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Notices

Federal Register
Vol. 84, No. 54
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or
proposed rules that are applicable to the
public. Notices of hearings and investigations,
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section.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request

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March 14, 2019.

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 (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
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 regarding this information
collection received by April 19, 2019
will be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725—17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20502.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
[email protected] or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
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

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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 Business Cooperative Service
Title: Bio-refinery, Renewable
Chemical, and Biobased Product
Manufacturing Assistance Program.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0065.
Summary of Collection: The
Biorefinery Assistance Program was
authorized under Section 9003 of the
2008 Farm Bill. The program assists in
the development, construction, and
retrofitting of new and emerging
technologies for the development of
advanced biofuels by providing loan
guarantees of up to $250 million.
Section 9003 of the Agricultural Act of
2014 (2014 Farm Bill) modified
previous provisions of the program, and
the program was re-authorized under
the 2018 Farm Bill.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Agency will use various forms and
written evidence to collect needed
information to determine lender and
borrower eligibility for loan guarantees,
and to ensure the lender protects the
government’s financial interests.
Lenders provide the Agency with
quarterly construction progress reports
demonstrating that engineering and
financial criteria used in the review and
approval of the application continue to
be met during the construction phase of
the project. Post-construction
information will be collected
demonstrating that the bio-refineries are
operating and meeting all financial
criteria projected during the application
phase. If the information were not
collected, the Agency would not be able
to make prudent credit decisions nor
monitor the lenders servicing activities.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 26.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 7,803.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Emergency Food Assistance Program;
Availability of Foods for Fiscal Year
2019
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces the
surplus and purchased foods that the
Department expects to make available
for donation to States for use in
providing nutrition assistance to the
needy under The Emergency Food
Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Fiscal
Year (FY) 2019. The foods made
available under this notice must, at the
discretion of the State, be distributed to
eligible recipient agencies (ERAs) for
use in preparing meals and/or for
distribution to households for home
consumption.
DATES: Implementation date: October 1,
2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Polly Fairfield, Policy Branch, Food
Distribution Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302–1594 or
telephone (703) 305–2662.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the provisions set forth
in the Emergency Food Assistance Act
of 1983 (EFAA), 7 U.S.C. 7501, et seq.,
and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
7 U.S.C. 2036, the Department makes
foods available to States for use in
providing nutrition assistance to those
in need through TEFAP. In accordance
with section 214 of the EFAA, 7 U.S.C.
7515, 60 percent of each State’s share of
TEFAP foods is based on the number of
people with incomes below the poverty
level within the State and 40 percent on
the number of unemployed persons
within the State. State officials are
responsible for establishing the network
through which the foods will be used by
ERAs in providing nutrition assistance
to those in need and for allocating foods
among those ERAs. States have full
discretion in determining the amount of
foods that will be made available to
ERAs for use in preparing meals and/or
for distribution to households for home
consumption.
The types of foods the Department
expects to make available to States for
SUMMARY:

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