October: Agriculture Department publishes 54 notices

There were 54 notices published by the Agriculture Department in October, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, was submitted on October 29, 2021.

The Agriculture Department published 66 the month before, marking an 18.2 percent decrease for the current month.

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 October

Title	Publication Date
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/29/2021
Final Record of Decision for the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Land Management Plan	10/29/2021
Fiscal Year 2021 Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Extension of the Entry Period	10/29/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/29/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefit Expungement and Off-Line Storage	10/29/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/28/2021
Plant Variety Protection Board Meeting on December 14, 2021	10/28/2021
Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Equity Commission Advisory Committee and Equity Commission Subcommittee on Agriculture Extension of Application Period	10/27/2021
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Rhizome From Samoa Into the United States (Including Territories)	10/27/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/25/2021
Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers	10/25/2021
Rural eConnectivity Program	10/25/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/22/2021
Modoc County Resource Advisory Committee	10/21/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/21/2021
United States Grain Standards Act Designation Opportunities and Request for Comments on Official Agencies Providing Services	10/21/2021
Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board	10/20/2021
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods	10/20/2021
Addition of the Republic of Mali to the List of Regions Affected With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza	10/19/2021
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Leaves and Stems of Garland Chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronarium) From Mexico Into the Continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands	10/19/2021
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Animal Disease Traceability	10/19/2021
White River National Forest; Colorado; El Jebel Administrative Sites, Upper and Lower Parcels, Conveyance Project-Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement	10/18/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/18/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Mobile Payment Pilots (MPPs)	10/18/2021
Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program; Request for Emergency Approval of a New Information Collection	10/18/2021
Strategic Economic and Community Development Program	10/15/2021
Black Hills National Forest; Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Custer, and Fall River Counties, South Dakota; Crook and Weston Counties, Wyoming; Revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Black Hills National Forest	10/15/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/15/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/15/2021
Siskiyou County Resource Advisory Committee	10/14/2021
Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee	10/14/2021
Trinity County Resource Advisory Committee	10/14/2021
Prince William Sound Resource Advisory Committee	10/14/2021
Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection	10/13/2021
Eleven Point Resource Advisory Committee	10/12/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Food Program and Reporting System (FPRS)	10/08/2021
Notice of Intent To Request Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection	10/08/2021
Eligibility of the Republic of Poland To Export Poultry and Poultry Products to the United States	10/07/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/07/2021
Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed New System of Records	10/07/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Site	10/06/2021
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Citrus Canker, Citrus Greening, and Asian Citrus Psyllid; Quarantine and Interstate Movement Regulations	10/06/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites	10/06/2021
Badger State Solar, LLC: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold a Virtual Public Scoping Meeting on October 26, 2021	10/05/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Site	10/05/2021
Intent To Establish Secure Rural Schools Resource Advisory Committees	10/05/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites	10/05/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites	10/05/2021
Next Era Energy LLC, Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Public Meeting	10/04/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/04/2021
Meeting of the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee	10/04/2021
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