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calendar year 2017. Certain private 
funds are exempt from reporting on the BE–12 survey. If a U.S. business meets ALL of the following 3 criteria, it is not required to file any BE–12 report except to indicate exemption from the survey if contacted by BEA: (1) The U.S. business enterprise is a private fund; (2) the private fund does not own, directly or indirectly through another business enterprise, an ‘‘operating company’’— i.e., a business enterprise that is not a 
private fund or a holding company—in which the foreign parent owns at least 10 percent of the voting interest; AND (3) if the foreign parent owns the private fund indirectly (through one or more other U.S. business enterprises); there are no U.S. ‘‘operating companies’’ between the foreign parent and the indirectly-owned private fund. 
(c) Forms to be filed. (1) Form BE–12A 
must be completed by a U.S. affiliate that was majority-owned by one or more foreign parents (for purposes of this survey, a ‘‘majority-owned’’ U.S. 
affiliate is one in which the combined direct and indirect ownership interest of all foreign parents of the U.S. affiliate exceeds 50 percent) if, on a fully consolidated basis, or, in the case of real estate investment, on an aggregated basis, if any one of the following three items for the U.S. affiliate (not just the foreign parent’s share) was greater than $300 million (positive or negative) at the end of, or for, its fiscal year that ended in calendar year 2017: 
(i) Total assets (do not net out 
liabilities); 
(ii) Sales or gross operating revenues, 
excluding sales taxes; or 
(iii) Net income after provision for 
U.S. income taxes. 
(2) Form BE–12B must be completed 
by: 
(i) A majority-owned U.S. affiliate if, 
on a fully consolidated basis, or, in the case of real estate investment, on an aggregated basis, any one of the three items listed in paragraph (c)(1) of this section (not just the foreign parent’s share), was greater than $60 million (positive or negative) but none of these items was greater than $300 million (positive or negative) at the end of, or for, its fiscal year that ended in calendar year 2017. 
(ii) A minority-owned U.S. affiliate 
(for purposes of this survey, a ‘‘minority-owned’’ U.S. affiliate is one in which the combined direct and indirect ownership interest of all foreign parents of the U.S. affiliate is 50 percent or less) if, on a fully consolidated basis, or, in the case of real estate investment, on an aggregated basis, any one of the three items listed in paragraph (c)(1) of this section (not just the foreign parent’s share), was greater than $60 million (positive or negative) at the end of, or for, its fiscal year that ended in calendar year 2017. 
(3) Form BE–12C must be completed 
by a U.S. affiliate if, on a fully consolidated basis, or, in the case of real estate investment, on an aggregated basis, none of the three items listed in paragraph (c)(1) of this section for a U.S. affiliate (not just the foreign parent’s share), was greater than $60 million (positive or negative) at the end of, or for, its fiscal year that ended in calendar year 2017. 
(4) BE–12 Claim for Not Filing will be 
provided for response by persons that are not subject to the reporting requirements of the BE–12 survey but have been contacted by BEA concerning their reporting status. 
(d) Aggregation of real estate 
investments. All real estate investments 
of a foreign person must be aggregated for the purpose of applying the reporting criteria. A single report form must be filed to report the aggregate holdings, unless written permission has been received from BEA to do otherwise. Those holdings not aggregated must be reported separately on the same type of report that would have been required if the real estate holdings were aggregated. 
(e) Due date. A fully completed and 
certified Form BE–12A, BE–12B, BE– 12C, or BE–12 Claim for Not Filing is due to be filed with BEA not later than May 31, 2018 (or by June 30, 2018 for reporting companies that use BEA’s eFile system). 
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
24 CFR Parts 3280, 3282, 3285, and 
3286 
[Docket No. FR–6042–N–01] 
Manufactured Home Regulations; Request for Recommended Changes 
AGENCY : Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD. 
ACTION : Advanced notice of proposed 
rulemaking. 
SUMMARY : Consistent with the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended, this document invites interested persons to submit proposed changes to update and revise HUD’s Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, its Manufactured 
Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, its Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards, and its Manufactured Home Installation Program regulations. Proposed changes will be submitted to the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) for review and consideration as part of its responsibility to provide periodic recommendations to HUD to adopt, revise, and interpret the HUD standards and regulations. 
DATES : To ensure consideration, the 
deadline for submitting proposed changes from the public for the 2018– 2019 review period is December 31, 2017. Any Proposals received after December 31, 2017 will be held until the 2020–2021 review period. 
ADDRESSES : Proposed changes to the 
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, Model Installation Standards, and Installation Program Regulations are to be submitted using the following URL address: mhcc.homeinnovation.com or mailed to 
Home Innovation Research Labs, 400 Prince Georges Blvd., Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, Attention: Kevin Kauffman. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Pamela Beck Danner, Administrator and 
Designated Federal Official (DFO), Office of Manufactured Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 9168, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202–708–6423 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : Section 
604(a) of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended by the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) (the Act) establishes the 
MHCC. According to Section 604(a)(4) of the Act, the MHCC is responsible for considering and submitting revisions to the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, codified at 24 CFR part 3280, not less than once during each 2-year period. In addition, the MHCC is responsible for considering and submitting revisions to the Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations (24 CFR part 3282), the Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards (24 CFR part 3285), and the Manufactured Home Installation Program Regulations (24 CFR part 3286) on the same 2-year cycle. 
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Consistent with the Act, this 
document requests that interested 
persons provide proposed changes to revise or update the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, the Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, the Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards, and Manufactured Home Installation Program Regulations. Specifically, recommendations are requested that further HUD’s efforts to increase the quality, durability, safety and affordability of manufactured homes; facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured homes and increase homeownership for all Americans; and encourage cost-effective and innovative construction techniques for manufactured homes. 
To permit the MHCC to fully consider 
the proposed changes, commenters are encouraged to provide at least the following information: 
•The specific section of the current 
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards, or Manufactured Home Installation Program Regulations that require revision or update, or whether the recommendation would require a new standard; 
•Specific detail regarding the 
recommendation including a statement of the problem intended to be corrected or addressed by the recommendation, how the recommendation would resolve or address the problem, and the basis of the recommendation; and 
•Information regarding whether the 
recommendation would result in increased costs to manufacturers or 
consumers and the value of the benefits derived from HUD’s implementation of the recommendation, should be provided and discussed to the extent feasible. 
The Act requires that an 
administering organization administer the process for the MHCC’s development and interpretation of the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards, and Manufactured Home Installation Program Regulations. The administering organization that has been selected by HUD to administer this process is Home Innovation Research Labs Inc. This document requests that proposed revisions be submitted to the MHCC for consideration through the administering organization, Home Innovation Research Labs. This organization will be responsible for ensuring delivery of all appropriately prepared proposed changes to the MHCC for its review and consideration. 
Paperwork Reduction Act 
The information collection 
requirements contained in this 
document have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and assigned OMB Control Number 2535– 0116. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information, unless the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number. 
Dated: July 19, 2017. 
Pamela Beck Danner, 
Administrator, Office of Manufactured 
Housing Programs. 
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BILLING CODE P 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
Department of the Army, Corps of 
Engineers 
33 CFR Part 328 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
40 CFR Parts 110, 112, 116, 117, 122, 
230, 232, 300, 302, and 401 
[EPA–HQ–OW–2017–0203; FRL–9962–34– 
OW] 
RIN 2040–AF74 
Definition of ‘‘Waters of the United 
States’’—Recodification of Pre-Existing Rules 
AGENCY : Department of the Army, Corps 
of Engineers, Department of Defense; and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 
ACTION : Proposed rule. 
SUMMARY : The Environmental Protection 
Agency and the Department of the Army (‘‘the agencies’’) are publishing this proposed rule to initiate the first step in a comprehensive, two-step process intended to review and revise the definition of ‘‘waters of the United States’’ consistent with the Executive Order signed on February 28, 2017, ‘‘Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule.’’ This first step proposes to rescind the definition of ‘‘waters of the United States’’ in the Code of Federal 
Regulations to re-codify the definition of ‘‘waters of the United States,’’ which currently governs administration of the Clean Water Act, pursuant to a decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit staying a definition of ‘‘waters of the United States’’ promulgated by the agencies in 2015. The agencies would apply the definition of ‘‘waters of the United States’’ as it is currently being implemented, that is informed by applicable agency guidance documents and consistent with Supreme Court decisions and longstanding practice. Proposing to re- codify the regulations that existed 
before the 2015 Clean Water Rule will provide continuity and certainty for regulated entities, the States, agency staff, and the public. In a second step, the agencies will pursue notice-and- comment rulemaking in which the agencies will conduct a substantive re- evaluation of the definition of ‘‘waters of the United States.’’ 
DATES : Comments must be received on 
or before August 28, 2017. 
ADDRESSES : Submit your comments, 
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OW–2017–0203, at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The agencies may publish any comment received to the public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The agencies will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 
other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Ms. 
Donna Downing, Office of Water (4504– T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566–2428; email address: CWAwotus@epa.gov; or Ms. Stacey 
Jensen, Regulatory Community of Practice (CECW–CO–R), U.S. Army 
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