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labels for vehicles with all vehicle 

attributes constant except those varied 

on the label. Instead of identifying the 

label that has the better metric, the 

respondent would be asked which of 

these vehicles she would prefer to buy. 

Comparisons will involve both 

conventional and advanced technology 

vehicles. Respondents may be asked to 

decide based not only on metrics, but 

also on price differences. For instance, 

a respondent may see a vehicle with 

better fuel economy but a higher 

purchase price. Because the survey will 

collect respondents’ demographic and 

commute-pattern information, it will be 

possible to assess whether the 

commuter chose the vehicle that had 

lower costs for her commute. 

For both these areas of study, the use 

of discrete-choice questions is intended 

to reduce both the time burden on 

respondents and the potential for 

respondents to manipulate results 

through strategic responses to questions. 

2. Methods To Maximize Response Rate 

and Deal With Non-Response 

We will use a number of approaches 

to increase the response rate and 

minimize potential non-response bias. 

These methods will include: 

• Optimizing the questionnaire length 

and question types to strike the right 

balance between obtaining the necessary 

information and ensuring the 

questionnaire is not burdensome. The 

target length for the survey is 15 

minutes. 

• Interviewing five representative 

respondents using cognitive interview 

techniques in order to identify areas of 

misunderstanding, improved question 

wording, and areas of potential length 

reduction. 

• Pre-testing the survey with a sample 

of 50 representative respondents to 

ensure that the survey programming 

functions as planned and that the data 

is stored in a way that allows for indepth data analysis. 

• Ensuring anonymity of respondent 

data by keeping any identifying 

information in a separate file from 

survey question responses. Appropriate 

procedures will be enacted to prevent 

unauthorized access to respondent data 

and by preventing disclosure of the 

responses of individual participants. 

• Providing respondents with the 

primary investigator’s contact 

information so that they can ask any 

questions regarding the questionnaire. 

• Monitoring the response rate daily 

and address any issues daily in order to 

increase the response rate and reduce 

burden to respondents. 

II. Burden Statement 

The public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for the Internet 

online survey collection of information 

is estimated to average 20 minutes per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 6000. 

Frequency of response: One time. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

2080 hours. 

Estimated total annual burden costs: 

$61,152. 

What is the next Step in the process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received. The final ICR package for the 

online Internet survey will be submitted 

to OMB for review and approval 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. If you have 

any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: May 6, 2010. 

Margo T. Oge, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11294 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0388; FRL–8824–1] 

Pesticide Products; Registration 

Applications 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

previously registered pesticide 

products. Pursuant to the provisions of 

section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice 

of receipt and opportunity to comment 

on these applications. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 11, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number specified below by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility’s telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

the docket ID number specified for the 

pesticide of interest as shown in the 

registration application summaries. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the docket and made available 

on the Internet. If you submit an 

electronic comment, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

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contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD-ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility’s 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tawanda Maignan, Registration 

Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–8050; e-mail address: 

maignan.tawanda@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD-ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD-ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register, date, and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations part or 

section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received applications to 

register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

previously registered pesticide 

products. Pursuant to the provisions of 

section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA, EPA is hereby 

providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on these 

applications. Notice of receipt of these 

applications does not imply a decision 

by the Agency on these applications. 

New Active Ingredient: Metrafenone. 

File Symbol: 7969–EIG. Applicant: 

BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 

Product name: Metrafenone Fungicide. 

Active ingredient: Metrafenone at 

99.4%. Proposed classification/Use: 

Manufacturing Use/Terrestrial Food 

Crop: grapes. Docket ID Number: EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2008–0732. 

New Active Ingredient: Metrafenone. 

File Symbol: 7969–EIU. Applicant: 

BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 

Product name: Metrafenone 300 SC 

Fungicide. Active ingredient: 

Metrafenone at 25.20%. Proposed 

classification/Use: End-use/Terrestrial 

Food Crop: grapes. Docket ID Number: 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0732. 

New Active Ingredient: Penthiopyrad. 

File Symbol: 86203–R. Applicant: 

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc., 1–5–2 

Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 

105–7117. C/o US Agent: Landis 

International, Inc., 3185 Madison 

Highway, P.O. Box 5126, Valdosta, GA 

31603. Product name: Penthiopyrad 

Technical Fungicide. Active ingredient: 

Penthiopyrad at 99.5%. Proposed 

classification/Use: Manufacturing Use/ 

Terrestrial Non-food Crops: Landscape 

ornamentals and turf grass (including 

sod farms) and Terrestrial Food Crops 

and Crop Groups: bulb vegetable crop 

group, canola, cucurbit crop group, 

fruiting vegetable group, leafy vegetable 

group, peas/beans (dry), pome fruit 

group, potato, stone fruit group, 

strawberry, and tree nut group. Docket 

ID Number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0349. 

New Active Ingredient: Penthiopyrad. 

File Symbol: 352–IGA. Applicant: E.I. 

du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., 

1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898. 

Product name: Dupont Vertisan 

Fungicide. Active ingredient: 

Penthiopyrad at 20%. Proposed 

classification/Use: End-use/Terrestrial 

Food Crops and Crop Groups: Bulb 

vegetable crop group, cucurbit crop 

group, fruiting vegetable group, leafy 

vegetable group, peas/beans (dry), pome 

fruit group, potato, stone fruit group, 

strawberry, and tree nut group. Docket 

ID Number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0349. 

New Active Ingredient: Penthiopyrad. 

File Symbol: 352–IGG. Applicant: E.I. 

du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., 

1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898. 

Product name: Dupont Treoris 

Fungicide. Active ingredient: 

Penthiopyrad at 8.9% and 

Chlorothalonil at 22.3%. Proposed 

classification/Use: End-use/Terrestrial 

Food Crops and Crop Groups: bulb 

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1See Division A, titled the ‘‘Federal Housing 

Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008,’’ Tit. I, 

section 1101 of HERA. 

vegetable crop group, canola, cucurbit 

crop group, fruiting vegetable group, 

leafy vegetable group, peas/beans (dry), 

pome fruit group, potato, stone fruit 

group, strawberry, and tree nut group. 

Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2010–0349. 

New Active Ingredient: Penthiopyrad. 

File Symbol: 352–IGL. Applicant: E.I. du 

Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., 

1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898. 

Product name: DPX-LEM17 50 WDG. 

Active ingredients: Penthiopyrad at 

50%. Proposed classification/Use: Enduse/ Terrestrial Non-food Crops: 

Landscape ornamentals (including nonbearing fruit trees) and turf grass 

(including sod farms) Docket ID 

Number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0349. 

New Active Ingredient: Penthiopyrad. 

File Symbol: 352–IGU. Applicant: E.I. 

du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., 

1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898. 

Product name: Dupont Fontelis 

Fungicide. Active ingredient: 

Penthiopyrad at 20%. Proposed 

classification/Use: End-use/Terrestrial 

Food Crops and Crop Groups: Bulb 

vegetable crop group, canola, cucurbit 

crop group, fruiting vegetable group, 

leafy vegetable group, peas/beans (dry), 

pome fruit group, potato, stone fruit 

group, strawberry, and tree nut group. 

Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2010–0349. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pest. 

Dated: May 3, 2010. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11298 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE 

AGENCY 

[No. 2010–N–06] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance 

Agency. 

ACTION: 60-day Notice of Intent To 

Submit an Information Collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget for 

Approval. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is 

seeking public comments concerning a 

currently approved information 

collection ‘‘Monthly Survey of Rates and 

Terms on Conventional 1-Family NonFarm Mortgage Loans,’’ known as the 

Monthly Interest Rate Survey or MIRS. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) assigned MIRS control number 

2590–0004, which is due to expire on 

September 30, 2010. FHFA intends to 

submit the information collection to 

OMB for review and approval for a 

three-year extension of the control 

number. 

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

comments on or before July 12, 2010. 

Comments: Submit comments to 

FHFA using any one of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: regcomments@fhfa.gov. 

Please include ‘‘Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request: Monthly Interest 

Rate Survey (No. 2010–N–06)’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Federal 

Housing Finance Agency, Fourth Floor, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552, ATTENTION: Public Comments 

Proposed Collection; Comment Request: 

‘‘Monthly Interest Rate Survey,’’ (No. 

2010–N–06). 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

We will post all public comments we 

receive without change, including any 

personal information you provide, such 

as your name and address, on the FHFA 

Web site at http://www.fhfa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David L. Roderer, Senior Financial 

Analyst, 202–408–2540 (not a toll-free 

number), david.l.roderer@fhfa.gov. The 

telephone number for the 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 

is 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Need for and Use of the Information 

Collection 

The Housing and Economic Recovery 

Act of 2008 (HERA), Public Law 110– 

289, 122 Stat. 2654, amended the 

Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 

Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 

(Safety and Soundness Act) (12 U.S.C. 

4501 et seq.) and the Federal Home 

Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) 

to establish FHFA as an independent 

agency of the Federal government.1 One 

of FHFA’s predecessor agencies, the 

former Federal Housing Finance Board 

(Finance Board), provided data 

concerning a survey of mortgage interest 

rates until HERA transferred those 

responsibilities to FHFA. This survey, 

known as the Monthly Interest Rate 

Survey or MIRS, is described in 12 CFR 

906.5. 

The information collection is used by 

FHFA to produce the MIRS and for 

general statistical purposes and program 

evaluation. The MIRS provides monthly 

information on interest rates, loan 

terms, and house prices by property 

type (all, new, previously occupied), by 

loan type (fixed- or adjustable-rate), and 

by lender type (savings associations, 

mortgage companies, commercial banks, 

and savings banks), as well as 

information on 15-year and 30-year 

fixed-rate loans. In addition, the MIRS 

provides quarterly information on 

conventional loans by major 

metropolitan area and by FHLBank 

district. 

To conduct the MIRS, FHFA asks a 

sample of mortgage lenders to report 

voluntarily the terms and conditions on 

all single-family, fully amortized, 

purchase-money, non-farm loans that 

they close during the last five business 

days of the month. The MIRS excludes 

FHA-insured and VA-guaranteed loans, 

multifamily loans, mobile home loans, 

and loans created by refinancing 

another mortgage. 

Information concerning the MIRS is 

published regularly on the FHFA Web 

site, http://www.fhfa.gov, in FHFA press 

releases, in the popular and trade press, 

including a monthly 1-page ARM index 

release, a monthly 8- or 12-page release 

with mortgage rate and term data, and 

an annual summary all available via 

FHFA’s Web site, and in publications of 

other Federal agencies, including The 

Economic Report of the President and 

Statistical Abstract of the United States. 

FHFA publishes on its Web site the 

phone number for an automated 

telephone answering system that 

provides callers a recorded message 

about the ARM index and other MIRS 

information. 

Economic policy makers use the MIRS 

data to determine trends in the mortgage 

markets, including interest rates, down 

payments, terms to maturity, terms on 

ARMs, and initial fees and charges on 

mortgage loans. Other federal banking 

agencies, such as the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System and the Council of Economic 

Advisors, use the MIRS results for 

research purposes. 

FHFA considers MIRS, among other 

indexes or measures FHFA determines 

are appropriate, in establishing and 

maintaining a method to assess the 

national average one-family house price 

for use for adjusting the conforming 

loan limitations of Freddie Mac and 

Fannie Mae. 12 U.S.C. 4542. Other 

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