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Notices Federal Register

18575

Vol. 60, No. 70

Wednesday, April 12, 1995

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF

THE UNITED STATES

Committee on Judicial Review

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463), notice is hereby given of a meeting

of the Committee on Judicial Review of

the Administrative Conference of the

United States.

Date: Monday, April 24, 1995, at 2:30

p.m.

Location: Office of the Chairman,

Administrative Conference of the

United States, Suite 500, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC (Library 5th

Floor).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Candace Fowler, Office of the

Chairman, Administrative Conference of

the United States, Suite 500, 2120 L

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037.

Telephone: (202) 254–7020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting is to continue discussion of (1)

draft recommendations based on a

report by Professor William Kovacic,

visiting at American University, on

choice of forum in government contract

bid protest disputes; and (2) a draft

report by Professor Michael Healy of the

University of Kentucky on preclusion of

pre-enforcement judicial review in

Superfund cases.

Dated: April 7, 1995.

Jeffrey S. Lubbers,

Research Director.

[FR Doc. 95–9063 Filed 4–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6110–01–W

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agriculture Service

Agricultural Policy Advisory

Committees for Trade, et al.

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Reestablishment of Agricultural

Advisory Committees for Trade.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Secretary of Agriculture, after

consultation with the United States

Trade Representative, has reestablished

the following advisory committees:

Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee

for Trade and five separate Agricultural

Technical Advisory Committees (ATAC)

for Trade in: Fruits and Vegetables;

Animals and Animal Products; Grains,

Feed, and Oilseeds; Tobacco, Cotton,

and Peanuts; Sweeteners. The purpose

of these committees is to provide advice

to the Secretary and the U.S. Trade

Representative with respect to the trade

policy of the United States pursuant to

section 135(c) of the Trade Act of 1974

(Pub. L. 93–618) as amended. Meetings

of these committees will be open to the

public, unless the Secretary or the Trade

Representative otherwise determine that

the committees will be discussing issues

the disclosure of which justify closing

such meetings or portions thereof in

accordance with matters listed in

section 552(c) of Title 5 of the United

States Code.

The renewal of such committees is in

the public interest in connection with

the duties of the Department imposed

by the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Comments regarding the

reestablishment of these committees

should be addressed to John Winski or

Denise Burgess, Foreign Agricultural

Service, United States Department of

Agriculture, Room 5065–S, Washington,

DC 20250–1000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(5 U.S.C. Appendix), notice is hereby

given that the Secretary of Agriculture

and the United States Trade

Representative are reestablishing the

Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee

for Trade and the Agricultural Technical

Advisory Committees for Trade. In

1974, Congress established a private

sector advisory committee system to

ensure that U.S. trade policy and trade

negotiation objectives adequately reflect

U.S. commercial and economic

interests. Congress expanded and

enhanced the role of this system in three

subsequent trade acts. The private sector

advisory system now consists of almost

40 committees, arranged in three tiers;

The President’s Advisory Committee on

Trade and Policy Negotiations (ACTPN);

seven policy advisory committees,

including the Agricultural Policy

Advisory Committee for Trade (APAC);

and more than 30 technical advisory

committees including the Agricultural

Technical Advisory Committees for

Trade (ATACs). The duties of the APAC

are to provide the Secretary and the

Trade Representative with advice

concerning: negotiating objectives and

bargaining positions before entering into

a trade agreement; the operation of an

agreement once entered into; and other

matters arising in connection with the

administration of the trade policy of the

United States. The duties of the ATACs

are to provide advice and information

regarding trade issues which affect both

domestic and foreign production and

trade concerning the respective

agricultural commodities, drawing upon

the technical competence and

experience of its members. Each

committee is required to meet at the

conclusion of negotiations for each trade

agreement entered into under the Act to

provide a report on such agreement to

the President, to Congress, and to the

U.S. Trade Representative. The APAC

consists of 50 members. The members

elect a chairperson from the

membership of the committee. The

Assistant to the Administrator, Foreign

Agricultural Service, and the Assistant

U.S. Trade Representative,

Intergovernmental Affairs and Public

Liaison, Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative, are the Committee’s

Joint Executive Secretaries. Each of the

ATACs consist of approximately 25

members. The members of each

committee elect a chairperson from the

membership of the committee. A fulltime Federal Officer or employee of the

Foreign Agricultural Service shall serve

as the Executive Secretary of each

Technical Advisory Committee. Each

committee is chartered for a period of

two years, at which time all

appointments expire. Reappointments

are made at the discretion of the

Secretary and of the U.S.Trade

Representative.
18576 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 70 / Wednesday, April 12, 1995 / Notices

Issued at Washington, DC this 31st day of

March.

Wardell Townsend, Jr.,

Assistant Secretary for Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–9006 Filed 4–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M

Rural Housing and Community

Development Service

Submission of Information Collection

to OMB (Under Paperwork Reduction

Act and 5 CFR Part 1320)

AGENCY: Rural Housing and Community

Development Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The information collection

requirements described below have

been submitted to Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for expedited

clearance under 5 CFR 1320.18. The

RHCDS solicits comments on the subject

submission. This action is necessary in

order for RHCDS to inform Multiple

Family Housing program borrowers

with Section 8 project-based housing

subsidy who signed RHCDS interest

credit agreements prior to October 27,

1980, that RHCDS may have improperly

reduced benefits under the interest

credit agreement. Each affected

borrower will be advised of available

options, ranging from reversal of certain

previous RHCDS actions and retroactive

application of certain collections to the

borrower’s loan account. Each affected

borrower will be given the opportunity

to request correction of the application

of interest credit subsidy to their loan

account. The intended effect is to

restore the affected borrower accounts to

their correct accounting status.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this submission. Comments should refer

to the proposal by name and should be

sent to: Lisa Grove, USDA Desk Officer,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William F. Daniel, Senior Loan Officer,

Multiple Family Housing Servicing and

Property Management Division, RHCDS,

Ag Box 0782, 14th and Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250,

Telephone (202) 720–1619.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RHCDS

has submitted this proposal for

collection of information to OMB for

expedited clearance as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). The supporting statement

attached explains the need for informing

affected borrowers and requesting them

to advise RHCDS concerning their

choice of available options in servicing

their loan account.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3507.

Supporting Statement

Notification of Choice of Options for

Borrowers with Section 515/8 and

Interest Credit Agreements Signed

before October 27, 1980.

Justification

1. The Rural Housing and Community

Development Service (RHCDS),

successor in part to the Farmers Home

Administration (FmHA), is authorized

under sections 515 and 521 of title V of

the Housing Act of 1949, to provide

loans and grants to eligible recipients

(borrowers) for the development of rural

rental housing to benefit very-low and

low-income rural residents. By

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

dated June 23, 1976, the Secretaries of

Agriculture and Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) agreed that HUD’s

Section 8 project-based subsidy program

could be combined with the FmHA

Section 515 program to reduce shelter

cost for the beneficiaries (tenants).

On October 27, 1980, FmHA initially

issued its regulations [7 CFR part 1930,

subpart C (0575–0033)] for the

‘‘Management and Supervision of

Multiple Family Housing Borrowers and

Grant Recipients.’’ Exhibit C of this

regulation stipulated conditions that

permit the Agency to require the

borrower to deposit any excess funds

from the subsidy stream into the project

reserve account should the HUD Section

8 rent rate exceed rent rates approved by

FmHA. In the event the reserve account

built to a level exceeding a required

amount, FmHA was then permitted to

reduce or cancel any interest credit that

FmHA provided in meeting its

agreement with HUD as stipulated in

the MOU. The intended effect was to

avoid double subsidy by the Federal

Government, namely Interest Credit by

FmHA and Section 8 by HUD, for the

same span of subsidy need.

During its administration of the

combined loan and subsidy programs,

FmHA established six interest credit

agreement forms as the program

regulations developed. In 1994, a

challenge to the Agency’s ability to

reduce or cancel interest credit was filed

in Federal court. RHCDS has reviewed

all interest credit agreement forms and

regulations, including those previously

used. RHCDS concluded that any

interest credit agreement signed before

October 27, 1980, does not support

reduction or cancellation of interest

credit, collection of overage, or

requiring any excess funds to be

deposited in the project reserve account

resulting from HUD Section 8 rent

adjustments, with one exception which

is described in the Administrative

Notice for the October 13, 1977, interest

credit agreement form.

RHCDS intends to issue an

Administrative Notice (AN) to all Acting

State Directors and District Directors for

Rural Economic and Community

Development (RECD), who have

oversight responsibility for RHCDS

programs. The AN will explain the

background of factors leading to the

conclusion that interest credit

agreements signed before October 27,

1980, lack basis for RHCDS or its

predecessor Agency, FmHA, to cancel or

reduce interest credit, collect overage

and require deposit of excess subsidy

funds in a project reserve account. The

AN will explain the correct

administration of interest credit

agreements for each of the six versions

of the agreement form ever used.

Each RECD servicing office (District

Office) will be directed to identify all

Section 515 multiple family housing

loan accounts that have Section 8

project-based subsidy. Attachment 1 of

the AN contains the wording of the

notice to be sent by certified mail to

each identified loan account borrower.

The borrower will have certain choices

to request retroactive processing of their

loan account or to maintain status quo.

Attachment 2 of the AN contains the

language of the response that each

affected borrower is asked to return to

the servicing office by close of business,

December 29, 1995, for corrective

processing. The public burden will

involve the borrower reading

Attachment 1, considering choices, and

responding to the RECD servicing office,

using Attachment 2.

2. The purpose of Attachment 2 of the

AN will be to allow affected borrowers

to inform the RECD servicing office one

time of their choice of available options

in the servicing of their loan account.

The servicing office will process, within

60 calendar days of receipt, any requests

for retroactive application of loan

payments and overage that was

collected by RHCDS. The loan payments

and overage will be reapplied as of the

date they were originally applied. Such

reapplication will have the effect of

paying borrower loan accounts ahead of

schedule. The servicing office will

honor any request to have RHCDS cease

the requirement of depositing excess

rent in the project reserve account.

Should the borrower choose to continue

with the current loan servicing

arrangement, no further action by

RHCDS will be required other than to

file the completed Attachment 2 reply