41676 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 18, 2009 / Notices 

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. 

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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. 

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