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Implementing New BioPreferred Farm Bill Requirements. USB Biobased Stakeholders Forum June 2014. 2014 Farm Bill §9002 Major Change. Specific direction to include traditional biobased products, including forest products Products are eligible if they apply an innovative approach to
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Implementing New BioPreferred Farm Bill Requirements USB Biobased Stakeholders Forum June 2014
2014 Farm Bill §9002 Major Change • Specific direction to include traditional biobased products, including forest products • Products are eligible if they apply an innovative approach to • Growing • Harvesting • Sourcing • Procuring • Processing • Manufacturing, or application of biobased products • Products are eligible regardless of the date of entry into the marketplace
Two-step Implementation Strategy • Step 1: Promulgate Program Guidelines rule • Originally proposed in 2012 • Will delete “mature market” exclusion thus allowing forest (and other traditional) products in program using eligibility criteria developed with Forest Products Lab • Will also allow complex assembly products into labeling program • Step 2: Propose, take comments from the public, and promulgate Program Guidelines and labeling final rules that incorporate eligibility criteria