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1See Division A, titled the ‘‘Federal Housing 

Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008,’’ Tit. I, 

section 1101 of HERA. 

vegetable crop group, canola, cucurbit 

crop group, fruiting vegetable group, 

leafy vegetable group, peas/beans (dry), 

pome fruit group, potato, stone fruit 

group, strawberry, and tree nut group. 

Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2010–0349. 

New Active Ingredient: Penthiopyrad. 

File Symbol: 352–IGL. Applicant: E.I. du 

Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., 

1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898. 

Product name: DPX-LEM17 50 WDG. 

Active ingredients: Penthiopyrad at 

50%. Proposed classification/Use: Enduse/ Terrestrial Non-food Crops: 

Landscape ornamentals (including nonbearing fruit trees) and turf grass 

(including sod farms) Docket ID 

Number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0349. 

New Active Ingredient: Penthiopyrad. 

File Symbol: 352–IGU. Applicant: E.I. 

du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., 

1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898. 

Product name: Dupont Fontelis 

Fungicide. Active ingredient: 

Penthiopyrad at 20%. Proposed 

classification/Use: End-use/Terrestrial 

Food Crops and Crop Groups: Bulb 

vegetable crop group, canola, cucurbit 

crop group, fruiting vegetable group, 

leafy vegetable group, peas/beans (dry), 

pome fruit group, potato, stone fruit 

group, strawberry, and tree nut group. 

Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2010–0349. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pest. 

Dated: May 3, 2010. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE 

AGENCY 

[No. 2010–N–06] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance 

Agency. 

ACTION: 60-day Notice of Intent To 

Submit an Information Collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget for 

Approval. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is 

seeking public comments concerning a 

currently approved information 

collection ‘‘Monthly Survey of Rates and 

Terms on Conventional 1-Family NonFarm Mortgage Loans,’’ known as the 

Monthly Interest Rate Survey or MIRS. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) assigned MIRS control number 

2590–0004, which is due to expire on 

September 30, 2010. FHFA intends to 

submit the information collection to 

OMB for review and approval for a 

three-year extension of the control 

number. 

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

comments on or before July 12, 2010. 

Comments: Submit comments to 

FHFA using any one of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: regcomments@fhfa.gov. 

Please include ‘‘Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request: Monthly Interest 

Rate Survey (No. 2010–N–06)’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Federal 

Housing Finance Agency, Fourth Floor, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552, ATTENTION: Public Comments 

Proposed Collection; Comment Request: 

‘‘Monthly Interest Rate Survey,’’ (No. 

2010–N–06). 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

We will post all public comments we 

receive without change, including any 

personal information you provide, such 

as your name and address, on the FHFA 

Web site at http://www.fhfa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David L. Roderer, Senior Financial 

Analyst, 202–408–2540 (not a toll-free 

number), david.l.roderer@fhfa.gov. The 

telephone number for the 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 

is 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Need for and Use of the Information 

Collection 

The Housing and Economic Recovery 

Act of 2008 (HERA), Public Law 110– 

289, 122 Stat. 2654, amended the 

Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 

Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 

(Safety and Soundness Act) (12 U.S.C. 

4501 et seq.) and the Federal Home 

Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) 

to establish FHFA as an independent 

agency of the Federal government.1 One 

of FHFA’s predecessor agencies, the 

former Federal Housing Finance Board 

(Finance Board), provided data 

concerning a survey of mortgage interest 

rates until HERA transferred those 

responsibilities to FHFA. This survey, 

known as the Monthly Interest Rate 

Survey or MIRS, is described in 12 CFR 

906.5. 

The information collection is used by 

FHFA to produce the MIRS and for 

general statistical purposes and program 

evaluation. The MIRS provides monthly 

information on interest rates, loan 

terms, and house prices by property 

type (all, new, previously occupied), by 

loan type (fixed- or adjustable-rate), and 

by lender type (savings associations, 

mortgage companies, commercial banks, 

and savings banks), as well as 

information on 15-year and 30-year 

fixed-rate loans. In addition, the MIRS 

provides quarterly information on 

conventional loans by major 

metropolitan area and by FHLBank 

district. 

To conduct the MIRS, FHFA asks a 

sample of mortgage lenders to report 

voluntarily the terms and conditions on 

all single-family, fully amortized, 

purchase-money, non-farm loans that 

they close during the last five business 

days of the month. The MIRS excludes 

FHA-insured and VA-guaranteed loans, 

multifamily loans, mobile home loans, 

and loans created by refinancing 

another mortgage. 

Information concerning the MIRS is 

published regularly on the FHFA Web 

site, http://www.fhfa.gov, in FHFA press 

releases, in the popular and trade press, 

including a monthly 1-page ARM index 

release, a monthly 8- or 12-page release 

with mortgage rate and term data, and 

an annual summary all available via 

FHFA’s Web site, and in publications of 

other Federal agencies, including The 

Economic Report of the President and 

Statistical Abstract of the United States. 

FHFA publishes on its Web site the 

phone number for an automated 

telephone answering system that 

provides callers a recorded message 

about the ARM index and other MIRS 

information. 

Economic policy makers use the MIRS 

data to determine trends in the mortgage 

markets, including interest rates, down 

payments, terms to maturity, terms on 

ARMs, and initial fees and charges on 

mortgage loans. Other federal banking 

agencies, such as the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System and the Council of Economic 

Advisors, use the MIRS results for 

research purposes. 

FHFA considers MIRS, among other 

indexes or measures FHFA determines 

are appropriate, in establishing and 

maintaining a method to assess the 

national average one-family house price 

for use for adjusting the conforming 

loan limitations of Freddie Mac and 

Fannie Mae. 12 U.S.C. 4542. Other 

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statutory references of the MIRS include 

the following: 

• In 1989, Congress required the 

Chairperson of the Finance Board to 

take necessary actions to ensure that 

indices used to calculate the interest 

rate on adjustable-rate mortgages 

(ARMs) remain available. See FIRREA, 

tit. IV, section 402, paragraphs (e)(3)– 

(4), 103 Stat. 183, codified at 12 U.S.C. 

1437 note. At least one ARM index, 

known as the National Average Contract 

Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of 

Previously Occupied Homes by 

Combined Lenders, is derived from the 

MIRS data. The statute permits FHFA to 

substitute a different ARM index after 

notice and comment only if the new 

ARM index is based upon data 

substantially similar to that of the 

original ARM index and substitution of 

the new ARM index will result in an 

interest rate substantially similar to the 

rate in effect at the time the new ARM 

index replaces the existing ARM index. 

See 12 U.S.C. 1437 note. 

• Congress indirectly connected the 

high cost area limits for mortgages 

insured by the Federal Housing 

Administration (FHA) of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development to the MIRS in 1994 when 

it statutorily linked these FHA 

insurance limits to the purchase price 

limitations for Fannie Mae. See Public 

Law No. 103–327, 108 Stat. 2314 (Sept. 

28, 1994), codified at 12 U.S.C. 

1709(b)(2)(A)(ii). 

• Statutes in several states and U.S. 

territories, including California, 

Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, 

Wisconsin, and the Virgin Islands, refer 

to, or rely upon, the MIRS. See, e.g., Cal. 

Civ. Code §§ 1916.7 and 1916.8 

(mortgage rates); Mich. Comp. Laws 

§ 445.1621(d) (mortgage index rates); 

Minn. Stat. § 92.06 (payments for state 

land sales); N.J. Rev. Stat. 31:1–1 

(interest rates); Wis. Stat. § 138.056 

(variable loan rates); V.I. Code Ann. tit. 

11, § 951 (legal rate of interest). 

The respondents include a sample of 

major mortgage lenders, such as savings 

institutions, commercial banks, and 

mortgage loan companies. Most of the 

respondents submit the requested 

information electronically using the 

MIRS software in a format similar to 

FHFB Form FHFB 10–91. Some 

respondents elect to complete FHFB 

Form 10–91 and submit it by facsimile. 

Respondents are requested to submit the 

information on a monthly basis. 

The OMB number for the information 

collection is 2590–0004. The OMB 

clearance for the information collection 

expires on September 30, 2010. 

B. Burden Estimate 

FHFA estimates the total annual 

number of respondents at 76 with 8 

responses per respondent. The estimate 

for the average hours per response is 20 

minutes. The estimate for the total 

annual hour burden is 200 hours (76 

respondents × 8 responses × 0.33 hours). 

C. Comment Request 

FHFA requests written comments on 

the following: (1) Whether the collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of FHFA functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

FHFA estimates of the burdens of the 

collection of information; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Dated: May 6, 2010. 

Edward J. DeMarco, 

Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance 

Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Public Health and Science, 

Office of Minority Health. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a 

meeting. This meeting is open to the 

public. Preregistration is required for 

both public attendance and comment. 

Any individual who wishes to attend 

the meeting and/or participate in the 

public comment session should e-mail 

acmh@osophs.dhhs.gov. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, July 6, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. and Wednesday, July 7, 2010 from 

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Doubletree Hotel, 1515 Rhode Island 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Monica A. Baltimore, Tower Building, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. Phone: 240– 

453–2882 Fax: 240–453–2883. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Public Law 105–392, 

the ACMH was established to provide 

advice to the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Minority Health in improving the 

health of each racial and ethnic 

minority group and on the development 

of goals and specific program activities 

of the Office of Minority Health. 

Topics to be discussed during this 

meeting will include increasing the 

health care workforce and strategies to 

improve the health of racial and ethnic 

minority populations through the 

development of health policies and 

programs that will help eliminate health 

disparities, as well as other related 

issues. 

Public attendance at the meeting is 

limited to space available. Individuals 

who plan to attend and need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should notify the 

designated contact person at least 

fourteen (14) business days prior to the 

meeting. Members of the public will 

have an opportunity to provide 

comments at the meeting. Public 

comments will be limited to three 

minutes per speaker. Individuals who 

would like to submit written statements 

should mail or fax their comments to 

the Office of Minority Health at least 

seven (7) business days prior to the 

meeting. Any members of the public 

who wish to have printed material 

distributed to ACMH committee 

members should submit their materials 

to the Executive Secretary, ACMH, 

Tower Building, 1101 Wootton 

Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852, prior to close of 

business June 29, 2010. 

Dated: May 4, 2010. 

Garth N. Graham, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority 

Health, Office of Minority Health Office of 

Public Health and Science Office of the 

Secretary U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Toxicology Program (NTP); 

Office of Liaison, Policy and Review; 

Meeting of the Scientific Advisory 

Committee on Alternative 

Toxicological Methods (SACATM) 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

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