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SAMPLE BURDEN HOURS: 10% RESPONSE RATE FOR FARMERS, 25% RESPONSE RATE FOR STUDENTS

Sample size 

Responses Non-Response 

Count Minutes/ 

response 

Subtotal 

burden 

hours 

Count Minutes/ 

response 

Subtotal 

burden 

hours 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Farmer Population: 

Recruitment ................................................ 10,000 1,000 5 83.3 9,000 5 750.0 833.3 

Participation ............................................... .................... 1,000 30 500.0 .................... .................... .................... 500.0 

Total .................................................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 1,333.3 

Student Population: 

Recruitment ................................................ 4,000 1,000 3 50.0 3,000 3 150.0 200.0 

Participation ............................................... .................... 1,000 30 500.0 .................... .................... .................... 500.0 

Total .................................................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 700.0 

Total Both Populations ................ .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 2,033.3 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) 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 

should be sent to the address in the 

preamble. All responses to this notice 

will be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Spiro Stefanou, 

Administrator, Economic Research Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00004 Filed 1–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Black Hills Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Black Hills Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will conduct 

a virtual meeting. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and 

operates in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the committee is to improve 

collaborative relationships and to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with Title II of 

the Act. RAC information can be found 

at the following website: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/detail/blackhills/ 

workingtogether/advisorycommittees/ 

?cid=STELPRD3807565. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, January 28, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. 

All meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For updated status of 

meeting prior to attendance, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually along with a conference call 

line. For virtual meeting information, 

please contact the person listed under 

For Further Information Contact. 

Detailed instructions on how to attend 

the meeting virtually will be sent out via 

email with a news release 

approximately one week prior to the 

meeting. 

Written comments may be submitted 

as described under Supplementary 

Information. All comments, including 

names and addresses, when provided, 

are placed in the record and available 

for public inspection and copying. The 

public may inspect comments received 

at the Mystic Ranger District Office. 

Please call ahead to facilitate entry into 

the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Warnke, Committee Coordinator, 

by phone at 605–716–1978 or by email 

at kelly.warnke@usda.gov. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to further 

review and recommend projects for 

funding under the Secure Rural School 

allocations to Custer, Lawrence, and 

Pennington Counties for 2017, 2018 and 

2019. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The agenda will include time for people 

to make oral statements of three minutes 

or less. Individuals wishing to provide 

comments with regards to this meeting’s 

agenda and for comments to be included 

with the meeting minutes/records, 

comments must be submitted in writing 

by Friday January 22, 2021. Anyone 

who would like to bring related matters 

to the attention of the committee may 

file written statements with the 

committee staff before or after the 

meeting. Written comments must be 

sent to Kelly Warnke, Mystic Ranger 

District, 8221 Mount Rushmore Road, 

Rapid City, South Dakota 57702; by 

email to kelly.warnke@usda.gov, or via 

facsimile to 605–343–7134. 

Meeting Accommodations: If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpreting, assistive listening devices, 

or other reasonable accommodation. For 

access to the facility or proceedings, 

please contact the person listed in the 

section titled For Further Information 

Contact. All reasonable accommodation 

requests are managed on a case-by-case 

basis. 

Dated: 1/4/2021. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00024 Filed 1–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of Partnerships and Public 

Engagement 

Public 2501 Stakeholder Call 

AGENCY: OPPE, USDA. 


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ACTION: Notice of public 2501 

Stakeholder Call. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 2018 

Farm Bill, this notice announces the 

intention of the OPPE to host a public 

teleconference to solicit stakeholder 

feedback for its Outreach and Assistance 

for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and 

Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and 

Ranchers Grant Program, also known as 

the 2501 Program. 

DATES: The teleconference will be held 

on January 25, 2021, 1:00 p.m.—3:00 

p.m. EST. Comments on this notice 

must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on 

January 25, 2021, to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: OPPE invites interested 

persons to participate in the call with 

the following call-in instructions: 

Call-in number: 888–251–2949 

Passcode: 1813982# 

Comments may be submitted by Email 

at: 2501grants@usda.gov. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

electronic mail must include the Agency 

name and docket number [USDA– 

OPPE]. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Attention: 

Kenya Nicholas, Program Director, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW, Mail Stop 

0601, Washington, DC 20250, Office 

202–720–6350 and/or email at: 

2501grants@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2501 

Program was created through the 1990 

Farm Bill to assist socially 

disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, and 

foresters, who have historically 

experienced limited access to USDA 

loans, grants, training, and technical 

assistance. The 2014 Farm Bill 

expanded the program’s reach to assist 

veterans. 

Under this program, grants are 

awarded to higher education 

institutions and nonprofit and 

community-based organizations to 

extend USDA’s engagement efforts in 

these communities. Projects funded 

under the 2501 Program include but are 

not limited to conferences, workshops, 

and demonstrations on various farming 

techniques, and connecting underserved 

farmers and ranchers to USDA local 

officials to increase awareness of 

USDA’s programs and services while 

filling the needs for increased 

partnerships. Since 2010, the 2501 

program has awarded 533 grants totaling 

more than $138 million. 

Jacqueline Davis-Slay, 

Deputy Director, Office of Partnerships and 

Public Engagement. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00015 Filed 1–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3412–89–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Rural Housing Service 

Rural Utilities Service 

[Docket No. RUS–20–WATER–0032] 

OneRD Annual Notice of Guarantee 

Fee Rates, Periodic Retention Fee 

Rates, Loan Guarantee Percentage and 

Fee for Issuance of the Loan Note 

Guarantee Prior to Construction 

Completion for Fiscal Year 2021; 

correction 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, Rural Housing Service, and 

Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBCS), Rural 

Housing Service (RHS), and the Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS), agencies of the 

Rural Development mission area within 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), published a document on 

Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 

announcing the Guarantee Fee rates, 

Guarantee percent for Guaranteed 

Loans, the Periodic Retention Fee, and 

Fee for Issuance of the Loan Note 

Guarantee Prior to Construction 

Completion for FY 2021, to be used 

when applying for guarantee loans 

under the aforementioned guarantee 

loan types. The document was missing 

a guarantee percentage specific to the 

State of Alaska and information 

regarding collection of the periodic 

guarantee retention fee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information specific to this notice 

contact Michele Brooks, Director, 

Regulations Management, Rural 

Development Innovation Center— 

Regulations Management, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, 

Room 4266, South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Email 

michele.brooks@wdc.usda.gov. For 

information regarding implementation 

contact your respective Rural 

Development State Office listed here: 

http://www.rd.usda.gov/browse-state. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of September 

1, 2020, in FR Doc 2020–19288, on page 

54344, the chart is corrected to read as 

follows: 

Loan type Guarantee fee 

(percentage) 

Periodic 

guarantee 

retention fee 

(percentage) 

Loan 

guarantee 

percentage 

Fee for 

issuance of 

loan note 

guarantee 

prior to 

construction 

completion 

(percentage) 

B&I ................................................................................................................... 3.0 0.5 80 0.5 

B&I Reduced Fee ............................................................................................ 1.0 0.5 80 0.5 

A B&I project in a high cost, isolated rural area of the State of Alaska that 

is not connected to a road system ............................................................... 1.0 0.5 90 0.5 

CF .................................................................................................................... 1.5 0.5 80 0.5 

REAP ............................................................................................................... 1.0 0.25 80 0.5 

WWD ................................................................................................................ 1.0 N/A 80 0.5 


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