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USDA/FAS RIN: 0551-AB08 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●Removal of Obsolete Regulations 
Abstract:

The Foreign Agricultural Service is updating its regulations to remove those regulations that have been rendered obsolete by subsequent authorizing statutes. They are former programs that are no longer needed. The programs’ statutory authority were created in the authorizing laws that have since expired and are no longer in force.  The following regulations are outdated and therefore obsolete and are being removed: 7 CFR 1570 Sunflower Oil and Cottonseed Oil Assistance program, This program is an outdated trade program that has expired and is not in use and, 7 CFR 1560 Import Relief (Canadian Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports)--This program is pre-NAFTA and has expired.

 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Info./Admin./Other 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 1570    7 CFR 1560   
Legal Authority: secs. 105 and 301(a) of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988    Pub. L. 100-449 (102 Stat. 1855 and 1865-67)    7 U.S.C. 5663   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Rule  07/18/2025  90 FR 33871   
Final Rule Effective  07/18/2025 
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:
Kenneth Vernon
Department of Agriculture
Foreign Agricultural Service
1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 720-9285
Email: kenneth.vernon@usda.gov