What did Agriculture Department publish on May 26?

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Beetle Busters Survey; Asian Longhorned Beetle Cooperative Eradication Program.

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 May 26

Title
Storage, Handling, and Ginning Requirements for Cotton Marketing Assistance Loan Collateral
Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order; Continuance Referendum
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and Allotment Percentage for Class 3 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 2006-2007 Marketing Year
Emergency Conservation Program
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Plant Pest, Noxious Weed, and Garbage Regulations
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Tuberculosis Testing of Imported Cattle
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Beetle Busters Survey; Asian Longhorned Beetle Cooperative Eradication Program
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License
United States Standards for Grades of Tomatoes on the Vine
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
United States Standards for Grades of Mushrooms
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Recognition of Animal Disease Status of Regions in the European Union
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Swine 2006 Study
Domestic Sugar Program-2005-Crop Cane Sugar and Sugar Beet Marketing Allotments and Company Allocations
Notice of Proposed Native Plant Material Policy, Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2070
Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Advisory Committee and the Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee