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processing and servicing of guaranteed
WW loans.
Business and Industry Program. The
Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed
Loan Program was legislated in 1972
under Section 310B of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act, as
amended. The purpose of the program is
to improve, develop, or finance
businesses, industries, and employment
and improve the economic and
environmental climate in rural
communities. This purpose is achieved
through bolstering the existing private
credit structure through the
guaranteeing of quality loans made by
lending institutions, thereby providing
lasting community benefits.
Rural Energy for America Program.
The Rural Energy for America Program
is authorized under the 2008 Farm Bill
to make loan guarantees and grants to
farmers, ranchers, and rural small
businesses to purchase renewable
energy systems and make energy
efficiency improvements. The program
is designed to help farmers, ranchers,
and rural small business reduce energy
cost and consumption, develop new
income streams, and help meet the
nation’s critical energy needs.
In an effort to reduce paperwork and
make Rural Development forms more
consistent with each other, thereby
improving customer service, RD has
revised the forms in this burden package
to accommodate all four programs.
Need and Use of the Information:
Lending entities who wish to participate
in this program must submit an
application and/or certain information
to Rural Development. This information
will be used to determine their
eligibility for participation in this
program.
Eligible lenders and their prospective
borrowers who are seeking guaranteed
loans will have to submit applications
with specified information,
certifications, and agreements to the
State Office. This information will be
used to determine borrower eligibility,
to determine project eligibility and
feasibility, and to ensure that borrowers
operate on a sound basis and use funds
for authorized purposes.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 464.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 64,694.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. FPAC–2024–0001]
Federal Award Performance
Monitoring and Reporting Form
Farm Production and
Conservation Business Center, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act requirements,
the Farm Production and Conservation
(FPAC) is requesting comments from all
interested individuals and organizations
on a new information collection request
for the FPAC Federal Award
Performance Monitoring and Reporting
Form in support of the implementation
of Performance Measurement.
DATES: We will consider comments that
we must be received by June 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. You may
submit comments, identified by Docket
ID: FPAC–2024–0001, in the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Comments will be available for viewing
online at regulations.gov.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
Copies of the information collection
may be requested by contacting Kenneth
James.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth James; telephone: (517) 318–
3188; email: Kenneth.James@usda.gov.
Individuals who require alternative
means for communication should
contact the USDA TARGET Center at
(202) 720–2600 (voice and text
telephone (TTY)) or dial 711 for
Telecommunications Relay service (both
voice and text telephone users can
initiate this call from any telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FPAC Federal Award
Performance Monitoring and Reporting
Form.
OMB Control Number: 0565–New.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: FPAC will use the Federal
Award Performance Monitoring and
Reporting Form to support the
implementation of section 301 of 2 CFR
part 200, Performance Measurement.
This section of the Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards, 2 CFR 200, requires
Federal Agencies to measure recipients’
accomplishments against performance
goals and objectives. Performance
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reporting allows the Federal Agency to
share lessons learned, improve program
outcomes, and foster adoption of
promising practices. In addition,
performance reporting frequency and
content is established to not only allow
the Federal awarding agency to
understand the recipient progress, but
also to facilitate identification of
promising practices among recipients
and build the evidence upon which the
Federal awarding agency’s program and
performance decisions are made.
This information must be collected
with the frequency required by the
terms and conditions of the Federal
award, but no less frequently than
annually and not more frequently than
quarterly except in unusual
circumstances. The information
collection, FPAC Federal Award
Performance Monitoring and Reporting
Form, will support the FPAC Business
Center (BC), Farm Service Agency
(FSA), Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC), Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS), and Risk Management
Agency (RMA) in obtaining required
Federal award performance information
from recipients. This form will replace
the discontinued ‘‘Standard Form (SF)
Performance Progress Report’’ which
had previously been used to collect this
data.
Applicable award recipients must
submit performance data using the
FPAC Federal Award Performance
Monitoring and Reporting Form.
Recipients will use this form to:
1. Show accomplishments, including
providing a status of work completed,
and comparing accomplishments to the
project’s goals and objectives;
2. Provide reasons and recommend
solutions when differences exist
between accomplishments and the
project’s goals and objectives;
3. Provide a status of expenditures;
4. Describe any problems or adverse
conditions that are having a negative
impact on the project;
5. Describe any pending or proposed
changes to the agreement;
6. Summarize future work planned
during the next reporting period; and
7. List any recently completed or
ongoing subrecipient monitoring
activities.
The recipients can be City or
township governments, County
governments, For-profit organizations
other than small businesses,
Independent school districts, Native
American tribal governments (Federally
recognized), Native American tribal
organizations (other than Federally
recognized tribal governments),
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status
with the IRS (other than institutions of
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higher education), Nonprofits that do
not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS
(other than institutions of higher
education), Private institutions of higher
education, Public and State-controlled
institutions of higher education, Public
housing authorities or Indian housing
authorities, Small businesses,
Individuals, Special district
governments, agricultural producer
associations, farmer cooperatives,
special service districts, or State
governments.
For the following estimated total
annual burden on respondents, the
formula used to calculate the total
burden hours is the estimated average
time per response multiplied by the
estimated total annual number of
responses.
Estimate of Average Time to Respond:
Public reporting burden for collecting
information under this notice is
estimated to average 45 minutes per
response (0.75), including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection
of information.
Type of Respondents: Individual or
Household, Private Sectors: Businesses
or other for-profits; Farms, Not-forprofits institution, and State, Local and
Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,000.
Estimated Average Number of
Responses per Respondent: 2.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
8,000.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 0.75 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 6,000 hours.
FPAC is requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection to
help us to:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden of the
collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Evaluate the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collection; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who
respond through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
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All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses where provided, will be
anonymous. Comments will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
USDA Non-Discrimination Policy
AGENCY:
In accordance with Federal civil
rights law and USDA civil rights
regulations and policies, USDA, its
Agencies, offices, and employees, and
institutions participating in or
administering USDA programs are
prohibited from discriminating based on
race, color, national origin, religion, sex,
gender identity (including gender
expression), sexual orientation,
disability, age, marital status, family or
parental status, income derived from a
public assistance program, political
beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior
civil rights activity, in any program or
activity conducted or funded by USDA
(not all bases apply to all programs).
Remedies and complaint filing
deadlines vary by program or incident.
Individuals who require alternative
means of communication for program
information (for example, braille, large
print, audiotape, American Sign
Language, etc.) should contact the
responsible Agency or USDA TARGET
Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and text
telephone (TTY) or dial 711 for
Telecommunications Relay Service
(both voice and text telephone users can
initiate this call from any telephone).
Additionally, program information may
be made available in languages other
than English.
To file a program discrimination
complaint, complete the USDA Program
Discrimination Complaint Form, AD–
3027, found online at https://
www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and
at any USDA office or write a letter
addressed to USDA and provide in the
letter all the information requested in
the form. To request a copy of the
complaint form, call (866) 632–9992.
Submit your completed form or letter to
USDA by mail to: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250–9410 or email: OAC@
usda.gov.
USDA is an equal opportunity
provider, employer, and lender.
Scott Linsky,
Acting Deputy Chief Operating Officer, USDA
Farm Production and Conservation Business
Center.
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Forest Service
Newspapers for Publication of Legal
Notices in the Eastern Region
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
This notice lists the
newspapers that will be used by the
Ranger Districts, Forests, and Regional
Office of the Eastern Region to publish
legal notices required under Forest
Service regulations. The intended effect
of this action is to inform interested
members of the public which
newspapers the Forest Service will use
to publish notices of proposed actions
and notices of decisions. This will
provide the public with constructive
notice of Forest Service proposals and
decisions, provide information on the
procedures to comment, object, or
appeal, and establish the date that the
Forest Service will use to determine if
comments, appeals, or objections were
timely.
DATES: Publication of legal notices in
the listed newspapers begins on the date
of this publication. This list of
newspapers will remain in effect until a
new list is published in the Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew St. Pierre, Administrative
Review Specialist, Eastern Region, 626 E
Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53202 and by email at
matthew.stpierre@usda.gov or phone at
414–297–3600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
administrative procedures at 36 CFR
218 and 219 require the Forest Service
to publish notices in a newspaper of
general circulation. The content of the
notices is specified in 36 CFR 218 and
219. In general, the notices will identify:
the decision or project by title or subject
matter; the name and title of the official
making the decision; how to obtain
additional information; and where and
how to file comments or appeals/
objection. The date the notice is
published will be used to establish the
official date for the beginning of the
comment, appeal, or objection period.
SUMMARY:
Eastern Region
Regional Forester Notices for
Comments and Decisions and
Objections affecting National Forest
System lands in the Eastern Region, in
the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New
Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania,
Vermont, New York, West Virginia, and
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. FPAC-2024-0001]
Federal Award Performance Monitoring and Reporting Form
AGENCY: Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act requirements,
the Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is requesting comments from
all interested individuals and organizations on a new information
collection request for the FPAC Federal Award Performance Monitoring
and Reporting Form in support of the implementation of Performance
Measurement.
DATES: We will consider comments that we must be received by June 24,
2024.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may
submit comments, identified by Docket ID: FPAC-2024-0001, in the
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions for submitting comments. Comments will be
available for viewing online at regulations.gov.
You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
Copies of the information collection may be requested by contacting
Kenneth James.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth James; telephone: (517) 318-
3188; email: [email protected]. Individuals who require
alternative means for communication should contact the USDA TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY)) or dial 711
for Telecommunications Relay service (both voice and text telephone
users can initiate this call from any telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FPAC Federal Award Performance Monitoring and Reporting
Form.
OMB Control Number: 0565-New.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: FPAC will use the Federal Award Performance Monitoring
and Reporting Form to support the implementation of section 301 of 2
CFR part 200, Performance Measurement. This section of the Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
for Federal Awards, 2 CFR 200, requires Federal Agencies to measure
recipients' accomplishments against performance goals and objectives.
Performance reporting allows the Federal Agency to share lessons
learned, improve program outcomes, and foster adoption of promising
practices. In addition, performance reporting frequency and content is
established to not only allow the Federal awarding agency to understand
the recipient progress, but also to facilitate identification of
promising practices among recipients and build the evidence upon which
the Federal awarding agency's program and performance decisions are
made.
This information must be collected with the frequency required by
the terms and conditions of the Federal award, but no less frequently
than annually and not more frequently than quarterly except in unusual
circumstances. The information collection, FPAC Federal Award
Performance Monitoring and Reporting Form, will support the FPAC
Business Center (BC), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and
Risk Management Agency (RMA) in obtaining required Federal award
performance information from recipients. This form will replace the
discontinued ``Standard Form (SF) Performance Progress Report'' which
had previously been used to collect this data.
Applicable award recipients must submit performance data using the
FPAC Federal Award Performance Monitoring and Reporting Form.
Recipients will use this form to:
1. Show accomplishments, including providing a status of work
completed, and comparing accomplishments to the project's goals and
objectives;
2. Provide reasons and recommend solutions when differences exist
between accomplishments and the project's goals and objectives;
3. Provide a status of expenditures;
4. Describe any problems or adverse conditions that are having a
negative impact on the project;
5. Describe any pending or proposed changes to the agreement;
6. Summarize future work planned during the next reporting period;
and
7. List any recently completed or ongoing subrecipient monitoring
activities.
The recipients can be City or township governments, County
governments, For-profit organizations other than small businesses,
Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments
(Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other
than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a
501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of
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higher education), Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with
the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), Private
institutions of higher education, Public and State-controlled
institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities or Indian
housing authorities, Small businesses, Individuals, Special district
governments, agricultural producer associations, farmer cooperatives,
special service districts, or State governments.
For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the
formula used to calculate the total burden hours is the estimated
average time per response multiplied by the estimated total annual
number of responses.
Estimate of Average Time to Respond: Public reporting burden for
collecting information under this notice is estimated to average 45
minutes per response (0.75), including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information.
Type of Respondents: Individual or Household, Private Sectors:
Businesses or other for-profits; Farms, Not-for-profits institution,
and State, Local and Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,000.
Estimated Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 8,000.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.75 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 6,000 hours.
FPAC is requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection to help us to:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Evaluate the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collection; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
respond through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses where provided, will be anonymous. Comments will be
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval.
USDA Non-Discrimination Policy
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights
regulations and policies, USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees,
and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are
prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin,
religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual
orientation, disability, age, marital status, family or parental
status, income derived from a public assistance program, political
beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in
any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases
apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by
program or incident.
Individuals who require alternative means of communication for
program information (for example, braille, large print, audiotape,
American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or
USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY) or
dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and text
telephone users can initiate this call from any telephone).
Additionally, program information may be made available in languages
other than English.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA
Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint and
at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in
the letter all the information requested in the form. To request a copy
of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form
or letter to USDA by mail to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250-9410 or email: [email protected].
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Scott Linsky,
Acting Deputy Chief Operating Officer, USDA Farm Production and
Conservation Business Center.
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