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quarters to assign the servicer an annual 

tier ranking. Until then, based on 

current § 36.4318, VA will continue to 

presume each servicer to rank in tier 

two. VA is not planning to implement 

a TRS pilot. However, leading up to the 

TRS becoming effective, VA intends to 

test certain aspects of the TRS internally 

with live servicer-reported data. To the 

extent that VA is able, would there be 

any benefits to servicers if VA were to 

provide this information to servicers on 

a quarterly basis? 

Question 5: What would be the 

anticipated burden for a servicer to 

participate in an error resolution 

process? Should VA provide servicers 

with such option in developing the TRS? 

To derive the quarterly performance 

scores for each servicer, the TRS would 

apply a range of calculations onto a 

considerable volume of data. VA is 

considering a number of different 

criteria upon which to base the 

quarterly score on servicer performance, 

including: Delinquency rate, roll rate, 

default resolution rate percentage, 

quality of service, foreclosure timeline 

management, data quality and 

regulatory infractions, and recidivism 

rate. Subsequently, for each servicer, the 

TRS would aggregate the quarterly 

scores to calculate the annual score, and 

finally, the TRS would use the annual 

score to assign a tier ranking. It is 

conceivable that, due to inaccurate or 

incomplete data, the quarterly score, the 

annual score, and/or the annual tier 

ranking could be incorrect. 

VA might, within a certain number of 

days, allow a servicer to contest a 

quarterly or annual score or annual tier 

ranking by submitting supporting 

evidence to VA. VA is interested in 

understanding the potential burden to 

servicers to prepare such supporting 

evidence and submit it to VA. 

Question 6: Should VA consider 

providing a new VA servicer with a 

provisional tier ranking after 12 months 

of servicing has elapsed? 

For a new servicer, including a new 

servicer who acquires a portfolio of 

existing VA loans, VA is considering 

whether to presume the new servicer to 

rank in tier two until at least 12 months 

and four full quarters of servicing has 

elapsed. Once the new servicer 

completes at least 12 months and four 

full quarters of servicing, VA could 

continue to presume the new servicer to 

rank in tier two until VA next completes 

its annual scoring and tier ranking of all 

servicers. In some cases, this could 

result in VA presuming a new servicer 

to rank in tier two for up to 23 months. 

Alternatively, after the new servicer 

completes at least 12 months and four 

full quarters of servicing, VA could 

assign the new servicer a provisional 

tier rank based on the quarterly scores 

of four prior full quarters. The 

provisional tier rank would be in place 

until VA next completes its annual 

scoring and tier ranking of all servicers. 

VA invites comments as to which 

approach the public finds more 

reasonable and why. 

Question 7: Are there other servicer 

tier ranking systems that VA should 

review and consider, in part or full, for 

developing its TRS? Please describe. 

Question 8: Based on other servicer 

tier ranking system(s) that servicers may 

have implemented, approximately how 

long does it take a servicer to review and 

understand a new servicer tier ranking 

system? 

Question 9: Based on other servicer 

tier ranking system(s) that servicers may 

have implemented, as an estimate, what 

costs and burdens do servicers expect to 

incur for implementing a new servicer 

tier ranking system? Please describe the 

type(s) of cost(s) and provide dollar 

figures, if available. 

Question 10: Based on other servicer 

tier ranking system(s) that servicers may 

have implemented, what impact, if any, 

would a lower tier ranking (and smaller 

incentive payments) have on servicer 

participation in the VA home loan 

program? Would smaller incentive 

payments, due to a lower tier ranking, 

result in any costs for borrowers, either 

existing or new? 

Signing Authority 

Denis McDonough, Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on April 12, 2022, and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Luvenia Potts, 

Regulations Development Coordinator, Office 

of Regulation Policy & Management, Office 

of General Counsel, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 22–151; RM–11927; DA 22– 

404; FRS 83016] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Hampton, Virginia 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by WVEC 

Television, LLC (Petitioner), the 

licensee of WVEC, channel 11, 

Hampton, Virginia. The Petitioner 

requests the substitution of channel 35 

for channel 11 at Hampton in the Table 

of Allotments. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before May 19, 2022 and reply 

comments on or before June 3, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 45 

L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In 

addition to filing comments with the 

FCC, interested parties should serve 

counsel for the Petitioner as follows: 

Michael Beder, Esq., Associate General 

Counsel, TEGNA, Inc., 8350 Broad 

Street, Suite 2000, Tysons, Virginia 

22102. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media 

Bureau, at Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support 

of its channel substitution request, the 

Petitioner states that the Commission 

has recognized that VHF channels have 

certain characteristics that pose 

challenges for their use in providing 

digital television service, including 

propagation characteristics that allow 

undesired signals and noise to be 

receivable at relatively far distances. 

According to the Petitioner, it has 

received many complaints from viewers 

unable to receive a reliable signal on 

channel 11, despite being able to receive 

the NBC, CBS, and FOX network 

affiliates in the Norfolk, Virginia market, 

all of which operate on UHF channels. 

The proposed channel change would 

not cause any loss of service to viewers 

of WVEC’s existing coverage area. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22–151; 

RM–11927; DA 22–404, adopted April 

13, 2022, and released April 13, 2022. 

The full text of this document is 

available for download at https://

www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials 

in accessible formats (braille, large 

print, computer diskettes, or audio 

recordings), please send an email to 

FCC504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Government Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (VOICE), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

This document does not contain 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

therefore, it does not contain any 

proposed information collection burden 


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‘‘for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees,’’ pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601– 

612, do not apply to this proceeding. 

Members of the public should note 

that all ex parte contacts are prohibited 

from the time a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking is issued to the time the 

matter is no longer subject to 

Commission consideration or court 

review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, 

however, exceptions to this prohibition, 

which can be found in Section 1.1204(a) 

of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 

1.1204(a). 

See Sections 1.415 and 1.420 of the 

Commission’s rules for information 

regarding the proper filing procedures 

for comments, 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Proposed Rule 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 

307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339. 

§ 73.622 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 73.622 in paragraph (j), amend 

the Table of Allotments under Virginia 

by revising the entry for Hampton to 

read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Table of allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

VIRGINIA 

* * * * * 

Hampton .................... 35 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2022–08342 Filed 4–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 220413–0094] 

RIN 0648–BL28 

Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch 

Sharing Plan 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this proposed 

rule to revise regulations for the 

commercial individual fishing quota 

(IFQ) Pacific halibut (halibut) fisheries 

for the 2022 IFQ fishing year. This 

proposed rule would remove limits on 

the maximum amount of halibut IFQ 

that may be harvested by a vessel, 

commonly known as vessel use caps, in 

IFQ regulatory Areas 4A (Eastern 

Aleutian Islands), 4B (Central and 

Western Aleutian Islands), 4C (Central 

Bering Sea), and 4D (Eastern Bering 

Sea). This action is needed to provide 

additional flexibility to IFQ participants 

in 2022 to ensure allocations of halibut 

IFQ can be harvested by the limited 

number of vessels operating in these 

areas. This action is within the authority 

of the Secretary of Commerce to 

establish additional regulations 

governing the taking of halibut that are 

in addition to, and not in conflict with, 

those adopted by the International 

Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). 

This action is intended to promote the 

goals and objectives of the IFQ Program, 

the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 

(Halibut Act), and other applicable laws. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 4, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified by FDMS 

Docket number NOAA–NMFS–2022– 

0037, by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and enter 

NOAA–NMFS–2022–0037 in the Search 

box. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Glenn Merrill, Assistant Regional 

Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries 

Division, Alaska Region NMFS. Mail 

comments to P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, 

AK 99802–1668. 

• Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter 

‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish 

to remain anonymous). 

Electronic copies of the Categorical 

Exclusion and the Regulatory Impact 

Review (RIR) (herein referred to as the 

‘‘Analysis’’) prepared for this action are 

available from www.regulations.gov or 

from the NMFS Alaska Region website 

at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

region/alaska. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abby Jahn, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for Action 

The IPHC promulgates regulations 

governing the halibut fishery under the 

Convention between the United States 

and Canada for the Preservation of the 

Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific 

Ocean and Bering Sea (Convention). The 

IPHC’s regulations are subject to 

approval by the Secretary of State with 

the concurrence of the Secretary of 

Commerce. NMFS publishes the IPHC’s 

regulations as annual management 

measures pursuant to 50 CFR 300.62. 

The 2022 IPHC annual management 

measures published on March 7, 2022 

(87 FR 12604). 

Additionally, the Northern Pacific 

Halibut Act of 1982 (Halibut Act), 16 

U.S.C. 773c(a) and (b), provides the 

Secretary of Commerce with general 

responsibility to carry out the 

Convention and the Halibut Act, 

including the authority to adopt 

regulations necessary to carry out the 

purposes and objectives of the 

Convention. The Halibut Act, 16 U.S.C. 

773c(c), also provides the North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

with authority to develop regulations, 

including limited access regulations, 

that are in addition to, and not in 

conflict with, approved IPHC 

regulations. Regulations recommended 

by the Council may be implemented by 

NMFS only after approval by the 

Secretary of Commerce. 

The Council has exercised its 

authority in developing halibut 

management programs for the 


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