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combination of suction piles and gravity
anchors.
The buoys would be designed to moor
and unload two (2) types of LNG
vessels: a transport and regasification
vessel (TRV) of approximately 140,000
cubic meter capacity and a storage and
regasification ship (SRS) of
approximately 250,000 cubic meter
capacity. Both vessels would be
equipped to vaporize LNG cargo to
natural gas through an onboard closed
loop vaporization system, and to
odorize and meter gas for send-out by
means of the unloading buoy to
conventional subsea pipelines. The
TRVs would moor to the westernmost
buoy, and the SRS to the easternmost
buoy. The mooring buoys would be
connected through the vessels’ hulls to
specially designed turrets that would
enable the vessel to weathervane or
rotate in response to prevailing wind,
wave, and current directions. When the
vessels are not present, the buoys would
be submerged approximately 100 feet
below the sea surface.
The unloading buoys would connect
through flexible risers and two (2)
approximately 2.5 mile long 30-inch
flowlines located on the seabed that
would connect directly to the Calypso
pipeline, a Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) permitted pipeline.
Three types of vessels would be
associated with the port: the TRV drawn
from the existing and future global fleet
of specialized LNG carriers compatible
with Calypso’s unloading buoy system;
the SRS, a specialized, purpose-built
modified LNG carrier, designed to
accept, regasify, odorize and meter LNG
from conventional LNG carriers and
deliver it to the pipeline through
Calypso’s unloading buoy system; and
conventional LNG carriers. When empty
the TRV would disconnect from the
buoy and leave the port, followed by
another full TRV that would arrive and
connect to the buoy. The SRS would
normally remain attached to its mooring
buoy. To sustain continuous
vaporization, the SRS’ cargo tanks
would be refilled approximately every
two (2) to four (4) days by standard LNG
carriers drawn from the global fleet. The
SRS would be capable of detaching from
the buoy if threatened by a severe storm,
such as a hurricane, and move under its
own power to safety; then return and
reconnect to the buoy and continue
operations once the storm danger
passed.
Calypso would be capable of
delivering natural gas in a continuous
flow by having at least one TRV or SRS
regasifying at all times. The system
would be designed so that a TRV and
SRS can be moored simultaneously for
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concurrent unloading of natural gas.
Calypso would have an average
throughput capacity of approximately
1.1 billion standard cubic feet per day
and a peak delivery capacity of 1.9
Bcsfd.
No onshore pipelines or LNG storage
facilities are associated with the
proposed deepwater port application. A
shore based facility would be used to
facilitate movement of personnel,
equipment, supplies, and disposable
materials between the port and shore.
Construction of the deepwater port
would be expected to take three (3)
years; with startup of commercial
operations following construction,
should a license be issued. The
deepwater port would be designed,
constructed and operated in accordance
with applicable codes and standards
and would have an expected operating
life of approximately 25 years.
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Dated: October 31, 2006.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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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
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Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund (the Fund) of the
Department of the Treasury is soliciting
comments concerning an information
collection required by the allocation
agreement that will be entered into by
the Fund and allocatees of the New
Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program.
The specific information collection
relates to the section of the allocation
agreement that requires an allocatee to
provide notice to the Fund of the receipt
of a Qualified Equity Investment. The
Fund will publish a separate notice
seeking public comments regarding
other information collections contained
in the allocation agreement (e.g., use of
QEI proceeds).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before January 5, 2007 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Yoo
Jin Na, Program Manager, 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: A
draft of the information collection may
be obtained from the Fund’s Web site at
https://www.cdfifund.gov. Requests for
additional information should be
directed to Yoo Jin Na, Program
Manager, 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) 622–8226.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: New Markets Tax Credit
(NMTC) Program Allocation Tracking
System.
OMB Number: 1559–0024.
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 section 45D, New Markets Tax
Credit. Pursuant to IRC section 45D, the
Department of the Treasury, through the
Fund, administers the NMTC Program,
which will provide 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 under the
NMTC Program, an entity must be
certified as a qualified community
development entity and submit an
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allocation application to the Fund.
Upon receipt of such applications, the
Fund will conduct a competitive review
process to evaluate applications for the
receipt of NMTC allocations. Entities
receiving an NMTC allocation must
enter into an allocation agreement with
the Fund. The allocation agreement
contains the terms and conditions,
including all reporting requirements,
associated with the receipt of a NMTC
allocation. The Fund will require each
allocatee to use an electronic data
collection and submission system,
known as the allocation tracking system,
to report on the information related to
its receipt of a Qualified Equity
Investment.
The Fund has developed the
allocation tracking system to, among
other things: (1) Enhance the allocatee’s
ability to report to the Fund timely
information regarding the issuance of its
Qualified Equity Investments; (2)
enhance the Treasury Department’s
ability to monitor the issuance of
Qualified Equity Investments to ensure
that no allocatee exceeds its allocation
authority, and to ensure that Qualified
Equity Investments are issued within
the timeframes required by the
allocation agreement and the NMTC
Program regulations; and (3) provide the
Treasury Department with basic
investor data which may be aggregated
and analyzed in connection with NMTC
Program evaluation efforts.
Current Actions: Selected allocatees
for the NMTC Program.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions, not-for-profit
institutions and State, local and Tribal
entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
170.
Estimated Annual Time per
Respondent: 12 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2040 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. The specific section of
the allocation agreement for which
comments are sought is the reporting
requirement that allocatees provide
notice to the Fund, through the Fund’s
allocation tracking system, of the receipt
of a Qualified Equity Investment.
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
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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: Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2001, Public Law 106–554; 31 U.S.C.
321.
Dated: October 31, 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 Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund (the Fund),
a government corporation within 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 Fund is
soliciting comments concerning the
Fund’s conflict of interest reporting
requirements for contract readers of
applications submitted for funding
under the Fund’s various programs.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before January 5, 2007 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: All comments must be
submitted in writing and sent to Jeffrey
C. Berg, Legal Counsel, as follows: (i) by
mail to: Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 601 13th
Street, NW., Suite 200 South,
Washington, DC 20005; (ii) by e-mail to:
conflictofinterestcomments
@cdfi.treas.gov; or (iii) by fax to: 202/
622–8244.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of the conflict of interest
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information collection or requests for
additional information may be obtained
by contacting Ashanti McCallum,
Paralegal Specialist, as follows: (i) By
mail to: Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 601 13th
Street, NW., Suite 200 South,
Washington, DC 20005; (ii) by e-mail to:
mccallluma@cdfi.treas.gov; or (iii) by
fax to: 202/622–8244.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: The Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund—Conflict of
Interest Package for Non-Federal
Readers.
OMB Number: 1559–0011.
Abstract: Through its programs the
Fund supports financial institutions
around the country that are specifically
dedicated to financing and supporting
community and economic development
activities. This strategy builds strong
institutions that make loans and
investments and provide financial
services in markets (including
economically distressed investments
areas and targeted populations) whose
needs for loans, investments, and
financial services have not been fully
met by traditional financial institutions,
particularly in the areas of promoting
homeownership, developing of
affordable housing, and stimulating
small business development, as well as
providing financial services to those
that have not previously accessed
financial institutions.
Consistent with the Federal
Acquisition Regulations provisions on
conflicts of interest, the Fund has
applied, and will continue to apply, a
conflict of interest policy with respect to
its contract (non-Federal employee)
readers that avoids a reader’s
participation in the evaluation or
process of selection of applications
where such participation creates a
conflict of interest or an appearance of
a conflict of interest. The conflict of
interest review materials are used by the
Fund to determine whether or not a
contractor’s financial interest, or that of
the contractor’s spouse, parent,
dependent child, or member of
household, may result in a conflict, or
apparent conflict of interest with the
individual’s duties and responsibilities
as a contractor evaluating applications.
The completion of the package is
mandatory for all contractors prior to
their selection as readers.
Current Action: Extension.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
150.
Estimated Annual Time per
Respondent: 45 minutes (0.75 hours).
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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 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) of the Department of the Treasury is
soliciting comments concerning an information collection required by
the allocation agreement that will be entered into by the Fund and
allocatees of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program. The specific
information collection relates to the section of the allocation
agreement that requires an allocatee to provide notice to the Fund of
the receipt of a Qualified Equity Investment. The Fund will publish a
separate notice seeking public comments regarding other information
collections contained in the allocation agreement (e.g., use of QEI
proceeds).
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before January 5, 2007
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Yoo Jin Na, Program Manager,
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: A draft of the information collection
may be obtained from the Fund's Web site at https://www.cdfifund.gov.
Requests for additional information should be directed to Yoo Jin Na,
Program Manager, 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) 622-8226.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program Allocation Tracking
System.
OMB Number: 1559-0024.
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 section
45D, New Markets Tax Credit. Pursuant to IRC section 45D, the
Department of the Treasury, through the Fund, administers the NMTC
Program, which will provide 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 under the NMTC Program, an
entity must be certified as a qualified community development entity
and submit an
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allocation application to the Fund. Upon receipt of such applications,
the Fund will conduct a competitive review process to evaluate
applications for the receipt of NMTC allocations. Entities receiving an
NMTC allocation must enter into an allocation agreement with the Fund.
The allocation agreement contains the terms and conditions, including
all reporting requirements, associated with the receipt of a NMTC
allocation. The Fund will require each allocatee to use an electronic
data collection and submission system, known as the allocation tracking
system, to report on the information related to its receipt of a
Qualified Equity Investment.
The Fund has developed the allocation tracking system to, among
other things: (1) Enhance the allocatee's ability to report to the Fund
timely information regarding the issuance of its Qualified Equity
Investments; (2) enhance the Treasury Department's ability to monitor
the issuance of Qualified Equity Investments to ensure that no
allocatee exceeds its allocation authority, and to ensure that
Qualified Equity Investments are issued within the timeframes required
by the allocation agreement and the NMTC Program regulations; and (3)
provide the Treasury Department with basic investor data which may be
aggregated and analyzed in connection with NMTC Program evaluation
efforts.
Current Actions: Selected allocatees for the NMTC Program.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions, not-
for-profit institutions and State, local and Tribal entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 170.
Estimated Annual Time per Respondent: 12 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2040 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. The
specific section of the allocation agreement for which comments are
sought is the reporting requirement that allocatees provide notice to
the Fund, through the Fund's allocation tracking system, of the receipt
of a Qualified Equity Investment. 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: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001, Public Law
106-554; 31 U.S.C. 321.
Dated: October 31, 2006.
Arthur A. Garcia,
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. E6-18649 Filed 11-3-06; 8:45 am]
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