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Reduction Act: Application for 

Exportation of Articles under Special 

Bond (CBP Form 3495). This is a 

proposed extension of an information 

collection that was previously 

approved. CBP is proposing that this 

information collection be extended with 

a change to the burden hours. This 

document is published to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. This proposed information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register on August 6, 2010 

(Volume 75, Page 47608), allowing for a 

60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. This process is 

conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 

1320.10. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 3, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

this proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs 

and Border Protection, Department of 

Homeland Security, and sent via 

electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–5806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

encourages the general public and 

affected Federal agencies to submit 

written comments and suggestions on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collection requests pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub. L. 104– 

13). Your comments should address one 

of the following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency/component, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies/components estimate of the 

burden of The proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collections of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

techniques or other forms of 

information. 

Title: Application for Exportation of 

Articles under Special Bond. 

OMB Number: 1651–0004. 

Form Number: Form 3495. 

Abstract: This information is 

submitted on CBP Form 3495. This form 

is used by importers (and their agents) 

to notify CBP that the importer intends 

to export goods that were subject to a 

duty exemption based on a temporary 

stay in this country. It also serves as a 

permit to export in order to satisfy the 

importer’s obligation to export the same 

goods and thereby get a duty exemption. 

Form 3495 is accessible at http://

www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/forms/. 

Current Actions: This submission is 

being made to extend the expiration 

date with no change to the burden 

hours. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 30. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

15,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,000. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade, 

799 9th Street, NW., 5th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20229–1177, at 202– 

325–0265. 

Dated: September 28, 2010. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24778 Filed 10–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5374–N–17] 

Buy American Exceptions Under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–05, approved 

February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act), and 

implementing guidance of the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), this 

notice advises that certain exceptions to 

the Buy American requirement of the 

Recovery Act have been determined 

applicable for work using Capital Fund 

Recovery Formula and Competition 

(CFRFC) grant funds. Specifically, 

exceptions were granted to the 

Cambridge Housing Authority for the 

purchase and installation of energy 

efficient bathroom exhaust fans for the 

Lincoln Way and Jackson Gardens 

projects, and for the purchase and 

installation of solar panels and linoleum 

for its Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments 

project. An exception was also granted 

to the Housing Authority of the City of 

Columbia in Columbia, MO, for the 

purchase and installation of a Variable 

Refrigerant Volume Heating, Ventilation 

and Air Conditioning (VRV HVAC) 

system for the Paquin Tower project. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 4130, Washington, DC, 

20410–4000, telephone number 202– 

402–8500 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Persons with hearing- or 

speech-impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service 

at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1605(a) of the Recovery Act provides 

that none of the funds appropriated or 

made available by the Recovery Act may 

be used for a project for the 

construction, alteration, maintenance, or 

repair of a public building or public 

work unless all of the iron, steel, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States. 

Section 1605(b) provides that the Buy 

American requirement shall not apply 

in any case or category in which the 

head of a Federal department or agency 

finds that: (1) Applying the Buy 

American requirement would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; (2) 

iron, steel, and the relevant 

manufactured goods are not produced in 

the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities or of satisfactory 

quality; or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, 

and manufactured goods will increase 

the cost of the overall project by more 

than 25 percent. Section 1605(c) 

provides that if the head of a Federal 

department or agency makes a 

determination pursuant to section 

1605(b), the head of the department or 

agency shall publish a detailed written 

justification in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 1605(c) of 

the Recovery Act and OMB’s 

implementing guidance published on 

April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice 

advises the public that, on September 7, 

2010, HUD granted the following three 


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exceptions to the Buy American 

requirement: 

1. Cambridge Housing Authority. 

Upon request of the Cambridge Housing 

Authority, HUD granted an exception to 

applicability of the Buy American 

requirements with respect to work, 

using CFRFC grant funds, in connection 

with the Lincoln Way and Jackson 

Garden projects. The exception was 

granted by HUD on the basis that the 

relevant manufactured goods (energy 

efficient bathroom exhaust fans) are not 

produced in the U.S. in sufficient and 

reasonably available quantities or of 

satisfactory quality. 

2. Cambridge Housing Authority. 

Upon request of the Cambridge Housing 

Authority, HUD granted an exception to 

applicability of the Buy American 

requirements with respect to work, 

using CFRFC grant funds, in connection 

with the Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments 

project. The exception was granted by 

HUD on the basis that the relevant 

manufactured goods (solar panels and 

linoleum) are not produced in the U.S. 

in sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities or of satisfactory quality. 

3. Housing Authority of the City of 

Columbia. Upon request of the Housing 

Authority of the City of Columbia, HUD 

granted an exception to applicability of 

the Buy American requirements with 

respect to work, using CFRFC grant 

funds, in connection with the Paquin 

Towers project. The exception was 

granted by HUD on the basis that the 

relevant manufactured goods (a VRV 

HVAC system) is not produced in the 

U.S. in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities or of satisfactory 

quality. 

Dated: September 24, 2010. 

Deborah Hernandez, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24747 Filed 10–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5411–N–03] 

Credit Watch Termination Initiative 

Termination of Origination Approval 

Agreements 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises of the 

cause and effect of termination of 

Origination Approval Agreements taken 

by HUD’s Federal Housing 

Administration (FHA) against HUDapproved mortgagees through the FHA 

Credit Watch Termination Initiative. 

This notice includes a list of mortgagees 

which have had their Origination 

Approval Agreements terminated. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Quality Assurance Division, Office of 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 

SW., Room B133–P3214, Washington, 

DC 20410–8000; telephone (202) 708– 

2830 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access that number 

through TTY by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD has 

the authority to address deficiencies in 

the performance of lenders’ loans as 

provided in HUD’s mortgagee approval 

regulations at 24 CFR 

202.3. On May 17, 1999 HUD 

published a notice (64 FR 26769), on its 

procedures for terminating Origination 

Approval Agreements with FHA lenders 

and placement of FHA lenders on Credit 

Watch status (an evaluation period). In 

the May 17, 1999 notice, HUD advised 

that it would publish in the Federal 

Register a list of mortgagees, which 

have had their Origination Approval 

Agreements terminated. 

Termination of Origination Approval 

Agreement: Approval of a mortgagee by 

HUD/FHA to participate in FHA 

mortgage insurance programs includes 

an Origination Approval Agreement 

(Agreement) between HUD and the 

mortgagee. Under the Agreement, the 

mortgagee is authorized to originate 

single-family mortgage loans and submit 

them to FHA for insurance 

endorsement. The Agreement may be 

terminated on the basis of poor 

performance of FHA-insured mortgage 

loans originated by the mortgagee. The 

termination of a mortgagee’s Agreement 

is separate and apart from any action 

taken by HUD’s Mortgagee Review 

Board under HUD’s regulations at 24 

CFR part 25. 

Cause: HUD’s regulations permit HUD 

to terminate the Agreement with any 

mortgagee having a default and claim 

rate for loans endorsed within the 

preceding 24 months that exceeds 200 

percent of the default and claim rate 

within the geographic area served by a 

HUD field office, and also exceeds the 

national default and claim rate. For the 

43rd review period, HUD is terminating 

the Agreement of mortgagees whose 

default and claim rate exceeds both the 

national rate and 200 percent of the 

field office rate. 

Effect: Termination of the Agreement 

precludes that branch(es) of the 

mortgagee from originating FHA-insured 

single-family mortgages within the area 

of the HUD field office(s) listed in this 

notice. Mortgagees authorized to 

purchase, hold, or service FHA insured 

mortgages may continue to do so. 

Loans that closed or were approved 

before the termination became effective 

may be submitted for insurance 

endorsement. Approved loans are those 

already underwritten and approved by a 

DE underwriter, and cases covered by a 

firm commitment issued by HUD. Cases 

at earlier stages of processing cannot be 

submitted for insurance by the 

terminated branch; however, they may 

be transferred for completion of 

processing and underwriting to another 

FHA insured mortgagee with direct 

endorsement approval for the area 

covered by the termination. Mortgagees 

are obligated to continue to pay existing 

insurance premiums and meet all other 

obligations associated with insured 

mortgages. 

A terminated mortgagee may apply for 

reinstatement of the Origination 

Approval Agreement if the Approval for 

the affected branch or branches has been 

terminated for at least six months and 

the mortgagee continues to be an 

approved mortgagee meeting the 

requirements of 24 CFR 202.5, 202.6, 

202.7, 202.8 and 202.12. However, 

Mortgagee Letter 2010–20 and Final 

Rule 5356–F–02 at 24 CFR 202 

eliminates FHA approval for loan 

correspondents after December 31, 2010. 

Therefore, HUD will not accept requests 

for reinstatement from loan 

correspondents after that date. The 

mortgagee’s application for 

reinstatement must be in a format 

prescribed by the Secretary and signed 

by the mortgagee. In addition, the 

application must be accompanied by an 

independent analysis of the terminated 

office’s operations as well as its 

mortgage production, specifically 

including the FHA-insured mortgages 

cited in its termination notice. This 

independent analysis shall identify the 

underlying cause for the mortgagee’s 

high default and claim rate. The 

analysis must be prepared by an 

independent Certified Public 

Accountant (CPA) qualified to perform 

audits under Government Auditing 

Standards as provided by the 

Government Accountability Office. The 

mortgagee must also submit a written 

corrective action plan to address each of 

the issues identified in the CPA’s report, 

along with evidence that the plan has 

been implemented. The application for 

a new Agreement should be in the form 

of a letter, accompanied by the CPA’s 


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