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of the foreign manufacturer, and would
consider the circumstances of the
manufacturer, and not the importer, in
deciding whether to grant the petition.
Moreover, since an exemption under
Part 555 would only apply to vehicles
originally manufactured after the date
the exemption is granted, used vehicles
could not benefit from such an
exemption.
One commenter also suggested that
the agency grant owners of vehicles that
cannot be modified to conform to the air
bag requirements of FMVSS No. 208 an
exemption similar to the one described
in 49 CFR 595.5. This provision enables
motor vehicle dealers or repair
businesses to install retrofit air bag onoff switches without violating the
prohibition in 49 U.S.C. 30122 against
making inoperative safety equipment
installed in a vehicle in compliance
with an applicable standard. This
regulation applies to a limited and
narrowly tailored set of circumstances.
The regulation seeks to preserve the
benefits of air bags, while providing a
means for reducing the risk of serious or
fatal injury that air bags pose to
identifiable groups of people, such as
people who cannot avoid sitting
extremely close to air bags by reason of
their short stature, people with certain
medical conditions, and young children.
To obtain permission for the installation
of an on-off switch, the vehicle owner
must certify that the owner or another
user of the vehicle is a member of one
of the at-risk groups. This regulation,
which pertains to the prohibition on
making safety equipment inoperative in
49 U.S.C. 30122, has no bearing on
import eligibility decisions under 49
U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(B).
Several commenters offered to limit
their vehicles’ on-road use, to restrict
the resale of their vehicles, or to release
the agency from liability resulting from
the vehicles’ noncompliance in
exchange for a waiver from compliance
with one or more applicable standards.
Addressing the offer to release the
agency from liability, the agency notes
that it is not subject to suit for
exercising governmental functions of
this kind. The remaining conditions are
similar to ones imposed on the owners
of vehicles imported for purposes of
show or display under 49 CFR
591.5(j)(1). A vehicle cannot be
imported for purposes of show or
display unless it is found by the agency
to have such historical or technological
significance that it is worthy of being
imported for those purposes. As a
general rule, a vehicle is ineligible for
importation for purposes of show or
display if more than 500 of the vehicles
were produced, or if the vehicle has
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been found eligible for importation
under 49 CFR Part 593, based on its
capability of being modified to conform
to all applicable standards. For these
reasons, the agency has previously
denied an application for the
importation of a 1995 Nissan Skyline
GTS–T under the show or display
provisions. To be consistent with its
past administration of these provisions,
the agency remains unwilling to extend
show or display status to Nissan Skyline
vehicles. Moreover, the agency lacks the
authority to impose mileage or resale
restrictions on vehicles imported for any
other purpose.
Final Decision
Accordingly, on the basis of the
foregoing, NHTSA hereby rescinds its
decision, granted on November 15,
1999, that 1990–1999 Nissan GTS and
GTR Passenger cars are eligible for
importation into the United States.
NHTSA hereby decides that Nissan R33
model GTS and GTR passenger cars
manufactured between January 1996
and June 1998 are eligible for
importation into the United States
because they have safety features that
comply with, or are capable of being
altered to comply with, all applicable
Federal motor vehicle safety standards.
Vehicle Eligibility Number
The importer of a vehicle admissible
under any import eligibility decision
must enter on the HS–7 Declaration
form covering the entry the appropriate
vehicle eligibility number indicating
that the vehicle is eligible for
importation. Vehicle eligibility number
VCP–17 was assigned to 1990–1999
Nissan GTS and GTR passenger cars.
NHTSA is rescinding that eligibility
number and assigning eligibility number
VCP–32 to Nissan R33 model GTS and
GTR passenger cars manufactured
between January 1996 and June 1998
that remain eligible for importation.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(B) and
(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority
at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.
Claude H. Harris,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The 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 of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund (the Fund), a
government corporation within the
Department of the Treasury, is soliciting
comments concerning the ‘‘New
Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program—
Community Development Entity (CDE)
Certification Application’’ (hereafter,
the Application).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 1, 2006 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Pamela Williams, Program Operations
Advisor, Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 601 13th
Street, NW, Suite 200 South,
Washington, DC 20005, Facsimile
Number (202) 622–7754.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Application may be obtained from the
Fund’s Web site at https://
www.cdfifund.gov. Requests for
additional information should be
directed to Pamela Williams, Program
Operations Advisor, Community
Development Financial Institutions
Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury,
601 13th Street, NW, Suite 200 South,
Washington, DC 20005, or by phone to
(202) 622–6355.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: New Markets Tax Credit
(NMTC) Program—Community
Development Entity (CDE) Certification
Application.
OMB Number: 1559–0014.
Abstract: Title I, subtitle C, section
121 of the Community Renewal Tax
Relief Act of 2000 (the Act), as enacted
by section 1(a)(7) of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub. L. 106–
554, December 21, 2000), amended the
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) by adding
IRC § 45D and created the NMTC
Program. The Department of the
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Treasury, through the Fund, administers
the NMTC Program, which provides an
incentive to investors in the form of tax
credits over seven years, which is
expected to stimulate the provision of
private investment capital that, in turn,
will facilitate economic and community
development in low-income
communities. In order to qualify for an
allocation of tax credits through the
NMTC Program, an entity must be
certified as a qualified community
development entity (CDE) and submit
an allocation application to the Fund.
Nonprofit entities and for-profit entities
may be certified as CDEs by the Fund.
Both for-profit and nonprofit entities
may apply to the Fund for an allocation
of NMTCs, but only CDEs that are forprofit entities are eligible to issue
qualified equity investments with
respect to which investors will be
entitled to claim NMTCs. In order to be
certified as a CDE, an entity must be a
domestic corporation or partnership,
that: (1) has a primary mission of
serving or providing investment capital
for low-income communities or lowincome persons; and (2) maintains
accountability to residents of lowincome communities through their
representation or any governing or
advisory board of the entity.
Current Actions: Currently receiving
and processing CDE certification
applications.
Type of review: Extension.
Affected Public: CDEs, including
business or other for-profit institutions,
nonprofit entities, and State, local and
Tribal entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
Estimated Annual Time Per
Respondent: 5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,500 hours.
Requests for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments 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
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purchase of services required to provide
information.
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 45D; 31 U.S.C. 321; 26
CFR 1.45D–1T.
Dated: February 23, 2006.
Arthur A. Garcia,
Director, Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of 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 of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund (the Fund), a
government corporation within the
Department of the Treasury, is soliciting
comments concerning the draft ‘‘Survey
of CDFIs to Gather Feedback on the
Effectiveness of the Programs of the
CDFI Fund of the U.S. Department of
the Treasury’’ (hereafter, the Survey).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 1, 2006 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Pamela Williams, Program Operations
Advisor, Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 601 13th
Street, NW, Suite 200 South,
Washington, DC 20005, Facsimile
Number (202) 622–7754.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Survey may be obtained from the Fund’s
Web site at https://www.cdfifund.gov.
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Pamela Williams,
Program Operations Advisor,
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of
the Treasury, 601 13th Street, NW, Suite
200 South, Washington, DC 20005, or by
phone to (202) 622–6355.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Survey of CDFIs to Gather
Feedback on the Effectiveness of the
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Programs of the CDFI Fund of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
OMB Number: Pending OMB
approval.
Abstract: The Community
Development Banking and Financial
Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701
et seq.) authorizes the Community
Development Financial Institutions
Fund (the Fund) of the U.S. Department
of the Treasury to select and provide
financial assistance (FA) awards and
technical assistance (TA) awards to
eligible applicants through the
Community Development Financial
Institutions (CDFI) Program. In addition,
the legislation authorizes the CDFI Fund
to certify eligible entities as CDFIs and
to provide training to CDFIs and
members of the financial services
industry. The Department is conducting,
through a contract with Abt Associates
Inc., a study of the effectiveness of the
CDFI Program (including the FA and TA
award components), the Training
Program and the CDFI certification
designation. The assessment will rely on
information from CDFIs on their
opinions of the value of these program
components in their ability to meet the
community development finance needs
of their communities. These data will be
used along with quantitative
information (to be obtained from
existing administrative sources) to help
identify the impacts of the components.
Data on CDFI opinion regarding the
effectiveness of the components is not
available from other sources, and needs
to be collected directly from the CDFIs
through the proposed survey. In
addition, the survey will gather
recommendations from CDFIs on ways
that going forward, the Fund through
these program components, can better
meet the needs of their communities.
Current Actions: Pending OMB
approval.
Type of review: Initial.
Affected Public: CDFIs, including
business or other for-profit institutions,
not-for-profit institutions and State,
local and Tribal entities; community
development trade associations and
industry experts.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,100.
Estimated Annual Time Per
Respondent: The researchers will
administer a one-time mail web-based
survey with e-mail and telephone
follow-up to staff from each of the 1,100
CDFIs. Each CDFI will be asked to
respond only to specific portions of the
survey, depending on the types of
assistance they applied for and received.
The survey is estimated to take
anywhere from 30 minutes (for
respondents who have not participated
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The 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 of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund (the Fund), a government corporation within the
Department of the Treasury, is soliciting comments concerning the ``New
Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program--Community Development Entity (CDE)
Certification Application'' (hereafter, the Application).
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before May 1, 2006 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Pamela Williams, Program Operations
Advisor, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 601 13th Street, NW, Suite 200 South,
Washington, DC 20005, Facsimile Number (202) 622-7754.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Application may be obtained from
the Fund's Web site at https://www.cdfifund.gov. Requests for additional
information should be directed to Pamela Williams, Program Operations
Advisor, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 601 13th Street, NW, Suite 200 South,
Washington, DC 20005, or by phone to (202) 622-6355.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program--Community Development
Entity (CDE) Certification Application.
OMB Number: 1559-0014.
Abstract: Title I, subtitle C, section 121 of the Community Renewal
Tax Relief Act of 2000 (the Act), as enacted by section 1(a)(7) of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554, December 21,
2000), amended the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) by adding IRC Sec. 45D
and created the NMTC Program. The Department of the
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Treasury, through the Fund, administers the NMTC Program, which
provides an incentive to investors in the form of tax credits over
seven years, which is expected to stimulate the provision of private
investment capital that, in turn, will facilitate economic and
community development in low-income communities. In order to qualify
for an allocation of tax credits through the NMTC Program, an entity
must be certified as a qualified community development entity (CDE) and
submit an allocation application to the Fund. Nonprofit entities and
for-profit entities may be certified as CDEs by the Fund. Both for-
profit and nonprofit entities may apply to the Fund for an allocation
of NMTCs, but only CDEs that are for-profit entities are eligible to
issue qualified equity investments with respect to which investors will
be entitled to claim NMTCs. In order to be certified as a CDE, an
entity must be a domestic corporation or partnership, that: (1) has a
primary mission of serving or providing investment capital for low-
income communities or low-income persons; and (2) maintains
accountability to residents of low-income communities through their
representation or any governing or advisory board of the entity.
Current Actions: Currently receiving and processing CDE
certification applications.
Type of review: Extension.
Affected Public: CDEs, including business or other for-profit
institutions, nonprofit entities, and State, local and Tribal entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Annual Time Per Respondent: 5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,500 hours.
Requests for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Comments
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.
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 45D; 31 U.S.C. 321; 26 CFR 1.45D-1T.
Dated: February 23, 2006.
Arthur A. Garcia,
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
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