Sunshine Act Meeting Notice, 7499-7500 [2016-02992]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 29 / Friday, February 12, 2016 / Notices nominees may be invited to participate as technical contributors to SOCCR–2. Done at Washington, DC, this 8th day of February, 2016. Sonny Ramaswamy, Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Rural Utilities Service [FR Doc. 2016–02927 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–22–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utility Service Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request asabaliauskas on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES2 February 9, 2016. The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. Comments are requested regarding (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments regarding this information collection received by March 14, 2016 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required to respond to VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:38 Feb 11, 2016 Jkt 238001 the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Title: 7 CFR 1744–C, Advance and Disbursement of Funds— Telecommunications. OMB Control Number: 0572–0023. Summary of Collection: Section 201 of the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of 1936 authorizes the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to make loans for the purpose of providing telephone service to the widest practicable number of rural subscribers. A borrower requesting loan advances must submit RUS Form 481, ‘‘Financial Requirement Statement’’. Along with the Form 481 the borrower must also submit a description of the advances and upon request copies of backup documentation relating to the transactions. Within a reasonable amount of time, funds are advanced to the borrower for the purposes specified in the statement of purposes. The borrower must immediately deposit all advanced money into a Special Construction account until disbursed. Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is used by RUS to record and control transactions and verify that the funds advanced in the construction fund are related directly to loan purposes. If the information were not collected, RUS would not have any control over how loan funds are spent or a record of the balance to be advanced. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 177. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 1,223. Charlene Parker, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2016–02949 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–15–P COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Sunshine Act Meeting Notice United States Commission on Civil Rights. ACTION: Notice of Commission Briefing and Business Meeting. AGENCY: Friday, February 19, 2016, at 9 a.m. EST. ADDRESSES: Place: National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 11th Floor, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20245 (Entrance on F Street NW.). DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 7499 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerson Gomez, Media Advisor at telephone: (202) 376–8371, TTY: (202) 376–8116 or email: publicaffairs@ usccr.gov. This business meeting is open to the public. If you would like to listen to the briefing or business meeting, please contact the above for the call-in information. 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. During the briefing portion, Commissioners will ask questions and discuss the briefing topic with the panelists. The public may submit written comments on the topic of the briefing to the above address for 30 days after the briefing. Please direct your comments to the attention of the ‘‘Staff Director’’ and clearly mark ‘‘Briefing Comments Inside’’ on the outside of the envelope. Please note we are unable to return any comments or submitted materials. Comments may also be submitted by email to qccomments@usccr.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting Agenda I. Approval of Agenda II. Quiet Crisis Briefing Federal Funding and the Unmet Physical and Legal Infrastructure Needs of Indian Country A. Opening Remarks: 9:00 a.m.–9:10 a.m. B. Panel 1: Native American Advocacy Groups: 9:10 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Speakers’ Remarks • Jacqueline Pata, National Congress of the American Indian • Ahniwake Rose, National Indian Education Association • Stacey Bohlen, National Indian Health Board • Dante Desiderio, Native American Finance Officers Association • Sarah Deer, William Mitchell College of Law Questions from Commissioners C. Panel 2: Federal Government Officials: 10:35 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Speakers’ Remarks • William Mendoza, White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education • Tracy Toulou, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Tribal Justice • Robert McSwain, Indian Health Service • Randy Akers, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native Programs E:\FR\FM\12FEN1.SGM 12FEN1 7500 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 29 / Friday, February 12, 2016 / Notices Questions from Commissioners III. Business Meeting A. Program Planning • Discussion and vote on the part B proposed findings and recommendations for the Peaceful Coexistence Report • Discussion of plan for revision of report on the effect of undocumented workers on AfricanAmerican employment B. Advisory Committees • Vote on appointments to the Ohio Advisory Committee • Presentation by Mississippi Advisory Committee Chair on child care subsidies report C. Management and Operations • Staff Director’s Report • Submission of Spending Plan to Congressional appropriation committees • Submission of FY2017 Budget justification transmitted to Congress as part of President’s Budget Request D. Other V. Adjourn Meeting Dated: February 9, 2016. David Mussatt, Regional Programs Unit Chief, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. [FR Doc. 2016–02992 Filed 2–10–16; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6335–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–5–2016] asabaliauskas on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES2 Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 279— Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C. (Shipbuilding); Houma, Louisiana The Houma-Terrebonne Airport Commission, grantee of FTZ 279, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C. (Thoma-Sea), located in Houma, Louisiana. The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on February 3, 2016. A separate request for subzone designation at the Thoma-Sea facilities is planned and will be processed under Section 400.31 of the FTZ Board’s regulations. The facilities are used for the construction and repair of oceangoing vessels. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:38 Feb 11, 2016 Jkt 238001 and 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 Thoma-Sea from customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On its domestic sales, Thoma-Sea would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to oceangoing vessels (free) for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment. The components sourced from abroad include: plastic hoses; printed manuals; steel pipe fittings; doors; steel tanks; hatches/manholes; copper anodes; zinc rods; base metal mountings; outboard motors; parts of marine engines; parts of hydraulic pumps; hydraulic fluid pumps; compressors; portal/pedestal jib cranes; thruster parts; pressure-reducing valves; steel tank valves; vent check valves; machine parts of automated systems; electric motors; AC generators; speed drive controllers; power supplies; batteries; power cells; starter generators/ motors; electric ignition starter parts; fuses; circuit boards; parts of electrical switching apparatus; insulated winding wire; liquid flow/level measuring instruments; parts of printed circuit assemblies; and, parts of measuring instruments (duty rate ranges from free to 5.7%). Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions shall be addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is March 23, 2016. A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ Board’s Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or (202) 482–1378. Dated: February, 2, 2016. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–02993 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–122–853] Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Canada: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014–2015 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Canada. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2014, through April 30, 2015. The review covers one producer/ exporter of the subject merchandise, Jungbunzlauer Canada Inc. (JBL Canada). We preliminarily determine that sales of subject merchandise by JBL Canada were not made at prices below normal value (NV). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Effective Date: February 12, 2016. AGENCY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor or Katherine Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–4007 or (202) 482–4929, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scope of the Order The merchandise covered by this order is citric acid and certain citrate salts from Canada. The product is currently classified under subheadings 2918.14.0000, 2918.15.1000, 2918.15.5000, and 3824.90.9290 of the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of merchandise subject to the scope is dispositive.1 1 A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada; 2014– 2015’’ (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with these results and hereby adopted by this notice. 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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7499-7500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02992]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of Commission Briefing and Business Meeting.

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DATES: Friday, February 19, 2016, at 9 a.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Place: National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
11th Floor, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20245 (Entrance on F Street 
NW.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerson Gomez, Media Advisor at 
telephone: (202) 376-8371, TTY: (202) 376-8116 or email: 
publicaffairs@usccr.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This business meeting is open to the public. 
If you would like to listen to the briefing or business meeting, please 
contact the above for the call-in information.
    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. During the 
briefing portion, Commissioners will ask questions and discuss the 
briefing topic with the panelists. The public may submit written 
comments on the topic of the briefing to the above address for 30 days 
after the briefing. Please direct your comments to the attention of the 
``Staff Director'' and clearly mark ``Briefing Comments Inside'' on the 
outside of the envelope. Please note we are unable to return any 
comments or submitted materials.
    Comments may also be submitted by email to qccomments@usccr.gov.

Meeting Agenda

I. Approval of Agenda
II. Quiet Crisis Briefing Federal Funding and the Unmet Physical and 
Legal Infrastructure Needs of Indian Country
    A. Opening Remarks: 9:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m.
    B. Panel 1: Native American Advocacy Groups: 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    Speakers' Remarks
     Jacqueline Pata, National Congress of the American Indian
     Ahniwake Rose, National Indian Education Association
     Stacey Bohlen, National Indian Health Board
     Dante Desiderio, Native American Finance Officers 
Association
     Sarah Deer, William Mitchell College of Law
    Questions from Commissioners
    C. Panel 2: Federal Government Officials: 10:35 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
    Speakers' Remarks
     William Mendoza, White House Initiative on American Indian 
and Alaska Native Education
     Tracy Toulou, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Tribal 
Justice
     Robert McSwain, Indian Health Service
     Randy Akers, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Native Programs

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    Questions from Commissioners
III. Business Meeting
    A. Program Planning
     Discussion and vote on the part B proposed findings and 
recommendations for the Peaceful Coexistence Report
     Discussion of plan for revision of report on the effect of 
undocumented workers on African-American employment
    B. Advisory Committees
     Vote on appointments to the Ohio Advisory Committee
     Presentation by Mississippi Advisory Committee Chair on 
child care subsidies report
    C. Management and Operations
     Staff Director's Report
     Submission of Spending Plan to Congressional appropriation 
committees
     Submission of FY2017 Budget justification transmitted to 
Congress as part of President's Budget Request
    D. Other
V. Adjourn Meeting

    Dated: February 9, 2016.
David Mussatt,
Regional Programs Unit Chief, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
[FR Doc. 2016-02992 Filed 2-10-16; 11:15 am]
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