51344 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 160 / Thursday, August 18, 2011 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The Mendocino County 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

September 16, 2011 (RAC) in Willits, 

California. Agenda items to be covered 

include: (1) Approval of minutes, (2) 

Handout Discussion (3) Public 

Comment, (4) Financial Report (5) Subcommittees (6) Matters before the group 

(7) Discussion—approval of projects (8) 

Next agenda and meeting date. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 16, 2011, from 9 a.m. until 

12 noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Mendocino County Museum, 

located at 400 E. Commercial St. Willits, 

California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roberta Hurt, Committee Coordinator, 

USDA, Mendocino National Forest, 

Covelo Ranger District, 78150 Covelo 

Road, Covelo, CA 95428. (707) 983– 

6658; e-mail: 

windmill@willitsonline.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. Persons 

who wish to bring matters to the 

attention of the Committee may file 

written statements with the Committee 

staff by September 10, 2011. Public 

comment will have the opportunity to 

address the committee at the meeting. 

Dated: August 11, 2011. 

Lee Johnson, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21059 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Butte County Resource Advisory 

Committee (RAC) 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Butte County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a 

meeting on August 29, 2011 in Oroville, 

CA. The purpose of the meeting is to 

review Cycle 2 project applications for 

potential funding recommendations to 

Lassen, Plumas or Mendocino National 

Forest Supervisors. The funding is made 

available under Title II provisions of the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act of 2000. This is 

the last cycle of funding under the 

current legislation. 

DATES & ADDRESSES: The meeting will 

take place from 6:30–9 p.m. at the 

Feather River Ranger District Office, 875 

Mitchell Avenue, Oroville, CA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (or 

for special needs): Lee Anne Schramel 

Taylor, Forest Coordinator, USDA, 

Plumas National Forest, P.O. Box 

11500/159 Lawrence Street, Quincy, CA 

95971; (530) 283–7850; or by e-mail 

eataylor@fs.fed.us. Other RAC 

information may be obtained at http:// 

www.fs.usda.gov and http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/srs. 

Dated: August 11, 2011 

Laurence Crabtree, 

Deputy Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21119 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Funds Availability for Section 

514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and 

Section 516 Farm Labor Housing 

Grants for Off-Farm Housing for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: This notice corrects the 

scoring points available to a Notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 7, 2011 regarding Funds 

Availability for Section 514 Farm Labor 

Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm 

Labor Housing Grants for Off-Farm 

Housing for FY 2011. The correction 

changes the scoring under section VI. 

Pre-Application Review Information, 

(A)(1)(v)(b) entitled Energy 

Conservation for Purchase and 

Substantial Rehabilitation for an 

existing non-Farm Labor Housing (FLH) 

property. The scoring has changed to 

increase the maximum points from 16 

points to 32 points. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mirna Reyes-Bible, Finance and Loan 

Analyst, Multi-Family Housing 

Preservation and Direct Loan Division, 

STOP 0781 (Room 1263–S), USDA Rural 

Development, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0781, telephone: (202) 720–1753 (This is 

not a toll free number), or via e-mail: 

Mirna.ReyesBible@wdc.usda.gov. If you 

have questions regarding Net Zero 

Energy Consumption and Energy 

Generation please contact Carlton 

Jarratt, Finance and Loan Analyst, 

Multi-Family Housing Preservation and 

Direct Loan Division at (804) 287–1524 

or via e-mail: carlton.jarrat@wdc. 

usda.gov. 

Correction 

In the notice beginning on page 

39,813 in the issue of July 7, 2011, make 

the following correction under 

paragraph (b) entitled Energy 

Conservation for Purchase and 

Substantial Rehabilitation for an 

existing non-FLH property. In the first 

column for page 39,818 replace the 

entire paragraph (b) with the following: 

(b) Energy Conservation for Purchase 

and Substantial Rehabilitation of an 

Existing Multifamily Property 

(maximum 32 points). Pre-applications 

for the purchase and substantial 

rehabilitation of non-program MFH and 

related facilities in rural areas may be 

eligible to receive 32 points for the 

following initiatives: 

Note: If you are participating in (1) The 

Green Communities program, you may not 

receive additional points for items listed 

under (2). In other words, you may 

participate in (1) and (3) or (2) and (3), but 

not all three: 

(1) Participation in the Green 

Communities program by the Enterprise 

Community Partners, http:// 

www.enterprisecommunity.org, will be 

awarded 30 points for any project that 

qualifies for the program. (30 points) At 

least 30 percent of the points needed to 

qualify for the Green Communities 

program must be earned under the 

Energy Efficiency section of the Green 

Communities qualification program; or, 

(2) Energy conservation points can be 

awarded for the following energy 

conservation measures only when the 

applicant is not enrolled in Green 

Communities and conservation 

measures are listed in the preliminary 

plans for substantial rehabilitation. 

(maximum 20 points). 

• Replacement of heating, ventilation 

and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment 

with Energy Star qualified heating, 

HVAC equipment. (3 points). 

• Replacement of windows and doors 

with Energy Star qualified windows and 

doors. (3 points). 

• Additional insulation is added to 

the property to exceed the required R– 

Value of those building elements in that 

area of the country per the International 

Energy Conservation Code 2009. Two 

points will be awarded if all exterior 

walls exceed insulation code and 1 

point will be awarded if attic insulation 

exceeds code for a maximum of 3 

points. (maximum 3 points). 

• Reduction in building shell air 

leakage by at least 15 percent as 

determined by pre- and postrehabilitation blower door testing on a 

sample of units. Building shell air 

leakage may be reduced through 

materials such as caulk, spray foam, 

gaskets, and house-wrap. Sealing of duct 

work with mastic, foil-backed tape, or 

aerosolized duct sealants can also help 

reduce air leakage. (3 points). 

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• 100 percent of installed appliances 

and exhaust fans are Energy Star 

qualified. (2 points). 

• 100 percent of installed water 

heaters as Energy Star qualified. (2 

points). 

• 100 percent of toilets with flush 

capacity of more than 1.6 gallon flush 

capacity are replaced with new toilets 

with 1.6 gallon capacity or less, with 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Water Sense label. (1 point). 

• 100 percent of showerheads are 

replaced with new showerheads with 

EPA Water Sense label. (1 point). 

• 100 percent of faucets are replaced 

with new faucets with EPA Water Sense 

label. (1 point). 

• 100 percent Energy-efficient 

lighting including Energy Star qualified 

fixtures, compact fluorescent 

replacement bulbs in standard 

incandescent fixtures, and Energy Star 

Ceiling Fans. (1 point); and, 

(3) Participation in local green/energy 

efficient building standards. Applicants, 

who participate in a city, county or 

municipality program, will receive an 

additional 2 points. The applicant 

should be aware of and look for 

additional requirements that are 

sometimes embedded in the third-party 

program’s rating and verification 

systems. (2 points). 

Dated: August 11, 2011. 

Robert Lewis,, 

Acting Administrator, Housing and 

Community Facilities Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21013 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

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ARCHITECTURAL AND 

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 

COMPLIANCE BOARD 

On Behalf of the Accessibility 

Committee of the Federal Chief 

Information Officers Council; Listening 

Session Regarding Improving the 

Accessibility of Government 

Information 

AGENCY: Federal Chief Information 

Officers Council, Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

listening session that the Federal Chief 

Information Officers Council will be 

conducting to hear from the public on 

ways the federal government can take 

stronger steps toward improving the 

acquisition and implementation of 

accessible technology for people with 

disabilities. In order to better 

understand the needs of diverse 

communities, the Federal Chief 

Information Officers Council, in 

collaboration with the Chief Acquisition 

Officers Council, the General Services 

Administration Office of 

Governmentwide Policy, and the U.S. 

Access Board, will hold a virtual 

listening session, where participants 

may either call in or log onto a Web site 

to participate and express concerns and 

propose ideas. 

DATES: The listening session will be 

held on September 8, 2011 from 2 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. Eastern Time (E.T.). 

ADDRESSES: The listening session will 

be held by telephone and online. 

Instructions on how to participate are at: 

http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/ 

session-instructions.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Creagan, Office of Technical and 

Information Services, Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board, 1331 F Street, NW., Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20004–1111. 

Telephone (202) 272–0016 (voice) or 

(202) 272–0074 (TTY). e-mail address 

creagan@access-board.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1998, 

Congress amended the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973 to require Federal agencies 

to make their electronic and information 

technology accessible to people with 

disabilities. Inaccessible technology 

interferes with an ability to obtain and 

use information quickly and easily. 

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act 

(29 U.S.C. 794d) was created to 

eliminate barriers in information 

technology, open new opportunities for 

people with disabilities, and encourage 

development of technologies that will 

help achieve these goals. The law 

applies to all federal agencies when they 

develop, procure, maintain, or use 

electronic and information technology. 

Under Section 508, agencies must give 

employees with disabilities and 

members of the public with disabilities 

access to information that is comparable 

to access available to others without 

disabilities. 

Effective implementation of Section 

508 is an essential element of President 

Obama’s principles of open government, 

requiring that all government and data 

be accessible to all citizens. In order for 

the goal of open government to be 

meaningful for persons with disabilities, 

technology must also be accessible, 

including digital content. 

On July 19, 2010, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) took 

steps to assure that the Federal 

government’s progress in implementing 

Section 508 is stronger and achieves 

results more quickly by releasing a 

memorandum to agencies, titled 

‘‘Improving the Accessibility of 

Government Information’’ (see http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ 

omb/assets/procurement_memo/

improving_accessibility_gov_info_

07192010.pdf). 

The OMB has directed that a series of 

listening sessions be held to gain 

feedback on ways to improve Section 

508 performance. The Federal Chief 

Information Officers Council, in 

collaboration with the Chief Acquisition 

Officers Council, the General Services 

Administration Office of 

Governmentwide Policy, and the U.S. 

Access Board, have held four listening 

sessions to engage citizens and federal 

employees and hear their concerns and 

ideas. Transcripts from the previous 

listening sessions can be found on the 

Federal Chief Information Officers 

Council Accessibility Committee 

webpage (http://www.cio.gov/ 

pages.cfm/page/Listening-Sessions). 

This final listening session will be a 

virtual session, where participants may 

either call in or log onto a website to 

participate. The listening session will 

focus on what steps the federal 

government can take to increase the 

accessibility and usability of 

government information and data for 

persons with disabilities. Input from 

private industry is sought on the 

following questions: 

• What is private industry doing to 

implement information technology (IT) 

accessibility that the federal government 

should follow? 

• How can implementation of Section 

508 be improved? 

• What could the federal government 

ask for that would allow vendors to 

better show that their products meet 

accessibility provisions? 

• What support do newly emerging 

technology companies need to build in 

accessibility in their product and 

service offerings? 

Input is also sought on the following 

questions: 

• What can the federal government do 

to use technology better or in new ways? 

• What can the federal government do 

to make technology more accessible? 

• What emerging technologies does 

the federal government use that you 

cannot? 

• What technologies should the 

federal government use that would 

enhance your interactions with 

government agencies? 

• What are state and local 

governments doing to implement 

information technology accessibility 

that the federal government should 

follow? 

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