What did Agriculture Department publish on March 11?

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on East Kentucky Power Association; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact.

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 11

Title
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages for the 2002-2003 Marketing Year
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program
Rules of Practice
Shammack Creek Watershed, Kemper County, MS
Siskiyou County Resource Advisory Committee
Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Butte, Custer, and Lemhi Counties, ID
Colville Resource Advisory Committee (RAC); Meeting
East Kentucky Power Association; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact
Red Star Restoration; Tahoe National Forest, Placer County, CA
Codex Alimentarius Commission: 30th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling
Request for Reinstatement and Revision of a Previously Approved Information Collection
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program
Georgia Transmission Corporation; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact