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where deferred amounts offset any
increase.
D. Grandfathering Issues
In line with the streamlined approach
adopted herein, OFHEO has dropped
language on grandfathering. Since the
conforming loan limit does not decline,
no concerns exist about loans made
prior to a decline in the loan limit.
E. Rounding Down
Comments received regarding a
rounding down to the lowest $100 as
opposed to the current OFHEO practice
of rounding down to the lowest $50
were mixed with some opposing and
others indicating either no objection to
or no opinion on OFHEO’s proposal.
The final guidance adopts the approach
of rounding down to the nearest $100 as
having value as to market and consumer
simplicity and understanding. Also, it
would represent a doubling of this
rounding standard, a much smaller
percentage change than the four-fold
increase in the loan limits since the $50
standard was adopted.
Accordingly, as stated in the
Preamble, OFHEO hereby publishes the
text of its Final Examination Guidance
on Conforming Loan Limit Calculations.
Dated: March 25, 2008.
James B. Lockhart, III,
Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise
Oversight.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of an
information collection (1028–0078).

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the paperwork
requirements for ‘‘North American
Amphibian Monitoring Program.’’ This
notice also provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of this form.
DATES: Submit written comments by
April 30, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on
this information collection directly to

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the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior via OMB e-mail:
([email protected]); or by
fax (202) 395–6566; and identify your
submission with #1028–0078.
Please also submit a copy of your
comments to the Department of the
Interior, USGS, via:
• E-mail: [email protected]. Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
0078 in the subject line.
• FAX: (703) 648–7069. Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
0078 in the subject line.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; USGS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological
Survey, 807 National Center, Reston, VA
20192. Please reference Information
Collection 1028–0078 in your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Weir at (301) 497–5932. Copies of
the full Information Collection Request
and the forms can be obtained at no cost
at http://www.reginfo.gov or by
contacting the USGS clearance officer at
the phone number listed below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: North American Amphibian
Monitoring Program (NAAMP).
OMB Control Number: 1028–0078.
Abstract: The North American
Amphibian Monitoring Program
(NAAMP) is a long-term, large-scale
anuran monitoring program to track the
status and trends of eastern and central
North American frogs and toads.
Volunteers conduct calling surveys
three times per year, depending on the
regional species assemblage. Volunteers
listen for 5 minutes at 10 stops along the
route. Data are submitted electronically
via the Internet or on hard copy. These
data will be used to estimate population
trends at various geographic scales and
assist with documenting species
distribution.
Frequency: 3 times per year.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 500
volunteer respondents per year.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,500.
Annual burden hours: 4,500 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden
averages 3 hours per response. This
includes the time for driving to/from the
survey route locations, 5-minute
listening period per sampling station (10
sampling stations per route) and data
entry time to submit data to the NAAMP
Web site.

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Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We estimate the total ‘‘nonhour’’ cost burden to be $11,500. This
total includes a one-time cost per
respondent for the purchase of a
thermometer to record air temperature
during the survey, plus the operational
costs of mileage for conducting the
surveys.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
you are not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires each
agency ‘‘* * * to provide notice * * *
and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies
concerning each proposed collection of
information * * *’’ Agencies must
specifically solicit comments to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
on the respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on January 25,
2008, we published a Federal Register
notice (73 FR 4620) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day public comment period.
We have received two comments in
support of the survey. The comments
had no effect on the burden.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Alfred Travnicek,
703–648–7231.
Dated: March 17, 2008.
Susan D. Haseltine,
Associate Director for Biology.
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