Department of Agriculture December 16, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Apple Crop Insurance Provisions
Document Number: 2021-26989
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2021-12-16
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes to amend the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Apple Crop Insurance Provisions. The intended effect of this action is to provide policy changes to better meet the needs of the apple producers, to address program vulnerabilities that have caused increased loss ratios and rising premium costs, and to provide safeguards against fraud, waste, and abuse. The proposed changes will be effective for the 2023 and succeeding crop years.
Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Release of Lophodiplosis indentata for Biological Control of Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtaceae) in the Contiguous United States
Document Number: 2021-27254
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-16
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) relative to permitting the release of Lophodiplosis indentata (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) for the biological control of Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtaceae) in the contiguous United States. Based on the EA and other relevant data, we have reached a preliminary determination that the release of this control agent within the contiguous United States will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. We are making the EA available to the public for review and comment.
Agency Information Collection Activities: FNS Information Collection Needs Due to COVID-19; Comment Request for Extending Approval for OMB #0584-0654
Document Number: 2021-27223
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-16
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
FNS is seeking public comment on its intent to ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the information collection under OMB approval #0584-0654 from January 31, 2022 until August 27, 2023. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the proposed extension of this currently approved information collection, which focuses on FNS' information collection needs due to COVID-19 based on information currently known.
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