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repairing or constructing property or facilities, or committing or expending Agency or non-Agency funds for proposed grant activities until the RUS has completed any environmental review in accordance with 7 CFR part 1794 or determined that no environmental review is required. Successful applicants will be advised whether additional environmental review and requirements apply to their proposals. B. Other Federal Requirements

Other Federal statutes and regulations apply to grant applications and to grant awards. These include, but are not limited to, requirements under 7 CFR part 15, subpart A—Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of the Department of Agriculture—Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964.

Certain Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars also apply to USDA grant programs and must be followed by a grantee under this program. The policies, guidance, and requirements of the following, or their successors, may apply to the award, acceptance and use of assistance under this program and to the remedies for noncompliance, except when inconsistent with the provisions of the Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, other Federal statutes or the provisions of this NOFA:

• OMB Circular No. A–87 (Cost Principles Applicable to Grants, Contracts and Other Agreements with State and Local Governments);

• OMB Circular A–21 (Cost Principles for Education Institutions);

• OMB Circular No. A–122 (Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations);

• OMB Circular A–133 (Audits ofStates, Local Governments, and NonProfit Organizations);

• 7 CFR part 3015 (Uniform Federal Assistance Regulations);

• 7 CFR part 3016 (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State, Local, and Federally recognized Indian Tribal governments);

• 7 CFR part 3017 (Government-widedebarment and suspension (nonprocurement) and

• Government-wide requirements for drug-free workplace (grants));

• 7 CFR part 3018 (New restrictions on Lobbying);

• 7 CFR part 3019 (Uniform administrative requirements for grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and other Non-Profit Organizations); and • 7 CFR part 3052 (Audits of States, local governments, and non-profit organizations).

Compliance with additional OMB Circulars or government-wide regulations may be specified in the grant agreement. 3. Reporting

The grantee will be required to provide periodic financial and performance reports under USDA grant regulations and program rules and to submit a final project performance report. The nature and frequency of required reports are established inUSDA grant regulations and the projectspecific grant agreements.
VII. Agency Contact

The Agency Contact for this grant announcement is Karen Larsen, Management Analyst, Rural Utilities Service, Electric Programs, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 1560, Room 5165 South Building, Washington, DC 20250–1560. Telephone 202–720–9545, Fax 202– 690–0717, e-mail Karen.Larsen@wdc.usda.gov.

Dated: July 12, 2010. Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–19509 Filed 8–6–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE P**

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** 

**[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0050]**

**Animal Traceability; Public Meetings**

**AGENCY :**  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

**ACTION :**  Notice of public meetings.

**SUMMARY :**  This is a notice to inform the public of upcoming meetings in Madison, WI, Atlanta, GA, and Pasco, WA, to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to offer their input on the new framework being developed for animal disease traceability. The meetings are being organized by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

**DATES :**  The meetings will be held on August 18, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and August 20, and 24, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

**ADDRESSES :**  The public meeting on August 18, 2010, will be held at the Crowne Plaza Madison, 4402 East Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53704. The public meeting on August 20, 2010, will be held at the Doubletree Hotel Atlanta Airport, 3400 Norman Berry Drive, Atlanta, GA 30344. The public meeting on August 24, 2010, will be held at the Red Lion Hotel, 2525 North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA 99301.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Mr. Neil Hammerschmidt, Program Manager, Animal Disease Traceability, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 46, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-

5571.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently developing a new, flexible framework for animal disease traceability in the United States. In keeping with its commitment to partnering with States, Tribal Nations, and industry to address many of the details of the infrastructure of this program, including possible regulations, the USDA took the initial step of hosting a State/Tribal forum on animal disease traceability in Kansas City, MO, on March 18 and 19, 2010. Information on the proceedings of the State/Tribal forum is available to the public for review and comment at (http:// www.aphis.usda.gov/traceability/forum/ index.shtml). In addition, we hosted several public meetings to discuss animal disease traceability. The meetings took place in Kansas City, MO, Riverdale, MD, Denver, CO, Salt Lake City, UT, and Fort Worth, TX, on May 11, May 13, May 17, June 24, and July 1, 2010, respectively. We are now planning to host three additional public meetings, which will take place in Madison, WI, on August 18, 2010, Atlanta, GA, on August 20, 2010, and Pasco, WA, on August 24, 2010 (see

**ADDRESSES** ).

Tentative topics to be discussed at the upcoming meetings include:

1. The framework for a proposed animal disease traceability rule.

2. Specific details that would help form the animal disease traceability rule.

Written statements on meeting topics, as well as on the proceedings of the March 2010 State/Tribal forum, may be filed with the USDA through August 30, 2010, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at (http://www.regulations.gov/ fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2010-0050) or by sending them to the person listed under **FOR FURTHER**
**INFORMATION CONTACT** . Please refer to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0050 when submitting your statements.


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Done in Washington, DC, this 3 rd day of August 2010.

Gregory Parham Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–19565 Filed 8–6–10: 8:45 am]

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**COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS**

**Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Tennessee 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 that a meeting of the Tennessee Advisory Committee (Committee) will convene on Monday, August 30, 2010. The meeting will convene at 10 a.m. (Central Time) and adjourn at approximately noon. The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1811 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203. The purpose of the meeting is to review the Committee’s draft report on school discipline.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the comments must be received in the regional office by September 30, 2010. Written comments may be mailed to the Southern Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 61 Forsyth St., SW., Suite 16T126, Atlanta, GA, 30303. They may also be faxed to theCommission at (404) 562–7005, or emailed to the Commission at klee@usccr.gov. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Southern Regional Office at (404) 562–
7000.

Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Southern Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Southern Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission’s Web site, http://
www.usccr.gov, or may contact theSouthern Regional Office at the above email or street address.

The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA. Dated in Washington, DC, August 4, 2010. Peter Minarik, Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2010–19531 Filed 8–6–10; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE**

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Northwest Region Pacific Whiting Shoreside Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting Program.

OMB Control Number: 0648–0563. Form Number(s): NA . Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently approved information collection).

Number of Respondents: 53. Average Hours Per Response: Initial application and summary report, 10 hours each; inseason data report, 1 hour; electronic fish tickets, 10 minutes in Washington and California, 2 minutes in Oregon; electronic monitoring systems (EMS): installation, 6 hours; data downloads, 4 hours and EMS removal, 2 hours.

Burden Hours: 600. Needs and Uses: This is an extension of a currently approved information collection.

As part of its fishery management responsibilities, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service collects information to determine the amount and type of groundfish caught by fishing vessels. This collection supports exempted fishing permit requirements for Pacific whiting shoreside vessels to have and use electronic monitoring to verify full retention of catch and for Pacific whiting shoreside processors to send electronic catch data used to manage the catch allocations and limits. The respondents are principally groundfish fishermen and shoreside processors which are companies/ partnerships. Other respondents include state fisheries agencies who seek an exempted fishing permit.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Frequency: Daily, weekly and on occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395–3897. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at dHynek@doc.gov ). Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or David

_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: August 4, 2010. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010–19529 Filed 8–6–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3510–22–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE**

**United States Patent and Trademark Office** 

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Title: Secrecy and License to Export. Form Number(s): None. Agency Approval Number: 0651–
0034.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 1,538 hours annually. Number of Respondents: 1,794
responses per year.

Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the public between 30 minutes (0.5 hours) and 4 hours, depending upon the complexity of the situation, to gather the necessary information, prepare, and submit the requirements in this collection.

Needs and Uses: This information is required by 35 U.S.C. 181–188 and administered by the USPTO through 37 CFR 5.1–5.33 and 1.17. This collection includes the information needed by the USPTO to review and issue or revoke the various types of petitions regarding secrecy orders and foreign filing licenses. Response to this information collection is necessary to obtain a permit to disclose, modify or rescind a secrecy order; to obtain general or group