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above $34 million. Therefore, more than 

9, a majority of handlers, have raisin 

sales below $34 million and may be 

classified as small entities. 

On October 20, 2022, the Committee 

recommended that AMS postpone the 

scheduled continuance referendum to 

avoid the referendum period 

overlapping with a formal rulemaking to 

amend the Order and any potential 

confusion it would otherwise cause 

producers. After considering the 

Committee’s request, AMS determined 

that the scheduled continuance 

referendum should be suspended while 

AMS conducts a formal rulemaking to 

amend the Order and, if effectuated, 

while the industry operates under such 

amended Order. 

Section 989.91(b) authorizes the 

Secretary to terminate or suspend the 

operation of any or all provisions of the 

Order, whenever the Secretary finds that 

such provisions do not tend to 

effectuate the declared policy of the act. 

This interim final rule suspends the 

continuance referendum requirement 

under section 989.91(c) of the Federal 

marketing order regulating the handling 

of raisins produced from grapes grown 

in California. The next scheduled 

continuance referendum will be 

conducted no earlier than November 26, 

2029. AMS will consider all comments 

received prior to publication of a final 

rule in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the Order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by OMB and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0178, 

Vegetable and Specialty Crops. No 

changes are necessary in those 

requirements as a result of this rule. 

Should any changes become necessary, 

they would be submitted to OMB for 

approval. 

This interim final rule does not 

impose any additional reporting or 

recordkeeping requirements on either 

small or large raisin handlers. As with 

all Federal marketing order programs, 

reports and forms are periodically 

reviewed to reduce information 

requirements and duplication by 

industry and public sector agencies. 

AMS has not identified any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with this interim final rule. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: https://

www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/ 

moa/small-businesses. Any questions 

about the compliance guide should be 

sent to Richard Lower at the previously 

mentioned address in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

information and recommendations 

submitted by the Committee and other 

available information, it is hereby found 

that this section 989.91(c) does not tend 

to effectuate the declared policy of the 

Act for the period specified herein and 

should be stayed for that period. 

This interim final rule invites 

comments on the temporary suspension 

of the continuance referendum 

requirement under Marketing Order 

989, which regulates the handling of 

raisins produced from grapes grown in 

California. A 30-day comment period is 

provided to allow interested persons to 

respond to this rule. All written 

comments timely received will be 

considered before a final rule is 

published in the Federal Register. 

Good Cause Analysis 

Pursuant to section 553(b)(B) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act, notice 

and comment are not required prior to 

the issuance of a final rule if an agency, 

for good cause, finds that ‘‘notice and 

public procedure thereon are 

impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest.’’ 

AMS has determined upon good 

cause that it is impracticable, 

unnecessary, and contrary to the public 

interest to give preliminary notice prior 

to putting this rule into effect because 

this rule should be implemented as soon 

as possible since the continuance 

referendum period was originally 

scheduled during this time period and 

the potential formal rulemaking will 

likely begin soon, the Committee 

discussed this issue at public meetings 

and unanimously recommended a 

suspension of the continuance 

referendum, and the rule provides a 

comment period and any comments 

received will be considered prior to 

finalization of this rule. 

For the reasons stated above, AMS 

also finds that good cause exists for the 

interim final rule to be effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 989 

Grapes, Marketing agreements, 

Raisins, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Agricultural Marketing 

Service amends 7 CFR part 989 as 

follows: 

PART 989—RAISINS PRODUCED 

FROM GRAPES GROWN IN 

CALIFORNIA 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 989 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

§ 989.91 Suspension or termination. 

■ 2. In § 989.91, paragraph (c) is stayed 

from October 16, 2023 through 

November 26, 2029. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

7 CFR Part 3434 

RIN 0524–AA39 

Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges 

and Universities (HSACU) Certification 

Process 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture (NIFA), Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This amendment to NIFA 

regulations updates the list of 

institutions that are granted HispanicServing Agricultural Colleges and 

Universities (HSACU) certification by 

the Secretary and are eligible for 

HSACU programs for the period starting 

July 1, 2023, and ending July 1, 2024. 

DATES: This rule is effective October 16, 

2023, and applicable July 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amanda Sahinovic; Financial Policy 

Specialist; National Institute of Food 

and Agriculture; U.S. Department of 

Agriculture; 805 Pennsylvania Ave.; 

Kansas City, MO 64105; Voice: 816– 

266–9905; Email: HSACU@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

HSACU Institutions, 2023–2024: This 

rule makes changes to the existing list 

of institutions in appendix B of 7 CFR 

part 3434. The list of institutions is 

amended to reflect the institutions that 

are granted HSACU certification by the 

Secretary and are eligible for HSACU 

programs for the period starting July 1, 

2023, and ending July 1, 2024. 

Certification Process: As stated in 7 

CFR 3434.4, an institution must meet 


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the following criteria to receive HSACU 

certification: (1) Be a Hispanic-Serving 

Institution (HSI), (2) offer agriculturerelated degrees, (3) not be designated an 

1862 land-grant institution, (4) not 

appear on the Excluded Parties List 

System (EPLS), (5) be accredited, and (6) 

award at least 15% of agriculture-related 

degrees to Hispanic students over the 

two most recent academic years. 

NIFA obtained the latest report from 

the U.S. Department of Education’s 

National Center for Education Statistics 

that lists all HSIs and the degrees 

conferred by these institutions 

(completion data) during the 2020–21 

academic year. NIFA used this report to 

identify HSIs that conferred a degree in 

an instructional program that appears in 

appendix A of 7 CFR part 3434 and to 

confirm that over the 2019–2020 and 

2020–21 academic years at least 15% of 

the degrees in agriculture-related fields 

were awarded to Hispanic students. 

NIFA further confirmed that these 

institutions were nationally accredited. 

The updated list of HSACUs is based 

on (1) completions data from 2019–20 

and 2020–21, and (2) enrollment data 

from Fall 2021. NIFA identified 223 

institutions that met the eligibility 

criteria to receive HSACU certification 

for fiscal year (FY) 2023 (July 1, 2023, 

to July 1, 2024). 

Section 7102 of the Agriculture Act of 

2018 (Pub. L. 115–334) amended 

Section 1404(14) of the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

3103(14)) to remove the opt-in, opt-out 

language for Hispanic Serving 

Agricultural Colleges and Universities 

(HSACU) in order to apply for Non 

Land-Grant College of Agriculture 

(NLGCA) designation. 

Appeal Process: As set forth in 7 CFR 

3434.8, NIFA will permit HSIs that are 

not granted HSACU certification to 

submit an appeal within 30 days of the 

publication of this rule. 

Classification: This rule relates to 

public property, loans, grants, benefits, 

or contracts. Accordingly, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 553, notice of proposed 

rulemaking and opportunity for 

comment are not required, and this rule 

may be made effective less than 30 days 

after publication in the Federal 

Register. This rule also is exempt from 

the provisions of Executive Order 

12866. This action is not a rule as 

defined by the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, as amended by the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., or the 

Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 

et seq., and thus is exempt from the 

provisions of those Acts. This rule 

contains no information collection or 

recordkeeping requirements under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 3434 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Agricultural research, 

education, extension, Federal 

assistance, Hispanic-serving 

institutions. 

Accordingly, part 3434 of title 7 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations is amended 

as set forth below: 

PART 3434—HISPANIC-SERVING 

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND 

UNIVERSITIES CERTIFICATION 

PROCESS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 3434 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 3103. 

■ 2. Revise appendix B to read as 

follows: 

Appendix B to Part 3434—List of 

HSACU Institutions, 2023–2024 

The institutions listed in this appendix are 

granted HSACU certification by the Secretary 

and are eligible for HSACU programs for the 

period starting July 1, 2023, and ending July 

1, 2024. Institutions are listed alphabetically 

under the state of the school’s location, with 

the campus indicated where applicable. 

Arizona (11) 

Arizona State University Campus Immersion 

Arizona Western College 

Central Arizona College 

Glendale Community College 

Mesa Community College 

Northern Arizona University 

Phoenix College 

Pima Community College 

Rio Salado College 

Scottsdale Community College 

South Mountain Community College 

California (95) 

American River College 

Antelope Valley Community College District 

Bakersfield College 

Butte College 

Cabrillo College 

California Baptist University 

California State Polytechnic University— 

Humboldt 

California State Polytechnic University— 

Pomona 

California State University—Bakersfield 

California State University—Channel Islands 

California State University—Chico 

California State University—East Bay 

California State University—Fresno 

California State University—Fullerton 

California State University—Long Beach 

California State University—Los Angeles 

California State University—Monterey Bay 

California State University—Northridge 

California State University—Sacramento 

California State University—San Bernardino 

California State University—San Marcos 

California State University—Stanislaus 

Chaffey College 

Citrus College 

City College of San Francisco 

Clovis Community College 

College of San Mateo 

College of the Canyons 

College of the Desert 

College of the Sequoias 

Cosumnes River College 

Crafton Hills College 

Cuesta College 

Cypress College 

Diablo Valley College 

East Los Angeles College 

El Camino Community College District 

Evergreen Valley College 

Foothill College 

Fresno City College 

Fresno Pacific University 

Fullerton College 

Glendale Community College 

Hartnell College 

Imperial Valley College 

Las Positas College 

Long Beach City College 

Los Angeles City College 

Los Angeles Mission College 

Los Angeles Pierce College 

Los Angeles Southwest College 

Merced College 

MiraCosta College 

Mission College 

Modesto Junior College 

Monterey Peninsula College 

Moorpark College 

Mt San Antonio College 

Mt San Jacinto Community College District 

Napa Valley College 

Oxnard College 

Palo Verde College 

Palomar College 

Pasadena City College 

Porterville College 

Reedley College 

Rio Hondo College 

Riverside City College 

Sacramento City College 

Saddleback College 

Saint Mary’s College of California 

San Bernardino Valley College 

San Diego City College 

San Diego Mesa College 

San Diego State University 

San Francisco State University 

San Jose State University 

Santa Ana College 

Santa Monica College 

Santa Rosa Junior College 

Solano Community College 

Sonoma State University 

Southwestern College 

University of California—Irvine 

University of California—Riverside 

University of California—Santa Barbara 

University of California—Santa Cruz 

University of La Verne 

University of Redlands 

Ventura College 

West Hills College—Coalinga 

West Los Angeles College 

Whittier College 

Woodland Community College 

Yuba College 

Colorado (5) 

Colorado State University Pueblo 


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Community College of Denver 

Metropolitan State University of Denver 

Regis University 

Trinidad State College 

Connecticut (1) 

Gateway Community College 

Florida (11) 

Ana G. Mendez University 

Broward College 

Florida Atlantic University 

Florida International University 

Indian River State College 

Miami Dade College 

Nova Southeastern University 

Palm Beach State College 

Seminole State College of Florida 

University of Central Florida 

Valencia College 

Georgia (2) 

Dalton State College 

Georgia Gwinnett College 

Illinois (7) 

City Colleges of Chicago—Richard J Daley 

College 

College of Lake County 

Dominican University 

North Park University 

Northeastern Illinois University 

Roosevelt University 

University of Illinois Chicago 

Indiana (1) 

Goshen College 

Kansas (1) 

Seward County Community College 

Massachusetts (1) 

Bunker Hill Community College 

Nevada (1) 

University of Nevada—Las Vegas 

New Jersey (9) 

Atlantic Cape Community College 

Essex County College 

Hudson County Community College 

Kean University 

Middlesex College 

Montclair State University 

Passaic County Community College 

Rutgers University—Newark 

William Paterson University of New Jersey 

New Mexico (8) 

Central New Mexico Community College 

Eastern New Mexico University—Main 

Campus 

Eastern New Mexico University—Roswell 

Campus 

Northern New Mexico College 

Santa Fe Community College 

University of New Mexico—Los Alamos 

Campus 

University of New Mexico—Main Campus 

Western New Mexico University 

New York (15) 

CUNY Bronx Community College 

CUNY City College 

CUNY Hostos Community College 

CUNY Hunter College 

CUNY LaGuardia Community College 

CUNY Lehman College 

CUNY Queens College 

CUNY Queensborough Community College 

Farmingdale State College 

Manhattan College 

Manhattanville College 

Mercy College 

Nassau Community College 

Suffolk County Community College 

SUNY Westchester Community College 

North Carolina (1) 

Sampson Community College 

Oregon (1) 

Chemeketa Community College 

Puerto Rico (16) 

Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico— 

Recinto de Manati 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

Aguadilla 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

Barranquitas 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

Bayamon 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

Guayama 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

Ponce 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

San German 

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto 

Rico—Ponce 

Universidad Ana G. Mendez—Carolina 

Campus 

Universidad Ana G. Mendez—Cupey Campus 

Universidad Ana G. Mendez—Gurabo 

Campus 

University of Puerto Rico—Arecibo 

University of Puerto Rico—Humacao 

University of Puerto Rico—Medical Sciences 

University of Puerto Rico—Rio Piedras 

University of Puerto Rico—Utuado 

Texas (33) 

Amarillo College 

Angelo State University 

Austin Community College District 

Central Texas College 

Dallas College 

Frank Phillips College 

Huston—Tillotson University 

Lee College 

Lone Star College System 

Odessa College 

Palo Alto College 

Saint Edward’s University 

San Antonio College 

Southwest Texas Junior College 

Southwestern University 

St. Mary’s University 

Sul Ross State University 

Tarrant County College District 

Texas A & M University—Corpus Christi 

Texas A & M University—Kingsville 

Texas State Technical College 

Texas State University 

Texas Woman’s University 

The University of Texas at Austin 

The University of Texas at El Paso 

The University of Texas at San Antonio 

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 

Tyler Junior College 

University of Houston 

University of Houston—Clear Lake 

University of North Texas 

University of the Incarnate Word 

Wayland Baptist University 

Washington (4) 

Big Bend Community College 

Heritage University 

Wenatchee Valley College 

Yakima Valley College 

Done at Washington, DC, this day of 

October 10, 2023. 

Drenda Williams, 

Associate Director for Operations, National 

Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Parts 50 and 52 

[NRC–2021–0179] 

Regulatory Guide: Alternative 

Radiological Source Terms for 

Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at 

Nuclear Power Reactors 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 1 

to Regulatory Guide (RG), 1.183, 

‘‘Alternative Radiological Source Terms 

for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at 

Nuclear Power Reactors.’’ This RG 

describes a method that the NRC staff 

considers acceptable in complying with 

regulations for design basis accident 

dose consequence analysis using an 

alternative source term. This guidance 

for light-water reactor (LWR) designs 

includes the scope, nature, and 

documentation of associated analyses 

and evaluations; consideration of 

impacts on analyzed risk; and content of 

submittals. 

DATES: Revision 1 to RG 1.183 is 

available on October 16, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2021–0179 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2021–0179. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individuals listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 


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