Notice published by Agriculture Department on April 10

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection.

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 on April 10

Title
Validated Brucellosis-Free States; Georgia
1995-Crop Sugarcane and Sugar Beet Price Support Loan Rates
Grading and Inspection, General Specifications for Approved Plants and Standards for Grades of Dairy Products; United States Standards for Grades of Monterey (Monterey Jack) Cheese
Proposed Posting of Stockyards The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, has information that the livetock markets named below are stockyards as defined in Section 302 of the Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 202), and should be made subject to the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Agritope, Inc.; Availability of Determination of Nonregulated Status for Cherry Tomato Line Genetically Engineered for Modified Fruit Ripening
Advisory Committee on Agricultural Concentration