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RIN: 0581-AD55

Publication ID: Fall 2017

Title: Organic Research, Promotion, and Information Order/Referendum Procedures
Abstract: This rule invites comments on a proposed national research and promotion (R&P) program for certified organic products. The proposed program would cover the range of organic products that are certified and sold per the Organic Foods Production Act and its implementing regulations as well as organic products imported into the U.S. under an organic equivalency arrangement.
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
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 1255
Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411 to 7425 7 U.S.C. 7401

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/18/2017	82 FR 5438
Comment Period End	03/20/2017
Final Rule	12/00/2017

Additional Information: This action is exempt per OMB's Memorandum titled "Interim Guidance Implementing Section 2 of the Executive Order of January 30, 2017 titled `Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs' " (February 2, 2017).
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Heather Pichelman Director, Promotion and Economics, Specialty Crops Program Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 1400 Independence Avenue, Washington, DC 20250 Phone:202 720-9915