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USDA/AMS RIN: 0581-AC15 Publication ID: Spring 2004 
Title: Exemption of Organic Producers From Research and Promotion/Marketing Order Assessment (PY-02-006 and FV-03-900-1) 
Abstract: Under the 2002 Farm Bill, section 501 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (FAIR Act) was amended on May 13, 2002. The amendment exempts any person that produces and markets solely 100 percent organic products from paying assessments under a commodity promotion law. The FAIR Act governs all research and promotion programs and certain marketing order programs. Therefore, the Department of Agriculture is revising amendments to the 16 research and promotion regulations and 28 applicable marketing order programs for which it has oversight. These amendments will be handled in two separate regulatory actions that will be published simultaneously. 
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 900    7 CFR 1150    7 CFR 1160    7 CFR 1205    7 CFR 1207    7 CFR 1209    7 CFR 1210    7 CFR 1215    7 CFR 1216    7 CFR 1218    7 CFR 1219    7 CFR 1220    7 CFR 1230    7 CFR 1240    7 CFR 1250    7 CFR 1260    7 CFR 1280    ...     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: PL 107-171, sec 10607   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    05/13/2003 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  04/26/2004  69 FR 22690   
NPRM  12/02/2003  68 FR 67381   
Final Action  09/00/2004    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Angie C. Snyder
Deputy Administrator
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing Service
STOP 0256, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 680-3714
Email: angie.snyder@usda.gov