Proposed rule published by Agriculture Department on March 9

The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Hawaii Animal Import Center.

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 March 9

Title
Modification of the ``Vegetable Protein Products'' Requirements for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program
Revisions of Delegations of Authority
Vidalia Onions Grown in Georgia; Changing the Term of Office and Nomination Deadlines
Hawaii Animal Import Center
Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the White Mountain National Forest; Carroll, Coos, and Grafton Counties, NH and Oxford County, ME
Granite Area Mining Projects; Umatilla National Forest, Grant County, Oregon
Dekehtik Diesel Electric Plant on the Island of Pohnpei, Pohnpei Utilities Corporation, Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact
Great River Energy Pleasant Valley Station, Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels