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mandated responsibility to ensure that 

only eligible small businesses owned 

and controlled by socially and 

economically disadvantaged individuals 

may compete for such contracts. 

Uniform Report of DBE Awards/ 

Commitments and Payments 

Respondents: State and local 

recipients of DOT funds. 

Number of Respondents: 1,198 

recipients. 

Frequency: Once/twice a year. 

Number of Responses: 1,198 (one per 

recipient). 

Total Annual Burden: 315 hours and 

$61,000. 

Uniform Certification Application Form 

Respondents: Firms applying for 

initial DBE or ACDBE certification. 

Number of Respondents: 9,500. 

Frequency: Once during initial 

certification. 

Number of Responses: 9,500 (one per 

respondent). 

Total Annual Burden: 40 hours and 

$2,000. 

Annual Affidavit of No Change 

Respondents: Firms that have DBE or 

ACDBE certification. 

Number of Respondents: 45,525 

(41,800 DBEs and 3,725 ACDBEs). 

Frequency: Once per year. 

Number of Responses: 45,525 (one per 

respondent). 

Total Annual Burden: 91,050 hours (2 

hours/respondent * 45,525 respondents) 

and $4,552,500 ($100/respondent * 

45,525 respondents). 

Personal Net Worth Form 

Respondents: Firms applying for DBE 

or ACDBE certification. 

Number of Respondents: 9,500. 

Frequency: Once. 

Number of Responses: 9,500. 

Total Annual Burden: 95,000 hours 

(10 hours/respondent * 9,500 

respondents) and $28.5 million ($150/ 

hour x 10 hours/respondent = $1,500/ 

respondent; $1,500/respondent * 9,500 

respondents = $14.25 million). 

Percentage of DBEs in Various 

Categories 

Respondents: States (through their 

Unified Certification Programs). 

Number of Respondents: 53 (50 states, 

plus the District of Columbia, Puerto 

Rico, and the Northern Mariana 

Islands). 

Frequency: Once per year. 

Number of Responses: 53. 

Total Annual Burden: 180 hours and 

$10,000. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collection; and (d) ways 

that the burden could be minimized 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. The agency will 

summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 8, 

2021. 

Irene B. Marion, 

Director, Departmental Office of Civil Rights, 

U.S. Department of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19938 Filed 9–14–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Notice of Information Collection and 

Request for Public Comment 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Currently, the Community Development 

Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, a 

wholly owned government corporation 

within the Department of the Treasury, 

is soliciting comments concerning the 

CDFI Bond Guarantee Program’s 

information collection. The CDFI Bond 

Guarantee Program proposes minor 

revisions to the existing approved forms 

and is seeking approval for a Tertiary 

Loan Monitoring (TLM) Report. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 15, 

2021 to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to 

Susan Suckfiel, CDFI Bond Guarantee 

Program Manager, at the Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 

at bgp@cdfi.treas.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may request a copy of the Tertiary Loan 

Monitoring Report and current 

information collection by emailing 

Susan Suckfiel, CDFI Bond Guarantee 

Program Manager, at bgp@cdfi.treas.gov. 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Susan Suckfiel, 

CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Manager, 

at the Community Development 

Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20220, (202) 653–0421, option 5 (not 

a toll-free number), or by email to bgp@

cdfi.treas.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collection currently 

includes the following applications and 

reports: (1) Qualified Issuer Application 

(including, Appendix QI–2E), (2) 

Guarantee Application (including, 

Appendices A–2A, A–2C, and B–ID), (3) 

Secondary Loan Requirements 

Certification, (4) Financial Condition 

Monitoring (FCM) Report, (5) Pledged 

Loan Monitoring (PLM) Report, (6) 

Annual Assessment Report, and (7) 

Secondary Loan Commitment Form. 

Regarding the minor edits, for the 

Pledged Loan Monitoring Report, there 

is an additional field, column (14f) the 

‘Pledged Loan Date’; also, several 

unused fields were removed. For the 

Secondary Loan Commitment Form, the 

following additional rows were added to 

the signature line: Bond Identifier, 

Reviewing Official Name, and 

Approving Official Name. The 

Guarantee Application was updated to 

reflect a new year (2021) application 

round and new application deadlines. 

The minor revisions to the Guarantee 

Application are: the addition of a 

clarifying paragraph regarding 

applications which are deferred until a 

subsequent application round, updated 

AMIS charts and instructions, a 

reference to the new sample template to 

the Term Sheet, and the deletion of 

references to additional collateral 

requirements and third party support 

that are no longer applicable. Lastly, the 

Qualified Issuer application received 

the following minor updates: references 

to a new year (2021) application round, 

new application deadlines, and AMIS 

charts and instructions. The proposed 

Tertiary Loan Report will provide the 

CDFI Fund with information to monitor 

this type of collateral for the program 

that otherwise is not collected. 

The total information collection: (1) 

Qualified Issuer Application, (2) 

Guarantee Application, (3) Secondary 

Loan Requirements Certification, (4) 

Financial Condition Monitoring Report, 

(5) Pledged Loan Monitoring Report, (6) 

Tertiary Loan Monitoring Report, (7) 

Annual Assessment Report, and (8) 


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Secondary Loan Commitment Form) 

will encompass OMB Control Number 

1559–0044. 

Title: CDFI Bond Guarantee Program 

Secondary Loan Commitment Form 

required by 12 CFR part 

1808.101(d)(1)(2). 

OMB Number: 1559–0044. 

Abstract: The purpose of the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions (CDFI) Bond Guarantee 

Program (BG Program) is to support 

CDFI lending by providing Guarantees 

for Bonds issued by Qualified Issuers as 

part of a Bond Issue for Eligible 

Community or Economic Development 

Purposes. The BG Program provides 

CDFIs with a source of long-term capital 

and further the mission of the CDFI 

Fund to increase economic opportunity 

and promote community development 

investments for underserved 

populations and distressed communities 

in the United States. The CDFI Fund 

achieves its mission by promoting 

access to capital and local economic 

growth by investing in, supporting, and 

training Community Development 

Financial Institutions (CDFIs). 

In compliance with OMB Circular A– 

129, the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program 

will collect all necessary information to 

manage the portfolio effectively and 

track progress towards policy goals and 

statutory and regulatory requirements. 

The reporting forms are necessary for 

the Department of the Treasury’s review 

and impact analysis on the current and 

proposed use of Bond Proceeds in 

underserved communities and to 

support the CDFI Fund in proactively 

managing regulatory compliance. Risk 

detection and mitigation are crucial 

activities for the long-term operation 

and viability of the CDFI Bond 

Guarantee Program. The Department of 

the Treasury’s authority to collect this 

information and the specified data 

collection area and parameters are 

consistent with the requirements 

contained in 12 CFR part 

1808.101(d)(1)(2) of the CDFI Bond 

Guarantee Program Interim Rule. 

Current Actions: New Collection 

(Tertiary Loan Monitoring Report). 

Type of Review: Regular Review. 

Affected Public: Approved Eligible 

CDFIs and Qualified Issuers (QI). 

Estimated Number of Eligible CDFI 

and QI Respondents: 15. 

Estimated Annual Time per Eligible 

CDFI and QI Respondent: 1.66 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 300 hours. 

Current Actions: Renewal (Qualified 

Issuer and Guarantee Applications, 

Secondary Loan Requirements 

Certification, FCM, PLM, and Annual 

Assessment Reports, and Secondary 

Loan Commitment Form). 

Type of Review: Regular Review. 

Affected Public: Approved Eligible 

CDFIs and Qualified Issuers (QI). 

Estimated Number of Eligible CDFI 

and QI Respondents: 40. 

Estimated Annual Time per Eligible 

CDFI and QI Respondent: 100.694 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,630 hours. 

Requests for Comments 

Copies of the forms can be found at 

CDFI Bond Guarantee Program | 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund (cdfifund.gov). 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record and may be published on 

the CDFI Fund website at http://

www.cdfifund.gov. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

CDFI Fund, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the CDFI Fund’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of technology; and (e) 

estimates of capital or start-up costs and 

costs of operation, maintenance, and 

purchase of services to provide 

information. 

The CDFI Fund specifically requests 

comments concerning the following 

questions: (1) Is there any input that the 

general public would like to share 

regarding our current information 

collection? 

(2) Does the proposed TLM Report 

provide clarity on the expectations for 

meeting the requirements contained in 

12 CFR part 1808.101(d)(1)(2)? 

(3) Is there additional information or 

guidance that the CDFI Fund can 

provide to clarify the commitment test 

review process? 

(4) Does the proposed TLM report 

contain the appropriate data points to 

ensure that it verifies the amount of 

collateralization pledged against the 

secondary loans for approved CDFIs that 

use the CDFI-to-financing entity asset 

class? 

Authority: 12 CFR part 1808. 

Jodie L. Harris, 

Director, Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19865 Filed 9–14–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Title: Community Development 

Advisory Board Notice of Open 

Meeting. 

Action: Notice of open meeting. 

Executive Summary: This notice 

announces an open meeting of the 

Community Development Advisory 

Board (the Advisory Board), which 

provides advice to the Director of the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). This 

meeting will be conducted virtually. A 

link to the livestream of the meeting 

will be posted at the top of 

www.cdfifund.gov/cdab the morning of 

the meeting. 

Dates: The meeting will be held from 

3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

Thursday, September 30, 2021. 

Submission of Written Statements: 

Participation in the discussions at the 

meeting will be limited to Advisory 

Board members, Department of the 

Treasury staff, and certain invited 

guests. Anyone who would like to have 

the Advisory Board consider a written 

statement must submit it by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 

22, 2021. Send electronic statements to 

AdvisoryBoard@cdfi.treas.gov. 

In general, the CDFI Fund will make 

all statements available in their original 

format, including any business or 

personal information provided such as 

names, addresses, email addresses, or 

telephone numbers, for virtual public 

inspection and copying. The CDFI Fund 

is open on official business days 

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time. You can make 

arrangements to virtually inspect 

statements by emailing AdvisoryBoard@

cdfi.treas.gov. All statements received, 

including attachments and other 

supporting materials, are part of the 

public record and subject to public 

disclosure. You should only submit 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. 

For Further Information: Contact Bill 

Luecht, Senior Advisor, Office of 

Legislative and External Affairs, CDFI 

Fund; (202) 653–0322 (this is not a toll 

free number); or AdvisoryBoard@

cdfi.treas.gov. Other information 

regarding the CDFI Fund and its 


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