Rule published on March 31 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Decreased Assessment Rate; 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 March 31

Title
Onions Grown in South Texas; Increased Assessment Rate
Technical Service Provider Assistance: Correction
Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Decreased Assessment Rate; Correction
Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla Valley of Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon; Withdrawal of a Proposed Rule
Winter Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Continuance Referendum
User Fees for 2003 Crop Cotton Classification Services to Growers
South Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee
Notice of Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
Eastern Idaho Resource Advisory Committee; Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho Falls, ID
National Tree-Marking Paint Committee Meeting
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Form FNS-471, Coupon Account and Destruction Report
Privacy Act of 1974; Report of a New System of Records