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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. 

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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. 

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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 


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