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• What financing tools facilitate
access to capital for small meat and
poultry processing companies? In your
response, please consider the stage of
corporate development (e.g., startup,
onsite expansion, restarting an idled
facility, new location), the potential use
of funds (e.g., working capital,
construction, credit lines, equipment),
and the type of financing (e.g., grants,
installment loans, balloon payment
loans, equity like investments). Please
also consider the prospective borrowers’
type of business model (e.g.,
cooperative, farmer joint-ownership,
employee-ownership, mobile meat- and
poultry processing operations).
• What financing tools facilitate
provision of capital by lenders who
finance meat and poultry processors? In
your response, please consider the type
of lender (e.g., bank, credit union, loan
fund) and the type of tool (e.g., loan
guarantee, direct loan, debt to establish
a revolving loan fund, grant to establish
a revolving loan fund).
• What are the barriers or challenges
to financing tools (e.g., gap between
local lender expertise to support meat
and poultry processing and the need for
processing capacity), and are there
changes that can be made to existing
programs to mitigate these challenges?
• What type of upstream analysis of
customers/product demand is needed to
justify the level of lending or financial
support?
• What barriers, if any, exist that
reduce the ability of meat and poultry
processor lenders to extend their
geography?
• What barriers, if any, exist that
reduce the ability of meat and poultry
processor lenders to provide capital for
multiple types of meat and poultry
processors (e.g., different meats and
poultry, different size processors,
cooperatives, tribally owned or tribally
affiliated operation)?
• What barriers, if any, exist that
reduce access to capital for very small
and small meat and poultry processors?
In your response, consider collateral,
capital, capacity, and other factors.
• What are the most pressing needs of
the meat and poultry processing sector
with regard to financing, and what
action should USDA take in the
immediate term to improve access to
capital for small and very small meat
and poultry processors?
• What types of technical assistance
or capacity building support would be
useful to lenders interested in starting or
expanding their meat and poultry
processing lending?
• What types of technical assistance
or capacity-building support would be
useful to lenders interested in starting or
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expanding lending to tribally owned or
affiliated meat and poultry processing
operations?
• What types of technical assistance
or capacity building support would be
useful to lenders interested in starting or
expanding lending to meat and poultry
processing cooperatives?
• How could federal funds be best
leveraged with state and local resources
(matching funds, in-kind support,
government assistance)?
4. Grant Considerations
• Would a small plant expansion
program structured similarly to USDA’s
Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness
Grant (MPIRG), but with a focus on
expanding slaughter and processing
capacity for small federally inspected
plants, be beneficial? If so, at what
award ($) level per grant and for what
types of costs?
• What types of planning grants are
necessary that are not already covered
by an existing USDA grant or other
financial assistance program? What
other federal programs could finance or
have funded processing efforts and with
which USDA could partner? Are
sufficient grants available now for
business planning for new ventures, or
is that a gap that needs to be filled?
• Are grant funds (or other funds)
needed for marketing or outreach
activities, including recruiting new
participants in the industry?
• Would pilot grants that provide
awards to small plants for training and
other support (e.g., cover wage gap
during apprenticeships) to develop their
local workforce be effective to address
some of the labor challenges associated
with operating a current, expanded, or
new facility?
5. Technical Assistance Considerations
• What are the top priorities for
technical assistance that would facilitate
processing expansion or increased
capacity (e.g., butchery for key markets,
HACCP, humane handling best practices
for plant operators, labeling approval
and processes, brand and market
development)?
• Would regional or local cooperative
agreements with strategic partners be
the best way to provide this type of
assistance, or are alternative ways
preferable and more effective?
• In what ways could technical
assistance support best be deployed to
enhance competition and address
challenges in the marketplace, how is it
best delivered, and by whom?
• What workforce-related technical
assistance is most needed, how is it best
delivered, and by whom (e.g., best
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industry practices, training on
equipment, new tools for safety)?
6. Partnerships and Combined Funding
Considerations
• Who can USDA partner with to best
leverage the federal funds (e.g., State
and local governments, private
investors, philanthropic organizations)?
• Should loans and grants be
combined to support these facilities? If
so, what criteria should be used to
determine what portion of the funds are
offered as loans versus grants?
• What conditions should be placed
on grants or loans? If those conditions
are not met, should the grants require
repayment? If the conditions are met,
should the loan be forgivable?
In coordination with this public
comment process, USDA anticipates
hosting a series of stakeholder meetings
to learn more about existing plants that
could serve as a model for other regions;
identify plants that are looking to
expand; identify strategies to overcome
barriers to building new, maintaining, or
expanding existing processing facilities;
scope out financial needs to expand
processing capacity; scope out the
workforce challenges, including safety
considerations, and needs for research,
innovation, and investment to address
workforce and workplace issues; and
understand the non-financial barriers
that USDA can break down to expand
this sector.
Mae Wu,
Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
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whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
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appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
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will be considered. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
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Rural Housing Service
Title: 7 CFR 3550—Direct Single
Family Housing Loan and Grant
Program, HB–1–3550, HB–2–3550.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0172.
Summary of Collection: USDA Rural
Development (RD) is committed to
helping improve the economy and
quality of life in rural America. RD’s
Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency)
offers a variety of programs to build or
improve housing and essential
community facilities in rural areas. The
Housing Act of 1949 provides the
authority for the RHS’ direct single
family housing loan and grant programs.
The programs provide eligible
applicants with financial assistance to
own adequate but modest homes in
rural areas. 7 CFR part 3550 sets forth
the programs’ policies and the
programs’ procedures can be found in
its accompanying handbooks
(Handbook–1–3550 and Handbook–2–
3550). To originate and service direct
loans and grants that comply with the
programs’ statute, policies, and
procedures, RHS must collect
information from low- and very lowincome applicants, third parties
associated with or working on behalf of
the applicants, borrowers, and third
parties associated with or working on
behalf of the borrowers. RHS will collect
information using several forms.
Need and Use of the Information:
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program eligibility requirements;
continued eligibility requirements for
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borrower assistance; servicing of loans;
eligibility for special servicing
assistance such as: Payment subsidies,
moratorium (stop) on payments,
delinquency workout agreements;
liquidation of loans; and, debt
settlement. The information is used to
ensure that the direct Single Family
Housing Programs are administered in a
manner consistent with legislative and
administrative requirements. Without
the information RHS would be unable to
determine if a borrower would qualify
for services or if assistance has been
granted to which the customer would
not be eligible under current regulations
and statutes.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 106,300.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 284,013.
Title: Rural Community Development
Initiative (RCDI).
OMB Control Number: 0575–0180.
Summary of Collection: Congress first
authorized the Rural Community
Development Initiative (RCDI) in 1999
with an appropriation of $6 million
under the Rural Community
Advancement Program (Pub. L. 106–78,
which was amended by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
(Pub. L. 114–113)). The Community
Facilities Division under the Rural
Housing Service (RHS) administers this
grant program. The intent of the RCDI
grant program is to develop the capacity
and ability of rural area recipients to
undertake projects through a program of
financial and technical assistance
provided by qualified intermediary
organizations. Intermediaries may be
private or public (including tribal)
organizations. Intermediaries are
required to provide matching funds in
an amount equal to the RCDI grant.
Eligible recipients are nonprofit
organizations, low-income rural
communities, or federally recognized
tribes.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information will be collected from
applicants (intermediary organizations
applying for the grant), grantees
(intermediary organizations that are
awarded the grant), recipients (entities
that receive assistance from the
intermediary), and beneficiaries (entities
or individuals that benefit from
assistance provided by the recipient) by
RHS staff in the National Office and
Rural Development field offices. This
information is used to determine
applicant and recipient eligibility,
project feasibility, and to ensure that
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grantees operate on a sound basis and
use grant funds for authorized purposes.
The Notice of Solicitation of
Applications (NOSA), published in the
Federal Register, provides instructions
for completing an application.
Description of Respondents: Not-for
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 90.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Quarterly; Annually; Third party
disclosure.
Total Burden Hours: 4,194.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0021]
Notice of Availability of an
Environmental Assessment for
Release of Ganaspis brasiliensis for
Biological Control of Spotted-Wing
Drosophila in the Continental United
States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has prepared an
environmental assessment relative to
permitting the release of the insect
Ganaspis brasiliensis for the biological
control of spotted-wing Drosophila
(Drosophila suzukii) in the continental
United States. Based on the
environmental assessment and other
relevant data, we have reached a
preliminary determination that the
release of this control agent within the
continental United States will not have
a significant impact on the quality of the
human environment. We are making the
environmental assessment available to
the public for review and comment.
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that we receive on or before August 16,
2021.
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the Documents tab, then select the
Comment button in the list of
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding: Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to
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respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by August
16, 2021 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Rural Housing Service
Title: 7 CFR 3550--Direct Single Family Housing Loan and Grant
Program, HB-1-3550, HB-2-3550.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0172.
Summary of Collection: USDA Rural Development (RD) is committed to
helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America. RD's
Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency) offers a variety of programs to
build or improve housing and essential community facilities in rural
areas. The Housing Act of 1949 provides the authority for the RHS'
direct single family housing loan and grant programs. The programs
provide eligible applicants with financial assistance to own adequate
but modest homes in rural areas. 7 CFR part 3550 sets forth the
programs' policies and the programs' procedures can be found in its
accompanying handbooks (Handbook-1-3550 and Handbook-2-3550). To
originate and service direct loans and grants that comply with the
programs' statute, policies, and procedures, RHS must collect
information from low- and very low-income applicants, third parties
associated with or working on behalf of the applicants, borrowers, and
third parties associated with or working on behalf of the borrowers.
RHS will collect information using several forms.
Need and Use of the Information: RHS will collect information to
verify program eligibility requirements; continued eligibility
requirements for borrower assistance; servicing of loans; eligibility
for special servicing assistance such as: Payment subsidies, moratorium
(stop) on payments, delinquency workout agreements; liquidation of
loans; and, debt settlement. The information is used to ensure that the
direct Single Family Housing Programs are administered in a manner
consistent with legislative and administrative requirements. Without
the information RHS would be unable to determine if a borrower would
qualify for services or if assistance has been granted to which the
customer would not be eligible under current regulations and statutes.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 106,300.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 284,013.
Title: Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI).
OMB Control Number: 0575-0180.
Summary of Collection: Congress first authorized the Rural
Community Development Initiative (RCDI) in 1999 with an appropriation
of $6 million under the Rural Community Advancement Program (Pub. L.
106-78, which was amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
(Pub. L. 114-113)). The Community Facilities Division under the Rural
Housing Service (RHS) administers this grant program. The intent of the
RCDI grant program is to develop the capacity and ability of rural area
recipients to undertake projects through a program of financial and
technical assistance provided by qualified intermediary organizations.
Intermediaries may be private or public (including tribal)
organizations. Intermediaries are required to provide matching funds in
an amount equal to the RCDI grant. Eligible recipients are nonprofit
organizations, low-income rural communities, or federally recognized
tribes.
Need and Use of the Information: The information will be collected
from applicants (intermediary organizations applying for the grant),
grantees (intermediary organizations that are awarded the grant),
recipients (entities that receive assistance from the intermediary),
and beneficiaries (entities or individuals that benefit from assistance
provided by the recipient) by RHS staff in the National Office and
Rural Development field offices. This information is used to determine
applicant and recipient eligibility, project feasibility, and to ensure
that grantees operate on a sound basis and use grant funds for
authorized purposes. The Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA),
published in the Federal Register, provides instructions for completing
an application.
Description of Respondents: Not-for profit institutions; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 90.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Annually; Third party
disclosure.
Total Burden Hours: 4,194.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-15117 Filed 7-15-21; 8:45 am]
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