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or an acceptable List A, List B, or List 

C receipt as described in the Form I–9 

instructions. Employers may not require 

extra or additional documentation 

beyond what is required for Form I–9 

completion. Further, employers 

participating in E-Verify who receive an 

E-Verify case result of ‘‘Tentative 

Nonconfirmation’’ (TNC) must promptly 

inform employees of the TNC and give 

such employees an opportunity to 

contest the TNC. A TNC case result 

means that the information entered into 

E-Verify from an employee’s Form I–9 

differs from records available to DHS. 

Employers may not terminate, 

suspend, delay training, withhold or 

lower pay, or take any other adverse 

action against an employee because of 

the TNC while the case is still pending 

with E-Verify. A Final Nonconfirmation 

(FNC) case result is received when EVerify cannot verify an employee’s 

employment eligibility. An employer 

may terminate employment based on a 

case result of FNC. Work-authorized 

employees who receive an FNC may call 

USCIS for assistance at 888–897–7781 

(TTY 877–875–6028). For more 

information about E-Verify-related 

discrimination or to report an employer 

for discrimination in the E-Verify 

process based on citizenship, 

immigration status, or national origin, 

contact IER’s Worker Hotline at 800– 

255–7688 (TTY 800–237–2515). 

Additional information about proper 

nondiscriminatory Form I–9 and EVerify procedures is available on the 

IER website at www.justice.gov/ier and 

on the USCIS and E-Verify websites at 

www.uscis.gov/i-9-central and www.everify.gov. 

Note Regarding Federal, State, and 

Local Government Agencies (Such as 

Departments of Motor Vehicles) 

For Federal purposes, TPS 

beneficiaries presenting an 

automatically extended EAD as 

referenced in this Federal Register 

notice do not need to show any other 

document, such as an I–797C Notice of 

Action receipt notice or this Federal 

Register notice, to prove that they 

qualify for this extension. However, 

while federal government agencies must 

follow the guidelines laid out by the 

federal government, state and local 

government agencies establish their own 

rules and guidelines when granting 

certain benefits. Each state may have 

different laws, requirements, and 

determinations about what documents 

you need to provide to prove eligibility 

for certain benefits. Whether you are 

applying for a federal, state, or local 

government benefit, you may need to 

provide the government agency with 

documents that show you are a TPS 

beneficiary, show you are authorized to 

work based on TPS or other status, and/ 

or that may be used by DHS to 

determine whether you have TPS or 

other immigration status. Examples of 

such documents are: 

• Your current EAD; 

• Your automatically extended EAD 

with a TPS category code of A–12 or C– 

19 and an expiration date shown in 

Table 3 in the question ‘‘Am I eligible 

to receive an automatic extension of my 

current EAD using this Federal Register 

notice?’’; or 

• Your Form I–94, Arrival/Departure 

Record or Form I–797 as shown in Table 

2. 

Check with the government agency 

regarding which document(s) the agency 

will accept. 

Some benefit-granting agencies use 

the USCIS Systematic Alien Verification 

for Entitlements Program (SAVE) 

program to confirm the current 

immigration status of applicants for 

public benefits. While SAVE can verify 

when an individual has TPS, each 

agency’s procedures govern whether 

they will accept an unexpired EAD, 

Form I–797, or Form I–94, Arrival/ 

Departure Record. If an agency accepts 

the type of TPS-related document you 

are presenting, such as an EAD, the 

agency should accept your 

automatically extended TPS-related 

document, regardless of your country of 

birth. It may assist the agency if you: 

a. Present the agency with a copy of 

this Federal Register notice showing the 

extension of TPS-related 

documentation, in addition to your most 

recent TPS-related document with your 

A-Number, USCIS number or Form I–94 

number; 

b. Explain that SAVE will be able to 

verify the continuation of your TPS 

using this information; and 

c. Ask the agency to initiate a SAVE 

query with your information and follow 

through with additional verification 

steps, if necessary, to receive a final 

SAVE response verifying your TPS and 

TPS-related benefits. 

You can also ask the agency to look 

for SAVE notices or contact SAVE if 

they have any questions about your 

immigration status or automatic 

extension of TPS-related 

documentation. In most cases, SAVE 

provides an automated electronic 

response to benefit-granting agencies 

within seconds, but, occasionally, 

verification can be delayed. 

You can check the status of your 

SAVE verification by using CaseCheck 

at save.uscis.gov/casecheck/. CaseCheck 

is a free service that lets you follow the 

progress of your SAVE verification case 

using your date of birth and one 

immigration identifier number (ANumber, USCIS number, or Form I–94 

number) or Verification Case Number). 

If an agency has denied your application 

based solely or in part on a SAVE 

response, the agency must offer you the 

opportunity to appeal the decision in 

accordance with the agency’s 

procedures. If the agency has received 

and acted upon or will act upon a SAVE 

verification case and you do not believe 

the SAVE response is correct, the SAVE 

website, http://www.uscis.gov/save, has 

information on how to correct or update 

your immigration record, make an 

appointment, or submit a written 

request to correct records. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19617 Filed 9–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6276–N–01] 

Rental Assistance Demonstration: 

Post-Conversion Replacement of Units 

Under a PBV Housing Assistance 

Payment Contract 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 

Commissioner and Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice establishes the 

process by which assisted units under a 

Project Based Voucher (PBV) Section 8 

Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) 

contract originally executed through a 

conversion under the Rental Assistance 

Demonstration (RAD) can be replaced in 

the event that the original units would 

be unavailable for occupancy due to a 

proposed demolition and reconstruction 

of the units, as a result of natural 

disaster, or other causes. 

DATES: This notice is effective on 

September 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit questions or 

comments electronically to rad@

hud.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

assure a timely response, please direct 

requests for further information 

electronically to the email address rad@

hud.gov. Written requests may also be 

directed to the following address: Office 

of Housing—Office of Recapitalization, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 

6230, Washington, DC 20410. The Office 

of Recapitalization phone number is 

(202) 708–0001. 


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1Section 237 of Title II, Division L, 

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 

and Related Agencies, of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112–74). The 

RAD statutory requirements were amended by the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Pub. L. 

113–76, signed January 17, 2014), the Consolidated 

and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 

(Pub. L. 113–235, signed December 16, 2014), the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 

114–113, signed December 18, 2015), the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 

115–31, signed May 4, 2017), and the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2018 (Pub. L. 115–141, signed 

March 23, 2018). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Replacement of Units Under a PBV 

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment 

Contract 

a. Background 

The RAD statute 1 authorizes the 

conversion of properties assisted under 

the public housing program to 

assistance under project-based Section 8 

assistance in order to preserve and 

improve the housing. The statute 

includes various provisions envisioning 

the long-term preservation of the 

assisted units: HUD must require the 

‘‘substantial conversion of assistance,’’ 

only permitting a de minimis reduction 

in assisted units; properties must be 

placed under long-term assistance 

contracts; upon expiration of the initial 

contract and any renewal contract the 

public housing authority (PHA) shall 

offer and the owner of the property shall 

accept renewal of the contract; a new 

Use Agreement must be recorded on the 

land; and the assistance may be 

transferred to a new site at or after 

conversion. 

b. When RAD Units Become Unavailable 

for Occupancy 

In the event that the property placed 

under a RAD PBV HAP contract through 

the conversion of assistance from public 

housing becomes unavailable for 

occupancy, and in order to continue the 

effective conversion of assistance of 

such properties, HUD finds it necessary 

to facilitate the replacement of assisted 

units under new assistance contracts 

under the same terms and conditions 

established in the original RAD PBV 

HAP contract or any renewal contract. 

Notably, RAD already includes a 

provision permitting the transfer of 

assistance to a new site. By this notice, 

HUD is supplementing the provision to 

transfer assistance by providing a 

mechanism for Public Housing Agencies 

(PHAs) to enter into a RAD Interim 

Agreement and, subsequently, a new 

RAD PBV HAP contract when a direct 

transfer of the HAP contract to new, 

eligible units is not possible and there 

would be a temporary period when a 

HAP contract is not in effect. This might 

occur when, for example: 

• The owner adequately justifies a 

specific and well-developed 

redevelopment plan that requires the 

units to be unavailable for occupancy 

while the PHA is replacing the units onsite; or 

• An unforeseen event (such as a 

natural disaster) renders the units 

uninhabitable. 

In such circumstances, the owner 

must continue to comply with all 

applicable fair housing and civil rights 

requirements, which include the 

obligations under Section 504 to 

provide mobility and sensory accessible 

units to tenants with disabilities who 

require those features and provide 

tenants reasonable accommodations, 

and the Uniform Relocation Act as 

applicable. 

c. RAD Interim Agreement 

During any period when a normal 

RAD PBV HAP contract cannot 

reasonably remain in force and is 

terminated, under conditions that HUD 

may establish, including for the 

protection of residents, HUD, the PHA, 

and the owner as applicable would 

enter into an Interim Agreement that 

provides the authority to carry forth the 

RAD requirements to the RAD PBV HAP 

contract that will cover the replacement 

units. The Interim Agreement would be 

executed prior to any termination of the 

original RAD PBV HAP contract and 

would implement the transition of the 

rental assistance from the RAD PBV 

HAP contract and ultimately to the 

replacement RAD PBV HAP contract. It 

would preserve the authority for the 

RAD PBV rental assistance to commence 

under the replacement RAD PBV 

contract. Further, the Interim Agreement 

would set forth any applicable 

development requirements and the 

conditions which must be met before 

the replacement RAD PBV HAP 

Contract can be executed. 

II. Finding of No Significant Impact 

A Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) with respect to the 

environment has been made in 

accordance with HUD regulations in 24 

CFR part 50, which implemented 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). The FONSI is 

available for inspection at HUD’s 

Funding Opportunities web page at: 

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/ 

spm/gmomgmt/grantsinfo/fundingopps. 

Dominique Blom, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

Lopa Kolluri, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19513 Filed 9–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2021–0051; 

FXIA16710900000–212–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species Act, Marine 

Mammal Protection Act, and Wild Bird 

Protection Act; Receipt of Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), invite the 

public to comment on applications to 

conduct certain activities with foreign 

species that are listed as endangered 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA), foreign or native species for 

which the Service has jurisdiction 

under the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act (MMPA), and foreign bird species 

covered under the Wild Bird 

Conservation Act (WBCA). With some 

exceptions, the ESA, MMPA, and 

WBCA prohibit activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

issued that allows such activities. These 

Acts also require that we invite public 

comment before issuing permits for any 

activity they otherwise prohibit with 

respect to any species. 

DATES: We must receive comments by 

October 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: The 

applications, application supporting 

materials, and any comments and other 

materials that we receive will be 

available for public inspection at http:// 

www.regulations.gov in Docket No. 

FWS–HQ–IA–2021–0051. 

Submitting Comments: When 

submitting comments, please specify the 

name of the applicant and the permit 

number at the beginning of your 

comment. You may submit comments 

by one of the following methods: 

• Internet: http://

www.regulations.gov. Search for and 

submit comments on Docket No. FWS– 

HQ–IA–2021–0051. 


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