Department of Agriculture September 22, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (Department's) National Agricultural Library (NAL) announces virtual listening sessions to receive public comments, recommendations, and suggestions on the Department's planned response to new White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) guidance on access to the results of federally-funded research. The Department's plan and policies apply to the results of research funded wholly or in part by any USDA component agency. This effort to obtain input regarding implementation of federal public access requirements will be carried out through online and virtual submission mechanisms. Stakeholder input received from the two mechanisms will be treated equally.

The Mendocino National Forest is withdrawing its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Pine Mountain Late- Successional Reserve Habitat Protection and Enhancement Project on the Upper Lake Ranger District. The Mendocino National Forest's decision to withdraw the DEIS is due to major changes to the landscape after the 2018 Ranch Fire. Multiple challenges delayed the publication of this notification including the government furlough in 2019, Covid pandemic starting in 2020, the 2020 1-million-acre August Complex wildfire and a shift in forest priorities to recover the acres burned in the August Complex.