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‘‘turnaround’’ document by mortgage 

lenders to request extension of time and 

for HUD to provide a response. For 

audit purposes, regulations require 

mortgagees to maintain claim files for 

three years after a claim is paid (OMB 

control numbers 2502–0429 and 2502– 

0523). Information in the claim file 

includes copies of the HUD approval 

with related claim documents to verify 

that HUD has authorized extensions of 

time on specific cases. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

HUD–50012. 

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 8,316. The number of 

respondents is 146, the number of 

responses is 51,976, the frequency of 

response is on occasion, and the burden 

hour per response is .16. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This is an extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: September 4, 2008. 

George Tomchick, 

Director of Budget and Field Resource. 

[FR Doc. E8–21371 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5220–N–03] 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

for the Continuum of Care Homeless 

Assistance Program: Technical 

Corrections 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability 

(NOFA). 

SUMMARY: On July 10, 2008, HUD 

published the NOFA for the Continuum 

of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance 

Program. Through this NOFA, HUD is 

making available approximately $1.42 

billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 for the 

CoC program. The purpose of the CoC 

program is to reduce the incidence of 

homelessness in communities by 

assisting homeless individuals and 

families to move to self sufficiency and 

permanent housing. On August 13, 

2008, HUD published a notice that 

established the deadline date for the 

submission of applications and 

corrected or clarified portions of the 

CoC NOFA. Today’s publication 

clarifies the CoC NOFA regarding the 

projects subject to the calculation for 

housing emphasis points. Today’s 

publication also moves the deadline 

date for the submission of applications. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Individuals may direct questions 

regarding the CoC NOFA to the HUD 

Field Office serving their area, at the 

telephone numbers shown in HUD’s 

FY2008 Notice of Funding Availability 

(NOFA); Policy Requirements and 

General Section to HUD’s FY2008 

NOFAs for Discretionary Programs 

(General Section) published on March 

19, 2008 (73 FR 14883), or may contact 

the e-snaps Help Desk at 1–877–6esnaps 

(1–877–637–6277). Individuals who are 

hearing- or speech-impaired should use 

the Information Relay Service at 1–800– 

877–8339. These are toll-free numbers. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

30, 2008 (73 FR 23483), HUD published 

its Notice of FY2008 Opportunity to 

Register and Other Important 

Information for Electronic Application 

Submission for Continuum of Care 

Homeless Assistance Programs (CoC 

Early Registration Notice). The CoC 

Early Registration Notice alerted the 

public that HUD would require 

Continuums of Care to submit 

applications electronically, using 

e-snaps, an electronic system separate 

from Grants.gov. On July 10, 2008 (73 

FR 39840), HUD published its CoC 

NOFA, making available approximately 

$1.42 billion in FY 2008 for the CoC 

program. The purpose of the CoC 

program is to reduce the incidence of 

homelessness in communities by 

assisting homeless individuals and 

families to move to self sufficiency and 

permanent housing. In the July 10, 2008, 

CoC NOFA, HUD stated that the 

application portion of the e-snaps 

system had not yet been launched and 

that HUD, as a result, was unable to 

establish a due date for the FY2008 CoC 

competition. HUD stated, however, that 

it would announce the application due 

date for the program through a separate 

Federal Register notice. On August 13, 

2008 (73 FR 47205), HUD published a 

notice establishing the deadline date for 

the submission of applications and 

correcting or clarifying portions of the 

CoC NOFA published on July 10, 2008. 

Today’s publication clarifies the CoC 

NOFA regarding the projects subject to 

the calculation for housing emphasis 

points. Today’s publication also moves 

the deadline date for applications to 

Thursday, October 16, 2008. 

Clarifications to Application 

Instructions and/or Minor Technical 

Changes 

Because e-snaps is a new application 

system, it may be necessary to make 

clarification to instructions and/or 

minor technical changes to the system 

based on feedback from users. Any 

changes of this type will be 

communicated to Continuum of Care 

users and stakeholders via the Homeless 

Assistance Listserv and will be posted 

on the Homelessness Resource 

Exchange e-snaps training page and/or 

Frequently Asked Questions page. To 

join the listserv go to the HUD Web site 

at: http://www.hud.gov/subscribe/

signup.cfm?listname=Homeless%

20Assistance%20Program&list. The 

e-snaps training page on the 

Homelessness Resource Exchange can 

be accessed at: http://www.hudhre.info/ 

esnaps/. 

Deadline for Applications 

The application deadline date for the 

CoC NOFA is extended to Thursday, 

October 16, 2008. Electronic 

applications must be received by 

e-snaps by 4 p.m. eastern time on the 

deadline date. HUD will close e-snaps at 

4:01 p.m. eastern time. Similarly, paper 

applications from applicants granted a 

waiver from the electronic application 

submission requirement must be 

received by HUD by 4 p.m. eastern time 

on the deadline date. 

Summary of Technical Corrections 

On July 10, 2008 (73 FR 39839) HUD 

published its NOFA for the CoC 

Program. As discussed in this technical 

correction notice, HUD is moving the 

deadline date for applications to 

provide applicants additional time to 

submit their applications. HUD is also, 

by this notice, clarifying the CoC NOFA 

regarding the projects subject to the 

calculation for housing emphasis points. 

Accordingly, on page 39840, 

Overview Information, Section F., first 

column, entitled ‘‘Dates,’’ HUD is 

revising this section to read as follows: 

F. Dates: The application deadline 

date for the CoC NOFA is Thursday, 

October 16, 2008. Electronic 

applications must be received by 

e-snaps by 4 p.m. eastern time on the 

deadline date. HUD will close e-snaps at 

4:01 p.m. eastern time. Similarly, paper 

applications from applicants granted a 

waiver from the electronic application 

submission requirement must be 

received by HUD by 4 p.m. eastern time 

on the deadline date. 

At page 39851, revise section V.1.e., 

third column, to read as follows: 

e. Emphasis on Housing Activities: 

HUD will award 18 points based on the 

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relationship between funds requested 

for housing activities (i.e., transitional 

and permanent) and funds requested for 

supportive service activities. Housing 

emphasis will be calculated on eligible 

new and renewal projects within FPRN, 

eligible Samaritan Housing Initiative 

projects, eligible Rapid Re-Housing for 

Families Demonstration Program 

projects, and eligible S+C renewal 

projects. HUD will count as a housing 

activity all approvable requests for 

funds for rental assistance and 

approvable requests for acquisition, 

rehabilitation, construction, leasing and 

operations when used in connection 

with housing. HMIS costs and 

administrative costs will be excluded 

from this calculation. CoCs are not 

required to have 100 percent housing 

activities to receive the full 18 points for 

these scoring criteria. 

Dated: September 9, 2008. 

Susan D. Peppler, 

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 

and Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–21493 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5240–N–01] 

Notice of FHA Debenture Call 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces a 

debenture recall of certain Federal 

Housing Administration (FHA) 

debentures, in accordance with 

authority provided in the National 

Housing Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yong Sun, FHA Financial Reporting 

Division, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 5148, Washington, DC 

20410, telephone 202–402–4778. This is 

not a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 207(j) of the National Housing 

Act, 12 U.S.C. 1713(j), and in 

accordance with HUD’s regulation at 24 

CFR 207.259(e)(3), the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 

Commissioner, with the approval of the 

Secretary of the Treasury, announces 

the call of all FHA debentures, with a 

coupon rate of 5.50 percent or above, 

except for those debentures subject to 

‘‘debenture lock agreements,’’ that have 

been registered on the books of the 

Bureau of the Public Debt, Department 

of the Treasury, and are, therefore, 

‘‘outstanding’’ as of September 30, 2008. 

The date of the call is January 1, 2009. 

The debentures will be redeemed at 

par plus accrued interest. Interest will 

cease to accrue on the debentures as of 

the call date. At redemption, final 

interest on any called debentures will be 

paid along with the principal. Payment 

of final principal and interest due on 

January 1, 2009 will be made 

automatically to the registered holder. 

During the period from the date of 

this notice to the call date, debentures 

that are subject to the call may not be 

used by the mortgagee for a special 

redemption purchase in payment of a 

mortgage insurance premium. 

No transfer of debentures covered by 

the foregoing call will be made on the 

books maintained by the Treasury 

Department on or after December 15, 

2008. This debenture call does not affect 

the right of the holder of a debenture to 

sell or assign the debenture on or after 

this date. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E8–21394 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2008–N0237; 80221–1113– 

0000–F5] 

Endangered Species Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: We invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. 

DATES: Comments on these permit 

applications must be received on or 

before October 15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments 

should be submitted to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Endangered 

Species Program Manager, Region 8, 

2800 Cottage Way, Room W–2606, 

Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916– 

414–6464; fax: 916–414–6486). Please 

refer to the respective permit number for 

each application when submitting 

comments. All comments received, 

including names and addresses, will 

become part of the official 

administrative record and may be made 

available to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, see ADDRESSES, (telephone: 

760–431–9440; fax: 760–431–9624). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following applicants have applied for 

scientific research permits to conduct 

certain activities with endangered 

species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the Endangered Species Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (‘‘we’’) solicits review 

and comment from local, State, and 

Federal agencies, and the public on the 

following permit requests. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Permit No. TE–190302 

Applicant: Mitch C. Siemens, Santa 

Maria, California 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (survey, capture, handle, and 

release) the California tiger salamander 

(Ambystoma californiense) in 

conjunction with surveys within Santa 

Barbara County, California for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–814222 

Applicant: California Department of 

Parks and Recreation, San Diego, 

California 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to take (harass by survey, locate/monitor 

nests, and band chicks and fledglings) 

the California least tern (Sterna 

Antillarum browni) in conjunction with 

surveys and population monitoring 

studies within California State Park 

lands in San Diego, Imperial, Orange, 

Riverside, southwestern San Bernardino 

Counties, and in areas in Los Angeles 

County south of the Angeles National 

Forest, California, for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–190300 

Applicant: Debra G. De La Torre, Lytle 

Creek, California 

The permittee requests a permit to 

take (survey, trap, handle, and release) 

the Stephen’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys 

stephensi) in conjunction with surveys 

and population monitoring activities 

throughout the range of the species in 

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