assistant Director, Directives and 

Regulations, Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, ATTN: ORMS, D&R 

Branch, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–0003, 

Phone: 202 205–6560, Email: 

larendacking@fs.fed.us. 

RIN: 0596–AD03 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

(USDA) 

Forest Service (FS) 

Final Rule Stage 

184. Ski Area—D Clauses: Resource 

and Improvement Protection, Water 

Facilities and Water Rights 

Legal Authority: FSH 2709.11 

Abstract: On November 8, 2011, the 

Forest Service issued an interim 

directive (FSH 2709.11–2011–3) 

including a revised clause to address the 

ownership of water rights developed on 

National Forest System (NFS) lands for 

use by ski area permit holders. On 

March 6, 2012, a second interim 

directive (FSH 2709.11–2012–1) for the 

revised ski area water rights clause was 

issued, superseding the 2011 version. 

The National Ski Areas Association 

filed a lawsuit in the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Colorado on March 12, 2012, opposing 

use of the revised clause. On December 

19, 2012, the court ruled that the Forest 

Service had erred in not providing an 

opportunity for notice and comment on 

the interim directive and that the agency 

needed to conduct a Regulatory 

Flexibility Act analysis of the impact of 

the directive on small business entities 

that hold ski area permits. The court 

vacated the interim directive and 

enjoined enforcement of the 2011 and 

2012 clauses in permits containing 

them. 

The proposed directive would address 

the development of water facilities on 

NFS lands; the ownership of preexisting 

and future water rights; mechanisms to 

ensure sufficient water remains for ski 

areas on NFS lands; and measures 

necessary to protect NFS lands and 

resources. 

The Forest Service published the 

proposed ski area water rights clause in 

the Federal Register for public notice 

and comment. To identify interests and 

views from a diverse group of 

stakeholders regarding a revised water 

rights clause for ski areas, the Forest 

Service held four stakeholder meetings 

in April 2013. The input from the 

stakeholder sessions will be considered 

in the development of a final water 

rights clause for ski areas. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Proposed Directive.06/23/14 79 FR 35513 

Proposed Directive Comment 

Period End.

08/22/14 

Final Directive ..... 02/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: LaRenda C. King, 

Assistant Director, Directives and 

Regulations, Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, ATTN: ORMS, D&R 

Branch, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–0003, 

Phone: 202 205–6560, Email: 

larendacking@fs.fed.us. 

RIN: 0596–AD14 

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