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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 36
RIN 2900–AP77
Loan Guaranty: Delegation of
Authority
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This document amends the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
loan guaranty regulations to correct an
oversight in the delegation of authority
to exercise the powers and functions of
the Secretary with respect to the
guaranty or insurance of loans and the
rights and liabilities arising therefrom.
This document also incorporates into
regulatory form delegatory authority
already granted certain VA loan
guaranty officials to administer and
manage properties acquired by VA.
DATES: Effective Date: August 29, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Bell III, Assistant Director for Loan
Policy and Valuation (262), Veterans
Benefits Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, telephone
(202) 632–8786. (This is not a toll-free
telephone number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is
amending 38 CFR 36.4345(b)(1),
Delegation of authority, to add Principal
Under Secretary for Benefits and Deputy
Under Secretary for Economic
Opportunity to the list of VA employees
who hold authority to exercise the
powers and functions of the Secretary
with respect to the guaranty or
insurance of loans and the rights and
liabilities arising therefrom. VA is also
adding to the list Deputy Director, Loan
Guaranty Service; Assistant Director,
Loan Guaranty Service; and Realty
Officer, Loan Guaranty Service.
The positions of Principal Under
Secretary for Benefits and Deputy Under
Secretary for Economic Opportunity
were not originally included in 38 CFR
36.4345(b)(1) because they did not exist
at the time the regulation was
promulgated. VA inadvertently omitted
the delegatory authority to the positions
of Deputy Director, Assistant Director,
and Realty Officer Loan Guaranty
Service. Accordingly, VA is amending
this regulatory provision to add these
positions to the list of VA employees to
whom the authority to exercise the
powers and functions of the Secretary
with respect to the guaranty or
insurance of loans and the rights and
liabilities arising therefrom.
VA is removing from 38 CFR
36.4345(b)(1) the positions of Director,
SUMMARY:
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Medical and Regional Office Center and
Director, VA Regional Office and
Insurance Center. Under VA’s current
administrative framework, the issues
related to the guaranty and insurance of
loans fall outside their subject matter
jurisdiction.
VA is further amending 38 CFR
36.4345 to add a new paragraph (b)(3),
to delegate authority to the position of
Supervisory Realty Specialist to act on
behalf the Secretary to execute and
deliver necessary and appropriate
instruments in connection with the
acquisition, ownership, management,
sale, transfer, assignment, encumbrance,
rental, or other disposition of real or
personal property, or any right, title, or
interest therein, for any purpose
authorized by 38 U.S.C., chapter 37. The
delegation of authority to Supervisory
Realty Specialist was not originally
regulated, but is instead found in a
formal letter of delegation signed on
July 25, 2013, by the Secretary.
Finally, VA is amending the authority
citation to include additional support
for delegations of authority. In addition
to 38 U.S.C. 3720, which was originally
cited, VA is adding 38 U.S.C. 512, an
express provision that authorizes further
delegation by the Secretary.
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Administrative Procedure Act
This final rule only includes
amendments that are technical and
nonsubstantive. There is nothing
interpretive contained in these
amendments. Accordingly, this rule
exempts from the prior notice-andcomment and delayed-effective-date
requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553.
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Unfunded Mandates
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that
agencies prepare an assessment of
anticipated costs and benefits before
issuing any rule that may result in
expenditure by State, local, and tribal
governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more
(adjusted annually for inflation) in any
one year. This final rule will have no
such effect on State, local, and tribal
governments, or on the private sector.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule contains no provisions
constituting a collection of information
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521).
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
direct agencies to assess the costs and
benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, when regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, and other advantages;
distributive impacts; and equity).
Executive Order 13563 (Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review)
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and
promoting flexibility. Executive Order
12866 (Regulatory Planning and
Review) defines a ‘‘significant
regulatory action,’’ which requires
review by OMB, as ‘‘any regulatory
action that is likely to result in a rule
that may: (1) Have an annual effect on
the economy of $100 million or more or
adversely affect in a material way the
economy, a sector of the economy,
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productivity, competition, jobs, the
environment, public health or safety, or
State, local, or tribal governments or
communities; (2) Create a serious
inconsistency or otherwise interfere
with an action taken or planned by
another agency; (3) Materially alter the
budgetary impact of entitlements,
grants, user fees, or loan programs or the
rights and obligations of recipients
thereof; or (4) Raise novel legal or policy
issues arising out of legal mandates, the
President’s priorities, or the principles
set forth in this Executive Order.’’
The economic, interagency,
budgetary, legal, and policy
implications of this regulatory action
have been examined, and we have
determined that this rule is not an
economically significant regulatory
action under Executive Order 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA),
5 U.S.C. 601–612, applies only to rules
for which an agency is required to
publish a notice of proposed rulemaking
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) or any other
law. 5 U.S.C. 603(a). The RFA does not
apply to this rulemaking because VA
has found good cause to publish this
rule without notice and comment
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance number and title for the
program affected by this document is
64.114, Veterans Housing—Guaranteed
and Insured Loans.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or
designee, approved this document and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs. Gina
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S. Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on August 22,
2016, for publication.
Dated: August 22, 2016.
Jeffrey Martin,
Office Program Manager, Office of Regulation
Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 36
Condominiums, Housing, Individuals
with disabilities, Loan programshousing and community development,
Loan programs-veterans, Manufactured
homes, Mortgage insurance, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements,
Veterans.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Department of Veterans
Affairs amends 38 CFR part 36 as
follows:
PART 36—LOAN GUARANTY
1. The authority citation for part 36 is
revised to read as follows:
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Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and 3720.
2. Amend § 36.4345 by revising
paragraph (b)(1) and adding paragraph
(b)(3) to read as follows:
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§ 36.4345
Delegation of authority.
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(b)(1) Designated positions are as
follows:
(i) Under Secretary for Benefits.
(ii) Principal Deputy Under Secretary
for Benefits.
(iii) Deputy Under Secretary for
Economic Opportunity.
(iv) Director, Loan Guaranty Service.
(iv) Director, Regional Office.
(v) Deputy Director, Loan Guaranty
Service.
(vi) Assistant Director, Loan Guaranty
Service.
(vii) Loan Guaranty Officer.
(viii) Assistant Loan Guaranty Officer.
(ix) Realty Officer, Loan Guaranty
Service.
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(3) An employee of the Department of
Veterans Affairs heretofore or hereafter
appointed to, or lawfully filling, the
position of Supervisory Realty
Specialist is hereby delegated authority
to act on behalf the Secretary to execute
and deliver necessary and appropriate
instruments in connection with the
acquisition, ownership, management,
sale, transfer, assignment, encumbrance,
rental, or other disposition of real or
personal property, or any right, title, or
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section.
For the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob
McConnell, Environmental Engineer,
Air Quality Planning Unit, Air Programs
Branch (Mail Code OEP05–02), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite
100, Boston, Massachusetts 02109–3912;
(617) 918–1046; mcconnell.robert@
epa.gov.
interest therein, for any purpose
authorized by 38 U.S.C., chapter 37.
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FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
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[EPA–R01–OAR–2013–0260; A–1–FRL–
9951–46–Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire;
Approval of Single Source Orders
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions
submitted by the State of New
Hampshire. The revisions consist of
single source orders that establish
reasonably available control technology
for three sources of volatile organic
compounds. This action is being taken
in accordance with the Clean Air Act.
DATES: This direct final rule will be
effective October 28, 2016, unless EPA
receives adverse comments by
September 28, 2016. If adverse
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publish a timely withdrawal of the
direct final rule in the Federal Register
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not take effect.
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OAR–2013–0260 at https://
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considered the official comment and
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you wish to make. The EPA will
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
Organization of this document. The
following outline is provided to aid in
locating information in this preamble.
I. Background and Purpose
II. Description and Evaluation of the State’s
Submittals
1. Order for Parker-Hannifin Corporation
2. Order for Textile Tapes Corporation
3. Order for Watts Regulator Corporation
III. Final Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background and Purpose
The New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services (NH DES)
submitted to EPA the following three
single source orders establishing
reasonably available control technology
(RACT) for sources of volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) for incorporation
into the New Hampshire SIP: RACT
Order ARD–03–001A, issued to ParkerHannifin Corporation, Chomerics
Division, located in Hudson, New
Hampshire, submitted to EPA on
October 31, 2014; RACT Order ARD–
96–001, issued to Textile Tapes
Corporation located in Gonic, New
Hampshire, submitted to EPA on July
30, 2015; and RACT Order ARD–07–
001, issued to Watts Regulator Company
located in Franklin, New Hampshire,
submitted to EPA on September 9, 2015.
A description of these submittals and
our evaluation of them appears below in
Section II of this document.
II. Description and Evaluation of the
State’s Submittals
1. Order for Parker-Hannifin
Corporation
The Parker-Hannifin Corporation,
Chomerics Division, located in Hudson,
New Hampshire, produces coated
fabrics, films, and other substrates for
use in the electronics industry. The NH
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DES previously issued VOC RACT
Order ARD 03–001 to the facility on July
18, 2002, and EPA approved that order
into the NH SIP on November 5, 2012.
See 77 FR 66388. NH DES re-issued the
order for this facility as ARD 03–001A
to allow for modifications to monitoring
requirements, testing frequency, and
determination of destruction and
removal efficiency for a catalytic
oxidizer operated by the facility to
control air pollution. New Hampshire
DES determined that these changes were
appropriate after reviewing the
performance history of the oxidizer.
VOC RACT Order ARD 03–001A was
issued by the NH DES on October 22,
2014, and establishes enforceable
requirements the facility must follow in
order to control VOC emissions at the
facility. The Order includes
requirements for periodic monitoring of
the catalytic oxidizer’s performance,
recordkeeping requirements, work
practice standards, and allows the
facility to generate and use discrete
emission reduction credits.
2. Order for Textile Tapes Corporation
The Textile Tapes Corporation
operates a fabric coating and hot melt
coating facility located in Gonic, New
Hampshire. The NH DES previously
issued VOC RACT Order ARD–96–001
to the facility, with a state effective date
of August 10, 2007, which EPA
approved into the New Hampshire SIP
on November 5, 2012. See 77 FR 66388.
Subsequently, the facility installed a
new regenerative thermal oxidizer
(RTO) to replace an existing unit at the
facility. The updated VOC RACT order
for the facility, ARD–96–001, as
amended on July 30, 2015, contains an
updated operating temperature for the
new RTO. Additionally, the updated
VOC RACT order provides a facility
wide VOC emissions limit of 24.9 tons
on a 12 month rolling basis, which is a
decrease from the previous limit of 63.8
tons. The updated order makes a
number of editorial changes to reflect
the current citations for New
Hampshire’s air pollution control
regulations, includes requirements for
monitoring and testing for the RTO,
includes recordkeeping requirements,
and allows the facility to generate and
use discrete emission reduction credits.
3. Order for Watts Regulator Company
The Watts Regulator Company
manufactures equipment for the
plumbing, heating, and water quality
industries at a facility located in
Franklin, New Hampshire. The NH DES
previously issued VOC RACT Order
ARD–07–001 to the facility, which was
then operated under the name Webster
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 36
RIN 2900-AP77
Loan Guaranty: Delegation of Authority
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
loan guaranty regulations to correct an oversight in the delegation of
authority to exercise the powers and functions of the Secretary with
respect to the guaranty or insurance of loans and the rights and
liabilities arising therefrom. This document also incorporates into
regulatory form delegatory authority already granted certain VA loan
guaranty officials to administer and manage properties acquired by VA.
DATES: Effective Date: August 29, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Bell III, Assistant Director for
Loan Policy and Valuation (262), Veterans Benefits Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420, telephone (202) 632-8786. (This is not a toll-free telephone
number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is amending 38 CFR 36.4345(b)(1),
Delegation of authority, to add Principal Under Secretary for Benefits
and Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity to the list of VA
employees who hold authority to exercise the powers and functions of
the Secretary with respect to the guaranty or insurance of loans and
the rights and liabilities arising therefrom. VA is also adding to the
list Deputy Director, Loan Guaranty Service; Assistant Director, Loan
Guaranty Service; and Realty Officer, Loan Guaranty Service.
The positions of Principal Under Secretary for Benefits and Deputy
Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity were not originally included
in 38 CFR 36.4345(b)(1) because they did not exist at the time the
regulation was promulgated. VA inadvertently omitted the delegatory
authority to the positions of Deputy Director, Assistant Director, and
Realty Officer Loan Guaranty Service. Accordingly, VA is amending this
regulatory provision to add these positions to the list of VA employees
to whom the authority to exercise the powers and functions of the
Secretary with respect to the guaranty or insurance of loans and the
rights and liabilities arising therefrom.
VA is removing from 38 CFR 36.4345(b)(1) the positions of Director,
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Medical and Regional Office Center and Director, VA Regional Office and
Insurance Center. Under VA's current administrative framework, the
issues related to the guaranty and insurance of loans fall outside
their subject matter jurisdiction.
VA is further amending 38 CFR 36.4345 to add a new paragraph
(b)(3), to delegate authority to the position of Supervisory Realty
Specialist to act on behalf the Secretary to execute and deliver
necessary and appropriate instruments in connection with the
acquisition, ownership, management, sale, transfer, assignment,
encumbrance, rental, or other disposition of real or personal property,
or any right, title, or interest therein, for any purpose authorized by
38 U.S.C., chapter 37. The delegation of authority to Supervisory
Realty Specialist was not originally regulated, but is instead found in
a formal letter of delegation signed on July 25, 2013, by the
Secretary.
Finally, VA is amending the authority citation to include
additional support for delegations of authority. In addition to 38
U.S.C. 3720, which was originally cited, VA is adding 38 U.S.C. 512, an
express provision that authorizes further delegation by the Secretary.
Administrative Procedure Act
This final rule only includes amendments that are technical and
nonsubstantive. There is nothing interpretive contained in these
amendments. Accordingly, this rule exempts from the prior notice-and-
comment and delayed-effective-date requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553.
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess the
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, when
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, and other advantages; distributive impacts;
and equity). Executive Order 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review) emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and
benefits, reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility.
Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review) defines a
``significant regulatory action,'' which requires review by OMB, as
``any regulatory action that is likely to result in a rule that may:
(1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or
adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the
economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public
health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or
communities; (2) Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere
with an action taken or planned by another agency; (3) Materially alter
the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan
programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4)
Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the
President's priorities, or the principles set forth in this Executive
Order.''
The economic, interagency, budgetary, legal, and policy
implications of this regulatory action have been examined, and we have
determined that this rule is not an economically significant regulatory
action under Executive Order 12866.
Unfunded Mandates
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C.
1532, that agencies prepare an assessment of anticipated costs and
benefits before issuing any rule that may result in expenditure by
State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more (adjusted annually for
inflation) in any one year. This final rule will have no such effect on
State, local, and tribal governments, or on the private sector.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule contains no provisions constituting a collection of
information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521).
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601-612, applies
only to rules for which an agency is required to publish a notice of
proposed rulemaking pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) or any other law. 5
U.S.C. 603(a). The RFA does not apply to this rulemaking because VA has
found good cause to publish this rule without notice and comment
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and title for the
program affected by this document is 64.114, Veterans Housing--
Guaranteed and Insured Loans.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Gina S.
Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on August 22, 2016, for publication.
Dated: August 22, 2016.
Jeffrey Martin,
Office Program Manager, Office of Regulation Policy & Management,
Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 36
Condominiums, Housing, Individuals with disabilities, Loan
programs-housing and community development, Loan programs-veterans,
Manufactured homes, Mortgage insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Veterans.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Department of
Veterans Affairs amends 38 CFR part 36 as follows:
PART 36--LOAN GUARANTY
0
1. The authority citation for part 36 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and 3720.
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2. Amend Sec. 36.4345 by revising paragraph (b)(1) and adding
paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows:
Sec. 36.4345 Delegation of authority.
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(b)(1) Designated positions are as follows:
(i) Under Secretary for Benefits.
(ii) Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits.
(iii) Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity.
(iv) Director, Loan Guaranty Service.
(iv) Director, Regional Office.
(v) Deputy Director, Loan Guaranty Service.
(vi) Assistant Director, Loan Guaranty Service.
(vii) Loan Guaranty Officer.
(viii) Assistant Loan Guaranty Officer.
(ix) Realty Officer, Loan Guaranty Service.
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(3) An employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs heretofore or
hereafter appointed to, or lawfully filling, the position of
Supervisory Realty Specialist is hereby delegated authority to act on
behalf the Secretary to execute and deliver necessary and appropriate
instruments in connection with the acquisition, ownership, management,
sale, transfer, assignment, encumbrance, rental, or other disposition
of real or personal property, or any right, title, or
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interest therein, for any purpose authorized by 38 U.S.C., chapter 37.
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[FR Doc. 2016-20499 Filed 8-26-16; 8:45 am]
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