Sunshine Act Meeting Notice, 75965-75966 [2015-30857]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 234 / Monday, December 7, 2015 / Notices d. Risk of This Veterinarian Position Not Being Secured or Retained Within the allowed word limit the nominator should explain the consequences of not addressing this veterinary shortage situation. e. Affirmation Checkboxes SAHOs submitting shortage nominations should check both ‘‘affirmation’’ boxes on the last page of the nomination form. These two affirmations provide assurance that submitting SAHOs understand the shortage nomination process and the importance of the SAHO having reasonable confidence that the nomination submitted describes a bona fide shortage area. The second assurance is particularly important to help avoid the placement of a VMLRP awardee where veterinary coverage already exists, and where undue competition could lead to insufficient clientele demand to support either the awardee or the veterinary practice originally serving the area. C. NIFA Review of Shortage Situation Nominations mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 1. Review Panel Composition and Process NIFA will convene a panel of food supply veterinary medicine experts from Federal and state agencies, as well as institutions receiving Animal Health and Disease Research Program funds under section 1433 of NARETPA, who will review the nominations and make recommendations to the NIFA Program Manager. NIFA explored the possibility of including experts from nongovernmental professional organizations and sectors for this process, but under NARETPA section 1409A(e), panelists for the purposes of this process are limited to Federal and State agencies and cooperating state institutions (i.e., NARETPA section 1433 recipients), and other postsecondary educational institutions. NIFA will review the panel recommendations and designate the VMLRP shortage situations. The list of shortage situations will be made available on the VMLRP Web site at www.nifa.usda.gov/vmlrp. 2. Review Criteria Criteria used by the shortage situation nomination review panel and NIFA for certifying a veterinary shortage situation will be consistent with the information requested in the shortage situations nomination form. NIFA understands that defining the risk landscape associated with shortages of veterinary services throughout a state is a process VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Dec 04, 2015 Jkt 238001 that may require consideration of many qualitative and quantitative factors. In addition, each shortage situation will be characterized by a different array of subjective and objective supportive information that must be developed into a cogent case identifying, characterizing, and justifying a given geographic or disciplinary area as deficient in certain types of veterinary capacity or service. To accommodate the uniqueness of each shortage situation, the nomination form provides opportunities to present a case using both supportive metrics and narrative explanations to define and explain the proposed need. At the same time, the elements of the nomination form provide a common structure for the information collection process which will in turn facilitate fair comparison of the relative merits of each nomination by the evaluation panel. While NIFA anticipates some arguments made in support of a given shortage situation will be qualitative, respondents are encouraged to present verifiable quantitative and qualitative evidentiary information wherever possible. Absence of quantitative data such as animal and veterinarian census data for the proposed shortage area(s) may lead the panel to recommend not approving the shortage nomination. The maximum point value review panelists may award for each element is as follows: 20 points: Describe the objectives of a veterinarian meeting this shortage situation as well as being located in the community, area, state/insular area, or position requested above. 20 points: Describe the activities of a veterinarian meeting this shortage situation and being located in the community, area, state/insular area, or position requested above. 5 points: Describe any past efforts to recruit and retain a veterinarian in the shortage situation identified above. 35 points: Describe the risk of this veterinarian position not being secured or retained. Include the risk(s) to the production of a safe and wholesome food supply and/or to animal, human, and environmental health not only in the community but in the region, state/ insular area, nation, and/or international community. An additional 20 points will be used to evaluate overall merit/quality of the case made for each nomination. Prior to the panel being convened, shortage situation nominations will be evaluated and scored according to the established scoring system by a primary reviewer. When the panel convenes, the primary reviewer will present each nomination orally in summary form. PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 75965 After each presentation, panelists will have an opportunity, if necessary, to discuss the nomination, with the primary reviewer leading the discussion and recording comments. After the panel discussion is complete, any scoring revisions will be made by and at the discretion of the primary reviewer. The panel is then polled to recommend, or not recommend, the shortage situation for designation. Nominations scoring 70 or higher by the primary reviewer (on a scale of 0 to 100), and receiving a simple majority vote in support of designation as a shortage situation will be ‘‘recommended for designation as a shortage situation.’’ Nominations scoring below 70 by the primary reviewer, and failure to achieve a simple majority vote in support of designation will be ‘‘not recommended for designation as a shortage situation.’’ In the event of a discrepancy between the primary reviewer’s scoring and the panel poll results, the VMLRP program manager will be authorized to make the final determination on the nomination’s designation. Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of December 2015. Meryl Broussard, Associate Director for Programs, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. [FR Doc. 2015–30717 Filed 12–4–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–22–P COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Sunshine Act Meeting Notice United States Commission on Civil Rights. ACTION: Notice of Commission Business Meeting. AGENCY: Date and Time: Friday, December 11, 2015; 2:00 p.m. EST. ADDRESSES: Place: 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 1150, Washington, DC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376–8591. Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the briefing and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) 376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov at least seven business days before the scheduled date of the meeting. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: Meeting Agenda This meeting is open to the public. I. Approval of Agenda II. Program Planning • Discussion and vote on part B E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 75966 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 234 / Monday, December 7, 2015 / Notices findings and recommendations for Peaceful Coexistence report • Presentation of town hall budget estimates for the environmental justice report • Discussion and vote on town hall meeting plan • Discussion on plan for revision of Native American ‘‘Quiet Crisis’’ and the report on the Effect of Undocumented Immigrants on African American Employment III. Management and Operations • Mississippi SAC Chair Report • Staff Director Report IV. Adjourn Meeting Dated: December 3, 2015. David Mussatt, Regional Programs Unit Chief, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. [FR Doc. 2015–30857 Filed 12–3–15; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6335–01–P Commerce’s authority under 15 U.S.C. 1512, established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., and with the concurrence of the General Services Administration. The Committee provides advice to the Secretary on the necessary elements of a comprehensive policy approach to supply chain competitiveness designed to support U.S. export growth and national economic competitiveness, encourage innovation, facilitate the movement of goods, and improve the competitiveness of U.S. supply chains for goods and services in the domestic and global economy; and to provide advice to the Secretary on regulatory policies and programs and investment priorities that affect the competitiveness of U.S. supply chains. The total number of members that may serve on the Committee is a maximum of 45. Dated: December 1, 2015. David Long, Director, Office of Supply Chain and Professional & Business Services. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness Charter Renewal International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice. [FR Doc. 2015–30757 Filed 12–4–15; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the General Services Administration, renewed the Charter for the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness on November 17, 2015. DATES: The Charter for the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness was renewed on November 17, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Boll, Supply Chain Team, Room 11014, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; phone 202–482–1135; email: richard.boll@ trade.gov. The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the General Services Administration, renewed the Charter for the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness on November 17, 2015. This Notice is published in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Title 5, United States Code, Appendix 2, § 9). It has been determined that the Committee is necessary and in the public interest. The Committee was established pursuant to mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Dec 04, 2015 Jkt 238001 Background On August 11, 2015, the Department published the Preliminary Results of the AR of the antidumping duty order on CTL plate from the PRC covering the period November 1, 2013, through October 31, 2014, in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). The AR covers six PRC companies. The Department invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. On September 10, 2015, the Department received comments from the Petitioner. No other party submitted comments on the Preliminary Results. BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P AGENCY: SUMMARY: Preliminary Results in these final results of review. DATES: Effective Date: December 7, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick O’Connor, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0989. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [A–570–849] Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013– 2014 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On August 11, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) published the Preliminary Results of the administrative review (‘‘AR’’) of the antidumping duty order on certain cutto-length carbon steel plate (‘‘CTL plate’’) from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’).1 The period of review (‘‘POR’’) is November 1, 2013, through October 31, 2014. The Department invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. Only Nucor Corporation (‘‘Petitioner’’) submitted comments to the Department. After considering the comments received, the Department made no changes to the AGENCY: 1 See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2013– 2014, 80 FR 48073 (August 11, 2015) (‘‘Preliminary Results’’). PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Scope of the Order The product covered by the order is certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from the PRC.2 This merchandise is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) under item numbers 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7212.40.5000, and 7212.50.0000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the order is dispositive. Analysis of the Comments Received The issue raised in Petitioner’s case brief is addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum which is dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice. A list of the sections in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is appended to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Services System (‘‘ACCESS’’). ACCESS is available to 2 See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the People’s Republic of China: Issue and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2013–2014 Administrative Review, dated concurrently with this notice, for a complete description of the scope of the order (‘‘Issue and Decision Memorandum’’). E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75965-75966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30857]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of Commission Business Meeting.

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DATES: Date and Time: Friday, December 11, 2015; 2:00 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Place: 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 1150, Washington, 
DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public 
Affairs Unit (202) 376-8591.
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the briefing and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact Pamela 
Dunston at (202) 376-8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov at least seven 
business days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Agenda

    This meeting is open to the public.

I. Approval of Agenda
II. Program Planning
     Discussion and vote on part B

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findings and recommendations for Peaceful Coexistence report
     Presentation of town hall budget estimates for the 
environmental justice report
     Discussion and vote on town hall meeting plan
     Discussion on plan for revision of Native American ``Quiet 
Crisis'' and the report on the Effect of Undocumented Immigrants on 
African American Employment
III. Management and Operations
     Mississippi SAC Chair Report
     Staff Director Report
IV. Adjourn Meeting

    Dated: December 3, 2015.
David Mussatt,
Regional Programs Unit Chief, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
[FR Doc. 2015-30857 Filed 12-3-15; 11:15 am]
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