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Certain types of expenses are not
eligible for reimbursement by the
program, including the costs of market
research, advertising, or other
promotional expenses. CCC will not
reimburse unreasonable expenditures or
any expenditure made prior to approval
of a proposal.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
All Internet-based applications must be
properly submitted to 5 p.m. (local time
in Washington, DC) on February 12,
2007, to be considered.
All applications on diskette (with two
accompanying paper copies) and any
other applications must be received by
5 p.m. (local time in Washington, DC)
on February 12, 2007, at one of the
following addresses:
Hand Delivery (including FedEx,
DHL, UPS, etc.): U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural
Service, Program Policy Staff, Portals
Office Building, Suite 400, 1250
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20024.
U.S. Postal Delivery: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural
Service, Program Policy Staff, 1400
Independence Avenue, SE, Stop Code
1042 South Building, Washington, DC
20250–1042.
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V. Application Review Information
1. Criteria: FAS follows the evaluation
criteria set forth in § 1487.6 of the TASC
regulations.
2. Review and Selection Process: FAS
will review proposals for eligibility and
will evaluate each proposal against the
factors described above. The purpose of
this review is to identify meritorious
proposals, recommend an appropriate
funding level for each proposal based
upon these factors, and submit the
proposals and funding
recommendations to the Deputy
Administrator, Office of Trade
Programs. FAS may, when appropriate,
request the assistance of other U.S.
government subject area experts in
evaluating the merits of a proposal.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: FAS will notify
each applicant in writing of the final
disposition of its application. FAS will
send an approval letter and agreement
to each approved applicant. The
approval letter and agreement will
specify the terms and conditions
applicable to the project, including
levels of funding, timelines for
implementation, and written evaluation
requirements.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: The agreements will
incorporate the details of each project as
approved by FAS. Each agreement will
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identify terms and conditions pursuant
to which CCC will reimburse certain
costs of each project. Agreements will
also outline the responsibilities of the
participant. Interested parties should
review the TASC Program regulations
found at 7 CFR part 1487 in addition to
this announcement.
3. Reporting: TASC participants are
subject to the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements described
in 7 CFR part 3019. In addition,
participants are required to submit a
written report(s), on no less than an
annual basis, and a final report, each of
which evaluates their TASC project
using the performance measures
presented in the approved proposal.
VII. Agency Contact
For additional information or
assistance, contact the Program Policy
Staff, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Portals
Office Building, Suite 400, 1250
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20024, phone: (202) 720–4327, fax:
(202) 720–9361, e-mail:
ppsadmin@fas.usda.gov.
Signed at Washington, DC on December 28,
2006.
W. Kirk Miller,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service,
and Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by March 12, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard C. Annan, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5170 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 720–8818. FAX: (202)
720–4120.
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The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires
that interested members of the public
and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an information collection that
RUS is submitting to OMB for
extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments may be sent to:
Richard C. Annan, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, STOP 1522, Room 5170
South Building, 1400 Independence
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522.
FAX: (202)720–4120.
Title: Assistance to High Energy Cost
Rural Communities.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0136.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Rural Electrification Act
of 1936 (RE Act) (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)
was amended in November 2000 to
create a new program to help rural
communities with extremely high
energy costs (Pub. L. 106–472). Under
this new section 19 of the RE Act (7
U.S.C. 918a), the Secretary of
Agriculture, through the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS), is authorized to provide
financial assistance through the
following three funding streams:
• High Energy Cost Grants and Loans.
RUS may provide grants and loans for
energy generation, transmission and
distribution facilities serving
communities with average home energy
costs in excess of 275 percent of the
national average. Many of these
communities are in rural Alaska, but
there are other eligible areas
nationwide. Eligible applicants include
persons, State agencies (including
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Territories), entities organized under
State law, and Indian tribes. Only grant
funds have been appropriated to date.
• Denali Commission Grants and
Loans. RUS may provide grants and
loans to the Denali Commission, a
Federal agency, for energy generation,
transmission, and distribution facilities
serving extremely high energy cost rural
and remote communities in Alaska.
Annual Denali grants are awarded and
advanced as soon as funds are available
to RUS. The Denali Grants are governed
by a Memorandum of Understanding
between the two agencies and by
individual Grant Agreements. Only
grant funds have been appropriated to
date.
• Bulk Fuel Revolving Fund Grants.
RUS may provide grants to State entities
in existence as of November 9, 2000 to
support revolving loan funds to improve
the efficiency of fuel purchases for
communities where the fuel cannot be
delivered by surface transportation.
Only Alaska and a handful of other
States are eligible.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 4.53 hours per
response.
Respondents: Business or other forProfit, Not-for-profit institutions, State,
local or tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
45.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 4.11.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 828.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, FAX: (202)
720–8435.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: January 4, 2007.
Curtis M. Anderson,
Deputy Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
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U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by March 12, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard C. Annan, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5170 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 720–8818. FAX: (202)
720–4120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires
that interested members of the public
and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an information collection that
RUS is submitting to OMB for
extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments may be sent to:
Richard C. Annan, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, STOP 1522, Room 5170
South Building, 1400 Independence
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522.
FAX: (202)720–4120.
Title: Weather Radio Transmitter
Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0124.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The National Weather
Service operates an All Hazards Early
Warning System that alerts people in
areas covered by its transmissions of
approaching dangerous weather and
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other emergencies. The National
Weather Service can typically provide
warnings of specific weather dangers up
to fifteen minutes prior to the event. At
present, this system covers all major
metropolitan areas and many smaller
cities and towns; however, many rural
areas lack NOAA Weather Radio
coverage. The Rural Development
Utilities Programs’ Service Weather
Radio Transmitter Grant Program
finances the installation of new
transmitters to extend the coverage of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s Weather Radio system
(NOAA Weather Radio) in rural
America thereby promoting public
safety and awareness. The President of
the United States and the United States
Congress have made $5 million in grant
funds available to facilitate the
expansion of NOAA Weather Radio
system coverage into rural areas that are
not covered or are poorly covered at this
time. This grant program will continue
to provide grant funds, on an expedited
basis, for use in rural areas and
communities of 50,000 or less
inhabitants. Grant funds are available
immediately and applications will be
processed on a first-come, first-served
basis until the appropriation is used in
its entirety. Grant funds are used to
purchase and install NOAA Weather
Radio transmitters and antennas that are
combined with donated tower space and
other site resources to establish new
rural NOAA Weather Radio
transmitters. Eligible applicants must be
non-profit corporations or associations
(including Rural Development Utilities
Programs electric and
telecommunications borrower
cooperatives), units of local or state
government, or Federally-recognized
Indian tribes.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 6 hours per
response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions, State, local or tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
113.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 2.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 678.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, FAX: (202)
720–4120.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
invites comments on this information collection for which RUS intends
to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by March 12, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Annan, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, Room 5170 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 720-8818. FAX: (202) 720-
4120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that RUS
is submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to: Richard
C. Annan, Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural
Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522, Room 5170
South Building, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250-1522.
FAX: (202)720-4120.
Title: Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0136.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act) (7 U.S.C.
901 et seq.) was amended in November 2000 to create a new program to
help rural communities with extremely high energy costs (Pub. L. 106-
472). Under this new section 19 of the RE Act (7 U.S.C. 918a), the
Secretary of Agriculture, through the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), is
authorized to provide financial assistance through the following three
funding streams:
High Energy Cost Grants and Loans. RUS may provide grants
and loans for energy generation, transmission and distribution
facilities serving communities with average home energy costs in excess
of 275 percent of the national average. Many of these communities are
in rural Alaska, but there are other eligible areas nationwide.
Eligible applicants include persons, State agencies (including
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Territories), entities organized under State law, and Indian tribes.
Only grant funds have been appropriated to date.
Denali Commission Grants and Loans. RUS may provide grants
and loans to the Denali Commission, a Federal agency, for energy
generation, transmission, and distribution facilities serving extremely
high energy cost rural and remote communities in Alaska. Annual Denali
grants are awarded and advanced as soon as funds are available to RUS.
The Denali Grants are governed by a Memorandum of Understanding between
the two agencies and by individual Grant Agreements. Only grant funds
have been appropriated to date.
Bulk Fuel Revolving Fund Grants. RUS may provide grants to
State entities in existence as of November 9, 2000 to support revolving
loan funds to improve the efficiency of fuel purchases for communities
where the fuel cannot be delivered by surface transportation. Only
Alaska and a handful of other States are eligible.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 4.53 hours per response.
Respondents: Business or other for-Profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, State, local or tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 45.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 4.11.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 828.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat
Daskal, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 720-7853,
FAX: (202) 720-8435.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: January 4, 2007.
Curtis M. Anderson,
Deputy Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. E7-204 Filed 1-10-07; 8:45 am]
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