Amendment to Notice of Funding Availability for the Rural Energy for America Program, 34978-34979 [2013-13731]
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D. Funding restrictions. For Fiscal
Year 2013, not more than 5 percent of
the funds will be made available to
eligible producers with a refining
capacity (as determined for the prior
fiscal year) exceeding 150,000,000
gallons of a liquid advanced biofuel per
year or exceeding 15,900,000 million
British Thermal Units of biogas and
solid advanced biofuel per year. (In
calculating whether a producer meets
either of these capacities, production of
all advanced biofuel facilities in which
the producer has 50 percent or more
ownership will be totaled.) The Agency
will provide payments to eligible solid
advanced biofuels produced from forest
biomass of not more than 5 percent of
available program funds in Fiscal Year
2013. The remaining funds will be made
available to all other producers.
E. Payment provisions. Fiscal Year
2013 payments will be made according
to the provisions specified in 7 CFR
4288.130 through 4288.137. Producers
applying after June 11, 2013 will not be
paid for payment requests submitted
after the payment request timeframe.
Payment requests are required to be
submitted in accordance with 7 CFR
4288, Subpart B, section 4288.130(d).
The Biofuel Payment Program Annual
Application, Form RD 4288–1, must be
submitted prior to or with the Advanced
Biofuel Payment Program—Payment
Request, Form RD 4288–3.
V. Administration Information
A. Notice of eligibility. The provisions
of 7 CFR 4288.112 apply to this Notice.
These provisions include notifying an
applicant determined to be eligible for
participation and assigning such
applicant a contract number and
notifying an applicant determined to be
ineligible, including the reason(s) the
applicant was rejected and providing
such applicant appeal rights as specified
in 7 CFR 4288.103.
B. Administrative and national policy
requirements.
(1) Review or appeal rights. A person
may seek a review of an adverse agency
decision or appeal to the National
Appeals Division as provided in 7 CFR
4288.103.
(2) Compliance with other laws and
regulations. The provisions of 7 CFR
4288.104 apply to this Notice, which
includes requiring advanced biofuel
producers to be in compliance with
other applicable Federal, State, and
local laws.
(3) Oversight and monitoring. The
provisions of 7 CFR 4288.105 apply to
this Notice, which includes the right of
the Agency to verify all payment
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applications and subsequent payments
and the requirement that each eligible
advanced biofuel producer make
available at one place at all reasonable
times for examination by representatives
of USDA, all books, papers, records,
contracts, scale tickets, settlement
sheets, invoices, written price
quotations, and other documents related
to the program that are within the
control of such advanced biofuel
producer for not less than 3 years from
each Program payment date.
(4) Exception authority. The
provisions of 7 CFR 4288.107 apply to
this Notice.
(5) Unauthorized Assistance. The
provision of 7 CFR 4288.135 apply to
this Notice.
C. Environmental review. Rural
Development’s compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA) is implemented in its
regulations at 7 CFR part 1940, subpart
G. The Agency has reviewed the
circumstances under which financial
assistance may be provided under this
Program and has determined that
proposals that do not involve additional
facility construction fall within the
categorical exclusion from NEPA
reviews provided for in 7 CFR
1940.310(c)(1). Applicants whose
proposal involves additional facility
construction should provide Form RD
1940–20, ‘‘Request for Environmental
Information,’’ as part of their
application. Rural Development will
then determine whether the proposal is
categorically excluded under 7 CFR
1940.310(c)(1) or whether additional
actions are necessary to comply with 7
CFR part 1940, subpart G.
VI. Agency Contacts
For assistance on this payment
program, please contact a USDA Rural
Development Energy Coordinator, as
provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this Notice, or
Lisa Noty, Energy Division, USDA Rural
Development, 255 U.S. Highway 69,
Garner, IA 50438. Telephone: (641) 923–
3666 extension 109. Fax: (641) 923–
3660. Email:
lisa.notymailto:@wdc.usda.gov.
VII. Nondiscrimination 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 program. (Not all
prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
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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, Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call tollfree at (866) 632–9992 (English) or (800)
877–8339 (TTD) or (866) 377–8642
(English Federal-relay) or (800) 845–
6136 (Spanish Federal-relay). USDA is
an equal opportunity provider and
employer.
Dated: May 30, 2013.
Lillian E. Salerno,
Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.
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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:
SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (Agency) published
a notice in the Federal Register of
March 29, 2013, (78 FR 19183)
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, provides
additional funding for REAP. This
Notice announces the availability of
approximately $65.2 million in Fiscal
Year 2013 budget authority to fund
REAP activities, which will support
approximately $31 million in grant
program level and approximately $142.3
million in guaranteed loan program
level, which includes approximately
$13 million of discretionary funding.
This Notice also extends the application
period to June 14, 2013, for both Fiscal
Year 2013 applicants and applicants
who submitted Fiscal Year 2012
applications and wish to submit written
requests to have their Fiscal Year 2012
applications considered for Fiscal Year
2013 funds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about this Notice, please
contact Lisa Noty, USDA Rural
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Development, Energy Division, 255 U.S.
Highway 69, Suite 5, Garner, IA 50438.
Telephone: (641) 923–3666 extension
109. Email: lisa.noty@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Agency is amending the Available
Funds paragraph under Award
Information section in the Notice of
Funding Availability for the Rural
Energy for America Program published
on March 29, 2013, (78 FR 19183). The
Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2013, has provided
additional funding for REAP.
The March 29, 2013, Notice identified
up to $20.8 million available to the
REAP program, with up to $10.4 million
in grant program level and up to $43.4
million in guaranteed loan program
level. With the additional funding now
available, for Fiscal Year 2013, up to
$65.2 million of budget authority is
available to the REAP program, an
increase of approximately $44.4 million.
The REAP grant program level increases
approximately $20.6 million, from $10.4
million to up to $31 million, with grant
program levels for feasibility studies
increasing from $250,000 to up to
$350,000 and for grants of $20,000 or
less increasing from $4.1 million to up
to $12.4 million. The guaranteed loan
program level for Fiscal Year 2013
increases approximately $99 million,
from $43.4 million to $142.3 million,
which includes approximately $13
million in discretionary funds.
To reflect these changes in program
level funding, the Agency is amending
the funding levels and dollars available
for grants and guaranteed loans for
renewable energy system (RES) and
energy efficiency improvement (EEI)
projects and for grants for RES
feasibility studies.
The Agency is also amending, for a
second time, 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. The Agency extended the
original deadline for these applications
from April 30, 2013, to May 31, 2013,
in a May 8, 2013, Notice (78 FR 26747).
The May 8, 2013, Notice, however,
inadvertently did not extend the
deadline for these same types of
applications for Fiscal Year 2012
applicants who wish to be considered
for Fiscal Year 2013 funding.
With this Notice, the Agency is
extending the application deadline for
the aforementioned grants to compete
for Fiscal Year 2013 funds to June 14,
2013. This extension applies to both
Fiscal Year 2013 applicants and to
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Fiscal Year 2012 applicants who wish to
submit a written request to have their
Fiscal Year 2012 applications
considered for Fiscal Year 2013 funds.
The application dates in this Notice
supersede those identified in the May 8,
2013, Notice. This Notice makes no
other changes to the March 29, 2013,
Notice.
The following Summary of Changes
apply to the March 29, 2013, Notice.
Summary of Changes
1. In the third column on page 19183,
the last sentence in the SUMMARY
section is revised to read as follows:
The Notice also announces the
availability of up to $65.2 million of
Fiscal Year 2013 budget authority to
fund these REAP activities, which will
support up to $31 million in grant
program level and up to $142.3 million
in guaranteed loan program level.
2. 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 June 14, 2013.
3. 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 June 14, 2013.
4. In the first column on page 19186,
the first sentence of the first paragraph
under the Award Information section,
Available Funds, is revised to read as
follows:
The amount of funds available for
renewable energy systems and energy
efficiency improvements in Fiscal Year
2013 will be up to $173 million.
5. In the second column on page
19186, the first sentence of the second
paragraph under the Award Information
section, Available Funds, is revised to
read as follows:
The amount of grant funds available
for renewable energy system feasibility
studies in Fiscal Year 2013 will be up
to $350,000.
6. In the second column on page
19186, the first sentence of the third
paragraph under the Award Information
section, Available Funds, is revised to
read as follows:
In order to ensure that small projects
have a fair opportunity to compete for
the funding and are consistent with the
priorities set forth in the statute, the
Agency will set-aside up to $12.4
million to fund grants of $20,000 or less.
7. In the first column on page 19189,
the first sentence of subparagraph
(1)(iv), is revised to read as follows:
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Written requests to consider Fiscal
Year 2012 applications for Fiscal Year
2013 funds may be submitted at any
time during Fiscal Year 2013, up to and
including 4:30 p.m. local time on June
14, 2013.
Nondiscrimination 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 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, Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Stop 9410,
Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call tollfree at (866) 632–9992 (English) or (800)
877–8339 (TDD) or (866) 377–8642
(English Federal-relay) or (800) 845–
6136 (Spanish Federal-relay). USDA is
an equal opportunity provider and
employer.
Dated: June 4, 2013.
Lillian E. Salerno,
Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.
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Announcement of Grant Application
Deadlines
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of funds availability and
solicitation of applications.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The United States Department
of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) announces its
Community Connect Grant Program
application window for Fiscal Year (FY)
2013. In addition, RUS announces the
minimum and maximum amounts for
Community Connect grants applicable
for the fiscal year. The Community
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Amendment to Notice of Funding Availability for the Rural Energy
for America Program
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (Agency) published a
notice in the Federal Register of March 29, 2013, (78 FR 19183)
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, provides
additional funding for REAP. This Notice announces the availability of
approximately $65.2 million in Fiscal Year 2013 budget authority to
fund REAP activities, which will support approximately $31 million in
grant program level and approximately $142.3 million in guaranteed loan
program level, which includes approximately $13 million of
discretionary funding. This Notice also extends the application period
to June 14, 2013, for both Fiscal Year 2013 applicants and applicants
who submitted Fiscal Year 2012 applications and wish to submit written
requests to have their Fiscal Year 2012 applications considered for
Fiscal Year 2013 funds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this Notice,
please contact Lisa Noty, USDA Rural
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Development, Energy Division, 255 U.S. Highway 69, Suite 5, Garner, IA
50438. Telephone: (641) 923-3666 extension 109. Email:
lisa.noty@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency is amending the Available Funds
paragraph under Award Information section in the Notice of Funding
Availability for the Rural Energy for America Program published on
March 29, 2013, (78 FR 19183). The Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2013, has provided additional funding for REAP.
The March 29, 2013, Notice identified up to $20.8 million available
to the REAP program, with up to $10.4 million in grant program level
and up to $43.4 million in guaranteed loan program level. With the
additional funding now available, for Fiscal Year 2013, up to $65.2
million of budget authority is available to the REAP program, an
increase of approximately $44.4 million. The REAP grant program level
increases approximately $20.6 million, from $10.4 million to up to $31
million, with grant program levels for feasibility studies increasing
from $250,000 to up to $350,000 and for grants of $20,000 or less
increasing from $4.1 million to up to $12.4 million. The guaranteed
loan program level for Fiscal Year 2013 increases approximately $99
million, from $43.4 million to $142.3 million, which includes
approximately $13 million in discretionary funds.
To reflect these changes in program level funding, the Agency is
amending the funding levels and dollars available for grants and
guaranteed loans for renewable energy system (RES) and energy
efficiency improvement (EEI) projects and for grants for RES
feasibility studies.
The Agency is also amending, for a second time, 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. The
Agency extended the original deadline for these applications from April
30, 2013, to May 31, 2013, in a May 8, 2013, Notice (78 FR 26747). The
May 8, 2013, Notice, however, inadvertently did not extend the deadline
for these same types of applications for Fiscal Year 2012 applicants
who wish to be considered for Fiscal Year 2013 funding.
With this Notice, the Agency is extending the application deadline
for the aforementioned grants to compete for Fiscal Year 2013 funds to
June 14, 2013. This extension applies to both Fiscal Year 2013
applicants and to Fiscal Year 2012 applicants who wish to submit a
written request to have their Fiscal Year 2012 applications considered
for Fiscal Year 2013 funds.
The application dates in this Notice supersede those identified in
the May 8, 2013, Notice. This Notice makes no other changes to the
March 29, 2013, Notice.
The following Summary of Changes apply to the March 29, 2013,
Notice.
Summary of Changes
1. In the third column on page 19183, the last sentence in the
SUMMARY section is revised to read as follows:
The Notice also announces the availability of up to $65.2 million
of Fiscal Year 2013 budget authority to fund these REAP activities,
which will support up to $31 million in grant program level and up to
$142.3 million in guaranteed loan program level.
2. 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 June 14, 2013.
3. 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 June 14, 2013.
4. In the first column on page 19186, the first sentence of the
first paragraph under the Award Information section, Available Funds,
is revised to read as follows:
The amount of funds available for renewable energy systems and
energy efficiency improvements in Fiscal Year 2013 will be up to $173
million.
5. In the second column on page 19186, the first sentence of the
second paragraph under the Award Information section, Available Funds,
is revised to read as follows:
The amount of grant funds available for renewable energy system
feasibility studies in Fiscal Year 2013 will be up to $350,000.
6. In the second column on page 19186, the first sentence of the
third paragraph under the Award Information section, Available Funds,
is revised to read as follows:
In order to ensure that small projects have a fair opportunity to
compete for the funding and are consistent with the priorities set
forth in the statute, the Agency will set-aside up to $12.4 million to
fund grants of $20,000 or less.
7. In the first column on page 19189, the first sentence of
subparagraph (1)(iv), is revised to read as follows:
Written requests to consider Fiscal Year 2012 applications for
Fiscal Year 2013 funds may be submitted at any time during Fiscal Year
2013, up to and including 4:30 p.m. local time on June 14, 2013.
Nondiscrimination 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 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, Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil
Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Stop 9410, Washington, DC 20250-
9410 or call toll-free at (866) 632-9992 (English) or (800) 877-8339
(TDD) or (866) 377-8642 (English Federal-relay) or (800) 845-6136
(Spanish Federal-relay). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and
employer.
Dated: June 4, 2013.
Lillian E. Salerno,
Acting Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
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