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Federal Register :: BioPreferred Program
A Rule by the Agriculture Department on 08/29/2011
This rule is effective October 28, 2011. Submit comments on the direct final rule by September 28, 2011. If we receive any timely significant adverse comment, we will withdraw this final rule in part or in whole by publication of a document in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period ends.
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0503-AA41
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Parts 2902, 2904, 3201, and 3202
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You may submit comments by any of the following methods. All submissions received must include the agency name and Regulatory Information Number (RIN). The RIN for this rulemaking is 0503-AA41. Also, please identify submittals as pertaining to the “Redesignation of the BioPreferred Program.”
E-mail: biopreferred@usda.gov. Include RIN number 0503-AA41 and “Redesignation of the BioPreferred Program” on the subject line. Please include your name and address in your message.
The USDA BioPreferred Program provides for the preferred procurement of biobased products by Federal agencies as well as a voluntary labeling program for biobased products. The BioPreferred Program was established under the authority of section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (FSRIA), 7 U.S.C. 8102, as amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA). USDA's Office of Energy Policy and New Uses (OEPNU) began development of the regulatory framework to implement the BioPreferred Program soon after passage of FSRIA and promulgated the “Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement” on January 11, 2005. The Guidelines are contained in part 2902 of chapter XXIX of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and that chapter is assigned to OEPNU. In addition to the Guidelines, OEPNU completed, and added to part 2902, regulations designating 33 categories of biobased products for Federal procurement preference.
In October, 2008, the regulatory development and implementation efforts for the BioPreferred Program were transferred from OEPNU to USDA's Office of Procurement and Property Management (OPPM). Subsequent rulemaking actions completed by OPPM (including the additional designations of categories of biobased products for Federal procurement preference (part 2902) and the promulgation of the Voluntary Labeling program for biobased products (part 2904)) have continued to appear in 7 CFR chapter XXIX, even though chapter XXXII of the CFR is assigned to OPPM. This direct final rule will relocate all elements of the BioPreferred Program from chapter XXIX of the CFR to chapter XXXII, as OPPM has sole responsibility for administering the program. USDA is establishing, within chapter XXXII of the CFR, a new part 3201 and relocating all of the regulatory text relating to the Federal procurement preference from part 2902 into the newly created part 3201. In addition, USDA is establishing a new part 3202 and relocating the regulatory text relating to the Voluntary Labeling program from part 2904 into the newly created part 3202.
This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12866. It has been determined that this rule is not a “significant regulatory action” under the terms of Executive Order 12866, because its purpose is only to transfer existing regulatory text from one chapter of the CFR to another. Therefore, this rule has not been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
This rule has been reviewed in accordance with Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This rule does not preempt State or local laws, is not intended to have retroactive effect, and does not involve administrative appeals.Start Printed Page 53632
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 through 3520), the information collection under the BioPreferred Program is currently approved under OMB control numbers 0503-0011 and 0503-0020.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Department of Agriculture amends chapters XXIX and XXXII of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
1. Amend title 7 CFR chapter XXXII by establishing parts 3201 and 3202 to read as follows:
5. The authority citation for the newly established part 3201 reads as follows:
6. In newly redesignated § 3201.9, revise the reference to “§ 2902.8” to read “§ 3201.8”.
7. The authority citation for the newly established part 3202 reads as follows:
8. Amend the newly redesignated part 3202 as follows:
§ 2904.2, definition of “Biobased content” part 2902 part 3201.
§ 2904.2, definition of “BioPreferred Product” part 2902 part 3201.
§ 2904.2, definition of “Designated item” part 2902 part 3201.
§ 2904.2, definition of “Mature market product” part 2902 part 3201.
§ 2904.4(a) § 2904.2 § 3202.2.
§ 2904.4(b)(1)(i) part 2902 part 3201.
§ 2904.4(b)(2)(ii) part 2902 part 3201.
§ 2904.4(b)(3)(iii) part 2902 part 3201.
§ 2904.5(a)(2) § 2904.2 § 3202.2.
§ 2904.5(b)(2)(i) § 2904.4 § 3202.4.
§ 2904.5(b)(2)(iii) § 2904.6 § 3202.6.
§ 2904.6(c) § 2904.5(a) § 3202.5(a).
§ 2904.8(a) § 2904.6 § 3202.6.
§ 2904.8(a) § 2904.5 § 3202.5.
§ 2904.8(b)(2)(i) § 2904.7 § 3202.7.
§ 2904.8(c) § 2904.6 § 3202.6.
§ 2904.10(b) § 2904.8(b)(1) § 3202.8(b)(1).
§ 2904.10(c) § 2904.9 § 3202.9.
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