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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2017-03-27.xml --- 82 57 Monday, March 27, 2017 Contents Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Marketing Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15179 2017-05976 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See National Institute of Food and Agriculture See Rural Utilities Service Antitrust Division Antitrust Division NOTICES Changes under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act:

Cooperative Research Group on CHEDE-VII, 15239 2017-05926 Cooperative Research Group on HEDGE IV, 15238-15239 2017-05924 DVD Copy Control Association, 15239 2017-05930 fd.io Project, Inc., 15240 2017-05925 Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc., 15238 2017-05923 Node.js Foundation, 15239-15240 2017-05929 ODPi, Inc., 15239 2017-05928 Centers Disease Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15221-15224 2017-05933 2017-05932 Meetings:

Multi-Agency Informational Meeting Concerning Compliance with the Federal Select Agent Program; Public Webcast, 15221 2017-05952 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15224 2017-06013 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge Operations: Atchafalaya River, Morgan City, LA; Deviation, 15137 2017-05977 Brielle Draw Bridge, Manasquan River, Point Pleasant, NJ, 15138 2017-06014 Curtis Creek, Baltimore, MD, 15137-15138 2017-06019 Detroit River (Trenton Channel), Grosse Ile, MI, 15135-15137 2017-05998 Special Local Regulations:

Southern California Annual Marine Events for the San Diego Captain of the Port Zone—San Diego Crew Classic, 15135 2017-06001 Wy-Hi Rowing Regatta; Detroit River, Trenton Channel; Wyandotte, MI, 15133-15135 2017-05945 PROPOSED RULES Special Local Regulations: Sector Ohio Valley Annual and Recurring Special Local Regulations Update, 15174-15178 2017-05989 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Defense Acquisition Defense Acquisition Regulations System NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2017-05984 2017-05985 15189-15194 2017-05986 2017-05994 2017-05995 2017-05996 2017-06000 Defense Department Defense Department See Defense Acquisition Regulations System See Engineers Corps Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, 15214-15215 2017-05947 High School Equivalency Program Annual Performance Report, 15215-15216 2017-05982 Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program, 15195-15196 2017-05983 Applications for New Awards:

Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program, Grants to State Entities, 15196-15207 2017-06017 Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Program--Grants for Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities, 15207-15214 2017-06016 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee, 15216 2017-05962 Engineers Engineers Corps NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir Project, Fannin County, TX, 15194-15195 2017-05874 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Arizona; Regional Haze State and Federal Implementation Plans; Reconsideration, 15139-15154 2017-05724 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: Airbus Airplanes, 15118-15120 2017-05231 Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes, 15115-15118 2017-05524 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Helicopters, 15120-15123 2017-05967 The Boeing Company Airplanes, 15123-15128 2017-05233 2017-05521 Class D and E Airspace;

Amendments: Elmira, NY, 15129-15131 2017-05802 Class E Airspace; Amendments: Trinidad, CO, 15131-15132 2017-05446 Class E Airspace; Establishments: Manti, UT, 15128-15129 2017-05447 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: The Boeing Company Airplanes, 15166-15171 2017-05769 2017-05770 Class D Airspace; Amendments: Kingsville, TX, 15172-15173 2017-05803 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Meetings: World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee, 15220 2017-05953 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Emergency Management Institute Independent Study Course Enrollment Application and Test Answer Sheet, 15230-15231 2017-05968 National Flood Insurance Program Claims Forms, 15231-15232 2017-05997 Write Your Own Company Participation Criteria; New Applicant, 15232 2017-05963 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Combined Filings, 15218-15219 2017-05938 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Deerfield Wind, LLC, 15217 2017-05940 Total Gas & Power North America, Inc., 15217 2017-05939 Tule Wind LLC, 15217-15218 2017-05941 Twin Buttes Wind II LLC, 15216-15217 2017-05942 Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications, 15218 2017-05943 Federal Maritime Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Service Contract Inventory, 15220 2017-05917 Federal Mine Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 15220 2017-06092 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Training Certification for Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles, 15270-15271 2017-05975 Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications: Diabetes Mellitus, 15271-15277 2017-05966 Vision, 15277-15280 2017-05970 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Proposals to Engage in or to Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities, 15221 2017-05961 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Heart of Texas Wind Project, McCulloch County, TX, 15232-15234 2017-05969 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Health Resources and Services Administration See National Institutes of Health Health Resources Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application and Other Forms Used by the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, the Students to Service Loan Repayment Program, and the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program, 15225-15226 2017-05946 Reconciliation Tool for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, 15229 2017-05960 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Client-Level Data Reporting System, 15226-15227 2017-05944 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program:

Allocation and Expenditure Forms, 15227-15228 2017-05948 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See National Park Service International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric from People's Republic of China, 15181 C1--2017--05432 Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

Final Results and Partial Rescission of Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 15181-15183 2017-05934 Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from Mexico; Rescission of Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 15180-15181 2017-05988 Steel Wire Garment Hangers from Taiwan, 15183-15184 2017-05987 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Complaints: Certain Thermoplastic-Encapsulated Electric Motors, Components Thereof, and Products and Vehicles Containing Same, 15235-15236 2017-05936 Generalized System of Preferences:

Possible Modifications, 2016 Review, 15237-15238 2017-05935 Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Composite Intermediate Bulk Containers, 15237 2017-05955 Certain Single-Molecule Nucleic Acid Sequencing Systems and Reagents, Consumables, and Software for Use with Same, 15236-15237 2017-05999 Justice Department Justice Department See Antitrust Division Labor Department Labor Department See Mine Safety and Health Administration Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration PROPOSED RULES Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines, 15173-15174 2017-05979 National Institute Food National Institute of Food and Agriculture RULES Competitive and Noncompetitive Non-Formula Federal Assistance Programs:

Specific Administrative Provisions for the Veterinary Services Grants Program, 15113-15115 2017-05931 National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Exclusive Patent Licenses, 15184 2017-06003 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 15230 2017-05909 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 15229-15230 2017-05910 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska, 15164-15165 2017-05978 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States: Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; 2017 Closure of Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area, 15164 2017-05904 Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework Adjustment 28, 15155-15164 2017-06002 Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Trip Limit Increase for the Small Vessel Category of the Common Pool Fishery, 15154-15155 2017-05980 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2017-05973 15184, 15188-15189 2017-05974 Engagement with the National Climate Assessment, 15185 2017-06010 Meetings: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 15187-15188 2017-06005 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 15184-15185 2017-06006 New England Fishery Management Council, 15189 2017-06007 Pacific Fishery Management Council, 15185-15186 2017-06004 Publicly Available Biologic and Geologic Samples: 2015 and 2016 NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Expeditions, 15186 2017-06012 Requests for Nominations:

National Sea Grant Advisory Board, 15186-15187 2017-06011 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Inventory Completions: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK, 15234-15235 2017-05981 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15240-15241 2017-05937 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Draft Regulatory Guides: Quality Assurance Program Criteria (Design and Construction), 15242-15243 2017-05949 Meetings:

Advisory Committee of Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on APR1400, 15241-15242 2017-05965 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittees on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena and Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment, 15242 2017-05964 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Occupational Questionnaire, 15243-15244 2017-05957 Postal Service Postal Service RULES Production or Disclosure of Material or Information, 15138-15139 2017-05916 Rural Utilities Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15179-15180 2017-06027 Science Technology Science and Technology Policy Office NOTICES Meetings: National Nanotechnology Initiative Workshops, 15244 2017-05913 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 15247-15249 2017-05922 Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC, 15251-15258 2017-05921 NASDAQ BX, Inc., 15258-15263 2017-05919 NYSE Arca, Inc., 15249-15251 2017-05918 NYSE MKT LLC, 15244-15247 2017-05920 Social Social Security Administration RULES Evaluation of Medical Evidence;

Correction, 15132-15133 2017-06023 NOTICES Rulings: Rescission of Social Security Rulings 96-2p, 96-5p, and 06-3p, 15263 2017-05958 Social Security Ruling

(SSR)17-2p: Titles II and XVI: Evidence Needed by Adjudicators at the Hearings and Appeals Council Levels of the Administrative Review Process to Make Findings about Medical Equivalence, 15263-15265 2017-05959 State Department State Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Medical History and Examination for Foreign Service, 15266-15267 2017-05950 Overseas Pre-Assignment Medical History and Examination, Non-Foreign Service Personnel and Their Family Members, 15267-15268 2017-05951 Meetings: Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, 15266 2017-05906 Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing, 15265-15266 2017-05972 Susquehanna Susquehanna River Basin Commission NOTICES Actions Taken at March 9, 2017, Meeting, 15268-15269 2017-05911 Projects Approved for Consumptive Uses of Water, 15269-15270 2017-05912 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 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. 82 57 Monday, March 27, 2017 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Institute of Food and Agriculture 7 CFR Part 3430 RIN 0524-AA70 Competitive and Noncompetitive Non-Formula Federal Assistance Programs—Specific Administrative Provisions for the Veterinary Services Grants Program AGENCY: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture

(NIFA)is publishing a final rule for the Veterinary Services Grants Program. NIFA's development of these regulations serves to enhance its accountability and to standardize procedures across the Federal assistance programs it administers while providing transparency to the public. DATES: This final rule is effective on March 27, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Read, Policy Analyst, Policy Branch, Phone: 202-401-5061, Email: *ldepaolo@nifa.usda.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background and Summary Authority The Veterinary Services Grant Program

(VSGP)is authorized under section 7104 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79), 7 U.S.C. 3151b. 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 part serve to enhance its accountability and to standardize procedures across the Federal assistance programs it administers while providing transparency to the public. NIFA published 7 CFR part 3430 with subparts A through E as an interim final rule on September 4, 2009 [74 FR 45736-45752]. These regulations apply to all Federal assistance programs administered by NIFA except for the capacity 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, with implementing regulations at 7 CFR part 3431. NIFA organized part 3430 as follows: Subparts A through E provide administrative provisions for all competitive and noncompetitive non-capacity 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; and

(7)matching requirements. 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 adding subpart Q for the administrative provisions that are specific to the VSGP program. II. Administrative Requirements for the Rulemaking 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 action has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866. The rule will not create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency; nor will it materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs; nor will it have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; nor will it adversely affect the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or Tribal governments or communities in a material way. Further, it does not raise a novel legal or policy issue arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or principles set forth in the Executive Order. 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 of NIFA certifies that this final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The rule does not involve regulatory and informational requirements regarding businesses, organizations, and governmental jurisdictions subject to regulation. Paperwork Reduction Act 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.* 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, Assurance of Compliance with the Department of Agriculture Regulations Assuring Civil Rights Compliance and Organizational Information. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance This final rule applies to the following Federal financial assistance programs administered by NIFA: CFDA No. 10.336 Veterinary Services Grant Program. 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; Veterinarians. Accordingly, 7 CFR part 3430 is amended 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). 2. Add subpart Q to read as follows: Subpart Q—Veterinary Services Grant Program Sec. 3430.1200 Applicability of regulations. 3430.1201 Purpose. 3430.1202 Definitions. 3430.1203 Eligibility. 3430.1204 Project types and priorities. 3430.1205 Funding restrictions. 3430.1206 Matching requirements. 3430.1207 Coordination preference. 3430.1208 Special requirements for Rural Practice Enhancement grants. 3430.1209 Duration of awards. Subpart Q—Veterinary Services Grant Program § 3430.1200 Applicability of regulations. The regulations in this subpart apply to the Veterinary Services Grant Program authorized under section 7104 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79). § 3430.1201 Purpose. The purpose of VSGP is to administer a competitive grant program to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services and relieve veterinarian shortage situations (see § 3430.1202 for definition) in the U.S., which includes insular areas (see § 3430.1202 for a definition of “insular area”). A qualified entity may use funds provided by a grant awarded under this section to relieve veterinarian shortage situations and support veterinary services for any of the following purposes:

(a)To promote recruitment (including for programs in secondary schools), placement, and retention of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, students of veterinary medicine, and students of veterinary technology.

(b)To allow veterinary students, veterinary interns, externs, fellows, and residents, and veterinary technician students to cover expenses (other than the types of expenses described in 7 U.S.C. 3151a(c)(5)) to attend training programs in food safety or food animal medicine.

(c)To establish or expand accredited veterinary education programs (including faculty recruitment and retention), veterinary residency and fellowship programs, or veterinary internship and externship programs carried out in coordination with accredited colleges of veterinary medicine.

(d)To provide continuing education and extension, including veterinary telemedicine and other distance-based education, for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and other health professionals needed to strengthen veterinary programs and enhance food safety.

(e)To provide technical assistance for the preparation of applications submitted to the Secretary for designation as a veterinarian shortage situation under 7 U.S.C. 3151a. § 3430.1202 Definitions. The definitions applicable to the VSGP grants under this subpart include: *Citizen or national of the United States* which means:

(1)A citizen or national of the United States, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1401; or,

(2)A national of the United States, as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22), who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States. *Practice of veterinary medicine* means to diagnose, treat, correct, change, alleviate, or prevent animal disease, illness, pain, deformity, defect, injury, or other physical, dental, or mental conditions by any method or mode including:

(1)The prescription, dispensing, administration, or application of any drug, medicine, biologic, apparatus, anesthetic, or other therapeutic or diagnostic substance or medical or surgical technique, or

(2)The use of complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies, or

(3)The use of any manual or mechanical procedure for reproductive management, or

(4)The rendering of advice or recommendation by any means including telephonic and other electronic communications with regard to any of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or

(4)of this definition. *Qualified entity* means an eligible entity (see § 3430.1203 for a list of eligible applicants for each project type) that carries out programs or activities that the Secretary determines will:

(1)Substantially relieve veterinarian shortage situations;

(2)Support or facilitate private veterinary practices engaged in public health activities; or

(3)Support or facilitate the practices of veterinarians who are providing or have completed providing services under an agreement entered into with the Secretary under 7 U.S.C. 3151a(a)(2). *Rural area* is defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)). *Veterinarian* means a U.S. citizen or national who has received a professional veterinary medicine degree from a college of veterinary medicine accredited by the AVMA Council on Education. *Veterinarian Shortage Situation* means any of the following situations in which the Secretary, in accordance with the process in 7 CFR part 3431 subpart A, determines has a shortage of veterinarians:

(1)Geographical areas that the Secretary determines have a shortage of food supply veterinarians; and

(2)Areas of veterinary practice that the Secretary determines have a shortage of food supply veterinarians, such as food animal medicine, public health, animal health, epidemiology, and food safety. *Veterinary medicine* means all branches and specialties included within the practice of veterinary medicine. *Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program or VMLRP* means the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program authorized by the National Veterinary Medical Service Act (7 U.S.C. 3151a). § 3430.1203 Eligibility.

(a)For Education, Extension, and Training projects, eligible entities are:

(1)A State, national, allied, or regional veterinary organization or specialty board recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association;

(2)A college or school of veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association;

(3)A university research foundation or veterinary medical foundation;

(4)A department of veterinary science or department of comparative medicine accredited by the Department of Education;

(5)A State agricultural experiment station; or

(6)A State, local, or tribal government agency.

(b)For Rural Practice Enhancement projects, eligible entities are:

(1)A for-profit or nonprofit entity located in the United States that, or individual who, operates a veterinary clinic providing veterinary services, in a rural area, as defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)), and in a veterinarian shortage situation designated under the VMLRP. Eligible veterinarian shortage situation years will be specified in the request for application (RFA).

(2)[Reserved]. § 3430.1204 Project types and priorities.

(a)*Education, Extension, and Training.* The purpose of the proposed activities must be to substantially relieve rural veterinarian shortage situations, or facilitate or support veterinary practices engaged in public health activities, in the U.S.

(b)*Rural practice enhancement.* The purpose will be to support the development and provision of veterinary services to substantially relieve designated rural veterinarian shortage situations in the U.S. Funds may be used to establish or expand veterinary practices, including:

(1)Equipping veterinary offices;

(2)Sharing in the reasonable overhead costs of such veterinary practices, as determined by the Secretary; or

(3)Establishing mobile veterinary facilities in which a portion of the facilities will address education or extension needs. § 3430.1205 Funding restrictions.

(a)*Construction.* Funds made available for grants under this subpart shall not be used for the construction of a new building or facility or the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of an existing building or facility, including site grading and improvement, and architect fees.

(b)*Indirect costs.* Subject to § 3430.54, indirect costs are allowable for Education, Extension and Training grants. For Rural Practice Enhancement grants, indirect costs are not allowable; however, overhead costs may be requested, not to exceed 50 percent of the award. § 3430.1206 Matching requirements. There are no matching requirements for grants under this subpart. § 3430.1207 Coordination preference. In selecting recipients of Education, Extension and Training grants, preference will be given to applications providing documentation of coordination with other qualified entities. § 3430.1208 Special requirements for Rural Practice Enhancement grants.

(a)*Terms of service requirement.* Regardless of award amount, Rural Practice Enhancement

(RPE)grant recipients must commit to spending three years mitigating the veterinarian service shortage applied for, at the full time equivalent percentage described in the shortage nomination forms corresponding to each designated shortage situation. Except in certain extenuating circumstances which NIFA determines to be beyond a grant recipient's control, the three-year term of service must be completed in accordance with all terms and conditions of the award agreement. In the event a recipient feels extenuating circumstances are preventing, or will prevent, him/her from meeting the service obligation, the grantee must contact NIFA for guidance.

(b)*Breach.* If a RPE grant recipient fails to complete the period of obligated service incurred under the service agreement, that recipient may be subject to repayment or partial repayment of the grant funds, with interest, to the United States.

(c)*Waiver.* The Secretary may grant a waiver of the repayment obligation for breach of contract if the Secretary determines that such qualified entity demonstrates extreme hardship or extreme need. § 3430.1209 Duration of awards. The term of a grant under this subpart may not exceed 5 years. The duration of individual awards may vary as specified in the RFA and is subject to the availability of appropriations. Done at Washington, DC, this 15th day of March, 2017. Sonny Ramaswamy, Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. [FR Doc. 2017-05931 Filed 3-24-17; 8:45 am]

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