Revision to Electric Program Operating Policies and Procedures, 45563 [2024-11349]
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After consideration of all relevant
material presented, including the
information and recommendations
submitted by the Committee and other
available information, AMS has
determined that this rule tends to
effectuate the declared policy of the Act.
Rural Utilities Service
7 CFR Parts 1710, 1717, 1721, 1726,
and 1730
[Docket No. RUS–23–ELECTRIC–0024]
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 985
RIN 0572–AC64
Marketing agreements, Oils and fats,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Revision to Electric Program Operating
Policies and Procedures
Rural Utilities, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Final rule; confirmation.
AGENCY:
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, the Agriculture Marketing
Service amends 7 CFR part 985 as
follows:
1. The authority citation for part 985
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.
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2. Revise § 985.233 to read as follows:
§ 985.233 Salable quantities and allotment
percentages—2023–2024 marketing year.
The salable quantity and allotment
percentage for each class of spearmint
oil during the marketing year beginning
on June 1, 2023, shall be as follows:
(a) Class 1 (Scotch) oil—a salable
quantity of 772,704 pounds and an
allotment percentage of 34 percent.
(b) Class 3 (Native) oil—a salable
quantity of 1,034,492 pounds and an
allotment percentage of 40 percent.
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3. Revise § 985.234 to read as follows:
§ 985.234 Salable quantities and allotment
percentages—2024–2025 marketing year.
The salable quantity and allotment
percentage for each class of spearmint
oil during the marketing year beginning
on June 1, 2024, shall be as follows:
(a) Class 1 (Scotch) oil—a salable
quantity of 663,648 pounds and an
allotment percentage of 29 percent.
(b) Class 3 (Native) oil—a salable
quantity of 678,980 pounds and an
allotment percentage of 26 percent.
§§ 985.235 through 985.238
[Removed]
4. Remove §§ 985.235 through
985.238.
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Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS or Agency), an agency in the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Rural Development Mission
area, published a final rule with
comment in the Federal Register on
March 11, 2024, to provide more
flexibility for the RUS Electric Program
borrowers to complete emergency
repairs while maintaining the ability to
receive RUS financing, to delete
unnecessary and outdated requirements
imposed on electric borrowers and
applicants, and to provide flexibility in
selecting construction procurement
methods that better support applicant
needs in awarding construction
contracts. Through this action, RUS is
confirming the final rule as it was
published.
SUMMARY:
PART 985—MARKETING ORDER
REGULATING THE HANDLING OF
SPEARMINT OIL PRODUCED IN THE
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
The final rule published March
11, 2024, at 89 FR 17271, is confirmed
as of June 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Bartholomew, Rural Utilities
Service Electric Program, Rural
Development, United States Department
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, STOP 1560, Washington,
DC 20250; 704–544–4612
mark.bartholomew@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rural
Development is a mission area within
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) comprising the Rural Utilities
Service, Rural Housing Service, and
Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
Rural Development’s mission is to
increase economic opportunity and
improve the quality of life for all rural
Americans. Rural Development meets
its mission by providing loans, loan
guarantees, grants, and technical
assistance through numerous programs
aimed at creating and improving
housing, business, and infrastructure
throughout rural America.
The RUS Electric Program provides
funding to maintain, expand, upgrade,
and modernize America’s rural electric
infrastructure. The loans and loan
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guarantees finance the construction or
improvement of electric distribution,
transmission, and generation facilities
in rural areas. In an effort by the RUS
Electric Program to administer its
program in an efficient and effective
manner while improving its customer
service and experience, and in response
to requests from the RUS Electric
Program borrowers, the Electric Program
undertook a systematic review of
regulations and procedures in place to
administer its program. In addition to
this final rule, the Electric Program has
completed three other streamlining
efforts to date.
The final rule that published March
11, 2024 (89 FR 17271), included a 60day comment period that ended on May
10, 2024. No comments pertaining to the
final rule were received. The Agency
confirms the final rule without change.
Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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10 CFR Part 1021
[DOE–HQ–2023–0063]
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National Environmental Policy Act
Implementing Procedures; Correction
Office of the General Counsel,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE or the Department) is
correcting a final rule that was
published in the Federal Register on
April 30, 2024. The final rule revised
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) implementing procedures
(regulations). This document corrects an
error in that final rule.
DATES: Effective May 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information regarding DOE’s NEPA
regulations, contact Ms. Carrie
Abravanel, Deputy Director, Office of
NEPA Policy and Compliance, at
carrie.abravanel@hq.doe.gov or 202–
586–4798.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
DOE published a final rule in the
Federal Register on April 30, 2024,
revising NEPA implementing
procedures to add a categorical
exclusion for certain energy storage
systems and revise categorical
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
7 CFR Parts 1710, 1717, 1721, 1726, and 1730
[Docket No. RUS-23-ELECTRIC-0024]
RIN 0572-AC64
Revision to Electric Program Operating Policies and Procedures
AGENCY: Rural Utilities, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Final rule; confirmation.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or Agency), an agency in the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development
Mission area, published a final rule with comment in the Federal
Register on March 11, 2024, to provide more flexibility for the RUS
Electric Program borrowers to complete emergency repairs while
maintaining the ability to receive RUS financing, to delete unnecessary
and outdated requirements imposed on electric borrowers and applicants,
and to provide flexibility in selecting construction procurement
methods that better support applicant needs in awarding construction
contracts. Through this action, RUS is confirming the final rule as it
was published.
DATES: The final rule published March 11, 2024, at 89 FR 17271, is
confirmed as of June 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Bartholomew, Rural Utilities
Service Electric Program, Rural Development, United States Department
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1560, Washington, DC
20250; 704-544-4612 [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rural Development is a mission area within
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) comprising the Rural
Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and Rural Business-
Cooperative Service. Rural Development's mission is to increase
economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for all rural
Americans. Rural Development meets its mission by providing loans, loan
guarantees, grants, and technical assistance through numerous programs
aimed at creating and improving housing, business, and infrastructure
throughout rural America.
The RUS Electric Program provides funding to maintain, expand,
upgrade, and modernize America's rural electric infrastructure. The
loans and loan guarantees finance the construction or improvement of
electric distribution, transmission, and generation facilities in rural
areas. In an effort by the RUS Electric Program to administer its
program in an efficient and effective manner while improving its
customer service and experience, and in response to requests from the
RUS Electric Program borrowers, the Electric Program undertook a
systematic review of regulations and procedures in place to administer
its program. In addition to this final rule, the Electric Program has
completed three other streamlining efforts to date.
The final rule that published March 11, 2024 (89 FR 17271),
included a 60-day comment period that ended on May 10, 2024. No
comments pertaining to the final rule were received. The Agency
confirms the final rule without change.
Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-11349 Filed 5-22-24; 8:45 am]
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