BCAP Proposed Rule Draws Over 20,000 Submissions
USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan explains that the USDA’s Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) proposed rule has drawn more than 20,000 submissions during the 60-day comment period. The final count could be significantly higher, she added, as that number was a preliminary estimate given several days before the comment period deadline.
Merrigan did not provide details about the input received, but she said the USDA will be working as quickly as it can to assemble a team to organize and analyze the comments:
We put out a variety of options for people to give us feedback. It will be very interesting to see if there is some consensus in key areas of the rule, but only time will tell. There’s a lot of work to do to get to the final rule.
USDA released the proposed rule Feb. 3, allowing comment submissions until April 9.
The BCAP proposed rule (PDF).
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