Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order Termination

Document 2026-04570 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on March 9, 2026, with an effective date of March 9, 2026. This final rule terminates the Federal research and promotion program for paper and paper-based packaging and the rules and regulations issued thereunder. This action is necessary because termination of the program was favored by a majority of manufacturers and importers voting in the referendum who also represent a majority of the volume of paper and paper-based packaging represented in the referendum. This rulemaking also removes the Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order from the Code of Federal Regulations. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/09/2026-04570/paper-and-paper-based-packaging-promotion-research-and-information-order-termination.

No. Document 2026-04570 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.