Agriculture Department publishes rule on Sept. 18

The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Oriental Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Areas.

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 Sept. 18

Title
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart D; Changes to Seasons For Muskox in Unit 26(C)
Oriental Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Areas
Imported Fire Ant; Approved Treatments
Changes in Hydric Soils of the United States
Upper Hocking Watershed, Structure R-23, Fairfield County, OH
Notice of Mineral County Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
National Sheep Industry Improvement Center; Solicitation of Nominations of Board Members
General Administrative Regulations, Subpart T-Federal Crop Insurance Reform, Insurance Implementation, Regulations for the 1999 and Subsequent Reinsurance Years; Group Risk Plan of Insurance Regulations for the 2001 and Succeeding Crop Years; and the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Basic Provisions