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Effective interest rate on or after prior to 

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 

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 

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 January 1, 2008, is 41⁄8

percent. 

HUD expects to publish its next 

notice of change in debenture interest 

rates in July 2008. 

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: February 1, 2008. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E8–2514 Filed 2–8–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5159–C–01] 

Notice of Funding Availability for the 

Fiscal Year 2007 Public Housing 

Neighborhood Networks Program; 

Technical Correction 

AGENCY: Office of the Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Technical Corrections to Fiscal 

Year 2007 NOFA for the Public Housing 

Neighborhood Networks Program. 

SUMMARY: On December 11, 2007, HUD 

published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

for the Public Housing Neighborhood 

Networks Program. In today’s Federal 

Register notice, HUD announces that it 

has removed the Adobe application 

from Grants.gov for this NOFA, 

extended the deadline date for 

submission of applications, and clarifies 

why the Adobe package has been 

removed. 

DATES: The application deadline date for 

the Public Housing Neighborhood 

Networks Program NOFA has been 

extended to March 14, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding this Technical 

Correction should be directed to the 

Office of Departmental Grants 

Management and Oversight, Office of 

Administration, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 3156, Washington, 

DC 20410–5000; telephone number 

(202) 708–0667. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number via TTY by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service at (800) 877–

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Submission or Resubmission of 

Applications with PureEdge 

On December 11, 2007 (72 FR 70458), 

HUD published its FY2007 NOFA for 

the Public Housing Neighborhood 

Networks Program and posted it to 

Grants.gov, making applications 

available in both PureEdge and Adobe 

8.1.1 formats. HUD has recently 

determined that applications submitted 

using the Adobe Application Package 

posted to Grants.gov will cause 

problems during submission if any 

individuals working on the application 

have not used Adobe 8.1.1 to complete 

the application. Specifically, if any 

individual working on the application 

does not use Adobe 8.1.1, the 

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accepted by Grants.gov. To ensure there 

are no issues with applicants being able 

to successfully submit their application, 

HUD is withdrawing the Adobe 

application package (COMP ID NN–01) 

from the Grants.gov Web site but leaving 

the PureEdge package in place. 

Applicants who have signed up for the 

Grants.gov notification service will be 

automatically notified when the Adobe 

package has been removed. Applicants 

that have not signed up for the 

notification service should check the 

Grants.gov Web site at https:// 

apply07.grants.gov/apply/ 

forms_apps_idx.html for the 

modification to the announcement 

posting following publication of this 

Notice. Applicants must use the 

PureEdge package; Adobe packages will 

be rejected. Applicants can download 

the PureEdge version from the 

Grants.gov Web site at: https:// 

apply07.grants.gov/apply/ 

forms_apps_idx.html. Applicants who 

were working with the PureEdge 

application (Comp ID: NN–PUREEDGE–

FORMAT) do not have to download 

again. Only those working with the 

Adobe application (Comp ID: NN–0) 

must download the PureEdge version. 

II. Extension of Deadline Date and 

Important Resubmission Instructions 

HUD is extending the Neighborhood 

Networks deadline date to March 14, 

2008, to provide applicants the 

opportunity and time to download the 

PureEdge application, complete the 

application including all attachments 

and faxes, and submit the application to 

Grants.gov in time to meet the new 

deadline date. Applicants that 

previously submitted a PureEdge 

application do not have to resubmit a 

new application, unless they want to 

add information revising the original 

submission. Applicants that attempted 

to submit using Adobe 8.1.1 must 

download the PureEdge application 

format and resubmit the application 

plus all attachments and faxes. 

Applicants filing a revised application 

electronically must also submit a new 

set of any documents faxed to HUD but 

should do so only after they submit an 

entire, complete application to 

Grants.gov and after the applicant 

receives validation of the application 

from Grants.gov. Applicants should 

allow 48 hours for validation of their 

revised application to occur and then 

resend the faxed material. This process 

will ensure that the resubmitted faxes 

are associated with the resubmitted 

application. Failure to follow these 

instructions will result in faxes not 

being associated to the most recent 

application and therefore not available 

to HUD reviewers. HUD will not search 

previously submitted applications for 

faxed materials. 

Dated: February 5, 2008. 

Paula Blunt, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

[FR Doc. E8–2466 Filed 2–8–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Human Capital, Performance and 

Partnerships; National Invasive 

Species Council 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability—Draft of 

the 2008–2012 National Invasive 

Species Management Plan; Extension of 

Public Comment Period. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Executive Order 

13112, the National Invasive Species 

Council (NISC) is announcing a 30-day 

extension of the public comment period 

for the draft of the 2008–2012 National 

Invasive Species Management Plan. The 

Order established NISC as an interagency council to prevent and control 

invasive species in order to minimize 

their economic, ecological and human 

health impacts. The Council, which is 

co-chaired by the Secretaries of 

Agriculture, Commerce and the Interior 

also includes the departments of State, 

Defense, Transportation, Homeland 

Security, Treasury, Health and Human 

Services, as well as the Environmental 

Protection Agency, the U.S. Trade 

Representative, the U.S. Agency for 

International Development and the 

National Aeronautics and Atmospheric 

Administration. The Plan is intended to 

address invasive species in the areas of 

prevention, early detection and rapid 

response, control, restoration and 

organizational collaboration. Text of the 

2008–2012 National Invasive Species 

Management Plan is available in PDF 

format at http:// 

www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the draft Plan has been extended. All 

comments must now be received by 

close of business on March 12, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: National Invasive Species 

Council, Office of the Secretary, 1849 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelsey Brantley, National Invasive 

Species Council Senior Program 

Analyst: 

E-mail: Kelsey_Brantley@ios.doi.gov; 

Phone: 202–513–7243; Fax: (202) 371–

1751. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Order 13112 on Invasive 

Species (EO 13112) was issued in 1999 

and established the National Invasive 

Species Council (NISC) which is cochaired by the Secretaries of the 

Interior, Agriculture and Commerce. EO 

13112 directed the Secretary of the 

Interior to establish an Invasive Species 

Advisory Committee (ISAC) composed 

of diverse nonfederal stakeholders to 

advise NISC. The broad mission of NISC 

is to provide planning, coordination and 

national leadership to prevent and 

control the harmful impacts of invasive 

species to the economy, the 

environment as well as animal and 

human health. 

Section 5 of EO 13112 directed NISC 

to issue the National Invasive Species 

Management Plan, as well as to revise 

and update the Plan on a regular basis. 

The first version of the National 

Invasive Species Management Plan, 

‘‘Meeting the Challenge’’, was issued in 

January of 2001 (2001 Plan). The 

purpose of the Plan was to provide a 

general blueprint for federal action in 

coordination with State, local, Tribal, 

and private programs and international 

cooperation to prevent the introduction 

of invasive species, provide for their 

control and minimize the economic, 

environmental and human health 

impacts. 

This document is the first revision of 

the 2001 Plan, as mandated by EO 

13112. The 2008–2012 National 

Invasive Species Management Plan 

(2008 Plan) will provide direction for 

federal efforts (including overall strategy 

and objectives) to prevent, control and 

minimize invasive species and their 

impacts within the next five (5) fiscal 

years (2008 through 2012). If necessary, 

it may be updated more frequently to 

reflect changes in circumstances, agency 

plans and priorities. NISC member 

agencies, ISAC members, NISC staff, 

stakeholders and other experts have 

provided input in drafting this revision, 

which is intended to replace the 2001 

Plan. 

Federal, State, local and Tribal 

governments, as well as the private 

sector, have taken significant steps to 

meet the challenges posed by invasive 

species. These steps set the stage for the 

2008 Plan and provide direction and 

focus. An estimated 67% of the 2001 

Plan’s 57 action items have been 

completed or are in progress. However 

significant challenges remain and much 

remains to be done to prevent and 

control invasive species in a 


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