Agriculture Department publishes notice on Sept. 29

Agriculture Department publishes notice on Sept. 29

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Johne's Disease in Domestic Animals; Interstate Movement.

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. 29

Title
National Dairy Promotion and Research Program; Final Rule on Amendments to the Dairy Promotion and Research Order
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; National Animal Health Monitoring System; Goat 2009 Study
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Small Lots of Seed
Mexican Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Areas
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Johne's Disease in Domestic Animals; Interstate Movement
Standards and Specifications for Timber Products Acceptable for Use by Rural Development Utilities Programs' Electric and Telecommunications Borrowers
Opportunity for Designation in Texas
Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites; Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Information Collection for the Report of School Program Operations

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