FSA is in the process of reviewing all regulations within its purview to reduce regulatory burdens and costs. Pursuant to this review, FSA has identified the following obsolete,...
Farm Service Agency (FSA), Department of Agriculture.
ACTION:
Final rule.
SUMMARY:
FSA is in the process of reviewing all regulations within its purview to reduce regulatory burdens and costs. Pursuant to this review, FSA has identified the following obsolete, unnecessary, and outdated provisions in title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR). FSA is removing these provisions to streamline and clarify the dictates of title 7. The changes in this rule will have no impacts on past or present FSA customers.
DATES:
This rule is effective June 18, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherrie Grimm; telephone: (202) 401-0062; email:
Sherrie.Grimm@usda.gov.
Individuals with disabilities who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY mode)) or dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and text telephone users can initiate this call from any telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The President's Executive Order 14219 of February 19, 2025,
Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's “Department of Government Efficiency” Deregulatory Initiative,90 FR 10583, and subsequent implementing memorandum directed all agency heads to review regulations within their purview and rescind those that are, among other things, unlawful or unnecessary. FSA has undertaken such a review and is accordingly rescinding the following provisions from title 7.
Regulatory Certifications
Executive Orders
This document does not meet the criteria for a significant regulatory action as specified by Executive Order (E.O.) 12866. This action also has no federalism or tribal implications and will not impose substantial unreimbursed compliance costs on States, local governments, or Indian Tribal governments. Therefore, impact statements are not required under E.O. 13132 or 13175.
Environmental Evaluation
This rule will have no significant effect on the human environment; therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor impact statement is required.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule does not contain reporting or recordkeeping requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Explanation of Provisions
The regulations removed are:
Average Adjusted Gross Income Limitation (7 CFR 701.117)
Payments subject to the regulations at 7 CFR 701.117, authorized by Section 9003 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-28), are no longer available as all funds have been used. Thus, for the reasons explained in the preamble, FSA is eliminating this section to streamline title 7.
For the reasons described in the preamble, FSA is eliminating the assistance program regulations codified at 7 CFR part 760, subparts B through E. These regulations concern general provisions for supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs; the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program; the Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program; and the Livestock Indemnity Program, respectively. These regulations are obsolete as the operative assistance program regulations have been moved to 7 CFR part 1416, subparts A through D. FSA is therefore removing these provisions.
Further, regarding the regulations codified at 7 CFR part 760, subparts I through N, the time periods for which eligible losses could have been claimed under these regulations have since expired. These regulations concerned the 2005-2007 Crop Disaster Program, the 2005-2007 Livestock Indemnity Program, the 2005-2007 Livestock Compensation Program, the 2005-2007 Catfish Grant Program, and the Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment Program. Therefore, for the reasons explained in the preamble, FSA is thus removing these outdated provisions.
Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment Program (7 CFR 786)
The time periods for which eligible losses could have been claimed under this regulation have since expired. Therefore, pursuant to the preamble, this regulation is obsolete and unnecessary.