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conference or meeting for reasons other 

than meals associated with travel per 

diem, provide an adequate justification 

for why these costs should not be 

considered entertainment costs. Show 

the total for all SCBGP–FB funded other. 

(h) Indirect Costs—Indicate percent of 

indirect costs. Show the total for all 

SCBGP–FB funded indirect charges. 

Indirect costs for this grant period 

should not exceed 10 percent of any 

proposed budget. (i) Program Income— 

Indicate the nature or source of program 

income (i.e., registration fees). 

(i) Estimate the amount of program 

income. Describe how the income will 

be used to further enhance the 

competitiveness of specialty crops. 

(9) Project Partner Oversight. Describe 

who or what organization will oversee 

the project activities and how will 

oversight be performed to ensure proper 

and efficient administration for each 

project. 

(10) Project Commitment. Describe 

briefly what specialty crop stakeholders 

outside the lead organization support 

this project and how all grant project 

stakeholders work toward the goals and 

outcomes of the project. 

(11) Multi-state Projects. If the project 

is a multi-state project, identify the 

other states that are participating, 

describe how the states are going to 

collaborate effectively with related 

projects with one state assuming the 

coordinating role. Indicate the percent 

of the budget covered by each state. 

Each State department of agriculture 

that submits an application that is 

reviewed and approved by AMS is to 

receive a base grant of 181,109.88 to 

solely enhance the competitiveness of 

specialty crops. In addition, AMS will 

allocate the remainder of the grant funds 

based on the proportion of the value of 

specialty crop production in the state in 

relation to the national value of 

specialty crop production using the 

latest available (2010 National 

Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 

cash receipt data for the 50 States and 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2007 

Census of Agriculture cash receipts for 

Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, and 2002 Census of Agriculture 

cash receipts for American Samoa) 

specialty crop production data in all 

states whose applications are accepted. 

The amount of the base grant plus 

value of production available to each 

State department of agriculture shall be: 

(1) Alabama .......................... $400,934.95 

(2) Alaska ............................. 194,889.46 

(3) American Samoa ............ 215,529.21 

(4) Arizona ........................... 1,263,013.24 

(5) Arkansas ......................... 255,175.60 

(6) California ........................ 18,671,947.22 

(7) Colorado ......................... 680,621.81 

(8) Connecticut .................... 403,982.43 

(9) Delaware ......................... 244,484.20 

(10) District of Columbia ..... 181,109.88 

(11) Florida .......................... 4,475,725.74 

(12) Georgia .......................... 1,130,698.80 

(13) Guam ............................ 182,946.05 

(14) Hawaii .......................... 378,686.07 

(15) Idaho ............................. 928,736.45 

(16) Illinois ........................... 632,932.59 

(17) Indiana .......................... 398,023.16 

(18) Iowa .............................. 271,120.00 

(19) Kansas ........................... 258,362.52 

(20) Kentucky ...................... 260,991.65 

(21) Louisiana ...................... 350,782.43 

(22) Maine ............................ 402,360.32 

(23) Maryland ...................... 393,434.24 

(24) Massachusetts ............... 438,930.75 

(25) Michigan ....................... 1,337,219.16 

(26) Minnesota ..................... 703,253.61 

(27) Mississippi ................... 281,843.82 

(28) Missouri ........................ 350,592.48 

(29) Montana ........................ 328,477.01 

(30) Nebraska ....................... 331,838.05 

(31) Nevada .......................... 259,473.57 

(32) New Hampshire ........... 238,459.35 

(33) New Jersey .................... 814,882.47 

(34) New Mexico ................. 514,648.73 

(35) New York ..................... 1,114,085.81 

(36) North Carolina .............. 1,151,269.80 

(37) North Dakota ................ 614,984.68 

(38) Northern Mariana Islands ................................. 182,504.34 

(39) Ohio .............................. 642,019.98 

(40) Oklahoma ..................... 384,159.91 

(41) Oregon .......................... 1,487,908.90 

(42) Pennsylvania ................ 1,027,509.84 

(43) Puerto Rico ................... 381,396.61 

(44) Rhode Island ................ 217,256.69 

(45) South Carolina ............. 552,450.81 

(46) South Dakota ................ 207,600.20 

(47) Tennessee ..................... 527,123.55 

(48) Texas ............................. 1,850,776.76 

(49) U.S. Virgin Islands ....... 182,263.14 

(50) Utah .............................. 289,055.09 

(51) Vermont ........................ 223,751.88 

(52) Virginia ......................... 495,018.42 

(53) Washington ................... 3,320,842.83 

(54) West Virginia ................ 217,160.21 

(55) Wisconsin ..................... 882,214.81 

(56) Wyoming ...................... 205,501.72 

Funds not obligated will be allocated 

pro rata to the remaining States which 

applied during the specified grant 

application period to be solely 

expended on projects previously 

approved in their State plan. AMS will 

notify the States as to the procedures for 

applying for the reallocated funds. 

AMS requires applicants to submit 

SCBGP–FB applications electronically 

through the central Federal grants web 

site, www.grants.gov instead of mailing 

hard copy documents. Original 

signatures are not needed on the SF–424 

and SF–424B when applying through 

www.grants.gov and applicants are not 

required to submit any paper documents 

to AMS. Applicants are strongly urged 

to familiarize themselves with the 

Federal grants web site and begin the 

application process well before the 

application deadline. For information 

on how to apply electronically, please 

consult http://www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/get_registered.jsp. AMS will 

send an email confirmation when 

applications are received by the AMS 

office. 

SCBGP–FB is listed in the ‘‘Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance’’ under 

number 10.170 and subject agencies 

must adhere to Title VI of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, which bars 

discrimination in all federally assisted 

programs. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621 note. 

Dated: January 31, 2012. 

Robert C. Keeney, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2849 Filed 2–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Information Collection Request; 

Assignment and Joint Payment 

Elections 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and 

Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are 

seeking comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on an 

extension and a revision of a currently 

approved information collection 

associated with Assignment and Joint 

Payment Elections. The information 

collection is in support of 7 CFR part 

1404, which sets forth the manner in 

which a person may voluntarily assign 

a cash payment made by FSA or CCC to 

a third party. In addition, a payment 

recipient may voluntarily elect to have 

a cash payment made jointly to the 

payment recipient and a third party. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by April 9, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include the date, volume, 

and page number of this issue of the 

Federal Register, the OMB control 

number and the title of the information 

collection. You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 


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• Mail: Yanira Sanabria, Financial 

Specialist, USDA, FSA, FMD, STOP 

0581, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0581. 

• Email: yanira.sanabria@wdc.usda.

gov. 

• Fax: (202) 245–4785. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

by contacting Yanira Sanabria at the 

above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yanira Sanabria, Financial Specialist, 

Farm Service Agency (202) 772–6032. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative mean for communication 

(Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (Voice and 

TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: CCC–36, ‘‘Assignment of 

Payment’’, CCC–37, ‘‘Joint Payment 

Authorization’’, CCC–251, ‘‘Notice of 

Assignment’’, and CCC–252, 

‘‘Instrument of Assignment.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0183. 

Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 

2012. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: FSA and CCC are requesting 

an extension of the currently approved 

information collection for Forms CCC– 

36, ‘‘Assignment of Payment’’, CCC–37, 

‘‘Joint Payment Authorization’’, CCC– 

251, ‘‘Notice of Assignment’’, and CCC– 

252, ‘‘Instrument of Assignment’’. The 

Soil Conservation and Domestic 

Allotment Act (16 USC 590h(g)) 

authorizes producers to assign FSA 

conservation program payments in 

accordance with regulations issued by 

the Secretary. The Assignment of 

Payments regulation at 7 CFR Part 1404 

requires that any such assignment be 

signed by both the assignor and the 

assignee. The Agricultural Act of 1949, 

as amended, extends that authority to 

CCC programs, including rice, feed 

grains, cotton, and wheat. There are no 

regulations governing joint payments, 

but this service is offered as a result of 

public requests for this type of payment 

option. 

The burden hours have increased due 

to more producers participating in new 

Disaster Programs in the past few years. 

They are Livestock Indemnity Program, 

Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance 

Program, Supplemental Revenue 

Assistance Payment (SURE), Tree 

Assistance Program, Emergency 

Assistance for Livestock Honeybee and 

Farm-Raised Fish Program. 

Estimate of Respondent Burden: 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 10 minutes per response for 

each form of CCC–36, CCC–37, and 

CCC–251, and 5 minutes per response 

for CCC–252. 

Respondents: Producers participating 

in FSA or CCC programs. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

170,430 for CCC–36; 40,496 for CCC–37, 

450 for CCC–251 and 450 for CCC–252. 

Estimated Annual Number of Forms 

per person: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

211,826. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 35,266. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection 

and to help us to: 

(1) Determine whether the continued 

collection of information is still 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the FSA, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(2) Assess the accuracy of the FSA’s 

estimate of burden including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for the Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Signed on February 3, 2012. 

Bruce Nelson, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2861 Filed 2–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Malheur National Forest; Oregon; 

Summit Logan Grazing Authorization 

Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to disclose 

environmental effects to authorize 

livestock grazing on all or portions of 

the Lake Creek, Logan Valley, McCoy 

Creek and Summit Prairie allotments. 

These allotments are within the Upper 

Malheur River and Upper North Fork 

Malheur River watersheds. The Summit 

Logan Grazing Authorization Project 

area is located south and west of Prairie 

City, Oregon and encompasses 

approximately 40,272 acres of National 

Forest System Lands administered by 

the Prairie City Ranger District, Malheur 

National Forest. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

March 9, 2012. The draft environmental 

impact statement is expected June 2012 

and the final environmental impact 

statement is expected September 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

the Randall Gould, District Ranger, 

Prairie City Ranger District, 327 SW 

Front Street, P.O. Box 337, Prairie City, 

OR 97869. Comments may also be sent 

via email to commentspacificnorthwest-malheurprairiecity@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

(541) 820–4844. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryan Falk, Environmental Coordinator, 

Malheur National Forest, 327 Front 

Street, P.O. Box 337, Prairie City, 

Oregon 97869. Telephone: (541) 820– 

3890, email: rfalk@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1 (800) 877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of this project is to 

authorize livestock grazing on the Lake 

Creek, Logan Valley, McCoy Creek and 

Summit Prairie allotments, meeting the 

requirements of the Rescission Act, and 

to improve resource conditions for 

aquatic habitat. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action allows grazing in 

the Lake Creek, Logan Valley, McCoy 

Creek and Summit Prairie Allotments 

while allowing recovery of vegetation 

and hardwoods in riparian areas. 

Allotment boundaries and pastures 

would be adjusted to facilitate more 

efficient allotment management 

requiring new fence construction, 


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