This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

petitions and applications and agency

statements of organization and functions are

examples of documents appearing in this

section.

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1To view the environmental assessment, the 

comments we received and our responses to the 

comments, and the finding of no significant impact, 

go to (http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/

component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2006-0172). 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0172] 

Interstate Movement of Garbage from 

Hawaii; Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that an environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact have 

been prepared by the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service relative to a 

request to allow the interstate 

movement of garbage from Hawaii to a 

landfill in the State of Washington. The 

environmental assessment documents 

our review and analysis of the 

environmental impacts associated with, 

and alternatives to, the movement of 

palletized or containerized baled 

municipal solid waste to three existing 

ports on the Columbia River via barge 

and the transfer and transportation of 

the waste via truck or rail to the landfill. 

Based on its finding of no significant 

impact, the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has determined that 

an environmental impact statement 

need not be prepared. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David B. Lamb, Import Specialist, 

Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737- 

1231; (301) 734-0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The importation and interstate 

movement of garbage is regulated by the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) under 7 CFR 330.400 

and 9 CFR 94.5 (referred to below as the 

regulations) in order to protect against 

the introduction into and dissemination 

within the United States of plant and 

animal pests and diseases. 

On January 19, 2010, we published in 

the Federal Register (75 FR 2845-2846, 

Docket No. APHIS-2006-0172) a notice1

in which we announced the availability, 

for public review and comment, of an 

environmental assessment documenting 

our review and analysis of the 

environmental impacts associated with, 

and alternatives to, the movement of 

palletized or containerized baled 

municipal solid waste to three existing 

ports on the Columbia River via barge 

and the transfer and transportation of 

the waste via truck or rail to the landfill. 

We solicited comments on the 

environmental assessment for 30 days 

ending on February 18, 2010. We 

received 37 comments by that date. The 

commenters raised several issues, 

including the potential for invasive 

species/pest introductions, impacts on 

air and water quality, impacts on fish 

and wildlife habitat, impacts on existing 

infrastructure (highway, rail, and barge), 

increased traffic at associated ports, and 

the adequacy of the environmental 

assessment’s analysis of cumulative 

effects. 

Our analysis of the comments 

received and our responses to the issues 

raised in the comments are contained in 

a response to comments document that 

may be viewed on the Regulations.gov 

Web page (see footnote 1) or obtained 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The 

response to comments document, along 

with copies of the environmental 

assessment and finding of no significant 

impact, is also available for public 

inspection at USDA, room 1141, South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 

8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except holidays. Persons 

wishing to inspect copies are requested 

to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to 

facilitate entry into the reading room. 

The environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact have 

been prepared in accordance with: (1) 

The National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day 

of May 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12828 Filed 5–26–10: 7:27 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

for Energy Audits and Renewable 

Energy Development Assistance Under 

the Rural Energy for America Program 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Energy for America 

Program, formerly section 9006 under 

the 2002 Farm Bill, is composed of 

several types of grants and guaranteed 

loan programs. These are: Guaranteed 

loans and grants for the development/ 

construction of renewable energy 

systems and for energy efficiency 

improvement projects; grants for 

conducting energy audits; grants for 

conducting renewable energy 

development assistance; and grants for 

conducting renewable energy feasibility 

studies. 

The Agency is implementing the 

Rural Energy for America Program 

(REAP) for Fiscal Year 2010 through the 

publication of three REAP notices: 

• Renewable energy system and 

energy efficiency improvement grants 

and guaranteed loans; 

• Energy audit and renewable energy 

development assistance grants; and 

• Renewable energy feasibility study 

grants. 

This REAP notice announces the 

availability of $2.4 million for fiscal 

year (FY) 2010 to units of State, tribal, 

or local government; instrumentalities 

of a State, tribal, or local government; 

land-grant colleges and universities and 

other institutions of higher education, 

including 1994 Land Grant Colleges 


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(Tribal Colleges), 1890 Land Grant 

Colleges, and Historically Black 

Universities; rural electric cooperatives; 

and public power entities for the 

provision of energy audits and 

renewable energy development 

assistance to agricultural producers and 

rural small businesses. This funding 

will be available in the form of grants. 

Funds that are not awarded will convert 

to the REAP pool. 

Lastly, the Agency intends to publish 

a proposed rule that will revise the 

current program, in large part to 

conform with the requirements set out 

by the 2008 Farm Bill, at 7 CFR 4280, 

subpart B to include renewable energy 

feasibility study grants, and that will 

add a new subpart C to address energy 

audit and renewable energy 

development assistance grants. 

Together, these two subparts will 

represent the Rural Energy for America 

Program as authorized under section 

9007 of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 as amended by 

section 9001 of the Food, Energy, and 

Conservation Act of 2008. The Agency 

anticipates publishing final regulations 

to operate the Rural Energy for America 

Program in fiscal year 2011. 

DATES: Applications for grants must be 

submitted on paper or electronically no 

later than 4:30 p.m., local time July 26, 

2010. Neither complete nor incomplete 

applications received after this date and 

time will be considered for funding in 

FY 2010, regardless of the postmark on 

the application. 

ADDRESSES: Application materials may 

be obtained by contacting one of Rural 

Development’s Energy Coordinators or 

by downloading through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Submit electronic applications at 

http://www.grants.gov, following the 

instructions found on this Web site. To 

use Grants.gov, an applicant must have 

a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number, 

which can be obtained at no cost via a 

toll-free request line at 1–866–705–5711 

or online at http://fedgov.dnb.com/ 

webform. Submit completed paper 

applications to the Rural Development 

State Office in the State in which the 

applicant’s principal office is located. 

Rural Development Energy 

Coordinators 

Note: Telephone numbers listed are not 

toll-free. 

Alabama 

Quinton Harris, USDA Rural 

Development, Sterling Centre, Suite 

601, 4121 Carmichael Road, 

Montgomery, AL 36106–3683, 

(334) 279–3623, 

Quinton.Harris@al.usda.gov 

Alaska 

Chad Stovall, USDA Rural 

Development, 800 West Evergreen, 

Suite 201, Palmer, AK 99645–6539, 

(907) 761–7718, 

chad.stovall@ak.usda.gov 

American Samoa (See Hawaii) 

Arizona 

Alan Watt, USDA Rural Development, 

230 North First Avenue, Suite 206, 

Phoenix, AZ 85003–1706, (602) 280– 

8769, Alan.Watt@az.usda.gov 

Arkansas 

Tim Smith, USDA Rural Development, 

700 West Capitol Avenue, Room 3416, 

Little Rock, AR 72201–3225, (501) 

301–3280, Tim.Smith@ar.usda.gov 

California 

Philip Brown, USDA Rural 

Development, 430 G Street, #4169, 

Davis, CA 95616, (530) 792–5811, 

Phil.brown@ca.usda.gov 

Colorado 

April Dahlager, USDA Rural 

Development, 655 Parfet Street, Room 

E–100, Lakewood, CO 80215, (720) 

544–2909, april.dahlager@co.usda.gov 

Commonwealth of the Northern 

Marianas Islands—CNMI (See Hawaii) 

Connecticut (see Massachusetts) 

Delaware/Maryland 

Bruce Weaver, USDA Rural 

Development, 1221 College Park 

Drive, Suite 200, Dover, DE 19904, 

(302) 857–3626, 

Bruce.Weaver@de.usda.gov 

Federated States of Micronesia (See 

Hawaii) 

Florida/Virgin Islands 

Joe Mueller, USDA Rural Development, 

4440 NW. 25th Place, Gainesville, FL 

32606, (352) 338–3482, 

joe.mueller@fl.usda.gov 

Georgia 

J. Craig Scroggs, USDA Rural 

Development, 111 E. Spring St., Suite 

B, Monroe, GA 30655, Phone 770– 

267–1413 ext. 113, 

craig.scroggs@ga.usda.gov 

Guam (See Hawaii) 

Hawaii/Guam/Republic of Palau/ 

Federated States of Micronesia/Republic 

of the Marshall Islands/American 

Samoa/Commonwealth of the Northern 

Marianas Islands—CNMI 

Tim O’Connell, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Room 

311, 154 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo, 

HI 96720, (808) 933–8313, 

Tim.Oconnell@hi.usda.gov 

Idaho 

Brian Buch, USDA Rural Development, 

9173 W. Barnes Drive, Suite A1, 

Boise, ID 83709, (208) 378–5623, 

Brian.Buch@id.usda.gov 

Illinois 

Molly Hammond, USDA Rural 

Development, 2118 West Park Court, 

Suite A, Champaign, IL 61821, (217) 

403–6210, 

Molly.Hammond@il.usda.gov 

Indiana 

Jerry Hay, USDA Rural Development, 

2600 Highway 7 North, North Vernon, 

IN 47265, (812) 346–3411, Ext 126, 

Jerry.Hay@in.usda.gov 

Iowa 

Teresa Bomhoff, USDA Rural 

Development, 873 Federal Building, 

210 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA 

50309, (515) 284–4447, 

teresa.bomhoff@ia.usda.gov 

Kansas 

David Kramer, USDA Rural 

Development, 1303 SW. First 

American Place, Suite 100, Topeka, 

KS 66604–4040, (785) 271–2730, 

david.kramer@ks.usda.gov 

Kentucky 

Scott Maas, USDA Rural Development, 

771 Corporate Drive, Suite 200, 

Lexington, KY 40503, (859) 224–7435, 

scott.maas@ky.usda.gov 

Louisiana 

Kevin Boone, USDA Rural 

Development, 905 Jefferson Street, 

Suite 320, Lafayette, LA 70501, (337) 

262–6601, Ext. 133, 

Kevin.Boone@la.usda.gov 

Maine 

John F. Sheehan, USDA Rural 

Development, 967 Illinois Avenue, 

Suite 4, P.O. Box 405, Bangor, ME 

04402–0405, (207) 990–9168, 

john.sheehan@me.usda.gov 

Maryland (see Delaware) 

Massachusetts/Rhode Island/ 

Connecticut 

Charles W. Dubuc, USDA Rural 

Development, 451 West Street, Suite 

2, Amherst, MA 01002, (401) 826– 

0842 x 306, 

Charles.Dubuc@ma.usda.gov 

Michigan 

Traci J. Smith, USDA Rural 

Development, 3001 Coolidge Road, 


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Suite 200, East Lansing, MI 48823, 

(517) 324–5157, 

Traci.Smith@mi.usda.gov 

Minnesota 

Lisa L. Noty, USDA Rural Development, 

1400 West Main Street, Albert Lea, 

MN 56007, (507) 373–7960 Ext. 120, 

lisa.noty@mn.usda.gov 

Mississippi 

G. Gary Jones, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Suite 

831, 100 West Capitol Street, Jackson, 

MS 39269, (601) 965–5457, 

george.jones@ms.usda.gov 

Missouri 

Matt Moore, USDA Rural Development, 

601 Business Loop 70 West, Parkade 

Center, Suite 235, Columbia, MO 

65203, (573) 876–9321, 

matt.moore@mo.usda.gov 

Montana 

John Guthmiller, USDA Rural 

Development, 900 Technology Blvd., 

Unit 1, Suite B, P.O. Box 850, 

Bozeman, MT 59771, (406) 585–2540, 

John.Guthmiller@mt.usda.gov 

Nebraska 

Debra Yocum, USDA Rural 

Development, 100 Centennial Mall 

North, Room 152, Federal Building, 

Lincoln, NE 68508, (402) 437–5554, 

Debra.Yocum@ne.usda.gov 

Nevada 

Herb Shedd, USDA Rural Development, 

1390 South Curry Street, Carson City, 

NV 89703, (775) 887–1222, 

herb.shedd@nv.usda.gov 

New Hampshire (See Vermont) 

New Jersey 

Victoria Fekete, USDA Rural 

Development, 8000 Midlantic Drive, 

5th Floor North, Suite 500, Mt. Laurel, 

NJ 08054, (856) 787–7752, 

Victoria.Fekete@nj.usda.gov 

New Mexico 

Jesse Bopp, USDA Rural Development, 

6200 Jefferson Street, NE, Room 255, 

Albuquerque, NM 87109, (505) 761– 

4952, Jesse.bopp@nm.usda.gov 

New York 

Scott Collins, USDA Rural 

Development, 9025 River Road, 

Marcy, NY 13403, (315) 736–3316 Ext. 

4, scott.collins@ny.usda.gov 

North Carolina 

David Thigpen, USDA Rural 

Development, 4405 Bland Rd. Suite 

260, Raleigh, NC 27609, 919–873– 

2065, David.Thigpen@nc.usda.gov 

North Dakota 

Dennis Rodin, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Room 

208, 220 East Rosser Avenue, P.O. 

Box 1737, Bismarck, ND 58502–1737, 

(701) 530–2068, 

Dennis.Rodin@nd.usda.gov 

Ohio 

Randy Monhemius, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Room 

507, 200 North High Street, 

Columbus, OH 43215–2418, (614) 

255–2424, 

Randy.Monhemius@oh.usda.gov 

Oklahoma 

Jody Harris, USDA Rural Development, 

100 USDA, Suite 108, Stillwater, OK 

74074–2654, (405) 742–1036, 

Jody.harris@ok.usda.gov 

Oregon 

Don Hollis, USDA Rural Development, 

200 SE Hailey Ave, Suite 105, 

Pendleton, OR 97801, (541) 278–8049, 

Ext. 129, Don.Hollis@or.usda.gov 

Pennsylvania 

Bernard Linn, USDA Rural 

Development, One Credit Union 

Place, Suite 330, Harrisburg, PA 

17110–2996, (717) 237–2182, 

Bernard.Linn@pa.usda.gov 

Puerto Rico 

Luis Garcia, USDA Rural Development, 

IBM Building, 654 Munoz Rivera 

Avenue, Suite 601, Hato Rey, PR 

00918–6106, (787) 766–5091, Ext. 

251, Luis.Garcia@pr.usda.gov 

Republic of Palau (See Hawaii) 

Republic of the Marshall Islands (See 

Hawaii) 

Rhode Island (see Massachusetts) 

South Carolina 

Shannon Legree, USDA Rural 

Development, Strom Thurmond 

Federal Building, 1835 Assembly 

Street, Room 1007, Columbia, SC 

29201, (803) 253–3150, 

Shannon.Legree@sc.usda.gov 

South Dakota 

Douglas Roehl, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Room 

210, 200 4th Street, SW., Huron, SD 

57350, (605) 352–1145, 

doug.roehl@sd.usda.gov 

Tennessee 

Will Dodson, USDA Rural Development, 

3322 West End Avenue, Suite 300, 

Nashville, TN 37203–1084, (615) 783– 

1350, will.dodson@tn.usda.gov 

Texas 

Daniel Torres, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Suite 

102, 101 South Main Street, Temple, 

TX 76501, (254) 742–9756, 

Daniel.Torres@tx.usda.gov 

Utah 

Roger Koon, USDA Rural Development, 

Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, 

125 South State Street, Room 4311, 

Salt Lake City, UT 84138, (801) 524– 

4301, Roger.Koon@ut.usda.gov 

Vermont/New Hampshire 

Cheryl Ducharme, USDA Rural 

Development, 89 Main Street, 3rd 

Floor, Montpelier, VT 05602, 802– 

828–6083, 

cheryl.ducharme@vt.usda.gov 

Virginia 

Laurette Tucker, USDA Rural 

Development, Culpeper Building, 

Suite 238, 1606 Santa Rosa Road, 

Richmond, VA 23229, (804) 287– 

1594, Laurette.Tucker@va.usda.gov 

Virgin Islands (see Florida) 

Washington 

Mary Traxler, USDA Rural 

Development, 1835 Black Lake Blvd. 

SW., Suite B, Olympia, WA 98512, 

(360) 704–7762, 

Mary.Traxler@wa.usda.gov 

West Virginia 

Richard E. Satterfield, USDA Rural 

Development, 75 High Street, Room 

320, Morgantown, WV 26505–7500, 

(304) 284–4874, 

Richard.Satterfield@wv.usda.gov 

Wisconsin 

Brenda Heinen, USDA Rural 

Development, 4949 Kirschling Court, 

Stevens Point, WI 54481, (715) 345– 

7615, Ext. 139, 

Brenda.Heinen@wi.usda.gov 

Wyoming 

Jon Crabtree, USDA Rural Development, 

Dick Cheney Federal Building, 100 

East B Street, Room 1005, P.O. Box 

11005, Casper, WY 82602, (307) 233– 

6719, Jon.Crabtree@wy.usda.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about this Notice, please 

contact the Energy Branch, USDA Rural 

Development, STOP 3225, Room 6870, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3225. 

Telephone: (202) 720–1400. 

For assistance on energy audit and 

renewable energy development 

assistance grants, please contact the 

applicable Rural Development Energy 

Coordinator, as provided in the 

ADDRESSES section of this Notice. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the information 

collection requirements associated with 

energy audit and renewable energy 

development assistance grants, as 

covered in this REAP notice, has been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control 

Number 0570–0059. 

The information collection 

requirements associated with renewable 

energy system and energy efficiency 

improvement grants and guaranteed 

loans and with renewable energy 

feasibility study grants, which will be 

addressed in their respective REAP 

notices, have also been approved by 

OMB under OMB Control Number 

0570–0050 and OMB Control Number 

0570–0061, respectively. When the 

Agency publishes the proposed rule for 

REAP, it will consolidate the 

information collection requirements 

associated with this REAP notice and 

the other two REAP notices into a single 

information collection package for OMB 

approval. 

Overview Information 

Federal Agency Name. Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service. 

Funding Opportunity Title. Energy 

Audit and Renewable Energy 

Development Assistance under the 

Rural Energy for America Program. 

Announcement Type. Initial 

announcement. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number. These 

activities under the Rural Energy for 

America Program are listed in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

under Number 10.868. 

Dates. Applications must be 

completed and received in the 

appropriate United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) State Rural 

Development Office no later than 4:30 

p.m. local time July 26, 2010, in order 

to be considered for funding in FY 2010. 

Applications received after 4:30 p.m. 

local time July 26, 2010, regardless of 

the application’s postmark, will not be 

considered for funding in FY 2010. 

Availability of Notice. This Notice is 

available on the USDA Rural 

Development Web site at http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/ 

REAPEA.htm. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

A. Purpose. This Notice is issued 

pursuant to section 9001 of the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(2008 Farm Bill) (Pub. L. 110–246), 

which amends Title IX of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2002 (FSRIA) and establishes the Rural 

Energy for America Program under 

section 9007 thereof. The 2008 Farm 

Bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture 

to create a program to make grants to 

units of State, tribal, or local 

government; land-grant colleges or 

universities or other institutions of 

higher education, including 1994 Land 

Grant Colleges (Tribal Colleges), 1890 

Land Grant Colleges, and Historically 

Black Universities; rural electric 

cooperatives or public power entities; 

and instrumentalities of a State, tribal, 

or local government, to assist 

agricultural producers and rural small 

businesses by conducting energy audits 

and providing recommendations and 

information on renewable energy 

development assistance and improving 

energy efficiency. These projects (energy 

audits and renewable energy 

development assistance) are designed to 

help agricultural producers and rural 

small businesses reduce energy costs 

and consumption and help meet the 

nation’s critical energy needs. The 2008 

Farm Bill mandates that the recipient of 

a grant that conducts an energy audit for 

an agricultural producer or a rural small 

business require the agricultural 

producer or rural small business to pay 

at least 25 percent of the cost of the 

energy audit, which shall be retained by 

the eligible entity for the cost of the 

audit. 

B. Statutory Authority. These 

activities (energy audits and renewable 

energy development assistance) are 

found in the Rural Energy for America 

Program, which is authorized under 

Title IX, Section 9001, of the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(Pub. L. 110–246). 

C. Definition of Terms. The following 

definitions are applicable to this Notice. 

Administrator. The Administrator of 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

within the Rural Development Mission 

Area of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture. 

Agricultural producer. An individual 

or entity directly engaged in the 

production of agricultural products, 

including crops (including farming); 

livestock (including ranching); forestry 

products; hydroponics; nursery stock; or 

aquaculture, whereby 50 percent or 

greater of their gross income is derived 

from the operations. 

Departmental regulations. The 

regulations of the Department of 

Agriculture’s Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer (or successor office) as 

codified in 7 CFR parts 3000 through 

3099, including but not necessarily 

limited to 7 CFR parts 3015 through 

3019, 7 CFR part 3021, and 7 CFR part 

3052, and successor regulations to these 

parts. 

Energy audit. An audit conducted by 

a certified energy manager or 

professional engineer that focuses on 

potential capital-intensive projects and 

involves detailed gathering of field data 

and engineering analysis. The audit will 

provide detailed project costs and 

savings information with a high level of 

confidence sufficient for major capital 

investment decisions. 

Hydroelectric energy. Electrical 

energy created by use of various types 

of moving water including, but not 

limited to, diverted run-of-river water, 

in-stream run-of-river water, and inconduit water. 

Hydropower. Energy created by 

hydroelectric or ocean energy. 

Institution of higher education. As 

defined in 20 U.S.C. 1002(a). 

Instrumentality. An organization 

recognized, established, and controlled 

by a State, tribal, or local government, 

for a public purpose or to carry out 

special purposes. 

Ocean energy. Energy created by use 

of various types of moving water 

including, but not limited to, tidal, 

wave, current, and thermal changes. 

Post-application. The period of time 

after the Agency has received a 

complete application. A complete 

application is an application that 

contains all parts necessary for the 

Agency to determine applicant and 

project eligibility, to score the 

application, and to conduct the 

technical evaluation. 

Public power entity. Is defined using 

the definition of ‘‘state utility’’ as 

defined in section 217(A)(4) of the 

Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

824q(a)(4)). As of this writing, the 

definition is a State or any political 

subdivision of a State, or any agency, 

authority, or instrumentality of any one 

or more of the foregoing, or a 

corporation that is wholly owned, 

directly or indirectly, by any one or 

more of the foregoing, competent to 

carry on the business of developing, 

transmitting, utilizing, or distributing 

power. 

Qualified consultant. An independent 

third-party possessing the knowledge, 

expertise, and experience to perform in 

an efficient, effective, and authoritative 

manner the specific task required. 

Rated power. The amount of energy 

that can be created at any given time. 

Renewable biomass. 

(i) Materials, pre-commercial 

thinnings, or invasive species from 

National Forest System land and public 

lands (as defined in section 103 of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) that: 


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(A) Are byproducts of preventive 

treatments that are removed to reduce 

hazardous fuels; to reduce or contain 

disease or insect infestation; or to 

restore ecosystem health; 

(B) would not otherwise be used for 

higher-value products; and 

(C) are harvested in accordance with 

applicable law and land management 

plans and the requirements for oldgrowth maintenance, restoration, and 

management direction of paragraphs 

(e)(2), (e)(3), and (e)(4) and large-tree 

retention of subsection (f) of section 102 

of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 

2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512); or 

(ii) any organic matter that is available 

on a renewable or recurring basis from 

non-Federal land or land belonging to 

an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in 

trust by the United States or subject to 

a restriction against alienation imposed 

by the United States, including: 

(A) renewable plant material, 

including feed grains; other agricultural 

commodities; other plants and trees; 

and algae; and 

(B) waste material, including crop 

residue; other vegetative waste material 

(including wood waste and wood 

residues); animal waste and byproducts 

(including fats, oils, greases, and 

manure); and food waste and yard 

waste. 

Renewable energy. Energy derived 

from: 

(i) a wind, solar, renewable biomass, 

ocean (including tidal, wave, current, 

and thermal), geothermal or 

hydroelectric source; or 

(ii) hydrogen derived from renewable 

biomass or water using wind, solar, 

ocean (including tidal, wave, current, 

and thermal), geothermal or 

hydroelectric energy sources. 

Renewable Energy Development 

Assistance. Assistance provided by 

eligible grantees to agricultural 

producers and rural small businesses to 

become more energy efficient and to use 

renewable energy technologies and 

resources. The renewable energy 

development assistance may consist of 

renewable energy site assessment and/or 

renewable energy technical assistance. 

Renewable energy technical 

assistance. Assistance provided to 

agricultural producers and rural small 

businesses on how to use renewable 

energy technologies and resources in 

their operations. 

Renewable energy site assessment. A 

report provided to an agricultural 

producer or rural small business 

providing recommendations and 

information regarding the use of 

renewable energy technologies in its 

operations. The report shall be prepared 

by a qualified consultant and evaluate a 

specific site or geographic area for 

potential use of one or more renewable 

energy technologies. Typically, the 

report will evaluate a potential 

renewable energy project with an 

estimated total cost of construction of 

less than $200,000. The evaluation shall 

be based on existing data, which may 

include data regarding existing and/or 

proposed structures, commercially 

available technologies, feed-stocks, and 

other renewable energy resources. The 

report will consider factors such as the 

site and the potential uses of renewable 

energy technology at the site. The report 

will not include information about any 

residential dwelling(s). 

Rural. Any area other than a city or 

town that has a population of greater 

than 50,000 inhabitants and the 

urbanized area contiguous and adjacent 

to such a city or town according to the 

latest decennial census of the United 

States. 

Small business. An entity considered 

a small business in accordance with the 

U.S. Small Business Administration’s 

(SBA) small business size standards 

found in Title 13 CFR part 121. A 

private entity, including a sole 

proprietorship, partnership, 

corporation, cooperative (including a 

cooperative qualified under section 

501(c)(12) of the Internal Revenue 

Code), and an electric utility, including 

a Tribal or governmental electric utility, 

that provides service to rural consumers 

on a cost-of-service basis without 

support from public funds or subsidy 

from the Government authority 

establishing the district, provided such 

utilities meet SBA’s definition of small 

business. These entities must operate 

independently of direct Government 

control. With the exception of the 

entities described above, all other nonprofit entities are excluded. 

Small hydropower. A hydropower 

project for which the rated power of the 

system is 30 megawatts or less. 

State. Any of the 50 states of the 

United States, the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 

American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, the 

Republic of Palau, the Federated States 

of Micronesia, or the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands. 

II. Funding Information 

A. Available Funds. The amount of 

grant funds available for energy audits 

and renewable energy development 

assistance in FY 2010 is $2.4 million. 

Based on the quality of the 

applications received under this REAP 

notice, the Agency reserves the right, at 

its discretion, to move funds from this 

Notice to fund applications received 

under the other two REAP notices. 

Conversely, the Agency may, at its 

discretion, move money for the other 

two REAP notices to fund applications 

received under this REAP notice if the 

quality and number of applicants merits 

it. The Agency’s ability to move funds 

is subject to the limitation contained in 

section 9007(c)(3)(B) of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2002, which limits funding for 

feasibility studies to not exceed more 

than 10 percent of the funds made 

available to carry out the total amount 

made available under the renewable 

energy system and energy efficiency 

improvements REAP notice and the 

feasibility study REAP notice. 

B. Number of Grants. The number of 

grants will depend on the number of 

eligible applicants participating in 

conducting energy audits and providing 

renewable energy development 

assistance. 

C. Range of Amounts of Each Grant. 

To ensure applications for energy audits 

and renewable energy development 

assistance will allow the maximum 

number of States to benefit from these 

projects under the Rural Energy for 

America Program, grants awarded to a 

single applicant will be limited to no 

more than $100,000 under this Notice. 

D. Type of Instrument. Grant. 

III. Eligibility Information 

Eligibility requirements for energy 

audit and renewable energy 

development assistance grants under the 

Rural Energy for America Program are: 

A. Applicant eligibility. To be eligible 

for an energy audit grant or a renewable 

energy development assistance grant 

under the Rural Energy for America 

Program, the applicant must meet each 

of the criteria, as applicable, set forth in 

paragraphs (1) through (4) in this 

section. The Agency will determine an 

applicant’s eligibility. 

(1) Type of applicant. The applicant 

must be one of the following: 

(i) A unit of State, tribal, or local 

government; 

(ii) A land-grant college or university 

or other institution of higher education; 

(iii) A rural electric cooperative; 

(iv) A public power entity; or 

(v) An instrumentality of a State, 

tribal, or local government. 

(2) Citizenship. The applicant must 

meet the requirements in paragraphs 

(2)(i) or (ii), as applicable, of this 

section. 

(i) If the applicant is an individual, 

the applicant must be a citizen or 

national of the United States (U.S.), the 

Republic of Palau, the Federated States 

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Marshall Islands, or American Samoa, 

or must reside in the U.S. after legal 

admittance for permanent residence. 

(ii) If the applicant is an entity other 

than an individual, the applicant must 

be at least 51 percent owned by persons 

who are either citizens or nationals of 

the U.S., the Republic of Palau, the 

Federated States of Micronesia, the 

Republic of the Marshall Islands, or 

American Samoa, or legally admitted 

permanent residents residing in the U.S. 

This paragraph is not applicable if the 

entity is owned solely by members of an 

immediate family. In such instance, if at 

least one of the immediate family 

members is a citizen or national, as 

defined in paragraph (2)(i) of this 

section, then the entity is eligible. 

(3) Capacity to perform. The applicant 

must have sufficient capacity to perform 

the energy audit or renewable energy 

development assistance activities 

proposed in the application to ensure 

success. The Agency will make this 

assessment based on the information 

provided in the application. 

(4) Legal authority and responsibility. 

Each applicant must have, or obtain, the 

legal authority necessary to carry out the 

purpose of the grant. 

(5) Ineligible applicants. Consistent 

with Departmental regulations, an 

applicant is ineligible if it is debarred or 

suspended or is otherwise excluded 

from or ineligible for participation in 

Federal assistance programs. Applicants 

will also be considered ineligible for a 

grant if they have an outstanding 

Federal judgment (other than one 

obtained in the U.S. Tax Court), are 

delinquent on the payment of Federal 

income taxes, or are delinquent on 

Federal debt. 

B. Project Eligibility. 

To be eligible for an energy audit or 

a renewable energy development 

assistance grant, the grant funds for a 

project must be used by the grant 

recipient to assist agricultural producers 

or rural small businesses in one or both 

of the purposes specified in paragraphs 

(1) and (2) below and shall also comply 

with paragraph (3) and, if applicable, 

paragraph (4). 

(1) Grant funds may be used to 

conduct and promote energy audits that 

meet the requirements of the energy 

audit as defined in this Notice. Energy 

audits must: 

(i) Include a narrative description of 

the facility or process being audited; its 

energy system(s) and usage; its activity 

profile; and the price per unit of energy 

(electricity, natural gas, propane, fuel 

oil, renewable energy, etc.) paid by the 

customer over the previous 12 months 

from the date of the audit. Any energy 

conversion data should be based on use 

and source. 

(ii) List specific information regarding 

all potential energy-saving opportunities 

and the associated cost. 

(iii) Discuss the possible interactions 

of the potential improvements with 

existing energy systems. 

(A) Estimate the annual energy and 

energy costs savings expected from each 

possible improvement recommended for 

the potential project. 

(B) Estimate all direct and attendant 

indirect costs of each improvement. 

(C) Rank potential improvement 

measures by cost-effectiveness. 

(iv) Provide a narrative summary of 

the potential improvement and its 

ability to provide needed benefits, 

including a discussion of nonenergy 

benefits such as project reliability and 

durability. 

(A) Provide preliminary specifications 

for critical components. 

(B) Provide preliminary drawings of 

project layout, including any related 

structural changes. 

(C) Document baseline data compared 

to projected consumption, together with 

any explanatory notes. When 

appropriate, show before-and-after data 

in terms of consumption per unit of 

production, time or area. Include at least 

1 year’s bills for those energy sources/ 

fuel types affected by this project. Also 

submit utility rate schedules, if 

appropriate. 

(D) Identify significant changes in 

future related operations and 

maintenance costs, including personhours. 

(E) Describe explicitly how outcomes 

will be measured annually. 

(2) Grant funds may be used to 

conduct and promote renewable energy 

development assistance by providing to 

agricultural producers and rural small 

businesses recommendations and 

information on how to improve the 

energy efficiency of their operations and 

to use renewable energy technologies 

and resources in their operations. 

(3) Energy audit assistance and 

renewable energy development 

assistance can be provided only to 

facilities located in rural areas. 

(4) For the purposes of this Notice, 

only small hydropower projects are 

eligible for energy audits and renewable 

energy development assistance. Per 

consultation with the U.S. Department 

of Energy, the Agency is defining small 

hydropower as having a rated power of 

30 megawatts or less, which includes 

hydropower projects commonly referred 

to as ‘‘micro-hydropower’’ and ‘‘minihydropower.’’ 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

A. Address To Request Application 

Applicants may obtain applications 

from the applicable Rural Development 

Energy Coordinators, as provided in the 

Addresses section of this Notice. 

Applicants planning to apply 

electronically must visit http:// 

www.grants.gov and follow the 

instructions. 

B. Content and Form of Submission 

Applicants must submit an original 

and one copy of the application to the 

Rural Development State Office in the 

State in which the applicant’s principal 

office is located. Applicants must 

submit complete applications, 

consisting of the following elements, in 

order to be considered: 

(1) Form SF–424, Application for 

Federal Assistance; 

(2) Form SF–424A, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs; 

(3) Form SF–424B, Assurances—NonConstruction Programs; 

(4) If an entity, copies of applicant’s 

organizational documents showing the 

applicant’s legal existence and authority 

to perform the activities under the grant; 

(5) A proposed scope of work, 

including a description of the proposed 

project, details of the proposed activities 

to be accomplished and timeframes for 

completion of each task, the number of 

months duration of the project, and the 

estimated time it will take from grant 

approval to beginning of project 

implementation. A written narrative to 

be used as the scope of work which 

includes, at a minimum, the following 

items: 

(i) An Executive Summary; 

(ii) The plan and schedule for 

implementation; 

(iii) The anticipated number of 

agricultural producers and/or rural 

small businesses to be served; 

(iv) An itemized budget—compute 

total cost per rural small business or 

agricultural producer served—matching 

funds should be clearly identified as 

cash; 

(v) The geographic scope of the 

proposed project; 

(vi) Applicant experience as follows: 

(A) If applying for a Renewable 

Energy Development Assistance grant, 

the applicant’s experience in 

completing similar renewable energy 

development assistance activities, 

including the number of similar projects 

the applicant has performed and the 

number of years the applicant has been 

performing a similar service; 

(B) If applying for an Energy Audit 

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assessments the applicant has 

completed and the number of years the 

applicant has been performing those 

services; and 

(C) For all applicants, the amount of 

experience in administering energy 

audit, renewable energy development 

assistance, or similar activities using 

State or Federal support; 

(vii) Applicant’s resources, including 

personnel, finances, and technology, to 

complete what is proposed. If 

submitting in multiple states, resources 

must be sufficient to complete all 

projects; 

(viii) Leveraging and commitment of 

other sources of funding being brought 

to the project (in addition to the 

required 25 percent contribution from 

the agricultural producer or rural small 

business for the cost of an energy audit). 

Leveraged funds should be clearly 

identified as cash and by source. 

Written documentation/confirmation 

from the party committing a specific 

amount of leveraged funds is required; 

(ix) Outreach activities/marketing 

efforts specific to conducting energy 

audit and renewable energy 

development assistance including: 

(A) Project title; 

(B) Goals of the project; 

(C) Identified need; 

(D) Target audience; 

(E) Timeline and type of activities/ 

action plan; and 

(F) Marketing strategies; 

(x) Method and rationale used to 

select the areas and businesses that will 

receive the service; 

(xi) Brief description of how the work 

will be performed, including whether 

organizational staff, consultants, or 

contractors will be used; 

(6) The most recent financial audit 

(not more than 18 months old) of the 

entity, or subdivision thereof, that will 

be performing the proposed work. If 

such an audit is not available, the latest 

financial information that shows the 

financial capacity of the entity, or 

subdivision thereof, to perform the 

proposed work. Such information may 

include, but is not limited to, the most 

recent year-end balance sheet, income 

statement, and other appropriate data 

that identify the entity’s resources; 

(7) A Dunn and Bradstreet Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number; and 

(8) Intergovernmental review 

comments from the State Single Point of 

Contact, or evidence that the State has 

elected not to review the project under 

Executive Order 12372. 

C. Submission Dates, Times, and 

Addresses 

Complete applications must be 

received in the appropriate USDA Rural 

Development State Office no later than 

4:30 p.m. local time July 26, 2010 to be 

considered for funding in FY 2010. 

Neither incomplete applications nor 

complete applications received after this 

date and time will be considered, 

regardless of the postmark on the 

application. 

Applicants may submit their 

applications either to the Rural 

Development Energy Coordinator in the 

State in which the applicant’s principal 

office is located or via http:// 

www.grants.gov. A list of Rural 

Development Energy Coordinators is 

provided in the Addresses section of 

this Notice. 

D. Intergovernmental Review 

The Rural Energy for America 

Program is subject to the provisions of 

the Executive Order 12372, which 

requires intergovernmental consultation 

with State and local officials. 

E. Funding limitations 

Grant funds awarded for energy audit 

and renewable energy development 

assistance projects may be used only to 

pay eligible project costs, as described 

in paragraph (1) below. Grant funds 

awarded for energy audits and 

renewable energy development 

assistance projects are prohibited from 

being used to pay costs associated with 

the items listed in paragraph (2) below. 

(1) Eligible project costs. Eligible 

project costs are those post-application 

expenses directly related to conducting 

and promoting energy audits and 

renewable energy development 

assistance, which include but are not 

limited to: 

(i) Salaries directly or indirectly 

related to the project; 

(ii) Travel expenses directly related to 

conducting energy audits or renewable 

energy development assistance; 

(iii) Office supplies (e.g., paper, pens, 

file folders); and 

(iv) Administrative expenses, up to a 

maximum of 5 percent of the grant, 

which include but are not limited to: 

(A) Utilities; 

(B) Office space; 

(C) Operation expenses of office and 

other project-related equipment (e.g., 

computers, cameras, printers, copiers, 

scanners); and 

(D) Expenses for outreach and 

marketing of the energy audit and 

renewable energy development 

assistance activities, including 

associated travel expenses. 

(2) Ineligible grant purposes. Grant 

funds may not be used to: 

(i) Pay for any construction-related 

activities; 

(ii) Purchase equipment; 

(iii) Pay any costs of preparing the 

application package for funding under 

this Notice; 

(iv) Pay any costs of the project 

incurred prior to the application date of 

the grant made under this Notice; 

(v) Fund political or lobbying 

activities; 

(vi) Pay for assistance to any private 

business enterprise which does not meet 

the requirements of paragraph III.A(2) of 

this Notice; and 

(vii) Pay any judgment or debt owed 

to the United States. 

(3) Funding limitations. The following 

funding limitations apply. 

(i) Maximum grant amount. The 

maximum aggregate amount of grants 

awarded to any one recipient under this 

Notice cannot exceed $100,000. 

(ii) Energy audits. A recipient of a 

grant under this Notice that conducts an 

energy audit shall require that, as a 

condition of the energy audit, the 

agricultural producer or rural small 

business pay at least 25 percent of the 

cost of the energy audit. Further, the 

amount paid by the agricultural 

producer or rural small business will be 

retained by the recipient as a 

contribution towards the cost of the 

energy audit. 

V. Grant Provisions 

This section identifies the process and 

procedures the Agency will use to 

process and select applications, award 

grants, and administer grants. 

A. Processing and Scoring Applications 

(1) Application review. Upon receipt 

of an application, the Agency will 

conduct a review to determine if the 

applicant and project are eligible. The 

Agency will notify the applicant in 

writing of the Agency’s findings. If the 

Agency has determined that either the 

applicant or project is ineligible, it will 

include in the notification the reason(s) 

for its determination(s). 

(2) Incomplete applications. 

Incomplete applications will be 

rejected. Applicants will be informed of 

the elements that made the application 

incomplete. If a resubmitted application 

is received by the applicable application 

deadline, the Agency will reconsider the 

application. 

(3) Subsequent ineligibility 

determinations. If at any time an 

application is determined to be 

ineligible, the Agency will notify the 

applicant in writing of its 

determination, and processing of the 

application will cease. 

(4) Application withdrawal. During 

the period between the submission of an 

application and the execution of 

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the Agency, in writing, if the project is 

no longer viable or the applicant no 

longer is requesting financial assistance 

for the project. When the applicant so 

notifies the Agency, the selection will 

be rescinded or the application 

withdrawn. 

(5) Application deadline. Each 

complete and eligible application 

received by the applicable Rural 

Development State office by 4:30 p.m. 

local time July 26, 2010 will be scored. 

Any application received by the 

applicable Rural Development State 

office after 4:30 p.m. local time will not 

be considered. 

(6) Scoring. The Agency will score 

each application using the following 

criteria, with a maximum score of 100 

points possible. 

(i) Project proposal (maximum score 

of 10 points). The applicant will be 

scored based on its in-house ability to 

conduct audits versus using third party 

auditing organizations as illustrated in 

the application. 

(A) If the applicant proposes to use at 

least 51 percent of the awarded funding 

to employ internal, qualified auditors 

and/or renewable energy specialists for 

program implementation, up to 10 

points will be awarded as follows: 

(1) If the percentage is between 51 

percent and 75 percent, 5 points will be 

awarded. 

(2) If the percentage is more than 75 

percent, 10 points will be awarded. 

(B) If the applicant proposes to use 

less than 51 percent of the awarded 

funding to employ internal, qualified 

auditors and/or renewable energy 

specialists for program implementation, 

zero points will be awarded. 

(ii) Use of Grant Funds for 

Administrative Expenses (maximum 

score of 10 points). Grantees selected to 

participate may use up to 5 percent of 

their award for administrative expenses. 

(A) If the applicant proposes to use 

none of the grant funds for 

Administrative Expenses, 10 points will 

be awarded. 

(B) If the applicant proposes to use a 

portion (up to 5 percent) of the grant 

funds for Administrative Expenses, zero 

points will be awarded. 

(iii) Applicant’s organizational 

experience in completing proposed 

activity (maximum score of 15 points). 

The applicant will be scored on the 

experience of the organization in 

meeting the benchmarks below. This 

means that an organization must have 

been in business and provided services 

as noted in the scoring requirements. An 

organization’s experience must be 

documented with references and 

resumes. Points will be awarded as 

follows: 

(A) More than 3 years of experience, 

15 points will be awarded. 

(B) At least 2 years and up to and 

including 3 years of experience, 10 

points will be awarded. 

(C) At least 1 year but less than 2 

years of experience, 5 points will be 

awarded. 

(D) Less than 1 year of experience, 

zero points will be awarded. 

(iv) Geographic scope of project in 

relation to identified need (maximum 

score of 10 points). 

(A) If the applicant’s proposed or 

existing rural service area is State-wide 

or includes all or parts of multiple 

states, and the marketing and outreach 

plan has identified needs throughout 

that service area, 10 points will be 

awarded. 

(B) If the applicant’s proposed or 

existing rural service area consists of 

multiple counties in a single State and 

the marketing and outreach plan has 

identified needs throughout that service 

area, 7.5 points will be awarded. 

(C) If the applicant’s rural service area 

consists of a single county or 

municipality and the marketing and 

outreach plan has identified needs 

throughout that service area, 5 points 

will be awarded. 

(v) Number of agricultural producers/ 

rural small businesses to be served 

(maximum score of 15 points). 

(A) If the applicant plans to provide 

audits to ultimate recipients with 

average audit costs of $1,000 or less, 15 

points will be awarded. 

(B) If the applicant plans to provide 

audits to ultimate recipients with 

average audit costs over $1,000 but less 

than $1,500, 10 points will be awarded. 

(C) If the applicant plans to provide 

audits to ultimate recipients with 

average audit costs of at least $1,500 but 

less than $2,000, 5 points will be 

awarded. 

(vi) Potential of project to produce 

energy savings and its attending 

environmental benefits (maximum score 

of 25 points). Applicants can be 

awarded points under both paragraphs 

(vi)(A) and (B). 

(A) If the applicant has an existing 

program that can demonstrate the 

achievement of energy savings with the 

agricultural producers and/or rural 

small businesses it has served, 13 points 

will be awarded. 

(B) If the applicant provides evidence 

that it has received awards in 

recognition of its renewable energy, 

energy savings, or energy-based 

technical assistance, up to 12 points 

will be awarded based on number of 

awards and rigorousness of the 

competition for each award. 

(vii) Marketing and outreach plan 

(maximum score of 10 points). If the 

applicant includes in the application a 

marketing and outreach plan and 

provides a satisfactory discussion of 

each of the following criteria, two points 

for each of the following will be 

awarded: 

(A) The goals of the project; 

(B) Identified need; 

(C) Target beneficiaries; 

(D) Timeline and action plan; and 

(E) Marketing strategies and 

supporting data for strategies. 

(viii) Level and commitment of other 

funds for the project (not including the 

25 percent required contribution from 

ultimate recipients for the cost of an 

energy audit) (maximum score of 5 

points). 

(A) If the applicant proposes to 

leverage grant funding with 50 percent 

or more in non-State and non-federal 

government matching funds for the 

subject grant, and has a written 

commitment for those funds, 5 points 

will be awarded. 

(B) If the applicant proposes to 

leverage grant funding with less than 50 

percent but more than 20 percent in 

non-State and non-federal government 

matching funds for the subject grant, 

and has a written commitment for those 

funds, 2 points will be awarded. 

(C) If the applicant proposes less than 

20 percent in non-State and non-federal 

government matching funds, zero points 

will be awarded. 

B. Award Process 

Applications will be scored by the 

State Offices and submitted to the 

National Office for review. 

(1) Submission to National Office. To 

ensure the equitable geographic 

distribution of funds, the two highest 

scoring applications from each State, 

based on the scoring criteria established 

under paragraph V.A(6), will be 

submitted to National Office to compete 

for funding. 

(2) Ranking of applications. All 

applications submitted to the National 

Office will be ranked. All applications 

that are ranked will be considered for 

selection for funding. 

(3) Selection of applications for 

funding. 

(i) Using the ranking created under 

paragraph B(2) of this section, the 

Agency will consider the score an 

application has received compared to 

the scores of other ranked applications, 

with higher scoring applications 

receiving first consideration for funding. 

(ii) If after the majority of applications 

have been funded, insufficient funds 

remain to fund the next highest scoring 

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fund a lower scoring application. Before 

this occurs, the Administrator, as 

applicable, will provide the applicant of 

the higher scoring application the 

opportunity to reduce the amount of its 

grant request to the amount of funds 

available. If the applicant agrees to 

lower its grant request, it must certify 

that the purposes of the project can be 

met, and the Administrator must 

determine the project is financially 

feasible at the lower amount. 

(iii) The Agency will notify, in 

writing, applicants whose applications 

have been selected for funding. 

(4) Disposition of ranked applications 

not funded. Based on the availability of 

funding, a ranked application may not 

be funded in the fiscal year in which it 

was submitted. Such ranked 

applications will not be carried forward 

into the next fiscal year and the Agency 

will notify the applicant in writing. 

(5) Intergovernmental review. If State 

or local governments raise objections to 

a proposed project under the 

intergovernmental review process that 

are not resolved within 90 days of the 

Agency’s selection of the application, 

the Agency will rescind the selection 

and will provide the applicant with a 

written notice to that effect. The 

Agency, in its sole discretion, may 

extend the 90-day period if it appears 

resolution is imminent. 

C. Actions Prior To Grant Closing 

(1) Changes in project cost or scope. 

If there is a significant reduction in 

project cost or changes in project scope, 

then the applicant’s funding needs, 

eligibility, and scoring, as applicable, 

will be reassessed. Decreases in Agency 

funds will be based on revised project 

costs and other selection factors; 

however, other factors, including 

Agency regulations used at the time of 

grant approval, will remain the same. 

Obligated grant funds not needed to 

complete the project will be deobligated. 

(2) Evidence of and disbursement of 

other funds. Applicants expecting funds 

from other sources for use in completing 

projects being partially financed with 

Agency funds must have these funds 

from other such sources prior to grant 

closing. Agency funds will not be 

expended in advance of funds 

committed to the project from other 

sources without prior Agency approval. 

D. Letter of Conditions and Grant 

Agreement 

(1) Letter of conditions. The Agency 

will notify the approved applicant in 

writing, setting out the conditions under 

which the grant will be made. The 

notice will include those matters 

necessary to ensure that the proposed 

grant is completed in accordance with 

the terms of the scope of work and 

budget, that grant funds are expended 

for authorized purposes, and that the 

applicable requirements prescribed in 

the relevant Departmental regulations 

are complied with. The Letter of 

Conditions will be sent to the applicant. 

(2) Applicant’s intent to meet 

conditions. Upon reviewing the 

conditions and requirements in the 

letter of conditions, the applicant must 

complete, sign, and return Form RD 

1942–46, ‘‘Letter of Intent to Meet 

Conditions,’’ to the Agency; or if certain 

conditions cannot be met, the applicant 

may propose alternate conditions to the 

Agency. The Agency must concur with 

any changes proposed to the letter of 

conditions by the applicant before the 

application will be further processed. 

(3) Grant agreement, forms, and 

certifications. Prior to grant approval, 

the applicant must complete, sign, and 

return a grant agreement (published at 

the end of this Notice). In addition, the 

following forms, which will be attached 

to the letter of conditions referenced in 

paragraph V.D(1) of this Notice, and 

certifications must be submitted prior to 

grant approval: 

(A) Form RD 1942–46; 

(B) Form AD–1047, ‘‘Certification 

Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and 

Other Responsibility Matters—Primary 

Covered Transactions’’; 

(C) Form AD–1048, ‘‘Certification 

Regarding Debarment, Suspension, 

Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion— 

Lower Tier Covered Transactions,’’ 

including certification from any person 

or entity that the applicant does 

business with as a result of this 

government assistance that they are not 

debarred or suspended from government 

assistance; 

(D) Form AD–1049, ‘‘Certification 

Regarding Drug-Free Workplace 

Requirements (Grants) Alternative I— 

For Grantees Other Than Individuals’’; 

(E) Form SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure Form to 

Report Lobbying’’ or Exhibit A–1 of RD 

Instruction 1940–Q, ‘‘Certification for 

Contracts, Grants, and Loans’’; and 

(F) Form RD 400–4, ‘‘Assurance 

Agreement.’’ 

(4) Grant approval. Form RD 1940–1 

must be signed by the applicant. 

(i) The applicant will be sent a copy 

of the executed Form RD 1940–1, the 

approved scope of work, and a grant 

agreement (published at the end of this 

Notice). The grant will be considered 

closed on the obligation date. 

(ii) The grantee must abide by all 

requirements contained in the Grant 

Agreement, this Notice, and any other 

applicable Federal statutes or 

regulations. Failure to follow these 

requirements may result in termination 

of the grant and adoption of other 

available remedies. 

E. Fund Disbursement 

The Agency will determine, based on 

the applicable Departmental regulations, 

whether disbursement of a grant will be 

by advance or reimbursement. A SF– 

270, ‘‘Request for Advance or 

Reimbursement,’’ must be completed by 

the grantee and submitted to the Agency 

no more often than monthly to request 

either advance or reimbursement of 

funds. Upon receipt of a properly 

completed SF–270, the funds will be 

requested through the field office 

terminal system. Ordinarily, payment 

will be made within 30 days after 

receipt of a proper request for advance 

or reimbursement. 

F. Use of Remaining Funds 

Funds remaining after all costs 

incident to the basic project have been 

paid or provided for are to be handled 

as specified in this section. 

(1) Remaining funds are not to 

include grantee contributions. 

(2) Remaining funds may be used 

based on prior approval by the Agency 

for eligible grant purposes, provided: 

(i) the use will not result in major 

changes to the project; 

(ii) the purpose of the grant remains 

the same; and 

(iii) the project remains within its 

original scope. 

(3) Grant funds not expended within 

24 months from date of the grant 

agreement will be cancelled by the 

Agency. Prior to the actual cancellation, 

the Agency will notify the grantee, in 

writing, of the Agency’s intent to cancel 

the remaining funds. 

G. Monitoring and Reporting Project 

Performance 

(1) Monitoring of projects. Grantees 

are responsible for ensuring that all 

activities are performed within the 

approved scope of work and that funds 

are only used for approved purposes. 

Grantees shall constantly monitor 

performance to ensure that time 

schedules are being met, projected work 

by time periods is being accomplished, 

financial resources are appropriately 

expended by contractors (if applicable), 

and any other performance objectives 

identified in the scope of work are being 

achieved. To the extent that resources 

are available, the Agency will monitor 

grantees to ensure that activities are 

performed in accordance with the 

Agency-approved scope of work and to 

ensure that funds are expended for 

approved purposes. The Agency’s 


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monitoring of Grantees neither relieves 

the Grantee of its responsibilities to 

ensure that activities are performed 

within the scope of work approved by 

the Agency and that funds are expended 

for approved purposes only nor 

provides recourse or a defense to the 

Grantee should the Grantee conduct 

unapproved activities, engage in 

unethical conduct, engage in activities 

that are or give the appearance of a 

conflict of interest, or expend funds for 

unapproved purposes. 

(2) Federal financial reports. A SF– 

425, ‘‘Federal Financial Report,’’ and a 

project performance report will be 

required of all grantees on a semiannual 

basis. The grantee will complete the 

project within the total sums available 

to it, including the grant, in accordance 

with the scope of work and any 

necessary modifications thereof 

prepared by grantee and approved by 

the Agency. 

(3) Performance reports. Grantees 

must submit to the Agency, in writing, 

semiannual performance reports and a 

final performance report, once all 

project activities are completed. 

Grantees are to submit an original of 

each report to the Agency. 

(i) Semiannual performance reports. 

Project performance reports shall 

include, but not be limited to, the 

following: 

(A) A comparison of actual 

accomplishments to the objectives 

established for that period (e.g., the 

number of audits performed, number of 

recipients of renewable energy 

development assistance); 

(B) A list of recipients, each 

recipient’s location, and each recipient’s 

North American Industry Classification 

System code; 

(C) Problems, delays, or adverse 

conditions, if any, that have in the past 

or will in the future affect attainment of 

overall project objectives, prevent 

meeting time schedules or objectives, or 

preclude the attainment of particular 

project work elements during 

established time periods. This 

disclosure shall be accompanied by a 

statement of the action taken or planned 

to resolve the situation; 

(D) Percentage of financial resources 

expended on contractors; and 

(E) Objectives and timetable 

established for the next reporting 

period. 

(ii) Final performance report. A final 

performance report will be required 

with the final Federal Financial Report 

within 90 days after project completion. 

In addition to the information required 

under paragraph (3)(i) above, the final 

performance report must contain the 

information specified in paragraphs 

(3)(ii)(A) and (3)(ii)(B) below, as 

applicable, of this section. 

(A) For energy audit projects, the final 

performance report must provide 

complete information regarding: 

(1) the number of audits conducted, 

(2) a list of recipients (agricultural 

producers and rural small businesses) 

with each recipient’s North American 

Industry Classification System code, 

(3) the location of each recipient, 

(4) the cost of each audit, 

(5) the expected energy saved for each 

audit conducted if the audit is 

implemented, and 

(6) the percentage of financial 

resources expended on contractors. 

(B) For renewable energy 

development assistance projects, the 

final performance report must provide 

complete information regarding: 

(1) a list of recipients with each 

recipient’s North American Industry 

Classification System code, 

(2) the location of each recipient, 

(3) the expected renewable energy 

that would be generated if the projects 

were implemented, and 

(4) the percentage of financial 

resources expended on contractors. 

(4) Final status report. One year after 

submittal of the final semiannual 

performance report, the Grantee will 

provide the Agency a final status report 

on the number of projects that are 

proceeding with one or all of the 

Grantee’s recommendations, including 

the amount of energy saved and the 

amount of renewable energy generated, 

as applicable. 

(5) Other reports. The Agency may 

request any additional project and/or 

performance data for the project for 

which grant funds have been received. 

H. Financial Management System and 

Records 

(1) The grantee will provide for 

Financial Management Systems that 

will include: 

(i) Accurate, current, and complete 

disclosure of the financial result of each 

grant. 

(ii) Records that identify adequately 

the source and application of funds for 

grant-supporting activities, together 

with documentation to support the 

records. Those records shall contain 

information pertaining to grant awards 

and authorizations, obligations, 

unobligated balances, assets, liabilities, 

outlays, and income. 

(iii) Effective control over and 

accountability for all funds. Grantee 

shall adequately safeguard all such 

assets and shall ensure that funds are 

used solely for authorized purposes. 

(2) The grantee will retain financial 

records, supporting documents, 

statistical records, and all other records 

pertinent to the grant for a period of at 

least 3 years after completion of grant 

activities except that the records shall 

be retained beyond the 3-year period if 

audit findings have not been resolved or 

if directed by the United States. 

Microfilm copies may be substituted in 

lieu of original records. The Agency and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States, or any of their duly authorized 

representatives, shall have access to any 

books, documents, papers, and records 

of the grantee which are pertinent to the 

specific grant for the purpose of making 

audit, examination, excerpts, and 

transcripts. 

I. Audit Requirements 

Grantees must provide an annual 

audit in accordance with 7 CFR part 

3052. 

J. Grant Servicing 

Grants will be serviced in accordance 

with Departmental regulations and 7 

CFR part 1951, subparts E and O. 

Grantees will permit periodic inspection 

of the project operations by a 

representative of the Agency. 

K. Programmatic Changes 

The Grantee shall obtain prior Agency 

approval for any change to the scope or 

objectives of the approved project. 

Failure to obtain prior approval of 

changes to the scope of work or budget 

may result in suspension, termination, 

and recovery of grant funds. 

L. Transfer of Obligations 

Subject to Agency approval, an 

obligation of funds established for a 

grantee may be transferred to a different 

(substituted) grantee provided: 

(1) The substituted grantee 

(i) is eligible; 

(ii) has a close and genuine 

relationship with the original grantee; 

and 

(iii) has the authority to receive the 

assistance approved for the original 

grantee; and 

(2) The need, purpose(s), and scope of 

the project for which the Agency funds 

will be used remain substantially 

unchanged. 

M. Grant Close out and Related 

Activities 

In addition to the requirements 

specified in the Departmental 

regulations, failure to submit 

satisfactory reports on time under the 

provisions of Section V.G., Monitoring 

and Reporting Project Performance, may 

result in the suspension or termination 

of a grant. The provisions of this section 

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VI. Administration Information 

A. Notice of Eligibility 

If an applicant is determined by the 

Agency to be eligible for participation, 

the Agency will notify the applicant in 

writing. If an applicant is determined by 

the Agency to be ineligible, the Agency 

will notify the applicant, in writing, as 

to the reason(s) the applicant was 

rejected. Such applicant will have 

review and appeal rights as specified in 

this Section. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

(1) Review and appeal rights. A 

person may seek a review of an Agency 

decision under this Notice from the 

appropriate Agency official that 

oversees the program in question and 

appeal to the National Appeals Division 

in accordance with 7 CFR part 11. 

(2) Notification of unfavorable 

decisions. If at any time prior to grant 

approval it is decided that favorable 

action will not be taken on an 

application, the State Director will 

notify the applicant in writing of the 

decision and of the reasons why the 

request was not favorably considered. 

The notification will inform applicant of 

its rights to an informal review, 

mediation, and appeal of the decision in 

accordance with 7 CFR part 11. 

C. Exception Authority 

Except as specified in paragraphs (1) 

through (3) below, the Administrator 

may make exceptions to any 

requirement or provision of this Notice, 

if such exception is in the best interests 

of the Federal Government and is 

otherwise not in conflict with 

applicable laws. 

(1) Applicant eligibility. No exception 

to applicant eligibility can be made. 

(2) Project eligibility. No exception to 

project eligibility can be made. 

(3) Rural area definition. No 

exception to the definition of rural area 

can be made. 

D. Member or Delegate Clause 

No member of or delegate to Congress 

shall receive any share or part of this 

grant or any benefit that may arise 

therefrom; but this provision shall not 

be construed to bar as a contractor 

under the grant a publicly held 

corporation whose ownership might 

include a member of Congress. 

E. Environmental Review 

All grants made under this subpart are 

subject to the requirements of 7 CFR 

part 1940, subpart G. Applications for 

financial assistance for planning 

purposes or management and feasibility 

studies are categorically excluded from 

the environmental review process by 7 

CFR 1940.310(e)(1). 

F. Other USDA Regulations 

Energy audit and renewable energy 

development assistance projects funded 

under this Notice are subject to the 

provisions of the Departmental 

regulations, as applicable, which are 

incorporated by reference herein. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Notice Contact. For information about 

this Notice, please contact the Energy 

Branch, USDA Rural Development, 

STOP 3225, Room 6870, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3225. 

Telephone: (202) 720–1400. 

For assistance on energy audit and 

renewable energy development 

assistance grants, please contact the 

applicable Rural Development Energy 

Coordinator, as provided in the 

Addresses section of this Notice. 

VIII. Non-Discrimination Statement 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, and where applicable, sex, 

marital status, familial status, parental 

status, religion, sexual orientation, 

genetic information, political beliefs, 

reprisal, or because all or part of an 

individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice and TDD). To file a 

complaint of discrimination, write to 

USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

(800) 795–3272 (voice) or (202) 720– 

6382 (TDD). ‘‘USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider and employer.’’ 

IX. Civil Rights Compliance 

Requirements 

All grants made under this Notice are 

subject to title VI of the Civil Rights Act 

of 1964, 7 CFR part 1901, subpart E, and 

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973. 

Dated: May 19, 2010. 

Judith A. Canales, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

Energy Audit and Renewable Energy 

Development Assistance Grant Agreement 

This Grant Agreement (Agreement) is a 

contract for receipt of grant funds of 

$llllll, under the Rural Energy for 

America program, Title IX, Section 9001 of 

the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (Pub.L. 110–234), between 

llllllllll(Grantee) and the 

United States of America acting through 

Rural Development, Department of 

Agriculture (Grantor). All references herein 

to ‘‘Project’’ refer to an energy audit project 

and/or renewable energy development 

assistance project identified in the scope of 

work submitted with the application. Should 

actual project costs be lower than projected 

in the scope of work, the final amount of the 

grant may be adjusted. 

A. Assurance Agreement 

Grantee assures Grantor that Grantee is in 

compliance with and will comply in the 

course of the Agreement with all applicable 

laws, regulations, Executive Orders, and 

other generally applicable requirements, 

including those contained in the 

Departmental regulations as codified in 7 

CFR parts 3000 through 3099, including but 

not necessarily limited to 7 CFR parts 3015 

through 3019, 7 CFR part 3021, and 7 CFR 

part 3052, and successor regulations to these 

parts, which are incorporated into this 

agreement by reference, any applicable 

Notices published in the Federal Register, 

and such other statutory provisions as are 

specifically contained herein. 

Grantee and Grantor agree to all of the 

terms and provisions of any policy or 

regulations promulgated under Title IX, 

Section 9001 of the Food, Conservation, and 

Energy Act of 2008. Any application 

submitted by Grantee for this grant, including 

any attachments or amendments, is 

incorporated and included as part of this 

Agreement. Any changes to these documents 

or this Agreement must be approved in 

writing by Grantor. 

Grantor may suspend and/or terminate the 

grant in whole, or in part, at any time before 

the date of completion, whenever it is 

determined that Grantee has failed to comply 

with the conditions of this Agreement. 

B. Use of Grant Funds 

Grantee will use grant funds and leveraged 

funds only for the purposes and tasks 

included in the application and budget 

approved by Grantor. The approved Budget 

and approved use of funds are further 

described in the Grantor Letter of Conditions 

and amendments or supplements thereto. 

Any uses not provided for in the approved 

budget must be approved in writing by 

Grantor. 

C. Civil Rights Compliance 

Grantee will comply with Executive Order 

12898, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. This shall include collection and 

maintenance of data on the race, sex, 

disability, and national origin of Grantee’s 

membership/ownership and employees. 

These data must be available to Grantor in its 

conduct of Civil Rights Compliance Reviews, 

which will be conducted prior to grant 

closing and 3 years later, unless the final 

disbursement of grant funds has occurred 

prior to that date. 


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D. Financial Management Systems 

1. Grantee will provide a Financial 

Management System in accordance with 

Departmental regulations as codified in 7 

CFR parts 3000 through 3099, including but 

not necessarily limited to 7 CFR parts 3015 

through 3019, 7 CFR part 3021, and 7 CFR 

part 3052, and successor regulations to these 

parts, including but not limited to: 

(i) Records that identify adequately the 

source and application of funds for grantsupported activities. Those records shall 

contain information pertaining to grant 

awards and authorizations, obligations, 

unobligated balances, assets, liabilities, 

outlays, and income; 

(ii) Effective control over and 

accountability for all funds, property, and 

other assets. Grantees shall adequately 

safeguard all such assets and ensure that they 

are used solely for authorized purposes; 

(iii) Accounting records prepared in 

accordance with generally accepted 

accounting principles (GAAP) and supported 

by source documentation; and 

(iv) Grantee tracking of fund usage and 

records that show matching funds and grant 

funds are used proportionally. Grantee will 

provide verifiable documentation regarding 

matching funds usage, i.e., bank statements 

or copies of funding obligations from the 

matching source. 

2. Grantee will retain financial records, 

supporting documents, statistical records, 

and all other records pertinent to the grant 

for a period of at least 3 years after 

completion of grant activities, except that the 

records shall be retained beyond the 3-year 

period if audit findings have not been 

resolved or if directed by the United States. 

Grantor and the Comptroller General of the 

United States, or any of their duly authorized 

representatives, shall have access to any 

books, documents, papers, and records of 

Grantee which are pertinent to the grant for 

the purpose of making audits, examinations, 

excerpts, and transcripts. 

E. Procurement 

Grantee will comply with the applicable 

procurement requirements of 7 CFR part 

3015 regarding standards of conduct, open 

and free competition, access to contractor 

records, and equal employment opportunity 

requirements. 

F. Reporting 

1. Grantee will after grant approval through 

project completion: 

(i) Provide periodic reports as required by 

Grantor. A federal financial report and a 

project performance report will be required 

on a semiannual basis (due 30 working days 

after end of the semiannual period). For the 

purposes of this grant, semiannual periods 

end on June 30 and December 31. The federal 

financial report must show how grant funds 

and leveraged funds have been used to date 

and project the funds needed and their 

purposes for the next quarter. Grantee shall 

constantly monitor performance to ensure 

that time schedules are being met and 

projected goals by time periods are being 

accomplished. The project performance 

reports shall include the following: 

(A) Semiannual performance reports. 

Project performance reports shall include, 

but not be limited to, the following: 

(1) A comparison of actual 

accomplishments to the objectives 

established for that period (e.g., the number 

of audits performed, number of recipients of 

renewable energy development assistance); 

(2) A list of recipients, each recipient’s 

location, and each recipient’s North 

American Industry Classification System 

code; 

(3) 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 

project work elements during established 

time periods. This disclosure shall be 

accompanied by a statement of the action 

taken or planned to resolve the situation; 

(4) Percentage of financial resources 

expended on contractors; and 

(5) Objectives and timetable established for 

the next reporting period. 

(B) Final performance report. A final 

performance report will be required with the 

final federal financial Report. 

(1) For energy audit projects, the final 

performance report must provide the 

information required in a semiannual 

performance report; complete information 

regarding the number of audits conducted; a 

list of recipients with each recipient’s North 

American Industry Classification System 

code; the location of each recipient; the cost 

of each audit; the expected energy saved for 

each audit conducted if the audit is 

implemented; the number of jobs created and 

saved for an agricultural producer or rural 

small business, as applicable, as a result of 

the grant; and the percentage of financial 

resources expended on contractors. 

(2) For renewable energy development 

assistance projects, the final performance 

report must provide the information required 

in a semiannual performance report; a list of 

recipients with each recipient’s North 

American Industry Classification System 

code; the location of each recipient; the 

expected renewable energy that would be 

generated if the projects were implemented; 

and the percentage of financial resources 

expended on contractors. 

(ii) For the year(s) in which grant funds are 

received, Grantee will provide an annual 

financial statement to Grantor. 

2. Grantee will, after project completion: 

(i) Allow Grantor access to the records and 

performance information obtained under the 

scope of the project; and 

(ii) One year after submittal of the final 

semiannual performance report, Grantee will 

provide Grantor a final status report on the 

number of projects that are proceeding with 

one or all of Grantee’s recommendations, 

including the amount of energy saved and 

the amount of renewable energy generated, as 

applicable. 

G. Grant Disbursement 

Unless required by funding partners to be 

provided on a pro rata basis with other 

funding sources, grant funds will be 

disbursed after all other funding sources have 

been expended. 

1. Requests for reimbursement may be 

submitted monthly or more frequently if 

authorized to do so by Grantor. Ordinarily, 

payment will be made within 30 days after 

receipt of a proper request for 

reimbursement. 

2. Grantee shall not request reimbursement 

for the Federal share of amounts withheld 

from contractors to ensure satisfactory 

completion of work until after it makes those 

payments. 

3. Payment shall be made by electronic 

funds transfer. 

4. Standard Form 270, ‘‘Request for 

Advance or Reimbursement,’’ or other format 

prescribed by Grantor shall be used to 

request Grant reimbursements. 

H. Use of Remaining Grant Funds 

Grant funds not expended within 24 

months from date of this agreement will be 

cancelled by Grantor. Prior to the actual 

cancellation, Grantor will notify Grantee, in 

writing, of Grantor’s intent to cancel the 

remaining funds. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantee has this 

day authorized and caused this Agreement to 

be signed in its name and its corporate seal 

to be hereunto affixed and attested by its 

duly authorized officer(s), and Grantor has 

caused this Agreement to be duly executed 

in its behalf by 

GRANTOR: 

[SEAL] lllllllllllllllll

Name: 

Title: 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

lllllllllllllllllllll

Date 

GRANTEE: 

[SEAL] lllllllllllllllll

Name: 

Title: 

lllllllllllllllllllll

Date 

[FR Doc. 2010–12583 Filed 5–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Northern New Mexico Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Northern New Mexico 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 

committee is meeting as authorized 

under the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self-Determination Act of 

2000 (Pub. L. 110–343) and in 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 

§§ 1–15, October 6, 1972, as amended 

1976, 1980 and 1982). The purpose is to 

hold the first meeting of the newly 

formed committee. 


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