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a school feeding program (such as the 

National School Lunch Program and 

School Breakfast Program). This may be 

a school district, several school districts, 

or individual schools. Schools can be 

public, public charter, or private 

schools. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The total estimated number of 

respondents is 32. PLANTS will award 

eight grants to projects that are 

collaboratively administered by at least 

three partners and no more than five 

partners. An eligible application must 

include at least one SFA and is 

permitted to include up to four SFAs. 

Therefore, a minimum of eight SFAs 

and a maximum of 32 SFAs will 

complete the SCALE assessment and 

PLANTS Data Request. It is expected 

that a majority of the Directors of the 

SFAs will complete the assessment (24), 

while larger organizations may require 

other food service personnel to 

complete the assessment (8). 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: The estimated number of 

responses per respondent is 1 per year. 

SFAs will be asked to complete the 

SCALE assessment and PLANTS Data 

Request three separate times during the 

grant implementation period between 

April 2024–June 2027. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

32. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated average time for this 

collection is 4.5 hours. FNS estimates 

that it will take each respondent 1.5 

hours to complete the SCALE 

assessment and 3 hours to complete the 

PLANTS Data Request. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 144.00 hours. See the 

table below for estimated total annual 

burden for each type of respondent. 

Respondents 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

annually per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Estimated 

avg. number 

of hours per 

response 

Estimated 

total hours 

(A) (B) (C) (B) × (C) = (D) (E) (D) × (E) = (F) 

Reporting Burden 

Local Government ............... Director of Food Services .. 23 1 23 4.5 103.5 

Food Service Employee ..... 8 1 8 4.5 36 

Sub-total ....................... ............................................. 31 ........................ 31 ........................ 139.5 

For-Profit Business ............. Food Service Director ........ 1 1 1 4.5 4.5 

Total ............................. ............................................. 32.00 1 32.00 4.5 144.00 

The supporting statement for 

approved Information Collection 

Request 0584–0512 explicitly states that 

if FNS decides to use the uniform grant 

application package, FNS will note in 

the grant solicitation that applicants 

must use the uniform grant application 

package, and that the information 

collection has already been approved by 

OMB. If FNS determines that it needs 

grant applicants to provide additional 

information not contained in the 

uniform package, then FNS will publish 

at least a 30-day notice soliciting 

comments on its proposal to collect 

different or additional information 

before issuing the grant solicitation. 

FNS is publishing this 30-day notice to 

solicit public comment and meet that 

requirement. 

FNS will consider and utilize public 

comments to adjust the collection of 

additional information as appropriate 

and necessary. 

Tameka Owens, 

Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition 

Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business Cooperative Service 

[DOCKET #: RBS–23–BUSINESS–0029] 

Amended Notice of Funding 

Opportunity for Rural Energy for 

America Program Technical 

Assistance Grant Program for Fiscal 

Year 2024; Extension of Submission 

Deadline 

AGENCY: Rural Business Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice, extension of submission 

deadline. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Business 

Cooperative Service (RBCS or the 

Agency), a Rural Development (RD) 

agency of the United States Department 

of Agriculture (USDA), announced its 

acceptance of applications under the 

Rural Energy for America (REAP) 

Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) 

Program for fiscal year (FY) 2024 in the 

Federal Register on February 20, 2024. 

This notice is extending the date by 

which applications can be submitted. 

DATES: The deadline for submissions 

regarding the NOFO published February 

20. 2024, at 89 FR 12815, is extended 

from March 15, 2024, to March 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Completed applications for 

grants must be submitted electronically 

via https://www.Grants.gov or to the 

USDA RD State Office (RDSO) State 

Energy Coordinator of the State where 

the project is located via email no later 

than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 

March 21, 2024. The RDSO State Energy 

Coordinator for the applicable State can 

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

contact-us/state-energy-coordinators. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Burns at jonathan.burns@

usda.gov, Business Loan and Grant 

Analyst, Direct Programs Branch, RBCS, 

USDA, (774) 678–7238. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Agency is extending the deadline 

for submissions regarding the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the 

Rural Energy for America Program 

Technical Assistance Grant Program for 

Fiscal Year 2024 published February 20, 

2024, at 89 FR 12815, from March 15, 

2024, to March 21, 2024. This change is 

being made to allow Applicants a full 30 

days from publication to prepare their 

complete applications. 

Kathryn E. Dirksen Londrigan, 

Administrator, Rural Business Cooperative 

Service, USDA Rural Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04452 Filed 3–1–24; 8:45 am] 

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