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e. The purchase of land, buildings, or 

building construction needed to carry 

out the Project. 

2. Ineligible Grant Purposes 

a. Grant funds may not be used to 

finance the duplication of any existing 

Broadband Transmission Service 

provided by another entity. 

b. Facilities financed with grant funds 

cannot be utilized, in any way, to 

provide local exchange 

telecommunications service to any 

person or entity already receiving such 

service. 

3. Please see 7 CFR 1739.3 for 

definitions, 7 CFR 1739.12 for eligible 

grant purposes, and 7 CFR 1739.13 for 

ineligible grant purposes 

V. Application Review Information 

A. Criteria 

1. Grant applications are scored 

competitively and subject to the criteria 

listed below. 

2. Grant application scoring criteria 

(total possible points: 100) See 7 CFR 

1739.17 for the items that will be 

reviewed during scoring and for scoring 

criteria. 

a. The rurality of the Project (up to 40 

points); 

b. The economic need of the Project’s 

Service Area (up to 30 points); and 

c. The ‘‘community-oriented 

connectivity’’ benefits derived from the 

proposed service (up to 30 points). 

B. Review Standards 

1. All applications for grants must be 

delivered to Rural Development at the 

address and by the date specified in this 

notice (see also 7 CFR 1739.2) to be 

eligible for funding. Rural Development 

will review each application for 

conformance with the provisions of this 

part. Rural Development may contact 

the applicant for additional information 

or clarification. 

2. Incomplete applications as of the 

deadline for submission will not be 

considered. If an application is 

determined to be incomplete, the 

applicant will be notified in writing and 

the application will be returned with no 

further action. 

3. Applications conforming with this 

part will then be evaluated 

competitively by a panel of Rural 

Development employees selected by the 

Administrator of Rural Development 

Utilities Program, and will be awarded 

points as described in the scoring 

criteria in 7 CFR 1739.17. Applications 

will be ranked and grants awarded in 

rank order until all grant funds are 

expended. 

4. Regardless of the score an 

application receives, if Rural 

Development determines that the 

Project is technically or financially 

infeasible, Rural Development will 

notify the applicant, in writing, and the 

application will be returned with no 

further action. 

C. Selection Process 

Grant applications are ranked by final 

score. Rural Development selects 

applications based on those rankings, 

subject to the availability of funds. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

Rural Development recognizes that 

each funded project is unique, and 

therefore may attach conditions to 

different projects’ award documents. 

Rural Development generally notifies 

applicants whose projects are selected 

for awards by faxing an award letter. 

Rural Development follows the award 

letter with a grant agreement that 

contains all the terms and conditions for 

the grant. An applicant must execute 

and return the grant agreement, 

accompanied by any additional items 

required by the grant agreement. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

The items listed in paragraph IV.B.2.k 

of this notice, and the Community 

Connect Grant Program regulation, 

application guide and accompanying 

materials implement the appropriate 

administrative and national policy 

requirements. 

C. Reporting 

1. Performance reporting. All 

recipients of Community Connect Grant 

Program financial assistance must 

provide annual performance activity 

reports to Rural Development until the 

project is complete and the funds are 

expended. A final performance report is 

also required; the final report may serve 

as the last annual report. The final 

report must include an evaluation of the 

success of the project. See 7 CFR 

1739.19. 

2. Financial reporting. All recipients 

of Community Connect Grant Program 

financial assistance must provide an 

annual audit, beginning with the first 

year a portion of the financial assistance 

is expended. Audits are governed by 

United States Department of Agriculture 

audit regulations. Please see 7 CFR 

1739.20. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

A. Web site: http://www.usda.gov/rus/ 

commconnect.htm. This Web site 

maintains up-to-date resources and 

contact information for the Community 

Connect Grant Program. 

B. Phone: 202–690–4673. 

C. Fax: 202–690–4389. 

D. Main point of contact: Kenneth 

Kuchno, Director, Broadband Division, 

Rural Development Utilities Program, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Dated: April 2, 2009. 

James R. Newby, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Glenn/Colusa County Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Glenn/Colusa County 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

will meet in Willows, California. 

Agenda items covered include: (1) 

Introductions, (2) Approve Minutes, (3) 

Public Comment, (4) Project 

Presentations, (5) Project Voting by RAC 

Committee Members, (6) General 

Discussion, (7) Next Agenda. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 27, 2009, from 1:30 p.m. and end 

at approximately 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Mendocino National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, 825 N. Humboldt 

Ave., Willows, CA 95988. Individuals 

who wish to speak or propose agenda 

items send their names and proposals to 

Eduardo Olmedo, DFO, 825 N. 

Humboldt Ave., Willows, CA 95988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Ellis, Committee Coordinator, USDA, 

Mendocino National Forest, Grindstone 

Ranger District, 825 N. Humboldt Ave., 

Willows, CA 95988. (530) 934–3316; email matthewellis@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring matters to the attention of the 

Committee will file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions are 

provided and individuals who made 

written requests by April 20, 2009 have 

the opportunity to address the 

committee at those sessions. 

Dated: April 10, 2009. 

Eduardo Olmedo, 

Designated Federal Official. 

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