Department of Agriculture July 26, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Increased Assessment Rate
Document Number: 2012-18317
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-07-26
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This rule increases the assessment rate established for the Florida Tomato Committee (Committee) for the 2011-12 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.0275 to $0.037 per 25-pound carton of tomatoes handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of tomatoes grown in Florida. Assessments upon tomato handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal period begins August 1 and ends July 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
Notice of Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2012-18244
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-26
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, as amended, (Pub. L. 110-343), the Boise, Payette, Salmon-Challis, Sawtooth, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests' Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee will conduct a business meeting. The meeting is open to the public.
Gull Hazard Reduction Program at John F. Kennedy International Airport; Record of Decision
Document Number: 2012-18223
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-26
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public of our record of decision for the final supplemental environmental impact statement for the Gull Hazard Reduction Program at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan Program
Document Number: 2012-17784
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-07-26
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or Agency) is proposing policies and procedures for loan and guarantee financial assistance in support of energy efficiency programs (EE Programs) sponsored and implemented by electric utilities for the benefit of rural persons in their service territory. This notice of proposed rulemaking proposes changes to RUS regulations on General and Pre-Loan Policies and Procedures Common to Electric Loans and Guarantees. This regulation was finalized December 20, 1993. The notice of proposed rulemaking also proposes conforming amendments to additional RUS regulations. Under Section two of the Rural Electric Act, RUS is authorized to assist electric borrowers in implementing demand side management, energy efficiency and conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems. The scope of this proposed regulation falls within the authority of the Act.
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