Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 176 / Thursday, September 11, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 54187 

SUMMARY: On June, 25, 2014, HUD 

published a document implementing 

statutory changes made by the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Appropriations Act, 2014 

to certain programs administered by 

HUD’s Office of Housing and HUD’s 

Office of Public and Indian Housing. In 

the discussion of implementation of the 

new definition of ‘‘extremely lowincome’’ applicable to multifamily 

projects administered by HUD’s Office 

of Housing, the document referred to 

‘‘contract administrators’’ and it should 

have referenced ‘‘owners.’’ This 

document makes that correction. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 11, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claire Brolin, Office of Multifamily 

Housing Programs, Office of Housing, 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 

6106, Washington, DC 20410 at 202– 

402–6634 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access either 

of these numbers through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Relay 

Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Federal Register of June 25, 2014, in FR 

Doc. 2014–14915, beginning on page 

39540, the following corrections are 

made: 

1. On page 35942, in the first column, 

correct the second paragraph under 

section ‘‘C. Extremely Low-Income’’ to 

read: 

Beginning with the effective date of 

this notice, a PHA or owner shall meet 

its targeting requirements through a 

combination of ELI admissions prior to 

the effective date (using the prior 

definition) and ELI admissions after the 

effective date (using the new statutory 

definition). Neither a PHA nor an owner 

may skip over a family on the waiting 

list if that family meets the new 

definition of ELI as enacted by this 

section. 

2. On page 35942, in the first column, 

correct the fifth paragraph under section 

‘‘C. Extremely Low-Income’’ to read: 

For the multifamily project-based 

section 8 programs, the owner must 

make available for occupancy by ELI 

families not less than 40 percent of the 

section 8-assisted dwelling units that 

become available for occupancy in any 

fiscal year. 

1. On page 35942, in the second 

column, correct the seventh paragraph 

under section ‘‘C. Extremely LowIncome’’ to read: 

In some communities, the extremely 

low-income and very low-income levels 

will be identical for some or all 

household sizes, in which case PHAs or 

owners meet their ELI targeting 

requirements by serving VLI 

households, since those families meet 

the new definition of ELI. To reduce the 

work a PHA or owner must do to 

determine which standard it should be 

using, HUD’s Office of Policy 

Development and Research has 

calculated the new income limits for 

extremely low-income families, taking 

the previous sentence into account, and 

has made the new area income limits 

available online at http:// 

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/il/ 

il14/index.html. 

Dated: September 4, 2014. 

Carol J. Galante, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21637 Filed 9–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of the Attorney General 

28 CFR Part 0 

[OAG Docket No. 143; AG Order No. 3464– 

2014] 

Office of the Pardon Attorney 

AGENCY: Office of the Attorney General, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule revises certain 

regulations of the Department of Justice 

(the ‘‘Department’’) that govern the 

Pardon Attorney. The rule conforms the 

regulations to current practice, under 

which the Pardon Attorney is subject to 

the direction of, and submits 

recommendations in clemency cases 

through, the Deputy Attorney General. 

DATES: The rule is effective on 

September 11, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Leff, United States Department 

of Justice, Suite 11000, 1425 New York 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530, or 

by telephone at (202) 616–6070. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Present 

regulations of the Department of Justice 

provide that the Pardon Attorney is 

subject to the direction of the Associate 

Attorney General, and that the Pardon 

Attorney shall submit all 

recommendations in clemency cases 

through the Associate Attorney General, 

who in turn shall exercise such 

discretion and authority as is 

appropriate and necessary for the 

handling and transmittal of such 

recommendations to the President. See 

28 CFR 0.35–0.36. 

However, it has long been the internal 

practice of the Department for the 

Pardon Attorney to be subject to the 

direction of the Deputy Attorney 

General, and to submit clemency 

recommendations through the Deputy 

Attorney General for handling and 

transmittal, rather than through the 

Associate Attorney General. 

This rule conforms Department 

regulations to current practice. 

Administrative Procedure Act 

This rule is a rule of agency 

organization, procedure, and practice 

and is therefore exempt from the usual 

requirements of prior notice and 

comment and a 30-day delay in effective 

date. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b). This rule is 

effective upon publication. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Attorney General, in accordance 

with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 605(b)), has reviewed this rule 

and by approving it certifies that this 

rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities because it 

applies only to agency organization, 

procedure, and practice. Further, a 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis was not 

required to be prepared for this rule 

because the Department was not 

required to publish a general notice of 

proposed rulemaking. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563— 

Regulatory Review 

This regulation has been drafted and 

reviewed in accordance with Executive 

Order 12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review,’’ section 1(b), Principles of 

Regulation, and in accordance with 

Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’ 

section 1(b), General Principles of 

Regulation. 

The Department has determined that 

this rule is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review,’’ and accordingly this rule has 

not been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

Executive Order 13132—Federalism 

This rule does not have federalism 

implications warranting the preparation 

of a Federalism Assessment under 

section 6 of Executive Order 13132 

because it is a rule of agency 

organization, procedure, and practice. 

Executive Order 12988—Civil Justice 

Reform 

This rule meets the applicable 

standards set forth in sections 3(a) and 


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54188 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 176 / Thursday, September 11, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 

3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, ‘‘Civil 

Justice Reform.’’ 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 

This rule will not result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100,000,000 or more 

in any one year, and it will not 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. Therefore, no actions are 

necessary under the provisions of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995. 

Congressional Review Act 

This action pertains to agency 

management and, accordingly, is not a 

‘‘rule’’ as that term is used by the 

Congressional Review Act (Subtitle E of 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act). Therefore, 

the reports to Congress and the General 

Accounting Office specified by 5 U.S.C. 

801 are not required. 

List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 0 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Authority delegations 

(Government agencies), Government 

employees, Organization and functions 

(Government agencies), Privacy, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Whistleblowing. 

Accordingly, by virtue of the 

authority vested in me as Attorney 

General, including 5 U.S.C. 301 and 28 

U.S.C. 509, 510, Chapter I of title 28 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations is 

amended as follows: 

PART 0—ORGANIZATION OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 0 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 

510, 515–519. 

Subpart G—Office of the Pardon 

Attorney 

§ 0.35 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 0.35, remove the words 

‘‘Associate Attorney General’’ each 

place they appear and add in their place 

the words ‘‘Deputy Attorney General’’. 

§ 0.36 [Amended] 

■ 3. In § 0.36, remove the words 

‘‘Associate Attorney General’’ each 

place they appear and add in their place 

the words ‘‘Deputy Attorney General’’. 

Dated: September 5, 2014. 

Eric H. Holder, Jr., 

Attorney General. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21678 Filed 9–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–29–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Simplifying Threshold Volume 

Requirements for USPS Return 

Services 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Interim rule with request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: To minimize customer 

confusion and ensure consistent 

administration, the Postal Service 

proposes to change the total annual 

volume thresholds required for USPS 

Return Services products to qualify for 

Commercial Plus® pricing. A minimum 

volume of 50,000 will be established for 

these products across the board to 

simplify the product and make it easier 

for customers to do business with the 

Postal Service. 

DATES: Effective date: The interim rule 

is effective September 15, 2014. 

Comment date: Comments are due on 

or before November 10, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written 

comments to the manager, Product 

Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Room 4446, 

Washington, DC 20260–5015. You may 

inspect and photocopy all written 

comments at the USPS® Headquarters 

Library, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW., 11th 

Floor N, Washington, DC by 

appointment only between the hours of 

9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, by calling 202–268–2906 in 

advance. Email comments, containing 

the name and address of the commenter, 

may be sent to: ProductClassification@

usps.gov, with a subject line of 

‘‘Threshold Volume for USPS Return 

Services’’. Faxed comments are not 

accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen F. Key at 202–268–7492 

(karen.f.key@usps.gov); John F. Rosato 

at 202–268–8597 (john.f.rosato@

usps.gov); or Suzanne Newman at 202– 

695–0550 (suzanne.j.newman@

usps.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal 

Service has determined that it is 

immediately necessary to simplify its 

returns shipping options. Currently, 

there are different annual volume 

threshold requirements to qualify for 

Commercial Plus® pricing for products 

under the USPS Return Services 

umbrella. These products are Priority 

Mail® Return Service, First-ClassTM

Package Return® Service, and Ground 

Return Service. 

As the requirements now exist, 

Commercial Plus pricing is available for 

cumulative Priority Mail Return Service 

and First-Class Package Return Service 

volume exceeding a combined total of 

25,000 return pieces in the previous 

calendar year. Additionally, 

Commercial Plus cubic volume must 

exceed a combined total of 85,000 

pieces returned in approved packaging 

in the previous calendar year, or 

cumulative returns and outbound 

volume must exceed a combined total of 

90,000 pieces in the previous calendar 

year to qualify. Commercial Plus pricing 

customer commitments may differ 

depending on the individual signed 

agreements with USPS. The Postal 

Service has discovered that these varied 

and overlapping criteria are confusing to 

customers, and increasingly difficult to 

administer. Additionally, this change 

better aligns with recently adopted 

changes to the Priority Mail cubic 

threshold, and to the outbound Priority 

Mail CPP threshold, of 50,000 pieces. 

To provide consistency for customers 

without signed agreements, the Postal 

Service proposes to establish a 

minimum total annual threshold 

volume requirement of 50,000 for all 

USPS Return Services products in order 

to qualify for Commercial Plus pricing. 

This simplified approach will not affect 

customers with the 25,000 piece 

threshold until their agreements expire. 

At that time, the 50,000 piece threshold 

will apply unless an extension is 

requested and approved by the Vice 

President, Sales. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Postal Service. 

The Postal Service adopts the 

following interim changes to Mailing 

Standards of the United States Postal 

Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), 

which is incorporated by reference in 

the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39 

CFR part 111.1. Accordingly, 39 CFR 

part 111 is amended as follows: 

PART 111—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for 39 CFR 

part 111 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301– 

307; 18 U.S.C. 1692–1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 

401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201– 

3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 

3633, and 5001. 

■ 2. Revise the following sections of 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM), as follows: 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM) 

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