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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA);
Farm-to-Fleet Feedstock Program
Biofuel Production Incentive (BPI)
Commodity Credit Corporation
and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In support and for the
purposes of the Farm-to-Fleet Program,
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC) is announcing that funding is
available to pay a BPI to companies that
are refining biofuel in the United States
from certain domestically grown
feedstocks converted to drop-in biofuel.
If eligibility requirements are met,
subject to availability of funds, the
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) will
use CCC funds to pay a per gallon
incentive amount for JP–5 and F–76
blended biofuels produced from eligible
feedstocks and delivered to the U.S.
Department of Navy (U.S. Navy). Up to
$50 million of CCC funds is available for
obligation through fiscal year (FY) 2018.
USDA does not expect funding to be a
constraint through FY 2018; however,
should there be a demand in excess of
$50 million, USDA would consider
requesting additional funds be made
available for BPI payments. As
explained in this NOFA, the BPI
payment rate will range between 8.335
to 25 cents per blended gallon of biofuel
depending on the blended rate; the
payment rate will not be based on
which eligible feedstock is used to
produce the biofuel. The total BPI
payment will be determined by
multiplying the payment rate by the
number of gallons of qualifying biofuel
blend delivered under a Defense
Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy contract.
Biofuel vendors that deliver blended
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biofuel under a DLA Energy contract on
behalf of the U.S. Navy that was refined
in the United States and was produced
from a domestically grown eligible
feedstock are referred to in this NOFA
as ‘‘claimants’’ for the BPI payment. As
further specified in the Background of
this NOFA and subject to the
availability of funds, FSA will make a
BPI payment to the claimant upon
receipt of the following information:
Quantity of delivered biofuel blend,
identification of the U.S. produced
feedstock from which the biofuel was
produced, and the blend rate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Novak, (202) 720–4053.
ADDRESSES: As a claimant, submit your
information to request a BPI Payment to
Farm Service Agency, USDA, Attn:
Kelly Novak, (202) 720–4053; 1400
Independence Ave SW., Room 4765,
Washington, DC 20250; or kelly.novak@
wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The joint USDA and U.S. Navy Farmto-Fleet Program was announced in
December 2013 and added the purchase
of biofuel blends into Department of
Defense (DOD) domestic solicitations for
JP–5 and F–76 fuels. Funds from
USDA’s CCC are used for this effort to
help increase the domestic consumption
of agricultural commodities in the
biofuel market. The CCC Charter Act (15
U.S.C. 714c(e)) authorizes CCC to use its
general powers to increase the domestic
consumption of agricultural
commodities (other than tobacco) by
expanding or aiding in the expansion of
domestic markets or by developing or
aiding in the development of new and
additional markets, marketing facilities,
and uses for such commodities. CCC
funding is available to pay a BPI for
delivered blended biofuel that used
certain feedstocks converted to drop-in
biofuel. USDA is issuing this NOFA to
improve transparency and simplify the
process by which CCC funds are
administered in support and for the
purposes of expanding markets for
bioenergy feedstocks through the
increased use of eligible feedstocks to
produce biofuel for the U.S. Navy. If
eligibility requirements are met as
specified below in the Eligibility
Requirements section and subject to
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availability of funds, CCC will pay a per
gallon incentive amount for JP–5 and F–
76 blended biofuels produced from
eligible feedstock.
The BPI is administered by the Farm
Service Agency (FSA); the FSA
Administrator also serves as the
Executive Vice-President of CCC.
To date, the BPI has had limited use
by claimants and minimal impact
expanding or developing biofuel
markets for agricultural commodities.
As a result, through this NOFA, USDA
is simplifying the use of CCC funds in
the BPI. This simplification increases
transparency by identifying a specific
BPI payment rate. This allows claimants
to quantify the BPI on a per gallon basis,
thus making it easier for potential
claimants to understand how the BPI
funding process works when they
consider submitting an offer to provide
JP–5 and F–76 blended biofuels on DLA
Energy domestic bulk fuel
procurements.
Those biofuel vendors that are
awarded a contract by DLA Energy and
deliver eligible blended F–76 or JP–5
biofuel, produced using an eligible
feedstock, may submit a claim to receive
a per gallon payment from FSA, subject
to the availability of funds. As part of
the pre-award acquisition process, DLA
Energy will confirm the supplier’s
biofuel delivery capability, including
quality review of the fuel specification
(including feedstock type), ability to
produce designated blended biofuel,
and the specified blend rate.
The BPI payment rate will be 8.335
cents per gallon of F–76 or JP–5 fuel that
contains a minimum of 10 percent
biofuel; the BPI payment rate will
increase in a linear fashion; the amount
of the increase is 0.8335 cents for every
1 percent biofuel content above 10
percent, up to a maximum BPI payment
rate of 25 cents, per gallon. Table 1
shows examples of how the BPI
payment rate will be determined based
on the blended rate of the biofuel. The
payment rate will not be based on
which eligible feedstock is used to
produce the biofuel. The total BPI
payment will be determined by
multiplying the BPI payment rate by the
number of gallons of qualifying biofuel
blend delivered under a DLA Energy
contract.
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TABLE 1—EXAMPLE OF BPI DETERMINATION BASED ON BLENDED RATE OF BIOFUEL
For every 1% biofuel content above 10%, the BPI payment rate will increase 0.8335 cents, up to a maximum payment rate of 25 cents,
per gallon, as shown in the examples:
Then the BPI
payment rate,
per gallon,
will be:
If the blended rate is:
10%
11%
15%
20%
25%
30%
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and up to a maximum as permitted by the MILSPEC ........................................................................................................
Up to $50 million is presently
available for obligation through FY
2018. USDA does not expect funding to
be a constraint through FY 2018;
however, should there be a demand in
excess of $50 million, USDA would
consider requesting additional funds be
made available for BPI payments.
BPI Payment Eligibility Requirements
For a claimant to be eligible to receive
a BPI payment with CCC funds through
this NOFA, all three of the following
requirements must be satisfied:
1. Delivery of a biofuel blend for use
by the U.S. Navy that is contractually
accepted by DLA Energy and produced
in the United States from an eligible
feedstock;
8.3350
9.1685
12.5025
16.6700
20.8375
25.0000
cents.
cents.
cents.
cents.
cents.
cents.
2. Use of a U.S. produced eligible
feedstock or feedstocks to produce the
biofuel used in the blended product (see
Table 2—Qualified Feedstocks below for
the list of eligible and ineligible
feedstocks); and
3. Minimum of 10 percent blended
biofuel to a maximum as permitted by
the revision of MIL–DTL–16884 (F–76)
or MIL–DTL–5624 (JP–5).
TABLE 2—QUALIFIED FEEDSTOCK OR FEEDSTOCKS TO PRODUCE THE BIOFUEL USED IN THE BLENDED PRODUCT
Eligible
Non-eligible
Agricultural residues such as rice hulls, nut shells .............................................................................................................
Algae or Algal oil .................................................................................................................................................................
Animal waste and by-products of animal waste including fats, oils greases (not recycled) ..............................................
Annual cover crops or oil produced from these cover crops *.
Camelina or camelina oil.
Canola or Rapeseed oil.
Cellulosic Biomass from crop residues (that is, stover, wheat straw, rice straw, etc.).
Energy cane.
Eucalyptus.
Hybrid Poplars.
Jatropha.
Mill residues or waste.
Miscanthus.
Non-food grade corn oil.
Pennycress.
Shrub willows.
Slash, pre-commercial thinnings, and tree residue, forest residues.
Sorghum or sorghum oil (non-food grade).
Sorghum, Biomass.
Sorghum, Energy.
Sunflower oil.
Switchgrass.
Other agricultural product approved by CCC.
Food waste.
Municipal solid waste.
Yard waste.
* Note: Cover crops must be approved by the FSA Administrator on a case-by-case basis. Generally, however, ‘‘cover crop’’ means crops, including grasses, legumes, and forbs, for seasonal cover and other conservation purposes. Cover crops are primarily used for erosion control, soil
health improvement, and water quality improvement. The cover crop may be terminated by natural causes, such as frost, or intentionally terminated through chemical application, crimping, rolling, tillage, or cutting.
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BPI Payment Claim Submission
Requirements
It is the claimant’s responsibility to
invoice DLA-Energy for the blended
biofuel delivered under the contract to
the U.S. Navy and to submit necessary
documentation to FSA to receive a BPI
payment. Claimant will submit
documentation indicating amount of
blended biofuel delivered to the U.S.
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Navy, the blend rate of that biofuel
delivery, and the feedstock used to
produce the biofuel blend, such as a
signed DLA Energy Receiving Report
with applicable attachments or other
equivalent documentation. The claimant
will provide the Energy Receiving
Report or equivalent document with the
information listed below to USDA for
the CCC funded BPI payment. All of the
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following items will be included in the
information provided by the claimant to
USDA:
1. The amount of the delivered
blended biofuel, as the affirmed blended
quantity of delivered blended biofuel,
the delivery date, and the name and
address of the claimant;
2. The U.S. produced feedstock from
which the biofuel was produced; and
3. The blended rate.
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Distribution of Funds
Following receipt and review of the
complete documentation submitted to
USDA by the claimant, as described
above in the BPI Payment Claim
Submission Requirements section, and
satisfaction of the requirements
specified above in the BPI Payment
Eligibility Requirements section, FSA
will make payments directly to
claimants of the BPI for qualified
biofuel, subject to the availability of
funds. In the event the claimant delivers
fuel that is produced from an ineligible
feedstock, or otherwise fails to comply
with any eligibility requirement, the
claimant will not receive a payment.
The claimant will receive the earned
total BPI payment from FSA following
FSA’s receipt of the information, as
specified above.
Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), FSA is not required to
submit the information collection
request to OMB for approval because the
information is expected to come from
less than 10 biofuel companies, which
does not meet the 10 or more entities
requirement, and therefore, the PRA
requirements do not apply.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The BPI payment is not required to be
in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance.
Environmental Review
The environmental impacts of this
NOFA have been considered in a
manner consistent with the provisions
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the
regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts
1500–1508), and the FSA regulations for
compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part
799). As previously stated, this program
uses CCC funds in coordination with
DLA Energy purchases. This NOFA
initiates a relatively minor change in the
application of the CCC funds; the
general scope of the BPI modification
for DLA Energy bulk fuel solicitations,
as implemented previously, is
unchanged.
The purpose of the BPI is to provide
an incentive to fuel providers for biofuel
that is produced from a domestic
feedstock approved by CCC. FSA’s
participation in the program and the
minor, discretionary change to the
program (that is, simplifying the
program by providing a per gallon
incentive that varies per blend) are
administrative in nature. The
discretionary aspects of the program (for
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example, solicitation acceptance and
certification of delivery, etc.) were
designed and are implemented by DLA
Energy and are not proposed to be
substantively changed. As such, the
Categorical Exclusions in 7 CFR part
799.31 apply, specifically 7 CFR
799.31(b)(6)(c) (that is, financial
assistance to supplement income). No
Extraordinary Circumstances (7 CFR
799.33) exist. As such, FSA has
determined that this NOFA does not
constitute a major Federal action that
would significantly affect the quality of
the human environment, individually or
cumulatively. Therefore, FSA will not
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement for this
action.
Val Dolcini,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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Sitka/Tenakee Springs/Port Alexander
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ACTION:
The Sitka/Tenakee Springs/
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comments received at the Sitka Ranger
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Alaska. Please call ahead to facilitate
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA); Farm-to-Fleet Feedstock
Program Biofuel Production Incentive (BPI)
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In support and for the purposes of the Farm-to-Fleet Program,
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC) is announcing that funding is available to pay a BPI to companies
that are refining biofuel in the United States from certain
domestically grown feedstocks converted to drop-in biofuel. If
eligibility requirements are met, subject to availability of funds, the
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) will use CCC funds to pay a per gallon
incentive amount for JP-5 and F-76 blended biofuels produced from
eligible feedstocks and delivered to the U.S. Department of Navy (U.S.
Navy). Up to $50 million of CCC funds is available for obligation
through fiscal year (FY) 2018. USDA does not expect funding to be a
constraint through FY 2018; however, should there be a demand in excess
of $50 million, USDA would consider requesting additional funds be made
available for BPI payments. As explained in this NOFA, the BPI payment
rate will range between 8.335 to 25 cents per blended gallon of biofuel
depending on the blended rate; the payment rate will not be based on
which eligible feedstock is used to produce the biofuel. The total BPI
payment will be determined by multiplying the payment rate by the
number of gallons of qualifying biofuel blend delivered under a Defense
Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy contract. Biofuel vendors that deliver
blended biofuel under a DLA Energy contract on behalf of the U.S. Navy
that was refined in the United States and was produced from a
domestically grown eligible feedstock are referred to in this NOFA as
``claimants'' for the BPI payment. As further specified in the
Background of this NOFA and subject to the availability of funds, FSA
will make a BPI payment to the claimant upon receipt of the following
information: Quantity of delivered biofuel blend, identification of the
U.S. produced feedstock from which the biofuel was produced, and the
blend rate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Novak, (202) 720-4053.
ADDRESSES: As a claimant, submit your information to request a BPI
Payment to Farm Service Agency, USDA, Attn: Kelly Novak, (202) 720-
4053; 1400 Independence Ave SW., Room 4765, Washington, DC 20250; or
kelly.novak@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The joint USDA and U.S. Navy Farm-to-Fleet Program was announced in
December 2013 and added the purchase of biofuel blends into Department
of Defense (DOD) domestic solicitations for JP-5 and F-76 fuels. Funds
from USDA's CCC are used for this effort to help increase the domestic
consumption of agricultural commodities in the biofuel market. The CCC
Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(e)) authorizes CCC to use its general
powers to increase the domestic consumption of agricultural commodities
(other than tobacco) by expanding or aiding in the expansion of
domestic markets or by developing or aiding in the development of new
and additional markets, marketing facilities, and uses for such
commodities. CCC funding is available to pay a BPI for delivered
blended biofuel that used certain feedstocks converted to drop-in
biofuel. USDA is issuing this NOFA to improve transparency and simplify
the process by which CCC funds are administered in support and for the
purposes of expanding markets for bioenergy feedstocks through the
increased use of eligible feedstocks to produce biofuel for the U.S.
Navy. If eligibility requirements are met as specified below in the
Eligibility Requirements section and subject to availability of funds,
CCC will pay a per gallon incentive amount for JP-5 and F-76 blended
biofuels produced from eligible feedstock.
The BPI is administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA); the FSA
Administrator also serves as the Executive Vice-President of CCC.
To date, the BPI has had limited use by claimants and minimal
impact expanding or developing biofuel markets for agricultural
commodities. As a result, through this NOFA, USDA is simplifying the
use of CCC funds in the BPI. This simplification increases transparency
by identifying a specific BPI payment rate. This allows claimants to
quantify the BPI on a per gallon basis, thus making it easier for
potential claimants to understand how the BPI funding process works
when they consider submitting an offer to provide JP-5 and F-76 blended
biofuels on DLA Energy domestic bulk fuel procurements.
Those biofuel vendors that are awarded a contract by DLA Energy and
deliver eligible blended F-76 or JP-5 biofuel, produced using an
eligible feedstock, may submit a claim to receive a per gallon payment
from FSA, subject to the availability of funds. As part of the pre-
award acquisition process, DLA Energy will confirm the supplier's
biofuel delivery capability, including quality review of the fuel
specification (including feedstock type), ability to produce designated
blended biofuel, and the specified blend rate.
The BPI payment rate will be 8.335 cents per gallon of F-76 or JP-5
fuel that contains a minimum of 10 percent biofuel; the BPI payment
rate will increase in a linear fashion; the amount of the increase is
0.8335 cents for every 1 percent biofuel content above 10 percent, up
to a maximum BPI payment rate of 25 cents, per gallon. Table 1 shows
examples of how the BPI payment rate will be determined based on the
blended rate of the biofuel. The payment rate will not be based on
which eligible feedstock is used to produce the biofuel. The total BPI
payment will be determined by multiplying the BPI payment rate by the
number of gallons of qualifying biofuel blend delivered under a DLA
Energy contract.
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Table 1--Example of BPI Determination Based on Blended Rate of Biofuel
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For every 1% biofuel content above 10%, the BPI payment rate will
increase 0.8335 cents, up to a maximum payment rate of 25 cents, per
gallon, as shown in the examples:
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Then the BPI
If the blended rate is: payment rate, per
gallon, will be:
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10%................................................. 8.3350 cents.
11%................................................. 9.1685 cents.
15%................................................. 12.5025 cents.
20%................................................. 16.6700 cents.
25%................................................. 20.8375 cents.
30% and up to a maximum as permitted by the MILSPEC. 25.0000 cents.
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Up to $50 million is presently available for obligation through FY
2018. USDA does not expect funding to be a constraint through FY 2018;
however, should there be a demand in excess of $50 million, USDA would
consider requesting additional funds be made available for BPI
payments.
BPI Payment Eligibility Requirements
For a claimant to be eligible to receive a BPI payment with CCC
funds through this NOFA, all three of the following requirements must
be satisfied:
1. Delivery of a biofuel blend for use by the U.S. Navy that is
contractually accepted by DLA Energy and produced in the United States
from an eligible feedstock;
2. Use of a U.S. produced eligible feedstock or feedstocks to
produce the biofuel used in the blended product (see Table 2--Qualified
Feedstocks below for the list of eligible and ineligible feedstocks);
and
3. Minimum of 10 percent blended biofuel to a maximum as permitted
by the revision of MIL-DTL-16884 (F-76) or MIL-DTL-5624 (JP-5).
Table 2--Qualified Feedstock or Feedstocks To Produce the Biofuel Used
in the Blended Product
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Eligible Non-eligible
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Agricultural residues such as rice Food waste.
hulls, nut shells.
Algae or Algal oil................. Municipal solid waste.
Animal waste and by-products of Yard waste.
animal waste including fats, oils
greases (not recycled).
Annual cover crops or oil produced
from these cover crops *.
Camelina or camelina oil...........
Canola or Rapeseed oil.............
Cellulosic Biomass from crop
residues (that is, stover, wheat
straw, rice straw, etc.).
Energy cane........................
Eucalyptus.........................
Hybrid Poplars.....................
Jatropha...........................
Mill residues or waste.............
Miscanthus.........................
Non-food grade corn oil............
Pennycress.........................
Shrub willows......................
Slash, pre-commercial thinnings,
and tree residue, forest residues.
Sorghum or sorghum oil (non-food
grade).
Sorghum, Biomass...................
Sorghum, Energy....................
Sunflower oil......................
Switchgrass........................
Other agricultural product approved
by CCC.
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* Note: Cover crops must be approved by the FSA Administrator on a case-
by-case basis. Generally, however, ``cover crop'' means crops,
including grasses, legumes, and forbs, for seasonal cover and other
conservation purposes. Cover crops are primarily used for erosion
control, soil health improvement, and water quality improvement. The
cover crop may be terminated by natural causes, such as frost, or
intentionally terminated through chemical application, crimping,
rolling, tillage, or cutting.
BPI Payment Claim Submission Requirements
It is the claimant's responsibility to invoice DLA-Energy for the
blended biofuel delivered under the contract to the U.S. Navy and to
submit necessary documentation to FSA to receive a BPI payment.
Claimant will submit documentation indicating amount of blended biofuel
delivered to the U.S. Navy, the blend rate of that biofuel delivery,
and the feedstock used to produce the biofuel blend, such as a signed
DLA Energy Receiving Report with applicable attachments or other
equivalent documentation. The claimant will provide the Energy
Receiving Report or equivalent document with the information listed
below to USDA for the CCC funded BPI payment. All of the following
items will be included in the information provided by the claimant to
USDA:
1. The amount of the delivered blended biofuel, as the affirmed
blended quantity of delivered blended biofuel, the delivery date, and
the name and address of the claimant;
2. The U.S. produced feedstock from which the biofuel was produced;
and
3. The blended rate.
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Distribution of Funds
Following receipt and review of the complete documentation
submitted to USDA by the claimant, as described above in the BPI
Payment Claim Submission Requirements section, and satisfaction of the
requirements specified above in the BPI Payment Eligibility
Requirements section, FSA will make payments directly to claimants of
the BPI for qualified biofuel, subject to the availability of funds. In
the event the claimant delivers fuel that is produced from an
ineligible feedstock, or otherwise fails to comply with any eligibility
requirement, the claimant will not receive a payment.
The claimant will receive the earned total BPI payment from FSA
following FSA's receipt of the information, as specified above.
Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), FSA is not required to submit the information
collection request to OMB for approval because the information is
expected to come from less than 10 biofuel companies, which does not
meet the 10 or more entities requirement, and therefore, the PRA
requirements do not apply.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The BPI payment is not required to be in the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance.
Environmental Review
The environmental impacts of this NOFA have been considered in a
manner consistent with the provisions of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347), the regulations of the Council
on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and the FSA
regulations for compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part 799). As previously
stated, this program uses CCC funds in coordination with DLA Energy
purchases. This NOFA initiates a relatively minor change in the
application of the CCC funds; the general scope of the BPI modification
for DLA Energy bulk fuel solicitations, as implemented previously, is
unchanged.
The purpose of the BPI is to provide an incentive to fuel providers
for biofuel that is produced from a domestic feedstock approved by CCC.
FSA's participation in the program and the minor, discretionary change
to the program (that is, simplifying the program by providing a per
gallon incentive that varies per blend) are administrative in nature.
The discretionary aspects of the program (for example, solicitation
acceptance and certification of delivery, etc.) were designed and are
implemented by DLA Energy and are not proposed to be substantively
changed. As such, the Categorical Exclusions in 7 CFR part 799.31
apply, specifically 7 CFR 799.31(b)(6)(c) (that is, financial
assistance to supplement income). No Extraordinary Circumstances (7 CFR
799.33) exist. As such, FSA has determined that this NOFA does not
constitute a major Federal action that would significantly affect the
quality of the human environment, individually or cumulatively.
Therefore, FSA will not prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement for this action.
Val Dolcini,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2016-31582 Filed 12-28-16; 8:45 am]
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