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CFR 101.9(b). The following evaluation 

methods and criteria have been 

suggested: 

1. Baseline measurements to be 

established through data analysis. 

2. Questionnaires from both trade 

participants and CBP addressing such 

issues as: 

• Workload impact (workload shifts/ 

volume, cycle times, etc.). 

• Cost savings (staff, interest, 

reduction in mailing costs, etc.). 

• Policy and procedure 

accommodation. 

• Trade compliance impact. 

• Problem resolution. 

• System efficiency. 

• Operational efficiency. 

• Other issues identified by the 

participant group. 

X. Development of ACE Prototypes 

A chronological listing of Federal 

Register publications detailing ACE test 

developments is set forth below. 

• ACE Portal Accounts and 

Subsequent Revision Notices: 67 FR 

21800 (May 1, 2002); 70 FR 5199 

(February 1, 2005); 69 FR 5360 and 69 

FR 5362 (February 4, 2004); 69 FR 

54302 (September 8, 2004). 

• ACE System of Records Notice: 71 

FR 3109 (January 19, 2006). 

• Terms/Conditions for Access to the 

ACE Portal and Subsequent Revisions: 

72 FR 27632 (May 16, 2007); 73 FR 

38464 (July 7, 2008). 

• ACE Non-Portal Accounts and 

Related Notice: 70 FR 61466 (October 

24, 2005); 71 FR 15756 (March 29, 

2006). 

• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and 

Revenue (ESAR I) Capabilities: 72 FR 

59105 (October 18, 2007). 

• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and 

Revenue (ESAR II) Capabilities: 73 FR 

50337 (August 26, 2008); 74 FR 9826 

(March 6, 2009). 

• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and 

Revenue (ESAR III) Capabilities: 74 FR 

69129 (December 30, 2009). 

• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and 

Revenue (ESAR IV) Capabilities: 76 FR 

37136 (June 24, 2011). 

Dated: April 2, 2012. 

Allen Gina, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

International Trade. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5374–N–37] 

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 (Pub. L. 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 

Philadelphia Housing Authority for the 

purchase and installation of Uniform 

Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS)- 

compliant combination washer/dryer 

units for the Paschall Village Phase I 

and II 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 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 February 29, 

2012, upon request of the Philadelphia 

Housing Authority, HUD granted an 

exception to applicability of the Buy 

American requirements with respect to 

work, using CFRFC grant funds, in 

connection with the Paschall Village 

Phase I and II project. The exception 

was granted by HUD on the basis that 

the relevant manufactured goods 

(UFAS-compliant combination washer/ 

dryer units) are not produced in the U.S. 

in sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities or of satisfactory quality. 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

Deborah Hernandez, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5374–N–38] 

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 (Pub. L. 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 

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exception was granted to the 

Wilmington Housing Authority for the 

purchase and installation of condensing 

tankless water heaters for the 

Southbridge 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 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 tollfree 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 12, 

2012, upon request of the Wilmington 

Housing Authority, HUD granted an 

exception to applicability of the Buy 

American requirements with respect to 

work, using CFRFC grant funds, in 

connection with the Southbridge 

project. The exception was granted by 

HUD on the basis that the relevant 

manufactured goods (condensing 

tankless water heaters) are not produced 

in the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities or of satisfactory 

quality. 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

Deborah Hernandez, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5601–N–14] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Steward B. McKinney Homeless 

Assistance Act, as amended, HUD 

publishes a weekly Federal Register 

notice listing unutilized, underutilized, 

excess, and surplus Federal property 

reviewed by HUD for suitability for use 

to assist the homeless. HUD generally 

publishes this weekly report each 

Friday. Today’s notice announces that 

because of the size of HUD’s next report, 

the Office of the Federal Register has 

informed HUD that it cannot 

accommodate HUD’s request to 

schedule publication of the report on 

Friday, April 6, 2012. As a result, HUD’s 

next report listing unutilized, 

underutilized, excess, and surplus 

Federal property will be published in 

the Federal Register on April 20, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Juanita Perry, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC 

20410; telephone number 202–708– 

1234; TTY number for the hearing- and 

speech-impaired 202–708–2565 (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and 

section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney 

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

11411), as amended, HUD publishes a 

weekly notice in the Federal Register 

listing Federal buildings and other real 

property that HUD has reviewed for 

suitability for use to assist the homeless. 

The properties are reviewed using 

information provided to HUD by 

Federal landholding agencies regarding 

unutilized and underutilized buildings 

and real property controlled by such 

agencies or by GSA regarding its 

inventory of excess or surplus Federal 

property. HUD’s weekly notice is also 

published in order to comply with the 

December 12, 1988 Court Order in 

National Coalition for the Homeless v. 

Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503– 

OG (D.D.C.). 

HUD generally publishes this notice 

each Friday. Today’s notice announces 

that because of the size of HUD’s next 

report, the Office of the Federal Register 

has informed HUD that it cannot 

accommodate HUD’s request to 

schedule publication of the report on 

Friday, April 6, 2012. As a result, 

today’s notice announces that HUD’s 

next report listing unutilized, 

underutilized, excess, and surplus 

Federal property will be published in 

the Federal Register on April 20, 2012. 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–IA–2012–N082; 

FXIA16710900000P5–123–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Applications for Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

May 7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Lisa Lierheimer, Division of 

Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax 

Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203; 

fax (703) 358–2280; or email 

DMAFR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Lierheimer, (703) 358–2104 (telephone); 

(703) 358–2280 (fax); DMAFR@fws.gov 

(email). 

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