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Judith Canales,
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Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Contract Proposal (NOCP) for
Payments to Eligible Advanced Biofuel
Producers
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice to accept applications
from previously excluded advanced
biofuel producers and to modify the
award methodology for remaining
available Fiscal Year 2009 funds.
AGENCY:
The Agency published a
document in the Federal Register of
March 12, 2010 at 75 FR 11836 for the
distribution of the remaining available
Fiscal Year 2009 program funds under
the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program.
The March 12, 2010 Notice of Contract
Proposal (NOCP) requested advanced
biofuels producers determined eligible
under the June 12, 2009, NOCP (74 FR
27998) to submit requests for additional
payments in order to award the
remaining available Fiscal Year 2009
program funds. This Notice opens an
application window for certain
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applicants who were previously
ineligible and adjusts the manner in
which the Agency will allocate the
remaining available Fiscal Year 2009
program funds to recipients.
DATES: Applications will be accepted
from August 18, 2010 through
September 17, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to USDA, Rural
Development-Energy Division, Program
Branch, Attention: Diane Berger,
Advanced Biofuel Payment Program,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop
3225, Washington, DC 20250–3225.
Telephone: 202–260–1508.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Administrative Procedure Act
Statement
On March 12, 2010, the Agency
published a Notice of Contract for
Proposal (NOCP) that, in part, requested
advanced biofuels producers
determined eligible under the June 12,
2009 NOCP (74 FR 27998) to submit a
request for additional payment for
facilities listed on their application in
order to award remaining available
Fiscal Year 2009 program funds. Such
requests and awards would be made
according to the criteria specified in the
June 12, 2009 NOCP. Since the March
12, 2010 NOCP was published, the
Agency has sought, received, and
reviewed comments from the public
regarding the program’s eligibility
requirements in conjunction with the
April 16, 2010 (75 FR 20085)
publication of the proposed rule for this
program. Based on a consideration of
these comments, the Agency has
determined that it is in the best interests
of furthering the Administration’s goal
of increasing the production of
advanced biofuels to broaden the
Advanced Biofuel Payment Program
applicability to include making
payments for eligible advanced biofuels
produced at non-rural biofuel facilities
and at foreign-owned biofuel facilities
located in a State. For the purposes of
this Notice, the term ‘‘biofuel facility’’
includes biorefineries that produce
advanced biofuels.
Through this Notice, the Agency
intends to make such producers of
advanced biofuels eligible for the
remaining available Fiscal Year 2009
program funds. To accomplish this, the
Agency is opening a new application
window from August 18, 2010 through
September 17, 2010 to accept
applications for payment under the
Advanced Biofuel Payment program for
only advanced biofuels produced at
non-rural and/or foreign-owned biofuel
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facilities located in a State. The Agency
will process applications received for
non-rural and/or foreign-owned biofuel
facilities under the March 12, 2010
NOCP unless the applicant provides a
new application under this Notice. All
other eligibility criteria in the June 12,
2009 NOCP are still applicable.
Furthermore, in order to make
supplemental payments from the
remaining available Fiscal Year 2009
program funds for non-rural and
foreign-owned biofuel facilities, the
Agency will distribute funds according
to the following procedures:
1. For producers who requested the
supplemental payment under the March
12, 2010 NOCP who met the eligibility
criteria in that NOCP, the Agency will
make advanced Fiscal Year 2009
supplemental payments equal to 25
percent of what those producers would
have received based on the payment rate
established under the March 12, 2010
NOCP.
2. For applicants submitting
applications pursuant to this Notice,
applicants only have to provide actual
production with regard to base and
incremental production amounts.
Applicants are not required to submit
projected base and incremental
production for Fiscal Year 2009.
3. The Agency will then recalculate
the payment rate for the Fiscal Year
2009 supplement payments based on
the production of all eligible applicants,
including the production from non-rural
biofuel facilities and foreign-owned
biofuel facilities.
4. The Agency will recalculate the
final Fiscal Year 2009 supplemental
payment to all eligible producers based
on the recalculated payment rate and
the production of all eligible applicants,
including the production from non-rural
biofuel facilities and foreign-owned
biofuel facilities.
5. For all producers who receive an
advanced Fiscal Year 2009 supplement
payment under paragraph 1, the Agency
will deduct the payment amount from
the producer’s final Fiscal Year 2009
supplemental payment and make any
other adjustments necessary to reconcile
the producer’s final Fiscal Year 2009
supplemental payment with the
payment established under paragraph 4.
Thus, every eligible producer,
including non-rural and foreign-owned
biofuel facilities, will receive their share
of the remaining available Fiscal Year
2009 program funds that they would
have received had the March 12, 2010
NOCP allowed producers with non-rural
biofuel facilities and foreign-owned
biofuel facilities to apply.
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Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA), the paperwork
burden associated with this Notice has
been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
OMB Control Number 0570–0057. The
PRA burden associated with the June
12, 2009 NOCP was approved by OMB,
with an opportunity to comment on the
burden associated with the program.
Since the publication of the June 12,
2009 NOCP, the Agency has not
received a sufficient number of qualified
applications to allocate all of the Fiscal
Year 2009 authorized funds. Therefore,
the Agency is opening a new
application window to accept additional
applications for the remaining available
Fiscal Year 2009 program funds.
Producers of advanced biofuels seeking
funding under this program have to
submit applications that include
specified information, certifications,
and agreements. Applications and
accompanying materials required under
this Notice are approved under OMB
Control Number 0570–0057.
Non-Discrimination Statement
USDA prohibits discrimination in all
its programs and activities on the basis
of race, color, national origin, age,
disability, and where applicable, sex,
marital status, familial status, parental
status, religion, sexual orientation,
genetic information, political beliefs,
reprisal, or because all or part of an
individual’s income is derived from any
public assistance programs. (Not all
prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication of
program information (braille, large
print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720–
2600 (voice and TDD). To file a
complaint of discrimination, write to
USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC, 20250–9410, or call
(800) 795–3272 (voice) or (202) 720–
6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal
opportunity provider and employer.
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
The Colville Resource
Advisory Committee will meet in
Colville, Washington, for the purpose of
evaluating and recommending resource
management projects for funding in FY
2011, under the provisions of Title II of
the Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self-Determination Act of
2008 (Pub. L. 110–343).
DATES: The meeting will be held on June
22 and 23, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
at Colville Community College,
Monumental Room, 985 South Elm
Street, Colville, WA 99114.
Send written comments to Colville
Resource Advisory Committee, c/o
Franklin Pemberton, Colville National
Forest, 765 South Main Street, Colville,
WA 99114 or electronically to
fpemberton@fs.fed.us.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Jo West, Designated Federal
Official, c/o Colville National Forest,
765 South Main Street, Colville, WA
99114 or (509) 684–7000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
agenda will include a review of fiscal
year 2009 and 2010 Title II project
proposals submitted by the Forest
Service, the public, non-profits and
other agencies, presentations by project
proponents, and final recommendations
for funding of fiscal year 2009 and 2010
projects.
All Colville Resource Advisory
Committee Meetings are open to the
public. Public input and comment
forum will take place in the morning
August 31, 2010. Interested citizens are
encouraged to attend.
August 10, 2010.
Laura Jo West,
Designated Federal Officer.
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343) for expenditure of Payments to
States Madera County Title II funds.
DATES: The meetings will be held on
August 18th, 2010 from 6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. in North Fork, CA and
September 15th, 2010 from 6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. in North Fork, CA.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Bass Lake Ranger District, 57003
Road 225, North Fork, California, 93643.
Send written comments to Julie Roberts,
Madera County Resource Advisory
Committee Coordinator, c/o Sierra
National Forest, Bass Lake Ranger
District, at the above address, or
electronically to jaroberts@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
Roberts, Madera County Resource
Advisory Committee Coordinator, (559)
877–2218 ext. 3159.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meetings are open to the public.
Committee discussion is limited to
Forest Service staff and Committee
members. However, persons who wish
to bring Payments to States Madera
County Title II project matters to the
attention of the Committee may file
written statements with the Committee
staff before or after the meetings.
Agenda items to be covered include: (1)
Discussion of group priorities for types
of projects, (2) Application Process, (3)
discuss conditions and parameters for
accepting future proposals, (4) Key dates
and timelines.
Dated: August 9, 2010.
Dave Martin,
District Ranger.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0125]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Madera County Resource Advisory
Committee
Dated: August 12, 2010.
Judith A. Canales,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
Forest Service
Privacy Act System of Records;
National Animal Health Laboratory
Network (NAHLN)
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of a proposed new
system of records; request for comment.
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The Madera County Resource
Advisory Committee will be meeting in
North Fork, California on August l8th
and on September 15th. The purpose of
these meetings will be to make
decisions on how to accept and review
project proposals for the next funding
cycle as authorized under the Secure
SUMMARY:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Colville Resource Advisory Committee
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The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) proposes to add a
new Privacy Act system of records to its
inventory of records systems subject to
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,
and invites public comment on this new
records system. The system of records
being proposed is the National Animal
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Contract Proposal (NOCP) for Payments to Eligible
Advanced Biofuel Producers
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice to accept applications from previously excluded advanced
biofuel producers and to modify the award methodology for remaining
available Fiscal Year 2009 funds.
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SUMMARY: The Agency published a document in the Federal Register of
March 12, 2010 at 75 FR 11836 for the distribution of the remaining
available Fiscal Year 2009 program funds under the Advanced Biofuel
Payment Program. The March 12, 2010 Notice of Contract Proposal (NOCP)
requested advanced biofuels producers determined eligible under the
June 12, 2009, NOCP (74 FR 27998) to submit requests for additional
payments in order to award the remaining available Fiscal Year 2009
program funds. This Notice opens an application window for certain
applicants who were previously ineligible and adjusts the manner in
which the Agency will allocate the remaining available Fiscal Year 2009
program funds to recipients.
DATES: Applications will be accepted from August 18, 2010 through
September 17, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to USDA, Rural Development-Energy Division, Program
Branch, Attention: Diane Berger, Advanced Biofuel Payment Program, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 3225, Washington, DC 20250-3225.
Telephone: 202-260-1508.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Administrative Procedure Act Statement
On March 12, 2010, the Agency published a Notice of Contract for
Proposal (NOCP) that, in part, requested advanced biofuels producers
determined eligible under the June 12, 2009 NOCP (74 FR 27998) to
submit a request for additional payment for facilities listed on their
application in order to award remaining available Fiscal Year 2009
program funds. Such requests and awards would be made according to the
criteria specified in the June 12, 2009 NOCP. Since the March 12, 2010
NOCP was published, the Agency has sought, received, and reviewed
comments from the public regarding the program's eligibility
requirements in conjunction with the April 16, 2010 (75 FR 20085)
publication of the proposed rule for this program. Based on a
consideration of these comments, the Agency has determined that it is
in the best interests of furthering the Administration's goal of
increasing the production of advanced biofuels to broaden the Advanced
Biofuel Payment Program applicability to include making payments for
eligible advanced biofuels produced at non-rural biofuel facilities and
at foreign-owned biofuel facilities located in a State. For the
purposes of this Notice, the term ``biofuel facility'' includes
biorefineries that produce advanced biofuels.
Through this Notice, the Agency intends to make such producers of
advanced biofuels eligible for the remaining available Fiscal Year 2009
program funds. To accomplish this, the Agency is opening a new
application window from August 18, 2010 through September 17, 2010 to
accept applications for payment under the Advanced Biofuel Payment
program for only advanced biofuels produced at non-rural and/or
foreign-owned biofuel facilities located in a State. The Agency will
process applications received for non-rural and/or foreign-owned
biofuel facilities under the March 12, 2010 NOCP unless the applicant
provides a new application under this Notice. All other eligibility
criteria in the June 12, 2009 NOCP are still applicable.
Furthermore, in order to make supplemental payments from the
remaining available Fiscal Year 2009 program funds for non-rural and
foreign-owned biofuel facilities, the Agency will distribute funds
according to the following procedures:
1. For producers who requested the supplemental payment under the
March 12, 2010 NOCP who met the eligibility criteria in that NOCP, the
Agency will make advanced Fiscal Year 2009 supplemental payments equal
to 25 percent of what those producers would have received based on the
payment rate established under the March 12, 2010 NOCP.
2. For applicants submitting applications pursuant to this Notice,
applicants only have to provide actual production with regard to base
and incremental production amounts. Applicants are not required to
submit projected base and incremental production for Fiscal Year 2009.
3. The Agency will then recalculate the payment rate for the Fiscal
Year 2009 supplement payments based on the production of all eligible
applicants, including the production from non-rural biofuel facilities
and foreign-owned biofuel facilities.
4. The Agency will recalculate the final Fiscal Year 2009
supplemental payment to all eligible producers based on the
recalculated payment rate and the production of all eligible
applicants, including the production from non-rural biofuel facilities
and foreign-owned biofuel facilities.
5. For all producers who receive an advanced Fiscal Year 2009
supplement payment under paragraph 1, the Agency will deduct the
payment amount from the producer's final Fiscal Year 2009 supplemental
payment and make any other adjustments necessary to reconcile the
producer's final Fiscal Year 2009 supplemental payment with the payment
established under paragraph 4.
Thus, every eligible producer, including non-rural and foreign-
owned biofuel facilities, will receive their share of the remaining
available Fiscal Year 2009 program funds that they would have received
had the March 12, 2010 NOCP allowed producers with non-rural biofuel
facilities and foreign-owned biofuel facilities to apply.
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Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the paperwork
burden associated with this Notice has been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control Number 0570-0057. The PRA
burden associated with the June 12, 2009 NOCP was approved by OMB, with
an opportunity to comment on the burden associated with the program.
Since the publication of the June 12, 2009 NOCP, the Agency has not
received a sufficient number of qualified applications to allocate all
of the Fiscal Year 2009 authorized funds. Therefore, the Agency is
opening a new application window to accept additional applications for
the remaining available Fiscal Year 2009 program funds. Producers of
advanced biofuels seeking funding under this program have to submit
applications that include specified information, certifications, and
agreements. Applications and accompanying materials required under this
Notice are approved under OMB Control Number 0570-0057.
Non-Discrimination Statement
USDA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on
the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where
applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status,
religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs,
reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived
from any public assistance programs. (Not all prohibited bases apply to
all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means
for communication of program information (braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600
(voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA,
Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC, 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202)
720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Dated: August 12, 2010.
Judith A. Canales,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
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