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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 189 / Friday, September 30, 2005 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Refined Sugar Re-Export Program
AGENCY:
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION:
Request for comment.
The Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS) requests comments on a proposed
temporary waiver of certain provisions
of the Refined Sugar Re-Export Program.
Due to Hurricane Katrina, major
disruptions to some U.S. sugar refining
operations have occurred and seriously
impacted sugar trade, including exports.
In response, and using the waiver
authority under sugar re-export program
found at 7 CFR 1530.113 for licensed
refiners, FAS proposes to temporarily
extend from 90 days to 270 days the
period in which licensed refiners must
export or transfer an equivalent amount
of refined sugar, after entering a
quantity of raw can sugar, if such entry
results in a positive balance to their
license. Comments are welcomed
regarding whether the waiver should be
made or not, or about details of the
terms of such a proposed waiver.
Comments to this notice should be
submitted within October 5, 2005 to
Ron Lord, Deputy Director, Import
Policies and Programs Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, USDA, 202–720–
2916, by fax to 202–720–0876, or by
e-mail to Ronald.lord@usda.gov.
Dated: September 21, 2005.
W. Kirk Miller,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural
Service.
[FR Doc. 05–19577 Filed 9–29–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Request for Proposals for Woody
Biomass Utilization Grant—Hazardous
Fuel Reduction on National Forest
System Lands
Forest Service, USDA.
Request for Proposals.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service,
State and Private Forestry, Technology
Marketing Unit, located at the Forest
Products Laboratory, requests proposals
for forest products projects that increase
the use of woody biomass from or near
national forest lands. The woody
biomass utilization grant program is
intended to help improve forest
restoration activities by using and
creating markets for small-diameter
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material and low-valued trees removed
from hazardous fuel reduction activities.
These funds are targeted to help
communities, entrepreneurs, and others
turn residues from hazardous fuel
reduction projects into marketable forest
products and/or energy products.
DATES: Pre-application Deadline: Close
of business December 1, 2005.
Full application Deadline: Close of
business March 1, 2006.
ADDRESSES: All pre- and full-application
packages must be sent to the following
address: ATTN: Shawn Lacina, Grants
and Agreements Specialist, Forest
Products Laboratory, 507 Highland
Ave., Madison, WI 53705–2398. More
detailed information regarding what to
include in the pre- and full-application
and definitions of terms are available at
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/tmu (under
Woody Biomass Grants). Paper copies of
the information are also available by
contacting the USDA Forest Service,
S&PF Technology Marketing Unit,
Madison, Wisconsin.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shawn Lacina, Grants and Agreements
Specialist, (608) 231–9282, e-mail to
slacina@fs.fed.us, or; technical
questions, contact Susan LeVan-Green,
Program Manager, (608) 231–9504,
e-mail to slevan@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To meet
the shared goals of Public Law 108–148
Healthy Forest Restoration Act, Public
Law 109–190 the Energy Policy Act of
2005, and Public Law 109–54
Appropriation Act of 2006, the agency
is requesting proposals to address the
nationwide challenge in dealing with
low-valued material removed from
hazardous fuel reduction activities. The
Woody Biomass Utilization Grant
Program has a pre-application
submission process, and upon
notification, selected pre-applicants will
be asked to submit a full application.
Goals of the grant program are the
following:
• Help reduce management costs by
increasing value of biomass and other
forest products generated by hazardous
fuel treatments.
• Create incentives and/or reduce
business risk for increased use of
biomass from or near national
forestlands (must include National
Forest System lands, however, may also
include other lands such as, Bureau of
Land Management, Tribal, State, local,
and private).
• Institute projects that target and
help remove economic and market
barriers to using small-diameter trees
and woody biomass.
• Require a Forest Service letter of
support for the woody biomass grant
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project on or near National Forest
System lands.
Woody Biomass Grants Program
1. Eligibility Information. a. Eligible
Applicants. Eligible applicants are State,
local, and Tribal governments, school
districts, communities, non-profit
organizations, businesses, companies,
corporations, or special purpose
districts, e.g., public utilities districts,
fire districts, conservation districts, or
ports. Only one application per business
or organization will be accepted.
Construction projects involving a
permanent building or infrastructure
item, such as roads, are not allowed.
b. Cost Sharing (Matching
Requirement). Applicants must
demonstrate at least a 20% match from
non-Federal sources, which can include
cash or in-kind contributions.
2. Duns Number. All applicants must
include a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B),
Data Universal Numbering System
(DUNS) number in their full
application. For the purpose of this
requirement, the applicant is the entity
that meets the eligibility criteria and has
the legal authority to apply for an
award. For assistance in obtaining a
DUNS number at no cost, call the DUNS
number request line (1–866–705–5711)
or register on-line at https://
eupdate.dnb.com/requestoptions/
government/ccrreg/.
3. Award Information. At least $4.0
million are available for granting under
this program. Individual grants will not
be less than $50,000 or more than
$250,000. Successful applicants will be
announced by April 1, 2006. The
maximum length of the award is 3 years
from the date of award. Written,
quarterly financial and semi-annual
performance reports will be required.
4. Application Review Process. A twostep technical evaluation process is
used for applications submitted under
this solicitation. The first step requires
the applicant to submit a preliminary
application (pre-application). Preapplications are evaluated on the
evaluation criteria discussed in Section
5.
A review panel of technical experts
from Federal agencies judges the preapplications. Panel members
independently review the preapplications according to the evaluation
criteria and point system. A total of 100
points is possible. As a result of this
preliminary review, successful preapplications are invited to submit a fullapplication package. Unsuccessful preapplicants are removed from further
consideration for funding under this
solicitation. In either case, a letter of
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Refined Sugar Re-Export Program
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Request for comment.
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The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) requests comments on a
proposed temporary waiver of certain provisions of the Refined Sugar
Re-Export Program. Due to Hurricane Katrina, major disruptions to some
U.S. sugar refining operations have occurred and seriously impacted
sugar trade, including exports. In response, and using the waiver
authority under sugar re-export program found at 7 CFR 1530.113 for
licensed refiners, FAS proposes to temporarily extend from 90 days to
270 days the period in which licensed refiners must export or transfer
an equivalent amount of refined sugar, after entering a quantity of raw
can sugar, if such entry results in a positive balance to their
license. Comments are welcomed regarding whether the waiver should be
made or not, or about details of the terms of such a proposed waiver.
Comments to this notice should be submitted within October 5, 2005 to
Ron Lord, Deputy Director, Import Policies and Programs Division,
Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, 202-720-2916, by fax to 202-720-
0876, or by e-mail to Ronald.lord@usda.gov.
Dated: September 21, 2005.
W. Kirk Miller,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 05-19577 Filed 9-29-05; 8:45 am]
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