Notice published by Agriculture Department on May 13

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Ventria Bioscience; Availability of Revised Environmental Assessment, With Consideration for an Additional Test Site in North Carolina, for Field Tests of Genetically Engineered Rice Expressing Lactoferrin.

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 May 13

Title
Thorne Bay Ranger District, Tongass National Forest, Alaska; Logjam Environmental Impact Statement
Announcement of Rural Cooperative Development Grant Application Deadlines and Funding Levels
Cibola National Forest; New Mexico; Canadian River Tamarisk Control Project
Ventria Bioscience; Availability of Revised Environmental Assessment, With Consideration for an Additional Test Site in North Carolina, for Field Tests of Genetically Engineered Rice Expressing Lysozyme
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Ventria Bioscience; Availability of Revised Environmental Assessment, With Consideration for an Additional Test Site in North Carolina, for Field Tests of Genetically Engineered Rice Expressing Lactoferrin
Notice of Appointment of Members to the Specialty Crop Committee
Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee
Special Areas; State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management