WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a rule called: Tobacco Grading and Inspections Services-Rescission of Designated Tobacco Markets.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on May 22 by Bruce Summers, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
Summary: This action removes and reserves subpart D, titled "Orders of Designation of Tobacco Markets" from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The regulations subpart D are obsolete and unnecessary because The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 eliminated mandatory grading of types of tobacco eligible for price support programs and a referendum of eligible producers voted in favor of terminating the designations for tobacco auction markets in Ju...