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INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES—HOUSEHOLD SIZE LARGER THAN 8 

[Effective from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022] 

Household size 

Federal poverty guidelines—100% Reduced price meals—185% 

Annual Monthly Twicemonthly Bi-weekly Weekly Annual Monthly Twicemonthly Bi-weekly Weekly 

48 Contiguous States, DC, Guam and Territories 

9 ................................................................ $49,200 $4,100 $2,050 $1,893 $947 $91,020 $7,585 $3,793 $3,501 $1,751 

10 .............................................................. 53,740 4,479 2,240 2,067 1,034 99,419 8,285 4,143 3,824 1,912 

11 .............................................................. 58,280 4,857 2,429 2,242 1,121 107,818 8,985 4,493 4,147 2,074 

12 .............................................................. 62,820 5,235 2,618 2,417 1,209 116,217 9,685 4,843 4,470 2,235 

13 .............................................................. 67,360 5,614 2,807 2,591 1,296 124,616 10,385 5,193 4,793 2,397

14 .............................................................. 71,900 5,992 2,996 2,766 1,383 133,015 11,085 5,543 5,116 2,558

15 .............................................................. 76,440 6,370 3,185 2,940 1,470 141,414 11,785 5,893 5,439 2,720

16 .............................................................. 80,980 6,749 3,375 3,115 1,558 149,813 12,485 6,243 5,763 2,882

Each add’l family member add ................. +4,540 +379 +190 +175 +88 +8,399 +700 +350 +324 +162 

Alaska 

9 ................................................................ 61,530 5,128 2,564 2,367 1,184 113,831 9,486 4,743 4,379 2,190

10 .............................................................. 67,210 5,601 2,801 2,585 1,293 124,339 10,362 5,181 4,783 2,392

11 .............................................................. 72,890 6,075 3,038 2,804 1,402 134,847 11,238 5,619 5,187 2,594

12 .............................................................. 78,570 6,548 3,274 3,022 1,511 145,355 12,113 6,057 5,591 2,796

13 .............................................................. 84,250 7,021 3,511 3,241 1,621 155,863 12,989 6,495 5,995 2,998

14 .............................................................. 89,930 7,495 3,748 3,459 1,730 166,371 13,865 6,933 6,399 3,200

15 .............................................................. 95,610 7,968 3,984 3,678 1,839 176,879 14,740 7,370 6,804 3,402

16 .............................................................. 101,290 8,441 4,221 3,896 1,948 187,387 15,616 7,808 7,208 3,604 

Each add’l family member add ................. +5,680 +474 +237 +219 +110 +10,508 +876 +438 +405 +203 

Hawaii 

9 ................................................................ 56,580 4,715 2,358 2,177 1,089 104,673 8,723 4,362 4,026 2,013

10 .............................................................. 61,800 5,150 2,575 2,377 1,189 114,330 9,528 4,764 4,398 2,199 

11 .............................................................. 67,020 5,585 2,793 2,578 1,289 123,987 10,333 5,167 4,769 2,385

12 .............................................................. 72,240 6,020 3,010 2,779 1,390 133,644 11,137 5,569 5,141 2,571

13 .............................................................. 77,460 6,455 3,228 2,980 1,490 143,301 11,942 5,971 5,512 2,756

14 .............................................................. 82,680 6,890 3,445 3,180 1,590 152,958 12,747 6,374 5,883 2,942

15 .............................................................. 87,900 7,325 3,663 3,381 1,691 162,615 13,552 6,776 6,255 3,128

16 .............................................................. 93,120 7,760 3,880 3,582 1,791 172,272 14,356 7,178 6,626 3,313

Each add’l family member add ................. +5,220 +435 +218 +201 +101 +9,657 +805 +403 +372 +186 

The table of this Notice contains the 

income limits by household size for the 

48 contiguous States, the District of 

Columbia, and all United States 

Territories, including Guam. Separate 

tables for Alaska and Hawaii have been 

included for the convenience of the 

State agencies because the poverty 

guidelines for Alaska and Hawaii are 

higher than for the 48 contiguous States. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1786. 

Cynthia Long, 

Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition 

Service, USDA. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04532 Filed 3–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket Number: RBS–21–BUSINESS–0003] 

Inviting Applications for Value-Added 

Producer Grants and Solicitation of 

Grant Reviewers 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (Agency) published 

a notice in the Federal Register on 

December 21, 2020 inviting applications 

for the Value-Added Producer Grant 

(VAPG) program. Subsequently, the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, 

which provides $35 million in COVID– 

19 relief funds, was enacted. 

Accordingly, a total of $76 million in 

program funding is available. The 

agency is extending the application 

deadline, increasing available total 

funding for the program; allowing for 

application submission through email; 

eliminating the awarding of points for 

the Level of Commitment category 

specified in Section 1(c) of the original 

notice, and allowing for a reduced cost 

share match of 10 percent of the grant 

amount for the $35 million in COVID– 

19 relief funds. You should review this 

notice in its entirety for more specific 

information on changes that have been 

made to the original notice. 

DATES: You must submit your 

application by May 4, 2021 for it to be 

considered for funding. Paper 

applications must be postmarked and 

mailed, shipped, or sent overnight by 

this date. You may also email or hand 

carry your application to one of our 

field offices, but applications submitted 

by this method must be received by 4:30 

p.m. local time on May 4, 2021. 

Applications are permitted via https://

www.grants.gov/ and must be received 

by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on April 29, 

2021. Late applications are not eligible 

for grant funding under this Notice. 

ADDRESSES: To submit a paper 

application, send it to the State Office 

located in the State where your project 

will primarily take place. You can find 

State Office contact information at 

http://www.rd.usda.gov/contact-us/ 

state-offices. To submit an application 

through email, contact your respective 

State Office before May 4, 2021 to obtain 

the Agency email address where you 

will submit your application. If you 

want to submit an application through 

Grants.gov, follow the instructions for 

the VAPG funding announcement on 

https://www.grants.gov/. Please review 

the Grants.gov website at https://

www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/ 

registration.html for instructions on the 

process of registering your organization 

as soon as possible to ensure you are 

able to meet the Grants.gov application 

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You should contact your USDA Rural 

Development State Office if you have 

questions about eligibility or submission 

requirements. You are encouraged to 

contact your State Office well in 

advance of the application deadline to 

discuss your project and to ask any 

questions about the application process. 

Application materials are available at 

http://www.rd.usda.gov/programsservices/value-added-producer-grants. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

York at (202) 281–5289, gregory.york@

usda.gov, or Mike Daniels at (715) 345– 

7637, mike.daniels@usda.gov, Program 

Management Division, Rural BusinessCooperative Service, United States 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Mail Stop 

3226, Room—5801–S, Washington, DC 

20250–3226, 202–720–1400, or email at 

CPgrants@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENATARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 

The VAPG program is authorized 

under section 231 of the Agriculture 

Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 

106–224), as amended by section 10102 

of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

2018 (Pub. L. 115–334) (see 7 U.S.C. 

1627c). Applicants must adhere to the 

requirements contained in the program 

regulation, 7 CFR part 4284, subpart J, 

which is incorporated by reference in 

this Notice. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, the paperwork burden 

associated with this Notice has been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control 

Number 0570–0064. 

Overview 

Federal Agency Name: USDA Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service. 

Funding Opportunity Title: ValueAdded Producer Grant. 

Announcement Type: Notice of 

Solicitation of Applications and 

Solicitation of Grant Reviewers. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 10.352. 

Dates: Application Deadline. You 

must submit your application by May 4, 

2021 for it to be considered for funding. 

Paper applications must be postmarked 

and mailed, shipped or sent overnight 

by this date. You may also email or 

hand carry your application to one of 

our field offices, but it must be received 

by 4:30 p.m. local time on May 4, 2021. 

Applications are permitted via https://

www.grants.gov/ and must be received 

before 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on April 

29, 2021. Late applications are not 

eligible for grant funding under this 

Notice. 

I. Background 

The Agency published a Notice in the 

Federal Register on December 21, 2020 

(85 FR 83038) (the original notice) 

announcing the availability of funding 

for competitive grants to assist eligible 

agricultural producers in starting or 

expanding value-added activities related 

to the processing and marketing of new 

products. The goals of this program are 

to generate new products, create and 

expand marketing opportunities, and 

increase producer income. 

Under the original notice, applicants 

had until March 22, 2021 to submit a 

paper application and until March 16, 

2021 to submit applications through 

Grants.gov (the new due dates are as 

specified in Section III(4) below). The 

original solicitation required the 

applicant to provide cost sharing match 

of at least $1 for every $1 in grant funds 

provided by the Agency. 

The purpose of this Notice is to 

announce that the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (the FY 2021 

Appropriations Act), provides an 

additional $35 million in funding for 

COVID–19 relief and allows for a 

reduced cost-share match of 10 percent 

of the grant amount (i.e., at least $1 from 

the applicant for every $10 in Agency 

grant funds) for these funds during the 

public health emergency. 

II. General Funding Information 

A. Type of Instrument 

Grant. Maximum award amount for 

Planning Grant is $75,000; maximum 

award amount for Working Capital 

Grant is $250,000. 

B. Available Funds 

There is approximately $76 million in 

available funding. Of this amount, the 

COVID–19 relief funds constitute $35 

million and the other $41 million comes 

from the FY 2021 Appropriations Act 

and carryover funding from fiscal year 

2020. The $35 million in COVID–19 

relief funds may include a reduced cost 

share match requirement of 10 percent 

of the grant amount. The other available 

funds have a statutory cost share match 

requirement of 100 percent of the grant 

amount. Please see section III., 

‘‘Program Requirements and Changes,’’ 

for additional information. 

C. Approximate Number of Awards 

The number of awards will depend on 

the number of eligible participants and 

the total amount of requested funds. 

III. Program Requirements and Changes 

To be eligible for an award under this 

solicitation, applications must meet all 

the requirements contained in the 

original notice with the following 

exceptions for this amended notice: 

1. Total available funding for FY 2021 

is approximately $76 million. 

2. Your application may include a 

reduced cost-share match of 10 percent 

of grant funds if you are competing for 

the $35 million in FY 2021 COVID–19 

relief funds. You are not required to 

demonstrate how your business 

operations were impacted by the 

COVID–19 pandemic. Relief funds will 

be awarded in application scoring rank 

order until exhausted. If your 

application for COVID–19 relief funds is 

not selected for funding through the 

competitive process, you will have the 

opportunity to compete for the 

additional $41 million in funds if your 

application scores 50 points or above. 

You will be contacted by the Agency 

and will be required to submit a revised 

budget and work plan that includes the 

standard cost-share match of at least $1 

for every $1 in grant funds. Applicants 

unable to meet the standard cost-share 

match will be ineligible to compete for 

the additional funding. 

3. For the FY 2021 VAPG cycle, the 

Level of Commitment assignment of 

points for in-kind and cash match 

contributions will be eliminated from 

Commitments and Support scoring 

criterion (c). 

Points for Commitments and Support 

will be redistributed as follows: 

(i) 0 points will be awarded if you do 

not address the criterion. 

(ii) Independent Producer 

Commitment: 

(A) Sole Proprietor (one owner/ 

producer): 1 point. 

(B) Multiple Independent Producers 

(note: in cases where family members, 

such as husband and wife, are eligible 

Independent Producers, each family 

member will count as one Independent 

Producer): 2 points. 

(iii) End-user commitment: 

(A) No or insufficiently documented 

commitment from end-users: 0 points. 

(B) Well-documented commitment 

from one end-user: 2 points. 

(C) Well-documented commitment 

from more than one end-user: 4 points. 

(iv) Third-party commitment: 

(A) No, or insufficiently documented, 

commitment from third-parties: 0 

points. 

(B) Well-documented commitment 

from one third-party: 2 points. 

(C) Well-documented commitment 

from more than one third-party: 4 

points. 

4. You must submit your application 

by May 4, 2021 for it to be considered 

for funding. Paper applications must be 

postmarked and mailed, shipped or sent 

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email or hand carry your application to 

one of our field offices, but it must be 

received by 4:30 p.m. local time on May 

4, 2021. Applications are permitted via 

https://www.grants.gov/ and must be 

received before 11:59 p.m. Eastern time 

on April 29, 2021. Late applications are 

not eligible for grant funding under this 

Notice. 

5. If you are interested in serving as 

a non-federal independent grant 

reviewer, please send a resume 

addressing relevant qualifications and 

experience to CPGrants@wdc.usda.gov 

by April 5, 2021. 

Program information and revised 

application templates can also be found 

at https://www.rd.usda.gov/programsservices/value-added-producer-grants. 

Mark Brodziski, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Business— 

Cooperative Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04687 Filed 3–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Massachusetts Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

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 

Massachusetts Advisory Committee to 

the Commission will convene by 

conference call on Wednesday, March 

24, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. (ET). The purpose 

of the meeting is to a complete and 

conclude its project on the water 

accessibility in Massachusetts and begin 

plans for its next project topic. 

DATES: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 

2:00 p.m. (ET). 

Public Webex Conference Registration 

Link (video and audio): https://

tinyurl.com/35ajmnuk. 

To Join by Phone Only: Dial 1–800– 

360–9505; Access code: 199 414 6129. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evelyn Bohor at ero@usccr.gov or by 

phone at 202–921–2212. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is available to the public 

through the WebEx link above. If joining 

only via phone, callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. 

Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and 

hard of hearing may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the call-in 

number found through registering at the 

web link provided above for the 

meeting. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the respective 

meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Barbara Delaviez at ero@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at (202) 809– 

9618. Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 

public viewing as they become available 

at the www.facadatabase.gov. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, 

or to contact the Regional Programs Unit 

at the above phone number or email 

address. 

Agenda 

Wednesday, March 24, 2021; 2:00 p.m. 

(ET) 

1. Roll call 

2. Water Project—final steps 

3. Planning Next Project 

4. Public Comment 

5. Other Business 

6. Adjourn 

Dated: March 1, 2021. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04539 Filed 3–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–3–2021] 

Approval of Subzone Status; Coating 

Place, Inc., Verona, Wisconsin 

On January 6, 2021, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board docketed an application 

submitted by Dane County, Wisconsin, 

grantee of FTZ 266, requesting subzone 

status subject to the existing activation 

limit of FTZ 266, on behalf of Coating 

Place, Inc., in Verona, Wisconsin. 

The application was processed in 

accordance with the FTZ Act and 

Regulations, including notice in the 

Federal Register inviting public 

comment (86 FR 2382, January 12, 

2021). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed 

the application and determined that it 

meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant 

to the authority delegated to the FTZ 

Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR 

400.36(f)), the application to establish 

Subzone 266B was approved on March 

2, 2021, subject to the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations, including Section 

400.13, and further subject to FTZ 266’s 

648-acre activation limit. 

Dated: March 2, 2021. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04571 Filed 3–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–14–2021] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 24—Pittston, 

Pennsylvania; Notification of Proposed 

Production Activity; Merck & Co., Inc. 

(Pharmaceutical Products); Riverside, 

Pennsylvania 

Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck), submitted 

a notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board for its facility 

in Riverside, Pennsylvania. The 

notification conforming to the 

requirements of the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on February 24, 2021. 

Merck already has authority to 

produce pharmaceutical products 

within Subzone 24B. The current 

request would add finished products 

and foreign status materials to the scope 

of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 

400.14(b), additional FTZ authority 

would be limited to the specific foreignstatus materials and specific finished 

products described in the submitted 

notification (as described below) and 

subsequently authorized by the FTZ 

Board. 

Production under FTZ procedures 

could exempt Merck from customs duty 

payments on the foreign-status materials 

used in export production. On its 

domestic sales, for the foreign-status 

materials/components noted below and 

in the existing scope of authority, Merck 

would be able to choose the duty rates 

during customs entry procedures that 

apply to PRIMAXIN intermediate 

(imipenem and cilastatin bulk) and 

INVANZ intermediate (ertapenem 

sodium) (duty-free). Merck would be 

able to avoid duty on foreign-status 

components which become scrap/waste. 

Customs duties also could possibly be 

deferred or reduced on foreign-status 

production equipment. 

The materials sourced from abroad 

include: imipenem input; cilastatin 

input; ertapenem sodium input; BIS (2, 


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