15 notices published in week ending Oct. 3 by Agriculture Department

There were 15 notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending Oct. 3, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, was submitted on Oct. 1, 2021.

The Agriculture Department published 16 the week before, marking a 6.3 percent decrease.

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 in week ending Oct. 3

Title	Publication Date
Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program	10/01/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/01/2021
Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program; Request for Emergency Approval of a New Information Collection	10/01/2021
Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program	09/30/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	09/30/2021
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission	09/29/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	09/29/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	09/28/2021
Notice of Solicitation of Applications for Inviting Applications for the Rural Business Development Grant Programs for Fiscal Year 2022	09/27/2021
Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection	09/27/2021
Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee	09/27/2021
Flathead Resource Advisory Committee	09/27/2021
Kisatchie Resource Advisory Committee	09/27/2021
Intent To Establish an Equity Commission and Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Equity Commission Advisory Committee and Equity Commission Subcommittee on Agriculture	09/27/2021
Lincoln Resource Advisory Committee	09/27/2021