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Criteria Points 

The applicant provides a budget that yields an efficient and effective allocation of funds to achieve the objectives of this announcement, as well as core administrative functions necessary to carry out the Center’s mission. The application includes 

a narrative description and justification for proposed budget line items and demonstrates that the project’s costs are adequate, reasonable, and necessary for the activities or personnel to be supported. The budget and narrative demonstrate a 

clear relationship to the approach. The applicant demonstrates the manner in which funds will be allocated to best serve 

the Center’s goal, including but not limited to, the level of indirect costs: (1) Charged by the Center and (2) allowed to the 

institutions of researchers receiving sub-awards. 

C. Selection of Reviewers 

Reviewers will be selected based 

upon training and experience in 

relevant fields including, outreach, 

technical assistance, cooperative 

extension services, education, 

statistical, and ethnographic data 

collection and analysis, and agricultural 

programs. Reviewers will be drawn from 

a diverse group of experts to create 

balanced review panels. More 

information on the selection of 

reviewers can be found in 7 CFR 

2500.023. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

Proposal Notifications and Feedback 

1. The successful applicant will be 

notified by the OAO via telephone, 

email, or postal mail. The notification 

will advise the applicant that its 

proposed project has been evaluated 

and recommended for award. The 

notification will be sent to the original 

signer of the SF–424, Application for 

Federal Assistance. The award notice 

will be forwarded to the grantee for 

execution and returned to the OAO 

grants officer, who is the authorizing 

official. Once grant documents are 

executed by all parties, authorization to 

begin work will be given. 

2. The OAO will send notification to 

unsuccessful applicants via email or 

postal mail. The notification will be sent 

to the original signer of the SF–424, 

Application for Federal Assistance. 

3. Applicant feedback will be 

provided using the procedures 

established by 7 CFR 2500.026. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

All awards resulting from this FOA 

will be administered in accordance with 

the OAO assistance regulations codified 

at 7 CFR Part 2500. A listing and 

description of general federal 

regulations and cost principles 

applicable to the award of assistance 

agreements under this FOA can be 

found in 7 CFR 2500.003. 

Applicable Federal statutes, 

regulations, and guidelines include the 

following: (a) Guidelines to be followed 

when submitting grant proposals and 

cooperative agreements and rules 

governing the evaluation of proposals; 

(b) the USDA Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of Higher 

Education, Hospitals, and Other NonProfit Organizations, 7 CFR Part 3019; 

(c) the USDA Uniform Federal 

Assistance Regulations, 7 CFR Part 

3015; and (d) the USDA Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State 

and Local Governments, 7 CFR Part 

3016. 

C. Data Universal Numbering System, 

System for Award Management, and 

Central Contractor Registry Registration 

In accordance with the Federal 

Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act (FFATA) and the 

USDA implementation, all applicants 

must obtain and provide an identifying 

number from Dun and Bradstreet’s 

(D&B) Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS). Applicants can receive 

a DUNS number, at no cost, by calling 

the toll-free DUNS Number request line 

at 1–866–705–5711, or visiting the D&B 

Web site at www.dnb.com. 

In addition, FFATA requires 

applicants to register with the Central 

Contractor Registry (CCR) and the 

System for Award Management (SAM). 

This registration must be maintained 

and updated annually. Applicants can 

register or update their profile, at no 

cost, by visiting the SAM Web site at 

www.sam.gov which will satisfy both 

the CCR and SAM registration 

requirements. 

D. Reporting Requirement 

In accordance with 7 CFR 2500.045 

and 2500.046, the following reporting 

requirements will apply to awards 

provided under this FOA. The OAO 

reserves the right to revise the schedule 

and format of reporting requirements as 

necessary in the award agreement. 

1. Quarterly progress reports and 

financial reports will be required. 

• Quarterly Progress Reports. The 

awardee must submit the OMBapproved Performance Progress Report 

form (SF–PPR, Approval Number: 0970– 

0334). For each report, the awardee 

must complete fields 1 through 12 of the 

SF–PPR. To complete field 10, the 

awardee is required to provide a 

detailed narrative of project 

performance and activities as an 

attachment, as described in the award 

agreement. Quarterly progress reports 

must be submitted to the designated 

OAO official within 30 calendar days 

after the end of each calendar quarter. 

• Quarterly Financial Reports. The 

awardee must submit the Standard 

Form 425, Federal Financial Report. For 

each report, the awardee must complete 

both the Federal Cash Transaction 

Report and the Financial Status Report 

sections of the SF–425. Quarterly 

financial reports must be submitted to 

the designated OAO official within 30 

calendar days after the end of each 

calendar quarter. 

2. Final progress and financial reports 

will be required upon project 

completion. The final progress report 

should include a summary of the project 

or activity throughout the funding 

period, achievements of the project or 

activity, and a discussion of problems 

experienced in conducting the project or 

activity. The final financial report 

should consist of a complete SF–425 

indicating the total costs of the project. 

Final progress and financial reports 

must be submitted to the designated 

OAO official within 90 calendar days 

after the completion of the award 

period. 

Signed this 6th day of August 2014. 

Carolyn C. Parker, 

Director, Office of Advocacy and Outreach. 

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BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Rhode Island Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Rhode Island Advisory Committee to 

the Commission will convene at The 

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Island (EDT) on Tuesday, August 26, 

2014, at 645 Elmwood Avenue, 

Providence, Rhode Island 02907. The 

purpose of the planning meeting is to 

review civil rights project proposals and 

select a civil rights topic to examine. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by Friday, September 26, 

2014. Comments may be mailed to the 

Eastern Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 1331 

Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1150, 

Washington, DC 20425, faxed to (202) 

376–7548, or emailed to Evelyn Bohor at 

ero@usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Eastern Regional Office at 202–376– 

7533. 

Persons needing accessibility services 

should contact the Eastern Regional 

Office at least 10 working days before 

the scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Eastern Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at the above phone 

number, email or street address. 

The meetings will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated August 7, 2014. 

David Mussatt, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19000 Filed 8–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–54–2014] 

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone—Limon, 

Colorado Under Alternative Site 

Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by 

the Town of Limon, Colorado to 

establish a foreign-trade zone at sites in 

Limon, Colorado, adjacent to the Denver 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) port of entry, under the 

alternative site framework (ASF) 

adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec. 

400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for 

grantees for the establishment or 

reorganization of zones and can permit 

significantly greater flexibility in the 

designation of new ‘‘subzones’’ or 

‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ 

users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service 

area’’ in the context of the FTZ Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

a zone project. The application was 

submitted pursuant to the provisions of 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the 

regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 

400). It was formally docketed on 

August 7, 2014. The applicant is 

authorized to make the proposal under 

Colorado statute 7–49.5–102. 

The proposed zone would be the 3rd 

zone for the Denver CBP port of entry. 

The existing zones are as follows: FTZ 

112, Colorado Springs, CO (Grantee: 

Colorado Springs Foreign-Trade Zone, 

Inc., Board Order 281, 49 FR 44936, 

11/13/84); and, FTZ 123, Denver, CO 

(Grantee: City and County of Denver, 

Board Order 311, 50FR 34729, 

08/27/1985). 

The applicant’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be Adams, 

Arapahoe and Morgan Counties, 

Colorado and portions of Elbert, Lincoln 

and Washington Counties, Colorado, as 

described in the application. If 

approved, the applicant would be able 

to serve sites throughout the service area 

based on companies’ needs for FTZ 

designation. The application indicates 

that the proposed service area is within 

and adjacent to the Denver U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection port of 

entry. 

The proposed zone would include 

two ‘‘magnet’’ sites: Proposed Site 1 

(141.16 acres)—Big Sandy industrial 

area, 1055 Immel Street, Limon; 

Proposed Site 2 (280.3 acres)—East 

Airport industrial area, 21650 State 

Highway 40, Limon. The ASF allows for 

the possible exemption of one magnet 

site from the ‘‘sunset’’ time limits that 

generally apply to sites under the ASF, 

and the applicant proposes that Site 1 

be so exempted. 

The application indicates a need for 

zone services in the Limon, Colorado 

area. Specific production approvals are 

not being sought at this time. Such 

requests would be made to the FTZ 

Board on a case-by-case basis. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Christopher Kemp of the 

FTZ Staff is designated examiner to 

evaluate and analyze the facts and 

information presented in the application 

and case record and to report findings 

and recommendations to the FTZ Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive 

Secretary at the address below. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

October 14, 2014. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period to 

October 27, 2014. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 

21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ 

Board’s Web site, which is accessible 

via www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Christopher Kemp at 

Christopher.Kemp@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0862. 

Dated: August 7, 2014. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19049 Filed 8–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–55–2014] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 221—Mesa, 

Arizona; Notification of Proposed 

Production Activity; Apple Inc./GTAT 

Corp. (Components for Consumer 

Electronics); Mesa, Arizona 

The City of Mesa, grantee of FTZ 221, 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity to the FTZ Board on 

behalf of Apple Inc./GTAT Corp. 

(Project Cascade), located in Mesa, 

Arizona, within Subzone 221A. The 

notification conforming to the 

requirements of the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on July 31, 2014. 

Project Cascade already has authority 

to produce certain components for 

consumer electronics within Subzone 

221A. The current request would add 

finished products and foreign status 

materials/components to the scope of 

authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 

additional FTZ authority would be 

limited to the specific foreign-status 

materials/components and specific 

finished products described in the 

submitted notification (as described 

below) and subsequently authorized by 

the FTZ Board. 

Production under FTZ procedures 

could exempt Project Cascade from 

customs duty payments on the foreign 

status materials/components used in 

export production. On its domestic 

sales, Project Cascade would be able to 

choose the duty rates during customs 

entry procedures that apply to sapphire 

crackle and waste/scrap (duty rate 


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