View Rule

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is revising existing regulations and adding new regulations under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended, in order to comply with amendments to the USGSA made by the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015. Specifically, this rulemaking eliminates mandatory barge weighing, removes the discretion for emergency waivers of inspection and weighing, revises GIPSA’s fee structure, revises exceptions to official agency geographic boundaries, extends the length of licenses and designations, and imposes new requirements for delegated States.

Overall Description of Deadline: On September 30, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015 (Pub. L. No: 114-54), which, among other things, reauthorized through 2020 certain expiring provisions of the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.), as amended. The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is amending the USGSA regulations (7 CFR 800) to add new procedures for grain shipped in containers.