[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18090]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 17, 1996 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
7 CFR Part 16
Removal of Obsolete Regulations
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; removal of part.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture is removing Part 16--Limitation
on Imports of Meat, from Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations
since this part is obsolete.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 17, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Director, Dairy,
Livestock and Poultry Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 6616-S, 14th and Independence Ave.,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250. All comments will be available for public
inspection in room 6621-S at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lisa Hardy-Bass, Livestock Group Leader, Dairy, Livestock and Poultry
Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 6621-S, 14th and Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250.
Telephone: (202) 720-7217.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Order 12866
This rule is issued in conformance with Executive Order 12866. It
has been determined to be neither significant nor economically
significant for the purposes of E.O. 12866 and, therefore, has not been
reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
It has been determined that the Regulatory Flexibility Act is not
applicable to this rule since the Office of the Secretary is not
required by 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other provision of law to publish a
notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to the subject matter of
this rule.
Executive Order 12372
This program is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order
12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and
local officials. See notice related to 7 CFR part 3015, subpart V,
published at 48 FR 29115 (June 24, 1983).
Environmental Evaluation
It has been determined by an environmental evaluation that this
action will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human
environment. Therefore, neither an Environmental Assessment nor an
Environmental Impact Statement is needed.
Executive Order 12778
This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12778. The
provisions of this rule are not retroactive and do not preempt state or
local laws.
Background
The Department of Agriculture is removing Part 16--Limitation on
Imports of Meat, from Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations since
it is obsolete. Section 403 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, P.L.
103-465, 108 Stat. 4959, repealed the Meat Import Act of 1979, as
amended (the Meat Import Act) (19 U.S.C. 2253 note), effective January
1, 1995. The Meat Import Act was the statutory authority for this part.
The Meat Import Act provided for the imposition of quotas on
certain meat articles if imports exceeded a specified quantity
determined according to a statutory formula. Under the Uruguay Round, a
system of tariff rate quotas replaced the absolute quotas that could
have been imposed pursuant to the Meat Import Act. Section 204 of the
Agricultural Act of 1956, 7 U.S.C. 1854, provides authority for the
President to negotiate voluntary restraint agreements on agricultural
commodities. This authority was used to negotiate agreements with the
principal meat exporting countries to limit their exports to the United
States so that the trigger level for quotas under the Meat Import Act
was not exceeded. These quantitative restrictions were then published
in this part. The Meat Import Act has now been repealed.
List of Subjects
7 CFR Part 16
Agriculture Department, Imports, Meat and meat products.
Accordingly, Part 16--Limitation on Imports of Meat is removed.
Issued at Washington, D.C. this 10th day of July 1996.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 96-18090 Filed 7-16-96; 8:45 am]
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