0581-AE16 202310 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0581 Agricultural Marketing Service AMS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances: Recommendations From the NOSB October 2021 and April 2022 Meetings (Crops) (AMS-NOP-21-0096)

The National List identifies the synthetic substances that may be used in organic crop and livestock production as well as the nonsynthetic (natural) substances that may not be used. It also identifies the nonorganic substances that may be used in or on processed organic products. Amendments to the National List included in this proposed rule are based on recommendations from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The rule will address the following substances used in organic crop production: sodium nitrate, ammonia, and nitrogen fertilizers that have carbon-to-nitrogen ratio lower than three-to-one (3:1).

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 7 CFR 205 7 U.S.C. 6501 to 6524 No NPRM 11/00/2023 No No None No No No No Erin Healy Director, Standards Division, National Organic Program 0581 Agricultural Marketing Service AMS 202 617-4942 erin.healy@usda.gov Washington DC 20024