Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 235 / Monday, December 8, 2014 / Notices 72695 

Dated: December 2, 2014. 

Melanie J. Gray, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28661 Filed 12–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5826–N–01] 

Notice of HUD-Held Healthcare Loan 

Sale (HLS 2015–1) 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of sale of a healthcare 

mortgage loan. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces HUD’s 

intention to sell an unsubsidized 

healthcare mortgage loan, without 

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 

insurance, in a competitive auction 

(HLS 2015–1 or Loan Sale) on or about 

December 17, 2014. This notice also 

describes generally the bidding process 

for the sale and certain persons who are 

ineligible to bid. 

DATES: A Bidder’s Information Package 

(BIP) was made available on or about 

November 13, 2014. Bids for the loan 

must be submitted on the bid date of 

December 17, 2014 between certain 

specified hours. HUD anticipates that an 

award will be made on or before 

December 22, 2014. Closing is expected 

to take place between December 23, 

2014 and December 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: To become a qualified 

bidder and receive the BIP, prospective 

bidders must complete, execute, and 

submit a Confidentiality Agreement and 

a Qualification Statement acceptable to 

HUD. Both documents will be available 

on the HUD Web site at www.hud.gov/ 

fhaloansales. Please fax or email as well 

as mail executed original documents to 

JS Watkins Realty Partners, LLC: J.S. 

Watkins Realty Partners, LLC, c/o The 

Debt Exchange, 133 Federal Street, 10th 

Floor, Boston, MA 02111, Attention: 

HLS 2015–1 Sale Coordinator, Fax: 1– 

978–967–8607, Email: hls2015–1@

debtx.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Lucey, Director, Asset Sales Office, 

Room 3136, U.S. Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20410– 

8000; telephone 202–708–2625, 

extension 3927. Hearing- or speechimpaired individuals may call 202–708– 

4594 (TTY). These are not toll-free 

numbers. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD 

announces its intention to sell, in HLS 

2015–1, an unsubsidized healthcare 

mortgage loan (Mortgage Loan) secured 

by a hospital (medical center) located in 

Texas. The Mortgage Loan is a nonperforming mortgage loan. The listing of 

the Mortgage Loan is included in the 

BIP. The Mortgage Loan will be sold 

without FHA insurance and with HUD 

servicing released. HUD will offer 

qualified bidders an opportunity to bid 

competitively on the Mortgage Loan. 

The Qualification Statement describes 

the entities/individuals that may be 

qualified to bid on the Mortgage Loan if 

they meet certain requirements as 

detailed in the Qualification Statement. 

Some entities/individuals must meet 

additional requirements in order to be 

qualified to bid, including but not 

limited to: (1) Any mortgagee/servicer 

who originated the Mortgage Loan; (2) a 

mortgagor, a healthcare operator, or 

member of the hospital Board of 

Directors with respect to any HUD 

insured or subsidized mortgage loan 

(excluding the Mortgage Loan being 

offered in the Loan Sale) who is 

currently in default, violation, or 

noncompliance with one or more of 

HUD’s requirements or business 

agreements; (3) a limited partner, 

nonmanaging member, investor and/or 

shareholder who owns a 1% or less 

interest in the Mortgage Loan, or in the 

project securing the Mortgage Loan; (4) 

and any of the aforementioned entities’/ 

individuals’ principals, affiliates, and 

assigns. Interested entities/individuals 

who fall into one of these categories 

should review the Qualification 

Statement to determine whether they 

may be eligible to qualify to submit a 

bid on the Mortgage Loan. Other 

entities/individuals not described 

herein may also be restricted from 

bidding on the Mortgage Loan, as fully 

detailed in the Qualification Statement. 

The Bidding Process 

The BIP describes in detail the 

procedure for bidding in HLS 2015–1. 

The BIP also includes a standardized 

non-negotiable loan sale agreement 

(Loan Sale Agreement). 

As part of its bid, each bidder must 

submit a minimum deposit of the 

greater of 10 percent of the total bid or 

$100,000. HUD will evaluate the bids 

submitted and determine the successful 

bid(s) in its sole and absolute discretion. 

If a bidder is successful, the bidder’s 

deposit will be non-refundable and will 

be applied toward the purchase price, 

with any amount beyond the purchase 

price being returned to the bidder. 

Deposits will be returned to 

unsuccessful bidders. Closings are 

expected to take place between 

December 23, 2014 and December 31, 

2014. 

These are the essential terms of sale. 

The Loan Sale Agreement, which is 

included in the BIP, contains additional 

terms and details. To ensure a 

competitive bidding process, the terms 

of the bidding process and the Loan Sale 

Agreement are not subject to 

negotiation. 

Due Diligence Review 

The BIP describes the due diligence 

process for reviewing loan files in HLS 

2015–1. Qualified bidders will be able 

to access loan information remotely via 

a high-speed Internet connection. 

Further information on performing due 

diligence review of the Mortgage Loans 

is provided in the BIP. 

Mortgage Loan Sale Policy 

HUD reserves the right to reject any 

and all bids, in whole or in part, 

without prejudice to HUD’s right to 

include the Mortgage Loan in a later 

sale. The Mortgage Loan will not be 

withdrawn after the Award Date except 

as is specifically provided for in the 

Loan Sale Agreement. 

This is a sale of an unsubsidized 

mortgage loan, pursuant to Section 

204(a) of the Departments of Veterans 

Affairs and Housing and Urban 

Development, and Independent 

Agencies Appropriations Act of 1997, 

(12 U.S.C. 1715z–11a(a)). 

Mortgage Loan Sale Procedure 

HUD selected a competitive sale as 

the method to sell the Mortgage Loan. 

This method of sale optimizes HUD’s 

return on the sale of this Mortgage Loan, 

affords the greatest opportunity for all 

qualified bidders to bid on the Mortgage 

Loan, and provides the quickest and 

most efficient vehicle for HUD to 

dispose of the Mortgage Loan. 

Bidder Eligibility 

In order to bid in the sale, a 

prospective bidder must complete, 

execute and submit both a 

Confidentiality Agreement and a 

Qualification Statement acceptable to 

HUD. The following individuals and 

entities are among those ineligible to bid 

on the Mortgage Loan being sold in HLS 

2015–1: 

1. A mortgagor or a member of a 

hospital Board of Directors, with respect 

to the Mortgage Loan being offered in 

the Loan Sale, or an Active Shareholder 

with respect to the Mortgage Loan as 

defined by paragraph E of the 

Qualification Statement, including any 

and all of their principals, affiliates, 

assigns, and family member(s); 

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2. Any individual or entity, and any 

Related Party (as such term is defined in 

the Qualification Statement) of such 

individual or entity, that is a mortgagor, 

healthcare operator, or a member of a 

hospital Board of Directors with respect 

to any of HUD’s multifamily and/or 

healthcare programs (excluding the 

Mortgage Loan being offered in the Loan 

Sale) and that has failed to file financial 

statements or is otherwise in default 

under such mortgage loan or is in 

violation or noncompliance of any 

regulatory or business agreements with 

HUD and fails to cure such default or 

violation by no later than December 3, 

2014. 

3. Any individual or entity that is 

debarred, suspended, or excluded from 

doing business with HUD pursuant to 

Title 24 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 24, and Title 2 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2424; 

4. Any contractor, subcontractor and/ 

or consultant or advisor (including any 

agent, employee, partner, director, 

principal or affiliate of any of the 

foregoing) who performed services for, 

or on behalf of, HUD in connection with 

HLS 2015–1; 

5. An FHA-approved mortgagee, 

including any principals, affiliates, or 

assigns thereof, that has received FHA 

insurance benefits for the same 

Mortgage Loan being offered in the Loan 

Sale; 

6. An FHA-approved mortgagee and/ 

or loan servicer, including any 

principals, affiliates, or assigns thereof, 

that originated the Mortgage Loan being 

offered in the Loan Sale if the Mortgage 

Loan defaulted within two years of 

origination and resulted in the payment 

of an FHA insurance claim; 

7. Any employee of HUD, a member 

of such employee’s family, or an entity 

owned or controlled by any such 

employee or member of such an 

employee’s family; 

8. Any individual or entity that uses 

the services, directly or indirectly, of 

any person or entity ineligible under 

provisions (1) through (7) above to assist 

in preparing its bid on the Mortgage 

Loan.10. Any affiliate, principal or 

employee of any person or entity that, 

within the two-year period prior to 

December 1, 2014, serviced the 

Mortgage Loan or performed other 

services for or on behalf of HUD; 

9. Any contractor or subcontractor to 

HUD that otherwise had access to 

information concerning the Mortgage 

Loan on behalf of HUD or provided 

services to any person or entity which, 

within the two-year period prior to 

December 1, 2014, had access to 

information with respect to the 

Mortgage Loan on behalf of HUD; 

10. Any employee, officer, director or 

any other person that provides or will 

provide services to the prospective 

bidder with respect to the Mortgage 

Loan during any warranty period 

established for the Loan Sale, that 

serviced the Mortgage Loan or 

performed other services for or on 

behalf of HUD within the two-year 

period prior to December 1, 2014, or 

provided services to any person or 

entity which serviced, performed 

services or otherwise had access to 

information with respect to the 

Mortgage Loan for or on behalf of HUD. 

The Qualification Statement provides 

further details pertaining to eligibility 

requirements. Prospective bidders 

should carefully review the 

Qualification Statement to determine 

whether they are eligible to submit bids 

on the Mortgage Loan in HLS 2015–1. 

Freedom of Information Act Requests 

HUD reserves the right, in its sole and 

absolute discretion, to disclose 

information regarding HLS 2015–1, 

including, but not limited to, the 

identity of any successful bidder and its 

bid price or bid percentage for the 

Mortgage Loan, upon the closing of the 

sale of the Mortgage Loan. Even if HUD 

elects not to publicly disclose any 

information relating to HLS 2015–1, 

HUD will have the right to disclose any 

information that HUD is obligated to 

disclose pursuant to the Freedom of 

Information Act and all regulations 

promulgated thereunder. 

Scope of Notice 

This notice applies to HLS 2015–1 

and does not establish HUD’s policy for 

the sale of other mortgage loans. 

Dated: November 26, 2014. 

Biniam Gebre, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing— 

Federal Housing Commissioner. 

Laura M. Marin, 

Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing—Associate Deputy Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2014–N242; 

FXES11120800000–145–FF08E00000] 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Proposed Maricopa Sun Solar 

Complex Multi-Species Habitat 

Conservation Plan, Kern County, 

California 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of our final environmental 

impact statement (EIS) for the Maricopa 

Sun Solar Complex Multi-Species 

Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA), and its implementing 

regulations, as well as in compliance 

with the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). The final EIS 

was updated to address the comments 

received on the 2014 draft EIS and 

considers the environmental effects of 

issuing an incidental take permit for five 

animal species in response to the 

application from Maricopa Sun, LLC 

(Applicant). The Applicant has 

prepared the final Maricopa Sun Solar 

Complex Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP) to describe and implement a 

conservation plan that will minimize 

and mitigate environmental effects 

associated with the incidental take of 

five animal species (‘‘Covered Species’’) 

associated with the construction, 

operation, maintenance, and 

decommissioning of an up to 700 

megawatt photo-voltaic power 

generating facility and implementation 

of conservation actions associated with 

the HCP in Kern County, California. 

DATES: A Record of Decision will be 

signed no sooner than 30 days after the 

publication date announcing this final 

EIS. We will accept comments received 

by January 7, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You 

may download copies of the final EIS 

and final HCP from the Sacramento Fish 

and Wildlife Office Web site at http:// 

www.fws.gov/sacramento. Alternatively 

you may use one of the methods below 

to request a CD–ROM of the documents. 

Please send your requests or comments 

by any one of the following methods. 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments or requests for copies 

or more information by one of the 

following methods. 

• U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; Sacramento Fish and Wildlife 

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