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GAO-06-856R 1 (2006-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwpi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GA 0 T I IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-298391 July 10, 2006 The Honorable Saxby Chambliss Chairman The Honorable Tom Harkin Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Bob Goodlatte Chairman The Honorable Collin C. Peterson Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department ofAgriculture, Farm Service Agency Emergency conservation Program Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA), entitled Emergency Conservation Program (RIN: 0560-AH43). While our Office has not yet received the rule, it was received by the Senate on June 8, 2006, and the House received the rule on June 13, 2006. It was published in the Federal Register as an interim final rule on May 26, 2006. 71 Fed. Reg. 30263. The interim final rule amends the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) to implement the provisions of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriation to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109-149). The rule provides assistance to nursery, oyster, and poultry producers and non-industrial private forest landowners to rehabilitate public or private oyster reefs or farmland damaged by hurricanes during calendar year 2005. Enclosed is our assessment of the FSA's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review indicates that, with the exception of filing the rule with our Office, FSA complied with the applicable requirements. GAO-06-856R

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