WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has released the following public communication dated March 3, 2025, from John Peterson, owner of Ferndale Market, Cannon Falls, Minnesota: * * * I'm writing to voice frustration with the new APHIS interim buffer zone biosecurity audit rule. As an independent farmer, my experience was burdensome, inconsistent with prior audits, and unlikely to have meaningful impact on disease prevention. Simp  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has released the following public communication dated March 3, 2025, from the Minnesota Board of Animal Health: * * * To: Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Station 2C-10.16 4700 River Road, Unit 25 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238 RE: Docket No. APHIS-2023-0088-0001 Interim Rule, Payment of Indemnity and Compensation for Highly Pathogenic  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has released the following public communication dated March 1, 2025, from the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, Buffalo: * * * To: Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Station 2C-10.16 4700 River Road, Unit 25 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238 RE: Minnesota Turkey Growers Association Comments for Docket No. APHIS-2023-0088: Payment of Inde  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 20, 2025, from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: * * * To: Brandi Echols Office of Water Health and Ecological Criteria Division (4304T) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1301 Constitution Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20460 RE: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency comments regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Notice of Availability, "Draft National  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the following public communication dated March 3, 2025, from the BlueGreen Alliance, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Here are excerpts: * * * To: U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Re: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Vineyard Mid-Atlantic Project on the U.S. Outer Con  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar, Cramer, Aderholt, Davis, Grassley, Colleagues Urge Administration to Work on Behalf of Families Adopting Children from China WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Representatives Robert Aderholt (R-AL) and Danny Davis (D-IL) led a bipartisan group of members of Congress in calling on President Trump and the Administration to wor  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Whitehouse Lead EPW Democrats in Demanding Zeldin Halt Political Witch Hunt Against Money-Saving Clean Energy Investments Administrator Zeldin is manipulating facts as a pretext to terminate a congressionally appropriated and legally obligated program that would lower household energy costs, spur economic development, and reduce pollution Washington, (March 14, 2025) - Today, Sen  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Jan. 12, 2022, from 15 attorneys general: * * * ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, IOWA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, NEW JERSEY, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, AND WASHINGTON To: Dr. Steven Cliff, Deputy Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service has released the following public communication dated March 5, 2025, from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul: * * * To: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758 Washington, DC 20250-3700 Docket No. FSIS-2024-0021 RE: Comments Responding to the Request for Information on Food Date Labeling * * * These comments are   more