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USDA/OPPM RIN: 0599-AA23 Publication ID: Spring 2015 
Title: Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement: Mature Market Products 
Abstract:

Amendments to provide the framework for implementing the requirement that USDA include innovative products (including forest, pulp, and paper) in the Federal procurement preference program, thus overriding current regulatory provisions excluding "mature market" products should be published in July 2015.

 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 3201   
Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8102   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/27/2014  79 FR 63841   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/26/2014 
Final Rule  07/00/2015 
Final Action Effective  08/00/2015 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Ron Buckhalt
Manager, BioPreferred Program, Office of Procurement and Property Management
Department of Agriculture
Office of Procurement and Property Management
361 Reporters Building, 300 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 205-4008
Fax:202 720-8972
Email: ronb.buckhalt@dm.usda.gov