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information on April 16, 2008, 73 FR 

20700. This collection provides TSA 

critical facility and annual product 

through-put information from owners/ 

operators of the nation’s largest 

pipelines, and is necessitated by the 

requirements set forth in the 

Implementing the Recommendations of 

the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. 

DATES: Send your comments by 

September 3, 2008. A comment to OMB 

is most effective if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to Desk Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via 

electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanna Johnson, Communications 

Branch, Business Management Office, 

Operational Process and Technology, 

TSA–32, Transportation Security 

Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 

Arlington, VA 22202–4220; telephone 

(571) 227–3651; facsimile (703) 603–

0822. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. The ICR documentation is 

available at www.reginfo.gov. Therefore, 

in preparation for OMB review and 

approval of the following information 

collection, TSA is soliciting comments 

to—

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement 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; 

(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 using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Information Collection Requirement 

Title: Critical Facility Information of 

the Top 100 Most Critical Pipelines. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

OMB Control Number: Not yet 

assigned. 

Form(s): NA. 

Affected Public: Pipeline Companies. 

Abstract: Sec. 1557(b) of the 

Implementing Recommendations of the 

9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 

110–53, 121 Stat. 266, 475, 08/03/2007) 

(9/11 Act), specifically tasks TSA to 

develop and implement a plan for 

inspecting critical facilities at the 100 

most critical pipeline systems. To meet 

the 9/11 Act’s requirement, TSA will 

request a report of annual product 

through-put and a listing of critical 

facilities from the top 125 pipeline 

systems in terms of annual through-put, 

as reported in pipeline trade journals 

and other sources. 

TSA uses system annual through-put 

as a primary factor in determining 

pipeline system criticality. This figure is 

based on the amount of hazardous 

liquid or natural gas product 

transported through a pipeline in one 

year (i.e., annual through-put). TSA will 

request the information from the top 125 

pipeline systems in terms of annual 

through-put, and out of these, TSA will 

make a determination of the top 100 

most critical pipeline systems. The 

request for information will be 

transmitted by TSA via e-mail to the 125 

respondents. TSA will ask the 

respondents to provide the information 

to TSA via e-mail. To the extent the 

information transmitted is Sensitive 

Security Information; TSA will 

safeguard the information in accordance 

with 49 CFR parts 15 and 1520. TSA 

will use the information to develop and 

implement a plan for inspecting critical 

facilities at the 100 most critical 

pipeline systems. 

Number of Respondents: 125. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 500 hours annually. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on July 29, 

2008. 

Kriste Jordan, 

Program Manager, Business Improvements 

and Communications, Office of Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. E8–17720 Filed 8–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5187–N–49] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Customer Satisfaction Surveys 

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. 

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. 

DATES: Comments due: October 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number (2535–0116) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; 202–395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian L. Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department or Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone: 202–708–2374, (this is not a 

toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. Deitzer 

at Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov for a 

copy of the proposed form and other 

available information. 

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 


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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. 

[FR Doc. E8–17811 Filed 8–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

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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