Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 29, 2011 / Notices 17429 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden: ..................................... 144,455 0.839 0.0678 8,225 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 8,225. 

Status: Revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 35, as amended. 

Dated: March 22, 2011. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7272 Filed 3–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5374–N–25] 

Buy American Exceptions Under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–05, 

approved February 17, 2009) (Recovery 

Act), and implementing guidance of the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), this notice advises that certain 

exceptions to the Buy American 

requirement of the Recovery Act have 

been determined applicable for work 

using Capital Fund Recovery Formula 

and Competition (CFRFC) grant funds. 

Specifically, an exception was granted 

to the Mankato Economic Development 

Authority of Mankato, MN for the 

purchase and installation of water 

closets that comply with the Americans 

with Disabilities Act (ADA-compliant 

water closets) at the Orness Plaza 

Apartments project. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald J. LaVoy, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Office of Field Operations, 

Office of Public and Indian Housing, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4112, Washington, DC 20410– 

4000, telephone number 202–402–8500 

(this is not a toll-free number); or 

Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 4130, Washington, DC 

20410–4000, telephone number 202– 

402–8500 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Persons with hearing- or 

speech-impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service 

at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1605(a) of the Recovery Act provides 

that none of the funds appropriated or 

made available by the Recovery Act may 

be used for a project for the 

construction, alteration, maintenance, or 

repair of a public building or public 

work unless all of the iron, steel, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States. 

Section 1605(b) provides that the Buy 

American requirement shall not apply 

in any case or category in which the 

head of a Federal department or agency 

finds that: (1) Applying the Buy 

American requirement would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; (2) 

iron, steel, and the relevant 

manufactured goods are not produced in 

the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities or of satisfactory 

quality, or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, 

and manufactured goods will increase 

the cost of the overall project by more 

than 25 percent. Section 1605(c) 

provides that if the head of a Federal 

department or agency makes a 

determination pursuant to section 

1605(b), the head of the department or 

agency shall publish a detailed written 

justification in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 1605(c) of 

the Recovery Act and OMB’s 

implementing guidance published on 

April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice 

advises the public that, on March 11, 

2011, upon request of the Mankato 

Economic Development Authority, HUD 

granted an exception to applicability of 

the Buy American requirements with 

respect to work, using CFRFC grant 

funds, in connection with the Orness 

Plaza Apartments project. The exception 

was granted by HUD on the basis that 

the relevant manufactured goods (ADAcompliant water closets) are not 

produced in the U.S. in sufficient and 

reasonably available quantities or of 

satisfactory quality. 

Dated: March 22, 2011. 

Sandra B. Henriquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7278 Filed 3–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5501–N–01] 

Notice of FHA Debenture Call 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces a 

debenture call of certain Federal 

Housing Administration (FHA) 

debentures, in accordance with 

authority provided in the National 

Housing Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yong Sun, Federal Housing 

Administration, Financial Reporting 

Division, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 

SW., Room 5148, Washington, DC 

20410, telephone (202) 402–4778. This 

is not a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 207(j) of the National Housing 

Act, 12 U.S.C. 1713(j), and in 

accordance with HUD’s regulation at 24 

CFR 207.259(e)(3), the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, with the approval of the 

Secretary of the Treasury, announces 

the call of all FHA debentures, with a 

coupon rate of 4.5 percent or above, 

except for those debentures subject to 

‘‘debenture lock agreements,’’ that have 

been registered on the books of the 

Bureau of the Public Debt, Department 

of the Treasury, and are, therefore, 

‘‘outstanding’’ as of March 31, 2011. The 

date of the call is July 1, 2011. 

The debentures will be redeemed at 

par plus accrued interest. Interest will 

cease to accrue on the debentures as of 

the call date. At redemption, final 

interest on any called debentures will be 

paid along with the principal. Payment 

of final principal and interest due on 

July 1, 2011, will be made automatically 

to the registered holder. 

During the period from the date of 

this notice to the call date, debentures 


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