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The Agency will evaluate each complete 

application received in the USDA Rural 

Development National Office and will 

make awards using the provisions 

specified in 7 CFR 4279.265(a) 

through (f). 

A ranked application that is 

competed, but is not funded, will be 

carried forward to Fiscal Year 2012 to 

compete in the first competition in 

Fiscal Year 2012. 

In all instances in which a ranked 

application is not funded, the Agency 

will notify the lender in writing. If an 

application has been selected for 

funding, but has not been funded 

because additional information is 

needed, the Agency will notify the 

lender of what information is needed, 

including a timeframe for the lender to 

provide the information. If the lender 

does not provide the information within 

the specified timeframe, the Agency will 

remove the application from further 

consideration and will so notify the 

lender. 

D. Guaranteed loan servicing. The 

Agency will service loans guaranteed 

under this Notice in accordance with 

the provisions specified in 7 CFR 

4287.301 through 4287.307. 

E. Transfers and assumptions. The 

transfer fee rate for all transfers and 

assumptions that occur during Fiscal 

Year 2011 is 1 percent. The transfer fee 

will be equal to the transfer fee rate 

multiplied by the outstanding principal 

loan balance as of the date of the 

transfer multiplied by the percent of 

guarantee. 

VI. Administration Information 

A. Notifications. The Agency will 

notify, in writing, lenders whose 

applications have been selected for 

funding. If the Agency determines it is 

unable to guarantee the loan, the lender 

will be informed in writing. Such 

notification will include the reasons for 

denial of the guarantee. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

requirements. 

1. Review or appeal rights. A person 

may seek a review of an Agency 

decision or appeal to the National 

Appeals Division in accordance with 7 

CFR 4279.16. 

2. Exception authority. The provisions 

specified in 7 CFR 4279.202(b) and 7 

CFR 4287.303 apply to this Notice. 

C. Environmental review. The Agency 

has reviewed the types of applicant 

proposals that may qualify for assistance 

under this section and has determined, 

in accordance with 7 CFR Part 1940–G, 

that all proposals shall be reviewed as 

a Class II Environmental Assessment 

(EA) as the development of new and 

emerging technologies would not meet 

the classification of a Categorical 

Exclusion (CE) in accordance with 7 

CFR 1940.310 or a Class I EA in 

accordance with 7 CFR 1940.311. 

Furthermore, if after Agency review of 

proposals the Agency has determined 

that the proposal could result in 

significant environmental impacts on 

the quality of the human environment, 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

may be required pursuant to 7 CFR 

1940.313. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For general questions about this 

Notice, please contact Kelley Oehler, 

Energy Branch, Biorefinery Assistance 

Program, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Mail Stop 3225, 

Washington, DC, 20250–3225. 

Telephone: 202–720–6819. E-mail: 

kelley.oehler@wdc.usda.gov. 

Nondiscrimination Statement 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, and, where applicable, sex, 

marital status, familial status, parental 

status, religion, sexual orientation, 

genetic information, political beliefs, 

reprisal, or because all or part of an 

individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice and TDD). 

To file a complaint of discrimination 

write to USDA, Director, Office of 

Adjudication and Compliance, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

(800) 795–3272 (voice) or (202) 720– 

6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider, employer, and 

lender. 

Dated: March 7, 2011. 

Cheryl L. Cook, 

Acting Under Secretary, Rural Development. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5575 Filed 3–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

[Docket No. 110228173–1173–01] 

RIN 0605–XA34 

Department of Commerce FY 2011– 

2016 Strategic Plan 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Department) is updating its current FY 

2007–2012 Strategic Plan. As part of this 

process, the Department is inviting 

comments on its draft FY 2011–2016 

Strategic Plan to comply with the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), as well as the 

recently enacted GPRA Modernization 

Act. 

DATES: Public comments on the draft 

Strategic Plan must be entered through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal or 

received at the appropriate mailing or email address (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than April 11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Attachments to electronic comments 

may be submitted in Microsoft Word, 

Excel, or Adobe PDF formats. 

Commenters who do not have access to 

the Internet may mail comments to Mr. 

Stephen Shapiro, Office of the Deputy 

Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Room 5312, Washington, DC 

20230. While on-line submission is 

preferred, comments may also be 

submitted via e-mail to 

sshapiro@doc.gov. Comments that are 

mailed or e-mailed also become part of 

the public record and will generally be 

posted to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

with all identifying information (name, 

address, affiliation) that is voluntarily 

submitted. Anonymous comments may 

be submitted on-line by entering ‘‘N/A’’ 

in identification fields. Please do not 

submit proprietary or other sensitive 

information you do not want made 

public. 

The Department’s current and draft 

Strategic Plans are posted at http:// 

www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stephen Shapiro, phone 202–482–3700, 

fax 202–482–2903, e-mail 

sshapiro@doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), as well as the 

recently enacted GPRA Modernization 

Act, each Federal agency must develop 

a strategic plan describing the agency’s 

mission and strategic goals, and the 

means and strategies that will be used 

to achieve them. The plan must describe 

the relationship between annual 

performance goals and the agency’s 

strategic goal framework. Annual 

performance plans for implementing the 

strategic plan are documented as 

elements of the Department’s budget 

justifications. A key part of the statutory 


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process for developing or updating a 

strategic plan includes consultation 

with Congress and other interested and 

potentially affected parties. 

The structure of the draft strategic 

plan has changed from that of the 

previous plan, and incorporates the 

structure of the Department’s new 

balanced scorecard. A balanced 

scorecard ‘‘balances’’ or equally 

emphasizes programmatic and 

management objectives, and contains 

measures that are tracked by senior 

leaders to support their day-to-day 

management activities. During the 

spring of 2010, Secretary Locke engaged 

with a broad cross-section of the 

Department’s senior leadership to 

develop a balanced scorecard to deploy 

and execute this Strategic Plan. The 

Secretary directed a balanced scorecard 

approach to establish and maintain 

focus on the Department’s top priorities, 

to institutionalize quarterly data-driven 

reviews with heads of operating units to 

monitor and ensure attainment of these 

priorities, and to emphasize that 

Customer Service, Organizational 

Excellence, and Workforce Excellence 

are prerequisites to the short and longterm achievement of the Department’s 

programmatic goals. 

The balanced scorecard approach 

monitors the Department’s internal 

management processes and focuses its 

operating programs on priorities. This 

approach recognizes that follow-up and 

follow-through are critical to both the 

short and long-term success and 

sustainability of high-performing 

programs. 

The Department’s balanced scorecard 

and Strategic Plan are structured around 

three programmatic themes (Economic 

Growth, Science and Information, and 

Environmental Stewardship) and three 

management themes (Customer Service, 

Organizational Excellence, and 

Workforce Excellence). The Economic 

Growth theme is further subdivided into 

three goals (Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship, Market Development 

and Commercialization, and Trade 

Promotion and Compliance). 

These themes and goals are further 

subdivided into 27 strategic objectives, 

which frame all of the Department’s 

programs and supporting activities. 

Each objective narrative addresses the 

Department’s strategies to achieve the 

objective, key challenges, external 

factors, contributing programs, and 

program evaluations. Narratives for the 

18 programmatic objectives also include 

performance measures (i.e., GPRA 

measures) for tracking attainment. 

The Department’s Strategic Plan is 

implemented on an annual basis 

through the Annual Performance Plan 

for each operating unit. Results are 

published in the Department’s annual 

Performance and Accountability Report. 

Copies of the Department’s Annual 

Performance Plans and Performance and 

Accountability Reports are posted at 

http://www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/. 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Scott Quehl, 

Chief Financial Officer and Assistant 

Secretary for Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5563 Filed 3–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–GA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 16–2011] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 229—Charleston, 

WV; Application for Subzone; Cabela’s 

Inc.; (Hunting, Fishing, Camping and 

Related Outdoor Merchandise) 

Triadelphia, WV 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the West Virginia Economic 

Development Authority, grantee of FTZ 

229, requesting special-purpose subzone 

status for the warehousing and 

distribution facility of Cabela’s Inc. 

(Cabela’s), located in Triadelphia, West 

Virginia. The application was submitted 

pursuant to the provisions of the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations 

of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 

formally filed on March 7, 2011. 

The Cabela’s facility (510 employees, 

60 acres) is located at One Distribution 

Road, Triadelphia, West Virginia. The 

facility is used for the storage and 

distribution of outdoor merchandise, 

clothing and footwear, including optics, 

electronics, hunting, archery, shooting, 

fishing, boating, camping, pet and 

related products (duty rate ranges from 

duty-free to 48%). 

FTZ procedures could exempt 

Cabela’s from customs duty payments 

on foreign products that will be reexported (approximately 1% of 

shipments). On its domestic sales, the 

company would be able to defer duty 

payments until merchandise is shipped 

from the plant and entered for 

consumption. FTZ designation would 

further allow Cabela’s to realize 

logistical benefits through the use of 

weekly customs entry procedures. The 

request indicates that the savings from 

FTZ procedures would help improve 

the facility’s international 

competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the 

FTZ Staff is designated examiner to 

evaluate and analyze the facts and 

information presented in the application 

and case record and to report findings 

and recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is May 10, 2011. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period to May 25, 2011. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, 

which is accessible via http:// 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Elizabeth Whiteman at 

Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0473. 

Dated: March 7, 2011. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5695 Filed 3–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 17–2011] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 266—Dane 

County, WI; Application for Subzone, 

Cabela’s Inc. (Hunting, Fishing, 

Camping and Related Outdoor 

Merchandise), Prairie du Chien, WI 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by Dane County, Wisconsin, 

grantee of FTZ 266, requesting specialpurpose subzone status for the 

warehousing and distribution facility of 

Cabela’s Inc. (Cabela’s), located in 

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed 

on March 7, 2011. 

The Cabela’s facility (685 employees, 

56 acres) is located at 501 Cliffhaven 

Road, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The 

facility is used for the storage and 

distribution of outdoor merchandise, 

clothing and footwear, including optics, 

electronics, hunting, archery, shooting, 


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