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Compliance and Program Implementation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2014–0002; PDA–
36(R)]
Hazardous Materials: Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania Permit Requirements for
Transportation of Hazardous Material
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice Dismissing Application
and Closing the Docket.
AGENCY:
The application for a
determination of preemption is
dismissed, and this docket is closed,
because the City of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania’s permit and permit fee
requirements are not being applied or
enforced.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vincent Lopez, Office of Chief Counsel
(PHC–10), Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590; telephone No. 202–366–4400;
facsimile No. 202–366–7041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
American Trucking Associations, Inc.
(ATA) applied for an administrative
determination concerning whether
Federal hazardous material
transportation law, 49 U.S.C. 5101 et
seq., preempts requirements of the City
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (City) for a
permit to transport hazardous materials
by motor vehicle and the fee to obtain
the permit. On April 7, 2014, PHMSA
published a public notice and invitation
to comment on ATA’s application. 79
FR 21840. On June 2, 2014, the
comment period closed without any
parties submitting comments. On April
27, 2015, PHMSA published a notice of
delay in processing ATA’s application
in order to conduct additional factfinding and legal analysis in response to
the application. 80 FR 23328. On July 6,
2015, PHMSA sent a letter to the City’s
Solicitor, and its Fire Chief, to
encourage the city to participate in the
proceeding. On July 20, 2015, the City
responded to PHMSA’s letter and
informed the agency that the ‘‘City of
Pittsburgh at this time is not accepting
applications for the ‘Transportation of
Hazardous Materials’ permit and has not
done so since 2013.’’ The City further
stated that ‘‘[n]o fees were collected for
2014 or 2015. For 2013, the City of
Pittsburgh collected a total of $8,316.00
which was deposited into the City of
Pittsburgh’s General Fund.’’ Thereafter,
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in a letter, dated March 11, 2016, the
City’s Solicitor confirmed to PHMSA
that the City had stopped enforcing its
permit and fee requirements to transport
hazardous materials in 2013, and further
stated that it had no intention of taking
it up again.
In light of this information, ATA’s
application is hereby dismissed, and the
docket is closed. In the future, if the
City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s
permit and permit fee requirements are
ever applied and enforced, ATA may
again submit an application for a
preemption determination.
Applicable Federal Requirements:
Federal hazardous material
transportation law, 49 U.S.C. 5101 et
seq., and the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR), 49 CFR parts 171–
180.
Mode Affected: Highway.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2016.
Joseph Solomey,
Senior Assistant Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Information Collection, CDFI and
NACA Programs
Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Public
Comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). Currently,
the Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S.
Department of the Treasury, is soliciting
comments concerning the Community
Development Financial Institutions
Program (CDFI Program) and the Native
American CDFI Assistance Program
(NACA Program) Financial Assistance
and Technical Assistance Applications
for the FY 2017–FY 2019 funding
rounds (hereafter, the Application or
Applications). The CDFI Fund is
required by law to make the
Applications publically available for
comment prior to submission for a new
PRA number.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments must be
received on or before September 12,
2016 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments via
email to Amber Bell, CDFI Program and
NACA Program Manager, CDFI Fund, at
cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amber Bell, CDFI Program and NACA
Program Manager, CDFI Fund, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20220 or email to cdfihelp@
cdfi.treas.gov.
The Applications may be obtained
from the CDFI Program page and NACA
Program page of the CDFI Fund’s Web
site https://www.cdfifund.gov/Lists/
CDFI%20News/View.aspx.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: CDFI Program and NACA
Program Financial Assistance and
Technical Assistance Applications;
OMB Number: 1559–0021.
Abstract: The CDFI Program is
authorized by the Riegle Community
Development Banking and Financial
Institutions Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–
325, 12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.). Funding for
the CDFI Program and the NACA
Program is made available by Congress
to the CDFI Fund through its annual
appropriations. The regulations
governing the CDFI Program are found
at 12 CFR parts 1805 and 1815 (the
Regulations) and set forth evaluation
criteria and other program requirements.
For a complete understanding of the
programs, the CDFI Fund encourages
Applicants to review the Regulations,
the Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA)
for the FY 2016 application round of the
CDFI Program (81 Federal Register
8328, February 18, 2016), the NOFA for
the FY 2016 application round of the
NACA Program (81 Federal Register
8342, February 18, 2016), the
Application, and the Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards (2 CFR 200) (Uniform
Administrative Requirements).
Capitalized terms in this Request for
Public Comment are defined in the CDFI
Program’s authorizing statute, the
Regulations, the FY 2016 CDFI Program
and NACA Program NOFAs, the
Application, and the Uniform
Administrative Requirements.
Through the CDFI Program and NACA
Program’s Financial Assistance awards
and Technical Assistance grants, the
CDFI Fund invests in and builds the
capacity of for-profit and nonprofit
community based lending organizations
known as Community Development
Financial Institutions (CDFIs).
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CDFI Program and NACA Program
award Recipients will be competitively
selected after the CDFI Fund’s careful
review of their Applications. The
proposed Financial Assistance
Application requires the submission of
quantitative and qualitative information
about the Applicant’s Business Strategy,
Products and Services, Market and
Competitive Analysis, Management and
Staffing, Financial Position, and Growth
and Financial Projections. The proposed
Technical Assistance Application
requires the submission of quantitative
and qualitative information about CDFI
Certification Qualifications, an
Organizational Overview, and Use of
Funds. Please refer to the FY 2016 CDFI
Program and NACA Program NOFAs for
additional guidance on the review and
application process for past funding
rounds.
This request for public comment
seeks to gather information on the CDFI
Program and NACA Program Financial
Assistance and Technical Assistance
Applications.
Current Actions: Renewal of existing
Information Collection.
Type of Review: Regular Review.
Affected Public: Certified CDFIs and
qualified Nonprofit Organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents for
Financial Assistance: 400.
Estimated Annual Time per
Respondent for Financial Assistance:
100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours for Financial Assistance: 40,000.
Estimated Number of Respondents for
Technical Assistance: 100.
Estimated Annual Time per
Respondent for Technical Assistance:
50.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours for Technical Assistance: 5,000.
Requests for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record and
may be published on the CDFI Fund’s
Web site at https://www.cdfifund.gov.
The CDFI Fund is seeking input on the
content of the CDFI Program and NACA
Program Financial Assistance and
Technical Assistance Applications. The
Applications may be obtained on the
CDFI Fund’s Web site at https://
www.cdfifund.gov/Lists/CDFI%20News/
View.aspx. CDFI Program and NACA
Program Financial Assistance awards
must be used for Financial Products,
Financial Services, and/or Development
Services for commercial facilities, small
businesses, microenterprises,
community facilities, consumer
financial products and services,
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affordable housing, and intermediary
lending to nonprofits and CDFIs — so
long as those activities allow the
Recipient to achieve at least one of the
following statutorily required Financial
Assistance activities: Expand operations
into a new Investment Area(s); serve a
new Targeted Population(s); provide
additional or new Financial Products,
Financial Services, and/or Development
Services; and/or increase the volume of
current Financial Products, Financial
Services, and/or Development Services.
Comments concerning the
Applications are invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of technology; and (e) estimates of
capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase
of services required to provide
information.
In addition, the CDFI Fund requests
comments in response to the following
questions:
(1) Is the information that is proposed
to be collected by the Application
necessary and appropriate for the CDFI
Fund to consider for the purpose of
making award decisions?
(2) Are certain questions or tables
redundant or unnecessary?
(3) Should any questions or tables be
added to ensure collection of relevant
information?
(4) In general, does the data and
information requested in the
Application allow an Applicant to
demonstrate its ability to meet the
eligible uses (commercial facilities,
small businesses, microenterprises,
community facilities, consumer
financial products and services,
affordable housing, and intermediary
lending to nonprofits and CDFIs) of
CDFI Fund Program awards?
(5) Is the data and information
requested in the Application to assess
proposed Financial Assistance activities
adequate to assess these different
activities?
(6) What, if any, additional data and
information should be collected to
assess Financial Assistance activities?
(7) Are any of the questions
particularly burdensome or difficult to
answer? Please be specific to type of
CDFI (e.g., regulated, non-profit, sector)?
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(8) Are the character limitations for
narrative responses appropriate? Should
certain questions allow additional or
fewer characters?
(9) Are there questions that lack
clarity as to intent or purpose? If so,
which questions, and what needs to be
clarified in order to provide a
comprehensive response?
(10) Are there questions that would
require additional guidance in order to
respond adequately? If so, which
questions, and what type of instructions
would be helpful in order to be able to
provide a response?
(11) Is the financial data that is
intended to be collected adequate to
assess an Applicant’s financial and
portfolio performance?
(12) Is there other information not
requested in the Application that could
demonstrate an Applicant’s financial
and portfolio performance?
(13) Tables in Questions 6 a-d ask for
certain data and information that will be
used to assess an Applicant’s projected
Financial Assistance activities. Is the
data collected in these tables adequate
to assess an Applicant’s projected
Financial Assistance activities?
(14) Is there other information not
requested in the Application that would
demonstrate an Applicant’s projected
Financial Assistance activities?
(15) Are there requests for data in the
Application that Applicants do not have
readily available or that are burdensome
to obtain and/or calculate?
(16) Do the questions in the Technical
Assistance Application allow the
Applicant to clearly answer the
evaluation criteria if the CDFI Program
and NACA Program were to evaluate
Technical Assistance Awards by the
applicant’s ability to achieve the
following for each applicant category
type:
(a) Emerging and Certifiable CDFI:
Achieve certification for the Applicant;
(b) Sponsoring Entity: Create and
certify a new CDFI; and
(c) Certified CDFI: Build the capacity
of the Applicant to expand operations,
offer new products or services, or
increase the volume of current business?
Authority: Pub. L. 110–289, 12 CFR 1807.
Mary Ann Donovan,
Director, Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Information Collection
Renewal; Submission for OMB Review;
Reverse Mortgage Products: Guidance
for Managing Compliance and
Reputation Risks
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Treasury (OCC).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on the renewal of
an information collection, as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA).
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number.
The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning renewal of its information
collection titled, ‘‘Reverse Mortgage
Products: Guidance for Managing
Compliance and Reputation Risks’’
(Guidance).
DATES: Comments must be received by
September 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the
Washington, DC area and at the OCC is
subject to delay, commenters are
encouraged to submit comments by
email, if possible. Comments may be
sent to: Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, Attention:
1557–0246, 400 7th Street SW., Suite
3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington,
DC 20219. In addition, comments may
be sent by fax to (571) 465–4326 or by
electronic mail to prainfo@occ.treas.gov.
You may personally inspect and
photocopy comments at the OCC, 400
7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219.
For security reasons, the OCC requires
that visitors make an appointment to
inspect comments. You may do so by
calling (202) 649–6700 or, for persons
who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY,
(202) 649–5597. Upon arrival, visitors
will be required to present valid
government-issued photo identification
and submit to security screening in
order to inspect and photocopy
comments.
All comments received, including
attachments and other supporting
materials, are part of the public record
and subject to public disclosure. Do not
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enclose any information in your
comment or supporting materials that
you consider confidential or
inappropriate for public disclosure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shaquita Merritt, OCC Clearance
Officer, (202) 649–5490 or, for persons
who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY,
(202) 649–5597, Legislative and
Regulatory Activities Division, Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th
Street SW., Suite 3E–218, Mailstop 9W–
11, Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the
OMB for each collection of information
that they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) to include agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal agencies
to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed renewal of an
existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, the OCC is publishing this
notice.
The OCC is proposing to extend OMB
approval of the following information
collection:
Abstract: On December 16, 2009, the
OCC, FDIC, FRB and NCUA sought
comment on the guidance,1 which they
issued in final form on August 17,
2010.2 The guidance focused on the
need to provide adequate information to
consumers about reverse mortgage
products, to provide qualified
independent counseling to consumers
considering these products, and to avoid
potential conflicts of interest. The
guidance also addressed related
policies, procedures, internal controls,
and third party risk management.
The information collection
requirements included implementation
of policies and procedures, training, and
program maintenance. The requirements
are outlined below:
• Institutions offering reverse
mortgages should have written policies
and procedures that prohibit the
practice of directing a consumer to a
particular counseling agency or
contacting a counselor on the
consumer’s behalf.
• Policies should be clear so that
originators do not have an inappropriate
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Information Collection, CDFI and NACA Programs
AGENCY: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Public Comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Currently, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI
Fund), U.S. Department of the Treasury, is soliciting comments
concerning the Community Development Financial Institutions Program
(CDFI Program) and the Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA
Program) Financial Assistance and Technical Assistance Applications for
the FY 2017-FY 2019 funding rounds (hereafter, the Application or
Applications). The CDFI Fund is required by law to make the
Applications publically available for comment prior to submission for a
new PRA number.
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DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 12,
2016 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments via email to Amber Bell, CDFI Program
and NACA Program Manager, CDFI Fund, at cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Bell, CDFI Program and NACA
Program Manager, CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220 or email to
cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov.
The Applications may be obtained from the CDFI Program page and
NACA Program page of the CDFI Fund's Web site https://www.cdfifund.gov/Lists/CDFI%20News/View.aspx.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: CDFI Program and NACA Program Financial Assistance and
Technical Assistance Applications;
OMB Number: 1559-0021.
Abstract: The CDFI Program is authorized by the Riegle Community
Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Pub. L.
103-325, 12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.). Funding for the CDFI Program and the
NACA Program is made available by Congress to the CDFI Fund through its
annual appropriations. The regulations governing the CDFI Program are
found at 12 CFR parts 1805 and 1815 (the Regulations) and set forth
evaluation criteria and other program requirements. For a complete
understanding of the programs, the CDFI Fund encourages Applicants to
review the Regulations, the Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the
FY 2016 application round of the CDFI Program (81 Federal Register
8328, February 18, 2016), the NOFA for the FY 2016 application round of
the NACA Program (81 Federal Register 8342, February 18, 2016), the
Application, and the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200)
(Uniform Administrative Requirements). Capitalized terms in this
Request for Public Comment are defined in the CDFI Program's
authorizing statute, the Regulations, the FY 2016 CDFI Program and NACA
Program NOFAs, the Application, and the Uniform Administrative
Requirements.
Through the CDFI Program and NACA Program's Financial Assistance
awards and Technical Assistance grants, the CDFI Fund invests in and
builds the capacity of for-profit and nonprofit community based lending
organizations known as Community Development Financial Institutions
(CDFIs).
CDFI Program and NACA Program award Recipients will be
competitively selected after the CDFI Fund's careful review of their
Applications. The proposed Financial Assistance Application requires
the submission of quantitative and qualitative information about the
Applicant's Business Strategy, Products and Services, Market and
Competitive Analysis, Management and Staffing, Financial Position, and
Growth and Financial Projections. The proposed Technical Assistance
Application requires the submission of quantitative and qualitative
information about CDFI Certification Qualifications, an Organizational
Overview, and Use of Funds. Please refer to the FY 2016 CDFI Program
and NACA Program NOFAs for additional guidance on the review and
application process for past funding rounds.
This request for public comment seeks to gather information on the
CDFI Program and NACA Program Financial Assistance and Technical
Assistance Applications.
Current Actions: Renewal of existing Information Collection.
Type of Review: Regular Review.
Affected Public: Certified CDFIs and qualified Nonprofit
Organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents for Financial Assistance: 400.
Estimated Annual Time per Respondent for Financial Assistance: 100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours for Financial Assistance:
40,000.
Estimated Number of Respondents for Technical Assistance: 100.
Estimated Annual Time per Respondent for Technical Assistance: 50.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours for Technical Assistance:
5,000.
Requests for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of
public record and may be published on the CDFI Fund's Web site at
https://www.cdfifund.gov. The CDFI Fund is seeking input on the content
of the CDFI Program and NACA Program Financial Assistance and Technical
Assistance Applications. The Applications may be obtained on the CDFI
Fund's Web site at https://www.cdfifund.gov/Lists/CDFI%20News/View.aspx. CDFI Program and NACA Program Financial Assistance awards
must be used for Financial Products, Financial Services, and/or
Development Services for commercial facilities, small businesses,
microenterprises, community facilities, consumer financial products and
services, affordable housing, and intermediary lending to nonprofits
and CDFIs -- so long as those activities allow the Recipient to achieve
at least one of the following statutorily required Financial Assistance
activities: Expand operations into a new Investment Area(s); serve a
new Targeted Population(s); provide additional or new Financial
Products, Financial Services, and/or Development Services; and/or
increase the volume of current Financial Products, Financial Services,
and/or Development Services.
Comments concerning the Applications are invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of technology; and (e) estimates
of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and
purchase of services required to provide information.
In addition, the CDFI Fund requests comments in response to the
following questions:
(1) Is the information that is proposed to be collected by the
Application necessary and appropriate for the CDFI Fund to consider for
the purpose of making award decisions?
(2) Are certain questions or tables redundant or unnecessary?
(3) Should any questions or tables be added to ensure collection of
relevant information?
(4) In general, does the data and information requested in the
Application allow an Applicant to demonstrate its ability to meet the
eligible uses (commercial facilities, small businesses,
microenterprises, community facilities, consumer financial products and
services, affordable housing, and intermediary lending to nonprofits
and CDFIs) of CDFI Fund Program awards?
(5) Is the data and information requested in the Application to
assess proposed Financial Assistance activities adequate to assess
these different activities?
(6) What, if any, additional data and information should be
collected to assess Financial Assistance activities?
(7) Are any of the questions particularly burdensome or difficult
to answer? Please be specific to type of CDFI (e.g., regulated, non-
profit, sector)?
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(8) Are the character limitations for narrative responses
appropriate? Should certain questions allow additional or fewer
characters?
(9) Are there questions that lack clarity as to intent or purpose?
If so, which questions, and what needs to be clarified in order to
provide a comprehensive response?
(10) Are there questions that would require additional guidance in
order to respond adequately? If so, which questions, and what type of
instructions would be helpful in order to be able to provide a
response?
(11) Is the financial data that is intended to be collected
adequate to assess an Applicant's financial and portfolio performance?
(12) Is there other information not requested in the Application
that could demonstrate an Applicant's financial and portfolio
performance?
(13) Tables in Questions 6 a-d ask for certain data and information
that will be used to assess an Applicant's projected Financial
Assistance activities. Is the data collected in these tables adequate
to assess an Applicant's projected Financial Assistance activities?
(14) Is there other information not requested in the Application
that would demonstrate an Applicant's projected Financial Assistance
activities?
(15) Are there requests for data in the Application that Applicants
do not have readily available or that are burdensome to obtain and/or
calculate?
(16) Do the questions in the Technical Assistance Application allow
the Applicant to clearly answer the evaluation criteria if the CDFI
Program and NACA Program were to evaluate Technical Assistance Awards
by the applicant's ability to achieve the following for each applicant
category type:
(a) Emerging and Certifiable CDFI: Achieve certification for the
Applicant;
(b) Sponsoring Entity: Create and certify a new CDFI; and
(c) Certified CDFI: Build the capacity of the Applicant to expand
operations, offer new products or services, or increase the volume of
current business?
Authority: Pub. L. 110-289, 12 CFR 1807.
Mary Ann Donovan,
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 2016-16417 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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