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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Amendment to Notice of Funding
Availability for the Rural Energy for
America Program
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (Agency) published
a notice in the Federal Register of
March 29, 2013, (78 FR Doc. 2013–
07275) announcing the acceptance of
applications for funds available under
the Rural Energy for America Program
(REAP) for Fiscal Year 2013. The
Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113–
6), provides additional funding for
REAP. To provide the public additional
opportunity to apply for these
additional funds, this Notice extends
the application period from April 30,
2013, to May 31, 2013, for renewable
energy systems and energy efficiency
improvement projects grants and grant
and loan combination applications and
for renewable energy system feasibility
study applications. The Agency is also
adding a provision to ensure
consistency with the intent of 2 CFR
25.205. A separate notice will be
published to amend the funding
available under REAP.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about this Notice, please
contact Mr. Kelley Oehler, Branch Chief,
USDA Rural Development, Energy
Division, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250. Telephone:
(202) 720–6819. Email:
kelley.oehler@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Agency is amending the DATES section
in the Notice of Funding Availability for
the Rural Energy for America Program,
which was published on March 29, 2013
(78 FR Doc. 2013–07275). To provide
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the public additional time to submit
applications as the result of additional
funding being made available to the
Agency, the Agency is extending the
application deadline for three sets of
applications: (1) Renewable energy
system (RES) and energy efficiency
improvement (EEI) grants, (2) RES and
EEI grant and loan combinations and (3)
RES feasibility study grants. For this set
of applications, the deadline is being
extended from April 30, 2013, to May
31, 2013. Note that the application
deadline for RES and EEI guaranteed
loan only applications is not being
modified. The Agency is adding a
provision to conform with the intent of
2 CFR 25.205, which allows the Agency
to determine an applicant is not eligible
for an award if the System for Award
Management and Dun and Bradstreet
Data Universal Numbering System
requirements are not met. No other
changes are being made to the March 29,
2013, Notice at this time.
Summary of Changes
1. In the third column on page 19183,
the second paragraph under the DATES
section is revised to read as follows:
For renewable energy system and
energy efficiency improvement grant
applications and combination grant and
guaranteed loan applications, no later
than 4:30 p.m. local time May 31, 2013.
2. In the third column on page 19183,
the fourth paragraph under the DATES
section is revised to read as follows:
For renewable energy system
feasibility study applications, no later
than 4:30 p.m. local time May 31, 2013.
3. In the first column on page 19187,
subparagraph (d) is being added after
subparagraph E. (4)(c) and before
subparagraph (5), to read as follows:
(d) At the time the Agency is ready to
make an award, if the applicant has not
complied with subparagraph E. (4)(a)
through (c) of this section, the Agency
may determine the applicant is not
eligible to receive the award.
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Dated: April 29, 2013.
Lillian E. Salerno,
Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Oglethorpe Power Corporation:
Proposed Biomass Power Plant
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of Availability of a
Record of Decision.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) has issued a Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) related to providing
financial assistance to the Oglethorpe
Power Corporation (Oglethorpe) for the
construction of a 100 megawatt (MW)
biomass plant and related facilities
(Proposal) in Warren County, Georgia.
The Administrator of RUS has signed
the ROD, which was effective upon
signing. The EIS was prepared pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) and in
accordance with the Council on
Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations for implementing the
procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
Parts 1500–1508) and RUS’
Environmental Policies and Procedures
(7 CFR part 1794). As the lead federal
agency, and as part of its broad
environmental review process, RUS
must take into account the effect of the
Proposal on historic properties in
SUMMARY:
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accordance with Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act (16
U.S.C. 470f) and its implementing
regulation ‘‘Protection of Historic
Properties’’ (36 CFR Part 800). Pursuant
to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3), RUS used its
procedures for public involvement
under NEPA, in part, to meet its
responsibilities to solicit and consider
the views of the public and other
interested parties during the Section 106
review process. Accordingly, comments
submitted in the EIS process also
informed RUS’s decision making in the
Section 106 review process. The
purpose of the Proposal is to provide a
reliable, long-term supply of renewable
and sustainable energy at a reasonable
cost to meet part of the electric energy
needs of Oglethorpe’s members.
The Final EIS evaluated the potential
environmental impacts of and
alternatives to the Project proposed by
Oglethorpe for RUS financing to
construct the 100 megawatt (MW)
biomass plant and related facilities
(Proposal) in Warren County, Georgia
ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the
ROD, or for further information, contact:
Ms. Stephanie Strength, Environmental
Protection Specialist, USDA, Rural
Utilities Service, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Stop 1571, Room 2244–S,
Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone:
(970) 403–3559, fax: (202) 690–0649, or
email:
stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov. The
ROD is available online at: https://
www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWPOglethorpePower.html and at the:
Warren County Public Library, 10
Warren Street, Warrenton, Georgia
30828, Phone (706) 465- 2656.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Oglethorpe proposes to own, operate,
and maintain the Proposal in Warren
County, Georgia. Three alternatives are
evaluated in detail in the Final EIS; the
no action alternative, and the proposed
action at two different locations: Warren
County (the Proposal) and Appling
County (the Alternate). These
alternatives were evaluated in terms of
cost-effectiveness, technical feasibility,
and environmental factors (e.g., soils,
topography and geology, water
resources, air quality, biological
resources, the acoustic environment,
recreation, cultural and historic
resources, visual resources,
transportation, farmland, land use,
human health and safety, the
socioeconomic environment,
environmental justice, and cumulative
effects).
The Proposal would be constructed
on an approximately 343-acre site
located three-fourths mile east of the
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city limit of Warrenton, Georgia. The
tallest structure would be the stack,
with a maximum estimated height of
approximately 220 feet.
A Notice of Availability (NOA) of the
Draft EIS was published in the Federal
Register at 76 FR 20624, on April 13,
2011, and in newspapers of general
circulation within the Proposal’s area of
environmental impact. Public hearings
on the Draft EIS were held in the project
area on May 5, 2011, and public
comments were accepted through May
31, 2011. All comments on the Draft EIS
have been entered into the
administrative record, responses are
included in the Final EIS, and the Final
EIS was modified as appropriate. RUS
published its NOA of the Final EIS for
the proposed Project in the Federal
Register on December 15, 2011 at 76 FR
77963. The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency acknowledged
receipt of the Final EIS on December 9,
2011, from RUS. The 30-day waiting
period ended on January 9, 2012.
Fifteen comments were received that
did not result in the need for changes or
further comment in RUS’s ROD.
RUS carefully studied public health
and safety, environmental impacts, and
engineering aspects of the Project. Based
on an evaluation of the information and
impact analyses presented in the EIS,
RUS finds that the evaluation of
reasonable alternatives is consistent
with NEPA and RUS Environmental
Policies and Procedures. Details
regarding RUS’s regulatory authority,
rationale for the decision, and
compliance with applicable regulations
are included in the ROD. Because the
proposed Project may involve action in
floodplains or wetlands, this Notice also
serves as a final notice of action in
floodplains and wetlands (in accordance
with Executive Orders 11988 and
11990).
This ROD is not a decision on
Ogelthorpe’s loan application and
therefore not an approval of the
expenditure of federal funds. This
notice of the ROD concludes RUS’s
environmental review process in
accordance with NEPA and RUS’s
Environmental Policies and Procedures
(7 CFR part 1794). The ultimate decision
as to loan approval depends upon the
conclusion of this environmental review
process plus financial and engineering
analyses. Issuance of the ROD will allow
these reviews to proceed.
Dated: March 15, 2013.
John Charles Padalino,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–904]
Certain Activated Carbon From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2011–
2012
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from
interested parties, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘Department’’) is
conducting the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
activated carbon from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) for the
period of review (‘‘POR’’) April 1, 2011,
through March 31, 2012. The
Department has preliminarily
determined that sales have been made
below normal value (‘‘NV’’).
Additionally, the Department has
preliminarily determined not to revoke
the order, in part, with respect to Jacobi
Carbons AB (‘‘Jacobi’’).
AGENCY:
DATES:
Effective Date: May 8, 2013.
Bob
Palmer, Emeka Chukwudebe, and
Ricardo Martinez Rivera, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 9, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–9068, (202) 482–
0219, and (202) 482–4532, respectively.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is certain activated carbon.1 The
products are currently classifiable under
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheading
3802.10.00. Although the HTSUS
subheading is provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of the order
remains dispositive.2
1 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Activated Carbon from the People’s
Republic of China,’’ (‘‘Preliminary Decision
Memorandum’’) from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration,
issued concurrently with this notice, for a complete
description of the Scope of the Order.
2 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain
Activated Carbon from the People’s Republic of
China, 72 FR 20988 (April 27, 2007) (‘‘Order’’).
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Oglethorpe Power Corporation: Proposed Biomass Power Plant
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has issued a Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) related to
providing financial assistance to the Oglethorpe Power Corporation
(Oglethorpe) for the construction of a 100 megawatt (MW) biomass plant
and related facilities (Proposal) in Warren County, Georgia. The
Administrator of RUS has signed the ROD, which was effective upon
signing. The EIS was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) and in accordance with the
Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations for implementing
the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) and RUS'
Environmental Policies and Procedures (7 CFR part 1794). As the lead
federal agency, and as part of its broad environmental review process,
RUS must take into account the effect of the Proposal on historic
properties in
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accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 470f) and its implementing regulation ``Protection of
Historic Properties'' (36 CFR Part 800). Pursuant to 36 CFR
800.2(d)(3), RUS used its procedures for public involvement under NEPA,
in part, to meet its responsibilities to solicit and consider the views
of the public and other interested parties during the Section 106
review process. Accordingly, comments submitted in the EIS process also
informed RUS's decision making in the Section 106 review process. The
purpose of the Proposal is to provide a reliable, long-term supply of
renewable and sustainable energy at a reasonable cost to meet part of
the electric energy needs of Oglethorpe's members.
The Final EIS evaluated the potential environmental impacts of and
alternatives to the Project proposed by Oglethorpe for RUS financing to
construct the 100 megawatt (MW) biomass plant and related facilities
(Proposal) in Warren County, Georgia
ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the ROD, or for further information,
contact: Ms. Stephanie Strength, Environmental Protection Specialist,
USDA, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Stop 1571,
Room 2244-S, Washington, DC 20250-1571, telephone: (970) 403-3559, fax:
(202) 690-0649, or email: stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov. The ROD is
available online at: https://www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWP-OglethorpePower.html and at the: Warren County Public Library, 10
Warren Street, Warrenton, Georgia 30828, Phone (706) 465- 2656.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Oglethorpe proposes to own, operate, and
maintain the Proposal in Warren County, Georgia. Three alternatives are
evaluated in detail in the Final EIS; the no action alternative, and
the proposed action at two different locations: Warren County (the
Proposal) and Appling County (the Alternate). These alternatives were
evaluated in terms of cost-effectiveness, technical feasibility, and
environmental factors (e.g., soils, topography and geology, water
resources, air quality, biological resources, the acoustic environment,
recreation, cultural and historic resources, visual resources,
transportation, farmland, land use, human health and safety, the
socioeconomic environment, environmental justice, and cumulative
effects).
The Proposal would be constructed on an approximately 343-acre site
located three-fourths mile east of the city limit of Warrenton,
Georgia. The tallest structure would be the stack, with a maximum
estimated height of approximately 220 feet.
A Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft EIS was published in
the Federal Register at 76 FR 20624, on April 13, 2011, and in
newspapers of general circulation within the Proposal's area of
environmental impact. Public hearings on the Draft EIS were held in the
project area on May 5, 2011, and public comments were accepted through
May 31, 2011. All comments on the Draft EIS have been entered into the
administrative record, responses are included in the Final EIS, and the
Final EIS was modified as appropriate. RUS published its NOA of the
Final EIS for the proposed Project in the Federal Register on December
15, 2011 at 76 FR 77963. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
acknowledged receipt of the Final EIS on December 9, 2011, from RUS.
The 30-day waiting period ended on January 9, 2012. Fifteen comments
were received that did not result in the need for changes or further
comment in RUS's ROD.
RUS carefully studied public health and safety, environmental
impacts, and engineering aspects of the Project. Based on an evaluation
of the information and impact analyses presented in the EIS, RUS finds
that the evaluation of reasonable alternatives is consistent with NEPA
and RUS Environmental Policies and Procedures. Details regarding RUS's
regulatory authority, rationale for the decision, and compliance with
applicable regulations are included in the ROD. Because the proposed
Project may involve action in floodplains or wetlands, this Notice also
serves as a final notice of action in floodplains and wetlands (in
accordance with Executive Orders 11988 and 11990).
This ROD is not a decision on Ogelthorpe's loan application and
therefore not an approval of the expenditure of federal funds. This
notice of the ROD concludes RUS's environmental review process in
accordance with NEPA and RUS's Environmental Policies and Procedures (7
CFR part 1794). The ultimate decision as to loan approval depends upon
the conclusion of this environmental review process plus financial and
engineering analyses. Issuance of the ROD will allow these reviews to
proceed.
Dated: March 15, 2013.
John Charles Padalino,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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