Proposed Rules

The following is a current list of proposed, interim final rules, or final rules related to the regulations AMS is responsible for enforcing. All notices, except for final rules, are open for public comment until the deadline stated within the notice.

Public feedback to notices open for comment is gathered via www.regulations.gov. Please include your full name and mailing address (street, city, state and zip code) with your comments. Your comments must also reference the Title and Document Number. All comments will be posted without change, including any personal information provided. All comments submitted in response to this notice will be included in the record and will be made available to the public via regulations.gov. If your comments are not able to be transmitted via the document management system, please use the mailing address that is included in the notice.

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Below is a list of rules currently going through the regulatory process.
Regulation Status Date Title
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West: Increased Assessment Rate
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Assessment Rates: Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla Valley of Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2019-20 Crop Year
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Assessment Rate: Onions Grown in South Texas
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Marketing Order: Olives Grown in California
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Notice International Trade Data System Test Concerning the Electronic Submission Through the Automated Commercial Environment of Notification of Importation of Fruits, Vegetables, and Specialty Crops Required by the Agricultural Marketing Service Using the Partn
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Marketing Order: Spearmint Oil: Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages for the 2020-2021 Marketing Year
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Decreased Assessment Rate: Olives Grown in California
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Walnuts Grown in California: Suspension of Reserve Obligation and its Requirements
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Notice Walnuts Grown in California: Hearing on Proposed Amendment of Marketing Order No.984