Respondent are applicants for a
Certified Development Company (CDC) loan (or 504 loan) and the
CDC's certified by SBA to issue such loans. The information is
necessary for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to determine
whether applicants meet the Agency's criteria for eligibility,
creditworthiness, and repayment ability, and also whether to
approve CDC's request for debenture guarantees.
This information
collection, as approved by OMB for use in SBA’s Certified
Development Company (504) loan program, consists of SBA Form 1244
Application for Section 504 Loans and Form 2450, Eligibility
Information Required For 504 Submission (Non PCLP). A statutory
change on December 22, 2015 in the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2016, made debt refinance a permanent part of the 504 loan program.
Slight revisions to the currently approved forms are required to
reinstate the debt refinance program requirements that were
previously removed due to the expiration of the authority for that
program in 2012. SBA is requesting emergency approval of this
submission to enable the agency to re-establish the program as
expeditiously as possible. The justification for this request is
outlined in the letter uploaded as a supplementary document to this
Supporting Statement.
None
US Code: 15 USC 697 Name of Law: 504 and 7(a)
Loan Program
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.