Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 / Notices 10089 

ADDRESSES: Comments to the Coast 

Guard should be submitted using the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. Search for docket 

number [USCG–2023–0672]. Written 

comments and recommendations to 

OIRA for the proposed information 

collection should be sent within 30 days 

of publication of this notice to https:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

A copy of the ICR is available through 

the docket on the internet at https://

www.regulations.gov. Additionally, 

copies are available from: Commandant 

(CG–6P), Attn: Paperwork Reduction 

Act Manager, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 

Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, STOP 

7710, Washington, DC 20593–7710. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.L. 

Craig, Office of Privacy Management, 

telephone 202–475–3528, or fax 202– 

372–8405, for questions on these 

documents. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

This notice relies on the authority of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 

44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., chapter 35, as 

amended. An ICR is an application to 

OIRA seeking the approval, extension, 

or renewal of a Coast Guard collection 

of information (Collection). The ICR 

contains information describing the 

Collection’s purpose, the Collection’s 

likely burden on the affected public, an 

explanation of the necessity of the 

Collection, and other important 

information describing the Collection. 

There is one ICR for each Collection. 

The Coast Guard invites comments on 

whether this ICR should be granted 

based on the Collection being necessary 

for the proper performance of 

Departmental functions. In particular, 

the Coast Guard would appreciate 

comments addressing: (1) the practical 

utility of the Collection; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden of the 

Collection; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of 

information subject to the Collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the Collection on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. These 

comments will help OIRA determine 

whether to approve the ICR referred to 

in this Notice. 

We encourage you to respond to this 

request by submitting comments and 

related materials. Comments to Coast 

Guard or OIRA must contain the OMB 

Control Number of the ICR. They must 

also contain the docket number of this 

request, [USCG–2023–0672], and must 

be received by March 14, 2024. 

Submitting Comments 

We encourage you to submit 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. If your material 

cannot be submitted using https://

www.regulations.gov, contact the person 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document for 

alternate instructions. Documents 

mentioned in this notice, and all public 

comments, are in our online docket at 

https://www.regulations.gov and can be 

viewed by following that website’s 

instructions. Additionally, if you go to 

the online docket and sign up for email 

alerts, you will be notified when 

comments are posted. 

We accept anonymous comments. All 

comments to the Coast Guard will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. For more about privacy and 

submissions to the Coast Guard in 

response to this document, see DHS’s 

eRulemaking System of Records notice 

(85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). For 

more about privacy and submissions to 

OIRA in response to this document, see 

the https://www.reginfo.gov, commentsubmission web page. OIRA posts its 

decisions on ICRs online at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain 

after the comment period for each ICR. 

An OMB Notice of Action on each ICR 

will become available via a hyperlink in 

the OMB Control Number: 1625–0031. 

Previous Request for Comments 

This request provides a 30-day 

comment period required by OIRA. The 

Coast Guard published the 60-day 

notice (88 FR 77104, November 8, 2023) 

required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That 

notice elicited no comments. 

Accordingly, no changes have been 

made to the Collection. 

Information Collection Request 

Title: Plan Approval and Records for 

Electrical Engineering Regulations— 

Title 46 CFR Subchapter J. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0031. 

Summary: The information is needed 

to ensure compliance with our rules on 

electrical engineering for the design and 

construction of U.S.-flag commercial 

vessels. 

Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 3306 and 3703 

authorize the Coast Guard to establish 

rules to promote the safety of life and 

property in commercial vessels. The 

electrical engineering rules appear at 46 

CFR subchapter J (parts 110 through 

113). 

Forms: None. 

Respondents: Owners, operators, 

shipyards, designers, and manufacturers 

of vessels. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden has decreased from 6,536 hours 

to 4,662 hours a year, due to an 

estimated decrease in the annual 

number of responses. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. et seq., chapter 

35, as amended. 

Dated: January 30, 2024. 

Kathleen Claffie, 

Chief, Office of Privacy Management, U.S. 

Coast Guard. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02895 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6445–N–01] 

Annual Indexing of Basic Statutory 

Mortgage Limits for Multifamily 

Housing Programs 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

206A of the National Housing Act, HUD 

is providing notice of adjustment to the 

Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for 

Multifamily Housing Programs for 

calendar year 2024. 

DATES: The adjustments are effective 

January 1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Willie Fobbs III, Director, Office of 

Multifamily Production, Room 6134, 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410–8000, telephone 

(202) 402–6257 (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/ 

telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

206A of the National Housing Act (12 

U.S.C. 1712a) provides authority for the 

annual adjustment for the following 

FHA multifamily statutory dollar limits: 


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I. Section 207(c)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1713(c)(3)(A)); 

II. Section 213(b)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715e(b)(2)(A)); 

III. Section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I)); 

IV. Section 221(d)(3)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715l(d)(3)(ii)(I)); 

V. Section 221(d)(4)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715l(d)(4)(ii)(I)); 

VI. Section 231(c)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715v(c)(2)(A)); and 

VII. Section 234(e)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715y(e)(3)(A)). 

Section 206A goes on to state: 

(a) [the preceding] ‘‘Dollar Amounts’’ 

shall be adjusted annually (commencing 

in 2004) on the effective date of the 

Federal Reserve Board’s adjustment of 

the $400 figure in the Home Ownership 

and Equity Protection Act of 1994 

(HOEPA). The adjustment of the Dollar 

Amounts shall be calculated using the 

percentage change in the Consumer 

Price Index for All Urban Consumers 

(CPI–U) as applied by the Federal 

Reserve Board for purposes of the 

above-described HOEPA adjustment. 

(b) Notification[.] The Federal Reserve 

Board on a timely basis shall notify the 

Secretary, or his designee, in writing of 

the adjustment described in subsection 

(a) and of the effective date of such 

adjustment in order to permit the 

Secretary to undertake publication in 

the Federal Register of corresponding 

adjustments to the Dollar Amounts. The 

dollar amount of any adjustment shall 

be rounded to the next lower dollar. 

Note that 206A has not been updated 

to reflect the fact that HOEPA has been 

revised to use $1,000 as the basis for the 

adjustment rather than $400, and the 

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau 

has replaced the Federal Reserve Board 

in administering the adjustment. These 

changes were made by the Dodd-Frank 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act’s amendments to the 

Truth in Lending Act, as further 

explained in the regulatory 

implementation of said changes found 

in 78 FR 6856, 6879 (Jan. 31, 2013). 

The percentage change in the CPI–U 

used for the HOEPA adjustment is a 4.9 

percent increase and the effective date 

of the HOEPA adjustment is January 1, 

2024. The Dollar Amounts under 

section 206A have been adjusted 

correspondingly and have an effective 

date of January 1, 2024 (see 88 FR 

65113, Sept. 21, 2023). 

These revised statutory limits may be 

applied to FHA multifamily mortgage 

insurance applications submitted or 

amended on or after January 1, 2024, so 

long as the loan has not been initially 

endorsed. 

The adjusted Dollar Amounts for 

Calendar Year 2024 are shown below. 

Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for 

Calendar Year 2024 Multifamily Loan 

Program 

Section 207—Multifamily Housing; 

Section 207 pursuant to Section 223(f)— 

Purchase or Refinance Housing; and, 

Section 220—Housing in Urban 

Renewal Areas 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $64,979 $75,792 

1 ................ 71,980 83,980 

2 ................ 85,980 102,976 

3 ................ 105,977 128,972 

4+ .............. 119,977 145,833 

Section 213—Cooperatives 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $70,419 $74,982 

1 ................ 81,196 84,952 

2 ................ 97,925 103,302 

3 ................ 125,346 133,641 

4+ .............. 139,644 146,700 

Section 234—Condominium Housing 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $71,856 $75,620 

1 ................ 82,853 86,687 

2 ................ 99,923 105,414 

3 ................ 127,906 136,372 

4+ .............. 142,493 149,693 

Section 221(d)(4)—Moderate Income 

Housing 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $64,666 $69,853 

1 ................ 73,409 80,080 

2 ................ 88,733 97,379 

3 ................ 111,374 125,974 

4+ .............. 125,851 138,285 

Section 231—Housing for the Elderly 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $61,480 $69,853 

1 ................ 68,732 80,080 

2 ................ 82,077 97,379 

3 ................ 98,776 125,974 

4+ .............. 116,129 138,285 

Section 207—Manufactured Home Parks 

Per Space—$29,830 

Environmental Impact 

This notice involves a statutorily 

required establishment of mortgage loan 

limits that does not constitute a 

development decision affecting the 

physical condition of specific project 

areas or building sites. Accordingly, 

under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6), this notice is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

Julia R. Gordon, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Administration Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02870 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6433–N–01] 

Request for Information Regarding 

Iron, Steel, Construction Materials, and 

Manufactured Products Used in 

Housing Programs Pursuant to the 

Build America, Buy America Act 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: This Request for Information 

(RFI) seeks public input on the 

implementation of the Build America, 

Buy America Act (BABA or the Act) as 

it applies to HUD’s Federal Financial 

Assistance (FFA) provided in support of 

the construction, alteration, 

maintenance, and repair of housing 

infrastructure projects in the United 

States. The purpose of this RFI is to 

improve HUD’s understanding of the 

current state of the domestic market for 

products required in housing 

infrastructure projects. HUD is 

especially interested in comments 

detailing domestic materials sourcing, 

market readiness, other product supply 

considerations, and whether specific 

housing products or their components 

are manufactured in the United States. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: April 15, 

2024. Late-filed comments will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on this RFI. 

Copies of all comments submitted are 

available for inspection and 

downloading at www.regulations.gov. 

To receive consideration as public 

comments, comments must be 

submitted through one of the two 

methods specified below. All 

submissions must refer to the above 

docket number and title. Commenters 

are encouraged to identify the number 

of the specific question or questions to 

which they are responding. Responses 

should include the name(s) of the 

person(s) or organization(s) filing the 

comment; however, because any 

responses received by HUD will be 

publicly available, responses should not 

include any personally identifiable 


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