[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01903]
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 18 / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 /
Rules and Regulations
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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.
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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.
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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. 2025-01903 Filed 1-24-25; 4:15 pm]
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