APS REGULATORY ALERT

NASS Seeks Comments Agricultural Resources Management Survey and Chemical Use Surveys; APHIS Issues a Final Rule Adopting Amended Karnal Bunt Regulations 

Date: May 19, 2005

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) seeks public comments by July 11, 2005 on the paperwork and regulatory burdens associated with the extension of an existing Information Collection Request, titled "Agricultural Resources Management Survey and Chemical Use Surveys." Information from these data collection efforts is used extensively by government agencies in planning, farm policy analysis, scientific research, and program administration. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/05may20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-8983.htm

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issues a final rule which adopts the amended the Karnal bunt regulations to provide for the payment of compensation to custom harvesters for losses they incurred due to the requirement that their equipment be cleaned and disinfected after four counties in northern Texas were declared regulated areas for Karnal bunt during the 2000-2001 crop season. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-9194.htm