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Vol. 78, No. 16 

Thursday, January 24, 2013 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Board of Directors Executive Session 

Meeting 

Meeting: African Development 

Foundation, Board of Directors 

Executive Session Meeting 

Time: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 9:00 

a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Place: 1400 Eye Street NW., Suite 

1000, Washington, D.C. 20005 

Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 

Status: 

1. Open session, Tuesday, October 23, 

2012, 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. 

2. Closed session, Tuesday, October 

23, 2012, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Shari Berenbach, 

President/CEO, USADF. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01396 Filed 1–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–NOP–12–0057; NOP–12–15] 

Notice of Agricultural Management 

Assistance Organic Certification CostShare Program 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability: 

Inviting Applications From State 

Departments of Agriculture for the 

Agricultural Management Assistance 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program. 

SUMMARY: This notice invites the 

following 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 an Application for Federal 

Assistance (Standard Form 424), and to 

enter into a Cooperative Agreement with 

the Agricultural Marketing Service 

(AMS) for the allocation of organic 

certification cost-share funds. The AMS 

has allocated $1.425 million for this 

organic certification cost-share program. 

Funds are available to 16 designated 

States to provide cost-share assistance to 

organic crop and livestock producers 

certified under the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) Organic Standards 

(7 CFR 205) that either receive organic 

certification or incur expenses for 

continued certification during the 

period of October 1, 2012 through 

September 30, 2013. Eligible States 

interested in obtaining cost-share funds 

for their organic producers must submit 

an Application for Federal Assistance 

(Standard Form 424) via http:// 

www.grants.gov and enter into a 

Cooperative Agreement with AMS for 

the allocation of funds. 

DATES: Completed Applications for 

Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424) 

and signed Cooperative Agreements 

must be received by February 7, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Applications for Federal 

Assistance (Standard Form 424) must be 

submitted via Grants.Gov. Paper 

applications will not be accepted. 

Instructions and additional information 

are available on the NOP Web site at 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

NOPCostSharing. 

Signed cooperative agreements should 

be sent via express mail to Patricia 

Atkins, Agricultural Marketing 

Specialist, National Organic Program, 

USDA/AMS/NOP, Room 2648-South, 

Ag Stop 0268, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0268. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Atkins, Agricultural Marketing 

Specialist, NOP, USDA/AMS/NOP, 

Room 2648-South, Ag Stop 0268, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0268; 

Telephone: (202) 720–3252. Email: 

Patricia.Atkins@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, USDA 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 $1.425 million 

for this year’s organic certification costshare program. This program provides 

financial assistance to organic producers 

certified under the USDA Organic 

Regulations (7 CFR 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) and enter into a 

written Cooperative Agreement with 

AMS. State Departments 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 cost-share 

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, 2012 through September 30, 

2013. USDA 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 crop and livestock producers 

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 

written Cooperative Agreement with 

AMS. Interested States must submit the 

Application for Federal Assistance 

(Standard Form 424) electronically via 

Grants.gov, the Federal grants Web site, 


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