Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 83 / Friday, April 30, 2010 / Notices 22737 

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. Finally, 

this section requires USDA to 

promulgate regulations within 270 days 

of the enactment of FCEA (i.e., June 18, 

2008). The Secretary delegated the 

authority to carry out this program to 

NIFA. 

The final rule was published in the 

Federal Register on April 19, 2010 [75 

FR 20239–20248]. Based on comments 

received during the 60-day comment 

period upon publication of the interim 

rule [74 FR 32788–32798, July 9, 2009], 

NIFA reconsidered the policy regarding 

individuals who consolidated their 

veterinary school loans with other 

educational loans (e.g. undergraduate) 

and their eligibility to apply for the 

VMLRP. NIFA will allow these 

individuals to apply for and receive a 

VMLRP award; however, only the 

eligible portion of the consolidation will 

be repaid by the VMLRP. Furthermore, 

applicants with consolidated loans will 

be asked to provide a complete history 

of their student loans from the National 

Student Loan Database System (NSLDS), 

a central database for student aid 

operated by the U.S. Department of 

Education. The NSLDS Web site can be 

found at http://www.nslds.ed.gov. 

Individuals who consolidated their 

DVM loans with non-educational loans 

or loans belonging to an individual 

other than the applicant, such as a 

spouse or child, will continue to be 

ineligible for the VMLRP. 

The estimated amount available for 

NIFA to support this program in FY 

2010 is $9,216,000. The eligibility 

criteria for applicants and the 

application forms and associated 

instructions needed to apply for a 

VMLRP award can be viewed and 

downloaded from the VMLRP Web site 

at http://www.nifa.usda.gov/vmlrp. 

Done in Washington, DC, this April 20, 

2010. 

Roger Beachy, 

Director, National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10099 Filed 4–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Kentucky Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a meeting of the Kentucky 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will convene on Thursday, 

May 20, 2010 at 1 p.m. and adjourn at 

approximately 4 p.m. (EST) at Gardiner 

Hall, Room 310, University of 

Louisville, Louisville, KY. The purpose 

of the meeting is for the Committee to 

discuss its report on disparate discipline 

of minority youth by public school 

districts. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

Southern Regional Office by June 20, 

2010. The mailing address is Southern 

Regional Office, U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, 61 Forsyth Street, Suite 

18T40, Atlanta, GA 30301. Persons 

wishing to e-mail their comments may 

do so to pminarik@usccr.gov. Persons 

that desire additional information 

should contact Peter Minarik, Regional 

Director, Southern Regional Office, at 

(404) 562–7000 (or for hearing impaired 

TDD (913) 551–1414). 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Southern Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Persons interested in the 

work of this advisory committee are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact 

the Southern Regional Office at the 

above e-mail or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, April 26, 2010. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10052 Filed 4–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Final Damage Assessment and 

Restoration Plan for the Bayou Verdine 

and Calcasieu River 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

document entitled, ‘‘Final Damage 

Assessment and Restoration Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Bayou Verdine Site, Calcasieu Parish, 

Louisiana’’ (Final DARP/EA), has been 

approved by the State and Federal 

natural resource trustee agencies (the 

Trustees). The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration is the lead 

agency publishing this notice in the 

Federal Register on behalf of the United 

States Fish & Wildlife Service, acting on 

behalf of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior (USFWS/DOI); Louisiana 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(LDEQ), and Louisiana Department of 

Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF). The 

Final DARRP/EA is now available to the 

public. The document describes the 

Trustees’ assessment of natural resource 

injuries and resource services losses in 

the upper Calcasieu Estuary due to past 

releases of hazardous substances from 

two facilities situated in the upper 


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