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requirements of 24 CFR 202.5, 202.6, 

202.7, 202.8 or 202.10 and 202.12, if 

there has been no Origination Approval 

Agreement for at least six months, and 

if the Secretary determines that the 

underlying causes for termination have 

been remedied. To enable the Secretary 

to ascertain whether the underlying 

causes for termination have been 

remedied, a mortgagee applying for a 

new Origination Approval Agreement 

must obtain an independent review of 

the terminated office’s operations as 

well as its mortgage production, 

specifically including the FHA-insured 

mortgages cited in its termination 

notice. This independent analysis shall 

identify the underlying cause for the 

mortgagee’s high default and claim rate. 

The review must be conducted and 

issued by an independent Certified 

Public Accountant (CPA) qualified to 

perform audits under Government 

Auditing Standards as provided by the 

General Accounting Office. The 

mortgagee must also submit a written 

corrective action plan to address each of 

the issues identified in the CPA’s report, 

along with evidence that the plan has 

been implemented. The application for 

a new Agreement should be in the form 

of a letter, accompanied by the CPA’s 

report and corrective action plan. The 

request should be sent to the Director, 

Office of Lender Activities and Program 

Compliance, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room B133–P3214, Washington, DC 

20410–8000 or by courier to 490 

L’Enfant Plaza, East, SW., Suite 3214, 

Washington, DC 20024–8000. 

Action: The following mortgagees 

have had their Agreements terminated 

by HUD: 

Mortgagee name Mortgagee branch address HUD office 

jurisdictions 

Termination 

effective 

date 

Homeownership centers 

Alethes LLC ............................ 6010 Balcones Dr., #209, Austin, TX 78731 .. San Antonio, TX ..................... 7/15/2006 Denver. 

Level I Mortgage Corp ............ 1745 Shea Center Dr., Ste 140, Littleton, CO 

80129.

Denver, Colorado .................... 9/1/2006 Denver. 

Dated: September 22, 2006. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4917–N–09] 

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 recall of certain Federal 

Housing Administration (FHA) 

debentures, in accordance with 

authority provided in the National 

Housing Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darryl Getter, Office of Evaluation, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room 2232, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone (202) 755–7500, extension 

7541. This is not a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Sections 204(c) and 207(j) of the 

National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. 1710(c) 

and 1713(j), and in accordance with 

HUD’s regulations at 24 CFR 203.409 

and 207.259(e)(3), the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, with the approval of the 

Secretary of HUD and the Secretary of 

the Treasury, announces the call of all 

FHA debentures, with a coupon rate of 

6.00 percent or above, except for those 

debentures subject to ‘‘debenture lock 

agreements,’’ that have been registered 

on the books of the Bureau of Public 

Debt, Department of the Treasury, and 

are, therefore, ‘‘outstanding’’ as of 

September 30, 2006. The date of the call 

is January 1, 2007. 

The debentures will be redeemed at 

par value 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 

January 1, 2007, will be made 

automatically to the registered holder. 

During the period from the date of 

this notice to the call date, debentures 

that are subject to the call may not be 

used by the mortgagee for a special 

redemption purchase in payment of a 

mortgage insurance premium. 

No transfer of debentures covered by 

the foregoing call will be made on the 

books maintained by the Department of 

the Treasury on or after December 15, 

2006. This debenture call does not affect 

the right of the holder of a debenture to 

sell or assign the debenture on or after 

this date. 

Dated: September 16, 2006. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4679–N–12] 

Multifamily Mortgage Insurance 

Premiums; Withdrawal of Proposal to 

Increase MIPs for FY2007 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD issued a notice on June 

28, 2006, announcing for public 

comment, proposed changes in the 

mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) for 

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 

multifamily mortgage insurance 

programs whose commitments will be 

issued or reissued in Fiscal Year (FY) 

2007. The notice allowed 30 days for 

public comment. Approximately 359 

comments were received by the 

comment due date, and the comments, 

including a letter signed by 121 

members of the U.S. House of 

Representatives and 26 United States 

Senators, were overwhelmingly opposed 

to the MIP increases proposed for a 

number of HUD’s multifamily housing 

mortgage insurance programs. Based on 

consideration of the concerns raised in 

the comments, HUD has decided not to 

proceed with implementation of the 

MIP increases for FY 2007. Instead, the 

FY 2006 MIPs, issued on August 30, 

2005, will remain in effect for FY 2007. 

However, FHA will continue to evaluate 

alternative pricing strategies to maintain 

the integrity of the fund and achieve 

policy goals. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Stevenson, Director, Policy Division, 

Office of Multifamily Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410–8000, 

Telephone: (202) 708–1142 (this is not 

a toll-free number). Hearing- or speechimpaired individuals may access these 

numbers through TTY by calling the 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339 (this is a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

HUD’s regulations at 24 CFR 207.252, 

207.252a and 207.254 provide that 

instead of setting the MIP at one specific 

rate for all programs, the Secretary is 

permitted to change an MIP program by 

program within the full range of HUD’s 

statutory authority of one fourth of one 

percent to one percent of the 

outstanding mortgage principal per 

annum through a notice, as provided in 

section 203(c)(1) of the National 

Housing Act (the Act) (12 U.S.C. 

1709(c)(1)). The regulation states that 

HUD will provide a 30-day period for 

public comment on notices changing 

MIPs in multifamily insured housing 

programs. 

Public Comments 

The public comment period for the 

notice of proposed MIP changes for 

FY2006, published on June 28, 2006 (71 

FR 36968) closed on July 28, 2006. By 

the close of the public comment period, 

approximately 359 public comments 

were received by the Department, of 

which the majority were in the nature 

of a form letter. In addition to the 

comments submitted by form letters, 

several organizations submitted 

comments, and 121 members of the U.S. 

House of Representatives and 26 U.S. 

Senators signed a comment letter 

opposing the increase in MIPs for 

FY2007. In addition to the opposition 

by Congressional members, virtually, all 

of the public comments were opposed to 

the MIP increases in a number 

multifamily housing programs, citing a 

variety of problems that could occur 

within individual programs and raising 

questions about HUD’s cost justification 

for the increases. 

FY 2007 Mortgage Insurance Premiums 

The Department has therefore decided 

that the FY 2007 MIPs will be the same 

as the FY2006 MIPs. The FY 2006 MIPs 

are published on August 30, 2005, at 70 

FR 51539 and remain in effect. 

Dated: September 27, 2006. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Final Determination for the Burt Lake 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Inc. 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of final determination. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(h), 

notice is hereby given that the Associate 

Deputy Secretary (ADS) has determined 

that the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Inc., c/o Mr. Curtis 

Chambers, does not satisfy all seven 

criteria for acknowledgment as an 

Indian tribe in 25 CFR 83.7. 

DATES: This determination is final and 

will become effective 90 days from 

publication of the Final Determination, 

pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(l)(4), unless a 

request for reconsideration is filed 

pursuant to 25 CFR 83.11. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the 

summary evaluation of the evidence 

should be addressed to the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs, 

Attention: Office of Federal 

Acknowledgment, 1951 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., MS: 34B–SIB, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. 

Lee Fleming, Director, Office of Federal 

Acknowledgment, (202) 513–7650. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published in the exercise of 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

the Interior to the ADS by Secretarial 

Order 3259, of February 8, 2005, as 

amended on August 11, 2005, and on 

March 31, 2006. 

This notice is based on a 

determination that the Burt Lake Band 

of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Inc. 

(BLB) does not satisfy all of the seven 

mandatory criteria for acknowledgment 

in 25 CFR 83.7, as modified by section 

83.8. The acknowledgment process is 

based on the regulations at 25 CFR part 

83. Under these regulations, the 

petitioner has the burden to present 

evidence that it meets the seven 

mandatory criteria in section 83.7. 

A notice of the Proposed Finding to 

decline to acknowledge the BLB was 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 15, 2004. The regulations provide 

a 180-day period for comment on the 

Proposed Finding and at the petitioner’s 

request this comment period was 

extended three times to close on May 2, 

2005. This determination is made 

following a review of the BLB’s 

response to the Proposed Finding. No 

third parties submitted comments on 

the Proposed Finding. 

This Final Determination concludes 

that the petitioner is eligible to be 

evaluated under section 83.8 with a last 

date of acknowledgment as of 1917. 

Under 83.8(d)(5), the petitioner was 

evaluated under criterion 83.7(a), which 

requires that the petitioner be identified 

as an American Indian entity on a 

substantially continuous basis, from the 

point of last Federal acknowledgment. 

The available evidence demonstrates 

that external observers have identified 

the petitioning group as an American 

Indian entity on a substantially 

continuous basis since 1917, the date of 

last Federal acknowledgment. 

Criterion 83.7(b), as modified by 

section 83.8(d)(2), requires that a 

predominant portion of the petitioning 

group comprise a distinct community 

and exist as a community at present. 

The BLB submitted evidence from ghost 

supper sign-in sheets, photographs, 

funeral records, and interviews 

submitted by the petitioner to 

supplement materials already in the 

record. The evidence demonstrates that 

the BLB as defined by its membership 

list is not a community. More than half 

of the petitioner’s members only rarely 

if ever participate in activities with 

other BLB members. The evidence 

demonstrates further that the BLB 

petitioner’s core social community is 

part of a greater Burt Lake community 

composed predominantly of members of 

a federally recognized tribe, the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians 

(LTBB), and members of the BLB 

petitioner. Neither the petitioner’s core 

social community nor the petitioner 

itself is distinct from this greater Burt 

Lake community. Further, the 

peripheral members of BLB are more 

likely to interact socially with older 

parents or grandparents and other 

relatives enrolled in LTBB than with 

non-relatives in BLB. The BLB 

petitioner does not meet criterion 

83.7(b) because it is not a distinct social 

community at present, as the regulations 

require. 

Criterion 83.7(c), as modified by 

section 83.8(d)(3), requires that the 

petitioner has maintained political 

influence or authority over its members 

as an autonomous entity from 1917 until 

the present. The BLB petitioner does not 

meet criterion 83.7(c), as modified by 

section 83.8(d)(3), because it has not 


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