Department of Agriculture October 18, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has requested emergency approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection described in this notice to administer the Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program, a new competitive grant program authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

The White River National Forest (WRNF) is withdrawing its Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the El Jebel Administrative Sites, Upper and Lower Parcels, Conveyance Project. The original NOI was published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2016. The WRNF has decided to change the proposed action of the project. With the change in the proposed action the preliminary analysis indicates there will not be effects that rise to a level of significance that would warrant an EIS.

On October 1, 2021, the requirement to credit grains served in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) in ``ounce equivalents'' was implemented. This action also applied to the crediting of grains served to infants and toddlers in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. This document corrects the final regulations to align meal pattern tables and corresponding endnotes with regulatory requirements.