Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 106 / Thursday, June 3, 2010 / Notices 31413 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 200. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,203. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13330 Filed 6–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

Request for Extension and Revision of 

a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation, Risk Management Agency 

(RMA), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35) this notice 

announces the Risk Management 

Agency’s intention to request an 

extension and revision to a currently 

approved information collection for 

Notice of Funds Availability— 

Community Outreach and Assistance 

Partnership Program. 

DATES: Comments on this notice will be 

accepted until close of business, August 

2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• By Mail to: David Wiggins or Jay 

Howard-Brock, Civil Rights and 

Community Outreach, USDA/RMA, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

6714–S, Stop 0809, Washington, DC 

20250–0809. 

• E–Mail: 

David.Wiggins@rma.usda.gov, or 

Jacquea.Howard-Brock@rma.usda.gov. 

All comments will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address. All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact David Wiggins or Jay HowardBrock, Civil Rights and Community 

Outreach, USDA/RMA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

6714–S, Stop 0809, Washington, DC 

20250–0809, telephone (202) 690–4789 

or 202–690–2686. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Notice of Funds Availability— 

Community Outreach and Assistance 

Partnership Program. 

OMB Number: 0563–0066. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation administers cooperative 

agreements that will be used to provide 

outreach and assistance to under-served 

agricultural producers such as women, 

limited resource, socially disadvantaged 

and other traditionally under served 

farmers and ranchers (under-served 

agricultural producers). With this 

submission, RMA seeks to obtain OMB’s 

approval for an information collection 

project that will assist RMA in operating 

and evaluating these programs. The 

primary objective of the information 

collection projects is to enable RMA to 

better evaluate the performance capacity 

and plans of organizations that are 

applying for funds for cooperative 

agreements for the Community Outreach 

and Assistance Partnership Program. 

This information collection package 

will be used for evaluating applications 

and awarding partnership agreements, 

applicants are required to submit 

materials and information necessary to 

evaluate and rate the merit of proposed 

projects and evaluate the capacity and 

qualification of the organization to 

complete the project. 

Estimate of Burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 6 

hours per response for new applications 

and 4 hours for renewal applications. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Education institutions, community 

based and cooperative organizations, 

and non-profit organizations. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 120. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 120. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 1,160 hours. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection information; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

use, as appropriate, of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

collection technologies, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on May 27, 

2010. 

William J. Murphy, 

Manager, Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13253 Filed 6–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business—Cooperative Service 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

Inviting Applications for the Rural 

Microentrepreneur Assistance 

Program 

AGENCY: Rural Business—Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Notice announces the 

availability of $45.1 million in program 

level to support rural 

mircoentrepreneurship in rural America 

and solicits applications for funds 

available under the Rural 

Microentrepreneur Assistance Program 

to provide direct loans, technical 

assistance grants, and technical 

assistance-only grants to 

microdevelopment organizations to 

support the development and ongoing 

success of rural microentrepreneurs and 

microenterprises. The Agency will make 

awards on a quarterly basis. In the 

event, as expected in the first quarter, 

all program funds are not awarded in a 

quarter, the remaining funds will be 

carried over to the subsequent quarter. 

DATES: Applications for participating in 

this Program will be accepted on an ongoing basis, but will be awarded on a 

quarterly basis. For Fiscal Year 2010, 

applications must be received by July 

16, 2010 for consideration for award 

under Fiscal Year 2010 and September 

30, 2010 for consideration for award for 

funds available in Fiscal Year 2010, but 

not obligated. 

ADDRESSES: Applications and forms may 

be obtained from any Rural 

Development State Office. Applicants 

must submit an original complete 

application to the USDA Rural 

Development National Office and 

provide a copy of the application 

package to the USDA Rural 

Development State Office in the state 

where the applicant’s project is located. 

The National Office address and a list of 

the USDA Rural Development State 

Offices addresses and telephone 

numbers are listed below. 

Note: Telephone numbers listed are 

not toll-free. 


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