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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
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 (CDFI) Fund,
Department of the Treasury, is soliciting
comments concerning the CDFI
Certification Application.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before December 8, 2014
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
David Meyer, Program Manager,
Certification, Compliance Monitoring,
and Evaluation, at the Community
Development Financial Institutions
Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury,
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20020, by email to
cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov or by facsimile
to (202) 508–0083. Please note this is
not a toll free number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to David Meyer,
Program Manager, Certification,
Compliance Monitoring, and
Evaluation, at the Community
Development Financial Institutions
Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury,
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20020 by email to
cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov or by facsimile
to (202) 508–0083. Please note this is
not a toll free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Number: 1559–0028.
Title: The Community Development
Financial Institutions Certification
Application.
ABSTRACT: A certified Community
Development Financial Institution
(CDFI) is a specialized financial
institution that works in market niches
that are underserved by traditional
financial institutions. CDFIs provide a
unique range of financial products and
services in economically distressed
target markets, such as mortgage
financing for low-income and first-time
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homebuyers and not-for-profit
developers, flexible underwriting and
risk capital for needed community
facilities, and technical assistance,
commercial loans and investments to
small start-up or expanding businesses
in low-income areas. CDFIs include
regulated institutions such as
community development banks and
credit unions, and non-regulated
institutions such as loan and venture
capital funds.
CDFI certification is a designation
conferred by the CDFI Fund and is a
requirement for accessing financial and
technical assistance awards from the
CDFI Fund through the CDFI Program
and Native American CDFI Assistance
Program, as well as certain benefits
under the Bank Enterprise Award
Program, to support an organization’s
established community development
financing programs. A financial
institution seeking to become a certified
CDFI and qualify to access assistance
from the CDFI Fund must complete the
CDFI Certification Application.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits, Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
300.
Estimated Annual Time per
Respondent: 37.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,250 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 and may be published on
the CDFI Fund Web site at https://
www.cdfifund.gov. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
CDFI Fund, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the CDFI Fund’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 to provide
information.
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4703, 4703 note,
4704, 4706, 4707, 4717; 12 CFR part 1805.
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Dated: September 30, 2014.
Dennis Nolan,
Deputy Director, Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund.
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Unblocking of Specially Designated
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
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of three individuals and two entities
whose property and interests in
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to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
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Section 1182).
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Assistant Director, Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, Department
of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets
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(202) 622–2420.
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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 (CDFI) Fund, Department of the Treasury, is
soliciting comments concerning the CDFI Certification Application.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before December 8,
2014 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to David Meyer, Program Manager,
Certification, Compliance Monitoring, and Evaluation, at the Community
Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20020, by email
to cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov or by facsimile to (202) 508-0083. Please
note this is not a toll free number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to David Meyer, Program Manager, Certification,
Compliance Monitoring, and Evaluation, at the Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20020 by email to
cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov or by facsimile to (202) 508-0083. Please note
this is not a toll free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Number: 1559-0028.
Title: The Community Development Financial Institutions
Certification Application.
ABSTRACT: A certified Community Development Financial Institution
(CDFI) is a specialized financial institution that works in market
niches that are underserved by traditional financial institutions.
CDFIs provide a unique range of financial products and services in
economically distressed target markets, such as mortgage financing for
low-income and first-time homebuyers and not-for-profit developers,
flexible underwriting and risk capital for needed community facilities,
and technical assistance, commercial loans and investments to small
start-up or expanding businesses in low-income areas. CDFIs include
regulated institutions such as community development banks and credit
unions, and non-regulated institutions such as loan and venture capital
funds.
CDFI certification is a designation conferred by the CDFI Fund and
is a requirement for accessing financial and technical assistance
awards from the CDFI Fund through the CDFI Program and Native American
CDFI Assistance Program, as well as certain benefits under the Bank
Enterprise Award Program, to support an organization's established
community development financing programs. A financial institution
seeking to become a certified CDFI and qualify to access assistance
from the CDFI Fund must complete the CDFI Certification Application.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits,
Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
Estimated Annual Time per Respondent: 37.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,250 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 and may be
published on the CDFI Fund Web site at https://www.cdfifund.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the CDFI Fund,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the CDFI Fund'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 to provide
information.
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4703, 4703 note, 4704, 4706, 4707, 4717;
12 CFR part 1805.
Dated: September 30, 2014.
Dennis Nolan,
Deputy Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 2014-24120 Filed 10-8-14; 8:45 am]
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