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[FR Doc. 2015–00408 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket Number FSIS–2014–0038]
RIN 0583–AD40
2015 Rate Changes for the Basetime,
Overtime, Holiday, and Laboratory
Services Rates
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the 2015 rates that it will charge meat
and poultry establishments, egg
products plants, and importers and
exporters for providing voluntary,
overtime, and holiday inspection and
identification, certification, and
laboratory services. The 2015 basetime,
overtime, holiday, and laboratory
services rates will be applied beginning
the first FSIS pay period approximately
30 days after the publication of this
notice. This pay period begins on
February 22, 2015.
DATES: FSIS will charge the rates
announced in this notice beginning
February 22, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Michael
Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office
of Management, FSIS, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Room 2159, South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–3700;
Telephone: (202) 690–8398, Fax: (202)
690–4155.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
On April 12, 2011, FSIS published a
final rule amending its regulations to
establish formulas for calculating the
rates it charges meat and poultry
establishments, egg products plants, and
importers and exporters for providing
voluntary, overtime, and holiday
inspection and identification,
certification, and laboratory services (76
FR 20220).
In the final rule, FSIS stated that it
would use the formulas to calculate the
annual rates, publish the rates in a
Federal Register notice before the start
of each calendar year and apply the
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increase, multiplied by 1.5 (for
overtime), plus the benefits rate, plus
the travel and operating rate, plus the
overhead rate, plus the allowance for
bad debt rate.
The calculation for the 2015 overtime
2015 Rates and Calculations
rate per hour per program employee is:
The following table lists the 2015
[FY 2014 OFO Regular Direct Pay
Rates per hour, per employee, by type
divided by previous fiscal year’s Regular
of service:
Hours ($396,361,959/13,707,069)]=
$28.91 + ($28.91 * 1.7% (calendar year
2015 Rate
2015 Cost of Living Increase)) = $29.41
(estimates
* 1.5 = $44.11 + $8.78 (benefits rate) +
Service
rounded to
reflect billable $.79 (travel and operating rate) + $16.61
quarters)
(overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
allowance rate) = $70.30 (rounded to
Basetime ...............................
$55.60 $70.28).1
Overtime ...............................
70.28
Holiday Rate = The quotient of
Holiday ..................................
85.00
Laboratory .............................
70.52 dividing the OFO inspection program
personnel’s previous fiscal year’s
regular direct pay by the previous fiscal
The regulations state that FSIS will
year’s regular hours, plus that quotient
calculate the rates using formulas that
multiplied by the calendar year’s
include the Office of Field Operations
(OFO) and Office of International Affairs percentage of cost of living increase,
multiplied by 2 (for holiday pay), plus
(OIA) inspection program personnel’s
the benefits rate, plus the travel and
previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay
operating rate, plus the overhead rate,
and regular hours (9 CFR 391.2, 391.3,
plus the allowance for bad debt rate.
391.4, 590.126, 590.128, 592.510,
The calculation for the 2015 holiday
592.520, and 592.530). In 2013, an
rate per hour per program employee
Agency reorganization eliminated the
calculation is:
OIA program office and transferred all
[FY 2014 OFO Regular Direct Pay
of its inspection program personnel to
divided by Regular Hours
OFO. Therefore, pay and hours of
($396,361,959/13,707,069)] = $28.91 +
inspection program personnel are
($28.91 * 1.7% (calendar year 2015 Cost
identified in the calculations as ‘‘OFO
of Living Increase)) = $29.41 * 2 =
inspection program personnel’s’’ pay
$58.82 + $8.78 (benefits rate) + $.79
and hours.
(travel and operating rate) + $16.61
FSIS determined the 2015 rates using
(overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
the following calculations:
allowance rate) = $85.00.2
Basetime Rate = The quotient of
Laboratory Services Rate = The
dividing the OFO inspection program
quotient of dividing the Office of Public
personnel’s previous fiscal year’s
regular direct pay by the previous fiscal Health Science (OPHS) previous fiscal
year’s regular direct pay by the OPHS
year’s regular hours, plus the quotient
previous fiscal year’s regular hours, plus
multiplied by the calendar year’s
the quotient multiplied by the calendar
percentage of cost of living increase,
year’s percentage cost of living increase,
plus the benefits rate, plus the travel
plus the benefits rate, plus the travel
and operating rate, plus the overhead
and operating rate, plus the overhead
rate, plus the allowance for bad debt
rate, plus the allowance for bad debt
rate.
The calculation for the 2015 basetime rate.
The calculation for the 2015
rate per hour per program employee is:
laboratory services rate per hour per
[FY 2014 OFO Regular Direct Pay
program employee is:
divided by the previous fiscal year’s
[FY 2014 OPHS Regular Direct Pay/
Regular Hours ($396,361,959/
OPHS Regular hours ($24,061,554/
13,707,069)] = $28.91 + ($28.91 * 1.7%
551,995)] = $43.59 + ($43.59 * 1.7%
(calendar year 2015 Cost of Living
(calendar year 2015 Cost of Living
Increase)) = $29.41 + $8.78 (benefits
rate) + $.79 (travel and operating rate) + Increase)) = $44.33 + $8.78 (benefits
rate) + $.79 (travel and operating rate) +
$16.61 (overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
$16.61 (overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
allowance rate) = $55.60.
allowance rate) = $70.52.
Overtime Rate = The quotient of
dividing the Office OFO inspection
1 FSIS can bill basetime, overtime, and holiday
program personnel’s previous fiscal
year’s regular direct pay by the previous rates on the quarter hour. Accordingly, the 2015
overtime and holiday rates were rounded down so
fiscal year’s regular hours, plus that
that rates can equally be divided by 4 (to 2 decimal
quotient multiplied by the calendar
places).
2 Ibid.
year’s percentage of cost of living
rates on the first FSIS pay period at the
beginning of the calendar year.
This notice announces the 2015 rates,
which will be applied starting on
February 22, 2015.
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Calculations for the Benefits, Travel
and Operating, Overhead, and
Allowance for Bad Debt Rates
These rates are components of the
basetime, overtime, holiday, and
laboratory services rates formulas.
Benefits Rate: The quotient of
dividing the previous fiscal year’s direct
benefits costs by the previous fiscal
year’s total hours (regular, overtime, and
holiday), plus that quotient multiplied
by the calendar year’s percentage cost of
living increase. Some examples of direct
benefits are health insurance,
retirement, life insurance, and Thrift
Savings Plan basic and matching
contributions.
The calculation for the 2015 benefits
rate per hour per program employee is:
[FY 2014 Direct Benefits/(Total
Regular hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours) ($140,056,558/
16,226,581)] = $8.63 + ($8.63 * 1.8%
(calendar year 2015 Cost of Living
Increase) = $8.78.
Travel and Operating Rate: The
quotient of dividing the previous fiscal
year’s total direct travel and operating
costs by the previous fiscal year’s total
hours (regular, overtime, and holiday),
plus that quotient multiplied by the
calendar year’s percentage of inflation.
The calculation for the 2015 travel
and operating rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2014 Total Direct Travel and
Operating Costs/(Total Regular hours +
Total Overtime hours + Total Holiday
hours) ($12,514,065/16,226,581)] = $.77
+ ($.77 * 1.8% (2015 Inflation) = $.79.
Overhead Rate: The quotient of
dividing the previous fiscal year’s
indirect costs plus the previous fiscal
year’s information technology (IT) costs
in the Public Health Data
Communication Infrastructure System
Fund plus the previous fiscal year’s
Office of Management Program cost in
the Reimbursable and Voluntary Funds
plus the provision for the operating
balance less any Greenbook costs (i.e.,
costs of USDA support services prorated
to the service component for which fees
are charged) that are not related to food
inspection by the previous fiscal year’s
total hours (regular, overtime, and
holiday) worked across all funds, plus
the quotient multiplied by the calendar
year’s percentage of inflation.
The calculation for the 2015 overhead
rate per hour per program employee is:
[FY 2014 Total Overhead/(Total
Regular hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours) ($264,700,950/
16,226,581)] = $16.31 + ($16.31 * 1.8%
(2015 Inflation) = $16.61.
Allowance for Bad Debt Rate =
Previous fiscal year’s total allowance for
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bad debt (for example, debt owed that
is not paid in full by plants and
establishments that declare bankruptcy)
divided by previous fiscal year’s total
hours (regular, overtime, and holiday)
worked.
The 2015 calculation for bad debt rate
per hour per program employee is:
[FY 2014 Total Bad Debt/(Total
Regular hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours) = ($365,480/
16,226,581)] = $.02.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is
important. Consequently, FSIS will
announce this Federal Register
publication on-line through the FSIS
Web page located at: https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
FSIS also will make copies of this
publication available through the FSIS
Constituent Update, which is used to
provide information regarding FSIS
policies, procedures, regulations,
Federal Register notices, FSIS public
meetings, and other types of information
that could affect or would be of interest
to our constituents and stakeholders.
The Update is available on the FSIS
Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS
is able to provide information to a much
broader, more diverse audience. In
addition, FSIS offers an email
subscription service which provides
automatic and customized access to
selected food safety news and
information. This service is available at:
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe.
Options range from recalls to export
information, regulations, directives, and
notices. Customers can add or delete
subscriptions themselves, and have the
option to password protect their
accounts.
USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
No agency, officer, or employee of the
USDA shall, on the grounds of race,
color, national origin, religion, sex,
gender identity, sexual orientation,
disability, age, marital status, family/
parental status, income derived from a
public assistance program, or political
beliefs, exclude from participation in,
deny the benefits of, or subject to
discrimination any person in the United
States under any program or activity
conducted by the USDA.
How To File a Complaint of
Discrimination
To file a complaint of discrimination,
complete the USDA Program
Discrimination Complaint Form, which
may be accessed online at https://
www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/
docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_
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or your authorized representative.
Send your completed complaint form
or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email:
Mail
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–9410.
Fax
(202) 690–7442.
Email
program.intake@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.),
should contact USDA’s TARGET Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
Done, at Washington, DC, on January 9,
2015.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015–00432 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2014–0046]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Contaminants in Food
Office of the Under Secretary
for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
and U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, are sponsoring a
public meeting on February 23, 2015.
The objective of the public meeting is to
provide information and receive public
comments on agenda items and draft
United States (U.S.) positions that will
be discussed at the 9th Session of the
Codex Committee on Contaminants in
Food (CCCF) of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission (Codex), taking place in
New Delhi, India, March 16–20, 2015.
The Deputy Under Secretary for Food
Safety and FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 9th
Session of the CCCF and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for Monday, February 23, 2015, from
1:00–4:00 p.m.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket Number FSIS-2014-0038]
RIN 0583-AD40
2015 Rate Changes for the Basetime, Overtime, Holiday, and
Laboratory Services Rates
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the 2015 rates that it will charge meat and poultry establishments, egg
products plants, and importers and exporters for providing voluntary,
overtime, and holiday inspection and identification, certification, and
laboratory services. The 2015 basetime, overtime, holiday, and
laboratory services rates will be applied beginning the first FSIS pay
period approximately 30 days after the publication of this notice. This
pay period begins on February 22, 2015.
DATES: FSIS will charge the rates announced in this notice beginning
February 22, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact
Michael Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office of Management, FSIS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 2159, South Building, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700; Telephone: (202)
690-8398, Fax: (202) 690-4155.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 12, 2011, FSIS published a final rule amending its
regulations to establish formulas for calculating the rates it charges
meat and poultry establishments, egg products plants, and importers and
exporters for providing voluntary, overtime, and holiday inspection and
identification, certification, and laboratory services (76 FR 20220).
In the final rule, FSIS stated that it would use the formulas to
calculate the annual rates, publish the rates in a Federal Register
notice before the start of each calendar year and apply the rates on
the first FSIS pay period at the beginning of the calendar year.
This notice announces the 2015 rates, which will be applied
starting on February 22, 2015.
2015 Rates and Calculations
The following table lists the 2015 Rates per hour, per employee, by
type of service:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2015 Rate
(estimates
rounded to
Service reflect
billable
quarters)
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Basetime................................................ $55.60
Overtime................................................ 70.28
Holiday................................................. 85.00
Laboratory.............................................. 70.52
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The regulations state that FSIS will calculate the rates using
formulas that include the Office of Field Operations (OFO) and Office
of International Affairs (OIA) inspection program personnel's previous
fiscal year's regular direct pay and regular hours (9 CFR 391.2, 391.3,
391.4, 590.126, 590.128, 592.510, 592.520, and 592.530). In 2013, an
Agency reorganization eliminated the OIA program office and transferred
all of its inspection program personnel to OFO. Therefore, pay and
hours of inspection program personnel are identified in the
calculations as ``OFO inspection program personnel's'' pay and hours.
FSIS determined the 2015 rates using the following calculations:
Basetime Rate = The quotient of dividing the OFO inspection program
personnel's previous fiscal year's regular direct pay by the previous
fiscal year's regular hours, plus the quotient multiplied by the
calendar year's percentage of cost of living increase, plus the
benefits rate, plus the travel and operating rate, plus the overhead
rate, plus the allowance for bad debt rate.
The calculation for the 2015 basetime rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2014 OFO Regular Direct Pay divided by the previous fiscal
year's Regular Hours ($396,361,959/13,707,069)] = $28.91 + ($28.91 *
1.7% (calendar year 2015 Cost of Living Increase)) = $29.41 + $8.78
(benefits rate) + $.79 (travel and operating rate) + $16.61 (overhead
rate) + $.02 (bad debt allowance rate) = $55.60.
Overtime Rate = The quotient of dividing the Office OFO inspection
program personnel's previous fiscal year's regular direct pay by the
previous fiscal year's regular hours, plus that quotient multiplied by
the calendar year's percentage of cost of living increase, multiplied
by 1.5 (for overtime), plus the benefits rate, plus the travel and
operating rate, plus the overhead rate, plus the allowance for bad debt
rate.
The calculation for the 2015 overtime rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2014 OFO Regular Direct Pay divided by previous fiscal year's
Regular Hours ($396,361,959/13,707,069)]= $28.91 + ($28.91 * 1.7%
(calendar year 2015 Cost of Living Increase)) = $29.41 * 1.5 = $44.11 +
$8.78 (benefits rate) + $.79 (travel and operating rate) + $16.61
(overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt allowance rate) = $70.30 (rounded to
$70.28).\1\
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\1\ FSIS can bill basetime, overtime, and holiday rates on the
quarter hour. Accordingly, the 2015 overtime and holiday rates were
rounded down so that rates can equally be divided by 4 (to 2 decimal
places).
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Holiday Rate = The quotient of dividing the OFO inspection program
personnel's previous fiscal year's regular direct pay by the previous
fiscal year's regular hours, plus that quotient multiplied by the
calendar year's percentage of cost of living increase, multiplied by 2
(for holiday pay), plus the benefits rate, plus the travel and
operating rate, plus the overhead rate, plus the allowance for bad debt
rate.
The calculation for the 2015 holiday rate per hour per program
employee calculation is:
[FY 2014 OFO Regular Direct Pay divided by Regular Hours
($396,361,959/13,707,069)] = $28.91 + ($28.91 * 1.7% (calendar year
2015 Cost of Living Increase)) = $29.41 * 2 = $58.82 + $8.78 (benefits
rate) + $.79 (travel and operating rate) + $16.61 (overhead rate) +
$.02 (bad debt allowance rate) = $85.00.\2\
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Laboratory Services Rate = The quotient of dividing the Office of
Public Health Science (OPHS) previous fiscal year's regular direct pay
by the OPHS previous fiscal year's regular hours, plus the quotient
multiplied by the calendar year's percentage cost of living increase,
plus the benefits rate, plus the travel and operating rate, plus the
overhead rate, plus the allowance for bad debt rate.
The calculation for the 2015 laboratory services rate per hour per
program employee is:
[FY 2014 OPHS Regular Direct Pay/OPHS Regular hours ($24,061,554/
551,995)] = $43.59 + ($43.59 * 1.7% (calendar year 2015 Cost of Living
Increase)) = $44.33 + $8.78 (benefits rate) + $.79 (travel and
operating rate) + $16.61 (overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt allowance
rate) = $70.52.
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Calculations for the Benefits, Travel and Operating, Overhead, and
Allowance for Bad Debt Rates
These rates are components of the basetime, overtime, holiday, and
laboratory services rates formulas.
Benefits Rate: The quotient of dividing the previous fiscal year's
direct benefits costs by the previous fiscal year's total hours
(regular, overtime, and holiday), plus that quotient multiplied by the
calendar year's percentage cost of living increase. Some examples of
direct benefits are health insurance, retirement, life insurance, and
Thrift Savings Plan basic and matching contributions.
The calculation for the 2015 benefits rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2014 Direct Benefits/(Total Regular hours + Total Overtime
hours + Total Holiday hours) ($140,056,558/16,226,581)] = $8.63 +
($8.63 * 1.8% (calendar year 2015 Cost of Living Increase) = $8.78.
Travel and Operating Rate: The quotient of dividing the previous
fiscal year's total direct travel and operating costs by the previous
fiscal year's total hours (regular, overtime, and holiday), plus that
quotient multiplied by the calendar year's percentage of inflation.
The calculation for the 2015 travel and operating rate per hour per
program employee is:
[FY 2014 Total Direct Travel and Operating Costs/(Total Regular
hours + Total Overtime hours + Total Holiday hours) ($12,514,065/
16,226,581)] = $.77 + ($.77 * 1.8% (2015 Inflation) = $.79.
Overhead Rate: The quotient of dividing the previous fiscal year's
indirect costs plus the previous fiscal year's information technology
(IT) costs in the Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure
System Fund plus the previous fiscal year's Office of Management
Program cost in the Reimbursable and Voluntary Funds plus the provision
for the operating balance less any Greenbook costs (i.e., costs of USDA
support services prorated to the service component for which fees are
charged) that are not related to food inspection by the previous fiscal
year's total hours (regular, overtime, and holiday) worked across all
funds, plus the quotient multiplied by the calendar year's percentage
of inflation.
The calculation for the 2015 overhead rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2014 Total Overhead/(Total Regular hours + Total Overtime hours
+ Total Holiday hours) ($264,700,950/16,226,581)] = $16.31 + ($16.31 *
1.8% (2015 Inflation) = $16.61.
Allowance for Bad Debt Rate = Previous fiscal year's total
allowance for bad debt (for example, debt owed that is not paid in full
by plants and establishments that declare bankruptcy) divided by
previous fiscal year's total hours (regular, overtime, and holiday)
worked.
The 2015 calculation for bad debt rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2014 Total Bad Debt/(Total Regular hours + Total Overtime hours
+ Total Holiday hours) = ($365,480/16,226,581)] = $.02.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal
Register publication on-line through the FSIS Web page located at:
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
FSIS also will make copies of this publication available through
the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide information
regarding FSIS policies, procedures, regulations, Federal Register
notices, FSIS public meetings, and other types of information that
could affect or would be of interest to our constituents and
stakeholders. The Update is available on the FSIS Web page. Through the
Web page, FSIS is able to provide information to a much broader, more
diverse audience. In addition, FSIS offers an email subscription
service which provides automatic and customized access to selected food
safety news and information. This service is available at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. Options range from recalls to export
information, regulations, directives, and notices. Customers can add or
delete subscriptions themselves, and have the option to password
protect their accounts.
USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
No agency, officer, or employee of the USDA shall, on the grounds
of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual
orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status,
income derived from a public assistance program, or political beliefs,
exclude from participation in, deny the benefits of, or subject to
discrimination any person in the United States under any program or
activity conducted by the USDA.
How To File a Complaint of Discrimination
To file a complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program
Discrimination Complaint Form, which may be accessed online at https://www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you or your
authorized representative.
Send your completed complaint form or letter to USDA by mail, fax,
or email:
Mail
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410.
Fax
(202) 690-7442.
Email
program.intake@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Done, at Washington, DC, on January 9, 2015.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Acting Administrator.
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