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approximately $1 million. These grant
funds are contingent upon Congress’s
providing funding to AMS for this
program. The maximum amount of
Federal funds awarded for any one
proposal will be $75,000.
Number of Awards
An applicant can not receive more
than one FMPP grant in a grant funding
year.
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Eligible Grant Uses
FMPP grants were established for
projects intended to benefit more than
one agricultural farmer or producer.
Applications for FMPP grants funds
should be for, but not limited to,
projects and proposals that are
associated with the following three
categories:
1. Improving Farmer/Vendor Access
to Relevant Marketing and Financial
Information—Projects that provide
opportunities and promote training,
education, networking, technical
assistance, and information sharing for
farmers, vendors, market management,
and market sponsors. These projects are
designed to enhance sales volumes, selfsufficiency, and product security/safety.
Project focuses may address:
• Direct marketing practices and
methods, business planning, market
growth management, recordkeeping,
food handling and safety.
• Farmer and vendor selection,
recruitment, and retention.
• Consumer trends, demographics,
changing ethnic demographics, and
their relationship to customer
purchasing patterns.
• Alternative purchasing methods,
such as Women, Infants, and Children
Farmers Market Nutrition Programs
(WIC-FMNP) coupons; Senior Farmers
Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
coupons; and debit/credit technologies.
• Association and other
organizational development.
2. Consumer-Based Education and
Market Access—Projects that address
ways to improve consumers’ access and
utilization of markets/entities: These
projects may include:
• Consumer education that focuses on
new food and agricultural products,
product applications, and chef
demonstrations with a required
emphasis on the assessment, evaluation,
and impact of such education on
consumer patronage at eligible markets/
entities.
• Assessment, evaluation, and impact
of the vendors and/or the market/
entities in providing access to fresh
fruits and vegetables to low-income
households, children, and seniors.
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3. Innovative Approaches to Market/
Facility Operations and Management—
Projects that address operational or
marketing opportunities and issues of
markets and/or farmers/vendors to:
enhance product value and sales;
increase revenue and efficiency; or
reduce expenses. These projects may
address:
• The use and effect of advertising,
market promotion, labeling, and/or
signage and the measurement of their
impact.
• Waste management/recycling.
• Liability coverage and insurance.
• Facility planning and/or design.
• Transportation and delivery
systems.
• Infrastructure for electronic benefits
transfer (EBT) usage; processing, kitchen
incubators, storage, packaging, and
refrigeration.
Any of the projects within each
category above can be identified as a
‘‘primary’’ or ‘‘secondary’’ proposal
activity. Only one activity, however,
should be selected and identified as the
‘‘primary project activity’’ for FMPP
grant funding uses. See ‘‘Proposal
Narrative,’’ sections 6.l. and 6.m. in
‘‘Proposal and Application
Preparation,’’ for more information.
Ineligible Grant Uses
FMPP grant funds cannot be used to
pay for:
1. Acquisition of land, repair,
rehabilitation, acquisition or
construction of a building or facility.
2. Political or lobbying activities.
3. Any activities prohibited by 7 CFR
parts 3015 and 3019.
How To Submit Proposals and
Applications
Each application must contain the
following information stated in the
‘‘Proposal Preparation’’ section of the
NOFA: Forms SF–424, SF–424A, and
SF–424B; the entity DUNS number; the
entity eligibility statement; and the
proposal narrative. Electronic forms,
proposals, letters of support, or any
other application materials emailed
directly to AMS or USDA–AMS staff
will not be accepted.
Following are the options available
for submitting proposals and
applications to AMS:
Paper Submissions—For paper
submissions an original and one copy of
the proposal, required forms, narrative,
letters of support, and all required
materials must be submitted in one
package, preferably via express mail.
Because packages sent to the Agency
through the United States Postal Service
can be damaged or delayed due to
security procedures at USDA
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Washington DC headquarters, express
mail services or couriers are strongly
recommended. Paper submissions must
be sent to:
Mr. Errol Bragg, Associate Deputy
Administrator, Marketing Services
Branch, Transportation and Marketing
Programs, AMS, USDA, Room 2646South, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC, 20250–0269.
If an e-mail address is provided on
Form SF–424, FMPP will send an e-mail
message to the applicant confirming
receipt of the application package.
Electronic Submissions via
Grants.gov—Applicants may apply
electronically for grants through the
Federal grants Web site: https://
www.Grants.gov. Applicants who
submit their FMPP proposals via the
Federal grants Web site are not required
to submit any paper documents to
FMPP.
FMPP is listed in the ‘‘Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance’’ under
number 10.168 and subject agencies
must adhere to Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, which bars
discrimination in all federally assisted
programs.
Dated: February 21, 2007.
Lloyd Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection; Commodity
Request (Food Aid Request Entry
System, FARES)
Commodity Credit Corporation,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is
seeking comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on the
extension and revision of an approved
information collection under the
Paperwork Reduction Act. CCC procures
various processed foods and
commodities to be exported and
donated for use in humanitarian food
aid programs. Information related to this
activity is collected and processed
electronically through the Food Aid
Request Entry System (FARES).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before April 30, 2007 to
be assured consideration.
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the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collected; or (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
the 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. All comments
received in response to this notice,
including names and addresses when
provided, will be a matter of public
record. Comments will be summarized
and included in the submission for
OMB approval.
Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to: Khristy
Baughman, Chief, Business Operations
Support Division, Kansas City
Commodity Office, 6501 Beacon Drive,
Kansas City, Missouri 64133–4676.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to (816) 926–1648, telephone
(816) 926–6509 or by e-mail to
khristy.baughman@kcc.fsa.gov.
Comments regarding this information
collection requirement may be directed
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for USDA,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Hadder, Marketing Specialist,
(202) 720–3816, or
Sharon.Hadder@fsa.usda.gov.
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 21,
2007.
Teresa C. Lasseter,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Description of Information Collection
Title: Food Aid Request Entry System
(FARES).
OMB Control Number: 0560–0225.
Type of Request: Extension with
revision.
Abstract: The information collection
is necessary for the Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) to procure various
processed foods and commodities for
export under humanitarian food aid
programs. The FARES was developed to
automate the entry of commodity
requests submitted to CCC from the
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), private
voluntary organizations (PVOs), the
World Food Program (WFP), the Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS), and the
Farm Service Agency (FSA).
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for collecting information under
this notice is estimated to average .75
hour per response, including the time
for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the
information.
Respondents: USAID, PVOs, the WFP,
FAS and FSA.
Respondents: 305.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses per Respondent: 12.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2,745 hours.
Comment is invited on: (a) Whether
the 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 burden, including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Child and Adult
Care Food Program (CACFP) Meal
Claiming Data Collection Pilot
Project—Data Collection Instrument
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
invites the general public and other
public agencies to comment on this
proposed information collection.
This notice announces FNS’ intent to
request from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval of the data
collection instrument for the CACFP
Meal Claiming Data Collection Pilot
Project.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before April 30,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:
Fred Lesnett, Contracting Officer’s
Representative, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments may also be
submitted via fax to the attention of
Fred Lesnett at 703–305–2576 or via email to Fred.Lesnett@fns.usda.gov.
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 shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
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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
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Fred Lesnett at
703–605–0811.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: CACFP Meal Claiming Data
Collection Pilot Project.
OMB Number: Not Yet Assigned.
Expiration Date: Not yet determined.
Type of Request: New collection of
information.
Abstract: The Improper Payments
Information Act of 2002 (Act) (Pub. L.
107–300) requires the Department of
Agriculture (USDA) to identify and
reduce significant improper over- and
under-payments in various programs,
including the Child and Adult Care
Food Program (CACFP). Therefore, the
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), on
behalf of the Secretary of Agriculture, is
conducting a feasibility evaluation of
four possible data collection methods
for validating the number and type of
meals claimed for reimbursement by
family day care homes (FDCHs) in the
CACFP. The feasibility evaluation is
scheduled to collect data from August
2007 until September 2007. Localized
data collection is to be conducted in up
to four States to evaluate whether the
data collection methodologies under
evaluation can:
*Validate the meal reimbursement
claims submitted by FDCHs for the
number of children who are CACFP
eligible and present in the FDCHs
during the time period(s) for which
the meals/snacks were claimed.
*Generate the data required for
developing an estimate of improper
payments, based on the meals claimed
for reimbursement by FDCHs, that
meet the requirements of the IPIA.
*Be implemented nationwide in an
efficient and cost effective method.
Under this task order, the contractor
is to conduct a pretest evaluation which
compares meal reimbursement claims
submitted by FDCHs to their sponsors
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[FR Doc No: E7-3374]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection; Commodity Request (Food Aid Request Entry
System, FARES)
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking comments from all
interested individuals and organizations on the extension and revision
of an approved information collection under the Paperwork Reduction
Act. CCC procures various processed foods and commodities to be
exported and donated for use in humanitarian food aid programs.
Information related to this activity is collected and processed
electronically through the Food Aid Request Entry System (FARES).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before April 30,
2007 to be assured consideration.
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ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to:
Khristy Baughman, Chief, Business Operations Support Division, Kansas
City Commodity Office, 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64133-
4676. Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to (816) 926-1648,
telephone (816) 926-6509 or by e-mail to khristy.baughman@kcc.fsa.gov.
Comments regarding this information collection requirement may be
directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for
USDA, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Hadder, Marketing Specialist,
(202) 720-3816, or Sharon.Hadder@fsa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Food Aid Request Entry System (FARES).
OMB Control Number: 0560-0225.
Type of Request: Extension with revision.
Abstract: The information collection is necessary for the Commodity
Credit Corporation (CCC) to procure various processed foods and
commodities for export under humanitarian food aid programs. The FARES
was developed to automate the entry of commodity requests submitted to
CCC from the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID), private voluntary organizations (PVOs), the World Food Program
(WFP), the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and the Farm Service
Agency (FSA).
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for collecting
information under this notice is estimated to average .75 hour per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the information.
Respondents: USAID, PVOs, the WFP, FAS and FSA.
Respondents: 305.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 12.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,745 hours.
Comment is invited on: (a) Whether the 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 burden, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collected; or (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of the 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. All comments received in
response to this notice, including names and addresses when provided,
will be a matter of public record. Comments will be summarized and
included in the submission for OMB approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 21, 2007.
Teresa C. Lasseter,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. E7-3374 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]
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