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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 5- 

minute period to fully present testimony 

regarding both topic areas, the 

participant should indicate this 

intention and may reserve their 5- 

minute 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 

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 

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 

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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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

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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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: 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 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25788 Filed 10–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

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 

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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