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discovered a number of issues that 

could have a clear impact on the 

integrity of the pipeline. 

During the 2008 pipeline construction 

season, PHMSA inspectors discovered 

issues requiring immediate operator 

remediation prior to the pipeline being 

placed in service or requiring pressure 

reduction to assure pipeline integrity. 

Issues discovered during PHMSA 

inspections included poor quality 

control and procedures for welding, 

coating, and materials; as well as 

inadequate operator inspection and 

general construction practices. PHMSA 

developed this workshop in 

collaboration with our State partners, 

FERC and NEB to inform the public, 

alert the industry, review lessons 

learned from inspections, and to 

improve new pipeline construction 

practices prior to the 2009 construction 

season. 

Due to time constraints, this 

workshop will focus solely on natural 

gas transmission and hazardous liquid 

pipelines being constructed on 

established rights-of-way and will not 

include discussion on property rights, 

permitting or siting issues. 

Preliminary Workshop Agenda 

The workshop will include: 

(1) Quality Control and Inspection, 

(2) Welding, 

(3) Coating, 

(4) Materials, and 

(5) Best practices for pipeline 

construction. 

Refer to the meeting Web site for a 

more detailed agenda: https:// 

primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/ 

Mtg58.mtg. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 19, 

2009. 

Jeffrey D. Wiese, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. E9–6690 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

March 20, 2009. 

The Department of Treasury will 

submit the following public information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. Copies of 

the submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance 

Officer listed. Comments regarding this 

information collection should be 

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed 

and to the Treasury Department 

Clearance Officer, Department of the 

Treasury, Room 11000, and 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 27, 2009 to 

be assured of consideration. 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

OMB Number: 1545–2119. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Notice 2008–79, Tax-exempt 

Housing Bonds and 2008 Housing 

Legislation. 

Description: This information is being 

requested from issuers of tax-exempt 

bonds who issue bonds subject to the 

new volume cap or utilize proceeds of 

mortgage revenue bonds to refinance 

certain qualified subprime mortgage 

loans, as provided in the Housing 

Assistance Tax Act of 2008, enacted July 

30, 2008 (‘‘2008 Housing Act’’). We are 

asking issuers to report bonds issued 

pursuant to the new volume cap on 

existing form 8038 that is already 

required to be filed in connection with 

bond issues, and issuers of mortgage 

revenue bonds to attach a schedule to 

the 8038 providing a reasonable 

estimate of the total expected principal 

amount that will be utilized to refinance 

qualified subprime mortgage loans. We 

are asking issuers to file a second copy 

of an existing IRS Form 8328 in order 

to make the election to carry forward 

additional volume cap provided under 

the 2008 Housing Act that remains 

unused at the end of calendar year 2008. 

Respondents: State Local, and Tribal 

Governments. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 300 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: R. Joseph Durbala, 

(202) 622–3634, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed, 

(202) 395–7873, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Celina Elphage, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–6692 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Notice of Allocation Availability 

(NOAA) Inviting Applications for the 

CY 2009 Allocation Round of the New 

Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program 

Announcement Type: Change to 

NOAA inviting applications for the CY 

2009 Allocation Round of the NMTC 

Program: Increase in allocation 

authority; increase in maximum 

anticipated allocation award amount; 

waiver of Qualified Equity Investment 

(QEI) issuance requirements for 

allocation awards made in CY 2008; 

notification of reporting requirements 

for allocatees receiving allocations 

pursuant to the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

Dates: Electronic applications must be 

received by 5 p.m. ET on April 8, 2009. 

Applications sent by mail, facsimile or 

other form will not be accepted. 

Executive Summary: This NOAA 

update is issued in connection with the 

calendar year 2009 tax credit allocation 

round of the NMTC Program, authorized 

by Title I, subtitle C, section 121 of the 

Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 

2000 (Pub. L. 106–554), as amended (the 

Act). On January 22, 2009, the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund (the Fund) announced 

in the NOAA for the NMTC Program (74 

FR 4077) the amount of NMTC 

allocation authority available, the QEI 

issuance requirements for prior-round 

allocatees, and the reporting 

requirements for allocatees. Pursuant to 

the recent passage of the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(Recovery Act), the Fund hereby 

announces an increase in the total 

available NMTC allocation authority to 

$5.0 billion for the CY 2009 round. 

Furthermore, with respect to eligibility 

for an allocation under the CY 2009 

round, the Fund hereby waives the QEI 

issuance requirements for allocation 

awards made in CY 2008 and increases 

the anticipated maximum allocation 

award for CY 2009 to $125 million each. 

Finally, the Fund is hereby providing 

guidance on reporting requirements for 

allocatees whose allocations are 

authorized pursuant to the Recovery 

Act. 

Increase in Allocation Authority: The 

January 22, 2009 NOAA announced that 

there would be a total of $3.5 billion of 

NMTC allocation authority available in 

the CY 2009 round. The Recovery Act 

increases the NMTC allocation authority 

for the CY 2009 round from $3.5 billion 

to $5.0 billion.