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resources officer, or an equivalent 

official of the recipient falsely attested 

that the information on the application 

was true; 

(3) The employer was ineligible to 

receive an award pursuant to § 1011.120 

of this part; or 

(4) The employer violated the display 

restrictions at § 1011.405 of this part. 

(c) If VETS decides to deny or revoke 

an award, it will provide the employer 

with notice of the decision. An 

employer may request reconsideration 

of VETS’ decision to deny or revoke an 

award pursuant to § 1011.500 of this 

part. 

Subpart D—Fees and Caps 

§ 1011.300 What are the application fees 

for the HIRE Vets Medallion Award? 

(a) The Act requires the Secretary of 

Labor to establish a fee sufficient to 

cover the costs associated with carrying 

out the HIRE Vets Medallion Program. 

(b) Table 1 to § 1011.300 sets forth the 

fees an employer must pay to apply for 

the HIRE Vets Medallion Award. VETS 

will adjust the fees periodically 

according to the Implicit Price Deflator 

for Gross Domestic Product published 

by the U.S. Department of Commerce 

and notify potential applicants of the 

adjusted fees. 

(1) If a significant adjustment is 

needed to arrive at a new fee for any 

reason other than inflation, then a 

proposed rule containing the new fees 

will be published in the Federal 

Register for comment. 

(2) VETS will round the fee to the 

nearest dollar. 

TABLE 1 TO § 1011.300 

Application Fees 

Small Employer Fee ............. $90.00 

Medium Employer Fee ......... 190.00 

Large Employer Fee ............. 495.00 

(c) All applicants must submit the 

appropriate application processing fee 

for each application submitted. This fee 

is based on the fees provided in table 1 

to § 1011.300. Payment of this fee must 

be made electronically through the U.S. 

Treasury pay.gov system or an 

equivalent. 

(d) Once a fee is paid, it is 

nonrefundable, even if the employer 

withdraws the application or does not 

receive a HIRE Vets Medallion Award. 

§ 1011.305 May VETS set a limit on how 

many applications will be accepted in a 

year? 

Yes, VETS may set a limit on how 

many applications will be accepted in 

any given year. 

Subpart E—Design and Display 

§ 1011.400 What does a successful 

applicant receive? 

(a) The award will be in the form of 

a certificate and will state the year for 

which it was awarded. 

(b) VETS will also provide a digital 

image of the medallion for recipients to 

use, including as part of an 

advertisement, solicitation, business 

activity, or product. 

§ 1011.405 What are the restrictions on 

display and use of the HIRE Vets Medallion 

Award? 

It is unlawful for any employer to 

publicly display a HIRE Vets Medallion 

Award, in connection with, or as a part 

of, any advertisement, solicitation, 

business activity, or product— 

(a) For the purpose of conveying, or 

in a manner reasonably calculated to 

convey, a false impression that the 

employer received the award through 

the HIRE Vets Medallion Program, if 

such employer did not receive such 

award through the HIRE Vets Medallion 

Program; or 

(b) For the purpose of conveying, or 

in a manner reasonably calculated to 

convey, a false impression that the 

employer received the award through 

the HIRE Vets Medallion Program for a 

year for which such employer did not 

receive such award. 

Subpart F—Requests for 

Reconsideration 

§ 1011.500 What is the process to request 

reconsideration of a denial or revocation? 

(a) An applicant may file a request for 

reconsideration of VETS’ decision to 

deny or revoke a HIRE Vets Medallion 

Award or of VETS’ decision as to the 

level of award by mailing a request for 

reconsideration to the following address 

no later than 15 business days after the 

date of VETS’ notice of its decision. 

Requests for reconsideration must be 

sent to: HIRE Vets Medallion Program, 

DOL VETS, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Room S1325, Washington, DC 20210. 

(b) Requests for reconsideration 

pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section 

must contain the following: 

(1) The employer name and 

identification number; 

(2) The reason for the request; and 

(3) An explanation, accompanied by 

any necessary documentation to support 

that explanation, of why VETS’ decision 

was incorrect. 

(c) VETS may request from the 

employer filing such request any 

additional evidence or explanation it 

finds necessary for reconsideration. 

(d) Within 30 business days after the 

later of the receipt of the request or the 

receipt of any additional evidence or 

explanation requested, VETS will issue 

a determination about whether to grant 

or deny the request. 

(e) No additional Department of Labor 

review is available. 

Subpart G—Record Retention 

§ 1011.600 What are the record retention 

requirements for the HIRE Vets Medallion 

Award? 

Applicants must retain a record of all 

information used to support an 

application for the HIRE Vets Medallion 

Award for 2 years from the date of 

application. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of 

November 2017. 

J.S. Shellenberger, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Veterans’ 

Employment and Training Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

21 CFR Part 573 

[Docket No. FDA–2014–F–0988] 

Food Additives Permitted in Feed and 

Drinking Water of Animals; Ammonium 

Formate and Formic Acid 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA, we, the Agency) 

is amending food additive regulations 

for food additives permitted in feed and 

drinking water of animals to provide for 

the safe use of formic acid and 

ammonium formate. This action is in 

response to a food additive petition filed 

by BASF Corp for Feed Grade Sodium 

Formate (FAP 2286), which also 

proposed to amend the animal food 

additive regulations for formic acid and 

ammonium formate to limit formic acid 

and formate salts from all added 

sources. 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

13, 2017. Submit either written or 

electronic objections and requests for a 

hearing by December 13, 2017. See 

section V of this document for 

information on the filing of objections. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit objections 

and requests for a hearing as follows. 

Please note that late, untimely filed 

objections will not be considered. 

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on or before December 13, 2017. The 

https://www.regulations.gov electronic 

filing system will accept objections until 

midnight Eastern Time at the end of 

December 13, 2017. Objections received 

by mail/hand delivery/courier (for 

written/paper submissions) will be 

considered timely if they are 

postmarked or the delivery service 

acceptance receipt is on or before that 

date. 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic objections in the 

following way: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting objections. 

Objections submitted electronically, 

including attachments, to https://

www.regulations.gov will be posted to 

the docket unchanged. Because your 

objection will be made public, you are 

solely responsible for ensuring that your 

objection does not include any 

confidential information that you or a 

third party may not wish to be posted, 

such as medical information, your or 

anyone else’s Social Security number, or 

confidential business information, such 

as a manufacturing process. Please note 

that if you include your name, contact 

information, or other information that 

identifies you in the body of your 

objection, that information will be 

posted on https://www.regulations.gov. 

• If you want to submit an objection 

with confidential information that you 

do not wish to be made available to the 

public, submit the objection as a 

written/paper submission and in the 

manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper 

Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’). 

Written/Paper Submissions 

Submit written/paper submissions as 

follows: 

• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

written/paper submissions): Dockets 

Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and 

Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers 

Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 

• For written/paper objections 

submitted to the Dockets Management 

Staff, FDA will post your objection, as 

well as any attachments, except for 

information submitted, marked and 

identified, as confidential, if submitted 

as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’ 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket No. FDA– 

2014–F–0988 for ‘‘Food Additives 

Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water 

of Animals; Ammonium Formate and 

Formic Acid.’’ Received objections, 

those filed in a timely manner (see 

ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket 

and, except for those submitted as 

‘‘Confidential Submissions,’’ publicly 

viewable at https://www.regulations.gov 

or at the Dockets Management Staff 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. 

• Confidential Submissions—To 

submit an objection with confidential 

information that you do not wish to be 

made publicly available, submit your 

objections only as a written/paper 

submission. You should submit two 

copies in total. One copy will include 

the information you claim to be 

confidential with a heading or cover 

note that states ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT 

CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION.’’ The Agency will 

review this copy, including the claimed 

confidential information, in its 

consideration of objections. The second 

copy, which will have the claimed 

confidential information redacted/ 

blacked out, will be available for public 

viewing and posted on https://

www.regulations.gov. Submit both 

copies to the Dockets Management Staff. 

If you do not wish your name and 

contact information to be made publicly 

available, you can provide this 

information on the cover sheet and not 

in the body of your objections and you 

must identify this information as 

‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked 

as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed 

except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 

and other applicable disclosure law. For 

more information about FDA’s posting 

of comments to public dockets, see 80 

FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access 

the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/ 

fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015- 

23389.pdf. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or the 

electronic and written/paper objections 

received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov and insert the 

docket number, found in brackets in the 

heading of this document, into the 

‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts 

and/or go to the Dockets Management 

Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chelsea Trull, Center for Veterinary 

Medicine, Food and Drug 

Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., 

Rockville, MD 20855, 240–402–6729, 

chelsea.trull@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In a document published in the 

Federal Register of July 25, 2014 (79 FR 

43325), FDA announced that we had 

filed a food additive petition (animal 

use) (FAP 2286) submitted by BASF 

Corp., 100 Park Ave., Florham Park, NJ 

07932. The petition proposed that the 

regulations for food additives permitted 

in feed and drinking water of animals be 

amended to provide for the safe use of 

feed grade sodium formate as a feed 

acidifying agent in complete swine 

feeds. The notice of petition provided 

for a 30-day comment period on the 

petitioner’s request for categorical 

exclusion from preparing an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

In addition, the petition proposed that 

the animal food additive regulations for 

formic acid and ammonium formate be 

amended to limit formic acid and 

formate salts from all added sources to 

1.2 percent of complete feeds. This 

element of the petition was not 

described in the July 2014 notice of 

petition for FAP 2286, but was later 

described in a September 30, 2016, 

notice of petition (81 FR 67260). 

II. Conclusion 

FDA became concerned about the 

safety of higher levels of formic acid and 

formate salts in complete feeds when 

multiple sources of formic acid and its 

salts are used in combination. FDA 

concludes that the data establish the 

safety of formic acid and ammonium 

formate for use as a feed acidifying 

agent in complete feeds, that formic acid 

and formate salts should be limited to 

1.2 percent on complete feed, and that 

the food additive regulations should be 

amended as set forth in this document. 

III. Public Disclosure 

In accordance with § 571.1(h) (21 CFR 

571.1(h)), the petition and documents 

we considered and relied upon in 

reaching our decision to approve the 

petition will be made available for 

public disclosure (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). As provided in 

§ 571.1(h), we will delete from the 

documents any materials that are not 

available for public disclosure. 

IV. Analysis of Environmental Impact 

The Agency has determined under 21 

CFR 25.32(r) that this action is of a type 

that does not individually or 

cumulatively have a significant effect on 

the human environment. Therefore, 

neither an environmental assessment, 

nor an environmental impact statement 

is required. 

V. Objections and Hearing Requests 

Any person who will be adversely 

affected by this regulation may file with 

the Dockets Management Staff (see 

ADDRESSES) either electronic or written 

objections. Each objection shall be 

separately numbered, and each 

numbered objection shall specify with 

particularity the provision of the 


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regulation to which objection is made 

and the grounds for the objection. Each 

numbered objection on which a hearing 

is requested shall specifically so state. 

Failure to request a hearing for any 

particular objection shall constitute a 

waiver of the right to a hearing on that 

objection. Each numbered objection for 

which a hearing is requested shall 

include a detailed description and 

analysis of the specific factual 

information intended to be presented in 

support of the objection in the event 

that a hearing is held. Failure to include 

such a description and analysis for any 

particular objection shall constitute a 

waiver of the right to a hearing on the 

objection. 

Any objections received in response 

to the regulation may be seen in the 

office of the Dockets Management Staff 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, and will be posted to 

the docket at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 573 

Animal feeds, Food additives. 

Therefore, under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 

authority delegated to the Commissioner 

of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 573 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 573—FOOD ADDITIVES 

PERMITTED IN FEED AND DRINKING 

WATER OF ANIMALS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 573 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348. 

■ 2. In § 573.170, redesignate 

paragraphs (c) and (d) as paragraphs (d) 

and (e), add new paragraph (c) and 

paragraph (d)(3) to newly redesignated 

paragraph (d), and revise newly 

redesignated paragraph (e) introductory 

text to read as follows: 

§ 573.170 Ammonium formate. 

* * * * * 

(c) To ensure safe use of the additive, 

formic acid and formate salts from all 

added sources cannot exceed 1.2 

percent of complete feed when multiple 

sources of formic acid and its salts are 

used in combination. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(3) Cautions for use including this 

statement: Caution: Follow label 

directions. Formic acid and formate 

salts from all added sources cannot 

exceed 1.2 percent of complete feed 

when multiple sources of formic acid 

and its salts are used in combination. 

(e) To ensure safe use of the additive, 

in addition to the other information 

required by the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act and paragraph (d) of this 

section, the label and labeling shall 

contain: 

* * * * * 

■ 3. In § 573.480, redesignate 

paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) as paragraphs 

(b)(4) and (5), add new paragraph (b)(3) 

and paragraph (b)(4)(iii) to newly 

redesignated paragraph (b)(4), and 

revise newly redesignated paragraph 

(b)(5) introductory text to read as 

follows: 

§ 573.480 Formic acid. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(3) To ensure safe use of the additive, 

formic acid and formate salts from all 

added sources cannot exceed 1.2 

percent of complete feed when multiple 

sources of formic acid and its salts are 

used in combination. 

(4) * * * 

(iii) Cautions for use including this 

statement: Caution: Follow label 

directions. Formic acid and formate 

salts from all added sources cannot 

exceed 1.2 percent of complete feed 

when multiple sources of formic acid 

and its salts are used in combination. 

(5) To ensure safe use of the additive, 

in addition to the other information 

required by the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act and paragraph (b)(4) of 

this section, the label and labeling shall 

contain: 

* * * * * 

Dated: November 3, 2017. 

Anna K. Abram, 

Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning, 

Legislation, and Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24366 Filed 11–9–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 543 

Removal of Coˆte d’Ivoire Sanctions 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is removing from the 

Code of Federal Regulations the Coˆte 

d’Ivoire Sanctions Regulations as a 

result of the termination of the national 

emergency on which the regulations 

were based. 

DATES: Effective: November 13, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

Foreign Assets Control: Assistant 

Director for Licensing, tel.: 202/622– 

2480, Assistant Director for Regulatory 

Affairs, tel.: 202/622–4855, Assistant 

Director for Sanctions Compliance & 

Evaluation, tel.: 202/622–2490, or the 

Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets 

Control), Office of the General Counsel, 

tel.: 202/622–2410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Background 

On February 7, 2006, the President 

issued Executive Order 13396, 

‘‘Blocking Property of Certain Persons 

Contributing to the Conflict in Coˆte 

d’Ivoire’’ (E.O. 13396), in which the 

President declared a national emergency 

to deal with the unusual and 

extraordinary threat to the national 

security and foreign policy of the United 

States posed by the situation in or in 

relation to Coˆte d’Ivoire. That situation, 

which had been addressed by the 

United Nations Security Council in 

Resolution 1572 of November 15, 2004, 

and subsequent resolutions, had 

resulted in the massacre of large 

numbers of civilians, widespread 

human rights abuses, significant 

political violence and unrest, and 

attacks against international 

peacekeeping forces leading to fatalities. 

E.O. 13396 blocked all property and 

interests in property of the persons 

listed in the Annex to E.O. 13396 and 

any person determined to meet one or 

more of the criteria set out in E.O. 

13396. 

On April 13, 2009, OFAC issued the 

Persons Contributing to the Conflict in 

Coˆte d’Ivoire Sanctions Regulations, 31 

CFR part 543 (the ‘‘Regulations’’), as a 

final rule to implement E.O. 13396 (74 

FR 16763, April 13, 2009). On July 21, 

2009, OFAC issued an amendment to 

the Regulations to change the heading of 

the Regulations to the Coˆte d’Ivoire 

Sanctions Regulations (74 FR 35802, 

July 21, 2009). OFAC also amended the 

Regulations on February 8, 2012, to add 

a definition of a term used in the 

Regulations (77 FR 6463, Feb. 8, 2012). 

On September 14, 2016, the President 

issued Executive Order 13739, 

‘‘Termination of Emergency With 

Respect to the Situation in or in 

Relation to Coˆte d’Ivoire’’ (E.O. 13739). 

In E.O. 13739, the President found that 

the situation that gave rise to the 


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