Public notices: Agriculture Department publishes 38 in July

There were 38 notices published by the Agriculture Department in July, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program; OMB Control No.: 0572-0096, was submitted on July 27, 2022.

The Agriculture Department published 39 the month before, marking a 2.6 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 July

Title	Publication Date
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program; OMB Control No.: 0572-0096	07/27/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Equipment Contract, RUS 395, for Telecommunications and Broadband Borrowers; OMB Control No.: 0572-0149	07/27/2022
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Approval of Laboratories To Conduct Official Testing	07/27/2022
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Correction	07/27/2022
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Plum Pox Compensation	07/27/2022
National School Lunch, Special Milk, and School Breakfast Programs, National Average Payments/Maximum Reimbursement Rates	07/26/2022
Child and Adult Care Food Program: National Average Payment Rates, Day Care Home Food Service Payment Rates, and Administrative Reimbursement Rates for Sponsoring Organizations of Day Care Homes for the Period July 1, 2022 Through June 30, 2023	07/26/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Form RD 410-8 “Applicant Reference Letter” (A Request for Credit References); OMB Control No.: 0575-0091	07/22/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Analyzing Credit Needs and Graduation of Borrowers; OMB Control No.: 0575-0093	07/22/2022
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	07/22/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Debt Settlement, Community and Business Programs; OMB Control No.: 0575-0124	07/22/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Broadband Grant Program; OMB Control No.: 0572-0127	07/21/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households Program (SEARCH); OMB Control No.: 0572-0146	07/21/2022
Superior National Forest; Minnesota; Rainy River Withdrawal Environmental Assessment	07/21/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities: Summer Food Site Locations for State Agencies	07/21/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Lien Accommodations and Subordinations	07/21/2022
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	07/21/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Request for Release of Lien and/or Approval of Sale, RUS Form 793; OMB Control No.: 0572-0041	07/21/2022
Alpine County Resource Advisory Committee	07/19/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Wholesale Contracts for the Purchase and Sale of Electric Power; OMB Control No. 0572-0089	07/19/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Request for Approval To Sell Capital Assets; OMB Control No. 0572-0020	07/19/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Emergency and Imminent Community Water Assistance Grants; OMB Control No. 0572-0110	07/19/2022
Notice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Industry Responses to Noncompliance Records	07/19/2022
Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board	07/19/2022
Notice of Request To Revise an Approved Information Collection: Certificates of Medical Examination	07/19/2022
Notice of Intent to Request Revision and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection	07/15/2022
Final Record of Decision for the Cibola National Forest Land Management Plan	07/15/2022
Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Old-growth and Mature Forests	07/15/2022
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	07/14/2022
OneRD Annual Notice of Guarantee Fee Rates, Periodic Retention Fee Rates, Loan Guarantee Percentage and Fee for Issuance of the Loan Note Guarantee Prior to Construction Completion for Fiscal Year 2023	07/14/2022
Food Distribution Program: Value of Donated Foods From July 1, 2022 Through June 30, 2023	07/14/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Seismic Safety of New Building Construction; OMB Control No.: 0572-0099	07/14/2022
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Advance and Disbursement of Funds-Telecommunications; OMB Control No.: 0572-0023	07/14/2022
Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection	07/08/2022
Tonto National Forest; Arizona; Revision of the Land Management Plan for the Tonto National Forest	07/08/2022
Notice of Request for Information (RFI) Inviting Input About New Online Accounting, Filing, and Reporting Database for the Refined Sugar Re-Export Program, the Sugar Containing Products Re-Export Program, and the Polyhydric Alcohol Program	07/08/2022
Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comments Requested	07/08/2022
Final Record of Decision for the Carson National Forest	07/08/2022