Advanced Biofuel Payment Program

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service Rural Utilities Service 7 CFR Part 4288 RIN 0570-AA75 AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities Service, USDA. ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments. SUMMARY: The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (Agency) is establishing the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program authorized under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. Under this Program, the Agency will enter into contracts with advanced biofuel producers to pay such producers for the production of eligible advanced biofuels. To be eligible for payments, advanced biofuels must be produced from renewable biomass, excluding corn kernel starch, in a biofuel facility located in a State. In addition, this interim rule establishes new program requirements for applicants to submit applications for Fiscal Year 2010 payments for the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program. These new program requirements supersede the Notice of Contract Proposal (NOCP) for Payments to Eligible Advanced Biofuel Producers in its entirety. DATES: This interim rule is effective March 14, 2011. Written comments on this interim rule must be received on or before April 12, 2011. See the Supplementary Information for application dates for Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Fiscal Year 2010 funds. ADDRESSES: Interim rule. You may submit comments on this interim rule by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructio…