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BILLING CODE 3410-02-P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Foreign Agricultural Service Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Projects AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), has closed the application period for field-based projects under the USDA Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Pilot Project (USDA LRP Project). All available funding for field-based projects has been allocated.
DATES: Effective March 4, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Fisher, Chief, Local and Regional Procurement, Food Assistance Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1034, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1034; or by phone
(202)720-5620; or by fax:
(202)690-0251; or by e-mail: *LRP@fas.usda.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3206 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 1726c) directed the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to implement a local and regional food aid procurement pilot project in developing countries. The Secretary was directed to use CCC funds in the following amounts to carry out the pilot project: • $5 million for fiscal year 2009; • $25 million for fiscal year 2010; • $25 million for fiscal year 2011; and • $5 million for fiscal year 2012. The USDA LRP Project Interim Guidelines provide that FAS will accept applications for funding until June 1, 2011 unless FAS publishes a notice in the **Federal Register** to close or extend the application period. FAS has allocated all available funding for field-based projects, and therefore, by this notice, is closing the application period. Dated: February 11, 2011. John D. Brewer, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation. [FR Doc. 2011-4872 Filed 3-3-11; 8:45 am]
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