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periods end on June 30 and December
31 of each year. The project
performance reports shall include the
elements prescribed in the Financial
Assistance Agreement.
b. Form RD 4280–3D, ‘Annual
Outcome Project Performance
Certification’ as outlined in 7 CFR
4280.124(i)(3), must be provided by
grantee once the project has been
constructed.
c. A final project and financial status
report must be provided within 120
days after the expiration or termination
of the grant as outlined in 7 CFR
4280.124(i)(2)(ii).

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G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
For general questions about this
announcement, please contact Jonathan
Burns at [email protected] or (774)
678–7238. The Agency website also
provides up to date contact information
at rd.usda.gov/programs-services/
energy-programs/rural-energy-americaprogram-renewable-energy-systemsenergy-efficiency-improvementguaranteed-loans.
H. Other Information
1. Paperwork Reduction Act. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the information
collection requirements associated with
the programs, as covered in this notice,
have been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
OMB Control Number 0570–0067.
2. National Environmental Policy Act.
All recipients under this notice are
subject to the requirements of 7 CFR
part 1970.
3. Federal Funding Accountability
and Transparency Act. All applicants,
in accordance with 2 CFR part 25, must
be registered in SAM and have a UEI
number as stated in section D.3 of this
notice. All recipients of Federal
financial assistance are required to
report information about first-tier subawards and executive total
compensation in accordance with 2 CFR
part 170.
4. Civil Rights Act. All grants made
under this notice are subject to title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as
required by the USDA 7 CFR part 15,
subpart A and section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, title VIII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1968, title IX,
Executive Order 13166 (Limited English
Proficiency), Executive Order 11246,
and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of
1974.
5. Equal Opportunity for Religious
Organizations.
a. Faith-based organizations may
apply for this award on the same basis
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and subject to the protections and
requirements of, this part and any
applicable constitutional and statutory
requirements, including 42 U.S.C.
2000bb et seq. USDA will not, in the
selection of recipients, discriminate for
or against an organization on the basis
of the organization’s religious character,
motives, or affiliation, or lack thereof, or
on the basis of conduct that would not
be considered grounds to favor or
disfavor a similarly situated secular
organization.
b. A faith-based organization that
participates in this program will retain
its independence from the Government
and may continue to carry out its
mission consistent with religious
freedom and conscience protections in
Federal law. Religious accommodations
may also be sought under many of these
religious freedom and conscience
protection laws.
c. A faith-based organization may not
use direct Federal financial assistance
from USDA to support or engage in any
explicitly religious activities except
when consistent with the Establishment
Clause of the First Amendment and any
other applicable requirements. An
organization receiving Federal financial
assistance also may not, in providing
services funded by USDA, or in their
outreach activities related to such
services, discriminate against a program
beneficiary or prospective program
beneficiary on the basis of religion, a
religious belief, a refusal to hold a
religious belief, or a refusal to attend or
participate in a religious practice.
6. Signage. The Awardee is
encouraged to display USDA standard
infrastructure investment signage,
available for download from the
Agency, during construction of the
project. Expenditures for such signage
shall be a permitted eligible cost of IRA
funded projects.
7. Nondiscrimination Statement. In
accordance with Federal civil rights law
and USDA civil rights regulations and
policies, the 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/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
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made available in languages other than
English.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means of communication to
obtain program information (e.g.,
Braille, large print, audiotape, American
Sign Language) should contact the
responsible Mission Area, agency, or
staff office; or the 711 Relay Service.
To file a program discrimination
complaint, a complainant should
complete a Form AD3027, USDA
Program Discrimination Complaint
Form, which can be obtained online at
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/
files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any
USDA office, by calling (866) 632–9992,
or by writing a letter addressed to
USDA. The letter must contain the
complainant’s name, address, telephone
number, and a written description of the
alleged discriminatory action in
sufficient detail to inform the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about
the nature and date of an alleged civil
rights violation.
The completed AD–3027 form or
letter must be submitted to USDA by:
(i) Mail: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250–9410; or
(ii) Fax: (833) 256–1665 or (202) 690–
7442; or
(iii) Email: [email protected].
USDA is an equal opportunity
provider, employer, and lender.
Kathryn E. Dirksen Londrigan,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA, Rural Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Census Household Panel
Topical 13 and Topical 14 Operations
On July 12, 2024, the Department of
Commerce received clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to
conduct the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth
Census Household Panel topical
operations (OMB No. 0607–1025, Exp.
6/30/26). The Census Household Panel
is designed to ensure availability of
frequent data collection for nationwide
estimates on a variety of topics for a
variety of subgroups of the population.

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This notice serves to inform of the
Department’s intent to request clearance
from OMB to conduct topical operations
13 and 14.
The Topical 13 (November) will
include experiments on using auxiliary
data, ‘‘don’t know’’ responses, and
dependent data. For the December
topical questionnaire (Topical 14) we
will collect data using Household Pulse
Survey content. For both months, we
will conduct a digital incentives test.
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on February 6,
2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
Title: Census Household Panel
Topical 13 and Topical 14 Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0607–1025.
Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
Type of Request: Request for a
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 10,354 panel
members.
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours
per year (20 minutes for monthly
collection).
Burden Hours: 41,375.
Needs and Uses: The Census
Household Panel is a probability-based
nationwide nationally-representative
survey panel designed to test the
methods to collect data on a variety of
topics of interest, and for conducting
experimentation on alternative question
wording and methodological
approaches. The goal of the Census
Household Panel is to ensure
availability of frequent data collection
for nationwide estimates on a variety of
topics and a variety of subgroups of the
population, meeting standards for
transparent quality reporting of the
Federal Statistical Agencies and the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
Panelists and households selected for
the Panel were recruited from the
Census Bureau’s gold standard Master
Address File. This ensures the Panel is
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maintained frame and available for
linkage to administrative records
securely maintained and curated by the
Census Bureau. Invitations to complete
the monthly surveys will be sent via
email and SMS messages.
Questionnaires will be mainly internet
self-response. The Panel will maintain
representativeness by allowing
respondents who do not use the internet
to respond via computer-assisted
telephone interviewing (CATI). All
panelists will receive an incentive for
each complete questionnaire. Periodic
replenishment samples will maintain
representativeness and panelists will be
replaced after a period of three years.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, sections 141, 182 and 193.
This information collection request
may be viewed at https://
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
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 https://
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 and entering either the title of
the collection or the OMB Control
Number 0607–1025.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–31–2024]

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230;
Authorization of Production Activity;
Patheon Softgels; (Pharmaceutical
Products); High Point, North Carolina
On June 12, 2024, The Piedmont
Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230,
submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board on
behalf of Patheon Softgels, within
Subzone 230C, in High Point, North
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The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (89 FR 51873, June 20,
2024). On October 10, 2024, the
applicant was notified of the FTZ
Board’s decision that no further review
of the activity is warranted at this time.
The production activity described in the
notification was authorized, subject to
the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s
regulations, including section 400.14.
Dated: October 10, 2024.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 240926–0255]
RIN 0694–XC108

Effectiveness of Licensing Procedures
for the Export and Reexport of
Agricultural Commodities to Cuba
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS) is requesting public
comments on the effectiveness of its
licensing procedures as defined in the
Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) for the export and reexport of
agricultural commodities to Cuba. BIS
will include a description of any
comments it receives in its biennial
report to Congress, as required by the
Trade Sanctions Reform and Export
Enhancement Act of 2000, as amended
(TSRA).
DATES: Comments must be received by
November 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice
may be submitted by either of the
following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal rulemaking portal. Visit http://
www.regulations.gov and type ‘‘BIS–
2024–0049’’ in the search box to find
this notice.
• Mail: Submit written comments by
mail or delivery to Regulatory Policy
Division, Bureau of Industry and
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Room 2099B, 14th Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230. Refer to RIN 0694–XC108.
Comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
SUMMARY:

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