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mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by January 2, 2025 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title:. Food Delivery Portal (FDP) Data 

Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0401. 

Summary of Collection: This is a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection that was formerly 

titled ‘‘The Integrity Profile (TIP) Data 

Collection.’’ Under the Special 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 

program regulations at 7 CFR 

246.12(j)(5). WIC State agencies 

administering the Special Supplemental 

Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 

and Children (WIC) are required by 7 

CFR 246.12(j)(5) to submit to FNS an 

annual summary of the results of their 

vendor monitoring efforts in order to 

provide Congress, senior FNS officials, 

as well as the public, assurance that 

every reasonable effort is being made to 

ensure integrity in the WIC Program. 

The number of WIC State agencies in 

fiscal year 2023 is 89. This includes 50 

geographic State agencies, 33 State 

agencies operated by Indian Tribal 

Organizations, the District of Columbia, 

Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 

the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands. 

All WIC State agencies use the webbased system called Food Delivery 

Portal (FDP). 

FDP is a robust data collection system 

which aligns with current security 

protocols and compliance guidance, 

supports data storage and web 

components, ensures cost effectiveness, 

allows for data-driven decision-making, 

has enhanced FNS reporting 

capabilities, reduces grantee burden 

through automated calculations and 

consolidated reporting, and adds data 

validation features to reduce reporting 

errors. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This is a mandatory collection, and the 

respondents are WIC State agencies. 

FNS uses the data for Federal oversight 

of the WIC Program and to ensure 

compliance with WIC Program 

regulations. Specifically, FNS uses the 

data in FDP to ensure that WIC State 

agencies are providing appropriate 

vendor training, consistently monitoring 

vendors for compliance with Program 

rules, conducting the required ratio of 

compliance investigations, and are 

applying the correct sanctions for any 

patterns of violations identified. FNS 

works with State agencies to address 

any discrepancies or anomalies in the 

data. Final WIC State agency data is 

aggregated by FNS at the national level, 

to generate nationwide reports and 

trend analysis. Additionally, FNS uses 

this data to provide information on WIC 

State agency vendor management and 

vendor compliance to stakeholders, 

including Congress, USDA’s Office of 

the Inspector General (OIG), outside 

auditors, researchers, and the public. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 356. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,576. 

Rachelle Ragland-Greene, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Tribal Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Tribal Relations, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of public, hybrid 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the 

Office of Tribal Relations is announcing 

a meeting of the Tribal Advisory 

Committee. The Committee is 

authorized under the Agriculture 

Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 

Farm Bill) and operates in compliance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice and guidance to USDA 

on matters related to Tribal and Indian 

affairs. 

DATES: In person meetings with virtual 

webinar and call-in options will take 

place at the Palm’s Casino Resort on 

Tuesday, December 10th, 2024, from 1 

p.m. to approximately 5 p.m. Pacific 

standard time (PST) in Room Madison 

C/D and Wednesday, December 11th, 

2024, from 9 a.m. to approximately 5 

p.m. in the Kaos room. This venue is 

located at 4321 W Flamingo Rd., Las 

Vegas, NV 89103. Meeting room updates 

will be posted on https://www.usda.gov/ 

tribalrelations/advisory-committee. 

ADDRESSES: 

Webinar Participation Information: 

Registration to attend this meeting, 

including to provide oral public 

comments, is available at https://

www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/ 

WN_3wk0eEvGSduYZUL767g0hg. 

Public Comments: The public may file 

written comments to the Tribal 

Advisory Committee by Thursday, 

December 5, 2024, via email at 

Tribal.Relations@usda.gov. Additional 

comments will be included in the 

public record. 

Members of the public are invited to 

join the Tribal Advisory Committee 

meeting to listen to deliberations each 

day and will be invited to give oral 

comments to the Committee from 1:15 

p.m. to 2:45 p.m. PST on Tuesday, 

December 10th. Members of the public 

who request to give oral comments to 

the Committee must arrive by 1:00 p.m. 

and will be given no more than five (5) 

minutes to provide their comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General information about the 

Committee can be found at https://

www.usda.gov/tribalrelations/advisorycommittee. Josiah Griffin, Designated 

Federal Officer, by phone at 202–205– 

2249 or via email at Josiah.Griffin@

usda.gov. Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting will be the fourth convening of 

the Tribal Advisory Committee. An 

agenda and more information for this 

meeting will be available at https://

www.usda.gov/tribalrelations/advisorycommittee. 

The Secretary established the 

Committee pursuant to section 12303 of 

the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

2018 (7 U.S.C. 6921(b)). The Committee 

is managed in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 


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10. Under the law, the Secretary of 

Agriculture appointed three members, 

and the Chair and Ranking Members of 

the House Committee on Agriculture 

and the Senate Committees on Indian 

Affairs and Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry appointed the remaining eight 

members. In addition to providing 

recommendations to the Secretary, the 

Tribal Advisory Committee is required 

to submit report(s) to the three 

Congressional Committees listed above. 

Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting: All written public comments 

will be compiled into a binder and will 

be made available for review at the 

meeting. Duplicate comments from 

multiple individuals will appear as one 

comment, with a notation that multiple 

copies of the comment were received. 

Please visit https://www.usda.gov/ 

tribalrelations/advisory-committee to 

learn more about the agenda for or 

reports resulting from this meeting. 

Be advised that anyone calling into 

the Zoom teleconference system or 

participating in-person that is interested 

in providing public comment will be 

asked to provide their name, title, and 

Tribal or organizational affiliations. 

Callers may expect to incur charges for 

calls they initiate over wireless lines, 

and the USDA will not refund any 

incurred charges. 

The USDA prohibits discrimination in 

all its programs and activities based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TTY) or contact USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

Equal opportunity practices, in 

accordance with USDA policies, will be 

followed in all membership 

appointments to the Committee. To 

ensure that the recommendations of the 

Committee have taken into account the 

needs of the diverse groups served by 

the Department, membership shall 

include, to the extent practicable, 

individuals with demonstrated ability to 

represent the many communities, 

identities, races, ethnicities, 

backgrounds, abilities, cultures, and 

beliefs of the American people, 

including underserved communities. 

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, 

employer, and lender. 

Dated: November 22, 2024. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Rural Housing Service 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket No. RUS–24–AGENCY–0035] 

Notice of Adoption of Department of 

Energy Categorical Exclusions Under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, Rural 

Housing Service and Rural BusinessCooperative Service, Rural 

Development, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Rural Development (RD), a 

mission area within the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

announces its adoption of seven 

Categorical Exclusions (CEs) from the 

United States Department of Energy 

(DOE) under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to use 

in RD programs and funding 

opportunities. This notice describes the 

categories of proposed actions for which 

RD intends to use the DOE CEs and 

describes the consultation between the 

agencies. 

DATES: This action is effective upon 

publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Hachey, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Environmental and Historic 

Preservation Division, Rural Utilities 

Service, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Mail Stop 1548, Room 4004, Phone: 

(202) 205–5381; Email: alan.hachey@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

RD’s mission is to increase economic 

opportunity and improve the quality of 

life for all rural Americans. This 

mission is met by providing loans, 

grants, loan guarantees, and technical 

assistance through a multitude of 

programs aimed at creating and 

improving infrastructure, businesses, 

and housing throughout rural America. 

RD is divided into three agencies, the 

Rural Utilities Service, Rural BusinessCooperative Service, and Rural Housing 

Service, each with unique programs that 

play an important role in helping RD 

reach its goals. 

RD’s programs must comply with 

NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347, which 

requires Federal agencies to consider 

the environmental effects of their 

proposed actions in their decisionmaking processes and inform and 

engage the public in those processes. 

Congress enacted NEPA to establish a 

national policy for the environment, 

provide for the establishment of the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ), and for other purposes as 

detailed on NEPA.gov (ceq.doe.gov). 

CEQ issued regulations implementing 

NEPA, 40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508 

(CEQ regulations). 

To comply with NEPA, agencies 

determine the appropriate level of 

review of any major Federal action—an 

environmental impact statement (EIS), 

environmental assessment (EA), or CE. 

It is the agency’s responsibility, in 

accordance with NEPA and the CEQ 

regulations, to prepare documentation 

that supports their level of review. 

Section 109 of NEPA, enacted as part 

of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, 

allows a Federal agency to adopt and 

use another agency’s CEs for a category 

of proposed agency actions (42 U.S.C. 

4336c). To use another agency’s CEs 

under section 109, the adopting agency 

must identify the relevant CEs listed in 

another agency’s (‘‘establishing agency’’) 

NEPA procedures that cover the 

adopting agency’s category of proposed 

actions or related actions; consult with 

the establishing agency to ensure that 

the proposed adoption of the CE to a 

category of actions is appropriate; 

identify to the public the CE that the 

adopting agency plans to use for its 

proposed actions; and document 

adoption of the CE (40 CFR 

1501.4(e)(2024)). This notice documents 

RD’s adoption of seven DOE CEs under 

Section 109 of NEPA for future use in 

RD programs and funding opportunities. 

II. Identification of the Categorical 

Exclusions and Additional Conditions 

for Application 

RD provides loans, grants and 

technical assistance to build critical 

infrastructure like electric, broadband, 

water systems, and hospitals. The 

programs expand access to electric, 

telecommunications, and transportation 

infrastructure, and support business 

growth, healthcare, education, housing, 

and other community essentials. 


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