### 68127 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 213 / Thursday, November 3, 2011 / Notices

Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–2299.

Hand Delivery/Courier: VMLRP; Policy and Oversight Division, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 2308, Waterfront Centre, 800 9th Street SW., Washington, DC 20024.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and
NIFA–2012–0001. All comments received will be posted without change

to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Matthew Lockhart, Senior Policy Specialist; National Institute of Food and Agriculture; U.S. Department of Agriculture; STOP 2299; 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–2299; Voice: (202) 570–7410; Email: mlockhart@nifa.usda.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 
Background and Purpose

The VMLRP helps qualified veterinarians offset a significant portion of the debt incurred in pursuit of their veterinary medicine degrees in return for their service in certain high-priority veterinary shortage situations. NIFA
will enter into educational loan repayment agreements with veterinarians who agree to provide veterinary services in veterinarian shortage situations for a determined period of time. NIFA may repay up to $25,000 of a veterinarian’s student loan debt per year if the veterinarian commits to at least three years to provide veterinary services in a designated veterinary shortage area. Loan repayment benefits are limited to payments of the principal and interest on government and commercial loans
received for the attendance at an accredited college of veterinary medicine that result in a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or the equivalent.

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 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 in March 2009, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111– 8) was enacted, providing an additional $2,950,000, for the VMLRP, and in October 2009, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–80) appropriated another $4,800,000 for the VMLRP. On April 15, 2011, the President signed into law, Pub. L. 112–10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, which after a .2% rescission, appropriated an additional $4,790,400 for the VMLRP.

On October 1, 2009, CSREES became the NIFA as mandated by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, section 7511(f). Accordingly, the authority to administer the VMLRP
transferred from CSREES to NIFA.

In FY 2010, VMLRP announced its first funding opportunity and received 260 applications from which NIFA issued 53 VMLRP awards totaling $5,186,000. In FY 2011, VMLRP opened its second funding opportunity and received 159 applications from which
NIFA has made 80 VMLRP award offers totaling $7,708,000. Each award offer is contingent upon submission of a signed contract, thereby executing the service agreement between the veterinarian and NIFA. Funding for future years is based on annual appropriations and balances, if any, remaining from prior years.

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 inviting stakeholder comments to use in improving the
administration of the VMLRP. Written comments and suggestions on issues may be submitted to the NIFA Docket
Clerk at the address above.

Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of
October 2011. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Acting Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

[FR Doc. 2011–28508 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–22–P**

**ARCHITECTURAL AND**
**TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS**
**COMPLIANCE BOARD**

**Meetings**

**AGENCY :**  Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board.

**ACTION :**  Notice of meetings.

**SUMMARY :**  The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) plans to hold its regular Board meeting in Washington, DC, Wednesday, November 9, 2011, from 1:30–3 p.m.


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**DATES :**  Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 1:30–3 p.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  This meeting will be held at the Access Board Conference Room, 1331 F Street NW., suite 800, Washington, DC 20004.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For further information regarding the meetings, please contact David Capozzi, Executive Director, (202) 272–0010 (voice); (202) 272–0082 (TTY).

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  At the Board meeting scheduled on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 9, 2011, the Access Board will consider the following agenda items:

• Approval of the draft July 13, 2011 meeting minutes

• Planning and Evaluation Committee Report

• Ad Hoc Committee Reports

Æ Information and Communications Technologies—advance notice of proposed rulemaking (vote)

Æ Medical Diagnostic Equipment— notice of proposed rulemaking (vote)

• Executive Director’s Report

• Public Comment, Open Topics All meetings are accessible to persons with disabilities. An assistive listening system, computer assisted real-time transcription (CART), and sign language interpreters will be available at the Board meeting and committee meetings. Persons attending Board meetings are requested to refrain from using perfume, cologne, and other fragrances for the comfort of other participants (see http://www.access-board.gov/about/ policies/fragrance.htm for more information).

David M. Capozzi,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 2011–28540 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 8150–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE**

**Bureau of Industry and Security**

**Materials Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed**  **Meeting**

The Materials Technical Advisory Committee will meet on November 17, 2011, 10 a.m., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Constitution & Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC The
Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with respect to technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable to materials and related technology. Agenda

Open Session

1. Opening Remarks and
Introductions.

2. Remarks from Bureau of Industry and Security senior management.

3. Presentation from DuPont on impact of export controls.

4. Report on Composite Working Group and other working groups.

5. Discussion of proposed changes to Select Agent List and program as published in the October 3, 2011 Federal Register

.

6. Report on regime-based activities.

7. Public comments and New

Business.

Closed Session

8. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ l0(a)(I) and 10(a)(3).

The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov, no later than November 10, 2011.

A limited number of seats will be available during the public session of the meeting. Reservations are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral
statements to the Committee. Written statements may be submitted at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee members, the materials should be forwarded prior to the meeting to Ms. Springer via email.

The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on October 21, 2011, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 § 10(d)), that the portion of the meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce Control List and the U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the public.

For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 482–2813.

Dated: October 31, 2011.
Yvette Springer, Committee Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 2011–28534 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE** 

**International Trade Administration**

**[A–570–831]**

**Fresh Garlic From the People’s Republic of China: Extension of Time**  **Limit for Partial Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative** 
**Review**

**AGENCY :**  Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Scott Lindsay or Lingjun Wang, AD/ CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0780 or (202) 482– 2316, respectively.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 
Background

On December 28, 2010, the Department of Commerce (Department) published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of fresh garlic from the People’s Republic of China covering the period November 1, 2009, through October 31, 2010. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 81565 (December 28, 2010). On July 15, 2011, the Department published a notice
in the Federal Register that extended the time limit to issue the preliminary results by 100 days. See Fresh Garlic From the People’s Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 41795 (July 15, 2011). On October 20, 2011, the Department issued partial preliminary results covering the PRC-wide entity which included seven companies on which a review was initiated, and fourteen companies that certified no shipments. See Fresh Garlic From the People’s Republic of China: Partial Preliminary Results, Rescission of, and Intent To Rescind, in Part, the 2009– 2010 Administrative Review, 76 FR 65172 (October 20, 2011) (First Partial Preliminary Results). The partial preliminary results covering seven companies on which the review was initiated but who were not covered by
the First Partial Preliminary Results are currently due no later than November 10, 2011.

Extension of Time Limit for Partial Preliminary Results

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires