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Official agency Headquarters location and telephone Designation start–end 

East Indiana .......................................... Muncie, IN, 765–289–1206 .................................................................................. 7/01/2007–6/30/2010 

Fremont ................................................. Fremont, NE, 402–721–1270 ...............................................................................

Additional locations: Denison, IA .........................................................................

7/01/2007–6/30/2010 

State Grain ............................................ Savage, MN, 952–808–8566 ............................................................................... 7/01/2007–12/31/2008 

Titus ...................................................... West Lafayette, IN 765–497–2202 ...................................................................... 7/01/2007–6/30/2010 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 

James E. Link, 

Administrator , Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 07–2720 Filed 5–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–U 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Availability of Funds; MultiFamily Housing, Single Family 

Housing 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service 

(RHS) announces the availability of 

housing funds for fiscal year (FY) 2007. 

This action is taken to comply with 42 

U.S.C. 1490p, which requires that RHS 

publish in the Federal Register notice of 

the availability of any housing 

assistance. 

DATES: Unless otherwise indicated 

below, applications are accepted yearround at a local Rural Development 

office. 

Effective Date: May 31, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on applying for assistance, 

visit our Internet Web site at http:// 

offices.sc.egov.usda.gov and select your 

State. You may also check the blue 

pages in your local telephone directory 

under ‘‘Rural Development’’ for the 

office serving your area. 

For information regarding this notice 

contact Myron Wooden, Loan Assistant, 

Single Family Housing Direct Loan 

Division, telephone 202–720–4780, for 

single family housing (SFH) issues and 

Tammy S. Daniels, Senior Loan 

Specialist, Multi-Family Housing (MFH) 

Processing Division, telephone 202–

720–0021, for multi-family housing 

issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. (The telephone 

numbers listed are not toll free 

numbers.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information in this notice describes how 

funds for the various Rural 

Development Housing programs are 

distributed to the States. Interested 

applicants are encouraged to contact the 

local USDA Rural Development office 

for more information and application 

information. Please visit http:// 

offices.sc.egov.usda.gov for the Rural 

Development office nearest you. 

Programs Affected 

The following programs are subject to 

the provisions of Executive Order 12372 

that requires intergovernmental 

consultation with State and local 

officials. These programs or activities 

are listed in the Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance under Nos. 

10.405 Farm Labor Housing (LH) 

Loans and Grants 

10.410 Very Low to Moderate Income 

Housing Loans 

10.411 Rural Housing Site Loans and 

Self-Help Housing Land Development 

Loans 

10.415 Rural Rental Housing Loans 

10.417 Very Low Income Housing 

Repair Loans and Grants 

10.420 Rural Self-Help Housing 

Technical Assistance 

10.427 Rural Rental Assistance 

Payments 

10.433 Rural Housing Preservation 

Grants 

10.442 Housing Application Packaging 

Grants 

Discussion of Notice 

Part 1940, subpart L of 7 CFR contains 

the ‘‘Methodology and Formulas for 

Allocation of Loan and Grant Program 

Funds.’’ To apply for assistance under 

these programs or for more information, 

contact the USDA Rural Development 

Office for your area. 

Multi-Family Housing (MFH) 

I. General 

A. This provides guidance on MFH 

funding for the Rural Rental Housing 

program (RRH) for FY 2007. Allocation 

computations have been performed in 

accordance with 7 CFR 1940.575 and 

1940.578. For FY 2007, State Directors, 

under the Rural Housing Assistance 

Grants (RHAG), will have the flexibility 

to transfer their initial allocations of 

budget authority between the Single 

Family Housing (SFH) Section 504 

Rural Housing Grants and Section 533 

Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) 

programs. 

B. MFH loan and grant levels for FY 

2007 are as follows: 

MFH Loan Programs Credit Sales .................................................................................................................................................. $1,484,998 

Section 514 Farm Labor Housing (LH) loans* .............................................................................................................................. 38,116,886 

Section 515 Rural Rental Housing (RRH) loans .......................................................................................................................... 99,000,000 

Section 521 Rental Assistance (RA) and 502(c)(5)(C) Advance ................................................................................................. 616,020,000 

Section 516 LH grants .................................................................................................................................................................. 13,860,000 

Sections 525 Technical and Supervisory Assistance grants (TSA) and 509 Housing Application Packaging grants (HAPG) 

(Shared between single and multi-family housing) ...................................................................................................................... 990,000 

Section 533 Housing Preservation grants (HPG)** ...................................................................................................................... 10,125,728 

Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program ............................................................................................................ 99,000,000 

Preservation Revolving Loan Fund Demonstration Program .......................................................................................................... 6,300,769 

Section 515 Multi-Family Housing Preservation and Revitalization Restructuring Demonstration (MPR)*** .............................. 8,910,000 

Rural Housing Voucher Program .................................................................................................................................................... 15,840,000 

* Does Not Include Carryover Funds. 

** Includes Carryover Funds. 

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II. Funds Not Allocated to States 

A. Credit Sales Authority. For FY 

2007, $1,484,988 will be set aside for 

credit sales to program and nonprogram 

buyers. Credit sale funding will not be 

allocated by State. 

B. Section 538 Guaranteed Rural 

Rental Housing Program. Guaranteed 

loan funds will be made available under 

a Notice of Funding Availability 

(NOFA) being published in this Federal 

Register. Additional guidance is 

provided in the NOFA. 

C. Multi-family Housing Preservation 

and Revitalization Restructing 

Demonstration Program (MPR). The 

MPR Program is designed to preserve 

and revitalize Section 515 multi-family 

rental housing properties. The Program 

is designed to utilize several 

demonstration revitalization tools to 

restructure debt and financing of an 

aging portfolio of rental properties. The 

objective is to ensure that properties 

have sufficient resources to continue 

providing safe and affordable housing 

for low-income rural residents. 

D. Rural Housing Voucher Program. 

The Rural Housing Voucher Program, 

authorized under Section 542 of the 

Housing Act of 1949, is designed to 

provide tenant protections in properties 

that prepay their mortgages after 

September 30, 2005. These Vouchers are 

portable and will enable tenants to 

continue to access affordable housing 

without benefit of the traditional Rental 

Assistance Program. 

III. Farm Labor Housing (LH) Loans and 

Grants 

The Administrator has the authority 

to transfer the allocation of budget 

authority between the two programs. 

Upon NOFA closing the Administrator 

will evaluate the responses and 

determine proper distribution of funds 

between loans and grants. 

A. Section 514 Farm LH Loans 

1. These loans are funded in 

accordance with 7 CFR 1940.579(a). 

FY 2007 Appropriation ......... $38,116,886 

Available for Off-Farm Loans 31,937,082 

Available for On-Farm Loans 2,000,000 

National Office Reserve ....... 4,179,804 

2. Off-farm loan funds will be made 

available under a NOFA being 

published in this Federal Register. 

Additional guidance is provided in the 

NOFA. 

B. Section 516 Farm LH Grants 

1. Grants are funded in accordance 

with 7 CFR 1940.579(b). Unobligated 

prior year balances and cancellations 

will be added to the amount shown. 

FY 2007 Appropriation ..................................................................................................................................................................... $13,860,000 

Available for LH Grants for Off-Farm .............................................................................................................................................. 10,491,000 

National Office Reserve ................................................................................................................................................................... 3,369,960 

2. Labor Housing grant funds for OffFarm will be made available under a 

NOFA being published in this Federal 

Register. Additional guidance is 

provided in the NOFA. 

C. Labor Housing Rental Assistance 

(RA) will be held in the National Office 

for use with LH loan and grant 

applications. RA is only available with 

a LH loan of at least 5 percent of the 

total development cost. Projects without 

a LH loan cannot receive RA. 

IV. Section 515 RRH Loan Funds 

FY 2007 Section 515 Rural Rental Housing allocation (Total) ....................................................................................................... $99,000,000 

New Construction funds and set-asides .................................................................................................................................. 25,740,000 

New construction loans ..................................................................................................................................................... 8,234,537 

Set-aside for nonprofits ..................................................................................................................................................... 8,910,000 

Set-aside for underserved counties and colonias ............................................................................................................. 4,950,000 

Earmark for EZ, EC, or REAP Zones ............................................................................................................................... 2,655,463 

State RA designated reserve ............................................................................................................................................ 990,000 

Rehab and repair funds and equity .......................................................................................................................................... 53,460,000 

Rehab and repair loans ..................................................................................................................................................... 48,510,000 

Designated equity loan reserve ........................................................................................................................................ 4,950,000 

General Reserve ...................................................................................................................................................................... 19,800,000 

A. New Construction Loan Funds. 

New construction loan funds will be 

made available using a national NOFA 

being published in this Federal 

Register. Additional guidance is 

provided in the NOFA. 

B. National Office New Construction 

Set-asides. The following legislatively 

mandated set-asides of funds are part of 

the National office set-aside: 

1. Nonprofit Set-aside. An amount of 

$8,234,537 has been set aside for 

nonprofit applicants. All Nonprofit loan 

proposals must be located in designated 

places as defined in 7 CFR part 3560. 

2. Underserved Counties and Colonias 

Set-Aside. An amount of $4,950,000 has 

been set aside for loan requests to 

develop units in the underserved 100 

most needy counties or colonias as 

defined in section 509(f) of the Housing 

Act of 1949 as amended. Priority will be 

given to proposals to develop units in 

colonias or tribal lands. 

3. EZ, EC or REAP Zone Earmark. An 

amount of $2,655,463 has been 

earmarked for loan requests to develop 

units in EZ or EC communities or REAP 

Zones until June 30, 2007. 

C. Designated Reserves for State RA. 

An amount of $990,000 of Section 515 

loan funds has been set aside for 

matching with projects in which an 

active State sponsored RA program is 

available. The State RA program must 

be comparable to the RHS RA program. 

D. Repair and Rehabilitation Loans. 

All funds will be held in the National 

office and will be distributed based 

upon rehabilitation needs to projects 

selected and processed under the FY 

2007 MPR NOFA. 

E. Designated Reserve for Equity 

Loans. An amount of $4,950,000 has 

been designated for the equity loan 

preservation incentive described in 7 

CFR part 3560. The $4,950,000 will be 

further divided into $4 million for 

equity loan requests currently on the 

pending funding list and $950,000 to 

facilitate the transfer of properties from 

for-profit owners to nonprofit 

corporations and public bodies. Funds 

for such transfers would be authorized 

only for for-profit owners who are 

currently on the pending funding list 

who agree to transfer to nonprofit 

corporations or public bodies rather 

than to remain on the pending list. If 

insufficient transfer requests are 

generated to utilize the full $1 million 

set aside for nonprofit and public body 

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existing pending equity loan funding 

list. 

F. General Reserve. There is one 

general reserve fund of $19,800,000. 

Some examples of immediate allowable 

uses include, but are not limited to, 

hardships and emergencies, RH 

cooperatives or group homes, or RRH 

preservation. 

V. Section 533 HPG 

Total Available (Includes carryover funds) ...................................................................................................................................... $10,125,728 

Less General Reserve ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,012,572 

Less Earmark for EZ, EC or REAP Zones ...................................................................................................................................... 594,000 

Total Available for Distribution ................................................................................................................................................. 8,519,155 

Amount available for allocation. (See 

end of this Notice for HPG State 

allocations.) Fund availability will be 

announced in a NOFA being published 

in the Federal Register. 

The amount of $594,000 is earmarked 

for EZ, EC or REAP Zones until June 30, 

2007. 

Single Family Housing (SFH) 

I. General 

All SFH programs are administered 

through field offices. For more 

information or to make application, 

please contact the Rural Development 

office servicing your area. To locate 

these offices, contact the appropriate 

State Office from the attached State 

Office listing, visit our Web site at 

http://offices.usda.gov or check the blue 

pages in your local telephone directory 

under ‘‘Rural Development’’ for the 

office serving your area. 

A. This notice provides SFH 

allocations for FY 2007. Allocation 

computations have been made in 

accordance with 7 CFR 1940.563 

through 1940.568. Information on basic 

formula criteria, data source and weight, 

administrative allocation, pooling of 

funds, and availability of the allocation 

are located on a chart at the end of this 

notice. 

B. The SFH levels authorized for FY 

2007 are as follows: 

Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing (RH) loans: 

Nonsubsidized Guarantees—Purchase ............................................................................................................. **$3,439,396,529 

Nonsubsidized Guarantees—Refinance ............................................................................................................ ** 204,827,600 

Section 502 Direct RH loans ................................................................................................................................... * 1,129,390,957 

Credit sales (Nonprogram) ........................................................................................................................................ 10,000,000 

Section 504 Housing repair loans ........................................................................................................................... *34,651,692 

Section 504 Housing repair grants ......................................................................................................................... */**29,601,000 

Section 509 Compensation for construction defects .............................................................................................. 99,000 

Section 523 Mutual and self-help housing grants .................................................................................................. */**33,660,000 

Section 523 Self-Help Site Loans ........................................................................................................................... 4,998,056 

Section 524 RH site loans ...................................................................................................................................... 5,000,000 

Section 306C Water and waste disposal grants ..................................................................................................... **1,000,000 

Section 525 Supervisory and technical: 

Assistance and Section 509 Housing Application Packaging Grants ................................................................ ..................................................

Total Available for single and multi-family section 525 .............................................................................. **$ 990,000 

* Includes funds for EZ/EC and REAP communities until June 30, 2007. 

** Carryover funds are not included in the balance. 

C. SFH Funding Not Allocated to 

States. The following funding is not 

allocated to States by formula. Funds 

are made available to each state on a 

case-by-case basis. 

1. Credit sale authority. Credit sale 

funds in the amount of $10,000,000 are 

available only for nonprogram sales of 

Real Estate Owned (REO) property. 

2. Section 509 Compensation for 

Construction Defects. $99,000 is 

available for compensation for 

construction defects. 

3. Section 523 Mutual and Self-Help 

Technical Assistance Grants. 

$33,660,000 is available for Section 523 

Mutual and Self-Help Technical 

Assistance Grants. Of these funds, 

$990,000 is earmarked for EZ, EC or 

REAP Zones until June 30, 2007. A 

technical review and analysis must be 

completed by the Technical and 

Management Assistance (T&MA) 

contractor on all predevelopment, new, 

and existing (refunding) grant 

applications. 

4. Section 523 Mutual and Self-Help 

Site Loans and Section 524 RH Site 

Loans. $4,998,056 and $5,000,000 are 

available for Section 523 Mutual SelfHelp and Section 524 RH Site loans, 

respectively. 

5. Section 306C WWD Grants to 

Individuals in Colonias. The objective of 

the Section 306C WWD individual grant 

program is to facilitate the use of 

community water or waste disposal 

systems for the residents of the colonias 

along the U.S.-Mexico border. 

The total amount available to Arizona, 

California, New Mexico, and Texas will 

be $1,000,000 for FY 2007. This amount 

is transferred from the Rural Utilities 

Service (RUS) to RHS for processing 

individual grant applications. 

6. Section 525 Technical and 

Supervisory Assistance (TSA) and 

Section 509 Housing Application 

Packaging Grants (HAPG). $990,000 is 

available for the TSA and HAPG 

programs. Funds for TSA grants will be 

made through a separate NOFA. 

Requests should be submitted to the 

National Office for HAPG based on 

projected usage of these funds for the 

quarter or as needed. HAPG requests 

should be submitted by e-mail to Gloria 

Denson, Senior Loan Specialist, SFH 

Direct Loan Division, 202–720–1487. 

Reserve funds will be held at the 

National Office and requests from 

eligible States will be considered on a 

first-come, first-served basis. Additional 

guidance is provided in the NOFA. 

7. Natural Disaster Funds. Funds are 

available until exhausted to those States 

with active Presidential Declarations. 


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II. State Allocations 

A. Section 502 Nonsubsidized 

Guaranteed RH (GRH) Loans 

1. Purchase—Amount Available for 

Allocation 

Total Available—Purchase .............................................................................................................................................................. $3,439,396,529 

Less National Office General Reserve ..................................................................................................................................... 1,148,233,612 

Less Special Outreach Area Reserve ...................................................................................................................................... 492,100,119 

Basic Formula—Administrative Allocation ....................................................................................................................................... 1,799,062,798 

a. National Office General Reserve. 

The Administrator may restrict access to 

this reserve for States not meeting their 

goals in special outreach areas. 

b. Special Outreach Areas. FY 2007 

GRH funding is allocated to States in 

two funding streams. Seventy percent of 

GRH funds may be used in any eligible 

area. Thirty percent of GRH funds are to 

be used in special outreach areas. 

Special outreach areas for the GRH 

program are defined as those areas 

within a State that are not located 

within a metropolitan statistical area 

(MSA). 

c. National Office Special Area 

Outreach Reserve. A special outreach 

area reserve fund has been established 

at the National office. Funds from this 

reserve may only be used in special 

outreach areas. 

2. Refinance—Amount Available for 

Allocation 

Total Available—Refinance ............................................................................................................................................................. $204,827,600 

Less National office general reserve ............................................................................................................................................... 99,000,000 

Basic formula—Administrative Allocation ........................................................................................................................................ 0 

a. Refinance Funds. Refinance loan 

funds will be distributed from the 

National Office on a case-by-case basis. 

b. National Office General Reserve. 

The Administrator may restrict access to 

this reserve for States not meeting their 

goals in special outreach areas. 

B. Section 502 Direct RH Loans 

1. Amount Available for Allocation 

Total Available ................................................................................................................................................................................. $1,129,390,957 

Less Required Set Aside for Underserved Counties and Colonias ................................................................................................ 56,469,548 

EZ, EC and REAP Earmark ............................................................................................................................................................ 10,857,427 

Less General Reserve ..................................................................................................................................................................... 170,939,096 

Administrator’s Reserve ................................................................................................................................................................... 32,939,096 

Hardships & Homelessness ............................................................................................................................................................ 2,000,000 

Rural Housing Demonstration Program .......................................................................................................................................... 1,000,000 

Homeownership Partnership ........................................................................................................................................................... 110,000,000 

Program funds for the sale of REO properties ............................................................................................................................... 25,000,000 

Less Designated Reserve for Self-Help .......................................................................................................................................... 175,000,000 

Basic Formula Administrative Allocation ......................................................................................................................................... 716,124,885 

2. Reserves 

a. State Office Reserve. State Directors 

must maintain an adequate reserve to 

fund the following applications: 

(i) Hardship and homeless applicants 

including the direct Section 502 loan 

and Section 504 loan and grant 

programs. 

(ii) Rural Home Loan Partnerships 

(RHLP) and Community Development 

Financial Institutions (CDFI) loans. 

(iii) States will leverage with funding 

from other sources. 

(iv) Areas targeted by the State 

according to its strategic plan. 

b. National Office Reserves. 

(i) General Reserve. The National 

office has a general reserve of $170.9 

million. Of this amount, the 

Administrator’s reserve is $32,939,096. 

One of the purposes of the 

Administrator’s reserve will be for loans 

in Indian Country. Indian Country 

consists of land inside the boundaries of 

Indian reservations, communities made 

up mainly of Native Americans, Indian 

trust and restricted land, and tribal 

allotted lands. Another purpose of the 

reserve will be to provide funding for 

subsequent loans for essential 

improvements or repairs and transfers 

with assumptions. The Administrator’s 

reserve may also be made available to 

States beginning in the 3rd Quarter 

when demand for funds is unusually 

high. 

(ii) Hardship and Homelessness 

Reserve. $2 million has been set aside 

for hardships and homeless. 

(iii) Rural Housing Demonstration 

Program. $1 million dollars has been set 

aside for innovative demonstration 

initiatives. 

(iv) Program Credit Sales. $25 million 

dollars has been set aside for program 

sales of REO property. 

c. Homeownership Partnership. $110 

million dollars has been set aside for 

Homeownership Partnerships. These 

funds will be used to expand existing 

partnerships and create new 

partnerships, such as the following: 

(i) Department of Treasury, 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions (CDFI). Funds will be 

available to fund leveraged loans made 

in partnership with the Department of 

Treasury CDFI participants. 

(ii) Partnership initiatives established 

to carry out the objectives of the rural 

home loan partnership (RHLP). 

d. Designated Reserve for Self-Help. 

$175 million dollars has been set aside 

to assist participating Self-Help 

applicants. The National office will 

contribute 100 percent from the 

National office reserve. States are not 

required to contribute from their 

allocated Section 502 RH funds. 

e. Underserved Counties and 

Colonias. An amount of $56,469,548 has 


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been set aside for the 100 underserved 

counties and colonias. 

f. Empowerment Zone (EZ), Enterprise 

Community (EC) or Rural Economic 

Area Partnership (REAP) earmark. An 

amount of $10,857,427 has been 

earmarked until June 30, 2007, for loans 

in EZ, EC or REAP Zones. 

g. State Office Pooling. If pooling is 

conducted within a State, it must not 

take place within the first 30 calendar 

days of the first, second, or third 

quarter. (There are no restrictions on 

pooling in the fourth quarter.) 

h. Suballocation by the State Director. 

The State Director may suballocate to 

each area office using the methodology 

and formulas required by 7 CFR part 

1940, subpart L. If suballocated to the 

area level, the Rural Development 

Manager will make funds available on a 

first-come, first-served basis to all 

offices at the field or area level. No field 

office will have its access to funds 

restricted without the prior written 

approval of the Administrator. 

B. Section 504 Housing Loans and 

Grants. Section 504 grant funds are 

included in the Rural Housing 

Assistance Grant program (RHAG) in the 

FY 2007 appropriation. 

1. Amount Available for Allocation 

Section 504 Loans 

Total Available ................................................................................................................................................................................. $34,651,692 

Less 5% for 100 Underserved Counties and Colonias ................................................................................................................... 1,732,584 

EZ, EC or REAP Zone Earmark ...................................................................................................................................................... 586,294 

Less General Reserve ..................................................................................................................................................................... 733,915 

Basic Formula—Administrative Allocation ....................................................................................................................................... 31,598,899 

Section 504 Grants 

Total Available ................................................................................................................................................................................. $29,601,000 

Less 5% for 100 Underserved Counties and Colonias ................................................................................................................... 1,450,350 

EZ, EC or REAP Zone Earmark ...................................................................................................................................................... 594,000 

Less General Reserve ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,649,895 

Basic Formula—Administrative Allocation ....................................................................................................................................... 25,906,755 

2. Reserves and Set-asides 

a. State Office Reserve. State Directors 

must maintain an adequate reserve to 

handle all anticipated hardship 

applicants based upon historical data 

and projected demand. 

b. Underserved Counties and 

Colonias. $1,732,584 and $1,450,350 

have been set aside for the 100 

underserved counties and colonias until 

June 30, 2007, for the Section 504 loan 

and grant programs, respectively. 

c. Empowerment Zone (EZ) and 

Enterprise Community (EC) or Rural 

Economic Area Partnership (REAP) 

Earmark (Loan Funds Only). $586,294 

and $594,000 have been earmarked 

through June 30, 2007, for EZ, EC or 

REAPs for the Section 504 loan and 

grant programs, respectively. 

d. General Reserve. $733,915 for 

Section 504 loan hardships and 

$1,649,895 for Section 504 grant 

extreme hardships have been set-aside 

in the general reserve. For Section 504 

grants, an extreme hardship case is one 

requiring a significant priority in 

funding, ahead of other requests, due to 

severe health or safety hazards, or 

physical needs of the applicant. 

Information on Basic Formula Criteria, 

Data Source and Weight, 

Administrative Allocation, Pooling of 

Funds, and Availability of the 

Allocation 


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1. Data derived from the 2000 U.S. 

Census is available on the Web at 

http://census.sc.egov.usda.gov. 

2. Due to the absence of Census data. 

3. All dates are tentative and are for 

the close of business (COB). Pooled 

funds will be placed in the National 

office reserve and made available 

administratively. The Administrator 

reserves the right to redistribute funds 

based upon program performance. 

4. Funds will be distributed 

cumulatively through each quarter 

listed until the National office year-end 

pooling date. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, sex, 

religion, age, disability, political beliefs, 

sexual orientation, marital status or 

family status (not all prohibited basis 

apply to all programs). Persons with 

disabilities who require alternative 

means for communication of program 

information (Braille, large print, 

audiotape, etc.) should contact the 

USDA’s Target Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice or TDD). 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

write USDA, Director, Office of Civil 

Rights, Room 326–W, Whitten Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington DC 20250–9410, or call toll 

free, (866) 632–9992 (Voice). TDD users 

can contact USDA through local relay 

(800) 720–6382 (TDD) or (866) 377–8642 

(relay voice users). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider and employer. 

Dated: May 23, 2007. 

Thomas E. Hannah, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

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[FR Doc. 07–2682 Filed 5–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–C 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Evaluation of State Coastal 

Management Programs and National 

Estuarine Research Reserves 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Evaluate and 

Notice of Availability of Final Findings. 

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean 

and Coastal Resource Management 

(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate 

the performance of the Guana Tolomato 

Matanzas (Florida) National Estuarine 

Research Reserve, the San Francisco Bay 

(California) National Estuarine Research 

Reserve, the Jacques Cousteau (New 

Jersey) National Estuarine Research 

Reserve, the Maryland Coastal 

Management Program, and the Florida 

Coastal Management Program. 

The Coastal Zone Management 

Program evaluations will be conducted 

pursuant to section 312 of the Coastal 

Zone Management Act of 1972, as 

amended (CZMA) and regulations at 15 

CFR part 923, Subpart L. The National 

Estuarine Research Reserve evaluations 

will be conducted pursuant to sections 

312 and 315 of the CZMA and 

regulations at 15 CFR Part 921, Subpart 

E and Part 923, Subpart L. The CZMA 

requires continuing review of the 

performance of states with respect to 

coastal program implementation. 

Evaluation of Coastal Management 

Programs and National Estuarine 

Research Reserves requires findings 

concerning the extent to which a state 

has met the national objectives, adhered 

to its Coastal Management Program 

document or Reserve final management 

plan approved by the Secretary of 

Commerce, and adhered to the terms of 

financial assistance awards funded 

under the CZMA. 

Each evaluation will include a site 

visit, consideration of public comments, 

and consultations with interested 

Federal, state, and local agencies and 

members of the public. A public 

meeting will be held as part of each site 

visit. Notice is hereby given of the dates 

of the site visits for the listed 

evaluations, and the dates, local times, 

and locations of the public meetings 

during the site visits. 

Dates and Times: The Guana 

Tolomato Matanzas (Florida) National 

Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation 

site visit will be held July 17–19, 2007. 

One public meeting will be held during 

the week. The public meeting will be 

held on Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at 6 

p.m. at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

Environmental Education Center, 505 

Guana River Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, 

Florida. 

The San Francisco Bay (California) 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

evaluation site visit will be held August 

27–30, 2007. One public meeting will be 

held during the week. The public 

meeting will be held on Tuesday, 

August 28, 2007, at 7 p.m. at the 

Farallon Room, Aquarium of the Bay, 

Pier 39, The Embarcadero at Beach 

Street, San Francisco, California. 

The Jacques Cousteau (New Jersey) 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

evaluation site visit will be held 

September 11–13, 2007. One public 

meeting will be held during the week. 

The public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at 7 

p.m. at the Jacques Cousteau National 

Estuarine Research Reserve Coastal 

Education Center, 130 Great Bay 

Boulevard, Tuckerton, New Jersey. 

The Maryland Coastal Management 

Program evaluation site visit will be 

held September 10–14, 2007. One 

public meeting will be held during the 

week. The public meeting will be held 

on Monday, September 10, 2007, at 6:30 

p.m. at the Maryland Department of 

Natural Resources, Tawes State Office 

Building, C–1 Conference Room, 580 

Taylor Avenue, Annapolis Maryland. 

The Florida Coastal Management 

Program evaluation site visit will be 

held September 17–21, 2007. One 

public meeting will be held during the 

week. The public meeting will be held 

on Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at 6:30 

p.m. at the Florida Department of 

Environmental Protection, Marjorie 

Stoneman Douglas Building, Conference 

Room A, 3900 Commonwealth 

Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of states’ most recent 

performance reports, as well as OCRM’s 

evaluation notification and 

supplemental information request 

letters to the states, are available upon 

request from OCRM. Written comments 

from interested parties regarding these 

Programs are encouraged and will be 

accepted until 15 days after the public 

meeting held for a Program. Please 

direct written comments to Ralph 

Cantral, Chief, National Policy and 

Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean 

and Coastal Resource Management, 

NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 

10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. When the evaluation is 

completed, OCRM will place a notice in 

the Federal Register announcing the 

availability of the Final Evaluation 

Findings. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given of the availability of the 

final evaluation findings for the 

Virginia, Georgia, Connecticut, Oregon, 

Texas, and New Hampshire coastal 

management programs. Section 312 of 

the Coastal Zone Management Act of 

1972 (CZMA), as amended, requires a 

continuing review of the performance of 

coastal states with respect to approval of 

CMPs. The states of Virginia, Georgia, 

Connecticut, Oregon, Texas, and New 

Hampshire were found to be 

implementing and enforcing their 

federally approved coastal management 

programs, addressing the national 

coastal management objectives 

identified in CZMA Section 303(2)(A)–

(K), and adhering to the programmatic 

terms of their financial assistance 

awards. 

Copies of these final evaluation 

findings may be obtained upon written 

request from: Ralph Cantral, Chief, 

National Policy and Evaluation 

Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, NOS/NOAA, 

1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ 

ORM7, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, 

or Ralph.Cantral@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralph Cantral, Chief, National Policy 

and Evaluation Division, Office of 

Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM7, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 

563–7118. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 

Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration) 

Dated: May 24, 2007. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Ocean 

Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–10486 Filed 5–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Air University Board of Visitors 

Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 


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