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Vol. 79, No. 112 

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for 

the Biomass Crop Assistance Program 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) is announcing the availability of 

$12.5 million in matching payments 

under the Biomass Crop Assistance 

Program (BCAP) for the collection, 

harvest, storage, and transport of eligible 

materials to qualified Biomass 

Conversion Facilities (BCFs) in fiscal 

year (FY) 2014. This notice confirms the 

requirements for BCFs to apply for 

qualification, and for eligible material 

owners to apply for BCAP matching 

payments. 

DATES: Effective June 9, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Novak, telephone (202) 720–4053. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 9010 of the Agricultural Act 

of 2014 (the 2014 Farm Bill, Pub. L. 

113–79) amends 7 U.S.C. 8111, 

reauthorizing BCAP. BCAP is an FSA 

program administered with Commodity 

Credit Corporation (CCC) funds, which 

was implemented through the 

regulations in 7 CFR part 1450. The 

purpose of BCAP project areas is to 

provide financial assistance to owners 

and operators of agricultural and nonindustrial private forest land who wish 

to establish and produce eligible crops. 

BCAP also offers assistance for the 

delivery of eligible biomass feedstocks 

to qualified BCFs that are collected or 

harvested directly from agricultural 

lands and forest lands. BCAP provides 

this assistance in two payment 

categories: 

• Establishment and annual payments 

to certain producers who enter into 

contracts with CCC to produce eligible 

biomass crops on contract acres within 

BCAP project areas. (See 7 CFR part 

1450 subpart C.) 

• Matching payments for the delivery 

of eligible material to qualified BCFs by 

eligible material owners. (See 7 CFR 

part 1450 subpart B.) Qualified BCFs 

produce heat, power, biobased products, 

research, or advanced biofuels from 

biomass feedstocks. The 2014 Farm Bill 

added research as a use for BCFs. 

The 2014 Farm Bill authorizes $25 

million annually to carry out BCAP and 

specifies that the Secretary must use not 

less than 10 percent, nor more than 50 

percent, of the BCAP annual budget to 

make BCAP matching payments. This 

notice announces the availability of 

$12.5 million in FY 2014 for the funding 

of BCAP matching payments. The 

remainder of the 2014 funds will be 

expended on technical assistance. 

Technical assistance will be used for 

the implementation, operation, 

compliance, monitoring, and 

maintenance for all components of 

BCAP. Consistent with the definition of 

‘‘technical assistance’’ in 7 CFR 1450.2, 

CCC will use a portion of the funding 

available in FY 2014 to ensure contract 

performance and acquire technical 

expertise for the conservation of natural 

resources on the land. Technical 

assistance will also include activities, 

processes, tools, and functions needed 

to support the delivery of technical 

services such as resource inventories, 

training, data, technology, monitoring, 

and effects analyses. FSA plans to use 

the technical assistance money to 

establish either interagency agreements 

or modify a current contract for the 

required services. 

There will be no funds in FY 2014 for 

establishment activities for project 

areas, except for payments under 

existing contracts, nor will there be 

funding for new project areas in 2014. 

The activities of this NOFA will be 

carried out under the existing 

regulations in 7 CFR part 1450, except 

to the extent superseded by the 

mandatory changes of the 2014 Farm 

Bill, including the narrowed definition 

of ‘‘eligible material’’ and the lower 

matching payment cap. The 2014 Farm 

Bill excludes bagasse, among other 

items, from the definition of ‘‘eligible 

material’’ and requires that all woody 

biomass be harvested directly from the 

land. The 2014 Farm Bill also gives the 

Secretary authority to provide 

participants matching payments at a rate 

of up to $1 for each $1 per ton provided 

to the BCF, not to exceed $20 per dry 

ton for a period of 2 years. That is a 

lower matching payment than the 

previously specified amount of $45 per 

dry ton. 

Scope and Policy Goals of this NOFA 

The scope of this NOFA is limited to 

matching payments using up to $12.5 

million of the FY 2014 funds. With the 

limited timeframe for implementation in 

FY 2014, this limited scope of strategic 

and targeted implementation of only 

BCAP matching payments and 

improvement to technical assistance is 

the most effective plan for the use of the 

BCAP funds in FY 2014. Also, because 

of time limitations, FSA has decided to 

target the FY 2014 matching payment 

funding to the areas in which 

agricultural land and public forestland 

impacts allow BCAP to meet present 

and future bioenergy production goals 

while furthering goals such as forest 

health. Public forestland is National 

Forest System land and Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) land; that is U.S. 

Forest Service (USFS) and BLM public 

lands, respectively. 

There are several factors that resulted 

in the focus on matching payments 

instead of project areas this fiscal year: 

In addition to the short time remaining 

in the 2014 planting cycle, the process 

to establish conservation plans for 

project areas, sign up for two separate 

contracts, review land eligibility, and 

submit project area proposals, this 

proposal evaluation and selection 

process takes considerable time for both 

the producer and FSA to be completed 

this fiscal year. 

By comparison, the short time 

remaining before the end of FY 2014 

does allow adequate time to qualify 

BCFs, contract with material owners, 

collect or harvest the eligible materials, 

apply for payment, and deliver 

materials to qualified BCFs. 

The concentration of the BCAP 

matching payments in FY 2014 on 

agricultural residues and selected 

woody material from public forestland 

is in keeping with the statutory focus on 

preventative treatment and allows BCAP 

to support national initiatives aimed at 

the forest environment. For example, 

the targeting of woody eligible 

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preventative treatments for hazardous 

fuels, disease, or insect infestation 

reduction, on public forestland assists 

in healthy forest management of public 

lands in urban-wildfire and fire danger 

zones and supports entrepreneurial 

efforts toward bioenergy research, 

biobased product, advanced biofuel, and 

combined heat and power 

developments. BCAP’s targeting of 

agricultural residues, such as woody 

orchard waste, assists in avoiding open 

incineration disposal that otherwise 

could be a potential air pollution 

source. 

While the focus for the selected 

woody material is from public 

forestland, some additional woody 

materials will be eligible for matching 

payments from agricultural lands, such 

as orchard waste. One of the 

justifications for focusing the matching 

payments for selected woody material 

from public forestland is the time 

required in FY 2014 to obtain a forest 

stewardship plan that meets the needs 

of BCAP where such a plan does not 

already exist. As specified in the 

definitions at 7 CFR 1450.2, a ‘‘forest 

stewardship plan’’ for purposes of BCAP 

is a long-term, comprehensive, multiresource forest management plan 

prepared by a professional resource 

manager and approved by the State 

Forester. The time required to obtain 

such a plan for private forest land 

lacking one is inconsistent with the time 

frame for application and delivery of 

eligible material for 2014 matching 

payments as set forth in this notice. 

FSA will make matching payments 

funding available in FY 2014 at the 2014 

Farm Bill’s maximum allowable rate of 

up to 50 percent of the $25 million in 

available funding, in order to make 

available the opportunity to eligible 

material owners and at the same time 

achieve synergy with the USFS’ woodto-energy and forest health initiatives 

and BLM’s hazardous fuel reduction 

efforts. 

Qualified BCFs 

Qualified BCFs are covered in the 

regulations in 7 CFR 1450.101. The 

regulations specify the requirements for 

a BCF to enter into an agreement with 

FSA acting on behalf of CCC, including 

what a BCF must agree to in writing. 

FSA will accept submission for 

qualification from BCFs for FY 2014 

from June 16, 2014 through July 14, 

2014. Applications for certification as a 

BCF must be made at the relevant FSA 

State Office. The submission of BCF 

qualification must be postmarked or 

submitted by fax or email to the FSA 

State Office’s Conservation Specialist 

where the BCF is located by July 14, 

2014. 

Eligible BCF’s must have feedstock 

suppliers who will collect or harvest 

and deliver the following selected 

eligible material: 

• Agricultural or crop residue, 

including woody agricultural residues, 

such as orchard waste, that does not 

have an existing higher-value product 

market, as defined in 7 CFR 1450.2; or 

• Woody materials only from public 

forestland. The eligible woody materials 

must be the by-product of preventive 

treatments for hazardous fuel reductions 

or containment or reduction of disease 

or insect infestations and must not have 

an existing market in that region. 

FSA will provide qualification 

numbers (ID numbers for the facilities) 

to BCFs and post a listing of the 

qualified facilities on the BCAP Web 

page at www.fsa.usda.gov/bcap. 

BCFs must first be qualified by FSA 

before eligible material owners may 

deliver the selected eligible material 

detailed above or apply for BCAP 

matching payments. 

Previous BCF qualifications do not 

apply and will not be extended to make 

a facility eligible under this notice. 

Previous facility submissions requesting 

BCAP BCF qualification will not be 

considered. 

To be considered a qualified BCF for 

the purposes of the BCAP matching 

payments, the facility must enter into a 

new agreement with FSA by close of 

business on July 14, 2014 and must: 

• Use the eligible material for heat, 

power, biobased products, research, or 

advanced biofuels; 

• Meet all applicable regulatory and 

permitting requirements by applicable 

Federal, State, or local authorities; 

• Complete and submit the BCAP–1 

overview form with applicable 

attachments; and 

• Agree in writing to all of the 

requirements in 7 CFR 1450.101(a)(2)(i) 

through (a)(2)(vi) and maintain the 

ability to present evidence or 

documentation that eligible material 

was or will be converted into heat, 

power, biobased product, research or an 

advanced biofuel. 

Once a BCF has met all the 

requirements and has been identified as 

a qualified BCF, FSA will carry out the 

actions specified in 7 CFR 

1450.101(b)(1) through (b)(3) and post 

the location and contact information for 

the BCF and its qualification number on 

the BCAP Web page at www.fsa.usda 

.gov/bcap on or about July 21, 2014. 

Qualified BCFs will be responsible for 

complying with their agreements with 

FSA and converting purchases from the 

approved eligible material owners under 

this notice into heat, power, biobased 

product, research, or advanced biofuel. 

Not every BCF that meets all the 

requirements will automatically be 

selected as a qualified BCF. Given the 

limited funding for FY 2014, CCC may 

prioritize BCFs that have suppliers of 

eligible material types that best meet 

BCAP goals. 

Matching Payments 

Following the posting of the qualified 

BCFs on or about July 21, 2014, FSA 

will then provide an opportunity to the 

suppliers of those qualified BCFs to 

enter into a contract with FSA for BCAP 

matching payments, at the rate of up to 

$1 for each $1 per ton provided to the 

BCF in an amount not to exceed $20 per 

dry ton for a period of 2 years, of the 

selected eligible materials. Eligible 

material owners may apply for an FSA 

contract following the posting in July of 

the qualified BCFs through August 25, 

2014, or until there is no more available 

funding, whichever occurs first. The 

eligible material owners will submit 

their applications to the FSA county 

office in the county where the collection 

or harvest from the land will occur or 

where established farm records exist. 

Eligible material deliveries must occur 

on or before September 26, 2014 and 

requests for payments must be made on 

or before September 30, 2014. 

To be eligible for payment, collection 

and harvest directly from the land of the 

selected eligible material must occur 

after: 

• The completion and evaluation, by 

the appropriate FSA technical service 

provider, of the forest stewardship plan 

or conservation plan or equivalent plan 

for the land from which the selected 

eligible material is collected or 

harvested; and 

• Approval of the contract between 

FSA and the eligible material owner. 

Each approved eligible material 

owner must apply for payment at the 

FSA county office where their contract 

approval occurred. 

In order to be eligible for a BCAP 

matching payment under this NOFA, a 

person or legal entity must meet the 

requirements in the regulations in 7 CFR 

1450.102. 

In order to qualify for a payment 

under this notice the eligible material 

must be one of the following types of 

renewable biomass: 

• Woody materials that are byproducts of preventative treatment for 

hazardous fuel reductions or 

containment or reduction of disease or 

insect infestations and do not have an 

existing higher-value product market 

and are collected or harvested directly 

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• Agricultural residues or crop 

residues, including woody orchard 

waste, collected or harvested directly 

from agricultural lands, which include 

residues from agricultural land 

belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe 

that is held in trust by the United States 

or subject to a restriction against 

alienation imposed by the United States. 

Eligible material must be delivered to 

a qualified BCF to be eligible for 

payment. The eligible material must 

also be collected or harvested directly 

from the land consistent with and only 

after a conservation plan or forest 

stewardship or equivalent plan has been 

developed and certified by the 

applicable FSA technical service 

provider. If the material is woody 

material from public forestland, the 

certification will also require 

submission of a plan evaluation by the 

applicable FSA technical service 

provider. Plans will at a minimum 

provide the information specified in the 

regulations in 7 CFR 

1450.103(a)(2)(ii)(B) through (iii) and 

(3)(ii). 

Materials are not eligible under this 

NOFA if they are: 

• Agricultural residue or crop residue 

that is collected or harvested before a 

conservation or equivalent plan has 

been completed; 

• Woody materials from public 

forestland that is collected or harvested 

before the forest stewardship or 

equivalent plan has been completed and 

evaluated by the appropriate FSA 

technical service provider; 

• Delivered before approval date of 

the contract between the eligible 

material owner and FSA; 

• Any woody material from public 

forestland or woody agricultural or crop 

residue that would otherwise be used 

for an existing higher-value product; 

• Any otherwise eligible material 

collected or harvested from public 

forestland or agricultural lands that, 

after delivery to a biomass conversion 

facility, its campus, or its affiliated 

facilities, must be separated from an 

eligible material used for a higher-value 

product in order to be used for heat, 

power, research, biobased products, or 

advanced biofuels; or 

• Bagasse; yard waste; food waste; 

algae; animal waste or by-products of 

animal waste including fats, oils, 

greases and manure; or material that is 

whole grain from any crop that is 

eligible to receive payments under title 

I of the 2014 Farm Bill or an amendment 

made by that title or other material 

excluded by the definition of eligible 

material in this NOFA. 

BCAP matching payments will be for 

a term not to exceed 2 years as specified 

in the 2014 Farm Bill and 7 CFR 

1450.106(a). 

An eligible material owner must 

apply to participate in the matching 

payments component of BCAP as 

specified in 7 CFR 1450.104(b). The 

regulations in 7 CFR 1450.104(c) specify 

what is required to be included in the 

eligible material owner’s application. 

The regulations in 7 CFR 1450.104(d) 

through (f) specify requirements related 

to delivery and payments requests, and 

payments. 

The regulations in 7 CFR 1450.105(a) 

specify what all participants whose 

payment application was approved are 

required to agree to. 

Definitions 

For the purposes of this NOFA, new 

or revised definitions include the 

following: 

‘‘Agricultural residue’’ means crop 

residue from agricultural lands 

including woody orchard waste. 

‘‘Dry ton’’ means one U.S. ton 

measuring 2,000 pounds. One dry ton is 

the amount of renewable biomass that 

would weigh one U.S. ton at zero 

percent moisture content. Woody 

material dry ton weight is determined in 

accordance with applicable ASTM 

(American Society for Testing and 

Materials) standards. 

‘‘Eligible material’’ is renewable 

biomass as defined in 7 CFR 1450.2, 

except that the 2014 Farm Bill specially 

excludes from this definition: 

(1) Material that is whole grain from 

any crop that is eligible to receive 

payments under title I of the 2014 Farm 

Bill or an amendment made by that title, 

including—barley, corn, grain sorghum, 

oats, rice, or wheat; honey; mohair; 

oilseeds including canola, crambe, 

flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeseed, 

safflower seed, soybeans, sesame seed, 

and sunflower seeds; peanuts; pulse; 

chickpeas, lentils, and dry peas; dairy 

products; sugar; and wool and cotton 

boll fiber; 

(2) Animal waste and by-products 

including fat, oil, grease, and manure; 

(3) Food waste and yard waste; 

(4) Bagasse; and 

(5) Algae. 

The following terms are defined in the 

regulations in 7 CFR 1450.2: 

• Advanced biofuel; 

• Agricultural land; 

• Animal waste; 

• Biobased product; 

• Bioenergy; 

• Biofuel; 

• Biomass Conversion Facility (BCF); 

• Conservation plan; 

• Delivery; 

• Deputy Administrator; 

• Eligible material owner; 

• Equivalent plan; 

• Food waste; 

• Forest Stewardship plan; 

• Higher-value product; 

• Indian Tribe; 

• Intermediate ingredient or 

feedstock; 

• Legal entity; 

• Matching payments; 

• Operator; 

• Participant; 

• Producer; 

• Project area; 

• Project sponsor; 

• Qualified biomass conversion 

facility; 

• Renewable biomass; 

• Socially disadvantaged farmer or 

rancher; 

• Violation; and 

• Yard waste. 

Other Provisions 

Violations will be handled as 

specified in 7 CFR 1450.4. 

Appeals will be handled as specified 

in 7 CFR 1450.10. 

Scheme or device will be handled as 

specified in 7 CFR 1450.11. 

Filing of false documents will be 

handled as specified in 7 CFR 1450.12. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Requirements 

The information collection request for 

the BCAP activity is included in the 

approval of OMB control number, 0560– 

0082. (BCAP was merged with the 

Emergency Conservation Program 

(ECP).) The BCAP activity covered in 

this NOFA will not change the BCAP 

forms or the burden hours for those 

forms. The ECP and BCAP approved 

information collection request is being 

renewed as a separate effort, and it will 

be submitted to OMB for a 3-year 

approval. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

The title and number of the Federal 

assistance program in the Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance to which 

this NOFA applies is 10.087, Biomass 

Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). 

Environmental Review 

FSA prepared a Final Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) 

for BCAP that was published in the 

Federal Register on June 25, 2010 (75 

FR 36386–36387). The Record of 

Decision (ROD) regarding FSA 

implementation of BCAP according to 

the provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill was 

also published in the Federal Register 

on October 27, 2010 (75 FR 65995– 

66007). The BCAP PEIS was completed 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 


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U.S.C. 4321–4347) and FSA regulations 

(7 CFR part 799). The decision record 

summarizes the reasons for FSA 

selecting the proposed action 

alternatives based on BCAP’s expected 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts and benefits as documented in 

the PEIS, all of which were considered 

in the decision. 

Signed on June 5, 2014. 

Juan M. Garcia, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13617 Filed 6–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Funds Availability for Section 

533 Housing Preservation Grants for 

Fiscal Year 2014 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces that 

the Rural Housing Service (‘‘RHS’’) is 

soliciting competitive applications 

under its Housing Preservation Grant 

(HPG) program pursuant to 7 CFR part 

1944, subpart N, for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2014. The Consolidated Appropriations 

Act of 2014, Public Law 113–76 

(January 17, 2014) appropriated funding 

in FY 2014 for grants made by RHS for 

low- and very low-income housing 

repair and rural housing preservation, as 

authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 

1490m. The commitment of program 

dollars will be made in the order 

qualified applications are ranked under 

this notice. 

DATES: If submitting a paper preapplication, the closing deadline for 

receipt of all applications in response to 

this Notice is 5:00 p.m., local time for 

each Rural Development State Office on 

July 28, 2014. The application should be 

submitted to the Rural Development 

State Office where the project will be 

located. If submitting the preapplication in electronic format, the 

closing deadline for receipt is 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time on July 28, 2014. 

RHS will not consider any preapplication that is received after the 

closing deadline. Applicants intending 

to mail pre-applications must provide 

sufficient time to permit delivery on or 

before the closing deadline. Acceptance 

by the United States Postal Service or 

private mailer does not constitute 

delivery. Facsimile (FAX) and postage 

due applications will not be accepted. 

ADDRESSES: Pre-applications can be sent 

to the State Office addresses. Please use 

the Web link provided, http://

www.rurdev.usda.gov/

StateOfficeAddresses.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, applicants may 

contact Bonnie Edwards-Jackson, 

Finance and Loan Analyst, MultiFamily Housing Preservation and Direct 

Loan Division, USDA Rural 

Development, STOP 0781, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0781, telephone 

(202) 690–0759 (voice) (this is not a toll 

free number) or (800) 877–8339 (TDDFederal Information Relay Service) or 

via email at, Bonnie.Edwards@

wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Program Description 

The HPG program is a grant program 

which provides qualified public 

agencies, private non-profit 

organizations including, but not limited 

to, faith-based and community 

organizations, and other eligible 

entities, grant funds to assist low- and 

very low-income homeowners in 

repairing and rehabilitating their homes 

in rural areas. In addition, the HPG 

program assists rental property owners 

and cooperative housing complexes in 

rural areas in repairing and 

rehabilitating their units if they agree to 

make such units available to low- and 

very low-income persons. 

B. Federal Award Information 

The funding instrument for the HPG 

Program will be a grant agreement. The 

term of the grant can vary from one to 

two years, depending on available funds 

and demand. No maximum or minimum 

grant levels have been established at the 

national level. You should contact the 

Rural Development State Office where 

the project will be located to determine 

the state allocation. 

For Fiscal Year 2014, $3,905,553.50 is 

available for the HPG Program. Rural 

Economic Area Partnership Zones and 

other funds will be distributed under a 

formula allocation to states pursuant to 

7 CFR part 1940, subpart L, 

‘‘Methodology and Formulas for 

Allocation of Loan and Grant Program 

Funds.’’ Decisions on funding will be 

based on pre-application scores. Anyone 

interested in submitting an application 

for funding under this program is 

encouraged to consult the Rural 

Development Web site periodically for 

updated information regarding the 

status of funding authorized for this 

program. 

C. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

7 CFR part 1944, subpart N provides 

details on what information must be 

contained in the pre-application 

package. Entities wishing to apply for 

assistance should contact the Rural 

Development State Office where the 

project will be located to receive further 

information, the State allocation of 

funds, and copies of the pre-application 

package. Eligible entities for these 

competitively awarded grants include 

state and local governments, non-profit 

corporations including, but not be 

limited to faith-based and community 

organizations, Federally recognized 

Indian tribes, and consortia of eligible 

entities. 

Pursuant to 7 CFR 1944.674, federally 

recognized Indian tribes are exempt 

from the requirement to consult with 

local leaders, including the requirement 

of announcing the availability of its 

statement of activities for review in a 

newspaper. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

Pursuant to 7 CFR 1944.652, grantees 

are expected to coordinate and leverage 

funding for repair and rehabilitation 

activities, as well as replacement 

housing, with housing and community 

development organizations or activities 

operating in the same geographic area. 

While HPG funds may be leveraged with 

other resources, it is not a requirement 

that the HPG applicant do so as the HPG 

applicant would not be denied an award 

of HPG funds if all other project 

selection criteria have been met. 

D. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

Pre-application packages can be 

requested from the State Offices. Please 

use the Web link provided, http://

www.rurdev.usda.gov/

StateOfficeAddresses.html. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

All pre-applications must meet the 

requirements of 7 CFR part 1944, 

subpart N, as well as comply with the 

provisions of this Notice. Preapplications can be submitted either 

electronically using the Section 533 preapplication form as found at http://

www.rurdev.usda.gov/HAD-HPG_

Grants.html or by hard copy to the 

appropriate Rural Development State 

Office where the project will be located. 

A hard-copy of the electronic preapplication form is included with this 

Notice. Note: Submission of the 


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