Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 245 / Wednesday, December 22, 2004 / Notices 76749

Signed and issued this 15th day of 

December, 2004. 

Linda M. Murphy, 

Director, Office of Ecosystem Protection, 

Region I.

Signed and issued this 14th day of 

December, 2004. 

Walter Mugdan, 

Director, Division of Environmental Planning 

and Protection, Region II.

Signed and issued this 14th day of 

December, 2004. 

Carl Soderberg, 

Director, Caribbean Environmental Protection 

Division, Region II.

Signed and issued this 14th day of 

December, 2004. 

Jon M. Capacasa, 

Director, Water Protection Division, Region 

III.

Signed and issued this 13th day of 

December, 2004. 

Timothy C. Henry, 

Acting Director, Water Division, Region V.

Signed and issued this 14th day of 

December, 2004. 

Jane B. Watson, 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division, Region VI.

Signed and issued this 15th day of 

December, 2004. 

Leo J. Alderman, 

Director, Water, Wetlands, and Pesticides 

Division, Region VII.

Signed and issued this 14th day of 

December, 2004. 

Judy Wong, 

Director, Water Program, Region VIII.

Signed and issued this 10th day of 

December, 2004. 

Alexis Strauss, 

Director, Water Division, Region IX.

Signed and issued this 13th day of 

December, 2004. 

Michael J. Lidgard, 

Acting Director, Office of Water and 

Watersheds, Region X.

[FR Doc. 04–27995 Filed 12–21–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Economic Impact Policy 

This notice is to inform the public 

that the Export-Import Bank of the 

United States has received an 

application to finance the export of 

approximately $27 million in U.S. 

equipment, technology and services to a 

facility in Greece that will fabricate 

photovoltaic modules. The U.S. exports 

will enable the Greek facility to fabricate 

modules that will generate a total of 

approximately 5 megawatts of electricity 

per year. Initial production is expected 

to commence in 2005. Available 

information indicates that this new 

production will be consumed primarily 

in Europe. Interested parties may submit 

comments on this transaction by e-mail 

to economic.impact@exim.gov or by 

mail to 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Room 1238, Washington, DC 20571, 

within 14 days of the date this notice 

appears in the Federal Register.

Helene S. Walsh, 

Director, Policy Oversight and Review.

[FR Doc. 04–27931 Filed 12–21–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD

[No. 2004–N–12] 

Federal Home Loan Bank Members 

Selected for Community Support 

Review

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance 

Board.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance 

Board (Finance Board) is announcing 

the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) 

members it has selected for the 2004–05 

fourth quarter review cycle under the 

Finance Board’s community support 

requirements regulation. This notice 

also prescribes the deadline by which 

Bank members selected for review must 

submit Community Support Statements 

to the Finance Board.

DATES: Bank members selected for the 

review cycle under the Finance Board’s 

community support requirements 

regulation must submit completed 

Community Support Statements to the 

Finance Board on or before March 4, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Bank members selected for 

the 2004–05 fourth quarter review cycle 

under the Finance Board’s community 

support requirements regulation must 

submit completed Community Support 

Statements to the Finance Board either 

by regular mail at the Federal Housing 

Finance Board, Office of Supervision, 

Community Investment and Affordable 

Housing, 1777 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006, or by electronic 

mail at FITZGERALDE@FHFB.GOV.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Emma J. Fitzgerald, Program Analyst, 

Office of Supervision, Community 

Investment and Affordable Housing, by 

telephone at (202) 408–2874, by 

electronic mail at 

FITZGERALDE@FHFB.GOV, or by 

regular mail at the Federal Housing 

Finance Board, 1777 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Selection for Community Support 

Review 

Section 10(g)(1) of the Federal Home 

Loan Bank Act (Bank Act) requires the 

Finance Board to promulgate 

regulations establishing standards of 

community investment or service Bank 

members must meet in order to 

maintain access to long-term advances. 

See 12 U.S.C. 1430(g)(1). The 

regulations promulgated by the Finance 

Board must take into account factors 

such as the Bank member’s performance 

under the Community Reinvestment Act 

of 1977 (CRA), 12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq., 

and record of lending to first-time 

homebuyers. See 12 U.S.C. 1430(g)(2). 

Pursuant to section 10(g) of the Bank 

Act, the Finance Board has promulgated 

a community support requirements 

regulation that establishes standards a 

Bank member must meet in order to 

maintain access to long-term advances, 

and review criteria the Finance Board 

must apply in evaluating a member’s 

community support performance. See

12 CFR part 944. The regulation 

includes standards and criteria for the 

two statutory factors—CRA performance 

and record of lending to first-time 

homebuyers. 12 CFR 944.3. Only 

members subject to the CRA must meet 

the CRA standard. 12 CFR 944.3(b). All 

members, including those not subject to 

CRA, must meet the first-time 

homebuyer standard. 12 CFR 944.3(c). 

Under the rule, the Finance Board 

selects approximately one-eighth of the 

members in each Bank district for 

community support review each 

calendar quarter. 12 CFR 944.2(a). The 

Finance Board will not review an 

institution’s community support 

performance until it has been a Bank 

member for at least one year. Selection 

for review is not, nor should it be 

construed as, any indication of either 

the financial condition or the 

community support performance of the 

member. 

Each Bank member selected for 

review must complete a Community 

Support Statement and submit it to the 

Finance Board by the March 4, 2005 

deadline prescribed in this notice. 12 

CFR 944.2(b)(1)(ii) and (c). On or before 

January 31, 2005, each Bank will notify 

the members in its district that have 

been selected for the 2004–05 fourth 

quarter community support review 

cycle that they must complete and 

submit to the Finance Board by the 

deadline a Community Support