Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 10 / Wednesday, January 17, 2007 / Notices 1979 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Guarantee Fee Rates for Guaranteed 

Loans for Fiscal Year 2007; Maximum 

Portion of Guarantee Authority 

Available for Fiscal Year 2007 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As set forth in 7 CFR 

4279.107(b) and 4280.126(c), Rural 

Development (the Agency) has the 

authority to charge an annual renewal 

fee for loans made under the Business 

and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan 

Program and the Renewable Energy and 

Energy Efficiency Improvements (9006) 

Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to 

that authority, the Agency is 

establishing the renewal fee rate at onefourth of 1 percent for the B&I 

Guaranteed Loan Program and oneeighth of 1 percent for the 9006 

Guaranteed Loan Program. These rates 

will apply to all loans obligated in fiscal 

year (FY) 2007 that are made under the 

cited programs. As established in 7 CFR 

4279.107 and 4280.126, the amount of 

the fee on each guaranteed loan will be 

determined by multiplying the fee rate 

by the outstanding principal loan 

balance as of December 31, multiplied 

by the percent of guarantee. 

As set forth in 7 CFR 4280.126(a), 

each fiscal year the Agency shall 

establish the initial guarantee fee rate 

for loans made under the 9006 

Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to 

that authority, the Agency is 

establishing the initial guarantee fee rate 

at 1 percent for loans made in FY 2007. 

As set forth in 7 CFR 4279.107(a) and 

4279.119(b)(4), each fiscal year the 

Agency shall establish a limit on the 

maximum portion of B&I guarantee 

authority available for that fiscal year 

that may be used to guarantee loans 

with a B&I guarantee fee of 1 percent or 

guaranteed loans with a guarantee 

percentage exceeding 80 percent. 

Allowing the guarantee fee to be 

reduced to 1 percent or exceeding the 80 

percent guarantee on certain B&I 

guaranteed loans that meet the 

conditions set forth in 7 CFR 4279.107 

and 4279.119 will increase the Agency’s 

ability to focus guarantee assistance on 

projects which the Agency has found 

particularly meritorious. For 1 percent 

fees, the borrower’s business supports 

value-added agriculture and results in 

farmers benefiting financially, or such 

projects are high impact as defined in 7 

CFR 4279.155(b)(5) and located in rural 

communities that remain persistently 

poor, which experience long-term 

population decline and job 

deterioration, are experiencing trauma 

as a result of natural disaster, or are 

experiencing fundamental structural 

changes in its economic base. For 

guaranteed loans exceeding 80 percent, 

such projects must be a high-priority 

project in accordance with 7 CFR 

4279.155. 

Not more than 12 percent of the 

Agency’s quarterly apportioned B&I 

guarantee authority will be reserved for 

loan requests with a guarantee fee of 1 

percent, and not more than 15 percent 

of the Agency’s quarterly apportioned 

guarantee authority will be reserved for 

guaranteed loan requests with a 

guaranteed percentage exceeding 80 

percent. Once the respective quarterly 

limits are reached, all additional loans 

for that quarter will be at the standard 

fee and guarantee limits in 7 CFR part 

4279. As an exception to this paragraph 

and for the purposes of this notice, 

loans developed by the North American 

Development Bank (NADBank) 

Community Adjustment and Investment 

Program (CAIP) will not count against 

the 15 percent limit. Up to 50 percent 

of CAIP loans may have a guaranteed 

percentage exceeding 80 percent. The 

funding authority for CAIP loans is not 

derived carryover or recovered funding 

authority of the B&I Guaranteed Loan 

Program. 

Written requests by the Rural 

Development State Office for approval 

of a guaranteed loan with a 1 percent 

guarantee fee or a guaranteed loan 

exceeding 80 percent must be forwarded 

to the National Office, Attn: Director, 

Business and Industry Division, for 

review and consideration prior to 

obligation of the guaranteed loan. The 

Administrator will provide a written 

response to the State Office confirming 

approval or disapproval of the request. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 17, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Kieferle, USDA, Rural Development, 

Business Programs, Business and 

Industry Division, Stop 3224, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3224, telephone 

(202) 720–7818. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 as 

amended by Executive Order 13258. 

Dated: January 5, 2007. 

Jackie J. Gleason, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–504 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

[Docket No.: 061213333–6333–01] 

Privacy Act of 1974: System of 

Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; COMMERCE/CENSUS–

10, ‘‘American Community Survey.’’

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) publishes this notice to 

announce the effective date of a Privacy 

Act System of Records notice entitled 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–10, ‘‘American 

Community Survey.’’

DATES: The system of records becomes 

effective on January 17, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: For a copy of the system of 

records please mail requests to Gerald 

W. Gates, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233, 

301–763–2515. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerald W. Gates, Chief Privacy Officer, 

U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 

20233, 301–763–2515. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

29, 2006, the Commerce Department 

published and requested comments on a 

proposed new Privacy Act System of 

Records notice entitled COMMERCE/ 

CENSUS–10, ‘‘American Community 

Survey.’’ No comments were received in 

response to the request for comments. 

By this notice, the Department is 

adopting the proposed system as final 

without changes effective January 17, 

2007. 

Dated: January 10, 2007. 

Brenda Dolan, 

Department of Commerce Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Act Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–492 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–122–822) 

Certain Corrosion–Resistant Carbon 

Steel Flat Products from Canada: 

Notice of Rescission of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 17, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Kirby or Myrna Lobo, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 6, Import 

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