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Vol. 77, No. 67 

Friday, April 6, 2012 

1Note that it may take Grants.gov up to 48 hours 

to send an email confirming that the application 

was received and validated by the Grants.gov 

system. The application must have been received by 

Grants.gov prior to the FMPP deadline. 

2Section 10605 of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–171) 

authorizing the establishment of the Farmers’ 

Market Promotion Program (7 U.S.C. 3005) (FMPP) 

and as amended by section 10106 of the Food, 

Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110– 

246). 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

Committee on Administration and 

Management 

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of 

the United States. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

public meeting of the Committee on 

Administration and Management of the 

Assembly of the Administrative 

Conference of the United States. The 

meeting will provide an opportunity for 

the committee to continue its 

consideration of a draft 

recommendation regarding the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. Complete 

details regarding the committee 

meeting, the contours of the project, 

how to attend (including information 

about remote access and obtaining 

special accommodations for persons 

with disabilities), and how to submit 

comments to the committee can be 

found in the ‘‘About’’ section of the 

Conference’s Web site, at http:// 

www.acus.gov. Click on ‘‘About,’’ then 

on ‘‘The Committees,’’ and then on 

‘‘Committee on Administration and 

Management.’’ 

Comments may be submitted by email 

to Comments@acus.gov, with 

‘‘Committee on Administration and 

Management’’ in the subject line, or by 

postal mail to ‘‘Committee on 

Administration and Management 

Comments’’ at the address given below. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

1120 20th Street NW., Suite 706 South, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Schleicher Bremer, Designated 

Federal Officer, Administrative 

Conference of the United States, 1120 

20th Street NW., Suite 706 South, 

Washington, DC 20036; Telephone 202– 

480–2080. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Committee on Administration and 

Management 

The Committee on Administration 

and Management will meet to continue 

its consideration of a draft 

recommendation on the Paperwork 

Reduction Act and proposed 

improvements to its implementation. 

Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 from 

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Dated: April 3, 2012. 

Shawne C. McGibbon, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8369 Filed 4–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6110–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc# AMS–TM–12–0004; TM–12–01] 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) 

Inviting Applications for the 2012 

Farmers’ Market Promotion Program 

(FMPP) 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) announces the 

availability of approximately $10 

million in competitive grant funds for 

fiscal year (FY) 2012 to increase 

domestic consumption of agricultural 

commodities by expanding direct 

producer-to-consumer market 

opportunities. Examples of direct 

producer-to-consumer market 

opportunities include new farmers 

markets, roadside stands, communitysupported agriculture (CSA) programs, 

agri-tourism activities, and other direct 

producer-to-consumer infrastructures. 

AMS hereby requests proposals from 

eligible entities within the following 

categories: Agricultural cooperatives, 

producer networks, producer 

associations, local governments, 

nonprofit corporations, public benefit 

corporations, economic development 

corporations, regional farmers market 

authorities, and Tribal governments. 

Based on the available funding, AMS 

will award the most competitive 

applications that demonstrate 

measurable, outcome-based strategies 

that help increase farmers’ or 

agricultural producers’ revenue through 

direct producer to consumer marketing 

opportunities. The minimum award per 

grant is $5,000 and the maximum award 

per grant is $100,000. No matching 

funds are required. 

DATES: Applications should be received 

and accepted,1 via Grants.gov, not later 

than May 21, 2012. Applications 

received after the deadline will not be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: The 2012 Farmers’ Market 

Promotion Program (FMPP), 

Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA, 

Room 4509–South Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20250–0269, phone 

(202) 720–0933. 

AMS will only accept application 

packages submitted via http:// 

www.Grants.gov. AMS will not accept 

application packages by mail, hand 

delivery, email, or fax. Except for the 

submission of multiple applications (for 

instance, an EBT and a non-EBT 

project), all forms, narrative, letters of 

support, and other required materials 

must be forwarded in one application 

package. AMS strongly recommends 

that each applicant visit the AMS Web 

site at http://www.ams.usda.gov/FMPP 

to review a copy of the 2012 FMPP 

Guidelines and application instructions 

prior to preparing the proposal narrative 

and application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Carmen Humphrey, Branch Chief, 

Marketing Grants and Technical 

Services Branch, Marketing Services 

Division, Transportation and Marketing 

Programs, AMS, USDA, on (202) 720– 

0933, or via facsimile on (202) 690– 

4152. State that your request for 

information refers to Docket No. TM– 

12–01. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

solicitation is issued pursuant to 

Section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer 

Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (7 U.S.C. 

3001–3006) as amended.2 The amended 

act states that the purposes of the FMPP 

are ‘‘(A) to increase domestic 

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