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to earn points; however, if the total 

percentage of leveraged assistance is 

less than ten percent and the proposal 

includes donated land, two points will 

be awarded for the donated land. To 

count as leveraged funds for purposes of 

the selection criteria, a commitment of 

funds must be provided with the preapplication. Points will be awarded in 

accordance with the following table 

using rounding to the nearest whole 

number. 

Percentage points 

75% or more leveraged funds .............. 20 

60–74% leveraged funds ...................... 18 

50–59% leveraged funds ...................... 16 

40–49% leveraged funds ...................... 12 

30–39% leveraged funds ...................... 10 

20–29% leveraged funds ...................... 8 

10–19% leveraged funds ...................... 5 

0–9% leveraged funds .......................... 0 

Donated land in proposals with less 

than ten percent total leveraged 

assistance: Two points. 

(b) Percent of units for seasonal, 

temporary, migrant housing. 

(1) Five points for up to and including 

50 percent of the units; and 

(2) 10 points for 51 percent or more 

units used for seasonal, temporary, or 

migrant housing. 

(c) The selection criteria include one 

optional criterion set by the National 

Office. For FY 2009, the National Office 

selection criterion is as follows: (1) Up 

to 10 points will be awarded based on 

the presence of and extent to which a 

tenant services plan exists that clearly 

outlines services that will be provided 

to the residents of the proposed project. 

These services may include, but are not 

limited to, transportation related 

services, on-site English as a Second 

Language (ESL) classes, move-in funds, 

emergency assistance funds, 

homeownership counseling, food 

pantries, after school tutoring, and 

computer learning centers. (2) Two 

points will be awarded for each resident 

service included in the tenant services 

plan up to a maximum of 10 points. 

Plans must detail how the services are 

to be administered, who will administer 

them, and where they will be 

administered. All tenant service plans 

must include letters of intent that 

clearly state the service that will be 

provided at the project for the benefit of 

the residents from any party 

administering each service, including 

the applicant. 

(2) Rural Development State Offices 

will conduct the preliminary eligibility 

review, score the pre-applications, and 

forward them to the National Office. 

(3) The National Office will rank all 

pre-applications nationwide and 

distribute funds to States in rank order, 

within funding and RA limits. A lottery 

in accordance with 7 CFR 3560.56(c)(2) 

will be used for applications with tied 

point scores when they all cannot be 

funded. If insufficient funds or RA 

remain for the next ranked proposal, 

that applicant will be given a chance to 

modify their pre-application to bring it 

within remaining funding levels. This 

will be repeated for each next ranked 

eligible proposal until an award can be 

made or the list is exhausted. Rural 

Development will notify all applicants 

on whether their applications have been 

accepted or rejected. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices 

Loan applicants must submit their 

initial applications by the due date 

specified in this notice. State Offices 

will review applications and provide a 

list to the National Office. Once the 

applications have been scored and 

ranked by the National Office the 

National Office, will advise States 

Offices of the proposals selected for 

further processing, State Offices will 

respond to applicants by letter. If the 

application is not accepted for further 

processing, the applicant will be 

notified of appeal rights under 7 CFR 

part 11. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

All Farm Labor Housing loans and 

grant made pursuant to a contract 

entered into on or after the effective date 

of 7 CFR part 3560 are subject to the 

restrictive-use provisions contained in 7 

CFR 3560.72(a)(2). 

3. Reporting 

Borrowers must maintain separate 

financial records for the operation and 

maintenance of the project and the 

service component. Funds allocated to 

the operation and maintenance of the 

project may not be used to supplement 

the cost of services, nor may service 

component funds be used to 

supplement the project operation and 

maintenance. Detailed financial reports 

on the service component will not be 

required unless specifically requested 

by Rural Development, and then only to 

the extent necessary for Rural 

Development and the borrower to 

discuss the affordability (and 

competitiveness) of the service 

component by the tenant. 

The project audit, or verification of 

accounts on Form RD 3560–10, 

‘‘Borrower Balance Sheet’’, together 

with an accompanying Form RD 3560– 

7 ‘‘Multiple Family Housing Project 

Budget/Utility Allowance’’ showing 

actuals, must allocate revenue and 

expense between project operations and 

the service component. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For application information, contact 

the Rural Development State Office 

listed in the addresses section of this 

notice. 

VIII. Non-Discrimination Statement 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, and where applicable, sex, 

marital status, familial status, parental 

status, religion, sexual orientation, 

genetic information, political beliefs, 

reprisal, or because all or part of an 

individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s Target Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TDD). To file a complaint of 

discrimination, write to USDA, Director, 

Office of Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410, or call 

(800) 795–3272 (voice) or (202) 720– 

6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider and employer. 

Dated: May 13, 2009. 

James C. Alsop, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–11833 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Marine Recreational Fisheries 

Statistics Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0052. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 2,175 (new); 46,920 

(current plus new). 

Number of Respondents: 16,630 

(new); 741,305 (current plus new). 

Average Hours per Response: Pretest, 

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survey, 4 minutes; saltwater angler 

fishing diary, 30 minutes. 

Needs and Uses: This requested 

revision will address the National 

Research Council’s (NRC) concerns 

regarding potential telephone coverage 

error by testing the effectiveness of mail 

screening surveys for contacting anglers 

and collecting recreational fishing data. 

Like current telephone surveys, mail 

surveys will target licensed anglers 

(state license databases), as well as 

random households within coastal 

states (United States Post Office (USPS), 

Delivery Sequence File (DSF)). It is 

expected that mail survey frames will 

provide more complete coverage of 

angling populations than telephone 

survey frames because anglers are 

required to provide an address and/or 

present a valid driver’s license when 

purchasing a saltwater fishing license, 

and the DSF can provide a complete 

frame of residential addresses within 

the United States. The proposed mail 

survey will run concurrently with 

ongoing telephone surveys for 

benchmarking purposes, as well as to 

allow direct comparisons between the 

two methodologies. 

The NRC also identified potential 

problems with on-site surveys, which 

collect catch information at the 

conclusion of recreational fishing trips. 

Generally, these surveys are conducted 

by trained interviewers at publicly 

accessible fishing sites such as public 

piers, beaches, marinas and boat ramps. 

Because the coverage of onsite surveys 

is limited to public-access sites, 

estimates of total catch rely on 

assumptions about the behavior and 

success of anglers who access the water 

from private-access sites such as private 

residences, community beaches, 

marinas and docks, and private yacht 

clubs. 

To address these additional concerns, 

respondents to the effort survey/ 

screener questionnaire will be sent a 

survey packet for the angler diary 

survey. Combining the two objectives 

into a single data collection effort will 

help minimize respondent burden. 

The collection of these data is 

necessary to fulfill statutory 

requirements of section 303 of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 

and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1853 et 

seq.) as amended (MSA) and to comply 

with Executive Order 12962 on 

Recreational Fisheries. Section 303(a) of 

the MSA specifies data and analyses to 

be included in Fishery Management 

Plans (FMP), as well as pertinent data 

that shall be submitted to the Secretary 

of Commerce under the plan. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: May 18, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–11901 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XP38 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Application for one scientific 

research permit modification. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received one scientific 

research permit application request 

relating to Pacific salmon. The proposed 

research is intended to increase 

knowledge of species listed under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to 

help guide management and 

conservation efforts. The application 

may be viewed on the NMFS website at 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/ 

preview_open_for_comment.cfm. 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the applications must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on 

June 22, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

applications should be sent to the 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to 503–230– 

5441 or by e-mail to 

resapps.nwr@NOAA.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Garth Griffin, Portland, OR (ph.: 503– 

231–2005, Fax: 503–230–5441, e-mail: 

Garth.Griffin@noaa.gov). Permit 

application instructions are available 

from the address above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): threatened Snake River 

(SR) spring/summer, threatened SR fall. 

Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened SR. 

Authority 

Scientific research permits are issued 

in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR 222–226). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; and (3) are consistent 

with the purposes and policy of section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. 

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

set out the specific reasons why a 

hearing on that application would be 

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such 

hearings are held at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. 

Applications Received 

Permit 1134 – 5M 

The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish 

Commission (CRITFC) is seeking to 

modify Permit 1134, under which they 

have been conducting research for more 

than ten years. The original permit was 

in place for five years (63 FR 30199) 

with one amendment (67 FR 43909); it 

expired on December 31, 2002. The next 

permit was also in place for five years 

expiring on December 31, 2007; it was 

renewed in 2008. The CRITFC is now 

asking to modify the permit to increase 

listed species take particularly for SR 

fall Chinook salmon. The permit would 

continue covering five study projects 

that, among them, would annually take 

adult and juvenile threatened SR fall 

Chinook salmon; adult and juvenile 

threatened SR spring/summer Chinook 

salmon; and adult and juvenile 

threatened SR steelhead in the Snake 

River basin. There have been some 

changes in the research over the last ten 


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