57128 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 / Notices 

requirements for a request for a stay of 

deportation or removal are met by the 

applicant. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

responses and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: ICE estimates a total of 3,664 

responses at 30 minutes (.50 hours) per 

response 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 1,832 annual burden hours. 

Dated: August 17, 2023. 

Scott Elmore, 

ICE PRA Clearance Officer, U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18004 Filed 8–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6416–N–01] 

Credit Watch Termination Initiative 

Termination of Direct Endorsement 

(DE) Approval 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises of the 

cause and effect of termination of Direct 

Endorsement (DE) approval taken by 

HUD’s Federal Housing Administration 

(FHA) against HUD-approved 

mortgagees through the FHA Credit 

Watch Termination Initiative. This 

notice includes a list of mortgagees that 

have had their DE Approval terminated. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Higgins, Director, Quality Assurance 

Division, Office of Housing, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 

20410–8000; telephone (202) 402–6730 

(this is not a toll-free number). HUD 

welcomes and is prepared to receive 

calls from individuals who are deaf or 

hard of hearing, as well as individuals 

with speech or communication 

disabilities. To learn more about how to 

make an accessible telephone call, 

please visit https://www.fcc.gov/ 

consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD has 

the authority to address deficiencies in 

the performance of lenders’ loans as 

provided in HUD’s mortgagee approval 

regulations at 24 CFR 202.3. On May 17, 

1999, HUD published a notice (64 FR 

26769) on its procedures for terminating 

Origination Approval Agreements with 

FHA lenders and placement of FHA 

lenders on Credit Watch status (an 

evaluation period). In the notice, HUD 

advised that it would publish in the 

Federal Register a list of mortgagees 

that have had their Approval 

Agreements terminated. HUD Handbook 

4000.1 section V.E.3.a.iii outlines 

current procedures for terminating 

Underwriting Authority of Direct 

Endorsement mortgagees. 

Termination of Direct Endorsement 

Approval: HUD approval of a DE 

mortgagee authorizes the mortgagee to 

underwrite single family mortgage loans 

and submit them to FHA for insurance 

endorsement. The approval may be 

terminated on the basis of poor 

performance of FHA-insured mortgage 

loans underwritten by the mortgagee. 

The termination of a mortgagee’s DE 

Approval is separate and apart from any 

action taken by HUD’s Mortgagee 

Review Board under HUD regulations at 

24 CFR part 25. 

Cause: HUD regulations permit HUD 

to terminate the DE Approval of any 

mortgagee having a default and claim 

rate for loans endorsed within the 

preceding 24 months that exceeds 200 

percent of the default and claim rate 

within the geographic area served by a 

HUD field office, and that exceeds the 

national default and claim rate for 

insured mortgages. 

Effect: Termination of DE Approval 

precludes the mortgagee from 

underwriting FHA-insured single-family 

mortgages within the HUD field office 

jurisdiction(s) listed in this notice. 

Mortgagees authorized to hold or service 

FHA-insured mortgages may continue to 

do so. 

Loans that closed or were approved 

before the termination became effective 

may be submitted for insurance 

endorsement. Approved loans are those 

already underwritten and approved by a 

DE underwriter and cases covered by a 

firm commitment issued by HUD. Cases 

at earlier stages of processing cannot be 

submitted for insurance by the 

terminated mortgagee; however, the 

cases may be transferred for completion 

of processing and underwriting to 

another mortgagee with DE Approval in 

that geographic area. Mortgagees must 

continue to pay existing insurance 

premiums and meet all other obligations 

associated with insured mortgages. 

A terminated mortgagee may apply for 

reinstatement if their DE Approval in 

the affected area or areas has been 

terminated for at least six months and 

the mortgagee continues to be an 

approved mortgagee meeting the 

requirements of 24 CFR 202.5, 202.6, 

202.7, 202.10 and 202.12. The 

mortgagee’s application for 

reinstatement must be in a format 

prescribed by the Secretary and signed 

by the mortgagee. In addition, the 

application must be accompanied by an 

independent analysis of the terminated 

office’s operations as well as its 

mortgage production, specifically 

including the FHA-insured mortgages 

cited in its termination notice. This 

independent analysis shall identify the 

underlying cause for the mortgagee’s 

high default and claim rate. The 

analysis must be prepared by an 

independent Certified Public 

Accountant (CPA) qualified to perform 

audits under Government Auditing 

Standards as provided by the 

Government Accountability Office. The 

mortgagee must also submit a written 

corrective action plan to address each of 

the issues identified in the CPA’s report, 

along with evidence that the plan has 

been implemented. The application for 

reinstatement must be submitted 

through the Lender Electronic 

Assessment Portal (LEAP). The 

application must be accompanied by the 

CPA’s report and the corrective action 

plan. 

Action: The following mortgagees 

have had their DE Approval terminated 

by HUD: 

Mortgagee name Mortgagee home office address HUD office 

jurisdiction 

Termination 

effective 

date 

Homeownership 

center 

Southwest Funding, LP ..................... 13150 Coit Rd., Suite 100, Dallas, TX 75240–5775 Shreveport ..... 7/18/2023 Denver. 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 / Notices 57129 

Julia R. Gordon, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 2023–17989 Filed 8–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—National Fire Protection 

Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on May 

22, 2023, pursuant to section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), National Fire 

Protection Association (‘‘NFPA’’) has 

filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing additions or 

changes to its standards development 

activities. 

The notifications were filed for the 

purpose of extending the Act’s 

provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, NFPA has provided an 

updated and current list of its standards 

development activities, related technical 

committee and conformity assessment 

activities. Information concerning NFPA 

regulations, technical committees, 

current standards, standards 

development and conformity 

assessment activities are publicly 

available at nfpa.org. 

On September 20, 2004, NFPA filed 

its original notification pursuant to 

section 6(a) of the Act. The Department 

of Justice published a notice in the 

Federal Register pursuant to section 

6(b) of the Act on October 21, 2004 (69 

FR 61869). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on February 9, 2023. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on April 17, 2023 (88 FR 23471). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18056 Filed 8–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—R Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on June 6, 

2023, pursuant to section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), R Consortium, Inc. 

(‘‘R Consortium’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Mango Solutions has 

changed its name to Ascent Data 

Science, Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and R Consortium 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On September 15, 2015, R Consortium 

filed its original notification pursuant to 

section 6(a) of the Act. The Department 

of Justice published a notice in the 

Federal Register pursuant to section 

6(b) of the Act on October 2, 2015 (80 

FR 59815). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on January 4, 2023. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on January 25, 2023 (88 FR 4850). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18055 Filed 8–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Petroleum Environmental 

Research Forum 

Notice is hereby given that, on June 2, 

2023, pursuant to section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Petroleum 

Environmental Research Forum 

(‘‘PERF’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Marathon Petroleum 

Company LP, Findlay, OH, has been 

added as a party to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and PERF intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On February 10, 1986, PERF filed its 

original notification pursuant to section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on March 14, 1986 (51 FR 8903). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on February 2, 2022. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on March 11, 2022 (87 FR 14044). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18065 Filed 8–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—The Digital Dollar Project, 

Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on June 7, 

2023, pursuant to section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), The Digital Dollar 

Project, Inc. (‘‘DDP’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Baton, San Francisco, CA, 

has been added as a party to this 

venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and DDP intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On June 9, 2022, DDP filed its original 

notification pursuant to section 6(a) of 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1