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opportunity provider, employer, and 

lender.’’ 

9. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection 

requirements contained in this 

document are those of the Housing 

Choice Voucher Program, which have 

been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 USC 3501–3520) and assigned OMB 

control number 2577–0169. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, HUD may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Dated: April 22, 2009. 

James C. Alsop, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–9828 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications: 

Section 514, 515, and 516 Multi-Family 

Housing Revitalization Demonstration 

Program (MPR) for Fiscal Year 2009 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Announcement Type: Inviting 

applications from eligible applicants for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 funding. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number (CFDA): 10.447. 

SUMMARY: USDA Rural Development 

(Agency) which administers the 

programs of the Rural Housing Service 

(RHS) announces the timeframe to 

submit applications to participate in a 

demonstration program to preserve and 

revitalize existing rural rental housing 

projects financed by Rural Development 

under Section 515, Section 514, and 

Section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, 

as amended. A subsequent Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) will be 

published with specific funding 

information for fiscal year 2009 at a later 

date. The intended effect is to 

restructure selected existing Section 515 

multi-family housing loans and Section 

514 and 516 off-farm labor housing 

loans and grants expressly for the 

purpose of ensuring that sufficient 

resources are available to preserve the 

rental project for the purpose of 

providing safe and affordable housing 

for very low-, low-, or moderate-income 

residents. Expectations are that 

properties participating in this program 

will be revitalized and the affordable 

use will be extended without displacing 

tenants because of increased rents. No 

additional Agency rental assistance 

units will be made available under this 

program. 

DATES: The deadline for receipt of all 

pre-applications in response to this 

Notice of Solicitation Availability 

(NOSA) is 5 p.m., Eastern Time, June 

29, 2009. The pre-application closing 

deadline is firm as to date and hour. The 

Agency will not consider any preapplication that is received after the 

closing deadline. Applicants intending 

to mail pre-applications must allow 

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) 

and postage-due pre-applications will 

not be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Foxworth, 

cynthia.reesefoxworth@usda.gov, (202) 

720–1940, Finance and Loan Analyst, 

Multi-Family Housing Preservation and 

Direct Loan Division, STOP 0782 (Room 

1263–S), U. S. Department of 

Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0782. (Please 

note this telephone number is not a tollfree number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection 

requirements contained in this Notice 

have received approval from the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

under Control Number 0570–0190. 

Overview 

The Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2008 (Pub. L. 110–161), December 26, 

2007, details which level of funding and 

conditions were continued by the 

Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Pub. L. 111–8) (March 11, 2009), 

provides funding for and authorizes 

Rural Development to conduct a 

demonstration program for the 

preservation and revitalization of the 

Section 515 multi-family housing 

portfolio and Section 514 and 516 offfarm labor housing portfolio. Sections 

514, 515 and 516 multi-family housing 

programs are authorized by the Housing 

Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

Sections 1484, 1485, 1486) and provide 

Rural Development with the authority to 

make loans for low-income multi-family 

housing and farm labor housing and 

related facilities. 

Program Administration 

I. Funding Opportunities Description 

This NOSA solicits pre-applications 

from eligible borrowers/applicants to 

restructure existing multi-family 

housing within the Agency’s Section 

515 multi-family housing portfolio and 

the 514/516 off-farm labor housing 

portfolio for the purpose of 

revitalization and preservation. The 

demonstration program shall be referred 

to in this notice as the Multi-Family 

Housing Revitalization Demonstration 

program (MPR). Agency regulations for 

the Section 515 multi-family housing 

program and for the Sections 514/516 

off farm labor housing program are 

published at 7 CFR part 3560. 

The MPR is intended to assure that 

existing rental projects will continue to 

deliver decent, safe, and sanitary 

affordable rental housing for the lesser 

of the remaining term of the loan or 20 

years from the date of the MPR 

transaction closing. Once an applicant 

has been confirmed eligible and the 

project has been selected by the Agency 

in the process described in this notice, 

and the applicant agrees to participate 

in the MPR demonstration by written 

notification to the Agency, an 

independent third-party capital needs 

assessment (CNA) will be conducted to 

provide a fair and objective review of 

projected capital needs. The Agency 

shall implement this NOSA through an 

MPR Conditional Commitment 

(MPRCC) Letter of Conditions with the 

eligible borrower, which will include all 

the terms and conditions under this 

NOSA, including the MPR Debt Deferral 

Agreement. 

The primary restructuring tool to be 

used in this program is debt deferral for 

up to 20 years of the existing Section 

514 and 515 loans obligated prior to 

October 1, 1991. The cash flow from the 

deferred payment will be deposited, as 

directed by the Agency, to the reserve 

account to help meet the future physical 

needs of the property or to reduce rents. 

Debt deferral is described as follows: 

Debt Deferral: A deferral of the 

existing Agency debt for the lesser of the 

remaining term of the loan or 20 years. 

All terms and conditions of the deferral 

will be described in the MPR Debt 

Deferral Agreement. A balloon payment 

of principal and accrued interest will be 

due at the end of the deferral period. 

Interest will accrue at the promissory 

note rate and subsidy will be applied as 

set out in the Agency’s Interest Credit 

Agreement. Interest will not be charged 

on the deferred interest. 

If the resulting cash flow is not 

adequate to address the long-term needs 


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of the project, the Agency may use the 

following sources of funds: 

(1) Other Agency Restructuring Tools as 

Follows 

(i) MPR Revitalization Grant: A 

revitalization grant (for non-profit 

applicants/borrowers only) is limited to 

the cost of correcting health and safety 

violations as identified by the CNA. The 

grant administration will be in 

accordance with applicable provisions 

of 7 CFR parts 3015 and 3019, as 

applicable. 

(ii) MPR Revitalization Zero Percent 

Loan: A revitalization loan at zero 

percent interest that will have a term of 

30 years and be amortized over 50 years. 

(iii) MPR Soft-Second Loan: A loan 

with a one percent interest rate that will 

have its accrued interest and principal 

deferred, to a balloon payment, due at 

the time the latest maturing Section 514 

or Section 515 loan already in place at 

the time of closing becomes due. The 

term of the soft-second loan will not be 

timed to match the term of any new 515 

loan added during the transaction. 

MPR funds cannot be used to add new 

units, community rooms, playgrounds, 

and/or laundry rooms. However, other 

funding sources as outlined below in (2) 

through (6) can be used either for 

revitalization or for improvements listed 

above to the projects. 

(2) Rural Development Section 515 

Rehabilitation Loan Funds 

(3) Rural Development Section 514/516 

Off Farm Rehabilitation Loan and Grant 

Funds 

(4) Rural Development Section 538 

Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing 

Program Financing 

(5) Rural Development Multi-Family 

Housing Re-lending Demonstration 

Program Funds 

(6) Third-party Funds in the Form of 

Loans With Below Market Rates (Below 

the AFR), Grants, Tax Credits, and Tax 

Exempt Financing 

(7) Owner-provided Capital 

Contributions in the Form of a Cash 

Infusion; A Cash Infusion Is Not a Loan 

Transfers, subordinations, and 

consolidations may be approved as part 

of a MPR transaction in accordance with 

existing servicing authorities of the 

Agency as available in 7 CFR part 3560. 

If a transfer is part of the MPR 

transaction, the transfer must meet the 

requirements of 7 CFR part 3560.406 

before the MPR transaction is processed. 

For the purposes of the MPR, the 

restructuring transactions will be 

identified in three categories: 

(1) Simple transactions that involve 

no change in ownership. 

(2) Complex transactions which 

consist of a property transfer to new 

ownership processed in accordance 

with 7 CFR 3560.406, or transactions 

requiring a subordination agreement as 

a result of third party funds. 

(3) Portfolio transactions that are 

defined as multiple project sale 

transactions with a common purchaser 

or multiple MPR transactions with one 

stay-in owner all within one State 

closed on or after September 30, 2008. 

The common purchaser or stay-in owner 

must have at least one general partner 

in common. 

Each transactional category may 

utilize any or all restructuring tools. 

MPR Restructuring tools that may be 

available to address capital needs are 

based on the capital needs assessment 

process and the underwriting feasibility 

determination. 

While all non-deferred Agency debt, 

either in first lien position or a 

subordinated lien position must be 

secured within market value, deferred 

debt may exceed the market value of the 

security. Payment of such deferred debt 

will not be required from normal project 

operation income, but from excess cash 

from project operations and the value of 

the property after all other secured debts 

are satisfied. 

The following lays out the general 

steps of the MPR application process: 

(1) Pre-application: Applicants must 

submit a pre-application described in 

Section VI. This pre-application process 

is designed to lessen the cost burden on 

all applicants including those who may 

not be eligible or whose proposals may 

not be feasible. 

(2) Eligible Properties: Using criteria 

described below in Section III, USDA 

will conduct an initial screening for 

eligibility. As described in Section VIII, 

USDA will conduct additional 

eligibility screening later in the 

selection process. 

(3) Scoring and Ranking: All eligible, 

complete and timely-filed preapplications will be scored, ranked and 

put in funding categories as discussed 

in Sections VI and VII. 

(4) Formal Applications: Top ranked 

pre-applicants will be invited to submit 

a formal application. As discussed in 

Section VIII paragraph (2) of this notice, 

USDA will require the owner to provide 

a capital needs assessment in order to 

determine the proper combination of 

tools to be offered to the applicant, to 

perform additional eligibility review, 

and to underwrite the proposal to 

determine financial feasibility. Where 

proposals are found to be ineligible or 

financially infeasible, owners will be 

informed and proposals lower in the 

funding categories will be considered. 

(5) Financial Feasibility: Using the 

results of the CNA to help identify the 

need for resources and applicant 

provided information regarding 

anticipated or available third-party 

financing, the Agency will determine 

the financial feasibility of each potential 

transaction, using restructuring tools 

available either through existing 

regulatory authorities or specifically 

authorized through this demonstration 

program. A project is financially feasible 

when a property can provide affordable, 

safe, decent, and sanitary housing for 20 

years or the remaining term of any 

Agency loan whichever ends later, by 

using the authorities of this program 

while minimizing the cost to the 

Agency, and without increasing rents 

for tenants and farm laborers, except 

when necessary to meet normal and 

necessary operating expenses. If the 

transaction is determined financially 

feasible by the Agency, the borrower 

will be offered a restructuring proposal, 

which will include the requirement that 

the borrower will execute, for 

recordation, a restrictive use covenant 

for a period of 20 years, the remaining 

term of any existing loans, or the 

remaining term of any existing 

restrictive-use provisions, whichever 

ends later. The restructuring proposal 

will be established in the form of the 

MPRCC/Letter of Conditions. 

(6) MPR Agreements: If the offer is 

accepted by the applicant, the Agency 

and applicant will enter into a MPRCC. 

The applicant must also agree to restrict 

the property use pursuant to Agency 

direction when the MPR transaction is 

closed. Any third-party lender will be 

required to subordinate to the Agency’s 

restrictive use covenant unless the 

Agency determines on a case-by-case 

basis that the lender refuses to 

subordinate and such refusal will not 

compromise the purpose of the MPR. 

The Agency may also request that the 

applicant sign an agreement that would 

require the owner to escrow reserve, tax, 

and insurance payments in accordance 

with all pertinent current and future 

Agency regulations. In addition, the 

Agency may also request that the 

applicant agree to accept future rent 

increases based on an Annual 

Adjustment Factor (AAF). The AAF 

allows rents to be adjusted by the 

annual inflation factor as determined by 

the United States Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). The exact AAF will 

be established in the MPR Agreement. 

(7) General Requirements: The MPR 

transactions may be conducted with a 

stay-in owner (simple or portfolio) or 

may involve a change in ownership 


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(complex or portfolio). Any housing or 

related facilities that are constructed or 

repaired must meet the Agency design 

and construction standards and the 

development standards contained in 7 

CFR part 1924, subparts A and C, 

respectively. Once constructed, Section 

515 multi-family housing and Sections 

514/516 off farm labor housing must be 

managed in accordance with 7 CFR part 

3560. Tenant eligibility will be limited 

to persons who qualify as an eligible 

household under Agency regulations or 

who are eligible under the requirements 

established to qualify for housing 

benefits provided by sources other than 

the Agency, such as U. S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 

Section 8 assistance or Low Income 

Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Assistance. 

Additional tenant eligibility 

requirements are contained in 7 CFR 

section 3560.152. 

(8) Voluntary Community Market Rent 

Demonstration (available for Section 

515 properties only): In conjunction 

with this demonstration, Rural 

Development announces the 

opportunity for all successful Section 

515 applicants to participate on a 

voluntary basis in a viability test of a 30 

percent limitation on tenant rents, as 

proposed in Section 544(b)(7) of Saving 

America’s Rural Housing Act of 2006, 

H.R. 5039, for post-restructured 

properties. Owners of properties in the 

Section 515 restructuring program may 

elect to participate in the ‘‘community 

market rent’’ demonstration which will 

allow an owner to set a rent above the 

approved basic rent for any unit not 

currently occupied by a tenant receiving 

Rural Development rental assistance. 

Eligible tenants for these units must 

have adjusted annual incomes sufficient 

to allow them to pay the community 

market rent using less than 30 percent 

of their adjusted income. Tenants would 

be allowed to occupy without paying 

overage, additional sums that would 

otherwise be required to bring their rent 

payment up to 30 percent of income. 

With Rural Development’s consent, up 

to 50 percent of the difference between 

the basic rent and the new ‘‘community 

market rent’’ could be retained by the 

owner as an increased return. 

For example, if the basic rent is $350, 

the owner could create a community 

market rent at $410, and market the unit 

to tenants who could pay that rent at 

less than 30 percent of adjusted income. 

A percentage of the difference, $60 

could be retained by the owner, as 

negotiated with Rural Development, up 

to $30. 

Prior to implementation of the 

community market rent demonstrations, 

Rural Development will issue guidance 

to successful applicants who have 

indicated an interest in participating in 

the demonstration providing further 

details with respect to the program. 

(9) Increased Return to Owner (RTO) 

for Stay-in-Owners: Stay-in-owners are 

existing borrowers that will retain their 

property, who contribute cash to fund 

any hard costs of construction to meet 

immediate needs identified by the CNA 

may receive a return on investment on 

those funds provided the Agency 

determines an increased return on 

investment is financially feasible, and it 

approves such a return in the 

revitalization plan presented to the 

borrower as an MPR offer. The Agency 

also may offer that the return to owner 

be included in a ‘‘cash flow split’’ 

agreement as outlined in MPRCC/Letter 

of Conditions. The cash flow split 

allows 50 percent of excess cash, 

generated by the owner’s fiscal year end, 

to be split between paying down any 

outstanding deferred Agency loan 

balances and 50 percent to be returned 

to the borrower as an increased return 

to owner, subject to the provisions of 7 

CFR section 3560.68. 

II. Award Information 

The Consolidated Security, Disaster 

Assistance and Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 110– 

329) (September 30, 2008) (Consolidated 

Appropriations Act 2009) continued the 

level of funding and conditions until 

March 6, 2009, from the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008 (Pub. L. 110– 

161) (December 26, 2007) which 

appropriated $20,000,000 to Rural 

Development for the MPR 

Demonstration Program. 

All funding must be approved no later 

than September 15, 2009, and obligated 

by the Agency not later than September 

22, 2009. If funds available for the MPR 

are fully used before all pre-applications 

that have been determined eligible and 

selected under this NOSA are funded, 

the unfunded approved properties may 

receive priority for funding from the 

next fiscal year’s resources available for 

multi-family housing revitalization if 

additional funds become available and 

the selected properties/owners meet any 

future eligibility criteria. 

III. Eligibility Information 

Applicants (and the principals 

associated with each applicant) must 

meet the following requirements: 

(1) Eligibility under 7 CFR 3560.55; 

however, the requirements described in 

7 CFR 3560.55(a)(5) pertaining to 

required borrower contributions and 7 

CFR 3560.55(a)(6) pertaining to required 

contributions of initial operating capital 

are waived for all MPR proposals. 

(2) For Section 515 multi-family 

housing projects an average physical 

vacancy rate over the twelve months 

preceding the filing of the preapplication of no more than 10 percent 

for projects of 16 units or more and 15 

percent for projects under 16 units 

unless an exception applies under 

Section VI paragraph (1)(ii) of this 

notice. If a project consolidation is 

involved, the consolidation will remain 

eligible so long as the average vacancy 

rate for all the projects involved meets 

the occupancy standard of this 

paragraph. 

For Sections 514 and 516 off-farm 

labor housing projects, rather than an 

average physical vacancy rate as stated 

above, the property must have positive 

cash flow for the previous full three 

years of operation unless an exception 

applies under Section VI paragraph 

(1)(ii) of this Notice. 

(3) Ownership of and ability to 

operate the facility after the transaction 

is completed. (In the event of a transfer, 

the proposed transferee with an 

executed purchase agreement or other 

evidence of site control will be the 

applicant). 

(4) A CNA and Agency financial 

evaluation must be conducted to ensure 

that utilization of the restructuring tools 

of the MPR program is financially 

feasible and necessary for the 

revitalization and preservation of the 

property for affordable housing. Initial 

eligibility for processing will be 

determined as of the date of the preapplication filing deadline. The Agency 

reserves the right to discontinue 

processing in the event that material 

changes in the applicant’s status occurs 

any time after the initial determination. 

IV. Equal Opportunity and 

Nondiscrimination Requirements 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

(1) Borrowers and applicants will 

comply with the provisions of 7 CFR 

section 3560.2. 

(2) All housing must meet the 

accessibility requirements found at 7 

CFR section 3560.60(d). 

(3) All MPR participants must submit 

or have on file a valid Form RD 400–1, 

‘‘Equal Opportunity Agreement’’ and 

Form RD 400–4, ‘‘Assurance 

Agreement.’’ 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, sex, marital status, familial 

status, religion, or because all or part of 

an individual’s income is derived from 

any public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 


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alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (Voice and TDD). To file a 

complaint of discrimination, write to 

USDA, Director, Office of Adjudication 

and Compliance, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

9410, or call (800) 795–3272 (Voice) or 

(202) 720–6382 (TDD). 

The policies and regulations 

contained in 7 CFR part 1901, subpart 

E, apply to this program. 

The Federal Register Notice pertains 

to announcing the availability of funds 

and the timeframe to submit 

applications to participate in a 

demonstration program to preserve and 

revitalize existing rural rental housing 

projects financed by Rural Development 

under Section 515, Section 514, and 

Section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, 

as amended. This Notice does not have 

an adverse impact on minority/lowincome populations. 

V. Authorities Available for MPR 

MPR tools will be used in accordance 

with 7 CFR 3560 and its associated 

handbooks (available in any Rural 

Development office). The program will 

be administered within the resources 

available to the Agency through Public 

Law 110–329 for the preservation and 

revitalization of Sections 514/516 off 

farm and Section 515 financed 

properties. In the event that provisions 

of 7 CFR 3560 conflict with this 

demonstration program, the provisions 

of the MPR will take precedence. 

VI. Application and Submission 

Information 

(1) The application submission and 

scoring process will be completed in 

two phases in order to avoid 

unnecessary effort and expense on the 

part of interested borrowers/applicants 

and to allow additional points for 

applicants that propose a transfer of a 

troubled project to an eligible owner. 

The first phase is the pre-application 

process. The applicant must submit a 

complete pre-application by the 

deadline date under the DATES section of 

this Notice. The applicant’s submission 

will be classified as ‘‘complete’’ when a 

‘‘pre-application’’ is received by multifamily housing staff for each MPR 

proposal the applicant wishes to be 

considered in the demonstration. In the 

event the MPR proposal involves a 

project consolidation it will be 

completed in accordance with 7 CFR 

3560.410. One pre-application for the 

proposed consolidated project is 

required and must identify each project 

included in the consolidation. If the 

MPR proposal involves a portfolio, one 

pre-application for each project in the 

portfolio is required and each preapplication must identify each project to 

be purchased as part of the portfolio. 

The form to be used for the preapplication is ‘‘MPR Pre-application’’ 

and is attached at the end of this Notice. 

An electronic version of this form may 

be found on the Internet at http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/NOSAs/ 

index.html. 

In order for the pre-application to be 

considered complete, all applicable 

information requested on the MPR Preapplication form must be provided. 

Additional information that must be 

provided with the pre-application, 

when applicable, includes: 

(i) A copy of a purchase agreement if 

a transfer is being considered. 

(ii) A current market survey 

(completed within the previous 12 

months of the filing of an MPR 

application) if the project’s occupancy 

standards cited in Section III (2) above 

are not met and there is an 

overwhelming market demand 

evidenced by waiting lists and a 

housing shortage confirmed by local 

housing agencies and realtors. The 

market survey must show a clear need 

and demand for the project once a 

restructuring transaction is completed. 

The results of the survey of existing or 

proposed rental or labor housing, 

including complex name, location, 

number of units, bedroom mix, family 

or elderly type, year built, rent charges 

must be provided as well as the existing 

vacancy rate of all available rental units 

in the community, their waiting lists 

and amenities, and the availability of 

rental assistance or other subsidies. For 

proposals where the applicant is 

requesting LIHTC, the number of LIHTC 

units and the maximum LIHTC incomes 

and rents by unit size must be provided. 

The Rural Development State Director 

will determine whether or not the 

proposal has market feasibility based on 

the data provided by the applicant. Any 

costs associated with the completion of 

the market survey will NOT be 

considered a project expense. 

Unless an exception under this 

section applies, the requirements stated 

in Section III, paragraph (2) of this 

notice must be met. 

The second phase of the application 

process will be completed by the 

Agency based on Agency records and 

the pre-application information. 

All eligible, complete, and timelyfiled pre-applications will then be 

scored and ranked based on points 

received during this two-phase 

application process. 

Further, the Agency will categorize 

each MPR proposal as being potentially 

Simple, Complex, or Portfolio based on 

the information submitted on the preapplication and in accordance with the 

category description provided in 

Section I of this Notice. 

(2) Pre-applications can be submitted 

either electronically using the MPR Preapplication form or in hard copy using 

the MPR Pre-application form. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged, but 

not required, to submit the preapplication electronically. The Agency 

will record pre-applications received 

electronically by the actual date and 

time received in the MPR Web site mail 

box. Hard copy pre-applications 

received on or before the deadline date 

will receive the close of business time 

of the day received as the receipt time. 

Assistance for filing electronic and hard 

copy pre-applications can be obtained 

from any Rural Development State 

Office. 

The electronic pre-application is 

stored as an Adobe Acrobat fillable 

form. The form contains a button 

labeled ‘‘Submit by Email.’’ Clicking on 

the button will result in an e-mail with 

an attachment that includes the 

electronic pre-application form. The 

form will be sent via e-mail to the MultiFamily Housing Preservation and Direct 

Loan Division (MPLD) in Washington, 

DC for consideration. Please click this 

button only once, as multiple clicks 

result in multiple filings. 

Please Note: If a purchase agreement or 

market survey is required, these additional 

documents are to be attached to the resulting 

e-mail prior to submission. 

Pre-application forms and MPR 

information may be accessed from the 

Agency’s Internet Web site http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/mfh/MPR/ 

MPRHome.htm or obtained by 

contacting the State Office in the state 

where the project is located. Hard copy 

pre-applications and additional 

materials can be mailed to the attention 

of Cynthia Foxworth, Finance and Loan 

Analyst, Multi-Family Housing 

Preservation and Direct Loan Division 

(MPLD), STOP 0782 (Room 1263–S), 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural 

Housing Service, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0781. 

Note: All documents must be received on 

or before the pre-application closing deadline 

to be considered complete and timely filed. 

Pre-applications that do not include a 

Purchase Agreement for transfer proposals, 

and/or market surveys for projects that do not 

meet the occupancy standards of Section III 

paragraph (2) of this notice, or if applicable, 

the requirements for the exception in Section 

VI paragraph (1)(ii) of this notice, will be 


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considered incomplete and will be returned 

to the applicant with appeal rights if not 

submitted by the closing deadline. 

VII. Selection Process 

Pre-application ranking points will be 

based on information provided during 

the submission process and in Agency 

records. Points will be awarded as 

follows: 

(1) Contribution of funds from other 

sources. Other funds are those discussed 

in items (2) through (7) of Section I 

‘‘Funding Opportunities Description’’. 

Points awarded are to be based on 

documented written evidence that the 

funds are committed. The maximum 

points awarded for this criterion is 25 

points. These points will be awarded in 

the following manner: 

(i) Evidence of a commitment of at 

least $3,000 to $5,000 per unit per 

property from other sources—15 points, 

or 

(ii) Evidence of a commitment greater 

than $5,000 per unit per property from 

other sources—20 points, or 

(iii) Evidence of a commitment greater 

than $5,000 per unit per property from 

other sources and a binding written 

commitment by a third party to 

contribute 25 percent or more of any 

allowable developer fee to the hard 

costs of construction—25 points. 

(2) Owner contribution. The 

maximum points awarded for this 

criterion is 15 points. These points will 

be awarded in the following manner: 

(i) Owner contribution sufficient to 

pay transaction costs. (These funds 

cannot be from project reserve or 

operating funds or in the form of a loan). 

Transaction costs are defined as those 

costs required to complete the 

transaction and include, but are not 

limited to, the CNA, legal and closing 

costs, appraisal costs and filing/ 

recording fees. The minimum 

contribution required to receive these 

points is $5,000 per project and will be 

required to be deposited in the property 

reserve account prior to closing—5 

points. 

(ii) Owner contribution for the hard 

costs of construction. (These funds 

cannot be from project reserve or 

operating funds or in the form of a loan). 

Hard costs of construction are defined 

as a hard asset such as inventory, 

equipment, property or machinery. Hard 

costs are itemized on Form RD 1924–13 

‘‘Estimate and Certificate of Actual 

Cost’’. Form RD 1924–13 can be found 

at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/regs/ 

Forms/1924–13.pdf. The minimum 

contribution required to receive these 

points is $1,000 per unit which will be 

required to be deposited in the property 

reserve account prior to closing. An 

increased return to owner may be 

budgeted and allowed for funds 

committed in accordance with 7 CFR 

section 3560.406(d)(14)(ii). 10 points. 

(3) Age of project. For project 

consolidation proposals, the project 

with the earliest operational date will be 

used in calculating the age of the 

project. Since the age of the project and 

the date that the loan was made are 

directly related to physical needs, a 

maximum of 25 points will be awarded 

on the following criteria: 

(i) Projects with initial operational 

dates prior to December 21, 1979—25 

points. 

(ii) Projects with initial operational 

dates on or after December 21, 1979, but 

before December 15, 1989—20 points. 

(iii) Projects with initial operational 

dates on or after December 15, 1989, but 

before October 1, 1991—15 points. 

(4) Troubled project points. The 

Agency may award up to 25 additional 

points to facilitate the transfer and 

revitalization of projects the Agency 

considers as troubled due to an act of 

nature or where physical and/or 

financial deterioration or management 

deficiencies exist. Projects with an 

Agency classification of ‘‘C’’ or ‘‘D’’ 

according to Agency Handbook 2–3560, 

Chapter 9, Paragraph 9.7 (available at 

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/regs/ 

hblist.html) will be considered troubled. 

Projects that are classified ‘‘B’’ and do 

not involve a transfer will also receive 

consideration. The handbook definition 

of Agency classification takes precedent 

over Multifamily Housing Information 

System (MFIS) status. Points will be 

awarded in the following manner: 

(i) For Stay-in Owners only: If the 

Agency servicing classification is B as a 

result of a workout plan approved by 

the Agency prior to January 1, 2009—25 

points. 

(ii) If the Agency servicing 

classification is C or D for 24 months or 

more—20 points. 

(iii) If the Agency servicing 

classification is C or D for less than 24 

months—15 points. 

(5) Prior Agency approvals. In the 

interest of ensuring timely application 

processing and underwriting, the 

Agency will award up to 20 points for 

properties with CNAs already approved 

by the Agency. ‘‘Approved’’ means 

either after the initial CNA has been 

reviewed and approved or after an 

updated CNA has been reviewed and 

approved by the Agency. CNAs over 12 

months old may not be used for MPR 

underwriting without an update 

approved by the Agency. Points will be 

awarded for: 

(i) CNAs approved on or after October 

1, 2007 and prior to October 1, 2008— 

10 points. 

(ii) CNAs approved on or after 

October 1, 2008 but before the 

publication of the FY 2009 MPR 

NOSA—20 points. 

(6) Energy generation. Applicants will 

be awarded 5 points if the proposal 

includes the installation of energy 

generation systems to be funded by a 

third party. The proposal must include 

an overview of the energy generation 

system being proposed. Evidence that 

an energy generation system has been 

funded by a third party and that it has 

a quantifiable positive impact on energy 

consumption will be required. 5 points. 

(7) Energy conservation. Applicants 

will be awarded up to 10 points if the 

proposal includes a written 

commitment evidenced by the 

application to achieve the following 

objectives which may be verified after 

rehabilitation or repair of a property: 

(i) ENERGY STAR compliance. In 

general rehabilitation that earns the 

ENERGY STAR label for residential 

construction. Units earning the ENERGY 

STAR label must be independently 

verified to meet guidelines for energy 

efficiency as set by the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. All 

procedures used in verifying a unit for 

the ENERGY STAR label must comply 

with National Home Energy Ratings 

System (HERS) guidelines. ENERGY 

STAR guidelines for residential 

construction apply to single or low-rise 

multi-family residential buildings. 2 

Points. 

(ii) More efficient heating, ventilation 

and air conditioning (HVAC) 

equipment. The rehabilitated HVAC 

equipment is more energy efficient than 

the previous HVAC equipment. 2 

Points. 

(iii) More efficient windows. The 

newly installed windows are more 

energy efficient than the previous 

windows. 2 Points. 

(iv) Additional attic insulation. 

Additional attic insulation is added to 

the property. 2 Points. 

(v) Using ‘‘green’’ or renewable 

materials. Applicant uses ‘‘green’’ or 

renewable materials in the rehabilitation 

or repair of the property. 2 Points. 

(8) Tenant service provision. The 

Agency will award 5 points for 

applications that include new services 

provided by a non-profit organization, 

which may include a faith-based 

organization, or by a Government 

agency. Such services shall be provided 

at no cost to the project and shall be 

made available to all tenants. Examples 

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Points. 

(9) Consolidation of project 

operations. To encourage posttransaction operational cost savings and 

management efficiencies, the Agency 

will award 5 points for applications that 

include at least two properties that will 

consolidate project budget and 

management operations and 10 points 

for applicants that include at least five 

properties that will consolidate project 

budget and management operations. 

Consolidations must meet the 

requirements of 7 CFR 3560.410. 

(10) Property is located in a 

Presidentially declared Disaster Area. 

Borrowers can determine if they are in 

a Presidentially declared Disaster Area 

by checking http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/disasters. 10 

Points. 

Note: For projects within a portfolio 

transaction or group of consolidated projects 

within a portfolio transaction, the Agency 

will calculate the average score for each 

project and each consolidation project group 

within the sale or consolidation. 

The Agency will total the points 

awarded to each pre-application 

received within the timeframes of this 

Notice and rank each pre-application 

according to total score. If point totals 

are equal, the earliest time and date the 

pre-application was received by the 

Agency will determine the ranking. In 

the event pre-applications are still tied, 

they will be further ranked by giving 

priority to those properties with the 

earliest Rural Development operational 

date. 

Eligibility will then be confirmed on 

the 16 highest-scoring and complete 

pre-applications per State. If one or 

more of the 16 highest-scoring preapplications is determined ineligible, 

(i.e. the applicant is a borrower that is 

not in good standing with the Agency or 

has been debarred or suspended by the 

Agency, etc.) the next highest-scoring 

pre-application will be confirmed for 

eligibility. 

If one or more of the 16 highestranking pre-applications is a portfolio 

transaction, then eligibility 

determinations will be conducted on all 

of the pre-applications associated with 

the portfolio transaction. Should any of 

the pre-applications associated with the 

portfolio transaction be determined 

ineligible, that pre-application will be 

dropped, but the overall eligibility of 

the portfolio transaction will not be 

affected as long as the requirements in 

Section I ‘‘Funding Opportunities 

Description’’ are met. 

Once ranking has been established, 

the Agency will conduct a four-step 

process to select pre-applications for 

submission of formal applications. This 

process is needed to assure that the 

Agency can process the proposed 

transactions within available staffing 

resources, develop a representative 

sampling of revitalization transaction 

types, assure geographic distribution, 

and assure an adequate pipeline of 

transactions to use all available funding. 

Step One: The Agency will review the 

eligible pre-applications nationwide, 

identify pre-applications as either RRH 

or FLH projects and then as Simple, 

Complex, or Portfolio and separate them 

by State. 

Step Two: The Agency will select, for 

further processing, the nationally topranked portfolio sale transactions until 

a total of $100,000,000 in potential debt 

deferral is reached. Portfolio 

transactions will be limited to one per 

State (either RRH or FLH) and will 

count as one (1) MPR transaction. 

Step Three: The highest ranked RRH 

complex transactions in each state will 

be selected for further processing, not to 

exceed 2 per State. The highest ranked 

FLH complex transactions in each state 

will be selected for further processing, 

not to exceed one (1) per state. 

Step Four: Additional projects will be 

selected from the highest ranked eligible 

pre-applications involving simple 

transactions in that state until a total of 

5 RRH pre-applications for MPR 

transactions per state is reached. If a 

FLH complex transaction has not been 

selected in Step Three above, one 

additional FLH project will be selected 

from the highest ranked eligible preapplications involving FLH simple 

transactions, in that state, until a total 

of 6 pre-applications for MPR 

transactions per state is reached. 

VIII. Processing for Selected PreApplications 

Those proposals that are ranked and 

then selected for further processing will 

be invited to submit a formal 

application on SF 424 ‘‘Application for 

Federal Assistance.’’ Those preapplications that are rejected by the 

Agency will be returned to the applicant 

and the applicant will be given appeal 

rights pursuant to 7 CFR section 11. 

Those proposals that are not selected 

due to low scores will be retained by the 

Agency unless they are withdrawn by 

the applicant. In the event that a preapplication is selected for further 

processing and the pre-applicant 

declines, the next highest ranked preapplication of the same transaction type 

in that state will be selected provided 

there is no change in the preliminary 

eligibility of the pre-applicant. 

If there are no other pre-applications 

of the same transaction type, then the 

next highest-ranked pre-application 

regardless of transaction type will be 

selected. 

Applications (SF 424s) can be 

obtained in hard copy by contacting the 

State Office in the state where the 

project is located and can be submitted 

either electronically or in hard copy to 

the State Office. 

If a pre-application is accepted for 

further processing, the applicant will be 

expected to submit additional 

information needed to demonstrate 

eligibility and feasibility (such as a 

CNA), consistent with this NOSA and 

the appropriate sections of 7 CFR 

section 3560, prior to the issuance of a 

restructuring offer. 

Rural Development will work with 

pre-applicants selected for further 

processing in accordance with the 

following steps: 

(1) Based on the feasibility of the type 

of transaction that will best suit the 

project and the availability of funds, 

further eligibility confirmation 

determinations will be conducted by the 

designated Multi-Family Housing 

Revitalization Coordinators assigned by 

each Rural Development State Director 

with the assistance of the Multi-Family 

Housing Preservation and Direct Loan 

Division. 

(2) If one is not already available to 

the Agency, a CNA will be required and 

conducted in accordance with the 

requirements of 7 CFR 3560.103(c), 

Handbook 3–3560, Chapter 7, 

‘‘Transfers of Project Ownership,’’ and 

the CNA Statement of Work together 

with any non-conflicting amendments 

(available in any Rural Development 

State Office.) A CNA is prepared by a 

qualified independent contractor and is 

obtained to determine needed repairs 

and any necessary adjustments to the 

reserve account for long-term project 

viability. While the requirements of the 

CNA are described in the materials 

referenced above, at a minimum, to be 

considered acceptable, a CNA must 

include: 

(i) A physical inspection of the site, 

architectural features, common areas 

and all electrical and mechanical 

systems; 

(ii) An inspection of a sample of 

dwelling units; 

(iii) Identify repair or replacement 

needs; 

(iv) Provide a cost estimate of the 

repair and replacement expenses; and 

(v) Provide at least a 20-year analysis 

of the timing and funding for identified 

needs which includes reasonable 

assumptions regarding inflation. The 

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part of the project expense and may be 

paid from the ‘‘project reserve’’ with 

prior approval of the Agency. The 

Agency approval for participation in 

this program will be contingent upon 

the Agency’s final approval of the CNA 

and concurrence in the scope of work by 

the owner. The Agency, in its sole 

discretion, may choose to obtain a CNA, 

at its expense, if it determines that 

doing so is in the best interest of the 

Government. 

It is important to note that a CNA may 

be provided in two general formats. 

When an owner has received a firm 

commitment of third party funds 

sufficient to complete a complete 

rehabilitation, the CNA may be prepared 

based on the condition of the property 

after the rehabilitation is complete. All 

other CNAs will be completed based on 

the existing condition of the property. 

(3) Loan underwriting will be 

conducted by the designated MultiFamily Housing Revitalization 

Coordinator assigned by each Rural 

Development State Director with the 

assistance of the Multi-Family Housing 

Preservation and Direct Loan Division. 

The feasibility and structure of each 

revitalization proposal will be 

determined using this underwriting 

process and will include a 

determination of the restructuring tools 

that will minimize the cost to the 

Government consistent with the 

purposes of this NOSA. To help assure 

a balanced utilization of revitalization 

tools and the long-term economic 

viability of revitalized projects, the MPR 

underwriting guidelines include, but are 

not limited to the following: 

(i) The maximum soft-second loan is 

limited to no more than $5,000 per unit, 

(ii) The total assistance provided from 

a revitalization grant, revitalization zero 

percent loan, and/or revitalization softsecond loan is limited to $10,000 per 

unit, 

(iii) The maximum Section 515 loan 

or Section 514/516 off farm loan and 

grant is limited to no more than $20,000 

per unit, and 

(iv) Properties receiving tax credits 

are expected to have sufficient funding 

sources and generally will receive debt 

deferral only. 

(4) Properties with more than 75 

percent of the units receiving significant 

subsidy such as Rural Development 

rental assistance or HUD-funded 

subsidy will be supplemented with 

Section 514, 515 and 516 loans and 

grants before revitalization grants and 

revitalization soft-second loans are 

considered. 

(5) MPR revitalization grants will be 

limited to $5,000 per unit. 

(6) Any rent increases that may be 

necessary will not exceed 10 percent in 

any one year. 

(7) The approved MPR transaction 

will include projected revenue 

sufficient to cover a 10 percent 

Operations and Maintenance increase in 

the second year after the transaction. 

(8) Full return to owner will be 

budgeted pursuant to the Loan 

Agreement. 

(9) Budgeted increases to reserve 

deposit will not exceed three percent 

per annum. 

(10) The remaining reserve balance at 

the end of the 20-year analysis period 

should be at least 2.0 times the average 

annual needs, including inflation, over 

the 20-year analysis period. 

These guidelines have been 

developed based on experience in the 

FY 2005–8 Demonstrations. The Agency 

believes that these guidelines will be 

appropriate for typical transactions. 

However, the Agency reserves the right 

to re-calculate which MPR demo tools 

should be used, in the Agency’s 

judgment, if doing so would further the 

objectives of the MPR and is in the best 

interest of the Government. 

The Agency expects that some of the 

transactions proposed by selected preapplicants will prove to be infeasible. 

The applicant entity may be determined 

to be ineligible under Section III of this 

Notice. If a proposed transaction is 

determined infeasible or the applicant 

determined ineligible, the Agency will 

then select the next highest-ranked 

project for processing regardless of 

transaction type. 

Each MPR offer will be approved by 

the Revitalization Review Committee 

chaired by the Deputy Administrator for 

Multi-Family Housing or an agencyauthorized delegate. Approved MPR 

offers will be presented to applicants 

who will then have up to 15 calendar 

days to accept or reject the offer in 

writing. Offers will expire after 15 days. 

The Agency will replace expired 

applications by selecting the next 

highest-ranked project. Closing of MPR 

offers will occur within 90 days of 

acceptance by the applicant unless 

extended by the Agency. 

IX. Funding Restrictions 

Applicants will be selected in 

accordance with selection criteria and 

the four-step process identified in 

Section VII of this Notice. Once selected 

to proceed, the Agency will provide 

additional guidance to the applicant and 

request information and documents 

necessary to complete the underwriting 

and review process. Since the character 

of each application may vary 

substantially depending on the type of 

transactions proposed, information 

requirements will be provided as 

appropriate. Complete project 

information must be submitted as soon 

as possible but in no case later than 45 

days from the date of Agency 

notification of the applicant’s selection 

for further processing or September 1, 

2009, whichever occurs first. Failure to 

submit the required information in a 

timely manner may result in the Agency 

discontinuing the processing of the 

request. 

Funding under this NOSA will be 

obligated to selectees that finish the 

processing steps outlined above first 

within each of the 3 funding categories 

described in Section VII of this Notice 

and that result in a ratio as close as 

possible to 30 percent portfolio 

transactions, 50 percent complex 

transactions, and 20 percent simple 

transactions. 

X. Application Review 

A review committee will make 

recommendations for final decision 

regarding funding to the appropriate 

Rural Development State Director based 

on the selection criteria contained in 

this NOSA. 

XI. Appeal Process 

All adverse determinations regarding 

applicant eligibility and the awarding of 

points as a part of the selection process 

are appealable. Instructions on the 

appeal process will be provided at the 

time an applicant is notified of the 

adverse action. 

Dated: April 15, 2009. 

Thomas E. Hannah, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

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[FR Doc. E9–9831 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–C 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: International Trade 

Administration (ITA). 

Title: Commercial Service Client 

Focus Group Discussions. 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0254. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 32. 

Number of Respondents: 96. 

Average Hours per Response: 20. 

Needs and Uses: The purpose of the 

focus group discussions is to gain a 

better understanding of actions the U.S. 

Commercial Service can take to improve 

the export-related services provided to 

U.S. firms. The CS proposes to modify 

the previously approved collection. 

Focus groups previously addressed 

awareness and branding issues, but CS 

proposes to revise the questions to 

address quality improvement issues. In 

providing these services, CS promotes 

the goods and services of small and 

medium-sized U.S. businesses in foreign 

markets. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Wendy L. 

Liberante, (202) 395–3647. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–5806 or 

via the Internet at, 

Wendy_L._Liberante@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: April 23, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–9669 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: Minority Business 

Development Agency (MBDA). 

Title: Online Databases: Performance, 

Phoenix, and Opportunity. 

OMB Control Number: 0640–0002. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Number of Respondents: 10,615. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Performance Database, Varies 1 minute 

to 1 hour and 45 minutes depending on 

the type of information required; 

Phoenix Database, 9 minutes; and 

Opportunity Database, 15 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 4,496. 

Needs and Uses: As part of its service 

delivery programs, MBDA awards 

cooperative agreements each year. The 

recipient of each agreement is 

competitively selected to operate one of 

the following business centers: (1) 

Minority Business Enterprise Center 

(MBEC); (2) Native American Business 

Enterprise Center (NABEC); or (3) 

Minority Business Opportunity Center 

(MBOC) in the geographical service area 

designated by MBDA under the 

cooperative agreement. The databases 

allow MBDA to (1) enter the 

accomplishments of grant recipients 

(Performance), (2) enter business 

profiles of minority business enterprises 

(MBEs) (Phoenix), and (3) match 

contract opportunities with qualified 

MBEs captured in the Phoenix database 

(Opportunity). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; Individuals or households; 

Federal, State, local or Tribal 

government. 

Frequency: On occasion, quarterly, 

annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser, 

(202) 395–5887. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–5806, or 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: April 23, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–549–817] 

Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 

Products from Thailand: Extension of 

Time Limit for Final Results of 

Changed Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is 

extending the time limit for the final 

results of the changed circumstances 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat 

products (‘‘hot–rolled steel’’) from 

Thailand. The period of review is July 

1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. This 

extension is made pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.216(e) and 19 CFR 351.302(b). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Drury or Angelica Mendoza, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 7, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–0195 or (202) 482– 

3019, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 29, 2001, the 

Department published the antidumping 

duty order on hot–rolled steel from 

Thailand. See Antidumping Duty Order: 

Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 

Products From Thailand, 66 FR 59562 

(November 29, 2001) (‘‘Hot–Rolled Steel 

Order’’). In November 2004, in the 

course of the 2003 - 2004 administrative 

review, Sahaviriya Steel Industries 

Public Company Limited (‘‘SSI’’) 


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