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facility loan commodities that such 

producers produce. The FSFL program 

is authorized under the CCC Charter Act 

(15 U.S.C. 714–714p). FSA, on behalf of 

CCC, administers the FSFL program. 

The 2008 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 110–246) 

includes several changes to the FSFL 

program. 

The Final PEA assesses the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

implementing changes to provisions of 

the FSFL program as required by 

sections 1404 and 1614 of the 2008 

Farm Bill (7 U.S.C. 8789). The 2008 

Farm Bill specifies the increases to the 

maximum term of a farm storage facility 

loan and the maximum loan amount, 

identifies additional commodities 

eligible for storage, specifies the 

required loan security, allows for partial 

disbursement of loans, and no longer 

requires a severance agreement if certain 

conditions are met. In addition, the 

2008 Farm Bill gives the Secretary 

discretionary authority to determine 

other eligible facility loan commodities. 

The need for the Proposed Action is to 

implement provisions of the 2008 Farm 

Bill that revise the FSFL program. The 

specific changes to the FSFL program 

include: 

• Adding hay and renewable biomass 

as eligible facility loan commodities and 

making the appropriate storage facilities 

eligible for loans; 

• Extending the maximum loan term 

to 12 years; 

• Increasing the maximum loan 

amount to $500,000; 

• Allowing one partial loan 

disbursement and the final 

disbursement; 

• Specifying the loan security 

requirements and allowing the borrower 

the option to increase the down 

payment on a loan, instead of requiring 

a severance agreement from the holder 

of any prior lien on the real estate where 

the storage facility is located; and 

• As a discretionary provision, 

adding vegetables and fruits that require 

cold storage facilities as eligible facility 

loan commodities. 

FSA analyzed the No Action 

Alternative (continuation of the FSFL 

program as currently implemented) as 

an environmental baseline. 

The Final PEA also provides a means 

for the public to voice any suggestions 

they may have about the program and 

any ideas for rulemaking. The Final PEA 

can be reviewed online at: http:// 

www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=

home&subject=ecrc&topic=nep-cd. 

The Final PEA was completed as 

required by the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4347), the Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) Regulations for 

Implementing the Procedural Provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and 

FSA’s policy and procedures (7 CFR 

part 799). Additional analysis under 

NEPA of potential impacts associated 

with certain implementation 

alternatives not included in the PEA 

may be conducted, as appropriate. 

Determination 

In consideration of the analysis 

documented in the Final PEA and the 

reasons outlined in the FONSI, the 

preferred alternative (proposed action) 

would not constitute a major State or 

Federal action that would significantly 

affect the human environment. In 

accordance with NEPA, 40 CFR part 

1502.4, ‘‘Major Federal Actions 

Requiring the Preparation of 

Environmental Impact Statements,’’ and 

7 CFR part 799, ‘‘Environmental Quality 

and Related Environmental Concerns— 

Compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act,’’ and the 

regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508), I find that neither the 

proposed action nor any of the 

alternatives analyzed constitute a major 

Federal action significantly affecting the 

quality of the human environment. 

Therefore, no environmental impact 

statement will be prepared. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 11, 

2009. 

Jonathan W. Coppess, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency, 

and Acting Executive Vice President, 

Commodity Credit Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E9–19644 Filed 8–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Change to Section 

IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS 

State Technical Guide for review and 

comment. 

SUMMARY: It has been determined by the 

NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia 

that changes must be made in the NRCS 

State Technical Guide specifically in 

practice standards: #500, Obstruction 

Removal; #326, Clearing and Snagging; 

#460, Land Clearing; #572, Spoil 

Spreading; #466, Land Smoothing; 

#521C, Pond Sealing or Lining, 

Bentonite Sealant; #521B, Pond Sealing 

or Lining, Soil Dispersant; #521A, Pond 

Sealing or Lining, Flexible Membrane; 

#521D, Pond Sealing, Compacted Clay 

Treatment. These practices will be used 

to plan and install conservation 

practices on cropland, pastureland, 

woodland, and wildlife land. 

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

30-day period commencing with the 

date of this publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquire in writing to John A. Bricker, 

State Conservationist, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), 1606 

Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond, 

Virginia 23229–5014; Telephone 

number (804) 287–1691; Fax number 

(804) 287–1737. Copies of the practice 

standards will be made available upon 

written request to the address shown 

above or on the Virginia NRCS Web site: 

http://www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ 

draftstandards.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

343 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

states that revisions made after 

enactment of the law to NRCS State 

technical guides used to carry out 

highly erodible land and wetland 

provisions of the law shall be made 

available for public review and 

comment. For the next 30 days, the 

NRCS in Virginia will receive comments 

relative to the proposed changes. 

Following that period, a determination 

will be made by the NRCS in Virginia 

regarding disposition of those comments 

and a final determination of change will 

be made to the subject standards. 

Dated: August 11, 2009. 

W. Ray Dorsett, 

Acting State Conservationist, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, Richmond, 

Virginia. 

[FR Doc. E9–19765 Filed 8–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS). 

Title: Short Supply—Unprocessed 

Western Red Cedar. 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0025. 

Form Number(s): None. 


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Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection without 

change. 

Burden Hours: 35. 

Number of Respondents: 35. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour. 

Needs and Uses: Section 7(i) of the 

Export Administration Act (EAA) of 

1979, as amended, prohibits the export 

of unprocessed western red cedar (WRC) 

harvested from State or Federal lands, 

except for unprocessed WRC harvested 

under contracts entered into before 

September 30, 1979. To enforce this 

prohibition, section 754.4 of the Export 

Administration Regulations requires a 

validated license for the export of 

unprocessed WRC harvested from 

private lands or from State or Federal 

lands under contracts entered into prior 

to October 1, 1979. Applications for 

export licenses must include affidavits, 

supported by a certificate of inspection 

issued by a log scaling and grading 

bureau, to prove the applicant’s 

compliance with the EAA. 

Affected Public: Business and other 

for-profit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, 

(202) 395–3123. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–5167 or 

via the Internet at 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: August 12, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–19728 Filed 8–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

RIN 0572–ZA01 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

RIN 0660–ZA28 

Broadband Initiatives Program; 

Broadband Technology Opportunities 

Program 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service (RUS), 

Department of Agriculture, and National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability; 

extension of application closing 

deadline for pending electronic 

applications. 

SUMMARY: RUS and NTIA announce that 

the application closing deadline for the 

Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) and 

the Broadband Technology 

Opportunities Program (BTOP) is 

extended until 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) 

on August 20, 2009, for any electronic 

applications pending as of 5 p.m. ET on 

August 14, 2009. There are no changes 

to the filing instructions for paper 

applications. 

DATES: An applicant that is submitting 

an application for the BIP and BTOP 

electronically will be permitted to 

complete electronic submission of its 

application until 5 p.m. ET on August 

20, 2009, so long as its application was 

pending in the Easygrants® System as of 

5 p.m. ET on August 14, 2009 

(application closing deadline). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general inquiries regarding BIP, contact 

David J. Villano, Assistant 

Administrator Telecommunications 

Program, Rural Utilities Service, e-mail: 

bip@wdc.usda.gov, telephone: (202) 

690–0525. For general inquiries 

regarding BTOP, contact Anthony 

Wilhelm, Deputy Associate 

Administrator, Infrastructure Division, 

Office of Telecommunications and 

Information Applications, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, e-mail: 

btop@ntia.doc.gov, telephone: (202) 

482–2048. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 

2009, RUS and NTIA published a Notice 

of Funds Availability (NOFA) and 

Solicitation of Applications in the 

Federal Register announcing general 

policy and application procedures for 

the BIP and BTOP. 74 FR 33104 (2009). 

In the NOFA, RUS and NTIA 

encouraged all applicants to submit 

their applications electronically and 

required that certain applications be 

filed electronically through an online 

application system at http:// 

www.broadbandusa.gov. 74 FR at 

33118. RUS and NTIA established an 

application window for these grant 

programs from July 14, 2009, at 8 a.m. 

ET through August 14, 2009, at 5 p.m. 

ET (application closing deadline). 

Over the last several days, the online 

application system (Easygrants® 

System) has experienced service delays 

due to the volume of activity from 

potential applicants. The agencies have 

added additional servers to address 

these capacity issues. Nevertheless, in 

an effort to give applicants that have 

already started the electronic 

application submission process prior to 

the application closing deadline an 

opportunity to complete the submission 

of those applications, RUS and NTIA 

announce that an applicant with an 

application pending in the Easygrants® 

System as of 5 p.m. ET on August 14, 

2009, will be given until 5 p.m. ET on 

August 20, 2009, to complete the 

electronic submission of its application. 

Please note that an applicant must have 

completed the following steps, at a 

minimum, to be recognized as having a 

pending application in the Easygrants® 

System: 

1. Log into the Easygrants® System at 

www.broadbandusa.gov; 

2. Select ‘‘Start a new application’’ 

under ‘‘Apply for a new grant/loan;’’ 

3. Select one of the two choices for 

available funding opportunities; 

4. Select ‘‘Continue;’’ and 

5. Select ‘‘ok’’ when prompted ‘‘Are 

you sure you want to apply for the 

program.’’ 

All other requirements for electronic 

submissions set forth in the NOFA 

remain unchanged. There are no 

changes to the filing instructions, 

requirements, or application deadline 

for paper submissions. 

Dated: August 13, 2009. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

Anna M. Gomez, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for 

Communications and Information, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–19750 Filed 8–13–09; 4:15 pm] 

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