Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2010 / Notices 5339 

approved February 25, 2009). The 

Section 4 Capacity Building program 

provides grants to national community 

development intermediaries to enhance 

the capacity and ability of community 

development corporations and 

community housing development 

organizations to carry out community 

development and affordable housing 

activities that benefit low-income 

families and persons. Capacity Building 

funds support activities such as 

training, education, support, loans, 

grants, and development assistance. 

The Fiscal Year 2009 competition was 

announced on http://www.hud.gov on 

June 15, 2009. The NOFA provided $34 

million for Section 4 Capacity Building 

grants For the Fiscal Year 2009 

competition, HUD awarded three 

competitive Section 4 Capacity Building 

grants totaling $34,000,000. 

In accordance with section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 

U.S.C. 3545), the Department is 

publishing the grantees and the amounts 

of the awards in Appendix A to this 

document. 

Dated: December 18, 2009. 

Mercedes Ma ́ rquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 

and Development. 

Appendix A 

Fiscal Year 2009 Funding Awards for 

the Section 4 Capacity Building for 

Community Development and 

Affordable Housing Program 

Recipient State Amount 

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc ................................................................................................................................. MD ....... $14,836,263 

Local Initiatives Support Corporation ................................................................................................................................ NY ........ 14,836,263 

Habitat for Humanity International .................................................................................................................................... GA ........ 4,327,474 

Total ........................................................................................................................................................................... .............. 34,000,000 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR-5389–N–01] 

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 January 1, 2010, is 33⁄8

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 

January 1, 2010, is 41⁄4 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 January 1, 2010, is 41⁄4

percent; and (2) has approved the 

establishment of the debenture interest 

rate by the Secretary of HUD at 41⁄4

percent for the 6-month period 

beginning January 1, 2010. 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 first 6 months of 2010. 

For convenience of reference, HUD is 

publishing the following chart of 

debenture interest rates applicable to 

mortgages committed or endorsed since 

January 1, 1980: 

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, 1987 Jan. 1, 1987 

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Effective 

interest rate on or after prior to 

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, 1989 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, 1992 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, 1997 Jan. 1, 1997 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

53⁄8 ................. July 1, 2007 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, 2009 Jan. 1, 2009 

41⁄8 ................. Jan. 1, 2009 July 1, 2009 

41⁄8 ................. July 1, 2010 Jan. 1, 2010 

41⁄4 ................. Jan. 1, 2010 July 1, 2010 

Section 215 of Division G, Title II of 

Public Law 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, 2010, is 33⁄8

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: January 6, 2010. 

David H. Stevens, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing–Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R9-R-2010-N023; 93261-99CS-0000- 

4A] 

Information Collection Sent to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval; Survey of National 

Wildlife Refuge Visitors 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service) have sent an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for 

review and approval. The ICR, which is 

summarized below, describes the nature 

of the collection and the estimated 

burden and cost. We may not conduct 

or sponsor and a person is not required 

to respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: You must send comments on or 

before March 4, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this information 

collection to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA 

at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or 

OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). 

Please provide a copy of your comments 

to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail) or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or 

e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by 

telephone at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 1018-NEW. 

This is a new collection. 

Title: Survey of National Wildlife 

Refuge Visitors. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New. 

Affected Public: Visitors to national 

wildlife refuges. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Initial Contact Onsite ............................................................... 12,500 12,500 2 minutes ......... 417 

Visitor Survey ........................................................................... 10,000 10,000 25 minutes ....... 4,167 

Nonresponse Bias Check Survey ............................................ 750 750 5 minutes ......... 63 

Totals ................................................................................ 23,250 23,250 ..................... 4,647 

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