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burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. Comments also 

may be sent to Shethir M. Riva, Chief, 

Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, 

100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 

Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22406. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address or 

through www.regulations.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: August 16, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20438 Filed 8–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–NOP–13–0061; NOP–13–05] 

Notice of Funds Availability: 

Agricultural Management Assistance 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability: 

Inviting Grant Applications from State 

Departments of Agriculture for the 

Agricultural Management Assistance 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program. 

SUMMARY: This Notice invites the 

following 16 eligible States: 

Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, 

Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, 

Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, 

to submit a Grant Application 

(Application for Federal Assistance 

Standard Form 424) to the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) for organic 

certification cost-share funds. A total of 

$1,352,850 is available to the 16 

designated States for this program in 

Fiscal Year 2013. Funds will provide 

cost-share assistance to organic crop and 

livestock producers certified under the 

USDA Organic Standards (7 CFR 205). 

Eligible States interested in obtaining 

cost-share funds for their organic 

producers must submit a grant 

application via http://www.grants.gov. 

DATES: Grant applications must be 

received by the National Organic 

Program (NOP) no later than Friday, 

August 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Grant applications must be 

submitted via Grants.Gov. Paper 

applications will not be accepted. 

Instructions and additional information 

are available on the National Organic 

Program’s Web site at http://

www.ams.usda.gov/NOPCostSharing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita 

Meade, Cost Share Coordinator, 

National Organic Program, USDA/AMS/ 

NOP, Room 2648-South, Ag Stop 0268, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0268; 

Telephone: (202) 720–3252. Email: 

Rita.Meade@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program is part of the Agricultural 

Management Assistance (AMA) Program 

authorized under the Federal Crop 

Insurance Act (FCIA), as amended, (7 

U.S.C. 1524). Under the applicable FCIA 

provisions, the Department is 

authorized to provide cost-share 

assistance to organic producers in the 

States of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 

Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 

New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 

Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and 

Wyoming. The AMS has allocated 

$1,352,850 for this organic certification 

cost-share program in Fiscal Year 2013. 

This program provides financial 

assistance to organic producers certified 

under the USDA Organic Regulations (7 

CFR part 205), which were authorized 

under the Organic Foods Production Act 

of 1990, as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et 

seq.). 

To participate in the program, eligible 

States, through their State Departments 

of Agriculture, must complete an 

Application for Federal Assistance 

(Standard Form 424). State Department 

of Agriculture refers to agencies, 

commissions, or departments of State 

government responsible for 

implementing regulation, policy or 

programs on agriculture within their 

State. The program will provide costshare assistance, through participating 

States, to organic crop and livestock 

producers receiving certification or 

incurring expenses for the continuation 

of certification by a USDA accredited 

certifying agent during the period of 

October 1, 2013 through September 30, 

2014. The Department has determined 

that payments will be limited to 75% 

(seventy-five percent) of an individual 

producer’s certification costs, up to a 

maximum of $750 (seven-hundred and 

fifty dollars). 

To receive cost-share assistance, 

organic producers in participating States 

should contact their State agencies. 

Procedures for applying are outlined in 

the cost share policies and procedures at 

http://1.usa.gov/OrganicCostShare. The 

total amount of cost-share payments 

provided to any eligible producer under 

all AMA programs cannot exceed 

$50,000. 

How to Submit Applications: To 

receive fund allocations to provide costshare assistance, a State Department of 

Agriculture must complete an 

Application for Federal Assistance 

(Standard Form 424), and enter into a 

grant agreement with the AMS. 

Interested States must submit the 

Application for Federal Assistance 

(Standard Form 424) electronically via 

Grants.gov, the Federal grants Web site, 

at http://www.grants.gov. For 

information on how to use Grants.Gov, 

please consult http://www.grants.gov/

GetRegistered. Applications must be 

filed by Friday, August 30, 2013. Grant 

agreements will be sent by the AMS to 

participating State Departments of 

Agriculture via express mail. The grant 

agreement must be signed by an official 

who has authority to apply for Federal 

assistance, and must be returned to the 

NOP at the address above by September 

30, 2013. 

The AMA Organic Certification CostShare Program is listed in the ‘‘Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance’’ under 

number 10.171. Subject agencies must 

adhere to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act 

of 1964, which bars discrimination in 

all Federally-assisted programs. 

Additional information on the AMA 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program can be found on the NOP’s 

Web site at http://www.ams.usda.gov/

NOPCostSharing. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1524 

Dated: August 16, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20484 Filed 8–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. Number AMS–FV–13–0018] 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Creole Onions 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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