Department of Agriculture October 3, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Implementation of Farm Bill Amendments to the Packers and Stockyards; Notice of Town Hall Meetings
Document Number: E8-23413
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-10-03
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
This notice announces three Town Hall meetings to allow interested parties to provide advice and recommendations to the Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GISPA) regarding the regulations that Title XI of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill) requires GIPSA to promulgate.
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Document Number: E8-23392
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-10-03
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension of a currently approved information collection for the Regulations Governing the Inspection and Grading Services of Manufactured or Processed Dairy Products, and the Certification of Sanitary Design and Fabrication of Equipment Used in the Slaughter, Processing, and Packaging of Livestock and Poultry Products.
Walnuts Grown in California; Increased Assessment Rate
Document Number: E8-23390
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-10-03
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This rule increases the assessment rate established for the California Walnut Board (Board) for the 2008-09 marketing year from $0.0122 to $0.0158 per kernelweight pound of assessable walnuts. The Board locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of walnuts grown in California. Assessments upon walnut handlers are used by the Board to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The 2008-09 marketing year began on September 1, 2008, and ends on August 31, 2009. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
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