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Vol. 87, No. 93 

Friday, May 13, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by June 13, 2022 

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 Safety and Inspection Service 

Title: Registration Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0583–0128. 

Summary of Collection: The Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has 

been delegated the authority to exercise 

the functions of the Secretary as 

provided in the Federal Meat Inspection 

Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and 

the Poultry Products Inspection Act 

(PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). These 

statutes mandate that FSIS protect the 

public by ensuring that meat and 

poultry are safe, wholesome, 

unadulterated, and properly labeled and 

packaged. According to the regulations, 

(9 CFR 320.5 and 381.179), parties 

required to register with FSIS must do 

so by submitting form FSIS Form 5020– 

1, ‘‘Registration of Meat and Poultry 

Handlers.’’ 

Need and Use of the Information: 

FSIS uses the information from form 

FSIS 5020–1 to maintain a database of 

the businesses. FSIS will collect the 

name, address of all locations at which 

they conduct the business that requires 

them to register, and all trade or 

business names under which they 

conduct the businesses. They must also 

inform FSIS when information on the 

form needs to be updated. If the 

information were not collected, it would 

reduce the effectiveness of the meat and 

poultry inspection program. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 1,200. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (Once). 

Total Burden Hours: 300. 

Dated: May 10, 2022. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10364 Filed 5–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket #: RBS–22–CO–OP 0001] 

Inviting Applications for the Delta 

Health Care Services Grant Program 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability. 

SUMMARY: This Notice of Funding 

Availability (Notice) announces that the 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

(Agency) is accepting fiscal year (FY) 

2022 applications for the Delta Health 

Care Services (DHCS) grant program. 

The purpose of this program is to 

provide financial assistance to address 

the continued unmet health needs in the 

Delta Region through cooperation 

among health care professionals, 

institutions of higher education, 

research institutions, and economic 

development entities in the Delta 

Region. $3 million is currently available 

for FY 2022. All funds must support 

projects located in persistent poverty 

counties in the Delta Region and as 

described in the Overview section of 

this Notice. 

DATES: Completed applications for 

grants must be submitted electronically 

by no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time 

July 12, 2022 through http://

www.grants.gov to be eligible for grant 

funding. Please review the Grants.gov 

website at https://www.grants.gov/web/ 

grants/applicants/organizationregistration.html for instructions on the 

process of registering your organization 

as soon as possible to ensure you are 

able to meet the electronic application 

deadline. Late applications are not 

eligible for funding under this Notice 

and will not be evaluated. 

ADDRESSES: You are encouraged to 

contact your USDA Rural Development 

State Office well in advance of the 

application deadline to discuss your 

Project and ask any questions about the 

application process. Contact 

information for State Offices can be 

found at http://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

contact-us/state-offices. 

Program guidance as well as 

application templates may be obtained 

at http://www.rd.usda.gov/programsservices/delta-health-care-servicesgrants or by contacting your State 

Office. To submit an electronic 

application, follow the instructions for 

the DHCS funding announcement 

located at http://www.grants.gov. Please 

review the Grants.gov website at https:// 

www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/ 

organization-registration.html for 

instructions on the process of registering 

your organization as soon as possible to 

ensure you are able to meet the 

electronic application deadline. You are 


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strongly encouraged to file your 

application early and allow sufficient 

time to manage any technical issues that 

may arise. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Honie Turner, Program Management 

Division, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, United States Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20250–3226, 202– 

720–1400 or email CPgrants@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview 

Federal Agency Name: USDA, Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service. 

Funding Opportunity Title: Delta 

Health Care Services Grant Program. 

Announcement Type: Initial Notice. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 10.874. 

Dates: Application Deadline. Your 

electronic application must be received 

by http://www.grants.gov no later than 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Time July 12, 2022, 

or it will not be considered for funding. 

Administrative 

The Agency encourages applicants to 

consider projects that will advance the 

following key priorities (more details 

available at https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

priority-points): 

• Assisting rural communities recover 

economically from the impacts of the 

COVID–19 pandemic, particularly 

disadvantaged communities; 

• Ensuring all rural residents have 

equitable access to Rural Development 

(RD) programs and benefits from RD 

funded projects; and 

• Reducing climate pollution and 

increasing resilience to the impacts of 

climate change through economic 

support to rural communities. 

Hemp Related Projects 

Please note that no assistance or 

funding can be provided to a hemp 

producer unless they have a valid 

license issued by a State, Tribe or 

USDA, as applicable, or in accordance 

with 7 CFR part 990. Verification of 

valid hemp licenses will occur at the 

time of award. 

Persistent Poverty Counties 

Section 736 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2022, allocates 

funding for projects in Persistent 

Poverty Counties. Persistent Poverty 

Counties as defined in Section 736 is 

‘‘any county that has had 20 percent or 

more of its population living in poverty 

over the past 30 years, as measured by 

the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, 

and 2007–2011 American Community 

Survey 5-year average, or any territory 

or possession of the United States.’’ 

Another provision in Section 736 

expands the eligible population in 

Persistent Poverty Counties to include 

any county seat of such a Persistent 

Poverty County that has a population 

that does not exceed the authorized 

population limit by more than 10 

percent. Therefore, applications for 

projects in Persistent Poverty County 

seats with populations up to 55,000 (per 

the 2010 Census) are eligible. Funding 

in the amount of $3 million is available 

to support Persistent Poverty Counties. 

A. Program Description 

The DHCS program is authorized by 

Section 379G of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

2008u). The primary objective of the 

program is to provide financial 

assistance to address the continued 

unmet health needs in the Delta Region 

through cooperation among health care 

professionals, institutions of higher 

education, research institutions, and 

other individuals and entities in the 

Delta Region. Grants are awarded on a 

competitive basis. The maximum award 

amount per grant is $1,000,000. 

Definitions 

Academic Health and Research 

Institute—A combination of a medical 

school, one or more other health 

profession schools or educational 

training programs (such as allied health, 

dentistry, graduate studies, nursing, 

pharmacy, public health), and one or 

more owned or affiliated teaching or 

health systems; or a health care 

nonprofit organization or health system, 

including nonprofit medical and 

surgical hospitals, that conduct health 

related research. 

Conflict of Interest—A situation in 

which a person or entity has competing 

personal, professional, or financial 

interests that make it difficult for the 

person or business to act impartially. 

Federal procurement standards prohibit 

transactions that involve a real or 

apparent conflict of interest for owners, 

employees, officers, agents, or their 

immediate family members having a 

financial or other interest in the 

outcome of the Project; or that restrict 

open and free competition for 

unrestrained trade. Specifically, Project 

Funds may not be used for services or 

goods going to, or coming from, a person 

or entity with a real or apparent conflict 

of interest, including, but not limited to, 

owner(s) and their immediate family 

members. An example of a conflict of 

interest occurs when the consortium 

member’s employees, board of directors, 

or the immediate family of either, have 

the appearance of a professional or 

personal financial interest in the 

recipients receiving the benefits or 

services of the grant. 

Consortium—A group of three or 

more entities that are regional 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Academic Health and Research 

Institutes, and/or Economic 

Development Entities located in the 

Delta Region that have at least one year 

of prior experience in addressing the 

health care issues in the region. At least 

one of the consortium members must be 

legally organized as an incorporated 

organization or other legal entity and 

have legal authority to contract with the 

Federal Government. 

Delta Region—The 252 counties and 

parishes within the states of Alabama, 

Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee 

that are served by the Delta Regional 

Authority. (The Delta Region may be 

adjusted by future Federal statute.) To 

view the areas identified within the 

Delta Region visit http://dra.gov/aboutdra/dra-states. 

Economic Development Entity—Any 

public or non-profit organization whose 

primary mission is to stimulate local 

and regional economies within the Delta 

Region by increasing employment 

opportunities and duration of 

employment, expanding or retaining 

existing employers, increasing labor 

rates or wage levels, reducing 

outmigration, and/or creating gains in 

other economic development-related 

variables such as land values. These 

activities shall primarily benefit lowand moderate-income individuals in the 

Delta Region. 

Health System—The complete 

network of agencies, facilities, and all 

providers of health care to meet the 

health needs of a specific geographical 

area or target populations. 

Institution of Higher Education—A 

postsecondary (post-high school) 

educational institution that awards a 

bachelor’s degree or provides not less 

than a two year program that is 

acceptable for full credit toward such a 

degree, or a postsecondary vocational 

institution that provides a program of 

training to prepare students for gainful 

employment in a recognized 

occupation. 

Nonprofit Organization—An 

organization or institution, including an 

accredited institution of higher 

education, where no part of the net 

earnings of which may inure, to the 

benefit of any private shareholder or 

individual. 

Project—All activities funded by the 

DHCS grant. 

Project Funds—Grant funds requested 

plus any other contributions to the 

proposed Project. 


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Rural and rural area—Any area of a 

State: (1) Not in a city or town that has 

a population of more than 50,000 

inhabitants, according to the latest 

decennial census of the United States; 

and (2) The contiguous and adjacent 

urbanized area; (3) Urbanized areas that 

are rural in character as defined by 7 

U.S.C. 1991(a)(13); and (4) For the 

purposes of this definition, cities and 

towns are incorporated population 

centers with definite boundaries, local 

self-government, and legal powers set 

forth in a charter granted by the State. 

State—Includes each of the 50 States, 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

Virgin Islands of the United States, 

Guam, American Samoa, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, and, as may be determined by 

the Secretary to be feasible, appropriate 

and lawful, the Federated States of 

Micronesia, the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 

Palau. 

B. Federal Award Information 

Type of Award: Competitive Grant. 

Total Funding: $3,000,000. 

Maximum Award: $1,000,000. 

Minimum Award: $50,000. 

Project Period: Up to 24 months. 

Anticipated Award Date: September 

30, 2022. 

C. Eligibility Information 

Applicants must meet all the 

following eligibility requirements. Your 

application will not be considered for 

funding if it does not provide sufficient 

information to determine eligibility or is 

missing required elements. Applicants 

that fail to submit the required elements 

by the application deadline will be 

deemed ineligible and will not be 

evaluated further. Information 

submitted after the application deadline 

will not be accepted. 

1. Eligible Applicants 

Grants funded through DHCS may be 

made to a Consortium as defined in 

Paragraph A of this Notice. One member 

of the Consortium must be designated as 

the lead entity by the other members of 

the Consortium and have legal authority 

to contract with the Federal 

Government. 

The lead entity is the recipient (see 2 

CFR 200.86) of the DHCS grant funds 

and accountable for monitoring and 

reporting on the Project performance 

and financial management of the grant. 

It is expected that the recipient will 

make subawards in the form of a grant, 

cooperative agreement, or contract, as 

appropriate, to the other members of the 

Consortium. If a grant or cooperative 

agreement is awarded, the organization 

receiving the subaward is a subrecipient 

(see 2 CFR 200.93), and the recipient is 

responsible for complying with all 

applicable requirements of 2 CFR part 

200, including provisions for making 

and monitoring an award. If a contract 

is awarded, the organization receiving 

the subaward is a contractor, and the 

recipient is responsible for following its 

written procurement procedures and 

complying with the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation. Both subrecipients and 

contractors are required to comply with 

all applicable laws and regulations, 

including performance and financial 

reporting, as described in their award 

document. 

(a) An applicant is ineligible if they 

do not submit ‘‘Evidence of Eligibility’’ 

and ‘‘Consortium Agreements’’ as 

described in Section D.2. of this Notice. 

(b) An applicant is ineligible if they 

have been debarred or suspended or 

otherwise excluded from or ineligible 

for participation in Federal assistance 

programs under Executive Order 12549, 

‘‘Debarment and Suspension.’’ In 

addition, an applicant will be 

considered ineligible for a grant due to 

an outstanding judgment obtained by 

the U.S. in a Federal Court (other than 

U.S. Tax Court), is delinquent on the 

payment of Federal income taxes, or is 

delinquent on Federal debt. The 

applicant must certify as part of the 

application that they do not have an 

outstanding judgment against them. The 

Agency will check the DO NOT PAY 

system to verify if the applicant has 

been debarred or suspended or has an 

outstanding judgment against them. 

(c) Any corporation (1) that has been 

convicted of a felony criminal violation 

under any Federal law within the past 

24 months or (2) that has any unpaid 

Federal tax liability that has been 

assessed, for which all judicial and 

administrative remedies have been 

exhausted or have lapsed, and that is 

not being paid in a timely manner 

pursuant to an agreement with the 

authority responsible for collecting the 

tax liability, is not eligible for financial 

assistance provided with funds 

appropriated by the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117– 

103), unless a Federal agency has 

considered suspension or debarment of 

the corporation and has made a 

determination that this further action is 

not necessary to protect the interests of 

the Government. 

(d) Applications will be deemed 

ineligible if the application includes any 

funding restrictions identified under 

Section D.6. 

(e) Applications will be deemed 

ineligible if the application is not 

complete in accordance with the 

requirements stated in Section C.3. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

Matching funds are not required. 

However, if you are adding any other 

contributions to the proposed Project, 

you must provide documentation 

indicating who will be providing the 

matching funds, the amount of funds, 

when those funds will be provided, and 

how the funds will be used in the 

Project budget. Examples of acceptable 

documentation include: A signed letter 

from the source of funds stating the 

amount of funds, when the funds will 

be provided, and what the funds can be 

used for or a signed resolution from 

your governing board authorizing the 

use of a specified amount of funds for 

specific components of the Project. The 

matching funds you identify must be for 

eligible purposes and included in your 

work plan and budget. Additionally, 

expected program income may not be 

used as matching funds at the time you 

submit your application. If you choose, 

you may use a template to summarize 

the matching funds. The template is 

available either from your State Office 

or the program website at: http://

www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/ 

delta-health-care-services-grants. 

3. Other Eligibility Requirements 

(a) Use of Funds. Your application 

must propose to use Project Funds for 

eligible purposes. Eligible Project 

purposes include the development of: 

(1) Health care services; (2) health 

education programs; (3) health care job 

training programs; and (4) the 

development and expansion of public 

health-related facilities in the Delta 

Region. 

(b) Project Eligibility. The proposed 

Project must take place within the Delta 

Region as defined in this Notice. 

However, the applicant need not 

propose to serve the entire Delta Region. 

All funds must support projects located 

in persistent poverty counties as 

described in the Overview section of 

this Notice. 

(c) Project Input. Your proposed 

Project must be developed based on 

input from local governments, public 

health care providers, and other entities 

in the Delta Region. 

(d) Grant Period Eligibility. All awards 

are limited to up to a 24-month grant 

period based upon the complexity of the 

Project. Your proposed grant period 

should begin no earlier than October 1, 

2022 and should end no later than 24 

months following that date. If you 

receive an award, your grant period will 

be revised to begin on the actual date of 

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agreement is executed by the Agency— 

and your grant period end date will be 

adjusted accordingly. Your Project 

activities must begin within 90 days of 

the date of award. If you request funds 

for a time period beginning before 

October 1, 2022, and/or ending later 

than 24 months from that date, your 

application will be ineligible. The 

length of your grant period should be 

based on your Project’s complexity, as 

indicated in your application work plan. 

(e) Multiple Application Eligibility. 

The Consortium, including its members, 

is limited to submitting one application 

for funding under this Notice. We will 

not accept applications from 

Consortiums that include members who 

are also members of other Consortiums 

that have submitted applications for 

funding under this Notice. If we 

discover that a Consortium member is a 

member of multiple Consortiums with 

applications submitted for funding 

under this Notice, all applications will 

be considered ineligible for funding. 

(f) Satisfactory Performance 

Eligibility. If you have an existing DHCS 

award, you must be performing 

satisfactorily to be considered eligible 

for a new DHCS award. Satisfactory 

performance includes being up to date 

on all financial and performance reports 

as prescribed in the grant award, and 

current on tasks and timeframes for 

utilizing grant and matching funds as 

approved in the work plan and budget. 

If you have any unspent grant funds on 

DHCS awards made prior to FY 2019, 

your application will not be considered 

for funding. If your FY 2020 or FY 2021 

award has unspent funds of 50 percent 

or more than what your approved work 

plan and budget projected at the time 

your FY 2022 application is evaluated, 

your application may not be considered 

for funding. The Agency will verify the 

performance status of FY 2020 and FY 

2021 awards and make a determination 

after the FY 2022 application period 

closes. The Agency understands that 

recipients may have had a loss of 

operations due to COVID–19 and will 

consider providing flexibility in terms 

of fund utilization on previous awards 

with an acceptable justification of 

delays resulting from the COVID–19 

pandemic. 

(g) Completeness Eligibility. Your 

application must provide all the 

information requested in Section D.2. of 

this Notice. Applications lacking 

sufficient information to determine 

eligibility and scoring will be deemed 

ineligible and will not be considered for 

scoring. 

(h) Indirect Costs. Your negotiated 

indirect cost rate approval does not 

need to be included in your application, 

but you will be required to provide it if 

a grant is awarded. Approval for 

indirect costs that are requested in an 

application without an approved 

indirect cost rate agreement is at the 

discretion of the Agency. 

D. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

The application template for this 

funding opportunity is located at http:// 

www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/ 

delta-health-care-services-grants. Use of 

the application template is strongly 

recommended to assist you with the 

application process. You may also 

contact your State Office for more 

information. Contact information for 

State Offices is located at http://

www.rd.usda.gov/contact-us/stateoffices. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

You must submit your application 

electronically through Grants.gov. Your 

application must contain all required 

information. 

To apply, you must follow the 

instructions for this funding 

announcement at http://

www.grants.gov. Please note that we 

cannot accept applications through 

mail, courier delivery, in-person 

delivery, email or fax. 

You can locate the Grants.gov 

downloadable application package for 

this program by using a keyword, the 

program name, or the CFDA number for 

this program. 

When you enter the Grants.gov 

website, you will find information about 

applying electronically through the site, 

as well as the hours of operation. 

To use Grants.gov, you must already 

have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) 

number and you must also be registered 

and maintain registration in SAM. The 

UEI is assigned by SAM and replaces 

the formerly known Dun & Bradstreet 

D–U–N–S Number. The UEI number 

must be associated with the correct tax 

identification number of the applicant. 

We strongly recommend that you do not 

wait until the application deadline date 

to begin the application process through 

Grants.gov. 

You must submit all application 

documents electronically through 

Grants.gov. Applications must include 

electronic signatures. Original 

signatures may be required if funds are 

awarded. 

After applying electronically through 

Grants.gov, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgement from 

Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. 

The organization submitting the 

application will be considered the lead 

entity. The Contact/Program Manager 

must be associated with the lead entity 

submitting the application. 

Your application must also contain 

the following required forms and 

proposal elements: 

(a) Form SF–424, ‘‘Application for 

Federal Assistance.’’ The application for 

Federal assistance must be completed 

by the lead entity as described in 

Section C.1. of this Notice. Your 

application must include your UEI and 

SAM Commercial and Government 

Entity (CAGE) code and expiration date 

(or evidence that you have begun the 

SAM registration process). Because 

there are no specific fields for a CAGE 

code and expiration date, you may 

identify them anywhere you want to on 

the form. If you do not include the 

CAGE code and expiration date and the 

UEI in your application, it will not be 

considered for funding. The form must 

be signed by an authorized 

representative. 

(b) Form SF–424A, ‘‘Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs.’’ This form must be 

completed and submitted as part of the 

application package. 

(c) Form SF–424C, ‘‘Budget 

Information—Construction Programs.’’ 

This form must be completed, signed, 

and submitted as part of the application 

package for construction Projects. 

(d) Executive Summary. A summary 

of the proposal, not to exceed one page, 

briefly describing the Project, tasks to be 

completed, and other relevant 

information that provides a general 

overview of the Project must be 

provided. 

(e) Evidence of Eligibility. Evidence of 

the Consortium’s eligibility to apply 

under this Notice must be provided. 

This section must include a detailed 

summary demonstrating that the 

applicant is a Consortium as defined in 

paragraph A of this Notice and explain 

how each Consortium member meets 

the definition of an eligible entity as 

defined under Definitions in this Notice. 

(f) Consortium Agreements. The 

application must include a formal 

written agreement with each 

Consortium member that addresses the 

negotiated arrangements for 

administering the Project to meet Project 

goals, the Consortium member’s 

responsibilities to comply with 

administrative, financial, and reporting 

requirements of the grant, including 

those necessary to ensure compliance 

with all applicable Federal regulations 

and policies, and facilitate a smooth 


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functioning collaborative venture. 

Under the agreement, each Consortium 

member must perform a substantive role 

in the Project and not merely serve as 

a conduit of funds to another party or 

parties. This agreement must be signed 

by an authorized representative of the 

lead entity and an authorized 

representative of each partnering 

consortium entity. 

(g) Scoring Criteria. Each of the 

scoring criteria in this Notice must be 

addressed in narrative form. Failure to 

address each scoring criterion will 

result in the application being 

determined ineligible. 

(h) Performance Measures. The 

Agency has established annual 

performance measures to evaluate the 

DHCS program. Estimates on the 

following performance measures, as part 

of your application, must be provided: 

(1) Number of businesses assisted; 

(2) Number of jobs created; 

(3) Number of jobs saved; and 

(4) Number of individuals assisted/ 

trained. 

It is permissible to have a zero in a 

performance element. When calculating 

jobs created, estimates should be based 

upon actual jobs to be created by your 

organization as a result of the DHCS 

funding or actual jobs to be created by 

businesses as a result of assistance from 

your organization. When calculating 

jobs saved, estimates should be based 

only on actual jobs that would have 

been lost if your organization did not 

receive DHCS funding or actual jobs that 

would have been lost without assistance 

from your organization. 

You can also suggest additional 

performance elements for example 

where job creation or jobs saved may 

not be a relevant indicator. These 

additional elements should be specific, 

measurable performance elements that 

could be included in an award 

document. 

(i) Financial Information and 

Sustainability. Current financial 

statements and a narrative description 

demonstrating sustainability of the 

Project, all of which show sufficient 

resources and expertise to undertake 

and complete the Project and how the 

Project will be sustained following 

completion must be provided. 

Applicants must provide three years of 

pro-forma financial statements for the 

Project. 

(j) Evidence of Legal Authority and 

Existence. The lead entity must provide 

evidence of its legal existence and 

authority to enter into a grant agreement 

with the Agency and perform the 

activities proposed under the grant 

application. 

(k) Service Area Maps. Maps with 

sufficient detail to show the area that 

will benefit from the proposed facilities 

and services and the location of the 

facilities improved or purchased with 

grant funds, if applicable, must be 

provided. 

(l) Environmental information 

necessary to support the Agency’s 

environmental finding. Required 

information can be found in 7 CFR part 

1970, specifically in Subpart B, and 

Subpart C. These documents can be 

found here: https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

resources/directives/instructions. 

Construction related activities funded 

by RD must comply with State and local 

building codes and 7 CFR part 1924. 

Depending on the construction actions 

anticipated, an appropriate 7 CFR part 

1970 compliant environmental 

document will need to be submitted and 

approved, prior to commencement of 

construction. Non-construction Projects 

applying under this Notice are hereby 

classified as Categorical Exclusions in 

accordance with 7 CFR 1970.53(b), 

including the award of financial 

assistance for planning purposes, 

management and feasibility studies, or 

environmental impact analyses, and 

which do not require any additional 

environmental documentation. 

3. System for Awards Management 

(SAM) and Assigned UEI 

(a) must be registered in SAM before 

submitting an application and must 

provide a valid UEI, unless determined 

exempt under 2 CFR 25.110(b), (c) or 

(d). You may register in SAM at no cost 

at https://sam.gov. 

(b) You must maintain an active SAM 

registration with current, accurate and 

complete information at all times during 

which it has an active Federal award or 

an application under consideration by a 

Federal awarding agency. 

(c) You must complete the Financial 

Assistance General Certifications and 

Representations in SAM. 

If you have not fully complied with 

all applicable UEI and SAM 

requirements by the time the Agency is 

ready to make an award, the Agency 

may determine that the applicant is not 

qualified to receive a Federal award and 

use that determination as a basis for 

making a Federal award to another 

applicant. Please refer to Section F.2 for 

additional submission requirements that 

apply to grantees selected for this 

program. 

4. Submission Date and Time 

Application Deadline Date: July 12, 

2022. 

Explanation of Deadline: Electronic 

applications must be RECEIVED by 

http://www.grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern Time July 12, 2022, to be 

eligible for funding. Please review the 

Grants.gov website at https://

www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/ 

organization-registration.html for 

instructions on the process of registering 

your organization as soon as possible to 

ensure you can meet the electronic 

application deadline. Grants.gov will 

not accept applications submitted after 

the deadline. 

The Agency will not solicit or 

consider new scoring or eligibility 

information that is submitted after the 

application deadline. The Agency 

reserves the right to contact applicants 

to seek clarification on materials 

contained in the submitted application. 

See the Application Guide for a full 

discussion of each item. For 

requirements of completed grant 

applications, refer to Section D of this 

document. 

5. Intergovernmental Review 

Executive Order (E.O.) 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs, applies to this program. This 

E.O. requires that Federal agencies 

provide opportunities for consultation 

on proposed assistance with State and 

local governments. Many States have 

established a Single Point of Contact 

(SPOC) to facilitate this consultation. 

For a list of States that maintain a SPOC, 

please see the White House website: 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2020/04/SPOC-4-13- 

20.pdf. If your State has a SPOC, you 

may submit your application directly for 

review. Any comments obtained 

through the SPOC must be provided to 

your State Office for consideration as 

part of your application. 

6. Funding Restrictions 

Project funds may not be used for 

ineligible purposes. In addition, you 

may not use Project Funds for the 

following: 

(a) To duplicate current services or to 

replace or to substitute support 

previously provided; provided, 

however, Project Funds may be used to 

expand the level of effort or a service 

beyond what is currently being 

provided; 

(b) To pay for costs to prepare the 

application for funding under this 

Notice; 

(c) To pay for costs of the Project 

incurred prior to the effective date of the 

period of performance; 

(d) To pay expenses for applicant 

employee training not directly related to 

the Project; 

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(f) To pay for assistance to any private 

business enterprise which does not have 

at least 51 percent ownership by those 

who are either citizens of the United 

States or reside in the United States 

after being legally admitted for 

permanent residence; 

(g) To pay any judgment or debt owed 

to the United States; 

(h) To engage in any activities that are 

considered a Conflict of Interest, as 

defined by this Notice; or 

(i) To fund any activities prohibited 

by 2 CFR part 200. 

In addition, your application will not 

be considered for funding if it does any 

of the following: 

(1) Requests more than the maximum 

grant amount; or 

(2) Proposes ineligible costs that equal 

more than 10 percent of the Project 

Funds. 

The Agency will consider your 

application for funding if it includes 

ineligible costs of 10 percent or less of 

total Project Funds, if it is determined 

eligible otherwise. However, if your 

application is successful, those 

ineligible costs must be removed and 

replaced with eligible costs before the 

Agency will make the grant award or the 

amount of the grant award will be 

reduced accordingly. If the Agency 

cannot determine the percentage of 

ineligible costs, your application will 

not be considered for funding. 

7. Other Submission Requirements 

(a) Applications will not be accepted 

if the text is less than 11-point font. 

(b) National Environmental Policy 

Act. This Notice has been reviewed in 

accordance with 7 CFR part 1970, 

‘‘Environmental Policies and 

Procedures.’’ We have determined that 

an Environmental Impact Statement is 

not required because the issuance of 

regulations and instructions, as well as 

amendments to them, describing 

administrative and financial procedures 

for processing, approving, and 

implementing the Agency’s financial 

programs is categorically excluded in 

the Agency’s National Environmental 

Policy Act regulation found at 7 CFR 

1970.53(f). We have determined that 

this Notice does not constitute a major 

Federal action significantly affecting the 

quality of the human environment. 

The Agency will review each grant 

application to determine its compliance 

with 7 CFR part 1970. The applicant 

may be asked to provide additional 

information or documentation to assist 

the Agency with this determination. 

(c) Civil Rights Compliance 

Requirements. All grants made under 

this Notice are subject to Title VI of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 as required by 

the USDA (7 CFR part 15, subpart A) 

and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. 

E. Application Review Information 

The State Offices will review 

applications to determine if they are 

eligible for assistance based on 

requirements in this Notice, and other 

applicable Federal regulations. If 

determined eligible, your application 

will be scored by a panel of USDA 

employees in accordance with the point 

allocation specified in this Notice. 

Applications will be funded in rank 

order until the funding limitation has 

been reached. Applications that cannot 

be fully funded may be offered partial 

funding at the Agency’s discretion. 

1. Scoring Criteria 

All eligible and complete applications 

will be evaluated based on the following 

criteria. Evaluators will base scores only 

on the information provided or crossreferenced by page number in each 

individual scoring criterion. DHCS is a 

competitive program, so you will 

receive scores based on the quality of 

your responses. Simply addressing the 

criteria will not guarantee higher scores. 

The total points possible for the criteria 

are 110. The minimum score 

requirement for funding is 60 points. It 

is at the Agency’s discretion to fund 

applications with a score of 59 points or 

less if it is in the best interest of the 

Federal Government. 

(a) Community Needs and Benefits 

Derived from the Project (maximum of 

30 points). A panel of USDA employees 

will assess how the Project will benefit 

the residents in the Delta Region. This 

criterion will be scored based on the 

documentation in support of the 

community needs for health services 

and public health-related facilities and 

the benefits to people living in the Delta 

Region derived from the 

implementation of the proposed Project. 

It should lead clearly to the 

identification of the Project participant 

pool and the target population for the 

Project and provide convincing links 

between the Project and the benefits to 

the community to address its health 

needs. You must discuss the: 

(1) Health care needs/issues/ 

challenges facing the service area and 

explain how the identified needs/ 

issues/challenges were determined. 

Discussion should also identify 

problems faced by the residents in the 

region. 

(2) Proposed assistance to be provided 

to the service area and how the Project 

will benefit the residents in the region. 

(3) Implementation plan for the 

Project and provide milestones which 

are well-defined and can be realistically 

completed. 

(4) Expected outcomes of the 

proposed Project and how they will be 

tracked and monitored. You should 

attempt to quantify benefits in terms of 

outcomes from the Project; that is, ways 

in which peoples’ lives, or the 

community, will be improved. Provide 

estimates of the number of people 

affected by the benefits arising from the 

Project. 

(b) The Project Management and 

Organization Capability (maximum of 

30 points). A panel of USDA employees 

will evaluate the Consortium’s 

experience, past performance, and 

accomplishments addressing health care 

issues to ensure effective Project 

implementation. This criterion will be 

scored based on the documentation of 

the Project’s management and 

organizational capability. You must 

discuss: 

(1) Your organization’s management 

and fiscal structure including welldefined roles for administrators, staff, 

and established financial management 

systems. 

(2) Relevant qualifications, 

capabilities, and educational 

background of the identified key 

personnel (at a minimum, the Project 

Manager) who will manage and 

implement programs. 

(3) Your organization’s current 

successful and effective experience (or 

demonstrated experience within the 

past five years) addressing the health 

care issues in the Delta Region. 

(4) Your organization’s experience 

managing grant-funded programs. 

(5) The extent to which 

administrative/management costs are 

balanced with funds designated for the 

provision of programs and services. 

(6) The extent and diversity of eligible 

entity types within the applicant’s 

Consortium of regional institutions of 

higher education, academic health and 

research institutes, and economic 

development entities located in the 

Delta Region. 

(c) Work Plan and Budget (maximum 

of 30 points). You must provide a work 

plan and budget that includes the 

following: (1) The specific activities, 

such as programs, services, trainings, 

and/or construction-related activities for 

a facility to be performed under the 

Project; (2) the estimated line item costs 

associated with each activity, including 

grant funds and other necessary sources 

of funds; (3) the key personnel who will 

carry out each activity (including each 

Consortium member’s role); and (4) the 

specific time frames for completion of 

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An eligible start and end date for the 

Project and for individual Project tasks 

must be clearly shown and may not 

exceed Agency specified timeframes for 

the grant period. You must show the 

source and use of both grant and other 

contributions for all tasks. Other 

contributions must be spent at a rate 

equal to, or in advance of, grant funds. 

A panel of USDA employees will 

evaluate your work plan for detailed 

actions and an accompanying timetable 

for implementing the proposal. Clear 

and comprehensive work plans 

detailing all project goals, tasks, 

timelines, costs, and responsible 

personnel in a logical and realistic 

manner will result in a higher score. 

(d) Local Support (maximum 10 

points). A panel of USDA employees 

will evaluate your application for local 

support of the proposed Project. The 

application must include 

documentation detailing support 

solicited from local government, public 

health care providers, and other entities 

in the Delta Region. Evidence of support 

can include, but is not limited to, 

surveys conducted amongst Delta 

Region residents and stakeholders, notes 

from focus groups, or letters of support 

from local entities. 

(e) Administrator Discretionary Points 

(maximum of 10 points). The 

Administrator may choose to award up 

to 10 points to support geographic 

distribution of funds and/or key 

priorities as follows (more details 

available at https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

priority-points): 

• Assisting rural communities recover 

economically from the impacts of the 

COVID–19 pandemic, particularly 

disadvantaged communities (3 points); 

• Ensuring all rural residents have 

equitable access to RD programs and 

benefits from RD funded projects (3 

points); and 

• Reducing climate pollution and 

increasing resilience to the impacts of 

climate change through economic 

support to rural communities (3 points). 

Applicants that provide a clear and 

comprehensive response to how they 

are addressing the Administration’s 

priorities (1 point) 

The DHCS program is a nationallycompeted program with a panel that 

reviews all Administration priority 

point requests and makes 

recommendations to the Administrator 

based on which applicants provided the 

most comprehensive and clear plan for 

meeting the Administration’s priorities. 

2. Review and Selection Process 

The State Offices will review 

applications to determine if they are 

eligible for assistance based on 

requirements in this Notice, and other 

applicable Federal regulations. If 

determined eligible, your application 

will be scored by a panel of USDA 

employees in accordance with the point 

allocation specified in this Notice. The 

review panel will convene to reach a 

consensus on the scores for each of the 

eligible applications. The Administrator 

may choose to award up to 10 

Administrator discretionary points 

based on criterion (e) in section E.1. of 

this Notice. These points will be added 

to the cumulative score for a total 

possible score of 110. Applications will 

be funded in highest ranking order until 

the funding limitation has been reached. 

Applications that cannot be fully 

funded may be offered partial funding at 

the Agency’s discretion. If your 

application is ranked and not funded, it 

will not be carried forward into the next 

competition. 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

1. Federal Award Notices 

If you are selected for funding, you 

will receive a signed notice of Federal 

award by postal or electronic mail, 

containing instructions on requirements 

necessary to proceed with execution 

and performance of the award. 

If you are not selected for funding, 

you will be notified in writing via postal 

or electronic mail and informed of any 

review and appeal rights. Funding of 

successfully appealed applications will 

be limited to available FY 2022 funding. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Additional requirements that apply to 

grantees selected for this program can be 

found in 2 CFR parts 25, 170, 180, 200, 

400, 415, 417, 418, and 421; and 48 CFR 

31.2, and successor regulations to these 

parts. All recipients of Federal financial 

assistance are required to report 

information about first tier subawards 

and executive compensation (see 2 CFR 

part 170). You will be required to have 

the necessary processes and systems in 

place to comply with the Federal 

Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act reporting 

requirements (see 2 CFR 170.200(b), 

unless you are exempt under 2 CFR 

170.110(b)). These regulations may be 

obtained at https://www.ecfr.gov/cgibin/ECFR?page=browse. 

The following additional 

requirements apply to grantees selected 

for this program: 

(a) Execution of an Agency approved 

Financial Assistance Agreement. 

(b) Acceptance of a written Letter of 

Conditions. 

(c) Submission of Form RD 1940–1, 

‘‘Request for Obligation of Funds.’’ 

(d) RD Instruction 1940–Q, Exhibit A– 

1, ‘‘Certification for Contracts, Grants 

and Loans.’’ 

(e) SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying 

Activities’’ if applicable. 

3. Reporting 

After grant approval and through 

grant completion, you will be required 

to provide the following: 

a. A SF–425, ‘‘Federal Financial 

Report,’’ and a project performance 

report will be required on a semiannual 

basis (due 30 working days after the end 

of the semiannual period). For the 

purposes of this grant, semiannual 

periods end on June 30th and December 

31st. The project performance reports 

shall include a comparison of actual 

accomplishments to the objectives 

established for that period. 

b. Reasons why established objectives 

were not met, if applicable. 

c. Reasons for any problems, delays, 

or adverse conditions, if any, which 

have affected or will affect attainment of 

overall project objectives, prevent 

meeting time schedules or objectives, or 

preclude the attainment of particular 

objectives during established time 

periods. This disclosure shall be 

accompanied by a statement of the 

action taken or planned to resolve the 

situation. 

d. Objectives and timetable 

established for the next reporting 

period. 

e. A final project and financial status 

report within 90 days after the 

expiration or termination of the grant. 

f. Outcome project performance 

reports and final deliverables. 

G. Agency Contacts 

For general questions about this 

announcement and for program 

Technical Assistance, please contact the 

appropriate State Office at http://

www.rd.usda.gov/contact-us/stateoffices. You may also contact Honie 

Turner, Program Management Division, 

Direct Programs Branch, Rural BusinessCooperative Service, USDA at (202) 

720–1400 or email CPgrants@usda.gov. 

You are also encouraged to visit the 

application website for application 

tools, including an application template, 

at http://www.rd.usda.gov/programsservices/delta-health-care-servicesgrants. 

H. Other Information 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), OMB must 

approve all ‘‘collection of information’’ 


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1See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011). 

as a requirement for ‘‘answers to . . . 

identical reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements imposed on, ten or more 

persons . . .’’ (44 U.S.C. 3502(3)(A)). 

RUS has concluded that the reporting 

requirements contained in this rule/ 

funding announcement will involve less 

than 10 persons and do not require 

approval under the provisions of the 

Act. 

Applications must contain all the 

required elements of this NOSA, and all 

standard requirements as required by 7 

CFR part 1734. Additional supporting 

data or documents may be required by 

RUS depending on the individual 

application or financial conditions. All 

applicants must comply with all Federal 

laws and regulations. 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13175 

Consultation and Coordination With 

Indian Tribal Governments 

This Executive Order imposes 

requirements on Rural Development in 

the development of regulatory policies 

that have tribal implications or preempt 

tribal laws. Rural Development has 

determined that this Notice does not 

have a substantial direct effect on one or 

more Indian tribe(s) or on either the 

relationship or the distribution of 

powers and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and the Indian 

tribes. Thus, this Notice is not subject to 

the requirements of Executive Order 

13175. Tribal Consultation inquiries and 

comments should be directed to RD’s 

Native American Coordinator at aian@

usda.gov or (720) 544–2911. 

Non-Discrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) civil rights 

regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 

prohibited from discriminating 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 

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. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at https://

www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

documents/usda-programdiscrimination-complaint-form.pdf and 

at any USDA office, or write a letter 

addressed to USDA and provide in the 

letter all the information requested in 

the form. To request a copy of the 

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. 

Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by: 

(1) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; and 

(2) Email: OAC@usda.gov. 

Karama Neal, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) has received requests to 

conduct administrative reviews of 

various antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders with 

March anniversary dates. In accordance 

with Commerce’s regulations, we are 

initiating those administrative reviews. 

DATES: Applicable May 13, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations, 

Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 

(202) 482–4735. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce has received timely 

requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(b), for administrative reviews of 

various AD and CVD orders with March 

anniversary dates. 

All deadlines for the submission of 

various types of information, 

certifications, or comments or actions by 

Commerce discussed below refer to the 

number of calendar days from the 

applicable starting time. 

Notice of No Sales 

With respect to antidumping 

administrative reviews, if a producer or 

exporter named in this notice of 

initiation had no exports, sales, or 

entries during the period of review 

(POR), it must notify Commerce within 

30 days of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. All submissions 

must be filed electronically at https://

access.trade.gov, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.303.1 Such submissions are 

subject to verification, in accordance 

with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). Further, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), 

a copy must be served on every party on 

Commerce’s service list. 

Respondent Selection 

In the event Commerce limits the 

number of respondents for individual 

examination for administrative reviews 

initiated pursuant to requests made for 

the orders identified below, Commerce 

intends to select respondents based on 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) data for U.S. imports during the 

POR. We intend to place the CBP data 

on the record within five days of 

publication of the initiation notice and 

to make our decision regarding 

respondent selection within 35 days of 

publication of the initiation Federal 

Register notice. Comments regarding the 

CBP data and respondent selection 

should be submitted within seven days 

after the placement of the CBP data on 

the record of this review. Parties 

wishing to submit rebuttal comments 

should submit those comments within 

five days after the deadline for the 

initial comments. 

In the event Commerce decides it is 

necessary to limit individual 

examination of respondents and 

conduct respondent selection under 

section 777A(c)(2) of the Act, the 

following guidelines regarding 

collapsing of companies for purposes of 

respondent selection will apply. In 

general, Commerce has found that 

determinations concerning whether 

particular companies should be 

‘‘collapsed’’ (e.g., treated as a single 

entity for purposes of calculating 

antidumping duty rates) require a 

substantial amount of detailed 


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