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apprenticeships, and internships; 

resources and referrals; assisting 

beginning farmers or ranchers in 

acquiring land from retiring farmers and 

ranchers; innovative farm and ranch 

transfer strategies; entrepreneurship and 

business training; model land leasing 

contracts; financial management 

training; whole farm planning; 

conservation assistance; risk 

management education; diversification 

and marketing strategies; curriculum 

development; understanding the impact 

of concentration and globalization; basic 

livestock and crop farming practices; the 

acquisition and management of 

agricultural credit; environmental 

compliance; information processing; 

and other similar subject areas of use to 

beginning farmers or ranchers. The 

authority to carry out this program has 

been delegated to CSREES through the 

Under Secretary for Research, 

Education, and Economics. 

CSREES is holding a public meeting 

to obtain comments to use in developing 

the proposed rule for the newly funded 

BFRDP. The meeting will solicit 

comments regarding the implementation 

of BFRDP. The meeting is open to the 

public. Written comments and 

suggestions may be submitted to the 

CSREES Docket Clerk at the address 

above. 

Summary of Beginning Farmer and 

Rancher Development Program 

For fiscal year (FY) 2009, $18 million 

has been made available for the BFRDP. 

Not less than 25 percent of funds used 

to carry out the BFRDP for a fiscal year 

shall be used to support programs and 

services that address the needs of 

limited resource beginning farmers or 

ranchers; socially disadvantaged 

beginning farmers or ranchers; and 

farmworkers desiring to become farmers 

or ranchers. All applicants are required 

to provide funds or in-kind support 

from non-Federal sources in an amount 

that is at least equal to 25 percent of the 

Federal funds requested. In making 

BFRDP grants, priority will be given to 

partnerships and collaborations that are 

led by or include nongovernmental and 

community-based organizations with 

expertise in new agricultural producer 

training and outreach. Geographical 

diversity will be ensured to the 

maximum extent practicable. 

Implementation Plans 

CSREES plans to consider stakeholder 

input received from this public meeting 

and subsequent public forums as well as 

other written comments in developing 

an implementing regulation for this 

program. CSREES anticipates releasing a 

Request for Applications (RFA) by midJanuary 2009. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

September, 2008. 

Colien Hefferan, 

Administrator, Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–22420 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

7 CFR Chapter XXXIV 

Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders 

Regarding Programs for the HispanicServing Agricultural Colleges and 

Universities 

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for stakeholder input. 

SUMMARY: The Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service (CSREES) is requesting 

stakeholder input in developing 

regulations for identifying and certifying 

institutions as Hispanic-serving 

Agricultural Colleges and Universities 

(HSACUs), which comprise a new group 

of cooperating educational institutions 

established in section 7101 of the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(FCEA) or Public Law 110–246. In 

addition, CSREES is requesting 

stakeholder input in developing 

regulations for the five new programs 

for HSACUs authorized under section 

7129 of FCEA. By this notice, CSREES 

is designated to act on behalf of the 

Secretary of Agriculture in soliciting 

public comment from interested parties 

regarding the implementing regulations 

to be developed for identifying HSACUs 

and the new programs for HSACUs. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Sunday, October 12, 2008, from 3 p.m. 

to 6:30 p.m. All comments not 

presented or submitted for the record at 

the meeting must be received by close 

of business Monday, October 27, 2008, 

to be considered. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado 

Convention Center at 650 15th Street 

Denver, CO 80202. You may submit 

comments, identified by CSREES–2008– 

0004, by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

E-mail: HSACU@csrees.usda.gov. 

Include CSREES–2008–0004 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Fax: (202) 720–2030. 

Mail: Paper, disk or CD–ROM 

submissions should be submitted to: 

John Miklozek; Multicultural Alliances, 

Science and Education Resources 

Development Unit; Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture; 

Mail Stop 2251; 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2251. 

Hand Delivery/Courier: HSACU; 

Multicultural Alliances, Science and 

Education Resources Development Unit; 

Cooperative State Research, Education, 

and Extension Service; U.S. Department 

of Agriculture; Room 3253; Waterfront 

Centre; 800 9th Street, SW.; 

Washington, DC 20024. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

CSREES–2008–0004. All comments 

received will be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Miklozek, (202) 720–1254 (phone), 

(202) 720–2030 (fax), or 

HSACU@csrees.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Meeting and Comment 

Procedures 

Persons wishing to present oral 

comments at the October 12, 2008, 

meeting are requested to pre-register by 

contacting Mr. John Miklozek at (202) 

720–1254, by fax at (202) 720–2030 or 

by e-mail to HSACU@csrees.usda.gov. 

Participants may reserve one 5-minute 

comment period. More time may be 

available, depending on the number of 

people wishing to make a presentation 

and the time needed for questions 

following presentations. Reservations 

will be confirmed on a first-come, firstserved basis. Written comments may 

also be submitted for the record at the 

meeting. All other attendees may 

register at the meeting. All comments 

not presented or submitted for the 

record at the meeting must be received 

by close of business Monday, October 

27, 2008, to be considered. All 

comments and the official transcript of 

the meeting, when they become 

available, may be reviewed on the 

CSREES Web page for six months. 

Participants who require a sign language 

interpreter or other special 

accommodations should contact Mr. 

Miklozek as directed above. A Spanish 

language interpreter will be present. 


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Background and Purpose 

Section 7101 of the FCEA recently 

established a new group of cooperating 

educational institutions known as the 

Hispanic-serving Agricultural Colleges 

and Universities (HSACUs). Section 

1404 of the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, and Teaching 

Policy Act of 1977 (‘‘NARETPA’’) (7 

U.S.C. 3103) defines HSACUs as 

colleges or universities that qualify as 

Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined 

in section 502 of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a) and that 

offer associate, bachelors, or other 

accredited degree programs in 

agriculture-related fields. HSACUs do 

not include 1862 institutions (as defined 

in section 2 of the Agricultural 

Research, Extension, and Education 

Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601). 

The FCEA amends section 406(b) of 

the Agricultural Research, Extension, 

and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 

U.S.C. 7626(b)) by expanding the 

eligibility for the CSREES Integrated 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Competitive Grants Programs to include 

HSACUs. 

In addition, section 7129 of the FCEA 

authorizes the following five new 

programs for HSACUs: The HSACU 

Endowment Fund, the HSACU Equity 

Grants Program, the HSACU 

Institutional Capacity-Building Grants 

Program, the HSACU Fundamental and 

Applied Research Grants Program, and 

the HSACU Extension Grants Program. 

The first four programs are authorized 

in section 1456 of NARETPA (7 U.S.C. 

3243), and the fifth program is 

authorized in section 3(b)(4) of the 

Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(4)). 

CSREES is requesting stakeholder 

input in the identification and 

certification of institutions as HSACUs 

and on the implementation of the five 

new HSACU programs. 

Implementation Plans 

CSREES plans to consider stakeholder 

input received from this public meeting, 

as well as other written comments, in 

developing an implementing regulation 

for the identification and certification of 

institutions as HSACUs by Spring 2009; 

with a separate implementing regulation 

for the new HSACU programs to follow. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

September, 2008. 

Colien Hefferan, 

Administrator, Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–22418 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2008–0652; Airspace 

Docket No. 08–AGL–5] 

Proposed Establishment of Class D 

and Class E Airspace; Grayling, MI 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish Class D airspace and Class E 

Surface Area airspace at Grayling Army 

Airfield, Grayling, MI. The 

establishment of an air traffic control 

tower has made these actions necessary 

for the safety of Instrument Flight Rule 

(IFR) operations at Grayling Army 

Airfield. Class D airspace will revert to 

a Class E2 Surface Area during periods 

when the control tower is not operating. 

DATES: 0901 UTC. Comments must be 

received on or before November 10, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. You must 

identify the docket number FAA–2008– 

0652/Airspace Docket No. 08–AGL–5, at 

the beginning of your comments. You 

may also submit comments through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the proposal, any comments 

received, and any final disposition in 

person in the Dockets Office between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

Docket Office (telephone 1–800–647– 

5527) is on the ground floor of the 

building at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Enander, Central Service Area, 

System Support Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Southwest 

Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort 

Worth, TX 76193–0530; telephone: (817) 

222–5582. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in this proposed rulemaking 

by submitting such written data, views, 

or arguments, as they may desire. 

Comments that provide the factual basis 

supporting the views and suggestions 

presented are particularly helpful in 

developing reasoned regulatory 

decisions on the proposal. Comments 

are specifically invited on the overall 

regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 

environmental, and energy-related 

aspects of the proposal. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers and be submitted in 

triplicate to the address listed above. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this notice must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2008–0652/Airspace 

Docket No. 08–AGL–5.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

Availability of NPRM’s 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s Web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov or the Superintendent of 

Documents’ Web page at http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Additionally, any person may obtain 

a copy of this notice by submitting a 

request to the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Office of Air 

Traffic Airspace Management, ATA– 

400, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, or by calling 

(202) 267–8783. Communications must 

identify both docket numbers for this 

notice. Persons interested in being 

placed on a mailing list for future 

NPRM’s should contact the FAA’s 

Office of Rulemaking (202) 267–9677, to 

request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 

11–2A, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

Distribution System, which describes 

the application procedure. 

The Proposal 

This action proposes to amend Title 

14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 

CFR), Part 71 by establishing a Class D 

airspace area and Class E Surface Area 

for IFR operations at Grayling Army 

Airfield, Grayling, MI. The Class D 

airspace will revert to a Class E Surface 

Area during those periods when the 

control tower is not operating. These 

areas would be depicted on appropriate 

aeronautical charts. 

Class D airspace areas are published 

in Paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 

7400.9R, dated August 15, 2007, and 

effective September 15, 2007, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class D airspace designation 

listed in this document would be 

published subsequently in the Order. 

Class E Surface Areas are published in 

Paragraph 6002 of FAA Order 7400.9R, 

dated August 15, 2007, and effective 


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