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periods end on June 30 and December 

31 of each year. The project 

performance reports shall include the 

elements prescribed in the Financial 

Assistance Agreement. 

b. Form RD 4280–3D, ‘Annual 

Outcome Project Performance 

Certification’ as outlined in 7 CFR 

4280.124(i)(3), must be provided by 

grantee once the project has been 

constructed. 

c. A final project and financial status 

report must be provided within 120 

days after the expiration or termination 

of the grant as outlined in 7 CFR 

4280.124(i)(2)(ii). 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

For general questions about this 

announcement, please contact Jonathan 

Burns at CPgrants@usda.gov or (774) 

678–7238. The Agency website also 

provides up to date contact information 

at rd.usda.gov/programs-services/ 

energy-programs/rural-energy-americaprogram-renewable-energy-systemsenergy-efficiency-improvementguaranteed-loans. 

H. Other Information 

1. Paperwork Reduction Act. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the information 

collection requirements associated with 

the programs, as covered in this notice, 

have been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

OMB Control Number 0570–0067. 

2. National Environmental Policy Act. 

All recipients under this notice are 

subject to the requirements of 7 CFR 

part 1970. 

3. Federal Funding Accountability 

and Transparency Act. All applicants, 

in accordance with 2 CFR part 25, must 

be registered in SAM and have a UEI 

number as stated in section D.3 of this 

notice. All recipients of Federal 

financial assistance are required to 

report information about first-tier subawards and executive total 

compensation in accordance with 2 CFR 

part 170. 

4. Civil Rights Act. All grants made 

under this notice are subject to title VI 

of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as 

required by the USDA 7 CFR part 15, 

subpart A and section 504 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, title VIII of 

the Civil Rights Act of 1968, title IX, 

Executive Order 13166 (Limited English 

Proficiency), Executive Order 11246, 

and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 

1974. 

5. Equal Opportunity for Religious 

Organizations. 

a. Faith-based organizations may 

apply for this award on the same basis 

as any other organization, as set forth at, 

and subject to the protections and 

requirements of, this part and any 

applicable constitutional and statutory 

requirements, including 42 U.S.C. 

2000bb et seq. USDA will not, in the 

selection of recipients, discriminate for 

or against an organization on the basis 

of the organization’s religious character, 

motives, or affiliation, or lack thereof, or 

on the basis of conduct that would not 

be considered grounds to favor or 

disfavor a similarly situated secular 

organization. 

b. A faith-based organization that 

participates in this program will retain 

its independence from the Government 

and may continue to carry out its 

mission consistent with religious 

freedom and conscience protections in 

Federal law. Religious accommodations 

may also be sought under many of these 

religious freedom and conscience 

protection laws. 

c. A faith-based organization may not 

use direct Federal financial assistance 

from USDA to support or engage in any 

explicitly religious activities except 

when consistent with the Establishment 

Clause of the First Amendment and any 

other applicable requirements. An 

organization receiving Federal financial 

assistance also may not, in providing 

services funded by USDA, or in their 

outreach activities related to such 

services, discriminate against a program 

beneficiary or prospective program 

beneficiary on the basis of religion, a 

religious belief, a refusal to hold a 

religious belief, or a refusal to attend or 

participate in a religious practice. 

6. Signage. The Awardee is 

encouraged to display USDA standard 

infrastructure investment signage, 

available for download from the 

Agency, during construction of the 

project. Expenditures for such signage 

shall be a permitted eligible cost of IRA 

funded projects. 

7. Nondiscrimination Statement. In 

accordance with Federal civil rights law 

and USDA civil rights regulations and 

policies, the USDA, its Agencies, 

offices, and employees, and institutions 

participating in or administering USDA 

programs are prohibited from 

discriminating based on race, color, 

national origin, religion, sex, gender 

identity (including gender expression), 

sexual orientation, disability, age, 

marital status, family/parental status, 

income derived from a public assistance 

program, political beliefs, or reprisal or 

retaliation for prior civil rights activity, 

in any program or activity conducted or 

funded by USDA (not all bases apply to 

all programs). Remedies and complaint 

filing deadlines vary by program or 

incident. Program information may be 

made available in languages other than 

English. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication to 

obtain program information (e.g., 

Braille, large print, audiotape, American 

Sign Language) should contact the 

responsible Mission Area, agency, or 

staff office; or the 711 Relay Service. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, a complainant should 

complete a Form AD3027, USDA 

Program Discrimination Complaint 

Form, which can be obtained online at 

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/ 

files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any 

USDA office, by calling (866) 632–9992, 

or by writing a letter addressed to 

USDA. The letter must contain the 

complainant’s name, address, telephone 

number, and a written description of the 

alleged discriminatory action in 

sufficient detail to inform the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about 

the nature and date of an alleged civil 

rights violation. 

The completed AD–3027 form or 

letter must be submitted to USDA by: 

(i) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; or 

(ii) Fax: (833) 256–1665 or (202) 690– 

7442; or 

(iii) Email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Kathryn E. Dirksen Londrigan, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA, Rural Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23854 Filed 10–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Census Household Panel 

Topical 13 and Topical 14 Operations 

On July 12, 2024, the Department of 

Commerce received clearance from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to 

conduct the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth 

Census Household Panel topical 

operations (OMB No. 0607–1025, Exp. 

6/30/26). The Census Household Panel 

is designed to ensure availability of 

frequent data collection for nationwide 

estimates on a variety of topics for a 

variety of subgroups of the population. 


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This notice serves to inform of the 

Department’s intent to request clearance 

from OMB to conduct topical operations 

13 and 14. 

The Topical 13 (November) will 

include experiments on using auxiliary 

data, ‘‘don’t know’’ responses, and 

dependent data. For the December 

topical questionnaire (Topical 14) we 

will collect data using Household Pulse 

Survey content. For both months, we 

will conduct a digital incentives test. 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on February 6, 

2023, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

Title: Census Household Panel 

Topical 13 and Topical 14 Operations. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–1025. 

Form Number(s): Not yet determined. 

Type of Request: Request for a 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 10,354 panel 

members. 

Average Hours per Response: 4 hours 

per year (20 minutes for monthly 

collection). 

Burden Hours: 41,375. 

Needs and Uses: The Census 

Household Panel is a probability-based 

nationwide nationally-representative 

survey panel designed to test the 

methods to collect data on a variety of 

topics of interest, and for conducting 

experimentation on alternative question 

wording and methodological 

approaches. The goal of the Census 

Household Panel is to ensure 

availability of frequent data collection 

for nationwide estimates on a variety of 

topics and a variety of subgroups of the 

population, meeting standards for 

transparent quality reporting of the 

Federal Statistical Agencies and the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). 

Panelists and households selected for 

the Panel were recruited from the 

Census Bureau’s gold standard Master 

Address File. This ensures the Panel is 

rooted in this rigorously developed and 

maintained frame and available for 

linkage to administrative records 

securely maintained and curated by the 

Census Bureau. Invitations to complete 

the monthly surveys will be sent via 

email and SMS messages. 

Questionnaires will be mainly internet 

self-response. The Panel will maintain 

representativeness by allowing 

respondents who do not use the internet 

to respond via computer-assisted 

telephone interviewing (CATI). All 

panelists will receive an incentive for 

each complete questionnaire. Periodic 

replenishment samples will maintain 

representativeness and panelists will be 

replaced after a period of three years. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, sections 141, 182 and 193. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at https://

www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view the Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the collection or the OMB Control 

Number 0607–1025. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23870 Filed 10–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–31–2024] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230; 

Authorization of Production Activity; 

Patheon Softgels; (Pharmaceutical 

Products); High Point, North Carolina 

On June 12, 2024, The Piedmont 

Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230, 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity to the FTZ Board on 

behalf of Patheon Softgels, within 

Subzone 230C, in High Point, North 

Carolina. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (89 FR 51873, June 20, 

2024). On October 10, 2024, the 

applicant was notified of the FTZ 

Board’s decision that no further review 

of the activity is warranted at this time. 

The production activity described in the 

notification was authorized, subject to 

the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, including section 400.14. 

Dated: October 10, 2024. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23819 Filed 10–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

[Docket No. 240926–0255] 

RIN 0694–XC108 

Effectiveness of Licensing Procedures 

for the Export and Reexport of 

Agricultural Commodities to Cuba 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS) is requesting public 

comments on the effectiveness of its 

licensing procedures as defined in the 

Export Administration Regulations 

(EAR) for the export and reexport of 

agricultural commodities to Cuba. BIS 

will include a description of any 

comments it receives in its biennial 

report to Congress, as required by the 

Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

Enhancement Act of 2000, as amended 

(TSRA). 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

may be submitted by either of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal rulemaking portal. Visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov and type ‘‘BIS– 

2024–0049’’ in the search box to find 

this notice. 

• Mail: Submit written comments by 

mail or delivery to Regulatory Policy 

Division, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Room 2099B, 14th Street and 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230. Refer to RIN 0694–XC108. 

Comments sent by any other method, 

to any other address or individual, or 


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