Week ending Dec. 31: Agriculture Department publishes 10 notices

There were 10 notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending Dec. 31, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Tri County Resource Advisory Committee, was submitted on December 30, 2022.

The Agriculture Department published 15 the week before, marking a 33.3 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 Dec. 31

Title	Publication Date
Tri County Resource Advisory Committee	12/30/2022
Southwest Montana Resource Advisory Committee	12/30/2022
Directive Publication Notice	12/30/2022
Virtual Meeting of the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee	12/29/2022
United States Standards for Canola	12/29/2022
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses	12/29/2022
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods	12/29/2022
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Blight-Tolerant Darling 58 American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) Developed Using Genetic Engineering	12/27/2022
Information Collection Request; Application for Payment of Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared Incompetent	12/27/2022
Notice of a Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection	12/27/2022