Agriculture Department publishes proposed rule on Dec. 16

The US Agriculture Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Registration, Five-Year Terms.

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 Dec. 16

Title
Registration, Five-Year Terms
Lamb Promotion and Research Program: Procedures To Request Conduct of a Referendum
Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Partial Exemption to the Minimum Grade Requirements
Travel Management Directives; Forest Service Manual 2350, 7700, and 7710 and Forest Service Handbook 7709.55
Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact on the Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment for 2008 Farm Bill Provisions Regarding the Conservation Reserve Program
Proposed Forest Plan Amendment for the Palomar Gasline Transmission Project; Mt. Hood National Forest; Oregon
Notice of Opportunity To Participate in the Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program Referendum
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests; Arizona; Revised Land and Resource Management Plan