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9834 

Vol. 89, No. 29 

Monday, February 12, 2024 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–TM–24–0001] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment for AMS Resilient Food 

Systems Infrastructure Program 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) announces that the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA) for the Resilient Food 

Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) Program is 

available for public review and 

comments. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 13, 2024 to be assured 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments 

concerning this notice. Comments may 

be submitted electronically by email: 

RFSI@usda.gov. Comments should 

reference the document number and the 

date and page number of this issue of 

the Federal Register. AMS will address 

comments received on the draft PEA in 

the final PEA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lara 

Shockey, Natural Resource Specialist, 

Transportation and Marketing Program; 

Telephone: (304) 373–5875; email: 

lara.s.shockey@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Draft PEA analyzes and discloses 

the potential environmental impacts 

associated with the establishment of the 

Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure 

(RFSI) Program. The United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) 

has proposed to fund cooperative 

agreements to coordinate initiatives for 

non-meat and poultry food products in 

the middle of the supply chain. Funds 

will support expanded capacity for the 

aggregation, processing, manufacturing, 

storing, transporting, wholesaling, and 

distribution of locally and regionally 

produced food products, including 

specialty crops, dairy, grains for human 

consumption, aquaculture, and other 

food products, excluding meat and 

poultry. 

States will make subawards to 

support local and regional food and 

farm businesses and other entities. 

States will also provide supply chain 

and market development services. 

Through these efforts, the RFSI program 

aims to enhance market access for small 

and mid-size producers and food 

businesses, contributing to a more 

resilient and sustainable food system. 

The RFSI Program is authorized by 

section 1001 (b)(4) of the American 

Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) (Pub. L. 117– 

2), which funds ‘‘loans and grants and 

other assistance to maintain and 

improve food and agricultural supply 

chain resiliency.’’ Recipients of funding 

from this proposed program would be 

allowed 48 months to complete work 

funded by the awards. 

The environmental impacts of 

funding projects to expand capacity for 

the aggregation, processing, 

manufacturing, storing, transporting, 

wholesaling, and distribution of locally 

and regionally produced, non-meat and 

poultry food products and provide 

supply chain and market development 

services have been considered in a 

manner consistent with the provisions 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, Public Law 91–190, 

42 U.S.C. 4321–4347, as amended. 

A Draft PEA has been prepared, and 

based on this analysis, AMS has 

preliminarily determined there will not 

be a significant impact to the human 

environment. As a result, an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

has not been initiated (40 CFR 1501.6). 

AMS intends for this PEA to create 

efficiencies by establishing a framework 

that can be used for ‘‘tiering,’’ where 

appropriate, to project-specific actions 

that require additional analysis. As 

decisions on specific applications are 

made, to the extent additional NEPA 

analysis is required, environmental 

review will be conducted to supplement 

the analysis set forth in this PEA. 

The Draft PEA is available for review 

online at the program website: https:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/rfsi. 

Comments Invited 

Interested stakeholders are invited to 

submit comments on the Draft PEA, as 

specified in the ADDRESSES section of 

this Notice. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific recommendation for 

changing AMS’ proposed approach to 

assessing environmental impacts, 

explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting information. AMS will 

consider all comments received on or 

before the closing date. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02801 Filed 2–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–148, C–570–149] 

Gas Powered Pressure Washers From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing 

Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing antidumping duty 

(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) 

orders on gas powered pressure washers 

(pressure washers) from People’s 

Republic of China (China). 

DATES: Applicable February 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hermes Pinilla (AD) or Ted Pearson 

(CVD), AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3477 or 

(202) 482–2631, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 705(d) 

and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 


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