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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

7 CFR Part 662 

RIN 0578–AA44 

Regional Equity 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, United States 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Interim final rule with request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: Section 2703 of Title II of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (the 2008 Act) (Pub. L. 110–246) 

reauthorizes the subsection on Regional 

Equity established under section 

1241(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

(16 U.S.C. 3841(d)), as amended 

(Regional Equity provision). The 

purpose of this provision is to give 

priority to certain states for certain 

conservation program funding. States 

eligible to receive funding through the 

Regional Equity provision are those that 

have not received, for a given fiscal 

year, an aggregate allocation of at least 

$15,000,000 from programs specified in 

the Regional Equity provision. In 

addition, States must have approved 

applications for financial and technical 

assistance under the specified programs 

in order to be eligible to receive 

funding. The Regional Equity programs 

are all of the conservation programs 

authorized by subtitle D, Title XII of the 

Food Security Act of 1985, 16 U.S.C. 

3801 et seq., except for the Conservation 

Reserve Program, the Wetland Reserve 

Program, and the Conservation Security 

Program, which are excluded from the 

conservation programs affected by the 

Regional Equity provision. This interim 

final rule sets forth how the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 

an agency of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), will implement the 

Regional Equity provision. 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule is 

effective January 13, 2009. 

Comment Date: Submit comments on 

or before March 16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

(identified by the subject of Regional 

Equity) using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, Attn: Program 

Allocations and Management Support 

Team, Regional Equity Comments, P.O. 

Box 2890, Room 5212–S, Washington, 

DC 20013. 

• Fax: 1–202–690–2378. 

• Hand Delivery: Room 5212 of the 

USDA South Office Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250, between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. Please ask the 

guard at the entrance to the South Office 

Building to call 202–720–4527 in order 

to be escorted into the building. 

• This interim final rule may be 

accessed via the Internet. Users can 

access the NRCS homepage at http:// 

www.nrcs.usda.gov/; select the Farm 

Bill link from the menu; select the 

Interim final link from beneath the Final 

and Interim Final Rules Index title. 

• For more information on the 

rulemaking process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA Target Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Team Leader, Program Allocations and 

Management Support Team, NRCS, P.O. 

Box 2890, Room 5212–S, Washington, 

DC 20013; telephone (202) 690–0547; 

submit e-mail to: 

RE2008@wdc.usda.gov, Attention: 

Regional Equity comments. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The NRCS invites interested persons 

to participate in this rulemaking by 

submitting written comments, data, or 

views. Comments are also invited 

relating to the economic or 

environmental impacts that might result 

from adopting this regulation. The most 

helpful comments reference a specific 

portion of the rule, explain the reason 

for any recommended changes, and 

include supporting data. Please send 

two copies of written comments. All 

comments received will be filed in the 

docket, as well as a report summarizing 

each substantive public comment 

concerning this interim final rule. The 

docket, including any personal 

information provided, is made available 

for public inspection. All comments 

received on or before the closing date 

for comments will be considered. The 

regulation may be changed because of 

the comments received. 

Regulatory Certifications 

Executive Order 12866 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has determined that this interim 

final rule is not significant and will not 

be reviewed by OMB under Executive 

Order 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

It has been determined that the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act is not 

applicable to this interim final rule 

because NRCS is not required by 5 

U.S.C. 553, or any other provision of 

law, to publish a notice of proposed 

rulemaking with respect to the subject 

matter of this rule. 

Environmental Analysis 

The Regional Equity interim final rule 

establishes procedures for implementing 

this provision at part 662 of this title 

and will not directly impact the 

environment. This interim final rule 

falls within the categories of activities 

that have been determined not to have 

a significant individual or cumulative 

effect on the human environment and 

are excluded from the preparation of 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement as set 

forth in the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s (USDA) National 

Environmental Policy Act regulations in 

7 CFR part 1b.3. Regional Equity is an 

administrative function that relates to 

the funding of programs and fund 

disbursements. These activities are 

categorically excluded based upon 7 

CFR part 1b.3(a)(1) and 7 CFR part 

1b.3(a)(2) of USDA regulations. 

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Paperwork Reduction Act 

Section 2904 of the 2008 Act requires 

that implementation of programs 

authorized by Title II of the Act be made 

without regard to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.). Therefore, NRCS is not 

reporting recordkeeping or estimated 

paperwork burden associated with this 

interim final rule. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public 

Law 104–4, requires Federal agencies to 

assess the effects of their regulatory 

actions on State, local, and tribal 

governments or the private sector of 

$100 million or more in any one year. 

When such a statement is needed for a 

rule, section 205 of the UMRA requires 

NRCS to prepare a written statement, 

including a cost benefit assessment, for 

proposed and final rules with ‘‘Federal 

mandates’’ that may result in such 

expenditures for State, local, or tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or to the 

private sector. UMRA generally requires 

agencies to consider alternatives and 

adopt the more cost effective or least 

burdensome alternative that achieves 

the objectives of the rule. 

This rule contains no Federal 

mandates, as defined under Title II of 

the UMRA, for State, local, and tribal 

governments or the private sector. Thus, 

this rule is not subject to the 

requirements of sections 202 and 205 of 

UMRA. 

Executive Order 12988 

This interim final rule has been 

reviewed in accordance with Executive 

Order 12988. The provisions of this 

interim final rule are not retroactive. 

Furthermore, the provisions of this 

interim final rule preempt State and 

local laws to the extent such laws are 

inconsistent with this interim final rule. 

Executive Order 13132 

NRCS has considered this interim 

final rule in accordance with Executive 

Order 13132, issued August 4, 1999. 

NRCS has determined that the interim 

final rule conforms with the Federalism 

principles set out in this Executive 

Order; would not impose any 

compliance costs on the States; and 

would not have substantial direct effects 

on the States, on the relationship 

between the national government and 

the States, nor on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government. Therefore, 

NRCS concludes that this interim final 

rule does not have Federalism 

implications. 

Background 

The Regional Equity provision (16 

U.S.C. 3841(d)) was first introduced in 

the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

Act of 2002 (the 2002 Act) (Pub. L. 107– 

171), which amended the Food Security 

Act of 1985 (Pub. L. 99–198) to add the 

provision as section 1241(d), 16 U.S.C. 

3841(d). Regional Equity, as established 

in the 2002 Act, required the Secretary 

to give priority for funding under 

certain conservation programs in 

subtitle D of the Food Security Act of 

1985. The conservation programs listed 

under subtitle D (in the 2002 Act) 

included: Farm and Ranch Lands 

Protection Program, Grassland Reserve 

Program, Environmental Quality 

Incentives Program, Conservation 

Innovation Grants, Ground and Surface 

Water Conservation Program, 

Conservation of Private Grazing Land, 

Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program, 

Grassroots Source Water Protection 

Program, and Great Lakes Basin 

Program. The Conservation Reserve 

Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, 

and the Conservation Security Program 

were excluded from the Regional Equity 

provision. Under that Regional Equity 

provision, those States (Regional Equity 

States) that did not receive an aggregate 

allocation, from the conservation 

programs specified in the statute, greater 

than $12,000,000 were eligible to 

receive additional funding. The 

additional funding made available to 

Regional Equity States, in order to reach 

the $12,000,000 requirement, was taken 

from those States that had initial 

aggregate funding allocations of 

specified conservation programs greater 

than $12,000,000. In addition, Regional 

Equity States were required to have 

approved applications for the specified 

conservation programs in order to 

receive Regional Equity funding. The 

2002 Act set an April 1st deadline for 

Regional Equity States to have priority 

for the funding. NRCS implemented the 

Regional Equity provision utilizing 

multiple funding procedures from fiscal 

year 2004 through fiscal year 2008. 

Statutory Authority and Interim Final 

Rule 

The 2008 Act amended the Regional 

Equity provision. The 2008 Act 

increased the funding level used to 

identify Regional Equity States from 

$12,000,000 to $15,000,000, established 

new conservation programs under 

subtitle D that are subject to the 

Regional Equity provision (Agricultural 

Water Enhancement Program, 

Conservation Stewardship Program, 

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program, 

and Voluntary Public Access and 

Habitat Incentive Program), and added 

language requiring the consideration of 

the respective demand in a Regional 

Equity State. NRCS is developing this 

regulation to establish consistency and 

certainty in implementation procedures 

for the Regional Equity provision. 

Section-by-Section Overview 

Section 662.1 describes the general 

purpose of the regulations, which is to 

establish NRCS implementation 

procedures for the Regional Equity 

provision. Section 662.2 defines terms 

used in this part. Section 662.3 

describes applicability of the Regional 

Equity provision. 

Finally, section 662.4 outlines the 

procedures for priority funding and 

allocation of program funds, in 

accordance with the Regional Equity 

provision. The Regional Equity 

provision requires the Secretary to give 

priority for funding to approved 

applications in Regional Equity States. 

NRCS will give priority for funding to 

approved applications in Regional 

Equity States by establishing programspecific drawing accounts for each 

covered program, sufficient to bring all 

Regional Equity States to $15,000,000 

(funding opportunity). A Regional 

Equity State can request funds from the 

program-specific drawing accounts after 

the State has obligated at least 90 

percent of its initial program allocation. 

This process enables NRCS to monitor 

the use of drawing account funds and 

ensure that funds are used in the most 

effective and timely manner. NRCS used 

a similar funding allocation procedure 

in fiscal year 2008. In fiscal year 2008, 

some Regional Equity States were 

unable to use all of their Regional 

Equity funding. By holding Regional 

Equity funds in program-specific 

drawing accounts, NRCS was able to 

reallocate these funds earlier in the 

fiscal year and was able to identify 

States that could obligate the funds 

toward high priority needs. This 

approach positions the Agency to 

ensure that program funds are directed 

to the highest-ranked applications. 

The 2008 Act added a requirement 

that the Secretary consider the 

respective demand in each Regional 

Equity State for each program covered 

by the Regional Equity provision. NRCS 

will consider the respective demand in 

each Regional Equity State in each 

program by having State 

Conservationists in Regional Equity 

States cooperatively determine the 

funding opportunity for each state’s 

program-specific drawing account. State 

Conservationists will consult with their 

respective State Technical Committees 

in evaluating the demand in their State 

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for funding from the drawing accounts. 

In evaluating the demand for Regional 

Equity funding opportunities, State 

Conservationists will consider how 

applications address national program 

priorities; historic trends in program 

interest; and priority State natural 

resource concerns. This will enable 

additional funds to be allocated in a 

way that meets the natural resource 

conservation needs of each state’s 

producers, meets the demand of each 

State’s program needs, and helps ensure 

that States do not receive additional 

funding when there is insufficient 

demand. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 662 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Agriculture, Soil 

conservation. 

■ For the reasons stated in the preamble, 

the Natural Resources Conservation 

Service is adding a new part 662 in 

chapter VI of Title 7 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations to read as follows: 

PART 662—REGIONAL EQUITY 

Sec. 

662.1 General. 

662.2 Definitions. 

662.3 Applicability. 

662.4 Regional Equity implementation 

procedure. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3841(d). 

§ 662.1 General. 

This part sets forth the procedures 

that the Natural Resources Conservation 

Service (NRCS) will use to implement 

the Regional Equity provision of the 

Food, Security Act of 1985, 16 U.S.C. 

3841(d). 

§ 662.2 Definitions. 

The following definitions are 

applicable to this part: 

Chief means the Chief of the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service or the 

person delegated authority to act on 

behalf of the Chief. 

Contribution programs means 

Regional Equity programs that 

contribute funding to Regional Equity 

States, as determined by the Chief each 

fiscal year, consistent with the 

limitations established in 16 U.S.C. 

3841(d). 

Drawing account means the 

aggregated amount of contribution 

program funds required to bring all 

States to the Regional Equity threshold. 

Funding opportunity means the 

amount of funding needed to bring a 

State to the $15,000,000 Regional Equity 

threshold for the aggregate of the 

Regional Equity programs. 

Initial allocation means the amount of 

conservation program allocation 

funding provided to all States through a 

merit-based, natural resource focused 

process. 

Obligated means a specific binding 

agreement, in writing, for the purpose 

authorized by law and executed while 

the funding is available. 

Regional Equity provision means the 

statutory requirement to give priority 

funding before April 1st for approved 

applications for specific programs 

within States that have not received a 

$15,000,000 aggregate level of funding. 

Regional Equity programs means 

conservation programs under subtitle D 

(excluding the Conservation Reserve 

program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, 

and the Conservation Security Program) 

of the Food Security Act of 1985. These 

programs include: Conservation 

Stewardship Program, Farm and Ranch 

Lands Protection Program, Grassland 

Reserve Program, Environmental 

Quality Incentives Program, 

Conservation Innovation Grants, 

Agricultural Water Enhancement 

Program, Conservation of Private 

Grazing Land, Wildlife Habitat Incentive 

Program, Grassroots Source Water 

Protection Program, Great Lakes Basin 

Program, Chesapeake Bay Watershed 

Program, and the Voluntary Public 

Access and Habitat Incentive Program. 

Regional Equity programs will be 

aggregated to determine whether a State 

meets the $15,000,000 Regional Equity 

threshold. However, not all Regional 

Equity programs will be considered 

contribution programs. 

Regional Equity threshold means the 

$15,000,000 minimum aggregate amount 

of Regional Equity program funds. 

Regional Equity States means any 

State not meeting the Regional Equity 

threshold of $15,000,000 through the 

initial allocation for Regional Equity 

programs. 

Respective demand means the mix of 

contribution program funds that each 

State Conservationist in a Regional 

Equity state requests to fill that State’s 

funding opportunity. 

State means all 50 States, the District 

of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of 

the United States, American Samoa, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern 

Marianna Islands, and the Freely 

Associated States. 

State Conservationist means the 

NRCS employee authorized to 

implement Regional Equity programs 

and direct and supervise NRCS 

activities in a State, the Caribbean Area, 

or the Pacific Islands Area. 

§ 662.3 Applicability. 

The regulation in this part sets forth 

the policies and procedures for the 

Regional Equity provision as 

administered by the NRCS. This 

regulation applies to the Regional 

Equity programs defined in this part. 

The Chief of NRCS will implement the 

Regional Equity provision by identifying 

programs that contribute to the 

establishment of program-specific 

drawing accounts for priority funding in 

Regional Equity states. 

§ 662.4 Regional Equity implementation 

procedure. 

The following procedures will 

implement the Regional Equity 

provision: 

(a) Determine initial allocations. 

NRCS will determine initial 

conservation program funding levels for 

each State through a merit-based, 

natural resource focused allocation 

process, as determined by the Chief. 

(b) Determine the funding 

opportunity. The combined initial 

allocation funding level for Regional 

Equity programs by State will be 

compared to the Regional Equity 

threshold to determine each Regional 

Equity State’s funding opportunity. 

(c) Establish contribution program 

fund levels. Subject to availability of 

funds, contribution program fund levels 

are determined by: 

(1) Identifying which programs 

contribute funds, as determined by the 

Chief, consistent with the limitations 

established in 16 U.S.C. 3841(d); and 

(2) Each State’s respective demand. 

(i) State Conservationists in Regional 

Equity States, in consultation with State 

Technical Committees, will evaluate 

and determine their respective program 

demands based on the following 

criteria: 

(A) Program applications and how 

they address national program 

priorities; 

(B) Historic trends in program 

interest; and 

(C) State priority natural resource 

concerns. 

(ii) The State Conservationist’s 

identified respective demand will assist 

the Chief in determining the 

composition of contribution program 

funds within the established drawing 

account. 

(d) Establish the drawing account. 

NRCS will establish a drawing account 

for each contribution program, as 

determined in (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this 

section, and will give priority before 

April 1st of each fiscal year, for such 

funds to be used to fund applications in 

Regional Equity States, sufficient to 

bring each of the Regional Equity States 

to the Regional Equity threshold of 

$15,000,000. 

(e) Access the drawing account. State 

Conservationists in Regional Equity 

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States may request access to that State’s 

assigned portion of the drawing account 

once that State has obligated at least 90 

percent of its initial allocation for that 

same program. 

(f) Re-allocation of funds. The 

program-specific drawing accounts for 

Regional Equity States will be available 

until April 1st of each fiscal year, after 

which date the remaining funds may be 

re-allocated at the discretion of the 

Chief. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Arlen L. Lancaster, 

Chief, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

15 CFR Part 806 

[Docket No. 080731960–81629–02] 

RIN 0691–AA66 

Direct Investment Surveys: BE–11, 

Annual Survey of U.S. Direct 

Investment Abroad 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends 

regulations of the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis, Department of Commerce 

(BEA) to change the reporting 

requirements for the BE–11, Annual 

Survey of U.S. Direct Investment 

Abroad. The BE–11 survey is conducted 

annually and is a sample survey that 

obtains financial and operating data 

covering the overall operations of U.S. 

parent companies and their foreign 

affiliates. BEA is making changes in the 

reporting criteria that will raise the 

thresholds for reporting on the survey. 

DATES: This final rule will be effective 

February 12, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David H. Galler, Chief, Direct 

Investment Division (BE–50), Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; 

phone (202) 606–9835 or e-mail 

(david.galler@bea.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

September 11, 2008, Federal Register, 

73 FR 52802–52804, BEA published a 

notice of proposed rulemaking setting 

forth revised reporting criteria for the 

BE–11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct 

Investment Abroad. No comments on 

the proposed rule were received. Thus, 

the proposed rule is adopted without 

change. This final rule amends 15 CFR 

806.14 to set forth the reporting 

requirements for the BE–11, Annual 

Survey of U.S. Direct Investment 

Abroad. 

Description of Changes 

The BE–11 survey is a mandatory 

survey and is conducted annually by 

BEA under the International Investment 

and Trade in Services Survey Act (22 

U.S.C. 3101–3108), hereinafter, ‘‘the 

Act.’’ BEA will send the survey to 

potential respondents in March of each 

year; responses will be due by May 31. 

This final rule changes the reporting 

criteria on the BE–11 annual survey as 

follows: (a) The threshold for reporting 

on the BE–11B(SF) short form and BE– 

11C form increases from $40 million to 

$60 million, and (b) the threshold for 

reporting on the BE–11B(LF) long form 

increases from $150 million to $225 

million. Majority-owned nonbank 

affiliates with assets, sales or gross 

operating revenues, or net income (loss) 

over $60 million but less than or equal 

to $225 million will be filed on the BE– 

11B(SF) short form; majority-owned 

nonbank affiliates with assets, sales or 

gross operating revenues, or net income 

(loss) over $225 million will be filed on 

the BE–11B(LF) long form. Minorityowned nonbank affiliates with assets, 

sales or gross operating revenues, or net 

income (loss) over $60 million will be 

filed on the BE–11C form. Two 

reporting thresholds remain 

unchanged—the threshold for reporting 

on Form BE–11B(FN) remains at $250 

million and the threshold for reporting 

only selected items on Form BE–11A 

remains at $150 million. 

Survey Background 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce, 

conducts the BE–11 survey under the 

authority of the International 

Investment and Trade in Services 

Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101–3108), 

hereinafter, ‘‘the Act.’’ Section 4(a) of 

the Act requires that the President shall, 

to the extent he deems necessary and 

feasible, conduct a regular data 

collection program to secure current 

information on international financial 

flows and other information related to 

international investment and trade in 

services, including (but not limited to) 

such information as may be necessary 

for computing and analyzing the United 

States balance of payments, the 

employment and taxes of United States 

parents and affiliates, and the 

international investment and trade in 

services position of the United States. 

In Section 3 of Executive Order 

11961, as amended by Executive Orders 

12318 and 12518, the President 

delegated the responsibility for 

performing functions under the Act 

concerning direct investment to the 

Secretary of Commerce, who has 

redelegated it to BEA. The annual 

survey of U.S. direct investment abroad 

is a sample survey that collects 

information on a variety of measures of 

the overall operations of U.S. parent 

companies and their foreign affiliates, 

including total assets, sales, net income, 

employment and employee 

compensation, research and 

development expenditures, and exports 

and imports of goods. The sample data 

are used to derive universe estimates in 

nonbenchmark years from similar data 

reported in the BE–10, Benchmark 

Survey of U.S. Direct Investment 

Abroad, which is taken every five years. 

The data are needed to measure the size 

and economic significance of direct 

investment abroad, measure changes in 

such investment, and assess its impact 

on the U.S. and foreign economies. The 

data are disaggregated by country and 

industry of the foreign affiliate and by 

industry of the U.S. parent. 

Executive Order 12866 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for purposes of E.O. 

12866. 

Executive Order 13132 

This final rule does not contain 

policies with Federalism implications 

sufficient to warrant preparation of a 

Federalism assessment under E.O. 

13132. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The collection-of-information in this 

final rule was submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). OMB 

approved the information collection 

under control number 0608–0053. 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

the law, no person is required to 

respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection-of-information subject 

to the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act unless that collection 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

The BE–11 survey is expected to 

result in the filing of reports from 

approximately 1,550 respondents. The 

respondent burden for this collection of 

information will vary from one 

company to another, but is estimated to 

average 99.3 hours per response, 

including time for reviewing