Agriculture Department publishes notice on Oct. 28

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Microbiological Data Program; Public Meeting.

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 Oct. 28

Title
2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 Sugar Programs and Farm Facility Storage Loan Program
Revision of Delegations of Authority
Microbiological Data Program; Public Meeting
Income Limits
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
Dried Prunes Produced in California; Revising the Regulations Pertaining to a Voluntary Prune Plum Diversion Program
Forest Service Strategic Plan (2003 Update)
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Notice of Mineral County Resource Advisory Committee Meeting