Department of Agriculture January 28, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Mary Erickson, the Forest Supervisor for the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Northern Region, signed the record of decision (ROD) for the Revised Land Management Plan (Land Management Plan) for the Custer Gallatin National Forest. The ROD documents the rationale for approving the Land Management Plan and is consistent with the Reviewing Official's response to objections and instructions.

The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS or Agency), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) in the Federal Register on December 13, 2021, entitled Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Biofuel Producer Program for Fiscal Year 2021, to announce the application window, application requirements and the availability of up to $700 million in payments to eligible biofuel producers for unexpected market losses as a result of COVID-19 in order to maintain a viable and significant biofuels market for agricultural producers that supply biofuel producers. This notice will amend Sections A, D and E of the NOFO to include production to meet marketing obligations or fulfill or maintain essential markets in the calculations of a biofuel producer's market losses as a result of COVID-19.