Department of Agriculture January 22, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, Land Management Plan Revision
Document Number: 2014-01087
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Shoshone National Forest, has prepared an Environmental Impact Statement for the Shoshone National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. The publication date of this notice in the Federal Register initiates a 60-day period in which individuals or entities with specific concerns may file an objection for a Forest Service review. The 60-day pre-decisional objection period commences the day following the publication of the legal notice in the Denver Post, Denver, CO. The Responsible Official for the Land Management Revision is Daniel J. Jir[oacute]n, Regional Forester. The Reviewing Officer is Thomas Tidwell, Chief. The Time Zone of the Reviewing Officer is Eastern Standard Time.
Farmers' Market Promotion Program: Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection-Farmers Market Promotion Program
Document Number: 2014-01078
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-22
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 approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the currently approved information collection for OMB 0581-0235, an extension and revision of forms ``TM- 29, FMPP Project Proposal Narrative Form'' and ``TM-30, FMPP Supplemental Budget Summary Form.'' An electronic version of these mandatory forms will be posted within the Grants.gov forms library for application submission.
Sisters Ranger District; Oregon; Withdrawal of Notice for Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for the Popper Vegetation Management Project
Document Number: 2014-01020
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Sisters Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest, is withdrawing their intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Popper Vegetation Management Project. The original Notice of Intent (NOI) was published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2011 (Vol. 76, No. 2, p 315-316). The Forest Service has determined that because of changed conditions due to the 2012 Pole Creek fire that a new project is necessary. The new project would be documented in an environmental assessment (EA).
Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order
Document Number: 2014-01002
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-01-22
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This rule establishes a Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order (Order). The purpose of the program is to maintain and expand markets for paper and paper-based packaging. The program will be financed by an assessment on paper and paper-based packaging manufacturers (domestic producers) and importers and administered by a board of industry members appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary). The assessment rate will initially be $0.35 per short ton. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (Department or USDA) conducted a referendum among eligible manfacturers and importers from October 28 through November 8, 2013. Eighty-five percent of those voting in the referendum representing 95 percent of the volume of paper and paper-based packaging represented in the referendum favored implementation of the program.
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