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Federal Register / Vol. 54, No. 40 / Thursday, March 2. 1989 / Rules and Regulations 0027 clarifying language in Appendix A for non- profit organizations Crested under this section. Section 24:401 Replacement housing payment for 90 -day homeowner -occupants. Section 24.401(0)(2) A statement has been added to clarify the phrase "for good cause.* Section 24.101(d) The computation of a "buydown" payment. the tactors used is oomputatioa. and the agency's obligation to the displaced person are explained. Even though one commenter suggested that adjustment of the buydown payment. when a displaced person elects to mortose the replacement dwelling for lest than the diet t dpenalizes dise t� on displaced person tor snaking a larger downpayment. are are retaining this providon. In addition. we have accepted a recommendation that the mortgage with the shortest term be used to compute the payment. MYNA bu amended the procedures to reflect this allotment. The FHWA is interested in your Ctperiemos with this new procedure for computing the mortgage interest differential payment. Appear/tall c B to Part 21-Stafft Report Fenn The reformatted stitistical report form iadudes t new tine Item for tepoetiag payments for the statutory business reettablialemeot expense entitlement (9es line 7A). Several comments ware received regarding the information required in Part 8. column (A). More accurate statistical analyses can be obtained by changing the requirement for column (A) to displacement' instead of number of claims nine a displaced person may receive more than one claim In several categories -The heading for column (Al hu been changed to number of displacements, As required by Section 1320.21 of OMB's new paperwork clearance regulation that was published in the Federal Register on May 10. 1988, we have included an agency disclosure notice for public reporting on the STATISTICAL REPORT FORM. A request was received from HUD to add new items to the statistical report foray to collect race. sex. ethnicity. handicap and familial status data. These items were not included in the report form presented in the NPRM M therefore. FHWA doss not have the benefit of public comment on what. if any. paperwork burden such additional information collection would have oe agendas or persons carrying out acquisition or displacement activities. Therefor& the report form format tansies unchanged at this time except for the minor alteration referred to above. Regulatory bnpact The FHWA has determined that this action does not constitute a major rule under Executive Order 12291 or a - signif3cant lute nndar the seratlatory polldes Alba Department of Transportation. Executive Order 12291 requires that a regulatory Impact analysts be prepared for "major" rules which are defined in the Order es any rule that has an annual effect on the national economy of $100 million or more, or has certain other specified effects. The economic impacts of this final rule are primarily mandated by the provisions of the 1987 Amendments. However, since some of the statutory changes are administrative or procedural. savings to Federal. State. and local agencies should result In the administrations of the Uniform Act. Other statutory changes. which alter benefit levels. and expand the Acte application to include cereals private persons who receive Found f10enctal assistance. and persons displaced by eertein uonacquisition activities. should result in a modest increase in amounts paid under the Uniform Act. However. we do not believe that the proposed regulations will have an annual economic effect of 8100 million or more. or the other effects listed in the Executive Order.. For this reason. FHWA has determined that this regulation is not a major rule within the meaning of the Order. Federal agendas administering direct Federal activities, as well air many states,currently have the necessary authority to comply with the additional provtatons of the 1987 Amendments implemented la this rule. To delay the promulgation of the amendments made in this rule would deprive many parties of the protections and benefits intended by those provisions of the 1987 Amendments. Accordingly. the FHWA finds good cause to make this regulation effective without the 30 -day delay in effective date under the Administrative Procedures Act. 5 U.S.C. 553(b). Regulatory Flexibility Ad The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 1J.f3.C. 905(b)) requires that for each rule with a "significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities" an analysis be prepared describing the rules impact on small entities, and Identifying any significant alternatives to the rule that would minimise the economic trnpacts on small entities. The provisions of the Uniform Act that are implemented In this final rule have not changed substantially. The primary Impact of the 3987 Amendments is expected to be an increase in benefits provided to small businesses. the elimination of unaecesuary administrative requirements Imposed on State and local agencies. and the consequent reduction of burden on thea affected entities, and the expansion of the Act's application to those private entities that seek and receive Federal financial assistance. in response to comments received from rural electric cooperatives FHWA has considered the impact that this rule would have on such cooperatives. Primarily for the reasons provided elsewhere in the preamble we have concluded that this regulation would not have a significant economic Impact on a substantial number of small electric cooperatives. Eased on information available to FHWA at this time and under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. rice FHWA hereby certifies that this regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Paperwoeic Reduction Ad Rogdrea bs Today's final rule makes one change to the Unifarrm Ad Report form. which i. contained is Appendix 11 of Part 24. A new item, TA, fe added to obtain information relating to the new business reestablishment payment added by the 1987 Amendments. Several minor edi»@;r:: changes have also been tsaade in this form. Federal funding agendes which elect to require a mart an Uniform Act activities will submit the. revised form to the Office of Management and Budget (0110) for... review under 44 U.S.C. 3504(h). the Paperwork Reduction Act. Pub. L. 90- 511. Agencies may continue to use the previous report form until 0118 approval is granted. Federalist' Assessment As discussed in the Supplementary Information sections of this preamble. dile final rule builds upon the positive Federalism accomplishments achieved in the promulgation of the governmentwide common rule on February 27. 1988 (51 Flt 7000) which significantly reduced administrative burdens on States and local redpients of Federal financial assistance -The FHWA has determined that the Federalism accomplishments of the common rule are retained in today's tole and the changes which have been made are fully consistent with the principles and criteria contained In Executive Order 12912 and do not have sufi3dent further Federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a complete Federalism Assessment. 'Phis final rule Implements a provision of the 1987 Amendments that gives substantial additional discretion to the States. This is the taertijtcatiott procedure which provides an alternative whereby State agendas. with adequate