Page 14 - May 2018

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-05-
07/pdf/2018-09638.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. 83, RBC Issues Notice of Funding for
No. 88, 05/07/2018, 19915-19921. Repowering Assistance Program.

SBA Modifies Fee Policy for Express The Rural Business-Cooperative Service announced
Bridge Loan Pilot Program. the solicitation of applications for up to $5 Million of
available funding under the Repowering Assistance
SBA issued an amendment to revise the program Program to encourage the use of renewable biomass
requirements, including the modification of an SBA as a replacement fuel source for fossil fuels used to
regulation relating to fees that can be collected from provide process heat or power in the operation of
the Applicant or Borrower in connection with a loan eligible biorefineries. To be eligible for payments,
made under the Express Bridge Pilot. The revised biorefineries must have been in existence on or
program requirements are effective 05/07/2018. The before 06/18/2008. Applications are due 07/19/2018.
notice may be viewed at: The notice may be viewed at:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-05- https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-04-
07/pdf/2018-09627.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. 83, 20/pdf/2018-08298.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. 83,
No. 88, 05/07/2018, 19921-19922. No. 77, 04/20/2018, 17522-17524.

SBA Requests Comment on Information CCC Issues Notice of Funding
Collection. Availability for the Technical Assistance
for Specialty Crops Program.
SBA announced it seeks comment on the information
collection titled Compensation Agreement. SBA also The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
gave notice that they sent the collection to OMB for announced it is inviting proposals for the 2019
review. Comments are due 05/29/2018. The notice Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC)
may be viewed at: program. The TASC program is administered by
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-04- personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
27/pdf/2018-08907.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. 83, on behalf of CCC. The intended effect of this notice
No. 82, 04/27/2018, 18616-18617. is to solicit proposals from the U.S. private sector and
government agencies for fiscal year 2019 and to set
FCIC Issues Corrections to Common out the criteria for the awarding of funds under the
Crop Insurance Regulations. program. Future announcements of funding
availability for the TASC program will be made
• The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) through the Grants.gov website. Funding proposals
issued a technical correction to the final rule with are due 06/08/2018. The notice may be viewed at:
request for comments for the California Avocado https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-05-
Crop Insurance Provisions which was originally 09/pdf/2018-09868.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. 83,
No. 90, 05/09/2018, 21260-21263.
published in the Federal Register on 12/27/2017.
The corrections are effective 04/17/2018. The
notice may be viewed at: SEC Proposes Amendments to Auditor
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-04-
17/pdf/2018-08016.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. Independence Rules.

83, No. 74, 04/17/2018, 16767-16768. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
proposed amendments to its auditor independence
• FCIC issued a technical correction to the final rules to refocus the analysis that must be conducted
rule with request for comments for the to determine whether an auditor is independent when
Cultivated Clam Crop Insurance Provisions the auditor has a lending relationship with certain
which was originally published in the Federal shareholders of an audit client at any time during an
Register on 12/27/2017. The corrections are audit or professional engagement period. The
effective 04/17/2018. The notice may be viewed proposed amendments would focus the analysis
at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-04- solely on beneficial ownership rather than on both
17/pdf/2018-08017.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. record and beneficial ownership; replace the existing
83, No. 74, 04/17/2018, 16767. 10 percent bright-line shareholder ownership test
MAY 2018
12