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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 75, No. 83 

Friday, April 30, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Wrangell-Petersburg Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Wrangell-Petersburg 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Wrangell, Alaska. The committee is 

meeting as authorized under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the meeting is to review project 

proposals and make project funding 

recommendations. 

DATES: The meeting will be held Friday, 

May 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on 

Saturday, May 8th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the James and Elsie Nolan Center in 

Wrangell, Alaska. Written comments 

should be sent to Christopher Savage, 

Petersburg District Ranger, P.O. Box 

1328, Petersburg, Alaska 99833, or 

Robert Dalrymple, Wrangell District 

Ranger, P.O. Box 50, Wrangell, AK 

99929. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to csavage@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to 907–772–5995. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the 

Petersburg Ranger District office at 12 

North Nordic Drive or the Wrangell 

Ranger District office at 525 Bennett 

Street during regular office hours 

(Monday through Friday 8 a.m.–4:30 

p.m.). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Savage, Petersburg District 

Ranger, P.O. Box 1328, Petersburg, 

Alaska, 99833, phone (907) 772–3871, email csavage@fs.fed.us, or Robert 

Dalrymple, Wrangell District Ranger, 

P.O. Box 51, Wrangell, AK 99929, phone 

(907) 874–2323, e-mail 

rdalrymple@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

evaluation of project proposals and 

recommendation of projects for funding. 

Persons who wish to bring related 

matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. A public input session will 

be provided beginning at 9 a.m. on May 

8th. Individuals who made written 

requests by April 30th will have the 

opportunity to address the Committee at 

those sessions. 

Dated: April 15, 2010. 

Forrest Cole, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9798 Filed 4–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

Notice of Request for Applications for 

the Veterinary Medicine Loan 

Repayment Program 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of Food 

and Agriculture (NIFA) is announcing 

the release of the Veterinary Medicine 

Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) 

Request for Applications (RFA) at 

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

DATES: The FY 2010 Veterinary 

Medicine Loan Repayment Program 

(VMLRP) application package has been 

made available at http:// 

www.nifa.usda.gov/vmlrp and 

applications are due by Wednesday, 

June 30, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Sherman, National Program Leader, 

Veterinary Science, National Institute of 

Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, STOP 2220, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2220, Voice: 

202–401–4952, Fax: 202–401–6156, Email: gsherman@nifa.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 1, 2009, all programs and 

authorities delegated to the Cooperative 

State Research, Education, and 

Extension Service (CSREES) were 

transferred to the NIFA per section 

7511(f) of the Food, Conservation, and 

Energy Act of 2008 [Pub. L. 110–246]. 

Background and Purpose 

In January 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 

November 2005, the Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109– 

97) appropriated $495,000 for CSREES 

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 to CSREES for 

support of the program, in December 

2007, the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2008 appropriated an additional 

$868,875 to CSREES for support of this 

program, and on March 11, 2009, the 

Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Pub. L. 111–8) was enacted, providing 

an additional $2,950,000, for the 

VMLRP. In October 2009, the President 

signed into law, Public Law 111–80, 

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

and Drug Administration, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010, 

which appropriated $4,800,000 for the 

VMLRP. 

Section 7105 of the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 

Public Law 110–246, (FCEA) amended 

section 1415A to revise the 

determination of veterinarian shortage 

situations to consider (1) geographical 


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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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