Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 64 / Monday, April 6, 2009 / Notices 15515 

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: Application for 

Multifamily Project Mortgage Insurance. 

OMB Control Number, if Applicable: 

2502–0029. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: HUD 

reviews the information collection to 

determine the acceptability of the 

mortgagor, sponsor, and other key 

principles for an application for 

mortgage insurance. 

Agency Form Numbers, if Applicable: 

HUD–92013, HUD–92013–Supp, HUD– 

92013–E, HUD–92264, HUD–92264–A, 

HUD–92264–T, HUD–92273, HUD– 

92274, HUD–92326, HUD–92329, HUD– 

92331, HUD–92452, HUD–92485, HUD– 

92415, HUD–92447, HUD–92010, HUD– 

91708, FM–1006 are covered under 

OMB 2502–0029. 

Estimation of the Total Numbers of 

Hours Needed to Prepare the 

Information: 

Collection Including Number of 

Respondents, Frequency of Response, 

and Hours of Response: The number of 

burden hours is 51,110. The number of 

respondents is 1,045, the number of 

responses is 28,315, the frequency of 

response varies from 1–3 times, and the 

burden hour per response totals 

approximately 40.5. The forms are 

submitted only once during the 

application for FHA mortgage 

insurance. 

Status of the Proposed Information 

Collection: Reinstatement, with change, 

of a previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: March 27, 2009. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing—Deputy Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E9–7556 Filed 4–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5296–N–01] 

Annual Indexing of Basic Statutory 

Mortgage Limits for Multifamily 

Housing Programs 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

206A of the National Housing Act, HUD 

has adjusted the basic statutory 

mortgage limits for multifamily housing 

programs for calendar year 2009. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph A. Sealey, Director, Technical 

Support Division, Office of Multifamily 

Development, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410– 

8000, telephone (202) 402–2559 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Hearing- or 

speech-impaired individuals may access 

this number through TTY by calling the 

toll-free Federal Information Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHA 

Downpayment Simplification Act of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–326, approved 

December 4, 2002) amended the 

National Housing Act by adding a new 

section 206A (12 U.S.C. 1712a). Under 

section 206A, the following are affected: 

(1) Section 207(c)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1713(c)(3)(A)); 

(2) Section 213(b)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715e(b)(2)(A)); 

(3) Section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I) (12 

U.S.C. 1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I)); 

(4) Section 221(d)(3)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715l(d)(3)(ii)(I)); 

(5) Section 221(d)(4)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715l(d)(4)(ii)(I)); 

(6) Section 231(c)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715v(c)(2)(A)); and 

(7) Section 234(e)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715y(e)(3)(A)). 

The dollar amounts in these sections, 

which are collectively referred to as the 

‘‘Dollar Amounts,’’ shall be adjusted 

annually (commencing in 2004) on the 

effective date of the Federal Reserve 

Board’s adjustment of the $400 figure in 

the Home Ownership and Equity 

Protection Act of 1994 (HOEPA) (Pub. L. 

103–325, approved September 23, 

1994). The adjustment of the Dollar 

Amounts shall be calculated using the 

percentage change in the Consumer 

Price Index for All Urban Consumers 

(CPI–U) as applied by the Federal 

Reserve Board for purposes of the 

above-described HOEPA adjustment. 

HUD has been notified of the 

percentage change in the CPI–U used for 

the HOEPA adjustment and the effective 

date of the HOEPA adjustment. The 

percentage change in the CPI–U is 3.94 

percent and the effective date of the 

HOEPA adjustment is January 1, 2009. 

The Dollar Amounts have been adjusted 

correspondingly and have an effective 

date of January 1, 2009. 

The adjusted Dollar Amounts for 

calendar year 2009 are shown below: 

Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for 

Calendar Year 2009 

Multifamily Loan Program 

• Section 207—Multifamily Housing. 

• Section 207 pursuant to Section 

223(f)—Purchase or Refinance Housing. 

• Section 220—Housing in Urban 

Renewal Areas. 

Bedrooms Nonelevator Elevator 

0 ............................ $45,425 52,415 

1 ............................ 50,318 58,705 

2 ............................ 60,102 71,984 

3 ............................ 74,081 90,156 

4+ .......................... 83,867 101,939 

• Section 213—Cooperatives 

Bedrooms Nonelevator Elevator 

0 ............................ $49,228 52,415 

1 ............................ 56,759 59,386 

2 ............................ 68,453 72,212 

3 ............................ 87,620 93,419 

4+ .......................... 97,614 102,546 

• Section 221(d)(3)—Moderate Income 

Housing 

• Section 234—Condominium Housing 

Bedrooms Nonelevator Elevator 

0 ............................ $50,232 52,862 

1 ............................ 57,917 60,597 

2 ............................ 69,849 73,686 

3 ............................ 89,409 95,325 

4+ .......................... 99,605 104,638 

• Section 221(d)(4)—Moderate Income 

Housing 

Bedrooms Nonelevator Elevator 

0 ............................ $45,206 48,832 

1 ............................ 51,315 55,980 

2 ............................ 62,026 68,070 

3 ............................ 77,854 88,060 

4+ .......................... 88,222 96,664 

• Section 231—Housing for the Elderly 

Bedrooms Nonelevator Elevator 

0 ............................ $42,981 48,832 

1 ............................ 48,048 55,980 

2 ............................ 57,376 68,070 

3 ............................ 69,048 88,060 

4+ .......................... 81,177 96,664 

• Section 207—Manufactured Home 

Parks 

Per Space ................................... $20,855 


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Dated: March 24, 2009. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E9–7651 Filed 4–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2009–N0020; 81430–1121– 

8GEN–F3] 

Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement for 

the Deane Dana Friendship Community 

Regional Park in Los Angeles County, 

CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The County of Los Angeles, 

Department of Parks and Recreation 

(Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service (Service) for an 

Enhancement of Survival permit 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended. The Service is considering the 

issuance of a 30-year permit to the 

Applicant that would authorize take of 

the federally endangered Palos Verdes 

blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus 

palosverdesensis; ‘‘PVB’’) through a Safe 

Harbor Agreement (SHA). The purpose 

of this SHA is for the Applicant to 

restore a minimum of 8 acres of habitat 

for the PVB through the implementation 

of a habitat restoration plan at Deane 

Dana Friendship Community Regional 

Park (Friendship Park), a known historic 

location for this species. Friendship 

Park is owned by the County of Los 

Angeles. The Applicant seeks to provide 

for the long-term recovery of PVB in the 

wild through the restoration of suitable 

habitat that can accommodate passive or 

active reintroduction of the site from the 

U.S. Navy Defense Fuel Support Point, 

San Pedro (DFSP) or other extant 

locations that may be present within the 

historic range of the species. The 

Service has made a preliminary 

determination that the proposed SHA 

and permit application are eligible for 

categorical exclusion under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA). The basis for this preliminary 

determination is contained in an 

Environmental Action Statement. 

We request comments from the public 

on the permit application and the 

Environmental Action Statement, both 

of which are available for review. The 

permit application includes the 

proposed SHA. The SHA describes the 

proposed project and the measures that 

the Applicant would undertake to avoid 

and minimize take of the covered 

species. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 6, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Please address written 

comments to Samantha Marcum, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 6010 Hidden Valley 

Road, Suite 101, Carlsbad, California 

92011. Comments may also be sent by 

facsimile to 760–918–0638. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Bartel, Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish 

and Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES); 

telephone: (760) 431–9440. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

Individuals wishing copies of the 

permit application, copies of our 

Environmental Action Statement, and/ 

or copies of the full text of the SHA 

should immediately contact the Service 

by telephone at (760) 431–9440 or by 

letter to the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office. Copies of the documents also are 

available for public inspection during 

regular business hours at the Carlsbad 

Fish and Wildlife Office [see 

ADDRESSES]. 

Background 

Section 9 of the Endangered Species 

Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its 

implementing Federal regulations 

prohibit the take of animal species listed 

as endangered or threatened. Take is 

defined under the Act as to harass, 

harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, 

trap, capture or collect listed animal 

species, or attempt to engage in such 

conduct (16 U.S.C. 1538). However, 

under section 10(a) of the Act, the 

Service may issue permits to authorize 

incidental take of listed species. 

‘‘Incidental take’’ is defined by the Act 

as take that is incidental to, and not the 

purpose of, carrying out an otherwise 

lawful activity. Regulations governing 

incidental take permits for endangered 

and threatened species, respectively, are 

found in the Code of Federal 

Regulations at 50 CFR 17.22 and 50 CFR 

17.32. 

The Applicant (Los Angeles County 

Department of Parks and Recreation) is 

seeking a permit for take of the Palos 

Verdes blue butterfly during the life of 

the permit. This species is referred to as 

the ‘‘PVB’’ in the proposed SHA. 

Under a SHA, participating 

landowners voluntarily undertake 

management activities on their property 

to enhance, restore, or maintain habitat 

benefiting species listed under the Act. 

SHAs, and the subsequent enhancement 

of survival permits that are issued 

pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Act, encourage private and other nonFederal property owners to implement 

conservation efforts for Federally listed 

species by assuring property owners 

that they will not be subjected to 

increased property use restrictions as a 

result of their efforts to attract Federally 

listed species to their property, or to 

increase the numbers or distribution of 

Federally listed species already on their 

property. Application requirements and 

issuance criteria for enhancement of 

survival permits through Safe Harbor 

Agreements are found in 50 CFR 

17.22(c). 

We have worked with the Applicant 

to develop the proposed SHA for the 

conservation of the PVB via habitat 

restoration within 8 acres of the 125- 

acre Friendship Park in Los Angeles 

County, California. Friendship Park is 

located within the cities of Los Angeles 

and Rancho Palos Verdes on the Palos 

Verdes Peninsula (Peninsula) in the 

southern part of Los Angeles County. 

The park occurs within the U.S. 

Geological Survey 7.5-minute series San 

Pedro topographic quadrangle 

(township 5 south, range 14 west, 

within the Los Verdes Land Grant 

Boundary) and comprises 

approximately 125 acres bordered 

roughly by Western Avenue on the west 

and Rue le Charlene and Ninth Street on 

the north. 

This SHA provides for the restoration, 

enhancement, and management of 

coastal sage scrub (CSS) habitat 

containing hostplants suitable for the 

PVB within Friendship Park. The 

proposed duration of the SHA is 30 

years, and the proposed term of the 

enhancement of survival permit is 30 

years, provided that the Service 

determines that the actions identified in 

the SHA were implemented prior to the 

SHA’s expiration. When fully 

implemented, the SHA and requested 

enhancement of survival permit will 

allow the Applicant to return habitat 

conditions to baseline after the end of 

the 30-year term of the SHA and permit, 

if so desired by the Applicant. The SHA 

and associated restoration plan fully 

describe the management activities to be 

undertaken by the Applicant, and the 

net conservation benefits expected to 

the PVB. Upon approval of this SHA, 

and consistent with the Service’s Safe 

Harbor Policy published in the Federal 

Register on June 17, 1999 (64 FR 32717), 

the Service would issue a permit to the 

Applicant authorizing take of the PVB 

incidental to the implementation of the 

management activities specified in the 

SHA, incidental to other lawful uses of 

the enrolled property including normal, 


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