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displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: RUS Form 444, ‘‘Wholesale 

Power Contracts’’. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0089. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act) as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), 

authorizes the Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS) to make and guaranteed loans 

that will enable rural consumers to 

obtain electric power. Rural consumers 

formed non-profit electric distribution 

cooperatives, groups of these 

distribution cooperatives banded 

together to form Generation and 

Transmission cooperatives (G&T’s) that 

generate or purchase power and 

transmit the power to the distribution 

systems. All RUS and G&T borrowers 

will enter into a Wholesale Power 

Contract with their distribution 

members by using RUS Form 444. 

Need and Use of the Information: To 

fulfill the purposes of the RE Act RUS 

will collect information to improve the 

credit quality and credit worthiness of 

loans and loan guarantees to G&T 

borrowers. RUS works closely with 

lending institutions that provide 

supplemental loan funds to borrowers. 

Description of Respondents: Not-for 

profit institutions; business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 102. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Quarterly. 

Total Burden Hours: 612. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: Technical Assistance and 

Training Grant Program—Recovery Act 

Funding. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0144. 

Summary of Collection: The American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(Recovery Act) provides for the 

availability of $5 million in assistance to 

the Technical Assistance and Training 

(TAT) competitive grant program as 

authorized by Section 306 of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (CONACT). 7 U.S.C. 

1926, authorizes Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS) to administer the TAT program to 

make loans and grants to public 

agencies, American Indian tribes, and 

nonprofit corporations. The grants fund 

the development of drinking water, 

wastewater, and solid waste disposal 

facilities in rural areas with populations 

of up to 10,000 residents. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Nonprofit organizations applying for 

TAT grants must submit a preapplication, which includes an 

application form, narrative proposal, 

various other forms, certifications and 

supplemental information. RUS staff 

will use the information collected to 

determine applicant eligibility, project 

feasibility, and the applicant’s ability to 

meet the grant and regulatory 

requirements. RUS will review the 

information, evaluate it, and, if the 

applicant and project are eligible for 

further competition, invite the applicant 

to submit a formal application. Without 

the requested information, RUS could 

not make awards consistent with the 

purposes of the Recovery Act. RUS also 

could not determine whether applicants 

meet the requirements that the Recovery 

Act establishes for recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 15. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Quarterly; Annually; On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 472. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–7813 Filed 4–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–PY–10–0013] 

Notice of Request for an Extension of 

a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice 

announces the intention of the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to 

request an extension from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), for a 

currently approved information 

collection in support of customerfocused improvement initiatives for 

USDA-procured poultry, livestock, fruit, 

and vegetable products. 

DATES: Comments received by June 7, 

2010 will be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or to David 

Bowden, Jr., Chief, Standards, 

Promotions, and Technology Branch, 

Poultry Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Stop 0259, Washington, 

DC 20250–0259, (202) 690–3148. 

Comments should reference the docket 

number and the date and page number 

of this issue of the Federal Register. All 

comments will be available for public 

inspection at the above address during 

regular business hours, or can be viewed 

at: http://www.regulations.gov. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change, including any personal 

information provided. The identity of 

anyone submitting comments will also 

be made public. 

Additional Information: Contact 

David Bowden, Jr., Chief, Standards, 

Promotions, and Technology Branch, 

Poultry Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Stop 0259, Washington, 

DC 20250–0259, (202) 690–3148. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Customer Service Survey for 

USDA-Donated Food Products. 

OMB Number: 0581–0182. 

Expiration Date, as approved by OMB: 

11/30/2010. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Starting with a 1996 pilot 

project by AMS, customers have been 

able to use the Customer Opinion 

Postcard, Form AMS–11, to voluntarily 

submit their comments concerning 

poultry, livestock, fruit, and vegetable 

products procured by USDA for the 

school lunch program that is authorized 

by the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 

seq.) and other domestic food assistance 

programs. These cards have proven to 

be a quick and inexpensive way for 

AMS to get customer opinions and 

feedback about USDA commodities, 

thereby helping the Agency to make 

improvements to its products. AMS 

would like to continue the use of the 

customer opinion postcards to get 

voluntary customer feedback on various 

products each year by re-approval of the 

Customer Opinion Postcard, Form 

AMS–11. In this way, AMS will be 

better able to meet the quality 

expectations of school food service 

personnel and the 31 million school 

children who consume these products 

daily as well as recipients of other food 

assistance programs. 

Information about customers’ 

perceptions of USDA-procured products 

is sought as a sound management 

practice to support AMS activities 

under 7 CFR 250, regulations for 

‘‘Donation of Foods for Use in the 

United States, Its Territories and 

Possessions and Areas Under Its 

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Jurisdiction.’’ The information collected 

will be used primarily by authorized 

representatives of USDA (AMS, and the 

Food and Nutrition Service) and shared 

with State government agencies and 

product suppliers. To enable customers 

to mail cards directly to the commodity 

program that is soliciting the 

information, several versions of Form 

AMS–11 will be used, each with a 

different return address. Response 

information about products produced by 

a particular supplier may be shared with 

that supplier. Similarly, response 

information from customers located in a 

particular State may be shared with 

government agencies within that State. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, which requires 

Government agencies in general to 

provide the public the option of 

submitting information or transacting 

business electronically to the maximum 

extent possible. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.083 hours (5 

minutes) per response. 

Respondents: State, local, and tribal 

governments, and not-for-profit 

businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,400. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 700 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from David Bowden, Jr., 

Chief, Standards, Promotions, and 

Technology Branch, at (202) 690–3148. 

Send comments regarding, but not 

limited to, the following: (a) Whether 

the 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 burden, including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (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. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments on the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov 

or to David Bowden, Jr., Chief, 

Standards, Promotions, and Technology 

Branch, Poultry Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Stop 0259, Washington, 

DC 20250–0259, (202) 690–3148. 

Comments should reference the docket 

number and the date and page number 

of this issue of the Federal Register. All 

comments will be available for public 

inspection at the above address during 

regular business hours, or can be viewed 

at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, will be made publically 

viewable as a matter of public record. 

Dated: April 2, 2010. 

Rayne Pegg, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–7855 Filed 4–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Cooperative Conservation Partnership 

Initiative—Chesapeake Bay Watershed 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Natural Resources Conservation 

Service, Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of request for proposals. 

SUMMARY: The Chief of the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 

who is Vice President of the Commodity 

Credit Corporation (CCC), announces 

the availability of technical and 

financial assistance funding in fiscal 

year (FY) 2010 through the Cooperative 

Conservation Partnership Initiative 

(CCPI) to eligible participants in the 

Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Special 

priority consideration will be given to 

applications/projects in the watersheds 

of the Susquehanna, Shenandoah, 

Potomac (North and South), and 

Patuxent Rivers (see attached map). In 

FY 2010, NRCS will make 

Environmental Quality Incentives 

Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat 

Incentive Program (WHIP) funds 

available to owners and operators of 

agricultural and nonindustrial private 

forest lands in approved CCPI project 

areas. This notice is issued to solicit 

proposals from potential partners who 

seek to enter into partnership 

agreements with NRCS to help 

agricultural producers address 

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiatives 

(CBWI) objectives by implementing 

conservation practices on agricultural 

land to improve water quality, restore 

wetlands, and enhance wildlife habitat. 

DATES: Effective Date: The notice of 

request is effective April 7, 2010. 

Eligible partners may submit 

proposals by mail or via courier. 

• By mail: proposals must be 

postmarked by May 24, 2010. 

• By courier or hand delivery: 

proposals must be delivered by May 24, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written proposals should be 

submitted to the addresses identified 

below, with copies to the appropriate 

NRCS State Conservationist whose 

names and addresses are identified as 

an attachment to this notice. If a project 

is multi-State in scope, all State 

Conservationists in the proposed project 

area must be sent the proposal for 

review. 

• By mail: Gregory K. Johnson, 

Director, Financial Assistance Programs 

Division, Department of Agriculture, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

‘‘CBWI–CCPI,’’ 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 5239 South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250. 

Note: Registered or Certified Mail to a post 

office will not be accepted. 

• By courier: Gregory K. Johnson, 

Director, Financial Assistance Programs 

Division, Department of Agriculture, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

‘‘CBWI–CCPI Proposal,’’ 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 5239 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250. 

Proposals will be accepted between 9 

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal Holidays. Please 

ask the guard at the entrance to the 

South Building to call (202) 720–1845. 

Note: Proposals submitted via fax, e-mail, 

or after the deadline date listed in this notice 

will not be considered. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Johnson, Director, Financial 

Assistance Programs Division, 

Department of Agriculture, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5239 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250, 

Telephone: (202) 720–1845; Fax: (202) 

720–4265; or E-mail: 

CCPI@wdc.usda.gov. Additional 

information regarding CCPI is available 

at the following NRCS Web page: 

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/ 

CCPI/. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA TARGET 

Center at: (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Chesapeake Bay is a national 

treasure. Agriculture is an important 

segment of the Chesapeake Bay 

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