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to pre-register by contacting Ms. Lisa
Stephens at (202) 401–6438, by fax at
(202) 401–6156 or by e-mail to
lstephens@nifa.usda.gov. Participants
may reserve one 5-minute comment
period per topic area, and should
indicate the topic area(s) for which they
are registering (i.e., identification of
veterinarian shortage situations and/or
administration of the VMLRP). For any
participant who may require only one 5minute period to fully present testimony
regarding both topic areas, the
participant should indicate this
intention and may reserve their 5minute comment period under one of
the two topic areas. 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. All other attendees may
register at the meeting. Written
comments may also be submitted for the
record at the meeting. All comments
must be received by close of business
Monday, November 15, 2010, to be
considered. All comments and the
official transcript of the meeting, when
they become available, may be reviewed
on the NIFA Web site for six months.
Participants who require a sign language
interpreter or other special
accommodations should contact Ms.
Stephens as directed above.
Background and Purpose
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Note: On October 1, 2009, the Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension
Service (CSREES) became the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) as
mandated by the Food, Conservation, and
Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA), section 7511(f).
In December 2003, the National
Veterinary Medical Service Act
(NVMSA) was passed into law adding
section 1415A to the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977
(NARETPA). This law established a new
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment
Program (7 U.S.C. 3151a) authorizing
the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary)
to carry out a program of entering into
agreements with veterinarians under
which they agree to provide veterinary
services in veterinarian shortage
situations. In November 2005, the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
(Pub. L. 109–97), appropriated $495,000
to implement the Veterinary Medicine
Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) and
represented the first time funds had
been appropriated for this program. In
February 2007, the Revised Continuing
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Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Pub.
L. 110–5), appropriated an additional
$495,000 for support of the program,
and in December 2007, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Pub. L. 110–
161), appropriated an additional
$868,875 for support of this program,
and on March 11, 2009, the Omnibus
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111–
8) was enacted, providing an additional
$2,950,000, for the VMLRP. In October
2009, the President signed into law,
Pub. L. 111–80, Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act of 2010, which
appropriated $4,800,000 for the VMLRP.
Consequently, there was a cumulative
total of approximately $9.6 million
available for NIFA to administer this
program when NIFA rolled out its first
Request for Applications for this
program on April 30, 2010.
The first VMLRP application period
resulted in 260 applications in which 62
applications were selected for loan
repayment awards totaling $5,988,086.
Section 7105 of the FCEA amended
section 1415A to revise the
determination of veterinarian shortage
situations to consider (1) geographical
areas that the Secretary determines have
a shortage of veterinarians; and (2) areas
of veterinary practice that the Secretary
determines have a shortage of
veterinarians, such as food animal
medicine, public health, epidemiology,
and food safety. This section also added
that priority should be given to
agreements with veterinarians for the
practice of food animal medicine in
veterinarian shortage situations.
NARETPA section 1415A requires the
Secretary, when determining the
amount of repayment for a year of
service by a veterinarian, to consider the
ability of USDA to maximize the
number of agreements from the amounts
appropriated and to provide an
incentive to serve in veterinary service
shortage areas with the greatest need.
This section also provides that loan
repayments may consist of payments of
the principal and interest on
government and commercial loans
received by the individual for the
attendance of the individual at an
accredited college of veterinary
medicine resulting in a degree of Doctor
of Veterinary Medicine or the
equivalent. This program is not
authorized to provide repayments for
any government or commercial loans
incurred during the pursuit of another
degree, such as an associate or bachelor
degree. Loans eligible for repayment
include educational loans made for one
or more of the following: Loans for
tuition expenses; other reasonable
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educational expenses, including fees,
books, and laboratory expenses,
incurred by the individual; and
reasonable living expenses as
determined by the Secretary. In
addition, the Secretary is directed to
make such additional payments to
participants as the Secretary determines
appropriate for the purpose of providing
reimbursements to participants for
individual tax liability resulting from
participation in this program. The
Secretary delegated the authority to
carry out this program to NIFA.
NIFA is holding a public meeting to
obtain comments to use in improving
the administration of the VMLRP. The
meeting is open to the public. Written
comments and suggestions on issues
that may be considered during the
meeting may be submitted to the NIFA
Docket Clerk at the address above.
Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of
October 2010.
Meryl Broussard,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Food
and Agriculture.
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Sunshine Act Notice
United States Commission on
Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
Friday, October 22,
2010; 9:30 a.m. EDT.
PLACE: 624 9th St., NW., Room 540,
Washington, DC 20425.
DATE AND TIME:
Meeting Agenda
This meeting is open to the public.
I. Approval of Agenda.
II. Program Planning.
• Approval of New Black Panther
Party Enforcement Report.
• Consideration of Findings and
Recommendations for Briefing
Report on English-Only in the
Workplace.
• Consideration of Policy on
Commissioner Statements and
Rebuttals.
• Update on Sex Discrimination in
Liberal Arts College Admissions—
Some of the discussion of this
agenda item may be held in closed
session.
• Update on Clearinghouse Project.
III. State Advisory Committee Issues.
• Kentucky SAC.
• Maryland SAC.
• Vermont SAC.
IV. Staff Director’s Report.
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V. Announcements.
VI. Approval of Minutes of October 8
Meeting.
VII. Adjourn.
CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky,
Acting
Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376–
8591. TDD: (202) 376–8116.
Persons with a disability requiring
special services, such as an interpreter
for the hearing impaired, should contact
Pamela Dunston at least seven days
prior to the meeting at 202–376–8105.
TDD: (202) 376–8116.
Dated: October 12, 2010.
David Blackwood,
General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Interim Capital Construction
Fund Agreement and Certificate Family
of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0090.
Form Number(s): 88–14.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(renewal of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 500.
Average Hours per Response:
Agreement and application, 30 minutes,
Schedules A and B, and certificate, 1
hour.
Burden Hours: 2,500.
Needs and Uses: The respondents will
be commercial fishing industry
individuals, partnerships, and
corporations which are applying for or
have entered into Capital Construction
Fund agreements with the Secretary of
Commerce for allowing deferral of
Federal taxation on fishing vessel
income deposited into the fund for use
in the acquisition, construction, or
reconstruction of fishing vessels.
Deferred taxes are recaptured by
reducing an agreement vessel’s basis for
depreciation by the amount withdrawn
from the fund for its acquisition,
construction, or reconstruction. The
information collected from agreement
holders is used to determine their
eligibility to participate in the Capital
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Construction Fund Program pursuant to
50 CFR part 259.
At the completion of construction/
reconstruction, a certificate stating
completion and costs must be
submitted.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: October 7, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Marine Mammal Stranding
Reports/Marine Mammal Rehabilitation
Disposition Report.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0178.
Form Number(s): 89–864, 89–878.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(renewal of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 400.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes.
Burden Hours: 2,400.
Needs and Uses: This notice is for
renewal of this information collection.
Under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA) Section 402, the Secretary
of Commerce is responsible for
collecting information on strandings,
which the Secretary will compile and
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analyze, by region, to monitor species,
numbers, conditions of marine
mammals stranded, and causes of their
illnesses or deaths. The Secretary is also
responsible for collection of information
on other life history and reference level
data, including marine mammal tissue
analyses, that would allow comparison
of the causes of illness and deaths in
stranded marine mammals with
physical, chemical, and biological
environmental parameters.
Responsibility for collection and
analysis of the information has been
delegated to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s
(NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS).
A small fraction of marine mammals
are alive when stranded and are deemed
appropriate candidates for rehabilitation
and a Marine Mammal Rehabilitation
Disposition Report is completed for
each one. This report provides NMFS
with information on the disposition of
animals brought in for rehabilitation,
types of disease and other health related
issues upon admission, types of and
response to medical treatment, and the
number of animals released. This
information assists NMFS in tracking
marine mammals that are transferred to
captive display facilities following a
determination of non-releasability and
in the monitoring of rehabilitation
facilities and release protocols.
Affected Public: State, local, and tribal
government; not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: October 7, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Sunshine Act Notice
AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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DATE AND TIME: Friday, October 22, 2010; 9:30 a.m. EDT.
PLACE: 624 9th St., NW., Room 540, Washington, DC 20425.
Meeting Agenda
This meeting is open to the public.
I. Approval of Agenda.
II. Program Planning.
Approval of New Black Panther Party Enforcement Report.
Consideration of Findings and Recommendations for Briefing
Report on English-Only in the Workplace.
Consideration of Policy on Commissioner Statements and
Rebuttals.
Update on Sex Discrimination in Liberal Arts College
Admissions--Some of the discussion of this agenda item may be held in
closed session.
Update on Clearinghouse Project.
III. State Advisory Committee Issues.
Kentucky SAC.
Maryland SAC.
Vermont SAC.
IV. Staff Director's Report.
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V. Announcements.
VI. Approval of Minutes of October 8 Meeting.
VII. Adjourn.
CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting
Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376-8591. TDD: (202) 376-8116.
Persons with a disability requiring special services, such as an
interpreter for the hearing impaired, should contact Pamela Dunston at
least seven days prior to the meeting at 202-376-8105. TDD: (202) 376-
8116.
Dated: October 12, 2010.
David Blackwood,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2010-26048 Filed 10-12-10; 4:15 pm]
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