Week ending August 8: Agriculture Department publishes 17 notices

There were 17 notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending August 8, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, was submitted on August 6, 2021.

The Agriculture Department published 21 the week before, marking a 19.0 percent decrease.

The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending August 8

Title	Publication Date
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	08/06/2021
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils	08/06/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	08/06/2021
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Blight-Tolerant Darling 58 American Chestnut (Castanea Dentata) Developed Using Genetic Engineering	08/06/2021
Information Collection; Forest Products Removal Permits and Contracts	08/06/2021
Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection	08/06/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	08/05/2021
Alaska Region Supplement to Forest Service Manual 2720: Special Uses; Outfitting and Guiding Permit for Strictly Point-To-Point Commercial Transportation To, From, and Within the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Subunit of the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area	08/05/2021
Notice for Comment on Two Strategic Plans for the Subcommittee on Aquaculture Science Planning and Regulatory Efficiency Task Forces and on Updating the National Aquaculture Development Plan	08/05/2021
Request for Information: Buy American in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program	08/04/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities: WIC Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring Study-In-Person Data Collection	08/04/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities: Fourth Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification Study Series (APEC IV)	08/04/2021
Notice of Request for an Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Nomination Request Form; Animal Disease Training	08/04/2021
Notice of Solicitation of Applications for Section 514 Off-Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Off-Farm Labor Housing Grants for New Construction for Fiscal Year 2022	08/03/2021
Northern Utah Resource Advisory Committee	08/02/2021
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance	08/02/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	08/02/2021