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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 (1)
those already underwritten and
approved by a Direct Endorsement (DE)
underwriter employed by an
unconditionally approved DE lender
and (2) 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
mortgagee or branch authorized to
originate FHA insured mortgages in that
area. 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
a new Origination Approval Agreement
if the mortgagee continues to be an
approved mortgagee meeting the
requirements of 24 CFR 202.5, 202.6,
202.7, 202.8 or 202.10 and 202.12, if
there has been no Origination Approval
Agreement for at least six months, and
if the Secretary determines that the
underlying causes for termination have
been remedied. To enable the Secretary
to ascertain whether the underlying
causes for termination have been
remedied, a mortgagee applying for a
new Origination Approval Agreement
must obtain an independent review 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 review must be conducted and
issued 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
report and corrective action plan. The
request should be sent to the Director,
Office of Lender Activities and Program
Compliance, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room B133–P3214, Washington, DC
20410–8000 or by courier to 490
L’Enfant Plaza, East, SW., Suite 3214,
Washington, DC 20024–8000.
Action: The following mortgagees
have had their Agreements terminated
by HUD:
Mortgagee name
Mortgagee branch address
HUD office
jurisdictions
Putnam Mortgage & Finance, LLC .....................
305 1⁄2 South Jefferson Ave, Eatonton, GA
31024.
Atlanta ..........
Dated: December 21, 2007.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and
Budget Office of Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; OMB Control
Number 1018–0102; Applications for
Special Use Permits on National
Wildlife Refuges Outside Alaska
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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AGENCY:
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. This ICR is scheduled
to expire on January 31, 2008. 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.
However, under OMB regulations, we
may continue to conduct or sponsor this
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information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before March 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395–6566
(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); (703) 358–2269 (fax); or
hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018–0102.
Title: Applications for Special Use
Permits on National Wildlife Refuges
Outside Alaska, 50 CFR 25.41, 25.61,
26.36, 27.71, 27.91, 27.97, 29.1, 29.2,
30.11, 31.2, 31.13, 31.14, 31.16, and
32.2(1), and 43 CFR 5.
Service Form Number(s): 3–1383.
Type of Request: Revision of existing
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households; business and other forprofit organizations; nonprofit
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Homeownership
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Atlanta.
institutions; farms; and State, local, or
tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 14,225.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
14,225.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 14,225.
Abstract: The National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee)
(Administration Act) and the Refuge
Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k–
460k–4) (Recreation Act) govern the
administration and uses of national
wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. The
Administration Act consolidated all of
the different refuge areas into a single
National Wildlife Refuge System
(System). It also authorizes us to permit
public accommodations, including
commercial visitor services, on lands of
the System when we find that the
activity is compatible and appropriate
with the purpose for which the refuge
was established. The Recreation Act
allows the use of refuges for public
recreation when it is not inconsistent or
does not interfere with the primary
purpose(s) of the refuge.
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In our general refuge regulations, we
provide for public entry for specialized
purposes, including economic activities
such as the operation of guiding and
other visitor services on refuges by
concessionaires or cooperators under
the appropriate legal instrument or
special use permits (50 CFR 25.41,
25.61, 26.36, 27.71, 27.91, 27.97, 29.1,
29.2, 30.11, 31.2, 31.13, 31.14, 31.16,
and 32.2(1), and 43 CFR 5). These
regulations provide the authorities and
procedures for allowing permits on
refuges outside of Alaska.
We will issue special use permits for
a specific period as determined by the
type and location of the use or visitor
service provided. These permits
authorize activities such as:
(1) Farming operations (haying and
grazing, 50 CFR 29.2).
(2) Beneficial management tools that
we use to provide the best habitat
possible on some refuges (50 CFR 30.11,
31.14, and 31.16).
(3) Recreational visitor service
operations (50 CFR 25.41 and 25.61).
(4) Commercial filming (50 CFR
27.71) and other commercial activities
(50 CFR 29.1).
(5) Research and other
noncommercial activities (50 CFR
26.36).
We collect the following information
in both form (FWS Form 3–1383) and
nonform format:
(1) Identifying data (name,
organization, address, and telephone
number);
(2) Activity for which the permit is
being requested (agriculture,
commercial, research/monitoring,
commercial visitor services, commercial
filming, special event, etc.);
(3) Description of the activity
including:
(a) Where it will take place (units,
trails, roads);
(b) When (seasons, days, hours);
(c) How (methods, techniques,
transportation);
(d) Frequency (one time, daily,
occasionally);
(e) Number of people/vehicles/boats;
(f) Special needs/access.
In addition to the above, we may
require researchers to provide a copy of
their research proposal. This
information helps us to:
(1) Determine if requested activities
are compatible and appropriate with the
purpose for which the refuge was
established.
(2) Ensure that the applicant is
eligible for the permit.
Comments: On November 28, 2007,
we published in the Federal Register (72
FR 67313) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew this ICR. In that
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notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on January 28, 2008. We
received one comment. The commenter
did not address the information
collection requirements, but stated that
there should be no economic use on
national wildlife refuges and requested
a list of all permits granted in the past
year. As stated in item 1 above, the
Administration Act authorizes us to
permit public accommodations,
including commercial visitor services,
on lands of the System when we find
that the activity is compatible and
appropriate with the purpose for which
the refuge was established. We do not
maintain a consolidated list of special
use permits. We encouraged the
commenter to contact individual refuges
to obtain the desired information and
provided a website that lists contact
information. We did not make any
changes to our information collection
requirements as a result of this
comment.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
(1) whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
(3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: January 8, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Final Comprehensive Conservation
Plan and Environmental Assessment
for Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge,
South Dakota
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service) announce the
availability of our Final Comprehensive
Conservation Plan (Plan),
Environmental Assessment (EA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for Bear Butte National Wildlife
Refuge (Refuge). This Final Plan
describes how the Service intends to
manage the Refuge for the next 15 years.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the Plan may be
obtained by writing to U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Division of Refuge
Planning, P.O. Box 25486, Denver
Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225;
or by download from https://mountainprairie.fws.gov/planning.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Spratt, at (303) 236–4366, (303)
236–4792 (fax), or e-mail
Michael_Spratt@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Refuge was established as a Limitedinterest Refuge in the late 1930s with
the acquisition of easements from
private landowners, the State of South
Dakota (State) and the War Department
(now transferred to the Bureau of Land
Management at Fort Meade), to maintain
an area for ‘‘migratory bird, wildlife
conservation, and other purposes.’’ The
Refuge is 374.20 acres and has no fee
title. The easement obtained from the
State only applies to lands below the
ordinary high-water mark of the lake. A
Cooperative Agreement was entered into
with the State on July 12, 1967, to
administer, operate, and maintain the
Refuge pursuant to the rights and
interest in real property acquired by the
United States, and more particularly
described in the easement agreements.
The draft Plan and EA was made
available for public review and
comment following the announcement
in the Federal Register on February 8,
2007 (72 FR 5990). The draft Plan and
EA identified and evaluated two
alternatives for managing the Refuge for
the next 15 years. Under the No Action
Alternative (Current Management), the
Service would continue to manage the
Refuge within the parameters of the
Cooperative Agreement with South
Dakota Game, Fish and Parks. Existing
habitat within the easement and all
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0102; Applications
for Special Use Permits on National Wildlife Refuges Outside Alaska
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January
31, 2008. 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may
continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before March 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-
6566 (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); (703) 358-2269 (fax); or hope_
grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, or e-mail (see
ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0102.
Title: Applications for Special Use Permits on National Wildlife
Refuges Outside Alaska, 50 CFR 25.41, 25.61, 26.36, 27.71, 27.91,
27.97, 29.1, 29.2, 30.11, 31.2, 31.13, 31.14, 31.16, and 32.2(1), and
43 CFR 5.
Service Form Number(s): 3-1383.
Type of Request: Revision of existing collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and households; business and other
for-profit organizations; nonprofit institutions; farms; and State,
local, or tribal governments.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 14,225.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 14,225.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,225.
Abstract: The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) (Administration Act) and the Refuge
Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k-460k-4) (Recreation Act) govern
the administration and uses of national wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. The Administration Act consolidated all of the
different refuge areas into a single National Wildlife Refuge System
(System). It also authorizes us to permit public accommodations,
including commercial visitor services, on lands of the System when we
find that the activity is compatible and appropriate with the purpose
for which the refuge was established. The Recreation Act allows the use
of refuges for public recreation when it is not inconsistent or does
not interfere with the primary purpose(s) of the refuge.
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In our general refuge regulations, we provide for public entry for
specialized purposes, including economic activities such as the
operation of guiding and other visitor services on refuges by
concessionaires or cooperators under the appropriate legal instrument
or special use permits (50 CFR 25.41, 25.61, 26.36, 27.71, 27.91,
27.97, 29.1, 29.2, 30.11, 31.2, 31.13, 31.14, 31.16, and 32.2(1), and
43 CFR 5). These regulations provide the authorities and procedures for
allowing permits on refuges outside of Alaska.
We will issue special use permits for a specific period as
determined by the type and location of the use or visitor service
provided. These permits authorize activities such as:
(1) Farming operations (haying and grazing, 50 CFR 29.2).
(2) Beneficial management tools that we use to provide the best
habitat possible on some refuges (50 CFR 30.11, 31.14, and 31.16).
(3) Recreational visitor service operations (50 CFR 25.41 and
25.61).
(4) Commercial filming (50 CFR 27.71) and other commercial
activities (50 CFR 29.1).
(5) Research and other noncommercial activities (50 CFR 26.36).
We collect the following information in both form (FWS Form 3-1383)
and nonform format:
(1) Identifying data (name, organization, address, and telephone
number);
(2) Activity for which the permit is being requested (agriculture,
commercial, research/monitoring, commercial visitor services,
commercial filming, special event, etc.);
(3) Description of the activity including:
(a) Where it will take place (units, trails, roads);
(b) When (seasons, days, hours);
(c) How (methods, techniques, transportation);
(d) Frequency (one time, daily, occasionally);
(e) Number of people/vehicles/boats;
(f) Special needs/access.
In addition to the above, we may require researchers to provide a
copy of their research proposal. This information helps us to:
(1) Determine if requested activities are compatible and
appropriate with the purpose for which the refuge was established.
(2) Ensure that the applicant is eligible for the permit.
Comments: On November 28, 2007, we published in the Federal
Register (72 FR 67313) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew
this ICR. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 days, ending on
January 28, 2008. We received one comment. The commenter did not
address the information collection requirements, but stated that there
should be no economic use on national wildlife refuges and requested a
list of all permits granted in the past year. As stated in item 1
above, the Administration Act authorizes us to permit public
accommodations, including commercial visitor services, on lands of the
System when we find that the activity is compatible and appropriate
with the purpose for which the refuge was established. We do not
maintain a consolidated list of special use permits. We encouraged the
commenter to contact individual refuges to obtain the desired
information and provided a website that lists contact information. We
did not make any changes to our information collection requirements as
a result of this comment.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
(1) whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: January 8, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E8-1669 Filed 1-30-08; 8:45 pm
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