Washington, DC
October 3, 2007
[Federal Register: October 3, 2007
(Volume 72, Number 191)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56242-56245]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
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[DOCID:fr03oc07-2]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 28
[Docket Number: AMS-CN-07-0060; CN-07-003B]
RIN 0581-AC75
2007 Crop Cotton Classification Services and User Fees to
Growers
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Interim final rule.
SUMMARY: The Smith-Doxey Amendment of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 473a) to
the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act of 1927 (7 U.S.C.
471-476) provided authority for the USDA to perform cotton
classification and market news
services to producers at no cost. Prior to that time,
authorization for classing services was provided through the
Cotton Standards Act of 1923 (7 U.S.C. 51-65) and for
statistical purposes through the Cotton Statistics and Estimates
Act of 1927. Costs for classing services under the Smith-Doxey
Amendment were supplied through appropriated funds until 1981 at
which time the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub.
L. 97-35) authorized the USDA to begin collecting user fees for
their services and the classing fee structure was implemented
through the Smith-Doxey Amendment. The statutory authority for
the delivery of classing services and collection of applicable
fees under the Smith-Doxey Amendment will lapse on September 30,
2007. This rulemaking is necessary to re-establish the
regulatory authority for the program's continued operation and
incorporate the current fee structure for the 2007 crop year,
which was published in the June 1, 2007, Federal
Register (72 FR 30457), under the authority of the Cotton
Standards Act of 1923.
DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2007.
Full notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-4891.pdf
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