Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the Biorefinery Assistance Program, 4276-4277 [2012-1701]
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AGENCY:
The Forest Service published
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December 28, 2011, stating the intent to
hold a Federal Advisory Committee,
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The Eastern Washington
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February 22, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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National Forest, 215 Melody Lane,
Wenatchee, Washington 98801, phone
(509) 664–9200.
Dated: January 20, 2012.
Clinton Kyhl,
Designated Federal Official, OkanoganWenatchee National Forest.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Utilities Service
Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for
the Biorefinery Assistance Program
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service and Rural Utilities Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice on funding availability.
AGENCY:
This notice announces there
will be no funds available for the
Biorefinery Assistance Program for FY
2012. Applications will not be accepted
under this program until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelley Oehler, Energy Branch,
Biorefinery Assistance Program, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Mail Stop
3225, Washington, DC, 20250–3225.
Telephone: (202) 720–6819. Email:
kelley.oehler@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Biorefinery Assistance Program
provides guaranteed loans for the
development and construction of
commercial-scale biorefineries and for
the retrofitting of existing facilities
using eligible technology for the
development of advanced biofuels. For
Fiscal Year 2012, the Agency has not
been allocated funding to support this
program. Applications will not be
accepted until such funds are made
available to the program.
SUMMARY:
Nondiscrimination Statement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
(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 program. (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
Adjudication and Compliance, 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, employer, and
lender.
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Dated: January 20, 2012.
Dallas Tonsager,
Under Secretary, Rural Development.
[FR Doc. 2012–1701 Filed 1–26–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 120103003–1757–01]
Proposed Data Sharing Activity
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for public
comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Bureau of the
Census (Census Bureau) of the
Department of Commerce proposes to
share business data for statistical
purposes. More specifically, the Census
Bureau will share selected business data
of multi-location businesses with the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of
the Department of Labor. In accordance
with the requirement of Section 524(d)
of the Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002, we are providing the
opportunity for public comment on this
data sharing action. Through the use of
these shared data, BLS will use the
Census Bureau’s multi-location
company data to achieve efficiencies in
the maintenance of its universe list of
U.S. businesses. The BLS employees
and agents who will have access to the
Census Bureau data protected by the
confidentiality provisions of Title 13 are
required to obtain Census Bureau Sworn
Special Status. These BLS employees
and agents must have suitable
background clearance and must
complete an annual Title 13 Awareness
Training.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
on this proposed program to the
Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Room
8H001, Mail Stop 0100, Washington, DC
20233.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shirin A. Ahmed, Assistant Director for
Economic Programs; Room 8K108, U.S.
Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233;
phone (301) 763–2558; or email
Shirin.Anne.Ahmed@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Introduction
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (CIPSEA) (Pub. L. 107–347,
sections 501–526, 44 U.S.C. 3501 note),
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and 13 U.S.C. 402 allow the Census
Bureau to share business data for
statistical purposes with the BLS.
Section 524(d) of CIPSEA requires
public notice of the intent to share data
(allowing 60 days for public comment),
whenever the data to be shared were
collected through mandatory reporting,
and the respondents were not informed
that the data could be shared among the
statistical agencies. Section 524 also
requires the Census Bureau to provide
information about the terms of the
written data sharing agreement. The
following are covered in this notice:
• Background;
• Data items to be shared with BLS;
• Improvement or creation of
products by use of data for statistical
purposes; and
• Legal authority regarding
confidentiality and data access.
Background
Both the Census Bureau and the BLS
compile and maintain their own,
separate comprehensive lists of active
U.S. businesses called universe lists.
The Census Bureau and BLS universe
lists are similar in content, and are
costly for the government to maintain.
The lists can also be burdensome on
businesses that are required to respond
to multiple surveys. However, these lists
are critical to the quality of source data
and the timely preparation of many key
indicators of U.S. economic
performance.
The Census Bureau and the BLS can
achieve major qualitative enhancements
and cost efficiencies through increased
data sharing. Specifically, the sharing of
these data will allow the two bureaus to
develop consistent industry
classifications of establishments and
companies and improve multi-location
coverage, thus improving the
comparability and accuracy of Federal
economic statistics.
In the 2002 Economic Report of the
President, the Council of Economic
Advisers noted the critical need for
reliable statistical data, and stated that
expanded sharing among Federal
statistical agencies would increase data
quality. In an October 2005 Workshop
on the Benefits of Interagency Business
Data Sharing sponsored by the National
Research Council, representatives of
several agencies advocated an increase
of business data sharing among Federal
statistical agencies. Moreover,
subsection 521(a) of CIPSEA finds that
enhanced sharing of business data
among these three Federal statistical
agencies will improve their ability to
track the large and rapidly changing
nature of U.S. business more accurately.
Consequently, section 522 of CIPSEA
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authorizes the sharing of business data
among three designated statistical
agencies—the Census Bureau, the BLS,
and the Department of Commerce’s
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In
addition, section 523 of CIPSEA
mandates that heads of these agencies
identify opportunities to eliminate
duplication, reduce reporting burdens
and costs imposed on the public in
providing information for statistical
purposes, and enter into joint statistical
projects to improve the quality and
reduce the cost of statistical programs.
Over the past several years, the
Census Bureau and the BLS have
conducted comprehensive research to
evaluate each other’s business lists and
to analyze opportunities to improve
each list through increased data sharing.
This research confirms that data sharing
not only will improve the comparability
and accuracy of Federal economic
statistics, but will also produce
efficiencies.
Data Items To Be Shared With BLS
The BLS will benefit from selected
multi-location data, which already
exists in the Census Bureau’s Business
Register. The Business Register
combines administrative data with
Census-collected information to
produce a comprehensive business
universe list. Data from the 5-hear
Economic Censuses and the annual
Company Organization Survey (COS)
provide much of the organizational,
structural, and establishment-level data
for multi-lation companies. The
Economic Census also provides precise
industrial classifications based on the
value of product and/or service outputs.
The Census Bureau carries out a
separate data collection regarding multilocation companies, because
administrative records do not identify
the relationship among multi-location
companies and their affiliated Employer
Identification Number (EIN) entities and
establishments. All of these Census
Bureau data are collected under the
provisions of Title 13 of the United
States Code, sections 182, 195, 224, and
225.
The Census Bureau will furnish the
BLS with several categories of multilocation company data:
• North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) codes
and associated multi-location
information, including the business
name and address; state, county, and
place geocodes; EINs; the source of the
NAICS codes; first quarter employment;
and first quarter and annual payroll.
• Enterprise linkages for multilocation companies, including the EINs
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Utilities Service
Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the Biorefinery
Assistance Program
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice on funding availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces there will be no funds available for the
Biorefinery Assistance Program for FY 2012. Applications will not be
accepted under this program until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelley Oehler, Energy Branch,
Biorefinery Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Mail Stop 3225, Washington, DC, 20250-3225.
Telephone: (202) 720-6819. Email: kelley.oehler@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Biorefinery Assistance Program provides
guaranteed loans for the development and construction of commercial-
scale biorefineries and for the retrofitting of existing facilities
using eligible technology for the development of advanced biofuels. For
Fiscal Year 2012, the Agency has not been allocated funding to support
this program. Applications will not be accepted until such funds are
made available to the program.
Nondiscrimination Statement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (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
program. (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 Adjudication and Compliance, 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, employer, and
lender.
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Dated: January 20, 2012.
Dallas Tonsager,
Under Secretary, Rural Development.
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