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Biobased Markets Program
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on January 24, 2024. Comments closed on March 25, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS or the Agency), an agency of the Rural Development (RD) mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is issuing a proposed rule with request for comments to adopt changes from the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). These proposed changes include the merger of the Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement and the Voluntary Labeling Program for Biobased Products into one streamlined regulation, Biobased Markets (BioPreferred) Program. The plain language summary of the proposal is available on Regulations.gov in the docket for rulemaking.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-00981
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Procurement and Property Management, Office of; Rural Business-Cooperative Service
- Published
- January 24, 2024
- Comments due
- March 25, 2024
- Dates
- Comments are due on or before March 25, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. RBS-22-BUSINESS-0004
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0570-AB05
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 3201; 7 CFR 3202; 7 CFR 4270
- Topics
- Biobased products; Business and industry; Government procurement
- Pages
- 28
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|---|---|---|
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| OneRD Guaranteed Loan Regulation 2025-22567 | Final rule | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Removal of Obsolete Regulation 2025-15642 | Final rule | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Removal of Unconstitutional Preferences Based on Race and Sex in Response to Court Ruling 2025-12877 | Final rule | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Biobased Markets Program 2024-28431 | Final rule | Dec 9, 2024 |
| OneRD Guaranteed Loan Regulation 2024-28031 | Final rule | Dec 9, 2024 |
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