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USDA/AMS RIN: 0581-AC78 Publication ID: Spring 2010 
Title: U.S. Honey Producer Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order and Referendum Procedures (AMS-FV-07-0091) 
Abstract: The U.S. Honey Producer Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order would be implemented under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996. The purpose of the new program would be to increase consumption of U.S. produced honey. This proposed new program will assist the U.S. honey industry to develop and finance an effective and coordinated program to strengthen the position of the U.S. honey industry; and maintain, develop, and expand existing markets for U.S. honey. In the past few decades, U.S. commercial bee keepers have seen a worrisome and dramatic decline in the population of U.S. honeybees. According to a report released in 2006 by the National Research Council, the population of American honeybees has plunged by 30 percent in 20 years and so therefore production has also declined substantially. It is the hope of the U.S. honey industry that a Research and Promotion Program will help increase consumption of U.S. honey. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 1245   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 7411 to 7425   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM; Establishing the Program  07/14/2009  74 FR 34181   
NPRM Comment Period End  09/14/2009    
NPRM: Proposed Referendum Procedures  07/14/2009  74 FR 34199   
Second NPRM: Establishing the Program  06/00/2010    
Final Action: Referendum Procedures  06/00/2010    
Final Action: Establishing the Program  12/00/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Sonia Jimenez
Deputy Administrator, Specialty Crops Program
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing Service
Room 2535, 14th and Independence Avenue SW, South Building,
Washington, DC 20050-6456
Phone:202 720-4722
Email: sonia.jimenez@usda.gov