Agriculture Department publishes rule on July 30

The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on July 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Black Stem Rust; Additions of Rust-Resistant Varieties.

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 July 30

Title
Office of the Secretary: Procedures Relating to Awards Under the Equal Access to Justice Act
Black Stem Rust; Additions of Rust-Resistant Varieties
Ochoco National Forest, Lookout Mountain Ranger District; Oregon; Howard Elliot Johnson Fuels and Vegetation Management Project EIS
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Resource Advisory Committee
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Certificate for Poultry and Hatching Eggs for Export
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Phytophthora Ramorum; Quarantine and Regulations
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection