36246 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 139 / Wednesday, July 22, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: July 16, 2009. 

Lillian Deitzer, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–17490 Filed 7–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5276–N–02] 

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 July 1, 2009, 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 

July 1, 2009, is 41⁄8 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 July 1, 2009, is 41⁄8

percent; and (2) has approved the 

establishment of the debenture interest 

rate by the Secretary of HUD at 41⁄8

percent for the 6-month period 

beginning July 1, 2009. 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 latter 6 months of 2009. 

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 

Effective 

interest rate On or after Prior to 

81⁄4 ................. July 1, 1986 Jan. 1. 1987 

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, 1988 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, 1991 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, 1996 Jan. 1, 1997 

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

71⁄8 ................. July 1, 1997 Jan. 1, 1998 

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 

45⁄8 ................. July 1, 2008 Jan. 1, 2009 

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

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


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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 July 1, 2009, 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: July 10, 2009. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E9–17325 Filed 7–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–MB–2009–N149] [30120–1113– 

0000–D3] 

Information Collection Sent to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval; Bald Eagle Postdelisting Monitoring 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 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 August 21, 2009. 

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: None. This is 

a new collection. 

Title: Bald Eagle Post-delisting 

Monitoring. 

Type of Request: New. 

Affected Public: States, tribes, and 

local governments, Federal land 

managers, and nongovernmental 

partners. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Once every 5 

years. 

Note: For each 5–year survey, we 

estimate a total of 48 respondents will 

provide 48 responses totaling 1,478 

burden hours. The burden estimates 

below are annualized over the 3–year 

period of OMB approval. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 16. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

16. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30.8 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 493. 

Abstract: This information collection 

implements the requirements of the 

Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.) (ESA). The bald eagle in the 

lower 48 States was removed from the 

List of Endangered and Threatened 

Wildlife on August 8, 2007 (July 9, 

2007, 72 FR 37346). Section 4(g) of the 

ESA requires that all species that are 

recovered and removed from the List of 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

(delisted) be monitored in cooperation 

with the States for a period of not less 

than 5 years. The purpose of this 

requirement is to detect any failure of a 

recovered species to sustain itself 

without the protections of the ESA. 

The bald eagle has a large geographic 

distribution that includes a substantial 

amount of non-Federal land. Although 

the ESA requires that monitoring of 

recovered species be conducted for not 

less than 5 years, the life history of bald 

eagles is such that it is appropriate to 

monitor this species for a longer period 

of time in order to meaningfully 

evaluate whether or not the recovered 

species continues to maintain its 

recovered status. 

We plan to monitor the status of the 

bald eagle by collecting data on 

occupied nests over a 20–year period 

with sampling events held once every 5 

years. The Post-delisting Monitoring 

Plan for the Bald Eagle (Plan) describes 

monitoring procedures and methods. 

When OMB takes action on this ICR, 

we will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the final Plan. If you would like a copy 

of the Plan before the notice of 

availability is published, contact Hope 

Grey (see ADDRESSES) or you can obtain 

a copy online at http:// 

www.reginfo.gov. 

Comments: On July 9, 2007, we 

published a notice of availability for the 

draft Plan in the Federal Register (72 FR 

37373). We solicited comments for a 

period of 90 days, ending on October 9, 

2007. In addition, in the fall of 2007, we 

gave two web presentations for State 

biologists. These presentations focused 

on the survey and data collection 

methods. We considered all comments 

from the Federal Register notice and the 

web presentations and addressed them 

in the Plan. 

Comment: Adequate funding for 

monitoring has not been identified. 

Response: The Service will fund the 

area frame surveys for the initial 

baseline survey, including the use of 

aircraft and pilots to complete the 

surveys. We will continue to work with 

the States, tribes, and our other partners 

to secure funding for future surveys. 

Comment: Five-year intervals between 

monitoring are insufficient. 

Response: In order to assess several 

generations of bald eagles after delisting, 

this Plan recommends monitoring bald 

eagle nesting populations at 5–year 

intervals (which would follow the 

development cycle to maturity for one 

generation) for four generations or a 

total of 20 years. This exceeds the 

requirements of the ESA. Many States 

monitor bald eagle nests on an annual 

basis because the surveys provide 

valuable resource data. Some States 

have indicated that their future bald 

eagle monitoring will be greatly reduced 

due to its recovery and the need to 

allocate funding to other areas. Thus, 5– 

year survey intervals will provide more 

data for States where surveys are not 

otherwise planned. It may also provide 

a cost savings for other States if they can 

use these data at 5–year intervals to 

satisfy their needs. 


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