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requirements, and must remain in 

compliance with its approved plans at 

all times, even if it does not normally 

get underway but routinely engages in 

dockside operations. Authorized 

exceptions and equivalencies may be 

granted by the Coast Guard; for 

example, 46 CFR part 199 allows an 

OCMI to conduct a safety assessment on 

passenger vessels over 100 tons by using 

risk based decision-making principles to 

allow departures from traditional 

lifesaving equipment requirements. 

Sliding scale manning tables have also 

been found acceptable. 

We recognize that the owners and 

operators of some PMCs currently 

possess, and expected to be able to 

renew indefinitely, a Certificate of 

Inspection issued by the Coast Guard. 

Now, these PMCs may be subject to 

State and local building codes or similar 

standards. Complying with the landbased standards may be time-consuming 

and costly (as much as $10 million for 

a casino craft, according to one 

comment). Therefore, with the 

concurrence of the State having 

jurisdiction over the craft, we will 

continue to provide inspection services 

for a two-year period, provided that the 

PMC: 

• Currently possesses a Coast Guardissued Certificate of Inspection; 

• Has been designed to Coast Guard 

regulations; and 

• May not be acceptable for 

regulation immediately by the State 

having jurisdiction. 

This policy will not affect semisubmersible platforms, which are not 

listed as ‘‘vessels subject to inspection’’ 

under 46 U.S.C. 3301, but instead are 

inspected under 43 U.S.C. 1333 based 

on their work on the Outer Continental 

Shelf. 

Dated: April 24, 2009. 

Brian M. Salerno, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant 

Commandant for Marine Safety, Security, and 

Stewardship. 

[FR Doc. E9–10971 Filed 5–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5309–N–01] 

Notice of Availability: Program 

Requirements for Community 

Development Block Grant Program 

Funding Under the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD announces the program 

requirements, submission deadlines, 

and waivers and alternative 

requirements for funding available 

under the Community Development 

Block Grant Recovery (CDBG–R) 

program authorized by Title XII of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–5, approved 

February 17, 2009). The focus of CDBG– 

R funding is on infrastructure 

improvements that meet the overall 

goals of the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act, which are to 

stimulate the economy through 

measures that modernize the nation’s 

infrastructure, improve energy 

efficiency, and expand educational 

opportunities and access to health care. 

Approximately $1 billion is available for 

CDBG–R to states and local 

governments. The notice establishing 

the program requirements, including 

waivers and alternative requirements, is 

available on the HUD Web site at: 

http://www.hud.gov/recovery/ 

cdblock.cfm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stanley Gimont, Director, Office of 

Block Grant Assistance, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 7286, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone 202–708–3587 (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. 

Dated: April 14, 2009. 

Nelson R. Brego ́n, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–10968 Filed 5–6–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R9-IA-2009-N0090; 96300-1671-0000- 

P5] 

Receipt of Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. The Endangered 

Species Act requires that we invite 

public comment on these permit 

applications. 

DATES: Written data, comments or 

requests must be received by June 10, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Division of Management 

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, 

Room 212, Arlington, Virginia 22203; 

fax 703/358-2281. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Division of Management Authority, 

telephone 703/358-2104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Endangered Species 

The public is invited to comment on 

the following applications for a permit 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. This notice is 

provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Written data, comments, or requests for 

copies of these complete applications 

should be submitted to the Director 

(address above). 

Applicant: Hendrix College, Conway, 

AR, PRT-195341 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import biological samples from kakapo 

(Strigops habroptilus) collected in the 

wild in New Zealand, incidental to 

other research activities, for the purpose 

of scientific research. This notification 

covers activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5–year period. 

Applicant: Henry Doorly Zoo, Center 

for Conservation and Research, Omaha, 

NE, PRT-210155 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import blood, scute, and post-hatch egg 

shell samples from wild and captivebred Philippine crocodiles (Crocodylus 

mindorensis) for the purpose of 

scientific research. This notification 

covers activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5–year period. 

Applicant: Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, 

Bonners Ferry, ID, PRT-011646 

The applicant requests re-issuance of 

a permit for multiple exports of white 

sturgeon(Acipenser transmontanus) 

fertilized eggs from a spawning facility 

in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to the Kootenay 

Trout Hatchery in Fort Steele, British 

Columbia, Canada, an action addressed 

in the white sturgeon recovery plan, for 

the purpose of enhancement of the