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GAO-09-959R 1 (2009-08-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwxy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I im T I M Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-318523 August 17, 2009 The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman The Honorable Saxby Chambliss Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Collin C. Peterson Chairman The Honorable Frank D. Lucas Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department ofAgriculture, Commodity Credit Coiporation: Environmental Quality Incentives Program Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), entitled Environmental Quality Incentives Program (RIN: 0578- AA45). We received the rule on July 31, 2009. It was published in the Federal Registeras an interim final rule with request for comment on January 15, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 2293. The interim final rule amends the existing Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) regulations to incorporate changes as authorized by amendments in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Act). Those changes include extending EQIP's implementation through Fiscal Year 2012, providing payments for conservation practices related to organic production and for conservation practices related to the transition to organic production, providing an increased payment rate to historically underserved producers, and establishing a national target to set aside 5 percent of EQIP funds for socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers and an additional 5 percent of EQIP funds for beginning farmers or ranchers. The Congressional Review Act requires major rules to have a 60-day delay in their effective date following their publication in the Federal Register or receipt by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). However, notwithstanding the 60-day delay requirement, any rule that an agency for good cause finds that notice GAO-09-959R

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