Public 2501 Stakeholder Call, 1086-1087 [2021-00015]

Download as PDF 1086 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 4 / Thursday, January 7, 2021 / Notices SAMPLE BURDEN HOURS: 10% RESPONSE RATE FOR FARMERS, 25% RESPONSE RATE FOR STUDENTS Responses Sample size Minutes/ response Count Farmer Population: Recruitment ................................................ Participation ............................................... Count Minutes/ response Subtotal burden hours Total burden hours 10,000 .................... 1,000 1,000 5 30 83.3 500.0 9,000 .................... 5 .................... 750.0 .................... 833.3 500.0 Total .................................................... Student Population: Recruitment ................................................ Participation ............................................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 1,333.3 4,000 .................... 1,000 1,000 3 30 50.0 500.0 3,000 .................... 3 .................... 150.0 .................... 200.0 500.0 Total .................................................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 700.0 Total Both Populations ................ .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 2,033.3 Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments should be sent to the address in the preamble. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record. Spiro Stefanou, Administrator, Economic Research Service. [FR Doc. 2021–00004 Filed 1–6–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–18–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Black Hills Resource Advisory Committee Forest Service, USDA. Notice of meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: The Black Hills Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will conduct a virtual meeting. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve SUMMARY: jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Non-Response Subtotal burden hours VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:12 Jan 06, 2021 Jkt 253001 collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with Title II of the Act. RAC information can be found at the following website: https:// www.fs.usda.gov/detail/blackhills/ workingtogether/advisorycommittees/ ?cid=STELPRD3807565. DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. All meetings are subject to cancellation. For updated status of meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually along with a conference call line. For virtual meeting information, please contact the person listed under For Further Information Contact. Detailed instructions on how to attend the meeting virtually will be sent out via email with a news release approximately one week prior to the meeting. Written comments may be submitted as described under Supplementary Information. All comments, including names and addresses, when provided, are placed in the record and available for public inspection and copying. The public may inspect comments received at the Mystic Ranger District Office. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Warnke, Committee Coordinator, by phone at 605–716–1978 or by email at kelly.warnke@usda.gov. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to further review and recommend projects for PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 funding under the Secure Rural School allocations to Custer, Lawrence, and Pennington Counties for 2017, 2018 and 2019. The meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include time for people to make oral statements of three minutes or less. Individuals wishing to provide comments with regards to this meeting’s agenda and for comments to be included with the meeting minutes/records, comments must be submitted in writing by Friday January 22, 2021. Anyone who would like to bring related matters to the attention of the committee may file written statements with the committee staff before or after the meeting. Written comments must be sent to Kelly Warnke, Mystic Ranger District, 8221 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South Dakota 57702; by email to kelly.warnke@usda.gov, or via facsimile to 605–343–7134. Meeting Accommodations: If you are a person requiring reasonable accommodation, please make requests in advance for sign language interpreting, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodation. For access to the facility or proceedings, please contact the person listed in the section titled For Further Information Contact. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis. Dated: 1/4/2021. Cikena Reid, USDA Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2021–00024 Filed 1–6–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement Public 2501 Stakeholder Call AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\07JAN1.SGM OPPE, USDA. 07JAN1 1087 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 4 / Thursday, January 7, 2021 / Notices Notice of public 2501 Stakeholder Call. ACTION: In accordance with the 2018 Farm Bill, this notice announces the intention of the OPPE to host a public teleconference to solicit stakeholder feedback for its Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Grant Program, also known as the 2501 Program. DATES: The teleconference will be held on January 25, 2021, 1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m. EST. Comments on this notice must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on January 25, 2021, to be assured of consideration. SUMMARY: OPPE invites interested persons to participate in the call with the following call-in instructions: Call-in number: 888–251–2949 Passcode: 1813982# Comments may be submitted by Email at: 2501grants@usda.gov. Instructions: All items submitted by electronic mail must include the Agency name and docket number [USDA– OPPE]. ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Attention: Kenya Nicholas, Program Director, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mail Stop 0601, Washington, DC 20250, Office 202–720–6350 and/or email at: 2501grants@usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2501 Program was created through the 1990 Farm Bill to assist socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, and foresters, who have historically experienced limited access to USDA loans, grants, training, and technical assistance. The 2014 Farm Bill FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: expanded the program’s reach to assist veterans. Under this program, grants are awarded to higher education institutions and nonprofit and community-based organizations to extend USDA’s engagement efforts in these communities. Projects funded under the 2501 Program include but are not limited to conferences, workshops, and demonstrations on various farming techniques, and connecting underserved farmers and ranchers to USDA local officials to increase awareness of USDA’s programs and services while filling the needs for increased partnerships. Since 2010, the 2501 program has awarded 533 grants totaling more than $138 million. Jacqueline Davis-Slay, Deputy Director, Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement. [FR Doc. 2021–00015 Filed 1–6–21; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Business-Cooperative Service Rural Housing Service Rural Utilities Service [Docket No. RUS–20–WATER–0032] OneRD Annual Notice of Guarantee Fee Rates, Periodic Retention Fee Rates, Loan Guarantee Percentage and Fee for Issuance of the Loan Note Guarantee Prior to Construction Completion for Fiscal Year 2021; correction Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service, and Rural Utilities Service, USDA. AGENCY: Guarantee fee (percentage) jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES B&I ................................................................................................................... B&I Reduced Fee ............................................................................................ A B&I project in a high cost, isolated rural area of the State of Alaska that is not connected to a road system ............................................................... CF .................................................................................................................... REAP ............................................................................................................... WWD ................................................................................................................ 18:12 Jan 06, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Notice; correction. The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBCS), Rural Housing Service (RHS), and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), agencies of the Rural Development mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), published a document on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, announcing the Guarantee Fee rates, Guarantee percent for Guaranteed Loans, the Periodic Retention Fee, and Fee for Issuance of the Loan Note Guarantee Prior to Construction Completion for FY 2021, to be used when applying for guarantee loans under the aforementioned guarantee loan types. The document was missing a guarantee percentage specific to the State of Alaska and information regarding collection of the periodic guarantee retention fee. SUMMARY: For information specific to this notice contact Michele Brooks, Director, Regulations Management, Rural Development Innovation Center— Regulations Management, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 4266, South Building, Washington, DC 20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Email michele.brooks@wdc.usda.gov. For information regarding implementation contact your respective Rural Development State Office listed here: https://www.rd.usda.gov/browse-state. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BILLING CODE 3412–89–P Loan type VerDate Sep<11>2014 ACTION: Sfmt 4703 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Correction In the Federal Register of September 1, 2020, in FR Doc 2020–19288, on page 54344, the chart is corrected to read as follows: Periodic guarantee retention fee (percentage) Loan guarantee percentage Fee for issuance of loan note guarantee prior to construction completion (percentage) 3.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 80 80 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.25 N/A 90 80 80 80 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 E:\FR\FM\07JAN1.SGM 07JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1086-1087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00015]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement


Public 2501 Stakeholder Call

AGENCY: OPPE, USDA.

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ACTION: Notice of public 2501 Stakeholder Call.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 2018 Farm Bill, this notice announces 
the intention of the OPPE to host a public teleconference to solicit 
stakeholder feedback for its Outreach and Assistance for Socially 
Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers 
Grant Program, also known as the 2501 Program.

DATES: The teleconference will be held on January 25, 2021, 1:00 p.m.--
3:00 p.m. EST. Comments on this notice must be received by 5:00 p.m. 
EST on January 25, 2021, to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: OPPE invites interested persons to participate in the call 
with the following call-in instructions:

Call-in number: 888-251-2949 Passcode: 1813982#

    Comments may be submitted by Email at: [email protected].
    Instructions: All items submitted by electronic mail must include 
the Agency name and docket number [USDA-OPPE].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Attention: Kenya Nicholas, Program Director, 1400 Independence Ave., 
SW, Mail Stop 0601, Washington, DC 20250, Office 202-720-6350 and/or 
email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2501 Program was created through the 
1990 Farm Bill to assist socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, and 
foresters, who have historically experienced limited access to USDA 
loans, grants, training, and technical assistance. The 2014 Farm Bill 
expanded the program's reach to assist veterans.
    Under this program, grants are awarded to higher education 
institutions and nonprofit and community-based organizations to extend 
USDA's engagement efforts in these communities. Projects funded under 
the 2501 Program include but are not limited to conferences, workshops, 
and demonstrations on various farming techniques, and connecting 
underserved farmers and ranchers to USDA local officials to increase 
awareness of USDA's programs and services while filling the needs for 
increased partnerships. Since 2010, the 2501 program has awarded 533 
grants totaling more than $138 million.

Jacqueline Davis-Slay,
Deputy Director, Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2021-00015 Filed 1-6-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3412-89-P
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