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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 72, No. 151 

Tuesday, August 7, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Lincoln County Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– 

393) the Kootenai National Forest’s 

Lincoln County Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet on Thursday, 

August 23, 2007 at 6 p.m. at the Forest 

Supervisor’s Office in Libby, Montana 

for a business meeting. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

DATES: August 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor’s Office, 

1101 U.S. Hwy. 2 West, Libby, Montana. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Edgmon, Committee 

Coordinator, Kootenai National Forest at 

(406) 283–7764, or e-mail 

bedgmon@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

topics include: Accept project proposals 

for funding in Fiscal Year 2008, election 

of chair and co-chair, and receiving 

public comment. If the meeting date or 

location is changed, notice will be 

posted in the local newspapers, 

including the Daily Interlake based in 

Kalispell, Montana. 

Dated: July 31, 2007. 

Paul Bradford, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 07–3839 Filed 8–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA): 

Section 515 Multi-Family Housing 

Preservation Revolving Loan Fund 

(PRLF) Demonstration Program for 

Fiscal Year 2007 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service 

(RHS) announces the availability of 

funds and the timeframe to submit 

applications for loans to private nonprofit organizations, or such non-profit 

organizations’ affiliate loan funds and 

State and local housing finance 

agencies, to carry out a housing 

demonstration program to provide 

revolving loans for the preservation and 

revitalization of low-income multifamily housing. Housing that is assisted 

by this demonstration program must be 

financed by RHS through its multifamily housing loan program under 

Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949. 

The goals of this demonstration program 

will be achieved through loans making 

to intermediaries. The intermediaries 

will establish their programs for the 

purpose of providing loans to ultimate 

recipients for the preservation and 

revitalization of Section 515 multifamily housing as affordable housing. 

DATES: The deadline for receipt of all 

applications in response to this NOFA 

is 5 p.m., Eastern Time, September 6, 

2007. The application closing deadline 

is firm as to date and hour. The Agency 

will not consider any application that is 

received after the closing deadline. 

Applicants intending to mail 

applications must provide sufficient 

time to permit delivery on or before the 

closing deadline. Acceptance by a post 

office or private mailer does not 

constitute delivery. Facsimile (FAX), 

COD, and postage due applications will 

not be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Henry Searcy, Jr., Senior Loan 

Specialist, Multi-Family Housing 

Processing Division, STOP 0781 (Room 

1263–S), or Bonnie Edwards-Jackson, 

Senior Loan Specialist, Multi-Family 

Housing Processing Division, STOP 

0781 (Room 1239–S), U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, 

1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0781 or by 

telephone at (202) 720–1753 or (202) 

690–0759, or via e-mail at 

Henry.Searcy@wdc.usda.gov or 

Bonnie.Edwards@wdc.usda.gov. (Please 

note the phone numbers are not toll free 

numbers.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 

44 U.S.C. 3501 (2005) et seq., OMB must 

approve all ‘‘collections of information’’ 

by RHS. The Act defines ‘‘collection of 

information’’ as a requirement for 

‘‘answers to * * * identical reporting or 

recordkeeping requirements imposed on 

ten or more persons * * *.’’ (44 U.S.C. 

3502(3)(A)). Because this NOFA will 

receive less than 10 respondents, the 

Paperwork Reduction Act does not 

apply. 

Programs Affected 

This program is listed in the Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance under 

Number 10.415. 

Overview 

The Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2007 (Division A of Pub. L. 110–5) 

provided funding for, and authorizes 

RHS to, establish a revolving loan fund 

demonstration program for the 

preservation and revitalization of the 

Section 515 multi-family housing 

portfolio. The section 515 multi-family 

housing program is authorized by 

section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 

(42 U.S.C. 1485) and provides RHS the 

authority to make loans for low income 

multi-family housing and related 

facilities. 

Program Administration 

I. Funding Opportunities Description 

This NOFA requests applications 

from eligible applicants for loans to 

establish and operate revolving loan 

funds for the preservation of lowincome multi-family housing within the 

Agency’s section 515 multi-family 

housing portfolio. Agency regulations 

for the section 515 multi-family housing 

program are published at 7 CFR part 

3560. 

Housing that is constructed or 

repaired must meet the Agency design 

and construction standards and the 


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