Proposed rule published on Sept. 8 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Sugar Program Definitions.

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. 8

Title
Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition and Removal of Quarantined Areas in New Jersey
Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program and Interstate Movement of Farmed or Captive Deer, Elk, and Moose; Delay of Effective Date
Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas; Wisconsin
Glenn/Colusa County Resource Advisory Committee
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
Bayer CropScience; Availability of an Environmental Assessment and a Preliminary Decision for an Extension of a Determination of Nonregulated Status for Rice Genetically Engineered for Glufosinate Herbicide Tolerance
Sugar Program Definitions