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aggregation, and reporting; and 

preparation, review, and submission of 

program plans and budgetary 

information. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 75 

per year. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 64 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 4,800 hours. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

III. Project/Program Initiation 

The total annual estimated burden for 

this information collection is 9,200 

hours. This includes the time needed for 

participant education; data entry, 

aggregation, and reporting; and 

preparation, review, and submission of 

program plans and budgetary 

information. NIFA proposes to add a 

new optional field for Co-Project 

Director(s) but anticipates that this will 

not increase the amount of time needed 

to complete each response. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,000 per year. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 4.6 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 9,200 hours. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

IV. Project/Program Results 

The total annual estimated burden for 

this information collection is 32,300 

hours. This includes the time needed for 

participant education; data entry, 

aggregation, and reporting; and 

preparation, review, and submission of 

program plans and budgetary 

information. Project/Program Results 

were previously included in ‘‘Annual 

Report of Accomplishments and 

Results’’ above but is being separated to 

include Results for non-AREERA 

capacity funding. NIFA is proposing to 

add fields specifically for reporting 

products resulting from projects and 

programs but anticipates that this will 

not increase the amount of time needed 

to complete each response. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,500 per year. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 3.8 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 32,300 hours. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

V. Financial Report for All Projects and 

Programs 

The total annual estimated burden for 

this information collection is 11,900 

hours. This includes the time needed for 

participant education; data entry, 

aggregation, and reporting; and 

preparation, review, and submission of 

program plans and budgetary 

information. NIFA used burden 

estimates from the Financial Report in 

the current REEport collection (OMB 

0524–0048, ‘‘Research, Education, and 

Extension project online reporting tool 

(REEport)’’) to estimate the burden for 

Financial Report in NRS. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,500 per year. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 1.4 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 11,900 hours. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

VI. OGFM Supplemental Form 

The total annual estimated burden for 

this information collection is 102 hours. 

This includes the time needed for 

participant education; data entry, 

aggregation, and reporting; and 

preparation, review, and submission of 

program plans and budgetary 

information. NIFA plans to prepopulate 

some of the fields in the form so that the 

response will be limited to total 

expenditures of three types (Hatch 

(Regular and Multistate) integrated, 

Smith-Lever multistate, and SmithLever extension activities), any 

carryover used, and information for a 

waiver (if applicable). The OGFM 

Supplemental Form will have a 

deadline after the Financial Report, 

which should streamline the 

expenditures data needed. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 51 

per year. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 102 hours. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed 

collection of information 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. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Obtaining a Copy of the Information 

Collection: A copy of the information 

collection and related instructions may 

be obtained free of charge by contacting 

Laura Givens as directed above. 

Done at Washington, DC, this day of 

August 19, 2023. 

Dionne Toombs, 

Associate Director for Programs, National 

Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18852 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Mississippi Trustee Implementation 

Group Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 

Draft Restoration Plan 4 and 

Environmental Assessment: 

Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal and 

Nearshore Habitats; Nutrient 

Reduction (Nonpoint Source); and 

Provide and Enhance Recreational 

Opportunities 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for public comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon 

(DWH) Oil Spill Final Programmatic 

Damage Assessment Restoration Plan 

and Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement and Record of 

Decision, and the Consent Decree, the 

Federal and State natural resource 

trustee agencies for the Mississippi 

Trustee Implementation Group (MS 

TIG) have prepared the ‘‘Mississippi 

Trustee Implementation Group Draft 

Restoration Plan 4 and Environmental 

Assessment: Restoration of Wetlands, 

Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats; 

Nutrient Reduction (Nonpoint Source), 

and Provide and Enhance Recreational 

Opportunities’’ (Draft RP4 and EA). In 

the Draft RP4 and EA, MS TIG proposes 

projects to partially restore wetlands, 

coastal, and nearshore habitats; reduce 

nutrient pollution (nonpoint source); 

and provide and enhance recreational 

opportunities to compensate for lost 


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recreational use in the Mississippi 

Restoration Area as a result of the DWH 

oil spill. The Draft RP4 and EA, a No 

Action alternative is also evaluated for 

each of the restoration types. The 

approximate cost to implement the MS 

TIG’s proposed action (seven preferred 

alternatives) is $26.4 million. We invite 

public comments on the Draft RP4 and 

EA. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You 

may download the Draft RP4 and EA 

from the following website: https://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-areas/mississippi. 

Alternatively, you may request a CD 

of the Draft RP4 and EA (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments by one of the 

following methods: 

• Via the Web: http://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-areas/mississippi; or 

• Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 1875 Century 

Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nanciann Regaldo, Nanciann_

regalado@fws.gov, 678–296–6805, or via 

the Federal Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339; Ronald Howard, Senior Advisor, 

USDA Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration 

Team, at ron.howard@usda.gov; and Dr. 

Tina Nations, the Natural Resource 

Damage Assessment (NRDA) and the 

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 

Program Manager, MDEQ Office of 

Restoration, tnations@mdeq.ms.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

On April 20, 2010, the mobile 

offshore drilling unit Deepwater 

Horizon, which was being used to drill 

well for BP Exploration and Production, 

Inc. (BP), in the Macondo prospect 

(Mississippi Canyon 252–MC252), 

experienced a significant explosion, fire, 

and subsequent sinking in the Gulf of 

Mexico, resulting in an unprecedented 

volume of oil and other discharges from 

the rig and from the wellhead on the 

seabed. The DWH oil spill is the largest 

offshore oil spill in U.S. history, 

discharging millions of barrels of oil 

over a period of 87 days. In addition, 

well over 1 million gallons of 

dispersants were applied to the waters 

of the spill area in an attempt to 

disperse the spilled oil. An 

undetermined amount of natural gas 

was also released into the environment 

as a result of the spill. 

The DWH Federal and State natural 

resource trustees (DWH Trustees) 

conducted NRDA for the DWH oil spill 

under OPA (33 U.S.C. 2701–2720). 

Pursuant to OPA, Federal, and State 

agencies act as trustees on behalf of the 

public to assess natural resource injuries 

and losses and to determine the actions 

required to compensate the public for 

those injuries and losses. OPA further 

instructs the designated trustees to 

develop and implement a plan for the 

restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, 

or acquisition of the equivalent of the 

injured natural resources under their 

trusteeship to baseline (the resource 

quality and conditions that would exist 

if the spill had not occurred). This 

includes the loss of use and services 

provided by those resources from the 

time of injury until the completion of 

restoration. 

The DWH Trustees are: 

• U.S. Department of the Interior 

(DOI), as represented by the National 

Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, and Bureau of Land 

Management; 

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), on behalf of 

the U.S. Department of Commerce; 

• USDA; 

• U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA); 

• State of Louisiana Coastal 

Protection and Restoration Authority, 

Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 

and Department of Natural Resources; 

• State of Mississippi Department of 

Environmental Quality; 

• State of Alabama Department of 

Conservation and Natural Resources and 

Geological Survey of Alabama; 

• State of Florida Department of 

Environmental Protection and Fish and 

Wildlife Conservation Commission; and 

• State of Texas: Texas Parks and 

Wildlife Department, Texas General 

Land Office, and Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality. 

On April 4, 2016, the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of 

Louisiana entered a Consent Decree 

resolving civil claims by the DWH 

Trustees against BP arising from the 

DWH oil spill: United States v. BPXP et 

al., Civ. No. 10–4536, centralized in 

MDL 2179, In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig 

‘‘Deepwater Horizon’’ in the Gulf of 

Mexico, on April 20, 2010 (E.D. La.) 

(http://www.justice.gov/enrd/deepwaterhorizon). Pursuant to the Consent 

Decree, restoration projects in the 

Mississippi Restoration Area are chosen 

and managed by MS TIG. MS TIG is 

composed of the following Trustees: 

State of Mississippi Department of 

Environmental Quality; DOI; NOAA; 

EPA; and USDA. 

On February 7, 2022, MS TIG posted 

a public notice requesting natural 

resource restoration project ideas by 

March 7, 2022, for the Mississippi 

Restoration Area. The notice stated that 

MS TIG was seeking project ideas for 

the following restoration types: 

(1) Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore 

Habitat; 

(2) Nutrient Reduction; and 

(3) Provide and Enhance Recreational 

Opportunities. 

On October 11, 2022, MS TIG 

announced that it had initiated drafting 

of the RP4 and EA (https://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

2022/10/notice-initiation-restorationplanning-mississippi) and that the plan 

may include proposed projects for some 

or all of the three restoration types. 

Overview of the MS TIG Draft RP4 and 

EA 

The Draft RP4 and EA provides the 

MS TIG’s analysis of a reasonable range 

of restoration alternatives. The MS TIG’s 

seven preferred alternatives are 

presented in the following table under 

the restoration type from which funds 

would be allocated in accordance with 

the DWH Consent Decree. The MS TIG 

also evaluated three non-preferred 

alternatives as part of the reasonable 

range, and a No Action alternative for 

each restoration type in the plan. 

Restoration Type: Wetlands, Coastal 

and Nearshore Habitat 

Coastwide Habitat Acquisition 

Living Shoreline Bulkhead Alternative 

Hancock County Marsh Living 

Shoreline Phase 6 Breakwater 

Restoration Type: Nutrient Reduction 

(Nonpoint Source) 

Back Bay—Davis Bayou Nutrient 

Reduction 

Big Cedar Creek—Rocky Creek Nutrient 

Reduction 

Restoration Type: Provide and Enhance 

Recreational Opportunities 

Jourdan River Boardwalk 

Shepard State Park Recreational 

Enhancements—1 

Next Steps 

MS TIG will post a pre-recorded 

public webinar to facilitate the public 

review and comment process no later 

than September 15, 2023. The prerecorded webinar will be available on 

the Mississippi Department of 

Environmental Quality Office of 

Restoration website at https://

www.mdeq.ms.gov/restoration/. The 

pre-recorded public webinar will be 

available for viewing at any time during 

the public comment period. 


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After the public comment period 

ends, the MS TIG will consider all 

comments received and address them in 

the Final RP4 and EA. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Translation Opportunities 

Vietnamese and Spanish translated 

materials including the Executive 

Summary and project fact sheets are 

posted in the ‘‘News’’ section of the MS 

TIG website: http://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-areas/mississippi. 

Administrative Record 

The documents comprising the 

Administrative Record for the Draft RP4 

and EA can be viewed electronically at 

https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/ 

adminrecord under the folder 6.5.6.2.4. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is OPA, 

its implementing NRDA regulations in 

15 CFR part 990, and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347) and its implementing 

regulations in 40 CFR 1500–1508. 

Ronald Howard, 

Senior Technical Advisor, Natural Resource 

Specialist, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Alternate to Principal Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18774 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

[Docket No. RHS–23–CF–0009] 

Announcement of the Availability of 

Fiscal Year 2023 Disaster Relief 

Supplemental Grant Funds for the 

Community Facilities Technical 

Assistance and Training Grant 

Program for Fiscal Year 2023 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of funding of availability 

(NOFA). 

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service 

(RHS or the Agency), a Rural 

Development (RD) agency of the United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), announces that it is accepting 

applications under the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2023, for the 

Community Facilities Technical 

Assistance and Training Disaster Repair 

Grant Program to provide technical 

assistance for repairing essential 

community facilities damaged by 

Presidentially declared disasters in 

calendar year 2022. The funding amount 

is up to $2,500,000 and will remain 

available until expended. The grant 

funds will be administered in 

accordance with this notice of funding 

availability and all applicable statutory 

and regulatory requirements of the 

Community Facilities Technical 

Assistance and Training (CF TAT) Grant 

Program. 

DATES: Complete applications for grants 

must be submitted according to the 

following deadlines: 

Paper submissions: Paper submissions 

must be received by the Agency no later 

than 4:00 p.m. local time on November 

29, 2023 to be eligible for funding under 

this grant opportunity. Late or 

incomplete applications will not be 

eligible for funding. 

Electronic submissions: Electronic 

applications will be accepted via 

Grants.gov. The deadline for receipt of 

an electronic application via Grants.gov 

is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 

24, 2023. The application dates and 

times are firm. The Agency will not 

consider any application received after 

the deadline. To submit an electronic 

application, follow the instructions for 

the CF TAT Disaster Repair Grant 

Program funding announcement located 

at http://www.grants.gov. 

Prior to official submission of 

applications, applicants may request 

technical assistance or other application 

guidance from the Agency, as long as 

such requests are made prior to 

November 14, 2023. Technical 

assistance is not meant to be an analysis 

or assessment of the quality of the 

materials submitted, a substitute for 

agency review of completed 

applications, nor a determination of 

eligibility, if such determination 

requires in-depth analysis. The Agency 

will not solicit or consider scoring or 

eligibility information that is submitted 

after the application deadline. The 

Agency reserves the right to contact 

applicants to seek clarification 

information on materials contained in 

the submitted application. 

ADDRESSES: This funding announcement 

will be announced on www.Grants.gov. 

Paper applications must be submitted to 

the USDA Rural Development State 

Office (RDSO) for the State where the 

Applicant is headquartered. For Projects 

involving multiple states, the 

application must be filed in the RDSO 

where the Applicant is located. 

Applicants are encouraged to contact 

their respective RDSO for an address to 

submit an application prior to the 

submission deadline date. Applicants 

may also request paper application 

packages from their respective RDSO. A 

list of the USDA RDSO contacts can be 

found at: https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

about-rd/state-offices. 

Entities applying for assistance may 

download the application documents 

and requirements delineated in this 

notice from: https://www.Grants.gov. 

Application information for electronic 

submissions may be found at http://

www.Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathan Chitwood, Special Projects 

Coordinator at email address 

nathan.chitwood@usda.gov, United 

States Department of Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Business Loop 70 West, 

Suite 235, Columbia, MO 65203; or via 

telephone at: 573–876–0965. For further 

information on submitting program 

applications under this notice, please 

contact the USDA RDSO in the state 

where the applicant’s headquarters is 

located. A list of RDSO contacts is 

provided at the following link: https:// 

www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/state-offices. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview 

Federal Awarding Agency Name: 

Rural Housing Service (RHS). 

Funding Opportunity Title: 

Community Facilities Technical 

Assistance and Training Disaster Repair 

Grant. 

Announcement Type: Notice of 

Funding of Availability (NOFA). 

Funding Opportunity Number: 

USDA–RD–CFDTAT–2023. 

Assistance Listing: 10.766. 

Dates: Applications must be 

submitted using one of the following 

methods: 

• Paper submissions: The deadline 

for receipt of a paper application is 4:00 

p.m. local time, November 29, 2023. 

Applicants intending to mail 

applications must provide sufficient 

time to permit delivery on or before the 

closing deadline date and time. 

Acceptance by the United States Postal 

Service or private mailer does not 

constitute delivery. Facsimile (FAX), 

electronic mail, and postage due 

applications will not be accepted. 

• Electronic submissions: Electronic 

applications will be accepted via 

Grants.gov. The deadline for receipt of 

an electronic application via Grants.gov 


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