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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: Customer 

Satisfaction Surveys. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2535–0116. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: 

Executive Order 12862, ‘‘Setting 

Customer Service Standards’’ requires 

that Federal agencies provide the 

highest quality service to our customers 

by identifying them and determining 

what they think about our services. The 

surveys covered in the request for a 

generic clearance will provide HUD a 

means to gather this data directly from 

our customers. HUD will conduct 

various customer satisfaction surveys to 

gather feedback and data directly from 

our customers to determine the kind 

and quality of services and products 

they want and expect to receive. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

None. 

Members of Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households, Business or 

Other for-Profit, Not-for-Profit 

Institutions, State, Local or Tribal. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

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 x Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden: ............................................................................. 1 1 1 1 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1. 

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: July 29, 2008. 

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–5202–N–02] 

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 July 1, 2008, is 37⁄8

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 

July 1, 2008, is 45⁄8 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 July 1, 2008, is 45⁄8

percent; and (2) has approved the 

establishment of the debenture interest 

rate by the Secretary of HUD at 45⁄8

percent for the 6-month period 

beginning July 1, 2008. 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 latter 6 months of 2008. 

For convenience of reference, HUD is 

publishing the following chart of 

debenture interest rates applicable to 

mortgages committed or endorsed since 

January 1, 1980: 


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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. 

9 ............................................................................................................... July 1, 1987 ................................... Jan. 1, 1988. 

91⁄8 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1988 ................................... July 1, 1988. 

93⁄8 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 1988 ................................... Jan. 1, 1989. 

91⁄4 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1989 ................................... July 1, 1989. 

9 ............................................................................................................... July 1, 1989 ................................... Jan. 1, 1990. 

81⁄8 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1990 ................................... July 1, 1990. 

9 ............................................................................................................... July 1, 1990 ................................... Jan. 1, 1991. 

83⁄4 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1991 ................................... July 1, 1991. 

81⁄2 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 1991 ................................... Jan. 1, 1992. 

8 ............................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1992 ................................... July 1, 1992. 

8 ............................................................................................................... July 1, 1992 ................................... Jan. 1, 1993. 

73⁄4 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1993 ................................... July 1, 1993. 

7 ............................................................................................................... July 1, 1993 ................................... Jan. 1, 1994. 

65⁄8 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1994 ................................... July 1, 1994. 

73⁄4 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 1994 ................................... Jan. 1, 1995. 

83⁄8 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1995 ................................... July 1, 1995. 

71⁄4 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 1995 ................................... Jan. 1, 1996. 

61⁄2 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1996 ................................... July 1, 1996. 

71⁄4 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 1996 ................................... Jan. 1, 1997. 

63⁄4 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1997 ................................... July 1, 1997. 

71⁄8 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 1997 ................................... Jan. 1, 1998. 

63⁄8 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1998 ................................... July 1, 1998. 

61⁄8 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 1998 ................................... Jan. 1, 1999. 

51⁄2 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 1999 ................................... July 1, 1999. 

61⁄8 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 1999 ................................... Jan. 1, 2000. 

61⁄2 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 2000 ................................... July 1, 2000. 

61⁄2 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 2000 ................................... Jan. 1, 2001. 

6 ............................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 2001 ................................... July 1, 2001. 

57⁄8 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 2001 ................................... Jan. 1, 2002. 

51⁄4 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 2002 ................................... July 1, 2002. 

53⁄4 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 2002 ................................... Jan. 1, 2003. 

5 ............................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 2003 ................................... July 1, 2003. 

41⁄2 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 2003 ................................... Jan. 1, 2004. 

51⁄8 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 2004 ................................... July 1, 2004. 

51⁄2 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 2004 ................................... Jan. 1, 2005. 

47⁄8 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 2005 ................................... July 1, 2005. 

41⁄2 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 2005 ................................... Jan. 1, 2006. 

47⁄8 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 2006 ................................... July 1, 2006. 

53⁄8 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 2006 ................................... Jan. 1, 2007. 

43⁄4 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 2007 ................................... July 1, 2007. 

5 ............................................................................................................... July 1, 2007 ................................... Jan. 1, 2008. 

41⁄2 ........................................................................................................... Jan. 1, 2008 ................................... July 1, 2008. 

45⁄8 ........................................................................................................... July 1, 2008 ................................... Jan. 1, 2009. 

Section 215 of Division G, Title II of 

Pub. L. 108–199, enacted January 23, 

2004 (HUD’s 2004 Appropriations Act) 

amended section 224 of the Act, to 

change the debenture interest rate for 

purposes of calculating certain 

insurance claim payments made in cash. 

Therefore, for all claims paid in cash on 

mortgages insured under section 203 or 

234 of the National Housing Act and 

endorsed for insurance after January 23, 

2004, the debenture interest rate will 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, as found 

in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H–

15. The Federal Housing Administration 

has codified this provision in HUD 

regulations at 24 CFR 203.405(b) and 24 

CFR 203.479(b). 

Section 221(g)(4) of the Act provides 

that debentures issued pursuant to that 

paragraph (with respect to the 

assignment of an insured mortgage to 

the Secretary) will bear interest at the 

‘‘going Federal rate’’ in effect at the time 

the debentures are issued. The term 

‘‘going Federal rate’’ is defined to mean 

the interest rate that the Secretary of the 

Treasury determines, pursuant to a 

statutory formula based on the average 

yield on all outstanding marketable 

Treasury obligations of 8- to 12-year 

maturities, for the 6-month periods of 


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January through June and July through 

December of each year. Section 221(g)(4) 

is implemented in the HUD regulations 

at 24 CFR 221.255 and 24 CFR 221.790. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has 

determined that the interest rate to be 

borne by debentures issued pursuant to 

section 221(g)(4) during the 6-month 

period beginning July 1, 2008, is 37⁄8

percent. 

The subject matter of this notice falls 

within the categorical exemption from 

HUD’s environmental clearance 

procedures set forth in 24 CFR 

50.19(c)(6). For that reason, no 

environmental finding has been 

prepared for this notice. 

Authority: Sections 211, 221, 224, National 

Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. 1715b, 1715l, 1715o; 

Section 7(d), Department of HUD Act, 42 

U.S.C. 3535(d). 

Dated: July 25, 2008. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E8–17742 Filed 8–1–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Blackstone River Valley National 

Heritage Corridor Commission 

Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given in accordance 

with Section 552b of Title 5, United 

States Code, that a meeting of the John 

H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley 

National Heritage Corridor Commission 

will be held on Thursday, September 

18, 2008. 

The Commission was established 

pursuant to Pub. L. 99–647. The 

purpose of the Commission is to assist 

federal, state and local authorities in the 

development and implementation of an 

integrated resource management plan 

for those lands and waters within the 

Corridor. 

The meeting will convene on 

September 18, 2008 at 9 a.m. at 

Banneker Industries, located at 582 

Great Road, North Smithfield, RI for the 

following reasons: 

1. Approval of Minutes 

2. Chairman’s Report 

3. Executive Director’s Report 

4. Financial Budget 

5. Public Input 

It is anticipated that about thirty 

people will be able to attend the session 

in addition to the Commission 

members. 

Interested persons may make oral or 

written presentations to the Commission 

or file written statements. Such requests 

should be made prior to the meeting to: 

Jan H. Reitsma, Executive Director, John 

H. Chafee, Blackstone River Valley 

National Heritage Corridor Commission, 

One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 

02895, Tel.: (401) 762–0250. 

Further information concerning this 

meeting may be obtained from Jan H. 

Reitsma, Executive Director of the 

Commission at the aforementioned 

address. 

Jan H. Reitsma, 

Executive Director, BRVNHCC. 

[FR Doc. E8–17789 Filed 8–1–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Reestablishment of the Lake 

Champlain Sea Lamprey Control 

Alternatives Workgroup 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Reestablishment. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary), after consultation with the 

General Services Administration, has 

reestablished the Lake Champlain Sea 

Lamprey Control Alternatives 

Workgroup (Workgroup) for 2 years. The 

Workgroup provides an opportunity for 

stakeholders to give policy and 

technical input on efforts to develop 

and implement sea lamprey control 

techniques alternative to lampricides in 

Lake Champlain. 

DATES: The Council’s charter will be 

filed under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act August 19, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Tilton, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife 

Resources Complex, 11 Lincoln Street, 

Essex Junction, VT 05452, 802–872–

0629, extension 12. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup conducts its operations in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. Appendix). It reports to the 

Secretary through the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) and Lake Champlain 

Fish and Wildlife Management 

Cooperative (Cooperative) and functions 

solely as an advisory body. The 

Workgroup provides recommendations 

and advice to the Cooperative. Specific 

responsibilities of the Workgroup are to 

provide recommendations on: (1) 

Feasible and appropriate sea lamprey 

management methods alternative to 

lampricides; (2) funding priorities for 

research and/or demonstration projects; 

(3) facilitating coordinated research 

between Lake Champlain and the Great 

Lakes; and (4) development of requests 

for proposals, project proposals, and 

research efforts affecting the Lake 

Champlain Basin. 

The Workgroup consists of up to 20 

members representing Federal and State 

agencies and stakeholders. In addition, 

up to five of the members may be 

special Government employees, selected 

for their scientific expertise. All 

members are knowledgeable about Lake 

Champlain fishery management issues, 

including sea lamprey control. 

The Certification for reestablishment 

is published below. 

Certification 

I hereby certify that the Lake 

Champlain Sea Lamprey Control 

Alternatives Workgroup (Workgroup) is 

necessary and is in the public interest 

in connection with the performance of 

duties imposed on the Department of 

the Interior through the Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for a 

Long-term Program of Sea Lamprey 

Control in Lake Champlain as published 

in 2001 (66 FR 46651, September 6, 

2001). 

Dated: July 24, 2008. 

Dirk Kempthorne, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. E8–17737 Filed 8–1–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2008–N0114; 80221–1113–

0000–C2] 

Draft Revised Recovery Plan for 

Mojave Population of the Desert 

Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

for review and comment. 

SUMMARY: We, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft revised recovery 

plan for the Mojave population of the 

desert tortoise for public review and 

comment. 

DATES: We must receive any comments 

on the draft recovery plan on or before 

November 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The draft recovery plan and 

reference materials are available for 

inspection, by appointment, during 

normal business hours at the following 

location: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, 1340 


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