Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order; Continuance Referendum and Moratorium on Assessment Collection

Document 2025-10053 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on June 3, 2025. This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible domestic manufacturers and importers of paper and paper-based packaging to determine whether they favor continuance of the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) regulations regarding a national paper and paper-based packaging research and promotion program. AMS is also announcing an immediate moratorium on the collection of assessments under the program. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/03/2025-10053/paper-and-paper-based-packaging-promotion-research-and-information-order-continuance-referendum-and.

No. Document 2025-10053 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.