40614 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 164 / Friday, August 25, 2017 / Notices 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #15257 and #15258; 

WEST VIRGINIA Disaster Number WV– 

00047] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of West Virginia 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of West Virginia (FEMA–4331– 

DR), dated 08/18/2017. 

Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, 

Landslides, and Mudslides. 

Incident Period: 07/28/2017 through 

07/29/2017. 

DATES: Issued on August 18, 2017. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 10/17/2017. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 05/18/2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

08/18/2017, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of a governmental nature may 

file disaster loan applications at the 

address listed above or other locally 

announced locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Doddridge, Harrison, 

Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, 

Ohio, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, 

Tucker, Tyler, Wetzel 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.500 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.500 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.500 

Percent 

The number assigned to this 

disaster for physical damage 

is 152576 and for economic 

injury is 152580..

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18036 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10089] 

Memorandum of Agreement Between 

the U.S. Department of State Bureau of 

Consular Affairs and Intercountry 

Adoption Accreditation and 

Maintenance Entity, Inc. 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State (the 

Department) is the lead Federal agency 

for implementation of the 1993 Hague 

Convention on Protection of Children 

and Co-operation in Respect of 

Intercountry Adoption (the Convention), 

the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 

(IAA), and the Intercountry Adoption 

Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 

(UAA). Among other things, the IAA 

and UAA give the Secretary of State 

responsibility, by entering into 

agreements with one or more qualified 

entities and designating such entities as 

accrediting entities, for the accreditation 

of agencies and approval of persons to 

provide adoption services in 

intercountry adoptions. This notice is to 

inform the public that on July 28, 2017, 

the Department entered into an 

agreement with Intercountry Adoption 

Accreditation and Maintenance Entity, 

Inc. (IAAME), designating IAAME as an 

accrediting entity (AE) for five years. 

The text of the Memorandum of 

Agreement is included in its entirety at 

the end of this Notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kjersti Olson, 202–485–6229. Hearing or 

speech-impaired persons may use the 

Telecommunications Devices for the 

Deaf (TDD) by contacting the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, pursuant to section 202(a) 

of the IAA, must enter into an 

agreement with at least one qualified 

entity and designate it as an accrediting 

entity. Accrediting entities may be (1) 

nonprofit private entities with expertise 

in developing and administering 

standards for entities providing child 

welfare services; or (2) state adoption 

licensing bodies that have expertise in 

developing and administering standards 

for entities providing child welfare 

services and that accredit only agencies 

located in that state. Both nonprofit 

accrediting entities and state accrediting 

entities must meet any other criteria that 

the Department may by regulation 

establish. IAAME is a nonprofit private 

entity with expertise in developing and 

administering standards for entities 

providing child welfare services. 

The final rule on accreditation of 

agencies and approval of persons (22 

CFR part 96) was published in the 

Federal Register (71 FR 8064–8066, 

February 15, 2006) and became effective 

on March 17, 2006. The final rule 

establishes the regulatory framework for 

the accreditation and approval function 

and provides the standards that the 

designated accrediting entities will 

follow in accrediting or approving 

adoption service providers. Under the 

UAA, adoption service providers 

working with prospective adoptive 

parents in non-Convention adoption 

cases need to comply with the same 

accreditation requirement and standards 

that apply in Convention adoption 

cases. 

Theodore ‘‘Ted’’ R. Coley, 

Director, Office of Children’s Issues, Overseas 

Citizen Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs. 

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT 

BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF 

STATE BUREAU OF CONSULAR 

AFFAIRS AND INTERCOUNTRY 

ADOPTION ACCREDITATION AND 

MAINTENANCE ENTITY, INC. 

Parties & Purpose of the Agreement 

The Department of State, Bureau of 

Consular Affairs (Department), and 

Intercountry Adoption Accreditation 

and Maintenance Entity, Inc. (IAAME), 

with its principal office located at 5950 

NW 1st Place, Suite A Gainesville, FL 

32607, hereinafter the ‘‘Parties,’’ are 

entering into this agreement for the 

purpose of designating IAAME as an 

accrediting entity under the 

Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 

(IAA), Public Law 106–279, and 22 CFR 

part 96. 

Authorities 

The Department enters into this 

agreement pursuant to Sections 202 and 

204 of the IAA, 22 CFR part 96, and 

Delegation of Authority 261. IAAME has 

full authority to enter into this MOA 

pursuant to a resolution passed by the 

Board of Directors of Partnership for 


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