What did Agriculture Department publish on Nov. 19?

The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Tobacco Inspection; Mandatory Grading.

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 Nov. 19

Title
Servicing and Collections
Milk in the Pacific Northwest Marketing Area; Interim Order Amending the Order
Apples; Grade Standards
Tobacco Inspection; Mandatory Grading
Yakutat Resource Advisory Committee
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection
Public Hearing on New Entrant's 2003-Crop Cane Sugar Marketing Allocation
Newspapers To Be Used for Publication of Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions Under 36 CFR Part 217 and Corrections Under 36 CFR Part 215 for the Southern Region; Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico
Milk in the Central Marketing Area; Tentative Decision on Proposed Amendments and Opportunity To File Written Exceptions to Tentative Marketing Agreement and to Order