Notice of Funds Availability: Agricultural Management Assistance Organic Certification Cost-Share Program, 52131 [2013-20484]
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Rex A. Barnes,
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Marketing Services.
[FR Doc. 2013–20438 Filed 8–21–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–NOP–13–0061; NOP–13–05]
Notice of Funds Availability:
Agricultural Management Assistance
Organic Certification Cost-Share
Program
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability:
Inviting Grant Applications from State
Departments of Agriculture for the
Agricultural Management Assistance
Organic Certification Cost-Share
Program.
AGENCY:
This Notice invites the
following 16 eligible States:
Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah,
Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming,
to submit a Grant Application
(Application for Federal Assistance
Standard Form 424) to the Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) for organic
certification cost-share funds. A total of
$1,352,850 is available to the 16
designated States for this program in
Fiscal Year 2013. Funds will provide
cost-share assistance to organic crop and
livestock producers certified under the
USDA Organic Standards (7 CFR 205).
Eligible States interested in obtaining
cost-share funds for their organic
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producers must submit a grant
application via https://www.grants.gov.
DATES: Grant applications must be
received by the National Organic
Program (NOP) no later than Friday,
August 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Grant applications must be
submitted via Grants.Gov. Paper
applications will not be accepted.
Instructions and additional information
are available on the National Organic
Program’s Web site at https://
www.ams.usda.gov/NOPCostSharing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita
Meade, Cost Share Coordinator,
National Organic Program, USDA/AMS/
NOP, Room 2648-South, Ag Stop 0268,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0268;
Telephone: (202) 720–3252. Email:
Rita.Meade@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Organic Certification Cost-Share
Program is part of the Agricultural
Management Assistance (AMA) Program
authorized under the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (FCIA), as amended, (7
U.S.C. 1524). Under the applicable FCIA
provisions, the Department is
authorized to provide cost-share
assistance to organic producers in the
States of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and
Wyoming. The AMS has allocated
$1,352,850 for this organic certification
cost-share program in Fiscal Year 2013.
This program provides financial
assistance to organic producers certified
under the USDA Organic Regulations (7
CFR part 205), which were authorized
under the Organic Foods Production Act
of 1990, as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et
seq.).
To participate in the program, eligible
States, through their State Departments
of Agriculture, must complete an
Application for Federal Assistance
(Standard Form 424). State Department
of Agriculture refers to agencies,
commissions, or departments of State
government responsible for
implementing regulation, policy or
programs on agriculture within their
State. The program will provide costshare assistance, through participating
States, to organic crop and livestock
producers receiving certification or
incurring expenses for the continuation
of certification by a USDA accredited
certifying agent during the period of
October 1, 2013 through September 30,
2014. The Department has determined
that payments will be limited to 75%
(seventy-five percent) of an individual
producer’s certification costs, up to a
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maximum of $750 (seven-hundred and
fifty dollars).
To receive cost-share assistance,
organic producers in participating States
should contact their State agencies.
Procedures for applying are outlined in
the cost share policies and procedures at
https://1.usa.gov/OrganicCostShare. The
total amount of cost-share payments
provided to any eligible producer under
all AMA programs cannot exceed
$50,000.
How to Submit Applications: To
receive fund allocations to provide costshare assistance, a State Department of
Agriculture must complete an
Application for Federal Assistance
(Standard Form 424), and enter into a
grant agreement with the AMS.
Interested States must submit the
Application for Federal Assistance
(Standard Form 424) electronically via
Grants.gov, the Federal grants Web site,
at https://www.grants.gov. For
information on how to use Grants.Gov,
please consult https://www.grants.gov/
GetRegistered. Applications must be
filed by Friday, August 30, 2013. Grant
agreements will be sent by the AMS to
participating State Departments of
Agriculture via express mail. The grant
agreement must be signed by an official
who has authority to apply for Federal
assistance, and must be returned to the
NOP at the address above by September
30, 2013.
The AMA Organic Certification CostShare Program is listed in the ‘‘Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance’’ under
number 10.171. Subject agencies must
adhere to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, which bars discrimination in
all Federally-assisted programs.
Additional information on the AMA
Organic Certification Cost-Share
Program can be found on the NOP’s
Web site at https://www.ams.usda.gov/
NOPCostSharing.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1524
Dated: August 16, 2013.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-NOP-13-0061; NOP-13-05]
Notice of Funds Availability: Agricultural Management Assistance
Organic Certification Cost-Share Program
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting Grant Applications from
State Departments of Agriculture for the Agricultural Management
Assistance Organic Certification Cost-Share Program.
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SUMMARY: This Notice invites the following 16 eligible States:
Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah,
Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, to submit a Grant Application
(Application for Federal Assistance Standard Form 424) to the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) for organic certification cost-
share funds. A total of $1,352,850 is available to the 16 designated
States for this program in Fiscal Year 2013. Funds will provide cost-
share assistance to organic crop and livestock producers certified
under the USDA Organic Standards (7 CFR 205). Eligible States
interested in obtaining cost-share funds for their organic producers
must submit a grant application via https://www.grants.gov.
DATES: Grant applications must be received by the National Organic
Program (NOP) no later than Friday, August 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Grant applications must be submitted via Grants.Gov. Paper
applications will not be accepted. Instructions and additional
information are available on the National Organic Program's Web site at
https://www.ams.usda.gov/NOPCostSharing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Meade, Cost Share Coordinator,
National Organic Program, USDA/AMS/NOP, Room 2648-South, Ag Stop 0268,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0268; Telephone:
(202) 720-3252. Email: Rita.Meade@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Organic Certification Cost-Share
Program is part of the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) Program
authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (FCIA), as amended, (7
U.S.C. 1524). Under the applicable FCIA provisions, the Department is
authorized to provide cost-share assistance to organic producers in the
States of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
The AMS has allocated $1,352,850 for this organic certification cost-
share program in Fiscal Year 2013. This program provides financial
assistance to organic producers certified under the USDA Organic
Regulations (7 CFR part 205), which were authorized under the Organic
Foods Production Act of 1990, as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).
To participate in the program, eligible States, through their State
Departments of Agriculture, must complete an Application for Federal
Assistance (Standard Form 424). State Department of Agriculture refers
to agencies, commissions, or departments of State government
responsible for implementing regulation, policy or programs on
agriculture within their State. The program will provide cost-share
assistance, through participating States, to organic crop and livestock
producers receiving certification or incurring expenses for the
continuation of certification by a USDA accredited certifying agent
during the period of October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014. The
Department has determined that payments will be limited to 75%
(seventy-five percent) of an individual producer's certification costs,
up to a maximum of $750 (seven-hundred and fifty dollars).
To receive cost-share assistance, organic producers in
participating States should contact their State agencies. Procedures
for applying are outlined in the cost share policies and procedures at
https://1.usa.gov/OrganicCostShare. The total amount of cost-share
payments provided to any eligible producer under all AMA programs
cannot exceed $50,000.
How to Submit Applications: To receive fund allocations to provide
cost-share assistance, a State Department of Agriculture must complete
an Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424), and enter
into a grant agreement with the AMS. Interested States must submit the
Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424) electronically
via Grants.gov, the Federal grants Web site, at https://www.grants.gov.
For information on how to use Grants.Gov, please consult https://www.grants.gov/GetRegistered. Applications must be filed by Friday,
August 30, 2013. Grant agreements will be sent by the AMS to
participating State Departments of Agriculture via express mail. The
grant agreement must be signed by an official who has authority to
apply for Federal assistance, and must be returned to the NOP at the
address above by September 30, 2013.
The AMA Organic Certification Cost-Share Program is listed in the
``Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance'' under number 10.171. Subject
agencies must adhere to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which
bars discrimination in all Federally-assisted programs. Additional
information on the AMA Organic Certification Cost-Share Program can be
found on the NOP's Web site at https://www.ams.usda.gov/NOPCostSharing.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1524
Dated: August 16, 2013.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-20484 Filed 8-21-13; 8:45 am]
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