70580 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 196 / Thursday, October 12, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 
Subpart D—Delegations of Authority to 
Other General Officers and Agency Heads 
■5. Amend § 2.32 by adding paragraph 
(a)(14) to read as follows: 
§ 2.32 Chief Information Officer. 
(a) * * * 
(14) Administer the Controlled 
Unclassified Information (CUI) Program 
for the Department pursuant to E.O. 13556, ‘‘Controlled Unclassified Information’’ (75 FR 68675, 3 CFR, 2011 Comp., p. 267) and 32 CFR part 2002. 
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§ 2.38 [Amended] 
■6. Amend § 2.38 by removing and 
reserving paragraphs (a)(1)(xii) and 
(a)(4). 
■7. Amend § 2.39 by adding paragraph 
(a)(9) to read as follows: 
§ 2.39 Director, Office of Tribal Relations. 
(a) * * * 
(9) Administer the USDA/1994 Land 
Grant Institutions (Tribal Colleges) 
Programs. 
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Subpart J—Delegations of Authority by 
the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment 
■8. Amend § 2.60 by adding paragraph 
(a)(45) to read as follows: 
§ 2.60 Chief, Forest Service. 
(a) * * * 
(45) Enforce and conduct 
investigations of violations of the Lacey 
Act, which prohibits importing or exporting any plant or plant product in interstate or foreign commerce in violation of any federal, state, Tribal, or foreign law regulating plants or plant products (16 U.S.C. 3371–3378). 
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Subpart P—Delegations of Authority 
by the Assistant Secretary for Administration 
§ 2.95 [Amended] 
■9. Amend § 2.95 by removing and 
reserving paragraph (b)(11). 
Subpart V—Delegations of Authority 
by the Director, Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement 
§ 2.700 [Removed and Reserved] 
■10. Remove and reserve § 2.700. 
The Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas 
J. Vilsack, having reviewed and approved this document, is delegating the authority to electronically sign this document to Mary Beth Schultz, Acting General Counsel, for purposes of publication in the Federal Register. 
Mary Beth Schultz, 
Acting General Counsel. 
[FR Doc. 2023–22524 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 3410–90–P 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
10 CFR Parts 429 and 431 
[EERE–2017–BT–STD–0048] 
RIN 1904–AF27 
Energy Conservation Program: Energy 
Conservation Standards for Dedicated Purpose Pool Pump Motors 
Correction 
In rule document 2023–20343, 
appearing on pages 66966 through 
67041 in the issue of Thursday, September 28, 2023, make the following correction: 
On page 66967, in Table I.1, in the 
fifth column, on the third line, ‘‘September 28, 2025’’ should read ‘‘September 28, 2027’’. 
[FR Doc. C1–2023–20343 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 0099–10–D 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
13 CFR Part 120 
RIN 3245–AH78 
Debt Refinancing in the 504 Loan 
Program 
AGENCY : U.S. Small Business 
Administration. 
ACTION : Final rule. 
SUMMARY : SBA is adopting with changes 
the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2021. That interim final rule implemented section 328 of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, which modified the requirements for refinancing debt in the 504 Loan Program, as set forth in section 521(a) of title V of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 and section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. The modifications included: increasing the amount of existing indebtedness that may be refinanced for 504 debt refinancing involving expansions; and for 504 debt refinancing not involving expansions, removing two limitations on the program, reinstating an alternate job retention standard for the refinancing project, revising the definition of qualified debt, and removing the prohibition against Certified Development Companies (CDCs) participating in the Premier Certified Lenders Program using their delegated authority to make these loans. 
DATES : The effective date of this final 
rule is November 13, 2023. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Gregorius Suryadi, Senior Financial and Loan Specialist, 504 Program Branch, Office of Financial Assistance, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Washington, DC 20416; telephone: (202) 205–6806; email: gregorius.suryadi@sba.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
I. Background Information 
The 504 Loan Program is an SBA 
financing program authorized under title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 15 U.S.C. 695 et seq. The core mission of the 504 Loan Program is to provide long-term financing to small businesses for the purchase or improvement of land, buildings, and major equipment, in an effort to facilitate the creation or retention of jobs and local economic development. Under the 504 Loan Program, loans are made to small business applicants by Certified Development Companies (‘‘CDCs’’), which are certified and regulated by SBA to promote economic development within their community. In general, a project in the 504 Loan Program (a ‘‘504 Project’’) includes: a loan obtained from a private sector lender with a senior lien covering at least 50 percent of the project cost; a loan obtained from a CDC (a ‘‘504 Loan’’) with a junior lien covering up to 40 percent of the total cost (backed by a 100 percent SBA- guaranteed debenture); and a contribution from the Borrower of at least 10 percent equity. 
In addition, the 504 Loan Program 
may be used to refinance debt under two options authorized under section 502(7)(B) and (C) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. First, if a 504 Project involves the expansion of the small business, any amount of existing indebtedness that does not exceed 50 percent of the project cost of the expansion may be refinanced and added to the project’s cost (Debt Refinancing with Expansion) under the conditions set forth in section 502(7)(B) and the implementing regulations. See 13 CFR 
120.882(e) and (f). Second, debt refinancing is available for a 504 Project that does not involve the expansion of the small business under the requirements set forth in section 502(7)(C) and 13 CFR 120.882(g) (Debt Refinancing without Expansion). 
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