Department of Agriculture August 9, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2011-20209
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 110-343), the Salmon-Challis National Forest's Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee will conduct a business meeting which is open to the public.
Gallatin Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2011-20136
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Gallatin National Forest's Gallatin Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Bozeman, Montana. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose is of the meeting is to review the status of project proposals, discuss and make final recommendations to the DFO and public comments.
Irish Potatoes Grown in Washington; Modifications of the Rules and Regulations
Document Number: 2011-20124
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that extended the one-year suspension of the minimum quality, maturity, pack, marking, and inspection requirements prescribed for russet potato varieties under the Washington potato marketing order for the 2011-2012 and subsequent fiscal periods. The interim rule also extended the reporting requirement for russet potato handlers for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for administering the marketing order. This change is expected to reduce overall industry expenses and increase net returns to producers and handlers while allowing the industry the opportunity to continue exploring alternative marketing strategies.
Notice of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture Meeting
Document Number: 2011-20121
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., the United States Department of Agriculture announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21).
Kiwifruit Grown in California; Change in Reporting Requirements and New Information Collection
Document Number: 2011-20116
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This rule invites comments on proposed changes to the reporting requirements currently prescribed under the marketing order that regulates the handling of kiwifruit grown in California. The order is administered locally by the Kiwifruit Administrative Committee (Committee). This rule would require handlers to file two end-of-season reports with the Committee. One report would contain price and handler shipment information and the other report would contain grower shipment information. The Committee would use this information to determine appropriate grower representation on the Committee, to conduct grower nominations, to verify shipments for assessment collections, and to prepare the annual report and the annual marketing policy, as required under the order. This proposal also announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of a new information collection.
Plan for Estimating Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection; Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Document Number: 2011-20113
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), this document announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget, for an extension of the currently approved information collection used to compile and generate the Federally Inspected Estimated Daily Slaughter Report.
Hiawatha East Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2011-20110
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Hiawatha East Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Kincheloe, Michigan. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110- 343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose is to review project proposals.
White Pine-Nye Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2011-20087
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The White Pine-Nye Resource Advisory Committee meeting scheduled in Eureka, Nevada has been cancelled. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with the title II of the Act.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Characteristics and Circumstances of Zero-Income SNAP Households
Document Number: 2011-20082
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is a new collection for the Food and Nutrition Service to examine the characteristics, circumstances, program dynamics, and benefit redemption patterns of participants whose households reported zero gross income in their applications for participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Study of the Effectiveness of Efforts To Increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Among Medicare's Extra Help Population Pilot Projects
Document Number: 2011-20081
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-09
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on proposed information collection. The proposed collection is a new collection for the purpose of conducting the Study of the Effectiveness of Efforts to Increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Among Medicare's Extra Help Population Pilot Projects.
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