Notice published on Dec. 23 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee; Meeting.

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 Dec. 23

Title
Scale Requirements for Accurate Weights, Repairs, Adjustments, and Replacement After Inspection
Rural Business Opportunity Grants
Food Stamp Program: Work Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Irradiation of Meat Food Products
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction: Hawthorne Army Depot New Bomb Project Interchange, Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada
Proposed Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the White River National Forest and Draft Environmental Impact Statement
State Road Use Permit To Access Damfino Section 16, Medicine Bow- Routt National Forests, Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District, Carbon County, WY
Northwest Sacramento Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC); Meeting
Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee; Meeting
Summer Food Service Program for Children; Program Reimbursement for 2000
Deep Vegetation Management Project, Ochoco National Forest, Crook and Wheeler Counties, OR