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that visited ports in Venezuela during 

their last five port calls. Vessels must: 

• Implement measures per the ship’s 

security plan equivalent to Security 

level 2 while in a port in the above 

country; 

• Ensure that each access point to the 

ship is guarded and that the guards have 

total visibility of the exterior (both 

landside and waterside) of the vessel 

while the vessel is in ports in the above 

country. Guards may be provided by the 

ship’s crew, however, additional 

crewmembers should be placed on the 

ship if necessary to ensure that limits on 

maximum hours of work are not 

exceeded and/or minimum hours of rest 

are met, or provided by outside security 

forces approved by the ship’s master 

and Company Security Officer; 

• Attempt to execute a Declaration of 

Security while in a port in the above 

country; 

• Log all security actions in the ship’s 

log; 

• Report actions taken to the 

cognizant U.S. Coast Guard Captain of 

the Port prior to arrival into U.S. waters; 

and 

• Based on the findings of the Coast 

Guard boarding or examination, vessels 

may be required to ensure that each 

access point to the ship is guarded by 

armed private security guards and that 

they have total visibility of the exterior 

(both landside and waterside) of the 

vessel while in U.S. ports. The number 

and position of the guards has to be 

acceptable to the cognizant Coast Guard 

Captain of the Port prior to the vessel’s 

arrival. 

Dated: January 9, 2009. 

Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O’Hara, 

USCG, Deputy Commandant for Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5281–N–01] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; HUD 

Acquisition Regulations (HUDAR) 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

HUDAR is the Department’s 

supplement to the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR). The information 

collection required of the public is 

solely in connection with the 

acquisition process. 

DATES: Comments due: March 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number (2535–0091) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian L. Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Lillian Deitzer at Lillian_L_Deitzer

@HUD.gov or telephone (202) 402–8048. 

This not a toll-free number copies of 

available documents submitted to OMB 

may be obtained from Ms. Deitzer. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department will submit the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and 

affecting agencies concerning the 

proposed collection of information to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) Enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) Minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond; including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: HUD Acquisition 

Regulations (HUDAR). 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2535–0091. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: HUDAR 

is the Department’s supplement to the 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). 

The information collection required of 

the public is solely in connection with 

the acquisition process. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

HUD–770. 

Member of Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households, Business or 

Other for-Profit, Not-for-Profit 

Institutions. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden .............................................................................. 3,200 3.5 3.5 39,196 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

39,196. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, 

as amended. 

Dated: January 9, 2009. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5280–N–02] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 16, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC 

20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY 

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (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 the December 12, 1988 

court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration, 

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD 

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, 

identifying unutilized, underutilized, 

excess and surplus Federal buildings 

and real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the 

purpose of announcing that no 

additional properties have been 

determined suitable or unsuitable this 

week. 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

[FR Doc. E9–564 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5276–N–01] 

Mortgage and Loan Insurance 

Programs Under the National Housing 

Act—Debenture Interest Rates 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

changes in the interest rates to be paid 

on debentures issued with respect to a 

loan or mortgage insured by the Federal 

Housing Administration under the 

provisions of the National Housing Act 

(the Act). The interest rate for 

debentures issued under section 

221(g)(4) of the Act during the 6-month 

period beginning January 1, 2009, is 33⁄4

percent. The interest rate for debentures 

issued under any other provision of the 

Act is the rate in effect on the date that 

the commitment to insure the loan or 

mortgage was issued, or the date that the 

loan or mortgage was endorsed (or 

initially endorsed if there are two or 

more endorsements) for insurance, 

whichever rate is higher. The interest 

rate for debentures issued under these 

other provisions with respect to a loan 

or mortgage committed or endorsed 

during the 6-month period beginning 

January 1, 2009, is 41⁄8 percent. 

However, as a result of an amendment 

to section 224 of the Act, if an insurance 

claim relating to a mortgage insured 

under sections 203 or 234 of the Act and 

endorsed for insurance after January 23, 

2004, is paid in cash, the debenture 

interest rate for purposes of calculating 

a claim shall be the monthly average 

yield, for the month in which the 

default on the mortgage occurred, on 

United States Treasury Securities 

adjusted to a constant maturity of 10 

years. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yong Sun, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 

SW., Room 5148, Washington, DC 

20410–8000; telephone (202) 402–4778 

(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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

224 of the National Housing Act (12 

U.S.C. 1715o) provides that debentures 

issued under the Act with respect to an 

insured loan or mortgage (except for 

debentures issued pursuant to section 

221(g)(4) of the Act) will bear interest at 

the rate in effect on the date the 

commitment to insure the loan or 

mortgage was issued, or the date the 

loan or mortgage was endorsed (or 

initially endorsed if there are two or 

more endorsements) for insurance, 

whichever rate is higher. This provision 

is implemented in HUD’s regulations at 

24 CFR 203.405, 203.479, 207.259(e)(6), 

and 220.830. These regulatory 

provisions state that the applicable rates 

of interest will be published twice each 

year as a notice in the Federal Register. 

Section 224 further provides that the 

interest rate on these debentures will be 

set from time to time by the Secretary 

of HUD, with the approval of the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in an amount 

not in excess of the annual interest rate 

determined by the Secretary of the 

Treasury pursuant to a statutory formula 

based on the average yield of all 

outstanding marketable Treasury 

obligations of maturities of 15 or more 

years. 

The Secretary of the Treasury (1) has 

determined, in accordance with the 

provisions of section 224, that the 

statutory maximum interest rate for the 

period beginning January 1, 2009, is 41⁄8

percent; and (2) has approved the 

establishment of the debenture interest 

rate by the Secretary of HUD at 41⁄8

percent for the 6-month period 

beginning January 1, 2009. This interest 

rate will be the rate borne by debentures 

issued with respect to any insured loan 

or mortgage (except for debentures 

issued pursuant to section 221(g)(4)) 

with insurance commitment or 

endorsement date (as applicable) within 

the first 6 months of 2009. 

For convenience of reference, HUD is 

publishing the following chart of 

debenture interest rates applicable to 

mortgages committed or endorsed since 

January 1, 1980: 

Effective 

interest rate On or after Prior to 

91⁄2 ........................................................................................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1980 July 1, 1980 

97⁄8 ........................................................................................................................................................................... July 1, 1980 Jan. 1, 1981 

113⁄4 ......................................................................................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1981 July 1, 1981 

127⁄8 ......................................................................................................................................................................... July 1, 1981 Jan. 1, 1982 

123⁄4 ......................................................................................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1982 Jan. 1, 1983 

101⁄4 ......................................................................................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1983 July 1, 1983 

103⁄8 ......................................................................................................................................................................... July 1, 1983 Jan. 1, 1984 

111⁄2 ......................................................................................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1984 July 1, 1984 

133⁄8 ......................................................................................................................................................................... July 1, 1984 Jan. 1, 1985 

115⁄8 ......................................................................................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1985 July 1, 1985 

111⁄8 ......................................................................................................................................................................... July 1, 1985 Jan. 1, 1986 

101⁄4 ......................................................................................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1986 July 1, 1986 

81⁄4 ........................................................................................................................................................................... July 1, 1986 Jan. 1, 1987 

8 ............................................................................................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1987 July 1, 1987 

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