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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2016-08-26.xml --- 81 166 Friday, August 26, 2016 Contents Agriculture Agriculture Department See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Farm Service Agency See Food Safety and Inspection Service See Foreign Agricultural Service See Forest Service See National Institute of Food and Agriculture See Office of Advocacy and Outreach Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service PROPOSED RULES Imports: Fresh Persimmons From New Zealand, 58870-58873 2016-20508 Fresh Raspberry Fruit From Morocco, 58867-58869 2016-20507 Lemons from Chile, 58873-58874 2016-20506 Architectural Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board NOTICES Meetings:

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 58911 2016-20470 Army Army Department NOTICES Exclusive Patent Licenses: Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 58917 2016-20489 Meetings: Army Education Advisory Subcommittee, 58917-58918 2016-20490 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge Operations: Chester River, Chestertown, MD, 58846 2016-20482 Safety Zones: Portland Dragon Boat Races, Portland, OR, 58846 2016-20480 Security Zones: Kailua Bay, Oahu, HI, 58846-58849 2016-20530 Commerce Commerce Department See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement List;

Additions and Deletions, 58911-58917 2016-20535 2016-20536 Defense Department Defense Department See Army Department See Navy Department RULES Military Lending Act Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents, 58840-58846 2016-20486 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Anti-Kickback Procedures, 58918-58919 2016-20431 Rights in Data and Copyrights, 58940-58941 2016-20443 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration RULES Schedules of Controlled Substances:

Placement of Thiafentanil into Schedule II, 58834-58840 2016-20463 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Disposition of Depleted Uranium Oxide Conversion Product Generated from Inventory of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride, 58921-58923 2016-20501 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Virginia; Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from the Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC—Bellwood Printing Plant, 58855-58858 2016-20299 Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: New York; Interstate Transport Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS, 58849-58855 2016-20411 Rhode Island; Infrastructure State Implementation Plan Requirements for Particle Matter, Ozone, Lead, Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide, 58849 C1--2016--08913 PROPOSED RULES Air Quality Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Virginia; State Operating Permit Conditions for the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from the Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC—Bellwood Printing Plant, 58894-58895 2016-20297 NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc., 58924-58925 2016-20537 Export Prohibitions: Mercury Compounds, 58926-58927 2016-20534 Proposed Settlement Agreements: Clean Air Act Citizen Suit, 58927-58928 2016-20403 Request for Nominations: Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals, 58925-58926 2016-20550 Farm Service Farm Service Agency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 58902-58903 2016-20542 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives:

Airbus Airplanes, 58823-58826 2016-20381 Boeing Company Airplanes, 58816-58818 2016-20075 Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes, 58827-58829 2016-20376 PILATUS Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes, 58811-58813 2016-20074 RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH Airplanes, 58829-58831 2016-20072 Textron Aviation, Inc. Airplanes, 58813-58816 2016-20073 The Boeing Company Airplanes, 58818-58823 2016-20374 2016-20375 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes, 58874-58877 2016-20378 NOTICES Meetings:

Aeronautical Charting Forum, 59030 2016-20430 Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 59030-59031 2016-20433 Noise Compatibility Programs: Akron-Canton Airport, North Canton, OH, 59031-59032 2016-20425 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Television Broadcasting Services: Seaford, DE, 58858-58859 2016-20504 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 58928-58930 2016-20516 2016-20520 Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 58930-58932 2016-20515 Federal Contract Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 58964-58980 2016-20469 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Combined Filings, 58923-58924 2016-20434 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations: Hartree Partners, LP, 58923 2016-20435 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Federal Agency Actions: Illinois; Proposed Highway, 59032-59033 2016-20229 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Amended Pre-Trip Safety Information for Motorcoach Passengers, 59034-59036 2016-20493 Exemption Applications:

Household Goods Consumer Protection; La Rosa Del Monte Express Inc., 59033-59034 2016-20498 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Long Bridge Project in Washington, DC, 59036-59038 2016-20481 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Changes in Bank Control: Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company, 58939 2016-20531 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 58939-58940 2016-20532 Supervisory Rating System for Financial Market Infrastructures, 58932-58939 2016-20517 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog, the Northern DPS of the Mountain Yellow-legged Frog, and the Yosemite Toad, 59046-59119 2016-20352 NOTICES Endangered and Threatened Species Permits, 58960 2016-20554 Endangered and Threatened Species: Proposed Low-effect Habitat Conservation Plan, Orange County, FL, 58959-58960 2016-20484 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

User Account Management Function for the Import Trade Auxiliary Communication System, 58942-58944 2016-20472 Guidance: Microbiology Data for Systemic Antibacterial Drugs—Development, Analysis, and Presentation, 58941-58942 2016-20473 Food Safety Food Safety and Inspection Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Interstate Shipment of Meat and Poultry Products, 58903-58905 2016-20225 Foreign Agricultural Foreign Agricultural Service NOTICES Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing: 2016 Tariff-Rate Quota Year Appendices, 58905-58908 2016-20248 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Inyo, Plumas, and Stanislaus National Forests; Mono, Inyo, Plumas, and Tuolumne Counties, CA; Mammoth Base Land Exchange, 58909-58910 2016-20383 Pack Stock Outfitter Guide Special Use Permits, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Okanogan, Chelan and Skagit Counties, WA, 58910-58911 2016-20487 New Fee Sites, 58908-58909 2016-20291 General Services General Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Anti-Kickback Procedures, 58918-58919 2016-20431 Rights in Data and Copyrights, 58940-58941 2016-20443 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See National Institutes of Health RULES Adoption of the Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulations and OIG Class Deviations, 58859 2016-18790 NOTICES Maternal Immunizations Working Group Phase II's Draft Report and Draft Recommendations:

Overcoming Barriers and Identifying Opportunities for Developing Maternal Immunizations for Consideration by the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 58947-58948 2016-20525 Meetings: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, 58946 2016-20512 Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria; Correction, 58946 2016-20524 Health Resources Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Meetings: National Advisory Council on Migrant Health, 58945-58946 2016-20533 Petitions:

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 58944-58945 2016-20519 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See U.S. Customs and Border Protection Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program: Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program and Other Programs Fiscal Year 2017, 58952-58959 2016-20552 Federal Properties Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless, 58952 2016-20138 Indian Affairs Indian Affairs Bureau NOTICES Indian Gaming:

Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the State of South Dakota, 58960 2016-20436 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Indian Affairs Bureau See Land Management Bureau See National Indian Gaming Commission See National Park Service Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 59039-59040 2016-20521 2016-20549 Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Wage and Investment Behavioral Laboratory Customer Surveys and Support, 59041 2016-20544 Requests for Nominations: Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities, 59040 2016-20545 Justice Department Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration Labor Department Labor Department See Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office See Workers Compensation Programs Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium, 58980-58981 2016-20510 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES 2016 Second Call for Nominations: Utah Resource Advisory Council, 58961-58962 2016-20551 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Sheep Mountain Uranium Project, Fremont County, WY, 58962-58963 2016-20449 New Fee Sites: Campground on Public Land in Gunnison County, CO, 58963-58964 2016-20450 Requests for Nominations: Alaska Resource Advisory Council, 58960-58961 2016-20509 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Anti-Kickback Procedures, 58918-58919 2016-20431 Rights in Data and Copyrights, 58940-58941 2016-20443 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Highway Safety Program Guidelines; Amendments, 59038 2016-20578 National Indian National Indian Gaming Commission PROPOSED RULES Privacy Act Procedures, 58890-58894 2016-19749 National Institute Food National Institute of Food and Agriculture RULES Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Federal Grants Program, 58809-58811 2016-18422 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Government-Owned Inventions;

Availability for Licensing, 58949-58950 2016-20444 Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 58951-58952 2016-20557 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 58950 2016-20438 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2016-20439 58950-58952 2016-20440 2016-20441 National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, 58950-58951 2016-20437 2016-20447 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 58948-58949 2016-20445 2016-20446 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Monkfish; Framework Adjustment 9, 58859-58866 2016-20483 PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife: Finding on a Petition to List Chambered Nautilus as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act, 58895-58901 2016-20478 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Meetings: Wekiva River System Advisory Management Committee; Cancellation, 58964 2016-20448 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Permit Applications: Antarctic Conservation Act, 58981 2016-20513 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization; Expansion of Land Ranges, Airspace Modifications, and Public Land Withdrawal, 58919-58920 2016-20502 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar, 58920-58921 2016-20500 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 58981-58982 2016-20514 Advocacy Outreach Office of Advocacy and Outreach NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 58902 2016-20518 Overseas Overseas Private Investment Corporation NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 58982 2016-20585 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES New Postal Products, 58982-58983 2016-20503 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents EXECUTIVE ORDERS Amending Executive Order 13673 (EO 13738), 58807-58808 2016-20713 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission PROPOSED RULES Modernization of Property Disclosures for Mining Registrants;

Extension of Comment Period, 58877-58878 2016-20548 NOTICES Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Bats BYX Exchange, Inc., 59018-59020 2016-20458 Bats BZX Exchange, Inc., 59014-59016 2016-20459 Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc., 59020-59023 2016-20462 Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc., 58987-58989, 59016-59018 2016-20457 2016-20461 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 58989-58992 2016-20452 NYSE Arca, Inc., 59002-590014, 59025-59027 2016-20454 2016-20455 2016-20460 NYSE MKT LLC, 58992-59002 2016-20456 The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 58983-58987, 59023-59025 2016-20451 2016-20453 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster Declarations:

Louisiana, 59028 2016-20468 Louisiana, Amendment 2, 59027-59028 2016-20465 Meetings: Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs, 59028 2016-20464 State Department State Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: U.S. Passport Renewal Application for Eligible Individuals, 59028-59029 2016-20522 Foreign Terrorist Organization Designations: Jemaah Islamiya and Other Aliases, 59029 2016-20523 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Corporate Family Merger Exemption:

CSX Transportation, Inc. from The Three Rivers Railway Co., 59029-59030 2016-20528 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Accessibility Concern Form, 59038-59039 2016-20491 Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service RULES Administrative Exemption on Value Increased for Certain Articles, 58831-58834 2016-20581 Customs U.S.

Customs and Border Protection RULES Administrative Exemption on Value Increased for Certain Articles, 58831-58834 2016-20581 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, 59043 2016-20479 Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, 59042-59043 2016-20511 Requests for Nominations: Veterans Rural Health Advisory Committee, 59041-59042 2016-20543 Workers' Workers Compensation Programs Office PROPOSED RULES Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act:

Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates, 58878-58890 2016-20467 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service, 59046-59119 2016-20352 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws. To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 81 166 Friday, August 26, 2016 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Institute of Food and Agriculture 7 CFR Part 3430 RIN 0524-AA67 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Federal Grants Program—General Administration Provisions AGENCY:

National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA. ACTION: Final rule with request for comments. SUMMARY: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture

(NIFA)is publishing as a final rule a revision to the general administrative guidelines applicable to the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

(AFRI)competitive grant program. The purpose of this final rule is to implement the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative commodity board provision added by section 7404 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 making it necessary to modify the AFRI regulations. DATES: This final rule becomes effective on August 26, 2016. NIFA is requesting comments for 30 days until September 26, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Federal Grants Program—General Administration Provisions, by any of the following methods: *Federal eRulemaking Portal:* *http://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the instructions for submitting comments. *Email:* *commodityboards@nifa.usda.gov.* Include Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Federal Grants Program—General Administration Provisions in the subject line of the message. *Instructions:* All comments received must include the agency name and reference to Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Federal Grants Program—General Administration Provisions. All comments received will be posted to *http://www.regulations.gov,* including any personal information provided. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Koszalka, Division Director, Policy and Oversight Division, Phone: 202-401-4325, Email: *maria.koszalka@nifa.usda.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background and Summary Authority This rulemaking is authorized by section 2(b) of the Competitive, Special, and Faculties Research Grant Act 7 U.S.C. 450i(b). Organization of 7 CFR Part 3430 A primary function of NIFA is the fair, effective, and efficient administration of Federal assistance programs implementing agricultural research, education, and extension programs. The awards made under the above authority are subject to the NIFA assistance regulations at 7 CFR part 3430, Competitive and Noncompetitive Non-formula Federal Assistance Programs—General Award Administrative Provisions. NIFA's development and publication of this regulation for its non-formula Federal assistance programs enhances its accountability and standardizes procedures across the Federal assistance programs it administers while providing transparency to the public. NIFA published 7 CFR part 3430 with subparts A through F as a final rule on September 4, 2009 [74 FR 45736-45752]. These regulations apply to all Federal assistance programs administered by NIFA except for the formula grant programs identified in 7 CFR 3430.1(f), the Small Business Innovation Research programs with implementing regulations at 7 CFR part 3403, and the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP), with implementing regulations at 7 CFR part 3431. NIFA organized the regulation as follows: Subparts A through E provide administrative provisions for all competitive and noncompetitive non-formula Federal assistance programs. Subparts F and thereafter apply to specific NIFA programs. NIFA is, to the extent practical, using the following subpart template for each program authority:

(1)Applicability of regulations,

(2)purpose,

(3)definitions (those in addition to or different from § 3430.2),

(4)eligibility,

(5)project types and priorities,

(6)funding restrictions,

(7)matching requirements, and

(8)duration of grant. Subparts F and thereafter contain the above seven components in this order. Additional sections may be added for a specific program if there are additional requirements or a need for additional rules for the program ( *e.g.,* additional reporting requirements). Through this rulemaking, NIFA is making minor additions to Subpart G—Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

(AFRI)in order to implement the AFRI commodity board provision from section 7404 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79). Subpart G of 7 CFR 3430 Subpart G contains the administrative provisions for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). The purpose of AFRI is to make competitive grants for fundamental and applied research, extension, and education to address food and agricultural sciences, as defined under section 1404 of the National Agriculture Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3103). II. Revisions Included in the Final Rule Subpart G Section 7404 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 amended the general administration, special considerations, and eligible entities subsections for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

(AFRI)program, and added a special contributions requirement making it necessary to modify the program's administrative provisions. With this rule, NIFA makes clear that it will solicit funding ideas under this subpart from statutorily defined national and state commodity boards for research topics that the commodity boards are willing to co-fund equally with NIFA under the AFRI competitive grant program. If the ideas are evaluated and found to be consistent with the AFRI statutory priorities and priorities noted in the President's budget request related to NIFA, the topics will be incorporated in existing program areas in the relevant AFRI Request for Applications (RFA(s)). Researchers wishing to submit a proposal on a topic suggested by a commodity board will be required to obtain a letter of support from the co-funding commodity board. The applications submitted in response to a commodity board co-funded topic will compete against all proposals submitted in the same RFA program area. Supported applications will receive no preference regarding the evaluation of their scientific merit. Letters of commodity board support will be used by NIFA solely to determine that the application fits within the commodity board co-funded topic and the commodity board is willing to co-fund that application, if it is evaluated by the review panel as being meritorious and recommended for award. III. Administrative Requirements for the Rulemaking *While the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2), specifically exempts rules that involve public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts from notice-and-comment requirements, NIFA is issuing this rule as final with request for comments. Accordingly, NIFA is allowing 30 days for the submission of comments.* If upon consideration of the comments received in response to this notice NIFA decides to amend the AFRI final rule, NIFA will issue a subsequent final rule that includes an explanation of any changes made in response to the comments. Executive Order 12866 and Executive Order 13563 Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. This rule has been determined to be not significant. Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 This final rule has been reviewed in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, (5 U.S.C. 601-612). The Director certifies that this final regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This final regulation will affect institutions of higher education receiving Federal funds under this program. The U.S. Small Business Administration Size Standards define institutions as “small entities” if they are for-profit or nonprofit institutions with total annual revenue below $5,000,000 or if they are institutions controlled by governmental entities with populations below 50,000. The rule does not involve regulatory and informational requirements regarding businesses, organizations, and governmental jurisdictions subject to regulation. Paperwork Reduction Act

(PRA)The Department certifies that this final rule has been assessed in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* (PRA). The Department concludes that this final rule does not impose any new information requirements or increase the burden hours. In addition to the SF-424 form families ( *i.e.,* Research and Related and Mandatory) and the SF-425 Federal Financial Report

(FFR)No. 0348-0061, NIFA has three currently approved OMB information collections associated with this rulemaking: OMB Information Collection No. 0524-0042, NIFA REEport; No. 0524-0041, NIFA Application Review Process; and No. 0524-0026, Organizational Information. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance This final regulation applies to the following Federal financial assistance programs administered by NIFA including CFDA No. 10.310, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 and Executive Order 13132 The Department has reviewed this final rule in accordance with the requirements of Executive Order No. 13132 and the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1501 *et seq.,* and has found no potential or substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. As there is no Federal mandate contained herein that could result in increased expenditures by State, local, or tribal governments, or by the private sector, the Department has not prepared a budgetary impact statement. Clarity of This Regulation Executive Order 12866 and the President's Memorandum of June 1, 1998, require each agency to write all rules in plain language. The Department invites comments on how to make this final rule easier to understand. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 3430 Administrative practice and procedure, Agricultural research, Education, Extension, Federal assistance. Accordingly, the Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, adopts the final rule amending 7 CFR part 3430 which was published at 75 FR 54759 on September 9, 2010, and amends 7 CFR part 3430 as set forth below: PART 3430—COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS—GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 1. The authority citation for part 3430 continues to read as follows: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 3316; Pub. L. 106-107 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). Subpart G—Agriculture and Food Research Initiative 2. Add § 3430.313 to read as follows: § 3430.313 Inclusion of research topics proposed by national and state commodity boards in request for applications. NIFA will solicit funding ideas under this subpart from statutorily defined national and state commodity boards for research topics that the commodity boards are willing to co-fund equally with NIFA under the AFRI competitive grant program. If the ideas are evaluated and found to be consistent with the AFRI statutory priorities and priorities noted in the President's budget request related to NIFA, the topics will be incorporated in existing program areas in the relevant AFRI Request for Applications (RFA(s)). Researchers wishing to submit a proposal on a topic suggested by a commodity board will be required to obtain a letter of support from the co-funding commodity board. The applications submitted in response to a commodity board co-funded topic will compete against all proposals submitted in the same RFA program area. Supported applications will receive no preference regarding the evaluation of their scientific merit. Letters of commodity board support will be used by NIFA solely to determine that the application fits within the commodity board co-funded topic and the commodity board is willing to co-fund that application, if it is evaluated by the review panel as being meritorious and recommended for award. Done at Washington, DC, this 29 day of July, 2016. Robert E. Holland, Associate Director for Operations, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. [FR Doc. 2016-18422 Filed 8-25-16; 8:45 am]

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