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accept comments. RUS will use 

comments and input provided by 

government agencies, private 

organizations, and the public in the 

preparation of the Draft EA. If RUS 

finds, based on the EA, that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment, RUS will prepare 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI). Public notification of a 

Finding of No Significant Impact would 

be published in the Federal Register 

and in newspapers with circulation in 

the project area. RUS may take its final 

action on proposed actions requiring an 

EA (§ 1794.23) any time after 

publication of applicant notices that a 

FONSI has been made and any required 

review period has expired. When 

substantive comments are received on 

the EA, RUS may provide an additional 

period (15 days) for public review 

following the publication of its FONSI 

determination. Final action will not be 

taken until this review period has 

expired. Where appropriate to carry out 

the purposes of NEPA, RUS may 

impose, on a case-by-case basis, 

additional requirements associated with 

the preparation of an EA. If at any point 

in the preparation of an EA, RUS 

determines that the proposed action will 

have a significant effect on the quality 

of the human environment, the 

preparation of an Environmental Impact 

Statement will be required. 

Any final action by RUS related to the 

proposed action will be subject to, and 

contingent upon, compliance with all 

relevant Federal, State, and local 

environmental laws and regulations and 

completion of the environmental review 

requirements as prescribed in the RUS 

Environmental Policies and Procedures 

(7 CFR part 1794). 

Dated: July 28, 2009. 

Mark S. Plank, 

Director, Engineering and Environmental 

Staff, Rural Utilities Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

Notice of Funding Availability for the 

Healthy Urban Food Enterprise 

Development Center Request for 

Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability. 

SUMMARY: The Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service (CSREES) is announcing the 

release of the FY 2009 Healthy Urban 

Food Enterprise Development Center 

(HUFED–Center) Request for 

Applications (RFA) via Grants.gov. 

DATES: The FY 2009 Healthy Urban 

Food Enterprise Development Center 

(HUFED–Center) RFA was posted to 

Grants.gov on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 

and applications must be received via 

Grants.gov by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on 

Wednesday, August 12, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Tuckermanty 202–205–0241 

(phone), 202–401–6488 (fax), or 

etuckermanty@csrees.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

Section 4402 of the Food, 

Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 

(Pub. L. 110–246) amended section 25 of 

the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

which requires that the Secretary of 

Agriculture provide a grant to a 

nonprofit organization to establish and 

support a healthy urban food enterprise 

development center. The purpose of the 

HUFED Center is to increase access to 

healthy, affordable foods, including 

locally produced agricultural products, 

to underserved communities. The 

HUFED Center will provide training and 

technical assistance for healthy food 

enterprises and award sub-grants to 

eligible entities for healthy food 

enterprise development. The HUFED 

Center shall provide two main 

functions: (1) Provide for training and 

technical assistance (T&TA) for healthy 

food enterprises; and (2) implement a 

competitive sub-grant program for 

healthy food enterprises. 

The HUFED Center was created to 

respond to the need to redevelop a food 

enterprise structure in the United States 

in order to make more healthy, 

affordable food available in low-income 

areas, to improve access for small and 

mid-sized agricultural producers, and to 

promote the positive economic activities 

generated from attracting food 

enterprises into underserved 

communities. 

The estimated amount available for 

support of this program in FY 2009 is 

$900,000. The eligibility criteria for the 

project and applicants, and the 

application forms and associated 

instructions needed to apply for a 

HUFED Center award can be accessed 

through the Grants.gov Web site at 

http://www.grants.gov. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

July 2009. 

Ralph A. Otto, 

Associate Administrator, Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension Service. 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the New Hampshire Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, that the New Hampshire 

Advisory Committee will convene a 

briefing meeting and planning meeting 

at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 14, 2009, 

at the Legislative Office Building, Room 

201, Concord, New Hampshire 03301. 

The purpose of the briefing meeting is 

to hear presentations from experts about 

civil rights issues in the State. The 

purpose of the planning meeting is for 

the Committee to discuss possible topics 

for the Committee’s future civil rights 

project. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by September 14, 2009. 

The address is the Eastern Regional 

Office, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Suite 740, 

Washington, DC 20425. Persons wishing 

to e-mail their comments, or who desire 

additional information should contact 

Alfreda Greene, Secretary, at 202–376– 

7533 or by e-mail to: ero@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Eastern Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Eastern Regional Office at the above email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the rules and regulations of 

the Commission and FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, July 29, 2009. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. E9–18464 Filed 7–31–09; 8:45 am] 

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