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The approval letter and project 

agreement will specify the terms and 

conditions applicable to the project, 

including the levels of Cooperator 

program funding, and cost-share 

contribution requirements. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: Interested parties should 

review the Cooperator program 

regulations, which are available at the 

following URL address: http://

www.fas.usda.gov/programs/foreignmarket-development-program-fmd. 

Hard copies may be obtained by 

contacting the Program Operations 

Division. 

3. Reporting: FAS requires various 

reports and evaluations from 

Cooperators. Reporting requirements are 

detailed in the Cooperator program 

regulations in sections 1484.53, 1484.70, 

and 1484.72. 

G. Federal Agency Contact(s) 

For additional information and 

assistance, contact the Program 

Operations Division, Office of Trade 

Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Courier address: Room 6512, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20250, or by phone: (202) 720–4327, 

or by fax: (202) 720–9361, or by email: 

uesadmin@fas.usda.gov. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on the 1st of 

April 2015. 

Asif Chaudhry, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

and Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07943 Filed 4–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting 

Applications for the Market Access 

Program 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) announces that it is 

inviting proposals for the 2016 Market 

Access Program (MAP). The intended 

effect of this notice is to solicit 

applications from eligible applicants for 

fiscal year 2016 and to set out criteria 

for the award of funds under the 

program in October 2015. The MAP is 

administered by personnel of the 

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). 

DATES: All applications must be 

received by 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time, June 8, 2015. Applications 

received after this date will not be 

considered. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Entities wishing to apply for funding 

assistance should contact the Program 

Operations Division, Office of Trade 

Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service 

by courier address: Room 6512, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20250, or by phone: (202) 720–4327, 

or by fax: (202) 720–9361, or by email: 

uesadmin@fas.usda.gov. Information is 

also available on the FAS Web site at 

http://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/

market-access-program-map. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Funding Opportunity Description 

Announcement Type: New. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 10.601. 

Authority: The MAP is authorized 

under Section 203 of the Agricultural 

Trade Act of 1978, as amended. MAP 

regulations appear at 7 CFR part 1485. 

Purpose: The MAP is designed to 

create, expand, and maintain foreign 

markets for U.S. agricultural 

commodities and products through costshare assistance. Financial assistance 

under the MAP will be made available 

on a competitive basis, and applications 

will be reviewed against the evaluation 

criteria contained herein and in the 

MAP regulations. All U.S. agricultural 

commodities, except tobacco, are 

eligible for consideration. 

FAS allocates funds in a manner that 

effectively supports the strategic 

decision-making initiatives of the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) of 1993. In deciding 

whether a proposed project will 

contribute to the effective creation, 

expansion, or maintenance of foreign 

markets, FAS considers whether the 

applicant provides a clear, long-term 

agricultural trade strategy and a program 

effectiveness time line against which 

results can be measured at specific 

intervals using quantifiable product or 

country goals. FAS also considers the 

extent to which a proposed project 

targets markets with the greatest growth 

potential. These factors are part of the 

FAS resource allocation strategy to fund 

applicants who can demonstrate 

performance and address the objectives 

of the GPRA. 

B. Award Information 

Under the MAP, and subject to the 

availability of funding, the CCC enters 

into agreements with eligible 

Participants to share the cost of certain 

overseas marketing and promotion 

activities. MAP Participants may receive 

assistance for generic or brand 

promotion activities. For generic 

activities, funding priority is given to 

organizations that have the broadest 

possible producer representation of the 

commodity being promoted and that are 

nationwide in membership and scope. 

Only non-profit U.S. agricultural trade 

organizations, nonprofit state regional 

trade groups (SRTGs), U.S. agricultural 

cooperatives, and State government 

agencies can participate directly in the 

brand program. The MAP generally 

operates on a reimbursement basis. 

C. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: To participate 

in the MAP, an applicant must be a 

nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade 

organization, a nonprofit SRTG, a U.S. 

agricultural cooperative, or a State 

government agency. A small-sized U.S. 

commercial entity may participate 

through a MAP Participant. 

2. Cost Sharing: To participate in the 

MAP, an applicant must agree to 

contribute resources to its proposed 

promotional activities. The MAP is 

intended to supplement, not supplant, 

the efforts of the U.S. private sector. In 

the case of generic promotion, the 

contribution must be at least 10 percent 

of the value of resources provided by 

CCC for such generic promotion. In the 

case of brand promotion, the 

contribution must be at least 50 percent 

of the total cost of such brand 

promotion. 

The degree of commitment of an 

applicant to the promotional strategies 

contained in its application, as 

represented by the agreed cost-share 

contributions specified therein, is 

considered by FAS when determining 

which applications will be approved for 

funding. Cost-share may be actual cash 

invested or in-kind contributions, such 

as professional staff time spent on 

design and execution of activities. The 

MAP regulations, in section 1485.16, 

provide detailed discussion of eligible 

and ineligible cost-share contributions. 

3. Other: Applications should include 

a justification for funding assistance 

from the program—an explanation as to 

what specifically could not be 

accomplished without federal funding 

assistance, and why participating 

organization(s) are unlikely to carry out 

the project without such assistance. 

D. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Organizations are encouraged 

to submit their MAP applications to 

FAS through the Unified Export 

Strategy (UES) application Internet Web 

site. The UES allows interested 

applicants to submit a single 

consolidated and strategically 

coordinated proposal that incorporates 

requests for funding and 

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recommendations for virtually all of the 

FAS marketing programs, financial 

assistance programs, and market access 

programs. The suggested UES format 

encourages applicants to examine the 

constraints or barriers to trade that they 

face, identify activities that would help 

overcome such impediments, consider 

the entire pool of complementary 

marketing tools and program resources, 

and establish realistic export goals. 

Applicants planning to use the Internetbased system must contact the FAS/

Program Operations Division to obtain 

Web site access information. The 

Internet-based application may be found 

at the following URL address: https://

www.fas.usda.gov/ues/webapp/. 

FAS highly recommends applying via 

the Internet-based application, as this 

format virtually eliminates paperwork 

and expedites the FAS processing and 

review cycle. However, applicants also 

have the option of submitting an 

electronic version of their application to 

FAS at uesadmin@fas.usda.gov. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: To be considered for the 

MAP, an applicant must submit to FAS 

information required by the MAP 

regulations in section 1485.13. 

In addition, in accordance with 2 CFR 

part 25, each entity that applies to MAP 

and does not qualify for an exemption 

under 2 CFR 25.110 must: 

(i) Provide a valid DUNS number in 

each application or plan it submits to 

CCC; 

(ii) Be registered in the System for 

Award Management (SAM) prior to 

submitting an application or plan; and 

(iii) Continue to maintain an active 

SAM registration with current 

information at all times during which it 

has an active Federal award or an 

application or plan under consideration 

by CCC. 

Similarly, in accordance with 2 CFR 

part 170, each entity that applies to 

MAP and does not qualify for an 

exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b) must 

ensure it has the necessary processes 

and systems in place to comply with the 

applicable reporting requirements of 2 

CFR part 170 should it receive MAP 

funding. 

Incomplete applications and 

applications that do not otherwise 

conform to this announcement and the 

MAP regulations will not be accepted 

for review. 

FAS administers various other 

agricultural export assistance programs 

including the Foreign Market 

Development Cooperator (Cooperator) 

program, the Emerging Markets 

Program, the Quality Samples Program, 

and the Technical Assistance for 

Specialty Crops program. Any 

organization that is not interested in 

applying for the MAP, but would like to 

request assistance through one of the 

other programs mentioned should 

contact the Program Operations 

Division. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: All 

applications must be received by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time, June 8, 2015. All 

MAP applicants, regardless of the 

method of submitting an application, 

must also submit by the application 

deadline, an original signed certification 

statement as specified in 7 CFR 

1485.13(a)(2)(i)(E) to the Program 

Operations Division, Office of Trade 

Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 

6512, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. Applications or 

certifications received after this date 

will not be considered. 

4. Funding Restrictions: Certain types 

of expenses are not eligible for 

reimbursement by the program, and 

there are limits on other categories of 

expenses. CCC also will not reimburse 

unreasonable expenditures or 

expenditures made prior to approval. 

Full details are available in the MAP 

regulations in section 1485.17. 

E. Application Review Information 

1. Criteria and Review Process: 

Following is a description of the FAS 

process for reviewing applications and 

the criteria for allocating available MAP 

funds. 

(1) Phase 1—Sufficiency Review and 

FAS Divisional Review 

Applications received by the closing 

date will be reviewed by FAS to 

determine the eligibility of the 

applicants and the completeness of the 

applications. These requirements appear 

in sections 1485.12 and 1485.13 of the 

MAP regulations. Applications that 

meet the requirements then will be 

further evaluated by the appropriate 

Commodity Branch office of the FAS/

Cooperator Programs Division. The 

Commodity Branch will review each 

application against the criteria listed in 

section 1485.14(b) and (c) of the MAP 

regulations as well as in this Notice. The 

purpose of this review is to identify 

meritorious proposals and to 

recommend an appropriate funding 

level for each application based upon 

these criteria. 

(2) Phase 2—Competitive Review 

Meritorious applications then will be 

passed on to the Office of the Deputy 

Administrator, Office of Trade 

Programs, for the purpose of allocating 

available funds among the applicants. 

Applicants will compete for funds on 

the basis of the following allocation 

criteria as applicable (the number in 

parentheses represents a percentage 

weight factor): 

(a) Applicant’s Contribution Level (40) 

• The applicant’s 4-year average share 

(2013–2016) of all contributions under 

the MAP (cash and goods and services 

provided by U.S. entities in support of 

overseas marketing and promotion 

activities) compared to; 

• The applicant’s 4-year average share 

(2013–2016) of the funding level for all 

MAP Participants. 

(b) Past Performance (30) 

• The 3-year average share (2012– 

2014) of the value of exports promoted 

by the applicant compared to; 

• The applicant’s 2-year average share 

(2014–2015) of the funding level for all 

MAP Participants plus, for those groups 

participating in the Cooperator program, 

the 2-year average share (2014–2015) of 

all Cooperator program budgets. 

(c) Projected Export Goals (15) 

• The total dollar value of projected 

exports promoted by the applicant for 

2016 compared to; 

• The applicant’s requested funding 

level; 

(d) Accuracy of Past Projections (15) 

• Actual exports for 2014 as reported 

in the 2016 MAP application compared 

to; 

• Past projections of exports for 2014 

as specified in the 2014 MAP 

application. 

The Commodity Branches’ 

recommended funding levels for each 

applicant are converted to percentages 

of the total MAP funds available and 

then multiplied by each weight factor as 

described above to determine the 

amount of funds allocated to each 

applicant. 

2. Anticipated Announcement Date: 

Announcements of funding decisions 

for the MAP are anticipated during 

October 2015. 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

1. Award Notices: FAS will notify 

each applicant in writing of the final 

disposition of its application. The FAS 

will send an approval letter and 

program agreement to each approved 

applicant. The approval letter and 

program agreement will specify the 

terms and conditions applicable to the 

project, including the levels of MAP 

funding and cost-share contribution 

requirements. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: Interested parties should 

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review the MAP regulations, which are 

available at the following URL address: 

http://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/

market-access-program-map. Hard 

copies may be obtained by contacting 

the Program Operations Division. 

3. Reporting: FAS requires various 

reports and evaluations from MAP 

Participants. Reporting requirements are 

detailed in the MAP regulations in 

section 1485.22 and 1485.23. 

G. Federal Agency Contact(s) 

For additional information and 

assistance, contact the Program 

Operations Division, Office of Trade 

Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Courier address: Room 6512, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20250, or by phone: (202) 720–4327, 

or by fax: (202) 720–9361, or by email: 

uesadmin@fas.usda.gov. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on the 1st of 

April 2015. 

Asif Chaudhry, 

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, and Vice President, Commodity 

Credit Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07941 Filed 4–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Community 

Forest and Open Space Program 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service (FS) is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the extension with no 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection; Community 

Forest and Open Space Program. 

The Agency is in the process of a 

proposed rule revision that will include 

a new information collection request; 

when the revised rule is final, the 

Agency will merge the new information 

collection with this information 

collection. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before June 15, 2015 to be 

assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Maya 

Solomon, USDA Forest Service, 

Cooperative Forestry Staff, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Mailstop 

1123, Washington, DC 20250. 

Comments may also be submitted 

electronically via email to 

communityforest@fs.fed.us. If comments 

are sent electronically, do not duplicate 

via regular mail. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at the USDA Forest Service, 

Yates Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, Washington, DC during normal 

business hours. Visitors are encouraged 

to call ahead to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maya Solomon, Forest Legacy Program 

Specialist, by phone at 202–206–1376. 

Individuals who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. 

and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Community Forest and Open 

Space Program. 

OMB Number: 0596–0189. 

Expiration Date of Approval: August 

31, 2015. 

Type of Request: Extension with no 

change. 

Abstract: The purpose of Community 

Forest Program is to achieve community 

benefits through grants to local 

governments, Tribal Governments, and 

qualified nonprofit organizations to 

establish community forests by 

acquiring and protecting private 

forestlands. This proposed rule includes 

information requirements necessary to 

implement Community Forest Program 

and comply with grants regulations and 

OMB Circulars. The information 

requirements will be used to help the 

Forest Service in the following areas: (1) 

To determine that the applicant is 

eligible to receive funds under the 

program, (2) to determine if the proposal 

meets the qualifications in the law and 

regulations, (3) to evaluate and rank the 

proposals based on a standard, 

consistent information; and (4) to 

determine if the projects costs are 

allowable and sufficient cost share is 

provided. 

Local governmental entities, Tribal 

Governments, and qualified nonprofit 

organizations are the only entities 

eligible for the program, and therefore 

are the only organizations from which 

information will be collected. 

The information collection currently 

required for a request for proposals and 

grant application is approved and has 

been assigned the OMB Control No. 

0596–0227. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 150. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 22. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 150. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 4,778 hours. 

Comment Is Invited 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, 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 

respondents, including the use of 

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 when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. 

Dated: April 1, 2015. 

Victoria C. Christiansen, 

Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07996 Filed 4–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Roadless Area Conservation; National 

Forest System Lands in Colorado 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture is initiating a supplemental 

environmental impact statement (SEIS) 

to propose reinstatement of the North 

Fork Coal Mining Area exception of the 

Colorado Roadless Rule. The exception 

would allow for temporary road 

construction for coal exploration and/or 

coal-related surface activities in a 

19,100-acre area defined as the North 

Fork Coal Mining Area. The Forest 

Service will use the SEIS to address 

specific deficiencies identified by the 

District Court of Colorado in High 

Country Conservation Advocates v. 

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