Notice published on Feb. 5 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Notice of Timeframe for the Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants for Off-Farm Housing for Fiscal Year 2003; Correction.

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 Feb. 5

Title
Importation of Used Farm Equipment From Regions Affected With Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Interstate Movement of Gardenia From Hawaii
Fruits and Vegetables From Hawaii
Karnal Bunt; Restrictions on the Use of Grain Originating in a Regulated Area
Imported Fire Ant; Additions to Quarantined Areas
North Belts Travel Plan Projects, Helena National Forest, Lewis & Clark and Broadwater Counties, Montana
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland Jackson County, Colorado; Green Ridge Mountain Pine Beetle Analysis; Correction
Notice of Timeframe for the Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants for Off-Farm Housing for Fiscal Year 2003; Correction