81 FR 52466 - Written Reimbursement Policy
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 152 (August 8, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 152 (August 8, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-18750 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 52466-52467] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-18750] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION Written Reimbursement Policy AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). ACTION: Request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment. Each FCU must draft a written reimbursement policy to ensure that the FCU makes payments to its director within the guidelines that the FCU has established in advance and to enable examiners to easily verify compliance by comparing the policy to the actual reimbursements. DATES: Comments will be accepted until October 7, 2016. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the information collection to Troy Hillier, National Credit Union Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3428; Fax No. 703-519-8595; or Email at [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to the address above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Number: 3133-0130. Title: Written Reimbursement Policy. Abstract: Federal Credit Unions (``FCU'') may reimburse its board members for reasonable and proper costs incurred in conducting their official responsibilities only if the reimbursement is in accordance with the written reimbursement policies and procedures established by the FCU's board of directors. Access to this plan, and documentation related to its implementation is necessary for NCUA examiners to verify compliance with this requirement. Type of Review: Extension of a previously approved collection. Affected Public: Private sector: Not-for-profit institutions. Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,768. Frequency of Response: 1 responses per year per respondent. [[Page 52467]] Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 0.5. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,890 burden hours. Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. The public is invited to submit comments concerning: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of the information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. By Gerard Poliquin, Secretary of the Board, the National Credit Union Administration, on August 3, 2016. Dated: August 3, 2016. Troy S. Hillier, NCUA PRA Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2016-18750 Filed 8-5-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7535-01-P
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for the protected areas and nearby increase access to small-scale irrigation, 3.9 million beneficiaries over a twenty-
communities affected by the Irrigation promote land reclamation, protect year period.
Project in the Dosso Region, (iii) to watersheds from erosion, and establish [FR Doc. 2016–18756 Filed 8–5–16; 8:45 am]
reform the Ministry of Agriculture and market platforms to competitively BILLING CODE 9211–03–P
Livestock’s fertilizer distribution system position farmer groups in the
to allow greater competition and private marketplace. MCC funds will focus on
sector participation to improve climate-resilient investment needs, NATIONAL CREDIT UNION
availability and affordability of especially small-scale irrigation, in 16 ADMINISTRATION
fertilizers, especially to small farmers, municipalities in four regions.
and (iv) to develop the statistical The activity will include a grant Written Reimbursement Policy
capacities of the National Institute of facility that will competitively award
Statistics and development of the grants to women’s and youth groups, AGENCY: National Credit Union
Government of Niger’s monitoring and cooperative and producers’ groups, and Administration (NCUA).
evaluation capacities. micro-, small-, and medium-sized ACTION: Request for comment.
Climate-Resilient Communities Project enterprises. The portfolio of grants
SUMMARY: The NCUA intends to submit
($96.5 Million) managed by the grant facility must meet
the following information collection to
MCC’s economic rate of return (‘‘ERR’’)
The Climate-Resilient Communities the Office of Management and Budget
hurdle rate. Similarly, the municipality-
Project (‘‘CRC Project’’) aims to increase (OMB) for review and clearance under
level investment plans will be
incomes for small-scale agriculture- the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
developed in the first year of Compact
dependent and livestock-dependent (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
implementation, and must also meet
families in eligible municipalities in The purpose of this notice is to allow for
MCC’s ERR hurdle rate in order to be
rural Niger by improving crop and 60 days of public comment.
funded.
livestock productivity, sustaining Each FCU must draft a written
natural resources critical to long-term Economic Analysis reimbursement policy to ensure that the
productivity, and increasing market FCU makes payments to its director
The Compact will aim to address
sales of targeted commodities. The within the guidelines that the FCU has
Niger’s two major constraints to
project will be implemented in established in advance and to enable
economic growth through a combination
partnership with the World Bank examiners to easily verify compliance
of policy reforms, infrastructure
through existing project implementation by comparing the policy to the actual
investments, access to training, finance
units (‘‘PIUs’’) located in the Ministry of reimbursements.
and management services, facilitation of
Agriculture and Livestock. MCC funding DATES: Comments will be accepted until
partnerships, and improvements to
will not be combined with World Bank October 7, 2016.
agricultural and livestock production
funds, though the PIUs will oversee
and market platforms. These activities ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
both MCC and World Bank-funded
will enable farming, fishing and pastoral invited to submit written comments on
activities. The PIUs will use jointly
households in the intervention areas to the information collection to Troy
agreed upon operation manuals that will
incorporate investment criteria, legal, increase their agricultural and livestock Hillier, National Credit Union
fiscal, procurement, environmental, production and in turn, raise their Administration, 1775 Duke Street,
social, gender and monitoring and incomes. Alexandria, Virginia 22314–3428; Fax
evaluation requirements that comply An ERR was calculated for each of the No. 703–519–8595; or Email at
with MCC standards. To ensure Compact’s projects. The ERR for the PRAComments@NCUA.gov.
adequate oversight, the accountable Irrigation Project is estimated at 17 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
entity for the Compact, the Millennium percent. The CRC Project consists of Requests for additional information
Challenge Account—Niger (‘‘MCA- activities to be developed in should be directed to the address above.
Niger’’), will embed staff within these consultation with local communities SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PIUs. Regions of intervention for this and of activities funded through a OMB Number: 3133–0130.
project are Tillaberi, Dosso, Tahoua and competitive grant facility. This project Title: Written Reimbursement Policy.
Maradi. (not including the $12.5 million Abstract: Federal Credit Unions
1. Regional Sahel Pastoralism Support matching grant facility subactivity) has (‘‘FCU’’) may reimburse its board
Activity (‘‘PRAPS Activity’’). The PRAPS an estimated ERR of 14 percent. Because members for reasonable and proper
Activity aims to improve livestock value the nature of specific grant proposals costs incurred in conducting their
and sales by conducting a livestock cannot be known until they are official responsibilities only if the
health and vaccination campaign; submitted for review, ERRs will be reimbursement is in accordance with
identifying and undertaking critical calculated during grant selection. the written reimbursement policies and
upgrades in major transhumance On a limited basis, small-scale grants procedures established by the FCU’s
livestock corridors, including water without a full ERR may be awarded if board of directors. Access to this plan,
points and pasture improvements; and determining a full ERR is deemed to be and documentation related to its
modernizing local market infrastructure cost prohibitive. In those cases, each implementation is necessary for NCUA
and organization. proposal will still undergo a examiners to verify compliance with
2. Climate-Resilient Agriculture consideration of costs versus benefits to this requirement.
Activity (‘‘CRA Activity’’). The CRA verify its viability. Economists can, for
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Type of Review: Extension of a
Activity aims to support the instance, determine the likelihood of a previously approved collection.
development and implementation of satisfactory rate of return based on Affected Public: Private sector: Not-
municipality-level investment plans to looking at similar project profiles. The for-profit institutions.
increase the use of agricultural practices grant portfolio will have an ERR above Estimated Number of Respondents:
that minimize climate risks, improve the MCC’s hurdle rate of 10 percent. 3,768.
utilization rate of fertilizer and The Compact is expected to reach Frequency of Response: 1 responses
improved/drought-tolerant seeds, 489,359 households totaling more than per year per respondent.
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Estimated Burden Hours per following information collection to splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who
Response: 0.5. requirement to OMB for review and use a telecommunications device for the
Estimated Total Annual Burden clearance under the Paperwork deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Hours: 1,890 burden hours. Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13. Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
Request for Comments: Comments This is the second notice for public 800–877–8339, which is accessible 24
submitted in response to this notice will comment; the first was published in the hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
be summarized and included in the Federal Register at 81 FR 30348, and 50 year (including federal holidays).
request for Office of Management and comments were received. NSF is
Budget approval. All comments will Comments regarding these
forwarding the proposed renewal
become a matter of public record. The information collections are best assured
submission to the Office of Management
public is invited to submit comments of having their full effect if received
and Budget (OMB) for clearance
concerning: (a) Whether the collection within 30 days of this notification.
simultaneously with the publication of
of information is necessary for the Copies of the submission(s) may be
this second notice. The full submission
proper performance of the function of obtained by calling 703–292–7556.
may be found at: http://
the agency, including whether the www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. NSF may not conduct or sponsor a
information will have practical utility; The National Science Foundation collection of information unless the
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate collection of information displays a
(NSF) is announcing plans to request
of the burden of the collection of currently valid OMB control number
renewed clearance of this collection.
information, including the validity of and the agency informs potential
The primary purpose of this revision is
the methodology and assumptions used; persons who are to respond to the
to implement changes described in the
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, collection of information that such
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
and clarity of the information to be persons are not required to respond to
this notice. Comments regarding (a)
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the the collection of information unless it
whether the collection of information is
burden of the collection of the displays a currently valid OMB control
necessary for the proper performance of
information on the respondents, number.
the functions of the agency, including
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of whether the information will have SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
information technology. practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including Summary of Comments on the National
By Gerard Poliquin, Secretary of the Board, the validity of the methodology and Science Foundation Proposal and
the National Credit Union Administration, on
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance Award Policies and Procedures Guide
August 3, 2016.
Dated: August 3, 2016. the quality, utility and clarity of the and NSF’s Responses
information to be collected; (d) ways to
Troy S. Hillier, minimize the burden of the collection of The draft NSF PAPPG was made
NCUA PRA Clearance Officer. information on those who are to available for review by the public on the
[FR Doc. 2016–18750 Filed 8–5–16; 8:45 am] respond, including through the use of NSF Web site at http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/
BILLING CODE 7535–01–P appropriate automated, electronic, dias/policy/. In response to the Federal
mechanical, or other technological Register notice published May 16, 2016,
collection techniques or other forms of at 81 FR 30348, NSF received 50
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION information technology should be comments from eight different
addressed to: Office of Information and institutions/individuals; 36 comments
Agency Information Collection Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: were in response to the Proposal and
Activities: Comment Request Desk Officer for National Science Award Policies and Procedures Guide,
AGENCY:National Science Foundation Foundation, 725–17th Street NW., Room Part I, and 14 were in response to the
Submission for OMB review;
ACTION:
10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to Proposal and Award Policies and
comment request. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Procedures Guide, Part II. Following is
Officer, National Science Foundation, the table showing the summaries of the
SUMMARY: The National Science 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265, comments received on the PAPPG
Foundation (NSF) has submitted the Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send email sections, with NSF’s response.
Comment Topic & PAPPG Sec-
No. Comment NSF Response
source tion
1. Penn State Introduction, Section Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engi- Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engi-
University. A. neers with Disabilities provide funding for neers with Disabilities provide funding for
special assistance or equipment to enable special assistance or equipment to enable
persons with disabilities to work on NSF- persons with disabilities to work on NSF-
supported projects. See Chapter II.E.7 for supported projects. See Chapter II.E.7 for
instructions regarding preparation of these instructions regarding preparation of these
types of proposals. We believe the above types of proposals. We believe the above
should reference Chapter II. E. 6. should reference Chapter II. E. 6.
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