Notice published on Aug. 22 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Request for an Extension of and Revision to a Currently Approved 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 Aug. 22

Title
Milk in the Upper Midwest Marketing Area: Order Amending the Order
Listeria Monocytogenes Workshops for Small and Very Small Plants
United States Standards for Grades of Pistachio Nuts in the Shell, and United States Standards for Grades of Shelled Pistachio Nuts
Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
Rehabilitation of Floodwater Retarding Structure Nos. 3D, 3E, and 5A of the East Fork Above Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Watershed, Collin County, TX
Curry and Hill Private Property Access, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Jackson County, CO
Information Collection; Timber Sale Operating Plans
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection-Farm Loan Programs Account Servicing Policies
Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection-Certified State Mediation Program
Information Collection: Minority Farm Register
Request for an Extension of and Revision to a Currently Approved Information Collection
Notice of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture Meeting
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Revision. Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow; Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Powell, Madison and Gallatin Counties, MT