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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Delta-Bienville Resource Advisory
Committee
The Delta-Bienville Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Forest, Mississippi. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with Title II of
the Act. RAC information can be found
at the following Web site: https://
fsplacesfsfed.us/fsjiles/unit/wo/secure_
rural_schoolsnsf/RAC/ADA
00765529071
A58825754A0055730D?OpenDocument.
DATES: The meeting will be held at 6:00
p.m. on July 11, 2016.
All RAC meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of meeting prior
to attendance, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Bienville Ranger District, 3473 Hwy 35
South, Forest, Mississippi. Interested
parties may also attend via
teleconference by contacting the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT; or via video teleconference at
the Delta Ranger District, 68 Frontage
Road, Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection; Generic
Clearance for Non-Timber Forest
Products
Michael Esters, Designated Federal
Officer, by phone at 601–469–3811 or
via email atmesters@fsfed.us.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
The
purpose of the meeting is to review and
recommend projects.
The meeting is open to the public.
The agenda will include time for people
to make oral statements of three minutes
or less. Individuals wishing to make an
oral statement should request in writing
by June 28, 2016, to be scheduled on the
agenda. Anyone who would like to
bring related matters to the attention of
the committee may file written
statements with the committee staff
before or after the meeting. Written
comments and requests for time to make
oral comments must be sent to Michael
T. Esters, Designated Federal Officer,
Bienville Ranger District, 3473 Hwy 35
South, Forest, Mississippi 39074; by
email to mesters@fsfed.us or via
facsimile to 601–469–2513.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices,
or other reasonable accommodation. For
access to the facility or proceedings,
please contact the person listed in the
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case by case basis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
comments received at Bienville Ranger
District. Please call ahead to facilitate
entry into the building.
Dated: June 13, 2016.
Michael T. Esters,
Designated Federal Officer.
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Forest Service
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information
collection, Non-timber Forest Products.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before August 16, 2016 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Lynne
Westphal, USDA, Forest Service,
Northern Research Station, 1033
University Place, Suite 360, Evanston,
IL 60201.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to 847–866–9506 or by email
to: lwestphal@fs.fed.us. Please clearly
state that your comments are in
reference to the proposed Generic
Clearance for Non-timber Forest
Products. Comments submitted in
response to this notice may be made
available to the public through relevant
Web sites and upon request. For this
reason, please do not include in your
comments information of a confidential
nature, such as sensitive personal
information or proprietary information.
If you send an email comment, your
email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
Internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comments that
may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
The public may inspect the draft
supporting statement and/or comments
received at USDA, Forest Service,
Northern Research Station, 1033
University Place, Suite 360, Evanston,
IL 60201 during normal business hours.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to
847–866–9311 to facilitate entry to the
SUMMARY:
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building. The public may request an
electronic copy of the draft supporting
statement and/or any comments
received be sent via return email.
Requests should be emailed to
lwestphal@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynne Westphal, USDA, Forest Service,
Northern Research Station, 847–866–
9311 x11. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
twenty-four hours a day, every day of
the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Non-Timber Forest Products.
OMB Number: 0596—NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: Non-timber forest products
(NTFPs) are plants, mushrooms, and
plant- or tree-derived goods like nuts,
boughs, sap, and leaves that are
harvested for use as food, medicine, and
other purposes. Previous research
suggests that approximately 20% of the
U.S. population collects non-timber
forest products for social, cultural, and/
or economic reasons. Some non-timber
forest product gathering is formal
(planned, systematic) while much of it
is informal (unplanned, opportunistic,
and/or incidental to other outdoor
recreation activities). For some people,
harvested wild plants and mushrooms
make up a substantial or nutritionally
important part of their diet. In other
cases, non-timber forest products are
locally or regionally important products
for businesses.
Many opportunities exist to design
and manage forests and other natural
areas to enhance the supply of nontimber forest products and increase the
benefits they provide to society, and to
maintain populations of, or adapt to loss
of, important non-timber forest products
in the face of changes like invasive
species and climate impacts. Potential
benefits include improved public health
outcomes from outdoor activity
including decreased obesity, diabetes,
stress, and depression. Harvesting and
consuming non-timber forest products
also may help reduce the risk of
malnutrition for individuals living in
areas with limited access to fresh,
affordable food. Designing and
managing for non-timber forest products
may have particular value in achieving
environmental justice, as harvesting
wild plants and mushrooms appears to
be especially important for recent
immigrants, American Indians, and
Alaska Natives. However, managing
forests and other natural areas to
provide non-timber forest products in a
sustainable way requires detailed,
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scientifically-based information that is
not currently available. For example, it
is important to avoid overharvesting any
species and to minimize people’s
exposure to soil- and plant-based
contaminants.
Many laws and policies specifically
direct the USDA Forest Service (Forest
Service) to consider and manage for
non-timber forest products for the
benefit of the American public. The
Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of
1960 requires the Forest Service to
manage National Forests ‘‘under
principles of multiple use and to
produce a sustained yield of products
and services.’’ The Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act (RPA) of 1974 requires the
Secretary of Agriculture to ‘‘maintain a
comprehensive inventory of renewable
resources and evaluate opportunities to
improve their yield of goods and
services.’’ The 2012 Planning Rule
specifically requires ‘‘consideration of
habitat conditions for wildlife, fish, and
plants commonly enjoyed and used by
the public for hunting, fishing, trapping,
gathering, observing, and subsistence’’
on national forests [italics added]. The
Forest Service’s 2010 National Report
on Sustainable Forests affirms the
agency’s ‘‘all-lands’’ approach to
managing the nation’s natural resources,
including forests that are not part of the
National Forest system by providing
useful information and management
guidelines for potential adoption by
nonfederal forest owners; gathering of
non-timber forest products is addressed
many times in this report. The United
States is a signatory to the Montreal
Process and is required to report every
5 years on a range of criteria and
indicators for sustainable use of
temperate and boreal forests. Several of
the indicators address non-timber forest
products, including one on subsistence
uses of U.S. forests, but the only
systematic data currently available on
subsistence practices in the United
States are for Alaska.
The Forest Service must also meet
trust responsibilities to American
Indians and Alaskan Natives on federal
and tribal lands. This includes
upholding treaties with American
Indian tribes, the Federal Trust
responsibility to tribes, and the Native
American Religious Freedom Act. Nontimber forest products make up a
significant amount of the natural
resources that tribes depend on for
traditional cultural uses related to
health, economic and food security, and
native customs and practices. Much of
the historical and ethnographic
information about the uses of nontimber forest products by American
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Indians and Alaskan Natives may not
reflect contemporary uses and issues.
Gaining new information can help us
understand how uses of non-timber
forest products have changed over time
in response to management, sociocultural circumstances, the economic
conditions of tribes, and environmental
forces of change.
Taking all of this into account, it is
clear that Forest Service and other
public and private land managers need
general and place-specific information
about non-timber forest products and
non-timber forest product harvesting
practices—and this information is not
currently available. Therefore, to ensure
that the Forest Service can meet its
statutory and regulatory responsibilities
and is able to inform management of
forests and other natural areas to
provide non-timber forest products in a
sustainable way, the Forest Service
seeks to obtain OMB approval to collect
information from people who harvest
non-timber forest products and from
people who manage, make policies for
or otherwise have a stake in the
management of lands where non-timber
forest products are harvested or may be
harvested.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and Non-Profit
Organizations, and/or State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Estimate of Burden per Response: 30–
90 minutes.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 2,000.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,000–3,000 hours.
Comment is invited: Comment is
invited on: (1) Whether this collection
of information is necessary for the stated
purposes and the proper performance of
the functions of the Forest Service,
including whether the information will
have practical or scientific utility; (2)
the accuracy of the Forest Service’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(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 respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
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submission request toward Office of
Management and Budget approval.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Dated: June 9, 2016.
Carlos Rodriguez-Franco,
Acting Deputy Chief for Research and
Development.
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
[FR Doc. 2016–14316 Filed 6–16–16; 8:45 am]
Economic Development
Administration, Department of
Commerce
ACTION: Notice and opportunity for
public comment.
AGENCY:
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Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade
Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341
et seq.), the Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of these
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firm’s
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.
LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
[5/11/2016 through 6/10/2016]
Firm name
Servant’s Heart Christian
Gifts, Inc.
Firm address
Date accepted for
investigation
2285 County Home Road,
Greenville, NC 27858.
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Firms Division, Room
71030, Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no
later than ten (10) calendar days
following publication of this notice.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Dated: June 10, 2016.
Miriam Kearse,
Lead Program Analyst.
6/7/2016
Product(s)
The firm produces and assembles a variety of inspirational
gifts, including baby apparel.
(FTZ) Board on behalf of Volkswagen
Group of America Chattanooga
Operations, LLC, within FTZ 134, in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (81 FR 8682, February
22, 2016). The FTZ Board has
determined that no further review of the
activity is warranted at this time. The
production activity described in the
notification is authorized, subject to the
FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.14.
Dated: June 9, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–14299 Filed 6–16–16; 8:45 am]
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[FR Doc. 2016–14368 Filed 6–16–16; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BILLING CODE 3510–WH–P
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[B–41–2016]
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
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Authorization of Production Activity,
Foreign-Trade Zone 134, Volkswagen
Group of America Chattanooga
Operations, LLC (Passenger Motor
Vehicles), Chattanooga, Tennessee
On February 10, 2016, the
Chattanooga Chamber Foundation,
grantee of FTZ 134, submitted a
notification of proposed production
activity to the Foreign-Trade Zones
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Foreign-Trade Zone 249—Pensacola,
Florida, Notification of Proposed
Production Activity, GE Renewables
North America, LLC, Subzone 249A,
(Wind Turbine Nacelles, Blades and
Hubs), Pensacola, Florida
GE Renewables North America, LLC
(GE Renewables) (formerly, GE
Generators (Pensacola), L.L.C.), operator
of Subzone 249A, submitted a
notification of proposed production
activity to the FTZ Board, for its facility
located in Pensacola, Florida. The
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notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on May 23, 2016.
GE Renewables already has authority
to produce wind turbines and related
blades, hubs and nacelles within
Subzone 249A. The current request
would add foreign-status components to
the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15
CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be
limited to the specific foreign-status
components and specific finished
products described in the submitted
notification (as described below) and
subsequently authorized by the FTZ
Board.
Production under FTZ procedures
could exempt GE Renewables from
customs duty payments on the foreign
status components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, GE
Renewables would be able to choose the
duty rates during customs entry
procedures that apply to wind turbines
and related blades, hubs and nacelles
(duty free or 2.5%) for the foreign-status
inputs noted below and in the existing
scope of authority. Customs duties also
could possibly be deferred or reduced
on foreign status production equipment.
The components sourced from abroad
include: Blade root spacers; pitch
transformers; brake calipers; brake
hydraulic power units; elastomeric
generator mounts; labyrinth rings; sonic
wind sensors; upwind covers; and,
vibration monitors (duty rate ranges
from free to 4.5%).
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Generic Clearance for Non-Timber Forest
Products
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information collection, Non-timber Forest
Products.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before August 16,
2016 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to Lynne
Westphal, USDA, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 1033
University Place, Suite 360, Evanston, IL 60201.
Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to 847-866-9506 or by
email to: lwestphal@fs.fed.us. Please clearly state that your comments
are in reference to the proposed Generic Clearance for Non-timber
Forest Products. Comments submitted in response to this notice may be
made available to the public through relevant Web sites and upon
request. For this reason, please do not include in your comments
information of a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal
information or proprietary information. If you send an email comment,
your email address will be automatically captured and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available
on the Internet. Please note that responses to this public comment
request containing any routine notice about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public comments that may be made
available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine
notice.
The public may inspect the draft supporting statement and/or
comments received at USDA, Forest Service, Northern Research Station,
1033 University Place, Suite 360, Evanston, IL 60201 during normal
business hours. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to 847-866-9311
to facilitate entry to the
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building. The public may request an electronic copy of the draft
supporting statement and/or any comments received be sent via return
email. Requests should be emailed to lwestphal@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynne Westphal, USDA, Forest Service,
Northern Research Station, 847-866-9311 x11. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 twenty-four hours a
day, every day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Non-Timber Forest Products.
OMB Number: 0596--NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are plants, mushrooms,
and plant- or tree-derived goods like nuts, boughs, sap, and leaves
that are harvested for use as food, medicine, and other purposes.
Previous research suggests that approximately 20% of the U.S.
population collects non-timber forest products for social, cultural,
and/or economic reasons. Some non-timber forest product gathering is
formal (planned, systematic) while much of it is informal (unplanned,
opportunistic, and/or incidental to other outdoor recreation
activities). For some people, harvested wild plants and mushrooms make
up a substantial or nutritionally important part of their diet. In
other cases, non-timber forest products are locally or regionally
important products for businesses.
Many opportunities exist to design and manage forests and other
natural areas to enhance the supply of non-timber forest products and
increase the benefits they provide to society, and to maintain
populations of, or adapt to loss of, important non-timber forest
products in the face of changes like invasive species and climate
impacts. Potential benefits include improved public health outcomes
from outdoor activity including decreased obesity, diabetes, stress,
and depression. Harvesting and consuming non-timber forest products
also may help reduce the risk of malnutrition for individuals living in
areas with limited access to fresh, affordable food. Designing and
managing for non-timber forest products may have particular value in
achieving environmental justice, as harvesting wild plants and
mushrooms appears to be especially important for recent immigrants,
American Indians, and Alaska Natives. However, managing forests and
other natural areas to provide non-timber forest products in a
sustainable way requires detailed, scientifically-based information
that is not currently available. For example, it is important to avoid
overharvesting any species and to minimize people's exposure to soil-
and plant-based contaminants.
Many laws and policies specifically direct the USDA Forest Service
(Forest Service) to consider and manage for non-timber forest products
for the benefit of the American public. The Multiple-Use Sustained-
Yield Act of 1960 requires the Forest Service to manage National
Forests ``under principles of multiple use and to produce a sustained
yield of products and services.'' The Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act (RPA) of 1974 requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to ``maintain a comprehensive inventory of renewable
resources and evaluate opportunities to improve their yield of goods
and services.'' The 2012 Planning Rule specifically requires
``consideration of habitat conditions for wildlife, fish, and plants
commonly enjoyed and used by the public for hunting, fishing, trapping,
gathering, observing, and subsistence'' on national forests [italics
added]. The Forest Service's 2010 National Report on Sustainable
Forests affirms the agency's ``all-lands'' approach to managing the
nation's natural resources, including forests that are not part of the
National Forest system by providing useful information and management
guidelines for potential adoption by nonfederal forest owners;
gathering of non-timber forest products is addressed many times in this
report. The United States is a signatory to the Montreal Process and is
required to report every 5 years on a range of criteria and indicators
for sustainable use of temperate and boreal forests. Several of the
indicators address non-timber forest products, including one on
subsistence uses of U.S. forests, but the only systematic data
currently available on subsistence practices in the United States are
for Alaska.
The Forest Service must also meet trust responsibilities to
American Indians and Alaskan Natives on federal and tribal lands. This
includes upholding treaties with American Indian tribes, the Federal
Trust responsibility to tribes, and the Native American Religious
Freedom Act. Non-timber forest products make up a significant amount of
the natural resources that tribes depend on for traditional cultural
uses related to health, economic and food security, and native customs
and practices. Much of the historical and ethnographic information
about the uses of non-timber forest products by American Indians and
Alaskan Natives may not reflect contemporary uses and issues. Gaining
new information can help us understand how uses of non-timber forest
products have changed over time in response to management, socio-
cultural circumstances, the economic conditions of tribes, and
environmental forces of change.
Taking all of this into account, it is clear that Forest Service
and other public and private land managers need general and place-
specific information about non-timber forest products and non-timber
forest product harvesting practices--and this information is not
currently available. Therefore, to ensure that the Forest Service can
meet its statutory and regulatory responsibilities and is able to
inform management of forests and other natural areas to provide non-
timber forest products in a sustainable way, the Forest Service seeks
to obtain OMB approval to collect information from people who harvest
non-timber forest products and from people who manage, make policies
for or otherwise have a stake in the management of lands where non-
timber forest products are harvested or may be harvested.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and Non-
Profit Organizations, and/or State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimate of Burden per Response: 30-90 minutes.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,000-3,000 hours.
Comment is invited: Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the
proper performance of the functions of the Forest Service, including
whether the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2)
the accuracy of the Forest Service's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (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 respondents, including
the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the
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submission request toward Office of Management and Budget approval.
Dated: June 9, 2016.
Carlos Rodriguez-Franco,
Acting Deputy Chief for Research and Development.
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