81 FR 22513 - Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Regulation; Removal of a Final Rule

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 74 (April 18, 2016)

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is rescinding and removing from the Code of Federal Regulations 7 CFR part 1290 entitled ``Specialty Crop Block Grant Program'' (SCBGP) in its entirety. This regulation implemented the SCBGP for the fiscal years 2006 to 2008 and is now obsolete.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22513-22514]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08832]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 1290

[Document No. AMS-TM-16-0004]
RIN 0581-AC59


Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Regulation; Removal of a Final 
Rule

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service.

ACTION: Final rule; removal.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is rescinding and 
removing from the Code of Federal Regulations 7 CFR part 1290 entitled 
``Specialty Crop Block Grant Program'' (SCBGP) in its entirety. This 
regulation implemented the SCBGP for the fiscal years 2006 to 2008 and 
is now obsolete.

DATES: Effective April 19, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trista Etzig, Grants Division 
Director; Telephone: (202) 720-8356; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SCBGP is authorized under the Specialty Crop 
Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).
    AMS published 7 CFR part 1290, as a Final rule, in the Federal 
Register on September 11, 2006 (71 FR 53307), to establish regulations 
for SCBGP. SCBGP is a noncompetitive grant program that

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makes funds available to eligible entities for projects to solely 
enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. The rule established 
SCBGP eligibility and application requirements, review and approval 
processes, and grant administration procedures for SCBGP for the fiscal 
years 2006 to 2008.
    The grant agreements that 7 CFR part 1290 affected have expired and 
the regulations are now obsolete. Therefore, the AMS is rescinding and 
removing the regulation implementing the SCBGP from 2006 to 2008 in its 
entirety.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1290

    Agriculture, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Specialty 
crop block grants.

PART 1290--[REMOVED AND RESERVED]

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, under the authority of 7 
U.S.C. 1621 note, 7 CFR part 1290 is removed.

    Dated: April 12, 2016.
Elanor Starmer,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-08832 Filed 4-15-16; 8:45 am]
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