Notice published on Feb. 28 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an 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 Feb. 28

Title
Walnuts Grown in California; Decreased Assessment Rate
Change in Disease Status of Greece Because of BSE
Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition to Quarantined Areas
Upper Desolation Vegetation Recovery Projects, Umatilla National Forest, Grant County, OR
Siskiyou Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
Lost Granite Squirrel, Colville National Forest, Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties, WA
Fruit Fly Cooperative Control Program; Record of Decision Based on Final Environmental Impact Statement-2001
Public Meeting; Veterinary Biologics
Monsanto Co.; Availability of Environmental Assessment for Extension of Determination of Nonregulated Status for Canola Genetically Engineered for Glyphosate Herbicide Tolerance
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection
Avocados Grown in South Florida; Continuance Referendum