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1Please refer to HUD’s 2017 interim guidance for 

additional information on collaboration, 

specifically the Q&A captioned: ‘‘How can States 

Collaborate with Local Governments or PHAs?’’. 

The guidance is available at: https://

www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/ 

Interim-Guidance-for-Program-Participants-onStatus-of-Assessment-Tools-and-SubmissionOptions.pdf. This guidance is generally applicable 

to all types of program participants. 

could be reasonably expected to result 

in meaningful actions to overcome the 

effects of contributing factors and 

related fair housing issues. Further, 

program participants struggled to 

develop metrics and milestones that 

would measure their progress as they 

affirmatively furthering fair housing. 

HUD determined that program 

participants’ frequent misunderstanding 

of how to set clear goals, metrics, and 

milestones that addressed their 

identified contributing factors and 

related fair housing issues often resulted 

in non-accepted AFHs. HUD believes 

that additional technical assistance may 

result in program participants better 

understanding their obligations under 

the AFFH rule. HUD also believes that 

by enhancing its technical assistance 

that resources expended by program 

participants will be reduced because 

they are more likely to submit an initial 

AFH that can be accepted by HUD. 

Additionally, HUD determined that 

significant staff resources are required 

when deciding that an AFH will not be 

accepted because it is inconsistent with 

fair housing or civil rights requirements 

or substantially incomplete, or both. 

(See 24 CFR 5.162 (a)(2)(b).) HUD 

believes that it can reduce the resources 

expended by program participants by 

examining and revising its technical 

assistance content and methods of 

delivery so that program participants’ 

AFHs are more likely to meet the 

regulatory requirements on first 

submission. 

In order to reduce burden for program 

participants in conducting AFHs that 

meet the regulatory requirements, HUD, 

in the AFFH rule, encourages program 

participants to share resources and to 

address fair housing issues from a 

broader perspective by collaborating 

and submitting a single AFH. 

Nonetheless, HUD believes that some 

joint and regional collaborations that 

were non-accepted on their first 

submission may have benefited from 

technical assistance early in the process. 

For example, the largest regional AFH 

submitted to HUD consisted of 19 

program participants. In its review of 

the AFH, HUD determined that each of 

the 19 program participants met the 

regulatory standards for nonacceptance. 

HUD believes that improving technical 

assistance for collaborative AFHs will 

enable collaborations to more efficiently 

use their resources to address fair 

housing issues that cross jurisdictional 

boundaries. 

Based on the initial AFH reviews, 

HUD believes that local government 

program participants need additional 

time and technical assistance from HUD 

to adjust to the new AFFH process and 

complete acceptable AFH submissions. 

HUD also believes it can use this time 

to improve its Data and Mapping Tool 

(AFFH–T) and the User Interface 

(AFFH–UI). The extension period 

allows HUD to further refine its 

materials to provide additional guidance 

to program participants. Finally, this 

extension allows HUD staff to devote 

additional time to providing program 

participants, and program participants 

in an AFH collaboration, with technical 

assistance on the legal objective to 

affirmatively further fair housing. 

Consolidated plan program 

participants must continue to comply 

with existing, ongoing obligations to 

affirmatively further fair housing. Until 

a consolidated plan program participant 

is required to submit an AFH, it will 

continue to provide the AFFH 

Consolidated plan certification in 

accordance with the requirements that 

existed prior to August 17, 2015. See 24 

CFR 5.160(a)(3). The requirements 

obligated a program participant to 

certify that it will affirmatively further 

fair housing, which means that it will 

conduct an analysis of impediments (AI) 

to fair housing choice within the 

jurisdiction, take appropriate actions to 

overcome the effects of any 

impediments identified through that 

analysis, and maintain records reflecting 

the analysis and actions. 

For Consolidated plan program 

participants that are starting a new 3–5- 

year Consolidated plan cycle that begins 

before their due date for an AFH, the AI 

should continue to be updated in 

accordance with the HUD, Fair Housing 

Planning Guide (1996), available at 

https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/ 

FHPG.PDF until those consolidated plan 

program participants submit an AFH 

after October 31, 2020. HUD encourages 

consolidated plan program participants 

to use the data and mapping tool and 

the AFH Assessment Tool as resources 

for program participants that are 

updating their AIs. HUD encourages 

program participants to collaborate to 

develop a regional AI, as regional 

collaborations provide an opportunity 

for program participants to share 

resources and address fair housing 

issues that cross jurisdictional 

boundaries.1

Program participants that have 

already submitted an AFH which has 

been accepted by HUD must continue to 

execute the goals of that accepted AFH 

and are not required to conduct a 

separate AI. Program participants that 

are covered by this notice and that may 

have already begun work on an AFH 

may continue to do so, as the AFFH rule 

may provide program participants with 

a useful framework for complying with 

their AFFH obligation. 

HUD will discontinue the review of 

AFHs currently under review and will 

not render an accept, deemed accepted, 

or non-accept determination. Program 

participants that received a non-accept 

decision from HUD on their AFH 

submission and are preparing to resubmit an AFH are also covered by this 

notice and should not submit their 

revised AFHs. HUD encourages these 

program participants to use the 

information contained in their draft 

AFHs to conduct the required AI 

analysis. Finally, program participants 

prepared to submit their first AFH are 

covered by this notice and should not 

submit an AFH to HUD. Program 

participants that have not received an 

accept or non-accept determination 

from HUD, or that have received a nonaccept but will no longer be required to 

resubmit their AFH, are still required to 

prepare an AI, as described above in this 

notice. 

HUD is issuing this notice for 

applicability immediately upon 

publication. Program participants must 

continue to affirmatively further fair 

housing as required by the Fair Housing 

Act. 42 U.S.C. 3608. 

Although HUD is issuing this notice 

for applicability immediately upon 

publication, it also invites public 

comment for a period of 60-days on the 

extension. HUD will consider all the 

comments in its ongoing process of 

reviewing the Assessment of Fair 

Housing Tool for Local Governments. 

Dated: January 2, 2018. 

Anna Maria Farı ́as, 

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 

Equal Opportunity. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2017–0020] 

Outer Continental Shelf Official 

Protraction Diagrams MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Availability of World Geodetic 

System Datum of 1984 Outer 


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Continental Shelf Official Protraction 

Diagrams. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

availability of new World Geodetic 

System Datum of 1984 (WGS 84)-based 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Official 

Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) depicting 

geographic areas located in the Pacific 

Ocean. The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), in accordance 

with its authority and responsibility 

under the OCS Lands Act, is 

announcing the availability of maps that 

could be used for the description of 

potential energy and mineral lease sales 

in the geographic areas they represent. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the OPDs are 

available for download in .pdf format at: 

https://www.boem.gov/Oil-and-GasEnergy-Program/Mapping-and-Data/ 

Pacific.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Vandegraft, Chief, Mapping and 

Boundary Branch at (703) 787–1312 or 

via email at Doug.Vandegraft@

boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The maps 

represent the first non-provisional OPDs 

published by BOEM that reflect Federal 

waters seaward of the State of Hawaii. 

The Submerged Lands Act Boundary 

was projected three nautical miles 

seaward from the shoreline as shown on 

nautical charts produced by the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration dated 2001–2008. 

Further information is provided on the 

specific OPDs. 

Outer Continental Shelf Official 

Protraction Diagrams in the Pacific 

Ocean 

Description/Date 

NF04–08 (Kauai Channel)—09/01/ 

2017 

NF04–09 (Oahu)—09/01/2017 

NF04–12 (Maui)—09/01/2017 

Dated: December 29, 2017. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28501 Filed 1–4–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Receipt of Complaint; 

Solicitation of Comments Relating to 

the Public Interest 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has received a complaint 

entitled Certain Graphics Processors 

and Products Containing the Same, DN 

3285; the Commission is soliciting 

comments on any public interest issues 

raised by the complaint or 

complainant’s filing pursuant to the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 

20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The 

public version of the complaint can be 

accessed on the Commission’s 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov, 

and will be available for inspection 

during official business hours (8:45 a.m. 

to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server at United 

States International Trade Commission 

(USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The 

public record for this investigation may 

be viewed on the Commission’s 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons are advised 

that information on this matter can be 

obtained by contacting the 

Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 

205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission has received a complaint 

and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b) 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure filed on behalf of ZiiLabs 

Inc., Ltd. on December 29, 2017. The 

complaint alleges violations of section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1337) in the importation into the United 

States, the sale for importation, and the 

sale within the United States after 

importation of certain graphics 

processors and products containing the 

same. The complaint names as 

respondents ASUSTeK Computer Inc. of 

Taiwan; ASUS Computer International 

of Fremont, CA; EVGA Corporation of 

Brea, CA; Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 

of Taiwan; G.B.T. Inc. of City of 

Industry, CA; Micro-Star International 

Co., Ltd. of Taiwan; MSI Computer Corp 

of City of Industry, CA; Nintendo Co., 

Ltd. of Japan; Nintendo of America Inc. 

of Redmond, WA; Nvidia Corporation of 

Santa Clara, CA; PNY Technologies Inc. 

of Parsippany, NJ; Zotac International 

(MCO) Ltd. of Macau; and Zotac USA 

Inc. of Duarte, CA. The complainant 

requests that the Commission issue a 

limited exclusion order, a cease and 

desist order, and impose a bond upon 

respondents’ alleged infringing articles 

during the 60-day Presidential review 

period pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337(j). 

Proposed respondents, other 

interested parties, and members of the 

public are invited to file comments, not 

to exceed five (5) pages in length, 

inclusive of attachments, on any public 

interest issues raised by the complaint 

or § 210.8(b) filing. Comments should 

address whether issuance of the relief 

specifically requested by the 

complainant in this investigation would 

affect the public health and welfare in 

the United States, competitive 

conditions in the United States 

economy, the production of like or 

directly competitive articles in the 

United States, or United States 

consumers. 

In particular, the Commission is 

interested in comments that: 

(i) Explain how the articles 

potentially subject to the requested 

remedial orders are used in the United 

States; 

(ii) identify any public health, safety, 

or welfare concerns in the United States 

relating to the requested remedial 

orders; 

(iii) identify like or directly 

competitive articles that complainant, 

its licensees, or third parties make in the 

United States which could replace the 

subject articles if they were to be 

excluded; 

(iv) indicate whether complainant, 

complainant’s licensees, and/or third 

party suppliers have the capacity to 

replace the volume of articles 

potentially subject to the requested 

exclusion order and/or a cease and 

desist order within a commercially 

reasonable time; and 

(v) explain how the requested 

remedial orders would impact United 

States consumers. 

Written submissions must be filed no 

later than by close of business, eight 

calendar days after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. There will be further 

opportunities for comment on the 

public interest after the issuance of any 

final initial determination in this 

investigation. 

Persons filing written submissions 

must file the original document 

electronically on or before the deadlines 

stated above and submit 8 true paper 

copies to the Office of the Secretary by 

noon the next day pursuant to § 210.4(f) 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (19 CFR 210.4(f)). 

Submissions should refer to the docket 


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