Farm Credit Administration Board; Sunshine Act Meeting, 47068-47069 [2012-19435]
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information concerning the EPA Science
Advisory Board can be found on the
SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/
sab.
Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is
hereby given that the EPA Science
Advisory Board will hold two public
teleconferences to conduct quality
reviews of two SAB draft reports. The
SAB was established pursuant to 42
U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent
scientific and technical advice to the
Administrator on the technical basis for
Agency positions and regulations. The
SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee
under FACA. The SAB will comply
with the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Quality review is a key function of the
chartered SAB. Draft reports prepared
by SAB committees, panels, or work
groups must be reviewed and approved
by the chartered SAB before transmittal
to the EPA Administrator. The chartered
SAB makes a determination in an open,
public meeting consistent with FACA
about the quality of all draft reports and
determines whether the report is ready
to be transmitted to the EPA
Administrator.
August 28, 2012 teleconference. The
purpose of the August 28, 2012
teleconference is for the chartered SAB
to conduct a quality review of a draft
SAB report entitled ‘‘SAB Review (7–
24–12 Draft) of the EPA’s Ecological
Assessment Action Plan.’’ The EPA’s
Office of the Science Advisor requested
that the SAB review the agency’s
ecological assessment action plan
developed in response to
recommendations in a 2007 SAB report,
‘‘Advice to EPA on Advancing the
Science and Application of Ecological
Risk Assessment in Environmental
Decision-Making’’ (EPA–SAB–08–002).
Background information about this
advisory activity can be found on the
SAB Web site at https://yosemite.
epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_
activites/RAF%20Eco%20Action
%20Plan?OpenDocument.
August 31, 2012 teleconference. The
purpose of the August 31, 2012
teleconference is for the chartered SAB
to conduct a quality review of a draft
SAB report entitled ‘‘SAB Review (7–
26–12 Draft) of EPA’s Accounting
Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions
from Stationary Sources (September
2011).’’ The EPA’s Office of Air and
Radiation requested the SAB review the
scientific and technical issues
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associated with an agency draft
framework that assesses options for
accounting for carbon dioxide emissions
from biogenic sources. Background
information about this advisory activity
can be found on the SAB Web site at
https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/
sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/
Accounting%20for%
20biogenic%20CO2?OpenDocument.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The
agenda and other materials in support of
the teleconferences will be placed on
the SAB Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the
teleconferences.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
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EPA’s federal advisory committees and
panels has a different purpose from
public comment provided to EPA
program offices. Therefore, the process
for submitting comments to a federal
advisory committee is different from the
process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office. Federal advisory
committees and panels, including
scientific advisory committees, provide
independent advice to EPA. Members of
the public can submit relevant
comments pertaining to the group
providing advice, EPA’s charge
questions and EPA review or
background documents. Input from the
public to the SAB will have the most
impact if it consists of comments that
provide specific scientific or technical
information or analysis for the SAB
panel to consider or if it relates to the
clarity or accuracy of the technical
information. Members of the public
wishing to provide comment should
contact the DFO for the relevant
advisory committee directly. Oral
Statements: In general, individuals or
groups requesting time to make an oral
presentation at a public SAB
teleconference will be limited to three
minutes, with no more than one-half
hour for all speakers. Those interested
in being placed on the public speakers
list for the August 28 and 31, 2012
teleconferences should contact Dr.
Nugent at the contact information
provided above by August 21, 2012.
Written Statements: Written statements
for the August 28, 2012, teleconference
should be supplied to the DFO via email
to nugent.angela@epa.gov by August 21,
2012. Written statements for the August
31, 2012, teleconference should be
supplied to the DFO via email to
nugent.angela@epa.gov by August 24,
2012. Written statements should be
supplied in one of the following
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PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich
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to provide versions of each document
submitted with and without signatures,
because the SAB Staff Office does not
publish documents with signatures on
its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent,
as appropriate at the contact
information provided above. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact her preferably at least 10 days
prior to the teleconference, to give EPA
as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: July 26, 2012.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
Farm Credit Administration Board;
Sunshine Act Meeting
Farm Credit Administration.
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the Government in the
Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of
the regular meeting of the Farm Credit
Administration Board (Board).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
The regular meeting of
the Board will be held at the offices of
the Farm Credit Administration in
McLean, Virginia, on August 9, 2012,
from 9:00 a.m. until such time as the
Board concludes its business.
DATE AND TIME:
Dale
L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm
Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–
4009, TTY (703) 883–4056.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Farm Credit
Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive,
McLean, Virginia 22102–5090.
ADDRESSES:
Parts of
this meeting of the Board will be open
to the public (limited space available)
and parts will be closed to the public.
In order to increase the accessibility to
Board meetings, persons requiring
assistance should make arrangements in
advance. The matters to be considered
at the meeting are:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Open Session
A. Approval of Minutes
• July 12, 2012.
B. New Business
• Investments in Unincorporated
Business Entities—Proposed Rule.
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Closed Session *
• Office of Secondary Market Oversight
Quarterly Report.
Dated: August 3, 2012.
Dale L. Aultman,
Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.
[FR Doc. 2012–19435 Filed 8–3–12; 4:15 pm]
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FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY
[No. 2012–N–09]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Submission of
Information Collection for Approval
From the Office of Management and
Budget.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is
seeking public comments concerning a
currently approved information
collection known as ‘‘Federal Home
Loan Bank Acquired Member Assets,
Core Mission Activities, Investments
and Advances,’’ which has been
assigned control 2590–0008 by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). FHFA intends to submit the
information collection to OMB for
review and approval of a three year
extension of the control number, which
is due to expire on October 31, 2012.
DATES: Interested persons may submit
comments on or before October 9, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to FHFA
using any one of the following methods:
• Email: RegComments@fhfa.gov.
Please include Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Federal Home Loan
Bank Acquired Member Assets, Core
Mission Activities, Investments and
Advances (No. 2012–N–09) in the
subject line of the message.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail/Hand Delivery: Federal
Housing Finance Agency, 400 Seventh
Street SW., Eighth Floor, Washington,
DC 20024, ATTENTION: Public
Comments/Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Federal Home Loan
Bank Acquired Member Assets, Core
Mission Activities, Investments and
Advances (No. 2012–N–09).
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SUMMARY:
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We will post all public comments we
receive without change, including any
personal information you provide, such
as your name, address (mailing and
email), and telephone number on the
FHFA Web site at https://www.fhfa.gov.
In addition, copies of all comments
received will be available for
examination by the public on business
days between the hours of 10 a.m. and
3 p.m. at Federal Housing Finance
Agency, 400 Seventh Street SW., Eighth
Floor, Washington, DC 20024. To make
an appointment to inspect comments,
please call the Office of General Counsel
at (202) 649–3804.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rajkumar Thangavelu, Financial
Database Specialist at 202–649–3943
(not a toll-free number),
Rajkumar.Thangavelu@fhfa.gov. The
telephone number for the
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
is 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Need for and Use of the Information
Collection
The Federal Home Loan Banks
(Banks) are authorized under 12 CFR
part 955 to acquire from their member
financial institutions and non-member
housing associates certain home
mortgage loans and related assets,
which are referred to as ‘‘Acquired
Member Assets’’ or ‘‘AMA.’’ In
conjunction with this authority, each
Bank that acquires AMA is required by
regulation to report to FHFA certain
data regarding each loan acquired, as
specified in FHFA’s Data Reporting
Manual (DRM). The DRM specifies 87
data elements that must be reported
semi-annually for each new loan
acquired, as well as 22 additional data
elements that must be reported semiannually for existing AMA loans or loan
participations held in the Bank’s
portfolio. The DRM also requires that
the Banks report aggregated AMA loan
data on a quarterly basis. FHFA uses the
collected loan-level and aggregated
AMA data to monitor the safety and
soundness of the Banks and the extent
to which the Banks are fulfilling their
statutory housing finance mission
through their AMA programs.1
Since 2010, FHFA has also published
the previous calendar year’s loan-level
AMA data in an online public use
database.2 The agency maintains this
public use database in order to fulfill its
1 FHFA is responsible for supervising the safety
and soundness of the Banks, as well as the
fulfillment of the Banks’ statutory housing finance
mission. See 12 U.S.C. 4513(a)(1).
2 This public use database is accessible at
https://www.fhfa.gov/Default.aspx?Page=304.
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duties under section 10(k) of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Act (Bank Act), which
requires that the Banks report to FHFA
specified census tract-level data relating
to purchased mortgages and that the
agency make this data available to the
public in a useful form.3 At the time that
Congress enacted section 10(k) in 2008,
the Banks were already reporting most
of the data referenced in that provision
pursuant to the existing requirements of
part 955 and the DRM. In order to
implement fully the new statutory
requirements, FHFA amended the DRM
in September 2009 to require the Banks
to report to FHFA six additional data
elements relating to newly-acquired
AMA loans (in addition to then-existing
81 data elements) beginning in February
2010.
While each Bank that acquires or
holds AMA loans must report both loanlevel and aggregated AMA data directly
to FHFA, the Bank initially must collect
some of the underlying loan-level data
from the member institution or housing
associate from which the Bank acquires
the loan (this is usually, but not always,
the originator of the loan). The Bank
typically collects the data for a
particular AMA loan from the seller at
the time the Bank agrees to acquire the
loan. The Bank then uses this loan-level
data to derive many of the other data
elements that it is required to report to
FHFA. For example, from the address of
the property that secures the loan, a
Bank is able to determine from publiclyavailable information the census tract
code (and other similar geographic
codes) for the property, as well as the
median family income, and other data
regarding the census tract or other
defined geographic area. With this
additional information, the Bank is also
able to calculate various ratios, such as
the ratio of the borrower’s income to the
area median family income, which it is
required to report under the DRM.
Finally, some of the loan-level data
originates with the Bank itself, such as
the name of the acquiring Bank, the
unique loan number assigned to the
acquired loan, and the AMA program
under which the loan was acquired.
All but 8 to 10 of the data elements
provided by the seller to the acquiring
Bank are information that any purchaser
of mortgage loans would require a seller
to furnish in the ordinary course of
business, even in the absence of any
statutory or regulatory requirements. For
example, the Bank must report, and the
seller must therefore initially provide,
data on: The location and type of the
residential property securing the loan;
the annual income and the debt-to3 See
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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
Farm Credit Administration Board; Sunshine Act Meeting
AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the
Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm
Credit Administration Board (Board).
DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of the Board will be held at the
offices of the Farm Credit Administration in McLean, Virginia, on
August 9, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. until such time as the Board concludes
its business.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm
Credit Administration Board, (703) 883-4009, TTY (703) 883-4056.
ADDRESSES: Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean,
Virginia 22102-5090.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of this meeting of the Board will be
open to the public (limited space available) and parts will be closed
to the public. In order to increase the accessibility to Board
meetings, persons requiring assistance should make arrangements in
advance. The matters to be considered at the meeting are:
Open Session
A. Approval of Minutes
July 12, 2012.
B. New Business
Investments in Unincorporated Business Entities--Proposed
Rule.
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Closed Session *
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Office of Secondary Market Oversight Quarterly Report.
Dated: August 3, 2012.
Dale L. Aultman,
Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.
[FR Doc. 2012-19435 Filed 8-3-12; 4:15 pm]
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