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displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Federal Marketing Order for 

Almonds. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–New. 

Summary of Collection: Marketing 

Order No. 981 (7 CFR part 81) regulates 

the handling of almonds grown in 

California. Enabling legislation is 

contained in the Agricultural Marketing 

Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.; Act). The Act 

authorizes the promulgation and 

amendment of marketing orders for 

certain agricultural commodities and 

the issuance of regulations thereof for 

providing orderly marketing conditions 

in interstate and intrastate commerce 

and for improving returns to producers. 

The Act provides in section 608(d)(1) 

that information necessary to determine 

the extent to which a marketing order 

has effectuated the declared policy of 

the Act shall be furnished at the request 

of the Secretary of Agriculture. The 

rules of practice and the procedure 

governing proceedings to formulate 

marketing orders are contained in 7 CFR 

part 900. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Board is made up of grower and handler 

members and alternates who are 

nominated by their industry peers and 

appointed by the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) for specified terms 

of office. Board staff use the four ballot 

forms and one grower petition when 

conducting the nomination process. 

These new forms require a minimum of 

information necessary to effectively 

carry out the requirements of the 

marketing order, and their use is 

necessary to fulfill the intent of the Act 

as expressed in the marketing order. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 677. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Other (when forms are 

requested). 

Total Burden Hours: 57. 

Kimble Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27754 Filed 12–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 18, 2018. 

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 January 22, 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: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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 

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. 

Office of Partnership and Public 

Engagement 

Title: USDA/1890 National Scholars 

Program Application. 

OMB Control Number: 0503–0015. 

Summary of Collection: The USDA/ 

1890 National Scholars Program is an 

annual recruiting effort by the USDA/ 

1890 National Program Office and the 

participating eighteen 1890 Land-Grant 

Universities. This human capital 

initiative is a collective effort geared 

towards attracting graduating high 

school seniors and currently enrolled 

college students who are rising 

sophomores or juniors, into pursuing 

disciplines in agriculture, natural 

resources, and related sciences at any of 

the 1890 Land-Grant Universities. The 

USDA/1890 National Scholars Program 

offers scholarships to U.S. citizens who 

are seeking a bachelor’s degree, in the 

fields of agriculture, food, or natural 

resources sciences and related majors, at 

one of the nineteen Historically Black 

Land-Grant Universities. Each applicant 

is required to submit a hard copy of the 

USDA/1890 National Scholars Program 

Application Form to the USDA/1890 

Program Liaison assigned to the 1890 

Land-Grant University to which they 

want to apply. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information to be collected from the 

application includes the applicant 

name, address, educational background 

(grade point average, test scores), name 

of universities interested in attending, 

desired major, extracurricular activities, 

interest and habits. The information will 

be used to assist the selecting agencies 

in their process of identifying potential 

recipients of the scholarship. The 

program would not be able to function 

consistently without this annual 

collection. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 1,500. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,900. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27626 Filed 12–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3412–88–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Farm Service Agency 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA); 

Market Facilitation Program (MFP) 

Payments to Producers 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: MFP provides payments to 

producers with commodities that have 

been significantly impacted by actions 

of foreign governments resulting in the 

loss of traditional exports. This NOFA 

announces the new payment rates for 


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selected commodities. On behalf of the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), 

the Farm Service Agency (FSA) 

administers MFP. MFP participants will 

receive an MFP payment, calculated 

based on the eligible production 

multiplied by the participant’s share 

multiplied by the MFP payment rate. 

DATES: Application period: December 

21, 2018 through January 15, 2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bradley Karmen, telephone: (202) 720– 

3175. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The MFP regulation in 7 CFR part 

1409 specifies the eligibility 

requirements, payment calculations, 

and application procedures for MFP. 

CCC published NOFAs on August 30, 

2018 (83 FR 44257–44258), and on 

September 25, 2018 (83 FR 48410– 

48411), that announced funds available 

for MFP commodities and specified the 

initial payment rates. MFP provides 

assistance to producers with 

commodities that have been 

significantly impacted by actions of 

foreign governments resulting in the 

loss of traditional exports. 

The initial payment rates announced 

in previous NOFAs applied to the first 

50 percent of the producer’s total 

production of the selected commodity. 

The second payment rates, as 

announced in this NOFA, apply to the 

remaining 50 percent of the producer’s 

production for the selected commodity. 

MFP payment at the second payment 

rate will be made after a producer 

harvests 100 percent of the crop and 

certifies the amount of production. 

Payment Rates 

The MFP payment rates that have 

been determined by CCC are as shown 

in the following table. 

Commodity Unit Initial rate * 

($/unit) 

Second rate ** 

($/unit) 

Soybeans ...................................................................... bushels ......................................................................... $1.65 $1.65 

Sorghum ....................................................................... bushels ......................................................................... 0.86 0.86 

Wheat ........................................................................... bushels ......................................................................... 0.14 0.14 

Cotton (Upland and ELS) ............................................. pounds .......................................................................... 0.06 0.06 

Corn .............................................................................. bushels ......................................................................... 0.01 0.01 

Hogs ............................................................................. number of head of hogs ............................................... 8.00 8.00 

Milk ............................................................................... hundredweight (cwt) ..................................................... 0.12 0.12 

Shelled Almonds ........................................................... pounds .......................................................................... 0.03 0.03 

Fresh Sweet Cherries ................................................... pounds .......................................................................... 0.16 0.16 

* Payment rate for first 50 percent of producer’s total production. 

** Payment rate for remaining 50 percent of producer’s total production. 

The actual production used to 

calculate an MFP payment under this 

NOFA is 2018 production in which the 

applicant had an ownership share. 

Specifically, required production 

information is as follows: 

• Harvested production for the 2018 

crop year; 

• An ownership share for a crop will 

be as reported to FSA on the acreage 

report, form FSA–578, ‘‘Report of 

Acreage.’’ 

For information about production 

evidence, payment limitation, and 

eligible crops, see the previously 

published MFP NOFAs (83 FR 44257– 

44258 and 83 FR 48410–48411). 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Requirements 

In the accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the information 

collection required by MFP regulation (7 

CFR 1409) has been approved by OMB 

under OMB control number of 0560– 

0292. FSA does not have any changes to 

the burden hours and the information 

collection activities for this NOFA. 

Environmental Review 

The environmental impacts for MFP 

have been considered in a manner 

consistent with the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the 

regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508), and the FSA regulation for 

compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part 

799). 

As stated in the MFP final rule, the 

implementation of MFP and the 

participation in MFP do not constitute 

major Federal actions that would 

significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment, individually or 

cumulatively. The final rule served as 

documentation of the programmatic 

environmental compliance decision for 

this federal program; therefore, CCC will 

not prepare additional environmental 

compliance documentation for this 

NOFA. 

Federal Assistance Programs 

The title and number of the Federal 

assistance programs, as found in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, 

to which this NOFA applies is: 10.123

Market Facilitation Program. 

Richard Fordyce, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

Robert Stephenson, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27614 Filed 12–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meetings of the New 

York Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a meeting of the New York 

Advisory Committee to the Commission 

will convene by conference call at 12:00 

p.m. (EST) on: Friday, January 11, 2019. 

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss 

topics of study. 

DATES: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 12:00 

p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Public Call-In Information: 

Conference call-in number: 1–877–260– 

1479 and conference ID# 5953601. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Barreras, at dbarreras@usccr.gov 

or by phone at 312–353–8311. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

members of the public may listen to the 

discussion by calling the following tollfree conference call-in number: 1–877– 

260–1479 and conference ID# 5953601. 

Please be advised that before placing 

them into the conference call, the 

conference call operator will ask callers 

to provide their names, their 


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