This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

7149 

Vol. 75, No. 31 

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

24 CFR Parts 30 and 3400 

[Docket No. FR–5271–N–02] 

RIN 2502–A170 

SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act: HUD 

Responsibilities Under the SAFE Act; 

Extension of Public Comment Deadline 

AGENCY: Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises that HUD 

is extending the public comment 

deadline to March 5, 2010, of its 

proposed rule addressing HUD’s 

responsibilities under the Secure and 

Fair Enforcement Mortgage Licensing 

Act of 2008 (SAFE Act), which was 

published on December 15, 2009. The 

public comment deadline was originally 

scheduled to close on February 16, 

2010. 

DATES: Comment due date: March 5, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this rule to the Regulations Division, 

Office of General Counsel, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

Communications must refer to the above 

docket number and title. There are two 

methods for submitting public 

comments. All submissions must refer 

to the above docket number and title. 

1. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments may be submitted by mail to 

the Regulations Division, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

2. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. HUD 

strongly encourages commenters to 

submit comments electronically. 

Electronic submission of comments 

allows the commenter maximum time to 

prepare and submit a comment, ensures 

timely receipt by HUD, and enables 

HUD to make them immediately 

available to the public. Comments 

submitted electronically through the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site can 

be viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Note: To receive consideration as public 

comments, comments must be submitted 

through one of the two methods specified 

above. Again, all submissions must refer to 

the docket number and title of the rule. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(FAX) comments are not acceptable. 

Public Inspection of Public 

Comments. All properly submitted 

comments and communications 

submitted to HUD will be available for 

public inspection and copying between 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above 

address. Due to security measures at the 

HUD Headquarters building, an advance 

appointment to review the public 

comments must be scheduled by calling 

the Regulations Division at 202–708– 

3055 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Individuals with speech or hearing 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

800–877–8339. Copies of all comments 

submitted are available for inspection 

and downloading at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William W. Matchneer III, Associate 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Regulatory Affairs and Manufactured 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 9164, Washington, DC 

20410; telephone number 202–708–6401 

(this is not a toll-free number). Persons 

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access this number through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

HUD is extending the public comment 

period on its SAFE Act proposed rule, 

published on December 15, 2009 (74 FR 

66548) to March 5, 2010. The public 

comment period was originally 

scheduled to close on February 16, 

2010. 

Due to the severe inclement weather 

not only in Washington, DC but in the 

mid-Atlantic states that resulted in the 

closing of the federal government as 

well as many local governments and 

private and public businesses and 

organizations, HUD determined that an 

extension of the public comment period 

is appropriate to ensure interested 

parties have the opportunity to 

comment on this proposed rule. 

Dated: February 12, 2010. 

Camille Acevedo, 

Associate General Counsel for Legislation and 

Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3087 Filed 2–16–10; 8:45 am] 

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