Agriculture Department publishes notice on Dec. 16

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

The notice is focused on Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Citrus From Peru.

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
Applying for Free and Reduced Price Meals in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program and for Benefits in the Special Milk Program, and Technical Amendments
Importation of Chinese Sand Pears From China
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Emergency Management Response System
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Hass Avocados From Peru
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Requirements for Requests to Amend Import Regulations
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Citrus From Peru
Notice of Revision and Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Health Certificates for the Export of Live Crustaceans, Finfish, Mollusks, and Related Products
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Peppers From Certain Central American Countries
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid; Quarantine and Interstate Movement Regulations
Notice of Appointment of Members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
Dairyland Power Cooperative: CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse Transmission Line Project
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-WIC Breastfeeding Policy Inventory
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland, Campbell County, WY; Mackey Road Relocation
Monsanto Co.; Determination of Nonregulated Status for Soybean Genetically Engineered To Have a Modified Fatty Acid Profile and for Tolerance to the Herbicide Glyphosate
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Cape Gooseberry Fruit With Husks From Chile