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veterinarian-shortage-situationnomination-form-form-nifa-2009-0001. 

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 State agencies, as well 

as institutions receiving Animal Health 

and Disease Research Program funds 

under section 1433 of NARETPA, to 

review the nominations and make 

recommendations to the NIFA Program 

Manager. 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 Web site 

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 quantitative data 

such as animal and veterinarian census 

data for the proposed shortage area(s) 

may lead the panel to recommend 

disapproval of the shortage nomination. 

The maximum point value that 

panelists may award for each element is 

as follows: 

20 points: Describe the objectives of a 

veterinarian to meet the needs of the 

shortage situation in the community, 

area, State/insular area, or position 

requested above. 

20 points: Describe the activities 

required of a veterinarian to meet the 

needs of the shortage situation located 

in the community, area, State/insular 

area, or position requested above. 

5 points: Describe any past efforts to 

recruit and retain a veterinarian to 

achieve the objectives and activities in 

the shortage situation identified above. 

35 points: Describe the risk of this 

veterinarian position not being filled or 

retained. Include the risk(s) to the 

production of a safe and wholesome 

food supply and/or to animal, human, 

and environmental health not only in 

the community but in the region, State/ 

insular area, nation, and/or 

international community. 

An additional 20 points will be used 

to evaluate overall merit/quality of the 

case made for each nomination. 

Done in Washington, DC, this day of 

August 31, 2017. 

Robert Holland, 

Associate Director for Operations, National 

Institute of Food and Agriculture. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments 

requested. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Rural Housing 

Service’s intention to request an 

extension for a currently approved 

information collection in support of the 

program for Fire and Rescue Loans. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 6, 2017 to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Outen, Community Programs 

Division, RHS, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Stop 0787, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0787. 

Telephone (202) 690–5273. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Fire and Rescue Loans. 

OMB Number: 0575–0120. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2018. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Fire and Rescue Loan 

program is authorized by Section 306 of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) to 

make loans to public entities, nonprofit 

corporations, and Indian tribes for the 

development of community facilities for 

public use in rural areas and is covered 

by 7 CFR 1942–C. The primary 

regulation for administering the 

Community Facilities program is 7 CFR 

1942–A (OMB Number 0575–0015) that 

outlines eligibility, project feasibility, 

security, and monitoring requirements. 

The Community Facilities fire and 

rescue program has been in existence for 

many years. This program has financed 

a wide range of fire and rescue projects 

varying in size and complexity from 

construction of a fire station with fire 

fighting and rescue equipment to 

financing a 911 emergency system. 

These facilities are designed to provide 

fire protection and emergency rescue 

services to rural communities. 

Information will be collected by the 

field offices from applicants, borrowers, 

and consultants. This information will 

be used to determine applicant/ 

borrower eligibility, project feasibility, 

and to ensure borrowers operate on a 

sound basis and use funds for 

authorized purposes. Failure to collect 

proper information could result in 

improper determination of eligibility, 

improper use of funds, and/or unsound 

loans. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2.15 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions, State, local, or tribal 

governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,970. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 4.06. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

12,058. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 25,925 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs, 

Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, (202) 692–0040. 

Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Rural Housing 

Service (RHS), including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of RHS’ estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

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through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Comments may be sent to 

Jeanne Jacobs, Regulations and 

Paperwork Management Branch, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Rural 

Development, STOP 0742, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20250. All responses to this notice 

will be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: August 31, 2017. 

Richard A. Davis, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18883 Filed 9–6–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS 

COMMISSION 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: American Battle Monuments 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of a New System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended, the American Battle 

Monuments Commission establishes a 

new system of records titled, ‘‘ABMC– 

6, Personnel and Payroll System’’. This 

system allows the American Battle 

Monuments Commission to ensure 

proper payment for salary and benefits, 

and to track time worked, leave, or other 

absences for reporting and compliance 

purposes. Once this notice and the 

associated routine uses go into effect, 

the American Battle Monuments 

Commission will rescind two previously 

published system of records notices, 

‘‘ABMC–1, Official Personnel Records’’, 

and ‘‘ABMC–2, General Financial 

Records’’, as the related records will be 

maintained under this newly 

established system of records. 

DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(4) and (11), this system of 

records notice is effective upon 

publication, with the exception of the 

routine uses, which will go into effect 

30 days after publication of this notice, 

on September 7, 2017, unless comments 

have been received from interested 

members of the public requiring 

modification and republication of the 

notice. Please submit any comments by 

October 10, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Any person interested in 

commenting on the establishment of 

this new system of records may do so 

by: Submitting comments in writing to 

Jamilyn Smyser, Program Management 

Officer, American Battle Monuments 

Commission, 2300 Clarendon 

Boulevard, Suite 500, Arlington, 

Virginia 22201; or emailing comments 

to privacy@abmc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy, 

American Battle Monuments 

Commission, 2300 Clarendon 

Boulevard, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 

22201; or by telephone at 703–696– 

6900. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The American Battle Monuments 

Commission (ABMC) builds and 

maintains suitable memorials 

commemorating the service of American 

Armed Forces and maintains permanent 

American military cemeteries in foreign 

countries. ABMC employs U.S. citizens, 

lawful permanent residents, and nonU.S. citizens or nationals from foreign 

countries. ABMC maintains the ABMC– 

6, Personnel and Payroll System, to 

manage payroll and personnel data for 

ABMC employees, ensure proper 

payment of salary and benefits to ABMC 

personnel, and track time worked and 

leave or other absences for reporting and 

compliance purposes. ABMC is 

publishing this new system of records 

notice to reflect updates to ABMC 

payroll and personnel data processes 

and services. 

ABMC has entered into an agreement 

with the Department of the Interior 

(DOI) Interior Business Center (IBC), a 

Federal agency shared service provider, 

to provide payroll and personnel 

processing services through DOI’s 

Federal Personnel and Payroll System 

(FPPS). Although DOI will host and 

process payroll and personnel data on 

behalf of ABMC, ABMC will retain 

ownership and control over its own 

data. ABMC has included a routine use 

in this notice to permit sharing of 

records with DOI for hosting and 

support services. Individuals seeking 

access to their records owned and 

maintained by ABMC must submit their 

requests to ABMC as outlined in the 

Record Access Procedures, Contesting 

Record Procedures, and Notification 

Procedures sections below. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 

embodies fair information practice 

principles in a statutory framework 

governing the means by which Federal 

agencies collect, maintain, use, and 

disseminate individuals’ records. The 

Privacy Act applies to records about 

individuals that are maintained in a 

‘‘system of records.’’ A ‘‘system of 

records’’ is a group of any records under 

the control of an agency from which 

information is retrieved by the name of 

an individual or by some identifying 

number, symbol, or other identifying 

particular assigned to the individual. 

The Privacy Act requires each agency 

to publish in the Federal Register a 

description denoting the existence and 

character of each system of records that 

the agency maintains and the routine 

uses of each system. The ABMC–6, 

Personnel and Payroll System, system of 

records notice is published in its 

entirety below. In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552a(r), ABMC has provided a 

report of this system of records to the 

Office of Management and Budget and 

to Congress. 

Dated: August 21, 2017. 

Edwin Fountain, 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER 

ABMC–6, Personnel and Payroll 

System. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The ABMC–6, Personnel and Payroll 

System, system of records is centrally 

managed by the American Battle 

Monuments Commission, 2300 

Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 500, 

Arlington, VA 22201–3367. Electronic 

payroll and personnel records processed 

through the FPPS under a shared service 

agreement with DOI are located at the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Interior 

Business Center, Human Resources and 

Payroll Services, 7301 W Mansfield 

Ave. MS D–2000 Denver, CO 80235. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Chief Human Resources, American 

Battle Monuments Commission, 2300 

Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 500, 

Arlington, VA 22201. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

36 U.S.C. 2102; 5 U.S.C. Chapter 55; 

5 CFR part 293; and Executive Order 

9397 as amended by Executive Order 

13478, relating to Federal agency use of 

Social Security numbers. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The purpose of the system is to allow 

ABMC to collect and maintain records 

on current and former employees to 

ensure proper payment for salary and 

benefits, and to track time worked, 

leave, or other absences for reporting 

and compliance purposes. 

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