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USDA/AMS RIN: 0581-AE43 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●Tobacco Grading and Inspections Services--Removal of Designated Markets 
Abstract:

This rule removes the Subpart pertaining to designated markets, which was rendered obsolete after the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 repealed authority for the tobacco quota system and tobacco producers voted against requiring mandatory tobacco grading in a 2005 producer referendum.

 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 29   
Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 511 to 511s   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Rule  05/22/2025  90 FR 21841   
Final Rule Effective  07/21/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Angela C. Snyder
Deputy Administrator
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing Service
STOP 0256, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 302-1139
Email: angie.snyder@usda.gov