82 FR 27611 - Beef Promotion and Research; Reapportionment
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 115 (June 16, 2017)
Agricultural Marketing Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 115 (June 16, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-12528 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 115 (Friday, June 16, 2017)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 27611-27613] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-12528] ======================================================================== Rules and Regulations Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 115 / Friday, June 16, 2017 / Rules and Regulations [[Page 27611]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 1260 [Doc. # AMS-LPS-16-0071] Beef Promotion and Research; Reapportionment AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This final rule adjusts representation on the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board (Board), established under the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 (Act), to reflect changes in domestic cattle inventories and changes in levels of imported cattle, beef, and beef products that have occurred since the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) last reapportioned the Board in July 2014. These adjustments are required by the Beef Promotion and Research Order (Order) and will result in a decrease in Board membership from 100 to 99, effective with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) appointments for terms beginning early in the year 2018. DATES: Effective July 17, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Dinkel, Agricultural Marketing Specialist; Research and Promotion Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS, USDA; Room 2610-S, STOP 0249, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0249; via telephone at (301) 352-7497; or by email at Michael.Dinkel@ams.usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Orders 12866 and 13771, and Regulatory Flexibility Act This rule does not meet the definition of a significant regulatory action contained in section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 and is not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Additionally, because this rule does not meet the definition of a significant regulatory action, it does not trigger the requirements contained in Executive Order 13771. See OMB's Memorandum titled ``Interim Guidance Implementing Section 2 of the Executive Order of January 30, 2017, titled `Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs' '' (February 2, 2017). Under the requirements set forth in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601-612), AMS has considered the economic impact of this action on small entities. The purpose of the RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of businesses subject to such actions in order that small businesses will not be unduly or disproportionately burdened. Executive Order 12988 This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This rule is not intended to have a retroactive effect. The Act prohibits states or political subdivisions of a state to impose any requirement that is in addition to, or inconsistent with, any requirement of the Act. There are no civil justice implications associated with this final rule. Paperwork Reduction Act In the February 2013 publication of ``Farms, Land in Farms, and Livestock Operations,'' USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated that the number of operations in the U.S. with cattle totaled approximately 915,000 in 2012, down from 950,000 in 2009. There are approximately 270 importers who import beef or edible beef products into the United States and 198 importers who import live cattle into the United States. It is estimated that the majority of those operations subject to the Order are considered small businesses under the criteria established by the Small Business Administration (SBA) [13 CFR 121.201]. SBA generally defines small agricultural service firms as those having annual receipts of $7.5 million or less, and small agricultural producers are generally defined as those having annual receipts of less than $750,000. The final rule imposes no new burden on the industry; it only adjusts representation on the Board to reflect changes in domestic cattle inventory, as well as in cattle and beef imports. The adjustments are required by the Order and will result in a decrease in Board membership from 100 to 99. AMS is committed to complying with the E-Government Act of 2002 to promote the use of the Internet and other information technologies to provide increased opportunities for citizen access to government information and services, and for other purposes. USDA has not identified any relevant Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or conflict with this rule. Background The Act established a national beef research and promotion program--administered by the Board--that is financed through industry assessments and subject to oversight by USDA's AMS. This program of promotion and research is designed to strengthen the position of beef and beef products in the marketplace and to establish, maintain, and expand markets for beef and beef products both domestically and internationally. Domestic representation on the Board is based on cattle inventory numbers, while importer representation is based on the conversion of the volume of imported cattle, beef, and beef products into live animal equivalencies. Section 1260.141(c) of the Order provides that at least every 3 years and not more than every 2 years, the Board shall review the geographic distribution of cattle inventories throughout the United States and the volume of imported cattle, beef, and beef products and, if warranted, shall reapportion units and/or modify the number of Board members from units to reflect the geographic distribution of cattle production volume in the United States and the volume of cattle, beef, or beef products imported into the United States. Section 1260.141(d) of the Order authorizes the Board to recommend to the Secretary of Agriculture modifications to the number of cattle per unit necessary for representation on the Board. Section 1260.141(e)(1) of the Order provides that each geographic unit or state that includes a total cattle inventory equal to or greater than 500,000 head of cattle shall be entitled to one representative on the Board. Section 1260.141(e)(2) provides that states that do not have total cattle inventories equal to or greater than [[Page 27612]] 500,000 head shall be grouped, to the extent practicable, into geographically contiguous units, each of which has a combined total inventory of not less than 500,000 head. Such grouped units are entitled to at least one representative on the Board. Each unit is entitled to an additional Board member for each additional 1 million head of cattle within the unit, as provided in Sec. 1260.141(e)(4). Further, as provided in Sec. 1260.141(e)(3), importers shall be represented by a single unit, with the number of Board members representing such unit based on a conversion of the total volume of imported cattle, beef, or beef products into live animal equivalencies. Representation of states and units affected by this final rule is as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Current Revised State/unit representation representation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virginia................................ 2 1 Texas................................... 13 12 Importers............................... 6 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Board reapportionment will take effect with appointments to fill positions early in the year 2018. Summary of Comments AMS published the notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on January 13, 2017. The comment period closed on April 13, 2017. AMS received four timely comments. Three of the four comments were outside the scope of the rule. One commenter suggested that the latest statistical survey of cattle in Virginia released in February 2017 verifies that Virginia does in fact retain the prerequisite greater than 1.5 million head of cattle to justify two seats on the Board. For the purpose of this final rule, domestic cattle numbers are determined by using an average of 3 years to better reflect the geographic distribution of cattle production volume in the United States. Accordingly, this comment was not adopted. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1260 Administrative practice and procedure, Advertising, Agricultural research, Imports, Meat and meat products, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 7 CFR part 1260 is amended as follows: PART 1260--BEEF PROMOTION AND RESEARCH 0 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 1260 continues to read as follows: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2901-2911 and 7 U.S.C. 7401. 0 2. In Sec. 1260.141, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows: Sec. 1260.141 Membership of Board. (a) Beginning with the 2017 Board nominations and the associated appointments effective early in the year 2018, the United States shall be divided into 37 geographical units and 1 unit representing importers, for a total of 38 units. The number of Board members from each unit shall be as follows: Cattle and Calves \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ State/unit (1,000 head) Directors ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Arizona.............................. 900 1 2. Arkansas............................. 1,660 2 3. Colorado............................. 2,600 3 4. Florida.............................. 1,680 2 5. Idaho................................ 2,307 2 6. Illinois............................. 1,143 1 7. Indiana.............................. 873 1 8. Iowa................................. 3,867 4 9. Kansas............................... 5,983 6 10. Kentucky............................ 2,110 2 11. Louisiana........................... 787 1 12. Michigan............................ 1,133 1 13. Minnesota........................... 2,347 2 14. Mississippi......................... 923 1 15. Missouri............................ 3,983 4 16. Montana............................. 2,567 3 17. Nebraska............................ 6,317 6 18. New Mexico.......................... 1,340 1 19. New York............................ 1,450 1 20. North Carolina...................... 803 1 21. North Dakota........................ 1,697 2 22. Ohio................................ 1,243 1 23. Oklahoma............................ 4,567 5 24. Oregon.............................. 1,300 1 25. Pennsylvania........................ 1,580 2 26. South Dakota........................ 3,783 4 27. Tennessee........................... 1,770 2 28. Texas............................... 11,500 12 29. Utah................................ 807 1 30. Virginia............................ 1,487 1 31. Wisconsin........................... 3,467 3 32. Wyoming............................. 1,293 1 [[Page 27613]] 33. Northwest........................... .............. 1 Alaska.................................. 10 .............. Hawaii.................................. 135 .............. Washington.............................. 1,137 .............. ------------------------------- Total................................. 1,282 .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34. Northeast........................... .............. 1 Connecticut............................. 48 .............. Delaware................................ 16 .............. Maine................................... 84 .............. Massachusetts........................... 38 .............. New Hampshire........................... 32 .............. New Jersey.............................. 28 .............. Rhode Island............................ 5 .............. Vermont................................. 260 .............. ------------------------------- Total................................. 511 .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35. Mid-Atlantic........................ .............. 1 Maryland................................ 186 .............. West Virginia........................... 382 .............. ------------------------------- Total................................. 567 .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 36. Southeast........................... .............. 3 Alabama................................. 1,240 .............. Georgia................................. 1,057 .............. South Carolina.......................... 337 .............. ------------------------------- Total................................. 2,633 .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37. Southwest........................... .............. 6 California.............................. 5,183 .............. Nevada.................................. 442 .............. ------------------------------- Total................................. 5,625 .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38. Importers \2\....................... 6,949 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ 2014, 2015, and 2016 average of January 1 cattle inventory data. \2\ 2013, 2014, and 2015 average of annual import data. * * * * * Dated: June 13, 2017. Bruce Summers, Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2017-12528 Filed 6-15-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-02-P
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER this rule does not meet the definition of and will result in a decrease in Board
contains regulatory documents having general a significant regulatory action, it does membership from 100 to 99.
applicability and legal effect, most of which not trigger the requirements contained AMS is committed to complying with
are keyed to and codified in the Code of in Executive Order 13771. See OMB’s the E-Government Act of 2002 to
Federal Regulations, which is published under Memorandum titled ‘‘Interim Guidance promote the use of the Internet and
50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. other information technologies to
Implementing Section 2 of the Executive
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by Order of January 30, 2017, titled provide increased opportunities for
the Superintendent of Documents. ‘Reducing Regulation and Controlling citizen access to government
Regulatory Costs’ ’’ (February 2, 2017). information and services, and for other
Under the requirements set forth in the purposes.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 USDA has not identified any relevant
U.S.C. 601–612), AMS has considered Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or
Agricultural Marketing Service the economic impact of this action on conflict with this rule.
small entities. The purpose of the RFA Background
7 CFR Part 1260 is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of
The Act established a national beef
[Doc. # AMS–LPS–16–0071] businesses subject to such actions in
research and promotion program—
order that small businesses will not be
administered by the Board—that is
Beef Promotion and Research; unduly or disproportionately burdened.
financed through industry assessments
Reapportionment
Executive Order 12988 and subject to oversight by USDA’s
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, AMS. This program of promotion and
This final rule has been reviewed
USDA. research is designed to strengthen the
under Executive Order 12988, Civil
ACTION: Final rule. position of beef and beef products in the
Justice Reform. This rule is not intended
marketplace and to establish, maintain,
to have a retroactive effect.
SUMMARY: This final rule adjusts and expand markets for beef and beef
The Act prohibits states or political products both domestically and
representation on the Cattlemen’s Beef
subdivisions of a state to impose any internationally. Domestic representation
Promotion and Research Board (Board),
requirement that is in addition to, or on the Board is based on cattle
established under the Beef Promotion
inconsistent with, any requirement of inventory numbers, while importer
and Research Act of 1985 (Act), to
the Act. There are no civil justice representation is based on the
reflect changes in domestic cattle
implications associated with this final conversion of the volume of imported
inventories and changes in levels of
rule. cattle, beef, and beef products into live
imported cattle, beef, and beef products
that have occurred since the Paperwork Reduction Act animal equivalencies.
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Section 1260.141(c) of the Order
In the February 2013 publication of provides that at least every 3 years and
last reapportioned the Board in July ‘‘Farms, Land in Farms, and Livestock
2014. These adjustments are required by not more than every 2 years, the Board
Operations,’’ USDA’s National shall review the geographic distribution
the Beef Promotion and Research Order Agricultural Statistics Service estimated
(Order) and will result in a decrease in of cattle inventories throughout the
that the number of operations in the United States and the volume of
Board membership from 100 to 99, U.S. with cattle totaled approximately
effective with the U.S. Department of imported cattle, beef, and beef products
915,000 in 2012, down from 950,000 in and, if warranted, shall reapportion
Agriculture’s (USDA) appointments for 2009. There are approximately 270
terms beginning early in the year 2018. units and/or modify the number of
importers who import beef or edible Board members from units to reflect the
DATES: Effective July 17, 2017. beef products into the United States and geographic distribution of cattle
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 198 importers who import live cattle production volume in the United States
Mike Dinkel, Agricultural Marketing into the United States. It is estimated and the volume of cattle, beef, or beef
Specialist; Research and Promotion that the majority of those operations products imported into the United
Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed subject to the Order are considered States.
Program, AMS, USDA; Room 2610–S, small businesses under the criteria Section 1260.141(d) of the Order
STOP 0249, 1400 Independence Avenue established by the Small Business authorizes the Board to recommend to
SW., Washington, DC 20250–0249; via Administration (SBA) [13 CFR 121.201]. the Secretary of Agriculture
telephone at (301) 352–7497; or by SBA generally defines small agricultural modifications to the number of cattle
email at Michael.Dinkel@ams.usda.gov. service firms as those having annual per unit necessary for representation on
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: receipts of $7.5 million or less, and the Board.
small agricultural producers are Section 1260.141(e)(1) of the Order
Executive Orders 12866 and 13771, and generally defined as those having provides that each geographic unit or
Regulatory Flexibility Act annual receipts of less than $750,000. state that includes a total cattle
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This rule does not meet the definition The final rule imposes no new burden inventory equal to or greater than
of a significant regulatory action on the industry; it only adjusts 500,000 head of cattle shall be entitled
contained in section 3(f) of Executive representation on the Board to reflect to one representative on the Board.
Order 12866 and is not subject to review changes in domestic cattle inventory, as Section 1260.141(e)(2) provides that
by the Office of Management and well as in cattle and beef imports. The states that do not have total cattle
Budget (OMB). Additionally, because adjustments are required by the Order inventories equal to or greater than
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State/unit (1,000 head) Directors
33. Northwest ........................................................................................................................................................... ........................ 1
Alaska ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 ........................
Hawaii ...................................................................................................................................................................... 135 ........................
Washington .............................................................................................................................................................. 1,137 ........................
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,282 ........................
34. Northeast ........................................................................................................................................................... ........................ 1
Connecticut .............................................................................................................................................................. 48 ........................
Delaware .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 ........................
Maine ....................................................................................................................................................................... 84 ........................
Massachusetts ......................................................................................................................................................... 38 ........................
New Hampshire ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 ........................
New Jersey .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 ........................
Rhode Island ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 ........................
Vermont ................................................................................................................................................................... 260 ........................
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................... 511 ........................
35. Mid-Atlantic ........................................................................................................................................................ ........................ 1
Maryland .................................................................................................................................................................. 186 ........................
West Virginia ............................................................................................................................................................ 382 ........................
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................... 567 ........................
36. Southeast ........................................................................................................................................................... ........................ 3
Alabama ................................................................................................................................................................... 1,240 ........................
Georgia .................................................................................................................................................................... 1,057 ........................
South Carolina ......................................................................................................................................................... 337 ........................
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,633 ........................
37. Southwest .......................................................................................................................................................... ........................ 6
California .................................................................................................................................................................. 5,183 ........................
Nevada ..................................................................................................................................................................... 442 ........................
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5,625 ........................
38. Importers 2 ......................................................................................................................................................... 6,949 7
1 2014, 2015, and 2016 average of January 1 cattle inventory data.
2 2013, 2014, and 2015 average of annual import data.
* * * * * Burmese Sanctions Regulations as a Background
Dated: June 13, 2017. result of the termination of the national
emergency on which the regulations On May 20, 1997, the President issued
Bruce Summers, Executive Order 13047, ‘‘Prohibiting
were based.
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing New Investment in Burma’’ (E.O.
Service. DATES: Effective: June 16, 2017. 13047), in which the President declared
[FR Doc. 2017–12528 Filed 6–15–17; 8:45 am] a national emergency to deal with the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
Department of the Treasury’s Office of unusual and extraordinary threat to the
Foreign Assets Control: Assistant national security and foreign policy of
Director for Licensing, tel.: 202/622– the United States posed by the actions
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 2480, Assistant Director for Regulatory and policies of the Government of
Affairs, tel.: 202/622–4855, Assistant Burma, in response to a deepening
Office of Foreign Assets Control pattern of severe repression by the State
Director for Sanctions Compliance &
Evaluation, tel.: 202/622–2490, or the Law and Order Restoration Council, the
31 CFR Part 537 then-governing regime in Burma. In E.O.
Department of the Treasury’s Office of
the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets 13047, the President also determined
Removal of Burmese Sanctions
Control), Office of the General Counsel, and certified that, for purposes of
Regulations
tel.: 202/622–2410. section 570(b) of the Foreign
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Operations, Export Financing, and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Related Programs Appropriations Act,
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Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule. Electronic and Facsimile Availability 1997 (Public Law 104–208), the
Government of Burma had committed
SUMMARY: The Department of the This document and additional large-scale repression of the democratic
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets information concerning OFAC are opposition in Burma after September 30,
Control (OFAC) is removing from the available from OFAC’s Web site 1996, and E.O. 13047 imposed a
Code of Federal Regulations the (www.treasury.gov/ofac). prohibition on new investment in
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| Contact | Mike Dinkel, Agricultural Marketing Specialist; Research and Promotion Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS, USDA; Room 2610-S, STOP 0249, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0249; via telephone at (301) 352-7497; or by email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 27611 | |
| CFR Associated | Administrative Practice and Procedure; Advertising; Agricultural Research; Imports; Meat and Meat Products and Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements |
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