This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

7 CFR Chapter XXXIV 

Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders 

on the 1890 Institution Capacity 

Building Grants Program 

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Request for stakeholder input. 

SUMMARY: The 1890 Institution Capacity 

Building Grants Program is authorized 

under section 1417(b)(4) of the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as 

amended (NARETPA) (7 U.S.C. 

3152(b)(4)) and pursuant to the annual 

appropriations made specifically for the 

1890 Institution Capacity Building 

Grants Program. Section 7107 of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (FCEA) (Pub. L. 110–246) amended 

section 1417(b)(4) of NARETPA to add 

extension to the 1890 Institution 

Capacity Building Grants Program. By 

this notice, the Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service (CSREES) is soliciting public 

comment and stakeholder input from 

interested parties regarding the future 

design and implementation of this 

program, particularly the addition of 

extension to this program. 

DATES: All written comments must be 

received by May 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by CSREES–2009–0007, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: (202) 720–3398. 

Mail: Paper, disk or CD–ROM 

submissions should be submitted to 

Science and Education Resources 

Development (SERD) Unit; Cooperative 

State Research, Education, and 

Extension Service; U.S. Department of 

Agriculture; Mail Stop 2250; 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW.; 

Washington, DC 20250–2250. 

Hand Delivery/Courier: Ali Mohamed; 

Science and Education Resources 

Development SERD Unit; Cooperative 

State Research, Education, and 

Extension Service; U.S. Department of 

Agriculture; Room 3101; Waterfront 

Centre; 800 9th Street, SW.; 

Washington, DC 20024. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Title, ‘‘1890 Institution 

Capacity Building Grants Program’’ and 

CSREES–2009–0007. All comments 

received will be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ali 

Mohamed, (202) 720–5229 (phone), 

(202) 720–3398 (fax), or 

mohamed@csrees.usda.gov, or Tim 

Grosser, (202) 690–0402 (phone), (202) 

720–3398 (fax), or 

tgrosser@csrees.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Summary 

Purpose 

CSREES has existing regulations for 

this program at 7 CFR part 3406, 1890 

Institution Capacity Building Grants 

Program, which were finalized on July 

22, 1997 [62 FR 39329–39349]. Since 

then, CSREES published an interim 

regulation for competitive and 

noncompetitive non-formula Federal 

assistance programs (7 CFR part 3430) 

on August 1, 2008 [73 FR 44897–44909]. 

That interim regulation consolidates, 

standardizes, and streamlines the 

Federal assistance processes for all 

CSREES competitive and 

noncompetitive non-formula Federal 

assistance programs, except the Small 

Business Innovation Research Grants 

Program with implementing regulations 

at 7 CFR part 3403 and the Veterinary 

Medicine Loan Repayment Program 

with implementing regulations under 

development. The interim rule furthers 

the streamlining and standardization 

efforts of the Federal Financial 

Assistance Management Improvement 

Act of 1999, Public law 106–107 (31 

U.S.C. 6101 note), which sunset in 

November 2007, and is in accordance 

with the efforts of CSREES and the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to 

streamline and simplify the entire 

Federal assistance process while 

meeting the ever-increasing 

accountability and transparency 

standards. 

As stated in the preamble to the 

August 1, 2008, regulatory notice, 

CSREES organized the regulation as 

follows: Subparts A through E provide 

administrative provisions for all 

competitive and noncompetitive nonformula Federal assistance awards. 

Subparts F and thereafter apply to 

specific CSREES programs. CSREES is, 

to the extent practical, using the 

following subpart template for each 

program authority: (1) Applicability of 

regulations; (2) purpose; (3) definitions 

(those in addition to or different from 

§ 3430.2); (4) eligibility; (5) project types 

and priorities; (6) funding restrictions; 

and (7) matching requirements. 

Subparts F and thereafter will contain 

the seven components in this order, to 

the extent practical. Additional sections 

may be added for a specific program if 

there are additional requirements or a 

need for additional rules for the 

program (e.g., additional reporting 

requirements). In the preamble, CSREES 

also states that it plans to review the 

existing program-specific regulations, 

promulgate a separate subpart under 7 

CFR part 3430 for the Federal assistance 

program regulations, and when 

appropriate, cancel the existing 

program-specific regulation. 

Accordingly, CSREES is proposing to 

add subpart L to 7 CFR part 3430 for the 

1890 Institution Capacity Building 

Grants Program and is soliciting 

stakeholder comment in the 

development of the subpart for this 

program. 

Section 7107 of the FCEA amended 

section 1417(b)(4) of NARETPA to add 

extension to the 1890 Institution 

Capacity Building Grants Program. With 

the FCEA amendment, CSREES is now 

authorized to award grants to build 

teaching, research, and extension 

capacity in the food and agricultural 

sciences at the 1890 Institutions eligible 

to receive funds under the Act of August 

30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.). To 

develop the FY 2009 Request for 

Applications (RFA) for this program and 

the associated implementing regulation, 

CSREES will consider stakeholder input 

received pursuant to this notice. In 

addition to the future design and 

implementation of the program, CSREES 

is soliciting comments on how funds 

should be allocated among research, 

teaching, extension, and for projects 


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combining two or more of these areas 

(e.g., research and extension). 

Purpose of the 1890 Institution Capacity 

Building Grants Program 

The 1890 Capacity Building Grants 

Program is intended to fund projects 

that build teaching, research, and 

extension capacity in the food and 

agricultural sciences at colleges and 

universities having significant minority 

enrollments, and pursuant to annual 

appropriations made available 

specifically by Congress for the 1890 

Institutions. The program is designed to 

build the institutional teaching, 

research, and extension capacities of the 

eligible institutions through cooperative 

programs with Federal and non-Federal 

entities. The program is designed to 

achieve three major goals: 

(1) To advance cultural diversity of 

the food and agricultural scientific and 

professional work force by attracting 

and educating more students from 

underrepresented groups; 

(2) To strengthen linkages among the 

1890 Institutions, other colleges and 

universities, USDA, and private 

industry; and 

(3) To enhance the quality of teaching, 

research, and extension programs at the 

1890 Institutions to more readily 

establish them as full partners in the 

U.S. food and agricultural sciences 

higher education system. 

Implementation Plans 

In developing the FY 2009 1890 

Institution Capacity Building Grants 

Program RFA and the program-specific 

administrative regulations for this 

program as subpart L to 7 CFR part 

3430, Competitive and Noncompetitive 

Non-Formula Federal Assistance 

Programs—General Award 

Administrative Provisions, CSREES 

plans to consider all stakeholder input 

and the written comments received in 

response to this notice. CSREES 

anticipates releasing the FY 2009 RFA 

by May 31, 2009. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

April 2009. 

Colien Hefferan, 

Administrator, Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 65, 119, 121, 135, and 142 

[Docket No. FAA–2008–0677; Notice No. 08– 

07] 

RIN 2120–AJ00 

Qualification, Service, and Use of 

Crewmembers and Aircraft 

Dispatchers; Extension of Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM); extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: This action extends the 

comment period for an NPRM that was 

published on January 12, 2009. In that 

document, the FAA proposed to revise 

the regulations for crewmember and 

aircraft dispatcher training programs in 

domestic, flag, and supplemental 

operations. This extension is a result of 

a request from the Air Transport 

Association of America, Inc., Air Carrier 

Association of America, Regional 

Airline Association, and National Air 

Carrier Association on behalf of their 

members, and Airbus Americas, Inc. to 

extend the comment period to the 

proposal. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

NPRM published on January 12, 2009 

(74 FR 1280) was scheduled to close on 

May 12, 2009, and is extended until 

August 10, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2008–0677 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

Docket Operations in Room W12–140 of 

the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

For more information on the 

rulemaking process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to Docket Operations in Room W12– 

140 of the West Building Ground Floor 

at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed 

Cook for flight crewmember 

information, Edward.D.Cook@faa.gov; 

Nancy Lauck Claussen for flight 

attendant information, 

Nancy.L.Claussen@faa.gov; and Dave 

Maloy for aircraft dispatcher 

information, David.Maloy@faa.gov, 

Flight Standards Service (AFS–200), 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591, telephone 202–267–8166. For 

legal questions, contact Anne Bechdolt, 

Office of Chief Counsel (AGC–200), 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone 202– 

267–7230; e-mail: 

Anne.Bechdolt@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites interested persons to 

participate in this rulemaking by 

submitting written comments, data, or 

views. We also invite comments relating 

to the economic, environmental, energy, 

or federalism impacts that might result 

from adopting the proposals in this 

document. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

proposal, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. To ensure the docket 

does not contain duplicate comments, 

please send only one copy of written 

comments, or if you are filing comments 

electronically, please submit your 

comments only one time. 

We will file in the docket all 

comments we receive, as well as a 

report summarizing each substantive 

public contact with FAA personnel 

concerning this proposed rulemaking. 

Before acting on this proposal, we will 


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