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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2024-10-25.xml --- 89 207 Friday, October 25, 2024 Contents Agency Agency for International Development NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc., 85136-85137 2024-24830 Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Marketing Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85137 2024-24844 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Food and Nutrition Service See Rural Housing Service See Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85137-85138 2024-24817 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals; Correction, 85138 2024-24766 Safety Enviromental Enforcement Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement RULES Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf: High Pressure High Temperature Updates; Correction, 85050-85051 2024-24783 Centers Disease Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85213-85216 2024-24921 2024-24922 Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee, 85216 2024-24925 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services RULES Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, etc. on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, etc.; Correction, 85070-85071 2024-24801 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Advisory Committee, 85152-85153 2024-24888 Northern Mariana Islands Advisory Committee, 85152 2024-24887 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge Operations: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Jupiter, FL, 85051-85053 2024-24711 Safety Zone: Houston Ship Channel and Morgan's Point, TX, 85053-85055 2024-24757 PROPOSED RULES Drawbridge Operations: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Beaufort, SC, 85117-85119 2024-24847 Commerce Commerce Department See Economic Development Administration See Industry and Security Bureau See Minority Business Development Agency See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See Patent and Trademark Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Research Performance Progress Report, 85153 2024-24842 Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement List; Additions and Deletions, 85172-85174 2024-24873 2024-24875 Commodity Futures Commodity Futures Trading Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85174-85175 2024-24857 Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Global Markets Advisory Committee, 85175-85176 2024-24918 Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 85175 2024-24959 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Community Reinvestment Act Regulation; Correction, 85289 2024-24821 Consumer Product Consumer Product Safety Commission RULES Safety Standard: Nursing Pillows, 85388-85420 2024-24403 PROPOSED RULES Revision to the Voluntary Standard for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs and Play Yards, 85077-85078 2024-24130 NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 85176 2024-24950 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration RULES Schedules of Controlled Substances:

Placement of Butonitazene, Flunitazene, and Metodesnitazene in Schedule I, 85047-85050 2024-24635 Economic Development Economic Development Administration NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 85153-85154 2024-24864 Requests for Nominations: National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 85154-85155 2024-24865 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Applications for New Awards: Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, 85176-85180 2024-24900 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Proposed North Plains Connector Project, Colstrip, MT to Center/St. Anthony, ND, 85182-85188 2024-24879 Government-Creditor Agreement, 85180-85182 2024-24848 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: California; Interim Final Determination to Stay or Defer Sanctions in the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 85064-85066 2024-24707 Extension of Time-Limited Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions, 85067-85069 2024-24814 PROPOSED RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: California; San Joaquin Valley; 2008 Ozone Standard, 85119-85135 2024-24706 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Brownfields Program—Accomplishment Reporting in Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System, 85197-85198 2024-24843 Application for Emergency Exemption: Metamitron, 85200-85201 2024-24795 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc., 85200 2024-24858 Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Environmental Financial Advisory Board, 85198-85199 2024-24786 Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee, 85199 2024-24784 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH) Airplanes, 85037-85040 2024-24758 Various Helicopters, 85040-85047 2024-24756 Federal Bureau Federal Bureau of Investigation NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Criminal Justice Information Services Advisory Policy Board, 85236 2024-24860 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85201-85203, 85208-85211 2024-23990 2024-24901 2024-24905 2024-24906 2024-24907 Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 85203-85207 2024-24892 2024-24893 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85211-85212 2024-24911 Updated Listing of Financial Institutions in Liquidation, 85212 2024-24850 Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 85212-85213 2024-25018 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Disaster or Emergency Declaration and Related Determination: Maine; Amendment No. 1, 85227 2024-24891 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Application: PE Hydro Generation, LLC, 85191-85192, 85194-85197 2024-24806 2024-24807 2024-24808 Combined Filings, 85188-85189, 85192-85195 2024-24810 2024-24811 2024-24902 2024-24903 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Briar Hydro Associates, 85189-85190, 85195-85196 2024-24803 2024-24804 2024-24805 National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., Tioga Pathway Project, 85190-85191 2024-24809 Licenses; Exemptions, Applications, Amendments etc.: Black Canyon Hydro, LLC, Seminoe Pumped Storage Project; Revised Schedule, 85190 2024-24802 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85282-85283 2024-24845 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Exemption Application:

Qualification of Drivers; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders, 85283-85286 2024-24853 2024-24854 Qualification of Drivers; Hearing, 85286-85289 2024-24851 2024-24852 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Change in Bank Control: Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company, 85213 2024-24898 Federal Trade Federal Trade Commission NOTICES Performance Review Board Members, 85213 2024-24904 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Species: Reclassification of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker, 85294-85338 2024-23786 NOTICES Permits;

Applications, Issuances, etc.: Endangered Species Recovery, 85230-85231 2024-24849 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85217 2024-24822 Guidance: Insanitary Conditions in the Preparation, Packing, and Holding of Tattoo Inks and the Risk of Microbial Contamination, 85217-85219 2024-24841 Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee, 85219-85221 2024-24828 Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations Participant Characteristics and Program Operations Study, 85138-85147 2024-24868 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Negative Case Action Review Schedule, 85147-85148 2024-24866 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration RULES Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund;

Correction, 85071 2024-24781 NOTICES Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort, 85221 2024-24833 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency See Transportation Security Administration See U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services RULES Minimum Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes: Waiver for Mobile Driver's Licenses, 85340-85386 2024-23881 NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 85227-85228 2024-24863 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Federal Housing Administration-Insured Mortgage Loan Servicing of Delinquent, Default, and Foreclosure with Service Members Act, 85229-85230 2024-24867 Indian Affairs Indian Affairs Bureau PROPOSED RULES Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony, 85078-85099 2024-24332 Industry Industry and Security Bureau NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee, 85155-85156 2024-24779 Interior Interior Department See Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement See Fish and Wildlife Service See Indian Affairs Bureau See National Park Service See Ocean Energy Management Bureau Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service PROPOSED RULES Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit, 85099-85117 2024-24110 NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Advisory Council, 85289-85290 2024-24815 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Paper File Folders from Cambodia and Sri Lanka, 85234-85235 2024-24823 Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, 85235-85236 2024-24824 Justice Department Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration See Federal Bureau of Investigation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Exempt Chemical Preparations under the Controlled Substance Act, 85239-85240 2024-24883 Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 85236-85239 2024-23951 Labor Department Labor Department See Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms Standard (Aerial Lifts), 85240 2024-24792 Minority Business Minority Business Development Agency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Minority Enterprise Awards Program Requirements, 85156 2024-24927 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: International Space Station Advisory Committee, 85251 2024-24769 National Archives National Archives and Records Administration NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress, 85251-85252 2024-24909 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Center for Scientific Review, 85221-85226 2024-24877 2024-24878 2024-24880 2024-24882 National Cancer Institute, 85222 2024-24876 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 85225 2024-24885 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 85223-85225 2024-24881 2024-24884 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review, 85168 2024-24836 Fisheries of the US Caribbean;

Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review, 85169-85170 2024-24835 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 85165-85166 2024-24837 New England Fishery Management Council, 85169 2024-24839 North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 85170-85171 2024-24838 Research Track Assessment for Three Stocks of Yellowtail Flounder, 85166-85168 2024-24832 Science Advisory Board, 85168-85169 2024-24919 Taking or Importing of Marine Mammals: SouthCoast Wind Energy's Marine Site Characterization Surveys off Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 85156-85165 2024-24889 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Intent to Extend and Continue Concession Contracts and Award Temporary Concession Contracts, 85231-85233 2024-24872 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Grantee Reporting Requirements for Regional Innovation Engines Program, 85252-85254 2024-24913 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Exemption: Southern Nuclear Operating Co.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, 85254-85257 2024-24917 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 85254 2024-24998 Occupational Safety Health Adm Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Blasting and the Use of Explosives, 85242-85243 2024-24793 General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment, 85246-85247 2024-24788 Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories: Bureau Veritas Consumer Product Services, Inc.; Grant of Expansion of Recognition, 85240-85242 2024-24785 CSA Group Testing and Certification, Inc.; Grant of Expansion of Recognition, 85250-85251 2024-24790 DEKRA Certification, Inc.; Grant of Expansion of Recognition, 85243-85245 2024-24791 Nemko North America, Inc.;

Grant of Expansion of Recognition, 85245-85246 2024-24787 SGS North America, Inc.; Denial of Expansion of Recognition, 85247-85249 2024-24789 UL LLC; Application for Expansion of Recognition, 85249-85250 2024-24794 Ocean Energy Management Ocean Energy Management Bureau NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Expected Wind Energy Development in the New York Bight, 85233-85234 2024-24862 Patent Patent and Trademark Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Patents for Humanity Program and Trademarks for Humanity Program, 85171-85172 2024-24920 Railroad Retirement Railroad Retirement Board NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85257 2024-24818 Rural Housing Service Rural Housing Service RULES Off-Farm Labor Housing, Loan and Grant Rates and Terms; Clarification of Grant Agreement Terms, 85035-85037 2024-24742 Rural Utilities Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Funding Opportunity:

Section 313A Guarantees for Bonds and Notes Issued for Utility Infrastructure Purposes for Fiscal Year 2025, 85148-85152 2024-24930 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Application: AGL Private Credit Income Fund, et al., 85261 2024-24825 Elevation Series Trust and TrueMark Investments, LLC, 85270-85271 2024-24826 FS Credit Opportunities Corp., et al., 85260-85261 2024-24827 Green Impact Exchange, LLC, 85264-85267 2024-24813 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., 85268-85270 2024-24800 Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., 85261-85264 2024-24799 Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., 85258-85260 2024-24797 Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., 85271-85273 2024-24798 Small Business Small Business Administration PROPOSED RULES Small Business Contracting: Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple Award Contracts, 85072-85077 2024-24716 NOTICES Disaster Declaration: California, 85274 2024-24816 Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 85273-85274 2024-24916 Florida, 85275 2024-24895 Nebraska, 85276 2024-24846 Nebraska;

Public Assistance Only, 85274-85275 2024-24894 San Carlos Apache Tribe; Public Assistance Only, 85274 2024-24914 Licenses; Exemptions, Applications, Amendments, etc.: Small Business Investment Company, 85275-85276 2024-24812 Social Social Security Administration NOTICES Cost-of-Living Increase and Other Determinations for 2025, 85276-85282 2024-24871 Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Drug Testing Advisory Board, 85226 2024-24834 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Security Transportation Security Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Security Appointment Center Visitor Request Form and Foreign National Vetting Request, 85228-85229 2024-24819 Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 85290 2024-24874 U.S. Citizenship U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES New Credentialing Organization for Healthcare Workers for Certain Immigration Purposes, 85229 2024-24213 Unified Unified Carrier Registration Plan NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 85290-85292 2024-24933 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department RULES Fee Reasonableness Reviews: Effect of Loss of Accreditation on Direct Payment, 85055-85064 2024-24708 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service, 85294-85338 2024-23786 Part III Homeland Security Department, 85340-85386 2024-23881 Part IV Consumer Product Safety Commission, 85388-85420 2024-24403 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 89 207 Friday, October 25, 2024 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Housing Service 7 CFR Part 3560 [Docket No.: RHS-23-MFH-0013] RIN 0575-AD36 Updates to the Off-Farm Labor Housing (Off-FLH), Loan and Grant Rates and Terms;

Clarification of Grant Agreement Terms AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency), a Rural Development

(RD)agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is amending the current regulation for the Off-Farm Labor Housing (Off-FLH) program to clarify the grant agreement term and adopt the period of performance as required by Federal award information requirements. The Agency expects the changes to clarify for applicants and grantees their obligations and requirements as Federal award recipients. DATES: *Effective date:* October 25, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christa Lindsey, Finance and Loan Analyst, United States Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service, Multifamily Housing Production and Preservation Division; telephone number:

(352)538-5747; email address: *mfh.programsupport@usda.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The RHS, an agency of the USDA, offers a variety of programs to build or improve housing and essential community facilities in rural areas. RHS offers loans, grants, and loan guarantees for single- and multi-family housing, childcare centers, fire and police stations, hospitals, libraries, nursing homes, schools, first responder vehicles and equipment, and housing for farm laborers. RHS also provides technical assistance loans and grants in partnership with non-profit organizations, Indian tribes, State and Federal Government agencies, and local communities. Title V of the Housing Act of 1949

(Act)authorized the USDA to make housing loans to farmers to enable them to provide habitable dwellings for themselves or their tenants, lessees, sharecroppers, and laborers. The USDA then expanded opportunities in rural areas, making housing loans and grants to rural residents through the Single-Family Housing

(SFH)and Multi-Family Housing

(MFH)Programs. The RHS also operates the MFH Farm Labor Housing direct loan and grant programs under sections 514 and 516 which provide low interest loans and grants to provide housing for year-round and migrant or seasonal domestic farm laborers. These eligible farm laborers may work either at the borrower's farm (“on-farm”) or at any other farm (“off-farm”). Housing under these programs may be built in any area with a need and demand for housing for farm laborers. II. Summary of Comments and Responses Stakeholder input is vital to ensure that proposed changes to current regulations will support the Agency's mission, while ensuring that new regulations and policies are reasonable and do not overly burden the Agency's lenders and their customers. The Rural Housing Service

(RHS)published a proposed rule in the **Federal Register** on September 12, 2023 (88 FR 62475) and a 60-day comment period was provided for the public to submit comments, which closed on November 13, 2023. The Agency did not receive any comments therefore, the final rule will publish with no changes from the published proposed rule. III. Discussion of the Final Rule This final rule is necessary to bring the current regulation at 7 CFR 3560.566 into compliance with the Federal award information requirements outlined in 2 CFR 200.211. Pursuant to 2 CFR 200.1, the “period of performance” is defined as: “. . . the time interval between the start and end date of a Federal award, which may include one or more budget periods. Identification of the period of performance in the Federal award consistent with 7 CFR 200.211(b)(5) does not commit the Federal agency to fund the award beyond the currently approved budget period.” Identification of the period of performance in the Federal award per 2 CFR 200.211(b)(5) does not commit the awarding agency to fund the award beyond the currently approved budget period. Furthermore, a Federal award is defined under 2 CFR 200.1 as the instrument setting forth the terms and conditions of the grant agreement, cooperative agreement or other agreement for assistance as specified in 2 CFR 200.1. The changes in this final rulemaking will clarify the term of the grant agreement in 7 CFR 3560.566(c) and define a five-year fixed period of performance in 7 CFR 3560.566(d) so that applicants and grantees will have a better understanding of their obligations and requirements as Federal award recipients. IV. Summary of Rule Changes No comments were received from the public on the proposed rule that published in the **Federal Register** on September 12, 2023 (88 FR 62475). The following are the changes being made to 7 CFR part 3560:

(1)In 7 CFR 3560.566(c), the term of grant agreement will remain in effect for as long as there is a need for the housing, as determined by the Agency.

(2)In 7 CFR 3560.566, a new paragraph will be added to define the grant period of performance as *five

(5)years,* which starts on the date the grant agreement is executed by both the Agency and the grantee and *ends five

(5)years* from the date the grant agreement was executed by both the Agency and the grantee. V. Regulatory Information Statutory Authority The Off-FLH Loan and Grant program is authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (Pub. L. 81-171), as amended; 42 U.S.C. 1484; 42 U.S.C. 1486(h); and 42 U.S.C. 1480; and implemented under 7 CFR part 3560, subpart L. Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs This program is subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials. RHS conducts intergovernmental consultations for each loan in accordance with 2 CFR part 415, subpart C. Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review This final rule has been determined to be non-significant and, therefore, was not reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)under Executive Order 12866. Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988. In accordance with this rule:

(1)Unless otherwise specifically provided, all State and local laws that conflict with this rule will be preempted;

(2)no retroactive effect will be given to this rule except as specifically prescribed in the rule; and

(3)administrative proceedings of the National Appeals Division of the Department of Agriculture (7 CFR part 11) must be exhausted before suing in court that challenges action taken under this rule. Executive Order 13132, Federalism The policies contained in this final rule do not have any substantial direct effect on States, on the relationship between the National Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of Government. This Final rule does not impose substantial direct compliance costs on State and local Governments; therefore, consultation with States is not required. Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments This final rule has been reviewed in accordance with the requirements of Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments. Executive Order 13175 requires Federal agencies to consult and coordinate with tribes on a government-to-government basis on policies that have Tribal implications, including regulations, legislative comments or proposed legislation, and other policy statements or actions that have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes. Consultation is also required for any regulation that preempts Tribal law or that imposes substantial direct compliance costs on Indian Tribal governments and that is not required by statute. The Agency has determined that this final rule does not, to our knowledge, have Tribal implications that require formal Tribal consultation under Executive Order 13175. If a Tribe requests consultation, the RHS will work with the Office of Tribal Relations and USDA Rural Development's Tribal Relations Team to ensure meaningful consultation is provided where changes, additions and modifications identified herein are not expressly mandated by Congress. National Environmental Policy Act In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Public Law 91-190, this final rule has been reviewed in accordance with 7 CFR part 1970 (“Environmental Policies and Procedures”). The Agency has determined that

(i)this action meets the criteria established in 7 CFR 1970.53(f);

(ii)no extraordinary circumstances exist; and

(iii)the action is not “connected” to other actions with potentially significant impacts, is not considered a “cumulative action” and is not precluded by 40 CFR 1506.1. Therefore, the Agency has determined that the action does not have a significant effect on the human environment, and therefore neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required. Congressional Review Act Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 *et seq.* ), the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this final rule as not a major rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-602)

(RFA)generally requires an agency to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) or any other statute. The Administrative Procedures Act exempts from notice and comment requirements rules “relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts” (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)), so therefore an analysis has not been prepared for this rule. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

(UMRA)Title II of the UMRA, Public Law 104-4, establishes requirements for Federal Agencies to assess the effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and Tribal Governments and on the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, Federal Agencies generally must prepare a written statement, including cost-benefit analysis, for proposed and rules with “Federal mandates” that may result in expenditures to State, local, or Tribal Governments, in the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. When such a statement is needed for a rule, section 205 of the UMRA generally requires a Federal Agency to identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and adopt the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule. This final rule contains no Federal mandates (under the regulatory provisions of title II of the UMRA) for State, local, and Tribal Governments or for the private sector. Therefore, this final rule is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA. Paperwork Reduction Act This final rule contains no new reporting or recordkeeping burdens under OMB control number 0572-0189 that would require approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). E-Government Act Compliance RHS is committed to complying with the E-Government Act, which requires Government agencies in general to provide the public the option of submitting information or transacting business electronically to the maximum extent possible and to promote the use of the internet and other information technologies to provide increased opportunities for citizen access to Government information, services, and other purposes. Civil Rights Impact Analysis Rural Development has reviewed this final rule in accordance with USDA Regulation 4300-4, Civil Rights Impact Analysis,” to identify any major civil rights impacts the rule might have on program participants on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, or disability, marital or familial status. Based on the review and analysis of the rule, and all available data, issuance of this final rule is not likely to negatively impact low- and moderate-income populations, minority populations, women, Indian tribes, or persons with disability by virtue of their race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or marital or familial status. No major civil rights impact is likely to result from this final rule. Assistance Listing The programs affected by this regulation is listed in the Assistance Listing Catalog (formerly Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) under number 10.405—Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants. The Assistance Listings are available at *https://sam.gov/.* Non-Discrimination Statement Policy In accordance with Federal civil rights laws and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Mission Areas, agencies, staff offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident. Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information ( *e.g.,* Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language) should contact the responsible Mission Area, agency, staff office, or the 711 Federal Relay Service. To file a program discrimination complaint, a complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, *USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form,* which can be obtained online at *https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf,* from any USDA office, by calling

(866)632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant's name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

(1)*Mail:* U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410; or

(2)*Fax:*

(833)256-1665 or

(202)690-7442; or

(3)*Email: program.intake@usda.gov* . USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. Severability It is USDA's intention that the provisions of this final rule shall operate independently of each other. In the event that this final rule or any portion of this final rule is ultimately declared invalid or stayed as to a particular provision, it is USDA's intent that the final rule nonetheless be severable and remain valid with respect to those provisions not affected by a declaration of invalidity or stayed. USDA concludes it would separately adopt all of the provisions contained in this final rule. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 3560 Accounting, Administrative practice and procedure, Aged, Conflict of interest, Government property management, Grant programs—housing and community development, Insurance, Loan programs—agriculture, Loan programs—housing and community development, Low and moderate-income housing, Migrant labor, Mortgages, Nonprofit organizations, Public-housing, Rent-subsidies, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Rural areas. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Rural Housing Service is amending 7 CFR part 3560 as follows: PART 3560—DIRECT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING LOANS AND GRANTS 1. The authority citation for part 3560 continues to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1480. Subpart L—Off-Farm Labor Housing 2. Amend § 3560.566 by revising paragraph

(c)and adding paragraph

(d)to read as follows: § 3560.566 Loan and grant rates and terms.

(c)*Term of grant agreement.* The grant agreement will remain in effect for as long as there is a need for the housing, as determined by the Agency.

(d)*Grant period of performance.* The grant period of performance is five

(5)years, which starts on the date the grant agreement is executed by both the Agency and the grantee and ends five

(5)years from the date the grant agreement was executed by both the Agency and the grantee. Yvonne Hsu, Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. [FR Doc. 2024-24742 Filed 10-24-24; 8:45 am]

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