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the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2022–0024, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at www.regulations.gov 

or in our reading room, which is located 

in room 1620 of the USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal 

reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 4700 

River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 851–2114; marc.phillips@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart L– 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–12, referred to below 

as the regulations), the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into or disseminated within 

the United States. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of fruits and 

vegetables that, based on the findings of 

a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

five designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

APHIS received a request from the 

national plant protection organization of 

France to allow the importation of fresh 

baby kiwi fruit (Actinidia arguta) from 

France into the continental United 

States. As part of our evaluation of 

France’s request, we have prepared a 

pest risk assessment (PRA) to identify 

the pests of quarantine significance that 

could follow the pathway of the 

importation of fresh baby kiwi fruit into 

the continental United States from 

France. Based on the PRA, a risk 

management document (RMD) was 

prepared to identify phytosanitary 

measures that could be applied to the 

fresh baby kiwi fruit to mitigate the pest 

risk. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our PRA and RMD for 

public review and comment. Those 

documents, as well as a description of 

the economic considerations associated 

with the importation of fresh baby kiwi 

fruit from France, may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov website or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

a link to Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room). You may request 

paper copies of the PRA and RMD by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the analysis you wish to review when 

requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh baby 

kiwi fruit from France in a subsequent 

notice. If the overall conclusions of our 

analysis and the Administrator’s 

determination of risk remain unchanged 

following our consideration of the 

comments, then we will authorize the 

importation of fresh baby kiwi fruit from 

France into the continental United 

States subject to the requirements 

specified in the RMD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772, 

and 7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 

7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

June 2022. 

Anthony Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13317 Filed 6–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

Solicitation of Veterinary Shortage 

Situation Nominations for the 

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment 

Program 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and solicitation for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of Food 

and Agriculture (NIFA) is soliciting 

nominations of veterinary service 

shortage situations for the Veterinary 

Medicine Loan Repayment Program 

(VMLRP) for fiscal years (FY) 2023– 

2025, as authorized under the National 

Veterinary Medical Services Act 

(NVMSA). This notice initiates the 

nomination period for FY 2023 and 

prescribes the procedures and criteria to 

be used by eligible nominating officials 

(State, Insular Area, DC and Federal 

Lands) to nominate veterinary shortage 

situations for fiscal years 2023–2025. 

Each year all eligible nominating 

officials may submit nominations, up to 

the maximum indicated for each entity 

in this notice. NIFA is conducting this 

solicitation of veterinary shortage 

situation nominations under an 

approved information collection (OMB 

Control Number 0524–0050). 

DATES: Shortage situation nominations 

must be submitted between the first 

Monday in October and the second 

Monday in November in each relevant 

fiscal year. 

Fiscal year First day to submit shortage 

nominations 

Last day to submit shortage 

nominations 

2023 ............................................................................................................................... October 3, 2022 ................. November 14, 2022. 

2024 ............................................................................................................................... October 2, 2023 ................. November 13, 2023. 

2025 ............................................................................................................................... October 7, 2024 ................. November 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions must be made 

by downloading the Veterinarian 

Shortage Situation nomination form 

provided in the VMLRP Shortage 

Situations section of the NIFA website 

at https://nifa.usda.gov/grants/ 

programs/veterinary-medicine-loanrepayment-program, completing the 

fillable PDF electronically, and 

submitting it via email to 

vmlrp.applications@usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

VMLRP Program Coordinator; National 

Institute of Food and Agriculture; U.S. 

Department of Agriculture; 805 

Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, MO 

64105; Email: vmlrp.applications@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose: Food 

supply veterinary medicine embraces a 

broad array of veterinary professional 

activities, specialties, and 

responsibilities, and is defined as all 


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1 Government Accountability Office, Veterinary 

Workforce: Actions Are Needed to Ensure Sufficient 

Capacity for Protecting Public and Animal Health, 

GAO–09–178: Feb 18, 2009. 

2National Academies of Science, Workforce 

Needs in Veterinary Medicine, 2013. 

3Andrus DM, Gwinner KP, Prince, JB. Food 

Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition Report: 

Estimating FSM Demand and Maintaining the 

Availability of Veterinarians in Food Supply 

Related Disciplines in the United States and 

Canada, 2016. https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/ 

Reference/Pages/Food-Supply-Veterinary-MedicineCoalition-Report.aspx. 

4Andrus DM, Gwinner KP, Prince, JB. Future 

demand, probable shortages and strategies for 

creating a better future in food supply veterinary 

medicine. 2006, JAVMA 229(1):57–69. 

5Andrus DM, Gwinner KP, Prince, JB. Attracting 

students to careers in food supply veterinary 

medicine. 2006, JAVMA 228(1):1693–1704. 

6Andrus DM, Gwinner KP, Prince, JB. Job 

satisfaction, changes in occupational area and 

commitment to a career in food supply veterinary 

medicine. 2006, JAVMA 228(12):1884–1893. 

7CAST, Impact of Recruitment and Retention of 

Food Animal Veterinarians on the U.S. Food 

Supply, Issue Papers—IP67: April 2020. https://

www.cast-science.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ 

CAST_IP67_Vet-Students.pdf. 

aspects of veterinary medicine’s 

involvement in food supply systems, 

from traditional agricultural production 

to consumption. A series of studies and 

reports 1234567 have drawn attention to 

maldistributions in the veterinary 

workforce leaving some communities, 

especially rural areas, with insufficient 

access to food supply veterinary 

services. 

Two programs, born out of this 

concern, aim to mitigate the 

maldistribution of the veterinary 

workforce: the Veterinary Medicine 

Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) and 

Veterinary Services Grant Program 

(VSGP), both administered by USDA– 

NIFA. VMLRP addresses increasing 

veterinary school debt by offering 

veterinary school debt repayments in 

exchange for service in shortage 

situations, while VSGP addresses other 

factors contributing to the 

maldistribution of veterinarians serving 

the agricultural sector. Specifically, the 

VSGP promotes availability and access 

to (1) specialized education and training 

which will enable veterinarians and 

veterinary technicians to provide 

services in designated veterinarian 

shortage situations, and (2) practiceenhancing equipment and personnel 

resources to enable veterinary practices 

to expand or improve access to 

veterinary services. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: In 

accordance with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations (5 CFR part 1320) that 

implement the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the 

information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements imposed by 

the implementation of these guidelines 

have been approved by OMB Control 

Number 0524–0050. 

Table of Contents in Guidelines for 

Veterinary Shortage Situation Nominations 

I. Preface and Authority 

II. Nomination of Veterinary Shortage 

Situations 

A. General 

1. Eligible Shortage Situations 

2. Authorized Respondents and Use of 

Consultation 

3. State Allocation of Nominations 

4. FY 2023–2025 Shortage Situation 

Nomination Process 

5. Submission and Due Dates 

6. Periods Covered 

7. Definitions 

B. Nomination Form 

C. NIFA Review of Shortage Situation 

Nominations 

1. Review Panel Composition and Process 

2. Review Criteria 

Guidelines for Veterinary Shortage 

Situation Nominations 

I. Preface and Authority 

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 1997 

(NARETPA). This law established a new 

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment 

Program (7 U.S.C. 3151a) authorizing 

the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out 

a program of entering into agreements 

with veterinarians under which they 

agree to provide veterinary services in 

veterinarian shortage situations in 

return for repayment of qualified 

educational loans. In FY 2010, NIFA 

announced the first funding opportunity 

for the VMLRP. 

Section 7104 of the 2014 Farm Bill 

(Pub. L. 113–79) added section 1415B to 

NARETPA, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 

3151b) to establish the Veterinary 

Services Grant Program (VSGP). This 

amendment authorizes the Secretary of 

Agriculture to make competitive grants 

to qualified entities and veterinary 

practices that carry out programs in 

veterinarian shortage situations and for 

the purpose of developing, 

implementing, and sustaining veterinary 

services. Funding for the VSGP was first 

appropriated in FY 2016 through the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 

(Pub. L. 114–113). 

Pursuant to the requirements enacted 

in the NVMSA of 2003 (as amended), 

and the implementing regulation for this 

Act, Part 3431 Subpart A of the VMLRP 

Final Rule [75 FR 20239–20248], NIFA 

hereby implements guidelines for 

eligible nominating officials to nominate 

veterinary shortage situations for the FY 

2023–2025 program cycle. 

II. Nomination of Veterinary Shortage 

Situations 

A. General 

1. Eligible Shortage Situations: 

Section 1415A of NARETPA, as 

amended and revised by Section 7105 of 

the Food, Conservation and Energy Act, 

directs determination of veterinarian 

shortage situations for the VMLRP 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. 

While the NVMSA (as amended) 

specifies priority be given to food 

animal medicine shortage situations, 

and that consideration also be given to 

specialty areas such as public health, 

epidemiology and food safety, the Act 

does not identify any areas of veterinary 

practice as ineligible. Accordingly, all 

nominated veterinary shortage 

situations will be considered eligible for 

submission. 

A subset of the shortages designated 

for VMLRP applicants is also available 

to satisfy requirements, as applicable, 

for VSGP applicants applying to the 

Rural Practice Enhancement component 

of the program. In addition, a shortage 

situation under the VSGP must also be 

designated rural as defined in section 

343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 

Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

1991(a)). 

Nominations describing either public 

or private practice veterinary shortage 

situations are eligible for submission. 

2. Authorized Respondents and Use of 

Consultation: The only authorized 

respondent on behalf of each State is the 

chief State Animal Health Official 

(SAHO), as duly authorized by the 

Governor or the Governor’s designee in 

each State. The only authorized 

respondent on behalf of the Federal 

Government is the Chief Federal Animal 

Health Officer (Deputy Administrator of 

Veterinary Services, the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service or 

designee), as duly authorized by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. The eligible 

nominating official must submit 

nominations using the instructions 

provided in section A.4, FY 2023–2025 

Shortage Situation Nomination Process. 

NIFA strongly encourages the 

nominating officials to involve leading 

health animal experts in the State in the 


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identification and prioritization of 

shortage situation nominations. 

3. State Allocation of Nominations: 

NIFA will accept the number of 

nominations equivalent to the 

maximum number of designated 

shortage areas for each State. For 

historical background and more 

information on the rationale for capping 

nominations and State allocation 

method, visit https://nifa.usda.gov/ 

vmlrp-nomination-and-designationveterinary-shortage-situations. 

The maximum number of 

nominations (and potential 

designations) is based on data from the 

2017 Agricultural Census conducted by 

the USDA National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS). Awards from 

previous years have no bearing on a 

State’s maximum number of allowable 

shortage nomination submissions or 

designations in any given year, or 

number of nominations or designations 

allowed for subsequent years. NIFA 

reserves the right in the future to 

proportionally adjust the maximum 

number of designated shortage 

situations per State to ensure a balance 

between available funds and the 

requirement to ensure that priority is 

given to mitigating veterinary shortages 

corresponding to situations of greatest 

need. Nomination Allocation tables for 

FY 2023–2025 are available under the 

VMLRP Shortage Situations section of 

the VMLRP website at https://

nifa.usda.gov/resource/vmlrp-shortageallocations. 

Table I lists the maximum nomination 

allocations by State. Table II lists 

‘‘Special Consideration Areas’’ which 

include any State or Insular Area not 

reporting data to NASS, reporting less 

than $1,000,000 in annual Livestock and 

Livestock Products Total Sales ($), and/ 

or possessing less than 500,000 acres. 

One nomination is allocated to any State 

or Insular Area classified as a Special 

Consideration Area. 

Table III shows the values and 

quartile ranks of States for two variables 

broadly correlated with demand for food 

supply veterinary services: ‘‘Livestock 

and Livestock Products Total Sales ($)’’ 

(LPTS) and ‘‘Land Area (acres)’’ (LA). 

The maximum number of NIFAdesignated shortage situations per State 

is based on the sum of quartile rankings 

for LPTS and LA for each State and can 

be found in Table IV. 

While Federal Lands are widely 

dispersed within States and Insular 

Areas across the country, they constitute 

a composite total land area over twice 

the size of Alaska. If the 200-mile limit 

for U.S. coastal waters and associated 

fishery areas are included, Federal Land 

total acreage would exceed 1 billion. 

Both State and Federal Animal Health 

officials have responsibilities for matters 

relating to terrestrial and aquatic food 

animal health on Federal Lands. 

Interaction between wildlife and 

domestic livestock, such as sheep and 

cattle, is particularly common in the 

plains States where significant portions 

of Federal lands are leased for grazing. 

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (USDA–FSIS) ensures food 

safety in processing plants via Federal 

veterinarians’ inspection of meat, 

poultry, Siluriformes and eggs. These 

Federal veterinarians ensure food is safe 

for human consumption and properly 

packaged and labeled. Therefore, both 

SAHOs and the Chief Federal Animal 

Health Officer (Deputy Administrator of 

Veterinary Services, the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service or 

designee) may submit nominations to 

address shortage situations on or related 

to Federal Lands, or the USDA–FSIS. 

Nominations related to Federal Lands or 

USDA–FSIS submitted by SAHOs will 

count towards the maximum number of 

nominations for that individual state. 

NIFA emphasizes that the shortage 

nomination allocation is set to broadly 

balance the number of designated 

shortage situations across States prior to 

the nomination and award phases of the 

VMLRP and VSGP. Awards will be 

made based strictly on the peer review 

panel’s assessment according to each 

program’s review criteria; thus no State, 

Insular Area or Federal designation will 

be given a preference for placement of 

awardees. Additionally, each designated 

shortage situation will be limited to one 

award per program. 

4. FY 2023–2025 Shortage Situation 

Nomination Process: For the FY 2023– 

2025 program cycle, all eligible 

nominating officials submitting may: (1) 

request to retain designated status for 

any shortage situation successfully 

designated in the previous year and/or 

(2) submit new nominations. Any 

shortage from previous year not retained 

or submitted as a new nomination will 

not be considered a shortage situation in 

the next year. The total number of new 

nominations plus designated 

nominations retained (carried over) may 

not exceed the maximum number of 

nominations each eligible nominating 

official is permitted. 

The following process is the 

mechanism for retaining a designated 

nomination: Each nominating official 

should review the map of VMLRP 

designated shortage situations for the 

previous year—FY 2022’s map can be 

found here: (https://nifa.usda.gov/ 

vmlrp-map) and download a PDF copy 

of the nomination form they wish to 

renew. If the nominating official wishes 

to retain (carry over) one or more 

designated nomination(s), the 

nominating official shall copy and paste 

the prior year information into the 

current year’s nomination form and 

submit it to vmlrp.applications@

usda.gov. 

Both new and retained nominations 

must be submitted on the Veterinary 

Shortage Situation Nomination form 

provided in the VMLRP Shortage 

Situations section at https://

nifa.usda.gov/vmlrp-nomination-anddesignation-veterinary-shortagesituations. 

Nominations retained (carried over) 

will be designated without review 

unless major changes in content are 

identified during administrative 

processing or the shortage has been 

retained for three years. Major changes 

in content or shortages already retained 

for three consecutive years will be 

treated as new submissions and undergo 

merit review. 

If a state elects not to participate in 

the nomination process in a given year, 

the SAHO, or their designee, will notify 

the NIFA Program Office by email at 

vmlrp.applications@usda.gov prior to 

the deadline to submit shortage 

nominations each year the state elects 

not to participate. 

5. Submission and Due Date: 

Submissions must be made by 

downloading the Veterinarian Shortage 

Situation nomination form provided in 

the VMLRP Shortage Situations section 

at https://nifa.usda.gov/vmlrp-shortagesituations, completing the fillable PDF 

form, and submitting it via email to: 

vmlrp.applications@usda.gov. 

Both new and retained (carry-over) 

nominations must be submitted on or 

before the deadlines in the table below. 

Fiscal year First day to submit shortage 

nominations 

Last day to submit shortage 

nominations 

2023 ............................................................................................................................... October 3, 2022 ................. November 14, 2022. 

2024 ............................................................................................................................... October 2, 2023 ................. November 13, 2023. 

2025 ............................................................................................................................... October 7, 2024 ................. November 12, 2024. 


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7. Period Covered: Each shortage 

situation is approved for one program 

year cycle only. However, any 

previously approved shortage situation 

not filled in a given program year may 

be resubmitted as a retained (carry-over) 

nomination. Retained (carry-over) 

shortage nominations (without any 

revisions) will be automatically 

approved for up to three years before 

requiring another merit review. By 

resubmitting a carry-over nomination, 

the nominating official is affirming that 

in his or her professional judgment the 

original case made for shortage status, 

and the original description of needs, 

remain current and accurate. 

8. Definitions: For the purpose of 

implementing the solicitation for 

veterinary shortage situations, the 

definitions provided in 7 CFR part 3431 

are applicable. Given the evolving 

nature of food supply veterinary 

medicine, the Secretary has determined 

that equines used in agricultural 

production, any vertebrates or 

invertebrates that are consumed by, or 

produce food consumed by, humans are 

to be included in the list of food 

animals. 

B. Nomination Form 

The VMLRP Shortage Nomination 

Form must be used to nominate 

veterinarian shortage situations. Once 

designated as a shortage situation, 

VMLRP applicants will use the 

information to select shortage situations 

they are willing and qualified to fill, and 

to guide the preparation of their 

applications. NIFA will use the 

information to assess contractual 

compliance of awardees. The form is 

available in the VMLRP Shortage 

Situations section at https://

nifa.usda.gov/vmlrp-nomination-anddesignation-veterinary-shortagesituations. See Part II A. 5. for 

submission information. Resources to 

complete each field can be found at 

https://nifa.usda.gov/resource/vmlrpveterinary-shortage-situationnomination-guide and https://

nifa.usda.gov/resource/vmlrp-shortagenomination-form. 

C. NIFA Review of Shortage Situation 

Nominations 

1. Review Panel Composition and 

Process: NIFA will convene a panel of 

food supply veterinary medicine experts 

from Federal and/or State agencies, 

industry, private mixed or large animal 

practice or an institution receiving 

Animal Health and Disease Research 

Program funds under section 1433 of 

NARETPA or an 1862 Land-Grant 

institution, to review the nominations 

and make recommendations to the 

National Program Leader. NIFA will 

review the panel’s recommendations 

and designate the VMLRP shortage 

situations. The list of approved shortage 

situations will be made available on the 

VMLRP website at www.nifa.usda.gov/ 

vmlrp. 

2. Review Criteria: Criteria used by the 

shortage situation nomination review 

panel and NIFA for certifying a 

veterinary shortage situation will be 

consistent with the information 

requested in the shortage situations 

nomination form. NIFA understands the 

process for defining the risk landscape 

associated veterinary service shortages 

within a State may require 

consideration of many qualitative and 

quantitative factors. In addition, each 

shortage situation will be characterized 

by a different array of subjective and 

objective supportive information that 

must be developed into a cogent case 

identifying, characterizing, and 

justifying a given geographic or 

disciplinary area as deficient in certain 

types of veterinary capacity or service. 

To accommodate the uniqueness of each 

shortage situation, the nomination form 

provides opportunities to present a case 

using both supportive metrics and 

narrative explanations to define and 

explain the proposed need. 

While NIFA anticipates some 

arguments made in support of a given 

shortage situation will be qualitative, 

respondents are encouraged to present 

verifiable quantitative and qualitative 

evidentiary information wherever 

possible. Absence of sufficient data to 

support a shortage such as animal and 

veterinarian census data for the 

proposed shortage area(s), or sufficient 

information regarding the characteristics 

of the shortage so that applicants may 

prepare successful applications and 

panelists are able to fully evaluate the 

fit of the applicant to the shortage area, 

may lead the panel to recommend 

revision of the shortage nomination to 

address these issues. If the revisions are 

not addressed, the shortage nominations 

will not be approved. 

Done in Washington, DC, this day of May 

24, 2022. 

Dionne Toombs, 

Acting Director, National Institute of Food 

and Agriculture, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meetings of the 

California Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meetings. 

SUMMARY: 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 that 

the California Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a series of 

meetings via Webex video conference 

on the dates and times listed below for 

the purpose of debriefing and discussing 

testimony received in recent panels. 

DATES: These meetings will be held on: 

• Tuesday, July 19, 2022, from 2:30 

p.m.–4:00 p.m. Pacific Time 

• Thursday, August 18, 2022, from 2:30 

p.m.–4:00 p.m. Pacific Time 

Tuesday, July 19th WEBEX 

REGISTRATION LINK: https://

tinyurl.com/bdhcbyue 

Thursday, August 18th WEBEX 

REGISTRATION LINK: https://

tinyurl.com/2hmu595x 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brooke Peery, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), at bpeery@usccr.gov or by 

phone at (202) 701–1376. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public may listen to the 

discussion. This meeting is available to 

the public through the public WebEx 

registration link listed above. An open 

comment period will be provided to 

allow members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. The 

conference call operator will ask callers 

to identify themselves, the organization 

they are affiliated with (if any), and an 

email address prior to placing callers 

into the conference room. Callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are also 

entitled to submit written comments; 

the comments must be received in the 

Regional Programs Unit within 30 days 

following the meeting. Written 

comments may be emailed to Brooke 


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