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was made available through the Internet 

by USDA and the Office of the Federal 

Register. That rule provided for a 60-day 

comment period which ended August 

23, 2005. One response was received. 

However, it was not relevant to this 

rulemaking action. Therefore, no 

changes will be made as a result of this 

response. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

fv/moab.html. Any questions about the 

compliance guide should be sent to Jay 

Guerber at the previously mentioned 

address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

Committee’s recommendations, and 

other information, it is found that 

finalizing this interim final rule, 

without change, as published in the 

Federal Register (70 FR 36467, June 24, 

2005) will tend to effectuate the 

declared policy of the Act. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 915 

Avocados, Marketing agreements, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

PART 915—AVOCADOS GROWN IN 

SOUTH FLORIDA 

■ Accordingly, the interim final rule 

amending 7 CFR part 915 which was 

published at 70 FR 36467 on June 24, 

2005, is adopted as a final rule without 

change. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–20472 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 927 

[Docket No. FV05–927–2] 

Marketing Order Regulating the 

Handling of Pears Grown in Oregon 

and Washington; Control Committee 

Rules and Regulation 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Correcting amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) is adding provisions to 

the Code of Federal Regulations that 

include rules and regulations used in 

administering the marketing order 

regulating the handling of pears grown 

in Oregon and Washington. 

Inadvertently, Subpart—Control 

Committee Rules and Regulations was 

removed in May 2005 when the 

marketing order was amended. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan M. Hiller, Northwest Marketing 

Field Office, Marketing Order 

Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA; 

Telephone: (503) 326–2724, Fax: (503) 

326–7440; or George Kelhart, Technical 

Advisor, Marketing Order 

Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, 

Washington, D.C. 20250–0237; 

Telephone: (202) 720–2491, Fax: (202) 

720–8938. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A final 

rule published in the Federal Register 

on Friday, May 20, 2005 (70 FR 29388), 

was intended to only amend Subpart—

Order Regulating Handling of Part 927 

and to leave Subpart—Control 

Committee Rules and Regulations 

unchanged. However, amendatory 

language in the final rule resulted in 

Subpart—Control Committee Rules and 

Regulations being removed from 7 CFR 

part 927. 

The codified provisions of 7 CFR part 

927 do not include the Control 

Committee Rules and Regulations. This 

correction document adds Subpart—

Control Committee Rules and 

Regulations back into 7 CFR part 927. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 927 

Marketing agreements, Winter pears, 

Reporting and recording keeping 

requirements. 

■ Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 927 is 

corrected by adding the following 

provisions: 

PART 927—PEARS GROWN IN 

OREGON AND WASHINGTON 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

Part 927 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Part 927 is corrected by adding 

Subpart—Control Committee Rules and 

Regulations consisting of §§ 927.100 

through 927.316 to read as follows: 

Subpart—Control Committee Rules and 

Regulations 

Definitions 

Sec. 

927.100 Terms. 

927.101 Marketing agreement. 

927.102 Order. 

927.103 Organically produced pears. 

Communications 

927.105 Communications. 

Exemption Certificates 

927.110 Determination of district 

percentages. 

927.110a Application for exemption 

certification. 

927.111 Exemption committee. 

927.112 Issuance of exemption certificate. 

927.113 Appeal to Control Committee. 

927.114 Appeal to Secretary. 

Exemptions and Safeguards 

927.120 Pears for charitable or byproduct 

purposes. 

927.121 Pears for gift purposes. 

927.122 Shipments to designated storages. 

927.123 Interest and late payment charges. 

Reports 

927.125 Reports. 

927.142 Reserve fund. 

927.236 Assessment rate. 

927.316 Handling regulation. 

Subpart—Control Committee Rules 

and Regulations 

Definitions 

§ 927.100 Terms. 

Each term used in this subpart shall 

have the same meaning as when used in 

the marketing agreement and order. 

§ 927.101 Marketing agreement. 

Marketing agreement means 

Marketing Agreement No. 89, as 

amended, regulating the handling of 

Beurre D’Anjou, Beurre Bosc, Winter 

Nelis, Doyenne du Comice, Beurre 

Easter, and Beurre Clairgeau varieties of 

pears grown in the States of Oregon, 

Washington, and California. 

§ 927.102 Order. 

Order means Order No. 927, as 

amended (§§ 927.1 to 927.81), regulating 

the handling of Beurre D’Anjou, Beurre 

Bosc, Winter Nelis, Doyenne du Comice, 

Beurre Easter, and Beurre Clairgeau 

varieties of pears grown in the States of 

Oregon, Washington, and California. 

§ 927.103 Organically produced pears. 

Organically produced pears means 

pears that have been certified by an 

organic certification organization 

currently registered with the Oregon or 

Washington State Departments of 

Agriculture, or such certifying 

organization accredited under the 

National Organic Program. 

Communications 

§ 927.105 Communications. 

Unless otherwise prescribed in this 

subpart, or in the marketing agreement 

and order, or required by the Control 

Committee, all reports, applications, 

submittals, requests, inspection 

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certificates, and communications in 

connection with the marketing 

agreement and order shall be forwarded 

to: Winter Pear Control Committee, 4382 

SE International Way, Suite A, 

Milwaukie OR 97222–4635. 

Exemption Certificates 

§ 927.110 Determination of district 

percentages. 

(a) The Control Committee, at its 

meeting held on or before August 1 of 

each year for the purpose of making 

recommendations to the Secretary under 

the provisions of § 927.50, shall estimate 

the district percentages which the 

grades and sizes of each variety of pears 

permitted to be shipped from each 

district under the recommended 

regulation bears to the total quantity of 

each variety of pears which could be 

shipped from that district in the absence 

of regulation. 

(b) Any notice issued or given 

pursuant to this estimate shall 

specifically state that each of the said 

percentages is merely an estimate 

subject to change, and is not to be relied 

upon until final action is taken as 

hereinafter provided. Each exemption 

committee, as hereinafter constituted in 

each district, shall meet and elect a 

district chairman and a secretary, either 

at or within ten days following said 

meeting of the Control Committee. Said 

district chairman shall immediately 

notify the secretary of the Control 

Committee of the names of the chairman 

and the secretary. The chairman of each 

exemption committee shall call a 

meeting of such committee within his 

district not later than a date to be 

determined each year by the Control 

Committee at the meeting specified in 

paragraph (a) of this section. 

(c) At said district meeting, the 

district percentage estimates made by 

the Control Committee shall be 

reviewed by the exemption committee, 

and, if found to be not in accordance 

with conditions then existing within the 

district, said committee shall 

recommend proper adjustments to the 

Control Committee. Each exemption 

committee shall make only one 

recommendation for adjustment of 

district percentages in any one season, 

and said recommendation shall be made 

not later than the date specified by the 

Control Committee, except that should a 

major change occur in the crop or crops 

in any district after such date, the 

exemption committee may recommend 

a further change in such percentages. 

On the basis of the information 

submitted to it by the exemption 

committees and such other information 

and evidence as is available to it, the 

Control Committee shall establish all 

district percentages to be used in 

computing exemptions to growers. In 

the event no adjustment is 

recommended by the exemption 

committees by the date above specified, 

the Control Committee shall 

immediately, on the basis of information 

and evidence available to it, establish 

the district percentages to be used in 

computing exemptions to growers. 

(d) The Control Committee shall give 

prompt notice to growers and handlers 

of the final percentages to be used in 

computing exemptions to growers. 

(e) Any action taken by an exemption 

committee shall be approved by four 

affirmative votes, and each such 

committee shall keep accurate minutes 

and records of the proceedings of each 

of its meetings. A copy of such minutes 

and records shall be forwarded to the 

secretary of the Control Committee 

promptly after each meeting. 

§ 927.110a Application for exemption 

certification. 

Each application for an exemption 

certificate authorizing the shipment 

(pursuant to § 927.54) during a 

particular marketing season of any 

variety of pears shall be filed with the 

Secretary of the Control Committee. At 

the same time, and in order to insure 

prompt handling of such application, 

the applicant shall mail or deliver a 

copy of the application to the chairman 

of the exemption committee in the 

district in which the pears are grown. 

The application should be filed at the 

time the pears are harvested, and must 

be filed prior to the time the applicant’s 

crop is graded, sized, and packed. Each 

application duly mailed and received by 

the Secretary of the Control Committee 

shall be deemed to have been filed with 

the Secretary as of the date of such 

mailing. As a part, and in support, of the 

application for an exemption certificate, 

the applicant shall submit one or more 

inspection certificates (or copies 

thereof) issued by a duly authorized 

representative of the Federal-State 

Inspection Service indicating the 

percentage of such applicant’s 

production of all pears of such variety 

which will meet the grade, size, and 

quality regulations in effect and the 

percentage which will not meet these 

regulations; and the volume of pears so 

inspected shall be representative of such 

applicant’s total production of such 

variety. The said exemption committee 

shall have the right to make or cause to 

be made such additional investigation 

as may be necessary to determine 

whether the portion of the applicant’s 

production covered by the inspection 

certificates adequately represents the 

applicant’s total production of such 

variety. The cost of such inspection 

shall be borne by the applicant. The 

application to be submitted shall be 

‘‘Form E–1 Growers Application for 

Exemption Certificate’’ and shall 

contain the following information: 

(a) The name and address of the 

applicant; 

(b) The location of the orchard (by 

district and distance from the nearest 

town) from which the fruit is to be 

shipped pursuant to the exemption 

certificate; 

(c) The number and age of the trees 

producing the particular variety for 

which exemption is requested; 

(d) The estimated quantity of such 

variety which could be shipped by the 

applicant in the absence of the grade, 

size, or quality regulations in effect at 

the time the application is filed; 

(e) The percentage of such variety, as 

set forth in the attached Federal-State 

inspection certificate or the weighted 

average of such percentages if there is 

more than one inspection certificate, 

which meets the requirements of the 

aforesaid effective grade, size, or quality 

regulations; 

(f) The quantity of such variety which 

meets the requirements of the aforesaid 

effective grade, size, or quality 

regulations (such quantity shall be 

determined by applying the applicable 

percentage prescribed in paragraph (e) 

of this section to be the estimated 

quantity pursuant to paragraph (d) of 

this section); 

(g) The total crop of such variety and 

the quantity shipped during the 

preceding marketing season; 

(h) The names of the shippers who 

shipped all or any portion of the 

applicant’s aforesaid crop during the 

preceding marketing season; 

(i) The reasons why the quantity of 

the particular variety of pears, for which 

exemption is requested, does not meet 

the aforesaid effective grade, size, or 

quality regulations; and 

(j) The name of the shipper or 

shippers who will ship the exempted 

pears if the exemption certificate is 

issued. 

§ 927.111 Exemption committee. 

The members and alternate members 

of the Control Committee residing in the 

district in which the applicant grower’s 

orchard is located shall act as an 

exemption committee for that district 

and shall make or cause to be made 

such investigation as may be necessary 

to determine whether and to what 

extent such applicant will be prevented, 

because of the aforesaid grade, size, or 

quality regulations in effect, from 

shipping as large a percentage of the 

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particular variety of his pears as the 

percentage of all pears of that particular 

variety permitted to be shipped from his 

district as determined by the Control 

Committee. In the event any member or 

alternate member of the Control 

Committee shall himself apply for an 

exemption certificate he shall be 

disqualified to serve as a member of the 

exemption committee to act upon the 

application. 

§ 927.112 Issuance of exemption 

certificate. 

In the event such exemption 

committee finds and determines from 

proof, satisfactory to the committee, that 

the applicant is entitled to an exemption 

certificate, such exemption certificate 

shall be issued so as to permit the 

applicant to ship or have shipped the 

requisite quantity of his pears. Each 

exemption certificate shall be signed by 

the secretary or assistant secretary of the 

Control Committee and one copy thereof 

shall be delivered to the grower, one 

copy shall be delivered to each shipper 

designated by the grower to receive a 

copy, and one copy shall be retained in 

the files of the Control Committee. In 

the event the secretary of the Control 

Committee has reason to believe that 

any such finding or determination by an 

exemption committee is improper or not 

in accordance with the facts, he may 

disapprove the same, and shall make or 

cause to be made such further 

investigation as he may determine to be 

necessary or advisable, and may request 

or obtain such information as he may 

deem necessary to enable him to 

determine whether or not and to what 

extent an applicant is entitled to an 

exemption certificate. 

§ 927.113 Appeal to Control Committee. 

Any grower, whose application is 

denied in whole or in part by the 

appropriate exemption committee or by 

the secretary of the Control Committee, 

may file a written appeal with the 

Control Committee within fifteen (15) 

days after the date of the notice to such 

grower of the decision involved. Upon 

receipt of such appeal, the secretary of 

the Control Committee shall submit the 

same, together with all applicable 

information and data, including the 

report of the exemption committee on 

that grower’s application to the 

members of the Control Committee, who 

thereafter shall review the same and 

shall determine whether and to what 

extent the applicant is entitled to an 

exemption certificate. Thereupon the 

secretary of the Control Committee shall 

issue to that grower such exemption 

certificate as the Control Committee 

shall determine to be proper. 

§ 927.114 Appeal to Secretary. 

Any grower who is dissatisfied with 

the Control Committee’s determination 

with respect to any appeal by that 

grower from a decision by an exemption 

committee or by the Secretary of the 

Control Committee with respect to that 

grower’s application for an exemption 

certificate, may appeal from such 

determination by the Control Committee 

to the Secretary of Agriculture. Any 

such appeal shall be made by filing with 

the secretary of the Control Committee 

a written notice of appeal within fifteen 

(15) days after notice to that grower of 

the aforesaid determination by the 

Control Committee. Promptly upon 

receipt of notice of an appeal signed by 

the applicant, the secretary of the 

Control Committee shall forward to the 

Secretary of Agriculture, or to his 

designated representative, a true and 

correct copy of all information 

pertaining to that grower’s application 

for an exemption certificate and the 

action taken thereon by the Control 

Committee, together with such written 

information and proof as was submitted 

to or obtained by the Control Committee 

with regard to said application, and a 

true copy of the appellant grower’s 

notice of appeal. 

Exemptions and Safeguards 

§ 927.120 Pears for charitable or 

byproduct purposes. 

Pears which do not meet the 

requirements of the then effective grade, 

size, or quality regulations shall not be 

shipped or handled for consumption by 

any charitable institution or for 

distribution by any relief agency or for 

conversion into any by-product, unless 

there first shall have been delivered to 

the manager of the Control Committee a 

certificate executed by the intended 

receiver and user of said pears showing, 

to the manager’s satisfaction, that said 

pears actually will be used for one or 

more of the aforesaid purposes. 

§ 927.121 Pears for gift purposes. 

There are exempted from the 

provisions of the marketing agreement 

and order any and all pears which, in 

individual gift packages, are shipped 

directly to, or which are shipped for 

distribution without resale to, an 

individual person as the consumer 

thereof, and any and all pears which, in 

individual gift packages are shipped 

directly to, or are shipped for 

distribution without resale to, a 

purchaser who will use these pears 

solely for gift purposes and not for sale. 

§ 927.122 Shipments to designated 

storages. 

(a) Pears may be shipped without 

prior inspection and certification to any 

public warehouse in Yakima, Zillah, 

Wenatchee, or Grandview in the State of 

Washington; in Portland, Klamath Falls, 

or Medford in the State of Oregon; or in 

Tulelake or Yuba City in the State of 

California, for storage therein in transit: 

Provided, That any pears so shipped 

shall be inspected, and a certificate 

issued with respect thereto, as provided 

in § 927.60 of the marketing agreement 

and order, prior to such pears being 

removed from such warehouse. At the 

time any pears are so shipped into such 

public storage warehouse and again 

when such pears are shipped out of 

such warehouse, the handler shall, on 

his ‘‘Handler’s Statement of Pear 

Shipments,’’ report each such shipment 

as prescribed in § 927.125(b). 

(b) Any pears shipped to one of the 

aforesaid storage warehouses pursuant 

to this section which, upon inspection, 

do not meet the requirements of the 

then effective grade, size, or quality 

regulations may be repacked at such 

warehouse so as to meet such 

requirements, sold and delivered within 

the state where such warehouse is 

located for processing or conversion 

into by-products, or returned to the state 

where the pears were produced for 

repacking or for sale within such state: 

Provided, That there first shall have 

been submitted to the manager of the 

Control Committee proof, satisfactory to 

the manager, that the pears will not be 

handled contrary to the provisions of 

the marketing agreement and order; 

such proof shall include, in the case of 

sale and delivery for byproducts 

purposes, a written certificate, executed 

by both the handler and the intended 

receiver, stating that the pears will be 

processed or converted into by-products 

within the state where such warehouse 

is located. 

§ 927.123 Interest and late payment 

charges. 

Payments received more than 45 days 

after the date on which they are due 

shall be considered delinquent and 

subject to a late payment charge of 

$25.00 or 2 percent of the total due, 

whichever is greater. Payments received 

more than 60 days after the date on 

which they are due shall be subject to 

a 11⁄2 percent interest charge per month, 

until final payment is made and interest 

shall be applied to the total unpaid 

balance, including the late payment 

charge and any accumulated interest. 

Any amount paid shall be credited 

when the payment is received in the 

Control Committee office. 

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Reports 

§ 927.125 Reports. 

(a) Each shipper handling pears 

covered by an exemption certificate 

shall keep an accurate record, in the 

manner provided on such certificate, of 

all shipments of such pears. Such 

shipper, after having shipped as many 

pears as authorized by the particular 

exemption certificate, shall promptly 

mail to the Secretary of the Control 

Committee, such handler’s copy of the 

exemption certificate containing an 

accurate record of such shipments. 

(b) Each handler shall furnish to the 

Control Committee, as of every other 

Friday, a report containing the following 

information on Form 1 ‘‘Handlers’

Statement of Pear Shipments’’: 

(1) The number of standard western 

pear boxes (two half boxes shall be 

counted as one box) of each variety of 

pears shipped by that handler during 

the preceding two weeks; 

(2) The date of each shipment; 

(3) The ultimate destination, by city 

and state or city and country; and 

(4) The name and address of such 

handler. In addition, the handler shall 

indicate, for each lot of pears shipped in 

accordance with the provisions of 

§ 927.122, the storage lot number, and 

the name and address of the storage 

warehouse. 

(c) Each handler shall furnish to the 

Control Committee, as of every other 

Friday, a ‘‘Handler’s Packout Report’’

containing the following information: 

(1) The total of the packout of each 

variety; 

(2) The quantity of each variety loose 

in storage; 

(3) The volume of each variety sold; 

and 

(4) The name and address of such 

handler. 

(d) Each handler who has shipped 

less than 2,500 standard western pear 

boxes during any two-week reporting 

period of the shipping season may, in 

lieu of reporting biweekly, report as 

follows: 

(1) At completion of harvest, on the 

next biweekly reporting date, furnish to 

the Control Committee a ‘‘Handler’s 

Packout Report’; 

(2) After unreported shipments total 

2,500 standard western pear boxes, 

furnish to the Control Committee a 

‘‘Handler’s Statement of Pear 

Shipments’’ and a ‘‘Handler’s Packout 

Report’’ on the next biweekly reporting 

date; 

(3) After completion of all shipments 

from regular storage (i.e. non-Controlled 

Atmosphere storage) at the end of the 

shipping season, furnish to the Control 

Committee a ‘‘Handler’s Statement of 

Pear Shipments’’ and a ‘‘Handler’s 

Packout Report’’ on the next biweekly 

reporting date; 

(4) At mid-season for Controlled 

Atmosphere storage, at a date 

established by the Control Committee, 

furnish to the Control Committee a 

‘‘Handler’s Statement of Pear 

Shipments’’ and a ‘‘Handler’s Packout 

Report’’; and 

(5) At the completion of all seasonal 

pear shipments, furnish to the Control 

Committee a ‘‘Handler’s Statement of 

Pear Shipments’’ and a ‘‘Handler’s 

Packout Report’’ on the next biweekly 

reporting date. Each of these reports 

shall be marked ‘‘final report’’ and 

include an explanation of the actual 

shipments versus the original estimate, 

if different. 

(e) Each handler who has pears 

inspected and certificated in lots larger 

than carload lots and who wishes to rely 

on such lot inspections in lieu of 

inspection certificates for individual 

carlot shipments shall deliver to the 

manager within 10 days after shipment 

of any such pears a written report 

showing the quantity, variety, grade, 

and size of the pears so shipped and the 

date of shipment thereof, and said 

report shall identify such pears with the 

lot-inspection certificate covering the 

same, and shall further show what 

portion of that lot remains unshipped, 

and where located; such report shall be 

in addition to, and not in lieu of, the 

handler’s reports of shipments required 

under paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 

section. 

(f) Each handler shall specify on each 

bill of lading covering each shipment 

the variety, and number of boxes 

thereof, of all pears included in that 

shipment. 

§ 927.142 Reserve fund. 

(a) It is necessary and appropriate to 

establish and maintain an operating 

reserve fund in an amount not to exceed 

approximately one fiscal period’s 

expenses to be used in accordance with 

the provisions of § 927.42 of the 

amended marketing agreement and this 

part, and 

(b) Assessments collected for the 

period ended June 30, 1962, were in 

excess of the expenses for such period 

and the committee is hereby authorized 

to place $2,500 of such excess in said 

reserve. 

Assessment Rate 

§ 927.236 Assessment rate. 

On and after July 1, 2004, an 

assessment rate of $0.49 per 44-pound 

standard box or container equivalent of 

conventionally and organically 

produced pears and, in addition, a 

supplemental assessment rate of $0.01 

per 44-pound standard box or container 

equivalent of Beurre d’Anjou variety 

pears, excluding organically produced 

Beurre d’Anjou pears, is established for 

the Winter Pear Control Committee. 

§ 927.316 Handling regulation. 

During the period August 15 through 

November 1, no person shall handle any 

Beurre D’Anjou variety of pears for 

shipments to North America 

(Continental United States, Mexico, or 

Canada), unless such pears meet the 

following requirements: 

(a) Beurre D’Anjou variety of pears 

shall have a certification by the FederalState Inspection Service, issued prior to 

shipment, showing that the core/pulp 

temperature of such pears has been 

lowered to 35 degrees Fahrenheit or less 

and any such pears have an average 

pressure test of 14 pounds or less. The 

handler shall submit, or cause to be 

submitted, a copy of the certificate 

issued on the shipment to the Control 

Committee. 

(b) Each handler may ship on any one 

conveyance 8,800 pounds or less of 

Beurre D’Anjou variety of pears without 

regard to the quality and inspection 

requirements in paragraph (a) of this 

section. 

Dated: October 7, 2005. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–20531 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 

Oversight 

12 CFR Part 1700 

RIN 2550–AA33 

Organization and Functions 

AGENCY: Office of Federal Housing 

Enterprise Oversight, HUD. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Housing 

Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) is 

revising the regulation that describes its 

organization and functions. The 

revisions reflect changes in OFHEO’s 

organizational structure and the 

functional responsibilities of some of its 

offices. 

DATES: The final regulation is effective 

October 13, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Alice Donner, Senior Counsel,