Notice published on Aug. 10 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a five page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Conservation Reserve Program-Long-Term Policy.

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 Aug. 10

Title
Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Dakota Prairie Grasslands, McKenzie Ranger District; North Dakota; NE McKenzie Allotment Management Plan Revisions
Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
Conservation Reserve Program-Long-Term Policy
General Administrative Regulations, Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement; Group Risk Plan of Insurance Regulations for the 2004 and Succeeding Crop Years; and the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Basic Provisions