Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 124 / Tuesday, June 28, 2011 / Notices 37779 

this Notice incorporates by reference the 

regulations of the Department of 

Agriculture’s Office of Chief Financial 

Officer (or successor office) as codified 

in 7 CFR parts 3000 through 3099, 

including, but not necessarily limited 

to, 7 CFR parts 3015 through 3019, 7 

CFR part 3021, 2 CFR parts 25, 170 and 

417, and 7 CFR part 3052; and successor 

regulations to these parts. 

9. Cost principles. This Notice 

incorporates by reference the cost 

principles found in 2 CFR part 230 and 

in 48 CFR 31.2. 

B. Environmental Review 

All recipients under this Notice are 

subject to the requirements of 7 CFR 

part 1940, subpart G and any successor 

regulation. However, 7 CFR 1940.333 

generally excludes applications for 

planning grants. Applicants for working 

capital grants must submit Form RD 

1940–20, ‘‘Request for Environmental 

Information,’’ as part of this application. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For general questions about this 

announcement and for program 

technical assistance, applicants should 

contact their USDA Rural Development 

State Office at http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/recd_map.html. 

The State Office can also be reached by 

calling 800–670–6553 and pressing ‘‘1.’’ 

If an applicant is unable to contact their 

State Office, a nearby State Office may 

be contacted or the RBS National Office 

can be reached by calling Lyn Millhiser 

at (202) 720–1227 or Tracey Kennedy at 

202–690–1428, or via e-mail: 

cpgrants@wdc.usda.gov. Applicants are 

also encouraged to visit the application 

Web site for application tools, including 

an application guide and templates. The 

Web address is: http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/ 

BCP_VAPG_Grants.html. 

VIII. Nondiscrimination Statement 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, and where applicable, sex, 

marital status, familial status, parental 

status, religion, sexual orientation, 

genetic information, political beliefs, 

reprisal, or because all or part of an 

individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice and TDD). 

To file a complaint of discrimination 

write to USDA, Director, Office of 

Adjudication and Compliance, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

(800) 795–3272 (voice) or (202) 720– 

6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider, employer, and 

lender. 

Dated: June 21, 2011. 

Judith A. Canales, 

Administrator, Rural Business—Cooperative 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16121 Filed 6–27–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Rural Broadband Access Loans and 

Loan Guarantees Program 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability 

(NOFA). 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities 

Service (RUS) announces the 

availability of $325,663,157 in loan 

funds for the Rural Broadband Access 

Loans and Loan Guarantees Program for 

fiscal year (FY) 2011. A Notice of 

Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on March 14, 2011, at 76 FR 

13797, prior to the passage of a final 

appropriations bill identifying a definite 

funding amount. The maximum amount 

of a loan under this authority will be 

$75 million. For all other information 

and requirements on how applicants 

can apply for Rural Broadband Access 

Loans and Loan Guarantees Program 

funds, please refer to the March 14, 

2011, NOSA in the Federal Register and 

the interim regulation for the program 

published in the Federal Register at 76 

FR 13770. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Agency Contact: Kenneth Kuchno, 

Director, Broadband Division, Rural 

Utilities Service, STOP 1599, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1599, 

Telephone (202) 690–4673, Facsimile 

(202) 690–4389. 

DATES: Applications under this NOFA 

will be accepted immediately. 

ADDRESSES: Application Requirements 

and Addresses: All requirements and 

addresses for submission of an 

application under the Broadband 

Program are set forth in the interim 

regulation published in the Federal 

Register on March 14, 2011 at 76 FR 

13770. 

Application Materials: Applications 

for the Broadband Program will be 

available at http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/ 

utp_farmbill.html. 

Dated: May 26, 2011. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16073 Filed 6–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Arkansas 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 

(FACA), that a State Advisory 

Committee (SAC) meeting of the 

Arkansas Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene on Thursday, 

July 28, 2011 at 2 p.m. and adjourn at 

approximately 5 p.m. (CST) at 

University of Little Rock William H. 

Bowen School of Law, Faculty Library, 

Room 422, 1201 McMath Avenue, Little 

Rock, AR 72202. The purpose of the 

meeting is to continue planning a future 

civil rights project. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by August 11, 2011. The 

address is U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, 

Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Persons 

wishing to e-mail their comments, or to 

present their comments verbally at the 

meeting, or who desire additional 

information should contact Farella E. 

Robinson, Regional Director, Central 

Regional Office, at (913) 551–1400, (or 

for hearing impaired TDD 913–551– 

1414), or by e-mail to 

frobinson@usccr.gov. Hearing-impaired 

persons who will attend the meeting 

and require the services of a sign 

language interpreter should contact the 

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 

Central Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Central Regional Office at the above email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

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37780 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 124 / Tuesday, June 28, 2011 / Notices 

Dated in Washington, DC on June 23, 2011. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16102 Filed 6–27–11; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Vermont 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 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Vermont State Advisory Committee will 

convene at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 

12, 2011, at the University of Vermont, 

Bishop Joyce Conference Room, 411 

Main Street, Burlington, VT 05405. The 

purpose of the planning meeting is to 

plan the committee’s future activities. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by Friday, August 12, 

2011. The address is Eastern Regional 

Office, 624 9th Street, NW., Suite 740, 

Washington, DC 20425. Persons wishing 

to e-mail their comments, or who desire 

additional information should contact 

the Eastern Regional Office at 202–376– 

7533 or by e-mail to: ero@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Eastern 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 

Eastern Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Eastern 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 on June 23, 2011. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16108 Filed 6–27–11; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Connecticut 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 

(FACA), that an orientation and a 

planning meeting of the Connecticut 

State Advisory Committee will convene 

at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 

2011, at the University of Connecticut, 

School of Law, Faculty Lounge, 55 

Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT 06105. 

The purpose of the orientation meeting 

is to review the rules of operation for 

this Federal advisory committee with 

the newly appointed committee 

members; the purpose of the planning 

meeting is to plan the committee’s 

future activities. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by Monday, August 22, 

2011. The address is Eastern Regional 

Office, 624 9th Street, NW., Suite 740, 

Washington, DC 20425. Persons wishing 

to e-mail their comments, or who desire 

additional information should contact 

the Eastern Regional Office at 202–376– 

7533 or by e-mail to: ero@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend these meetings and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Eastern Regional 

Office at least ten (10) working days 

before the scheduled date of the 

meetings. 

Records generated from these 

meetings may be inspected and 

reproduced at the Eastern Regional 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meetings. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at the above e-mail or 

street address. 

The meetings will be conducted 

pursuant to the rules and regulations of 

the Commission and FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC on June 23, 2011. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16114 Filed 6–27–11; 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: International Trade 

Administration (ITA). 

Title: SABIT Participant Application, 

Program Exit Questionnaire, and 

Alumni Success Story Report. 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0225. 

Form Number(s): ITA–4143P–3. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 4,400. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 3 hours 

for application; 1 hour for program exit 

questionnaire; and 1 hour for alumni 

success form. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collected by the Special American 

Business Internship Training Program 

(SABIT) application for participation in 

the SABIT Group Program will be used 

by ITA staff to determine the quality of 

applicants for SABIT’s programs and 

create delegations of professionals from 

Eurasia and other regions. The program 

exit questionnaire will be used to 

improve the program by determining 

what worked and what did not work. 

The alumni success form will be used 

to track SABIT alumni to determine 

how well the program is meeting its 

foreign policy objectives. 

Affected Public: International 

individuals or households; International 

businesses or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Wendy Liberante, 

(202) 395–3647. 

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 Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk 

Officer, Fax number (202) 395–5167 or 

via the Internet at 

Wendy_L._Liberante@omb.eop.gov. 

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