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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

7 CFR Part 3434 

RIN 0524–AA39 

Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges 

and Universities (HSACU) 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture, USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule updates the list of 

institutions that are granted HSACU 

certification by the Secretary and are 

eligible for HSACU programs for the 

period starting October 1, 2014, and 

ending September 30, 2015. 

DATES: This rule is effective February 4, 

2015 and applicable October 1, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

DePaolo; Policy Specialist; National 

Institute of Food and Agriculture; U.S. 

Department of Agriculture; STOP 2272; 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2272; Voice: 

202–401–5061; Fax: 202–401–7752; 

Email: ldepaolo@nifa.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

HSACU Institutions for Fiscal Year 

2015 

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 October 1, 2014, and 

ending September 30, 2015. 

Certification Process 

As stated in 7 CFR 3434.4, an 

institution must meet the following 

criteria to receive HSACU certification: 

(1) Be a Hispanic-Serving Institution 

(HSI), (2) offer agriculture-related 

degrees, (3) not appear on the Excluded 

Parties List, (4) be accredited, and (5) 

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 

(completions data) during the 2012–13 

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 2011–12 and 

2012–13 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 

and did not have any exclusions listed 

in the System for Award Management 

(https://www.sam.gov). 

The updated list of HSACUs is based 

on (1) completions data from 2011–12 

and 2012–13, and (2) enrollment data 

from Fall 2013. NIFA identified 101 

institutions that met the eligibility 

criteria to receive HSACU certification 

for FY 2015 (October 1, 2014 to 

September 30, 2015). 

Declaration of Intent To Apply for 

NLGCA Designation 

As set forth in Section 7101 of the 

Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113– 

79), which amends 7 U.S.C. 3103, an 

institution that is eligible to be 

designated as an HSACU may notify the 

Secretary of its intent not to be 

considered an HSACU. To opt out of 

designation as an HSACU, an 

authorized official at the institution 

must submit a declaration of intent not 

to be considered an HSACU to NIFA by 

email at NLGCA.status@nifa.usda.gov. 

In accordance with Section 7101, a 

declaration by an institution not to be 

considered an HSACU shall remain in 

effect until September 30, 2018. 

Institutions that opt out of HSACU 

designation will have the option to 

apply for designation as a Non-Land 

Grant College of Agriculture (NLGCA) 

institution. To be eligible for NLGCA 

designation, institutions must be public 

colleges or universities offering 

baccalaureate or higher degrees in the 

study of food and agricultural sciences, 

as defined in 7 U.S.C. 3103. An online 

form to apply for NLGCA designation is 

available at www.nifa.usda.gov/form/

form.html. 

In FY 2014, three institutions opted 

out of their HSACU designation and 

received NLGCA designation, hence 

they are excluded from the FY 2015 

HSACU list. 

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 notice. 

Classification 

This rule relates to internal agency 

management. 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; Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions; Federal assistance. 

Title 7, chapter XXXIV of the Code of 

Federal Regulations is amended 

accordingly 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 part 3434 to 

read as follows: 

Appendix B to Part 3434—List of 

HSACU Institutions, 2014–2015 

The institutions listed in this appendix are 

granted HSACU certification by the Secretary 

and are eligible for HSACU programs for the 


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period starting October 1, 2014, and ending 

September 30, 2015. Institutions are listed 

alphabetically under the state of the school’s 

location, with the campus indicated where 

applicable. 

Arizona (4) 

Cochise College 

Glendale Community College 

Phoenix College 

Pima Community College 

California (39) 

Allan Hancock College 

Antioch University-Los Angeles 

Bakersfield College 

California State University—Channel Islands 

California State University—East Bay 

California State University—Fresno 

California State University—San Bernardino 

Chaffey College 

College of San Mateo 

College of the Desert 

College of the Sequoias 

Fullerton College 

Golden West College 

Hartnell College 

Imperial Valley College 

Long Beach City College 

Los Angeles City College 

Los Angeles Pierce College 

Mendocino College 

Merced College 

MiraCosta College 

Modesto Junior College 

Monterey Peninsula College 

Mt. San Antonio College 

Mt. San Jacinto Community College District 

National University 

Orange Coast College 

Pacific Union College 

Porterville College 

Reedley College 

San Diego Mesa College 

San Joaquin Delta College 

Santa Ana College 

Santa Barbara City College 

Southwestern College 

University of California—Riverside 

Victor Valley College 

West Hills College Coalinga 

Whittier College 

Colorado (1) 

Trinidad State Junior College 

Florida (3) 

Florida International University 

Miami Dade College 

Nova Southeastern University 

Illinois (2) 

City Colleges of Chicago—Harold 

Washington College 

Dominican University 

Nevada (1) 

College of Southern Nevada 

New Mexico (8) 

Eastern New Mexico University—Main 

Campus 

Mesalands Community College 

New Mexico Highlands University 

New Mexico Institute of Mining and 

Technology 

Northern New Mexico College 

Santa Fe Community College 

University of New Mexico—Main Campus 

Western New Mexico University 

New York (4) 

CUNY Bronx Community College 

CUNY LaGuardia Community College 

CUNY Lehman College 

SUNY Westchester Community College 

Puerto Rico (15) 

Bayamon Central University 

Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico—Manati 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

Aguadilla 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

Bayamon 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

Metro 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

Ponce 

Inter American University of Puerto Rico— 

San German 

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto 

Rico—Ponce 

Universidad Del Turabo 

Universidad Metropolitana 

University of Puerto Rico—Arecibo 

University of Puerto Rico—Humacao 

University of Puerto Rico—Medical Sciences 

Campus 

University of Puerto Rico—Rio Piedras 

Campus 

University of Puerto Rico—Utuado 

Texas (21) 

Houston Community College 

Lee College 

Midland College 

Palo Alto College 

Richland College 

Saint Edward’s University 

St. Mary’s University 

San Antonio College 

Southwest Texas Junior College 

Texas A&M International University 

Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi 

Texas A&M University—Kingsville 

Texas State Technical College—Harlingen 

Texas State University 

University of Texas at Arlington 

University of Texas at Brownsville 

University of Texas at El Paso 

University of Texas at San Antonio 

University of Texas—Pan American 

University of Houston 

University of the Incarnate Word 

Washington (3) 

Big Bend Community College 

Columbia Basin College 

Wenatchee Valley College 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

January, 2015. 

Sonny Ramaswamy, 

Director, National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02143 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2009–BT–TP–0016] 

RIN 1904–AB99 

Energy Conservation Program: Test 

Procedures for Fluorescent Lamp 

Ballasts 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: On October 21, 2014, the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) issued a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) 

to amend the test procedures for 

fluorescent lamp ballasts. That NOPR 

serves as the basis for this action. This 

final rule amends DOE’s regulations 

concerning the test procedures for the 

measurement of energy consumption for 

fluorescent lamp ballasts. Specifically, 

these amendments clarify the 

requirement to use the test procedures 

in Appendix Q1 to demonstrate 

compliance with the energy 

conservation standards that apply to 

fluorescent lamp ballasts manufactured 

on or after November 14, 2014. These 

revisions follow the intent of the 

fluorescent lamp ballast test procedure 

final rule to support any new or revised 

energy conservation standards at the 

time those standards require 

compliance. This final rule also corrects 

the formula for power factor, which 

contained a mathematical error as 

adopted in that final rule. 

DATES: The effective date of this rule is 

March 6, 2015. Compliance will be 

mandatory starting August 3, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The docket, which includes 

Federal Register notices, public meeting 

attendee lists and transcripts, 

comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials, is available for 

review at regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the regulations.gov index. However, 

some documents listed in the index, 

such as those containing information 

that is exempt from public disclosure, 

may not be publicly available. 

A link to the docket Web page can be 

found at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/

buildings/appliance_standards/product.

aspx/productid/62. This Web page will 

contain a link to the docket for this 

notice on the regulations.gov site. The 

regulations.gov Web page will contain 

simple instructions on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. 

For further information on how to 

review the docket, contact Ms. Brenda 


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