[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9714-9715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5731]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4004-N-03]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development; Notice of Funding Availability for: The HUD-Administered 
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program--Fiscal 
Year 1996; and the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program for Small 
Communities in New York State; Extension of Application Deadline

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 
1996; Extension of application deadline.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends the application deadline for the FY 1996 
NOFA for the HUD-Administered Small Cities Community Development Block 
Grant (CDBG) Program for Small Communities in New York State, published 
in the Federal Register on December 28, 1995 (60 FR 67260). This notice 
establishes the application deadline to be April 3, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph A. D'Agosta, Director, Office 
of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0068; telephone (212) 
264-0771. (This is not a toll-free number.) Hearing- or speech-impaired 
persons may call (212) 264-0927 (TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
for the HUD-Administered Small Cities Community Development Block Grant 
(CDBG) Program--Fiscal Year (FY) 1996, and the Section 108 Loan 
Guarantee Program for Small Communities in New York State was published 
in the Federal Register on December 28, 1995 (60 FR 67260), and amended 
on February 28, 1996 (61 FR 7533).
    The FY 1996 NOFA established March 13, 1996 as the application 
deadline, stating that the application kits may be obtained from HUD's 
New York or Buffalo offices. However, due to a number of factors, HUD 
has been unable to provide the application kits as early as it planned. 
Therefore, this notice establishes that the application deadline is 
extended from March 13, 1996 to April 3, 1996. All other instructions 
in the FY 1996 NOFA with regard to submitting applications remain in 
effect.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 95-31383, the NOFA for the HUD-Administered 
Small 

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Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program--Fiscal Year 
1996, and the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program for Small Communities 
in New York State, published in the Federal Register on December 28, 
1995 (60 FR 67260), is amended as follows:
    1. On page 67260, in column 2, the two paragraphs under the heading 
Dates are amended to read as follows:

DATES: Applications are due by April 3, 1996. Application kits may be 
obtained from and must be submitted to either HUD's New York or Buffalo 
Office. Applications, if mailed, must be postmarked no later than 
midnight on April 3, 1996. If an application is hand-delivered to the 
New York or the Buffalo Office, the application must be delivered to 
the appropriate office by no later than 4:00 p.m. on the deadline date. 
Application kits will be made available by a date that affords 
applicants no fewer than 30 days to respond to this NOFA. For further 
information on obtaining and submitting applications, please see 
Section II of this NOFA.
    The above-stated application deadline is firm as to date and hour. 
In the interest of fairness to all competing applicants, the Department 
will treat as ineligible for consideration any application that is not 
received by 4:00 p.m. on, or postmarked by, April 3, 1996. Applicants 
should take this procedure into account and make early submission of 
their materials to avoid any risk of loss of eligibility brought about 
by unanticipated delays or other delivery-related problems.
    2. On page 67278, in column 1, section II.B., under the heading 
``Submitting Applications'', is amended to read as follows:

II. Application and Funding Award Process

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B. Submitting Applications

    A final application must be submitted to HUD no later than April 3, 
1996. A final application includes an original and two photocopies. 
Final applications may be mailed, and if they are received after the 
deadline, must be postmarked no later than midnight, April 3, 1996. 
Applicants in New York, in the counties of Sullivan, Ulster, Putnam, 
and in non-participating jurisdictions in the urban counties of 
Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk should 
submit applications to the New York Office. All other nonentitled 
communities in New York State should submit their applications to the 
Buffalo Office. Applications must be submitted to the HUD office at the 
address listed above in Section A.
    The above-stated application deadline is firm as to date and hour. 
In the interest of fairness to all competing applicants, the Department 
will treat as ineligible for consideration any application that is not 
received on, or postmarked by, April 3, 1996. Applicants should take 
this practice into account and make early submission of their materials 
to avoid any risk of loss of eligibility brought about by unanticipated 
delays or other delivery-related problems.
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    3. On page 67278, in column 2, section II.C.2., under the heading 
``Streamlined Application Requirements for Certain Applicants'', is 
amended to read as follows:

II. Application and Funding Award Process

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C. The Application

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    2. Streamlined Application Requirements for Certain Applicants
    An eligible applicant that submitted an application under the 
Fiscal Year 1995 NOFA, but whose application was not selected for 
funding, may notify HUD in writing by the application deadline date, 
April 3, 1996, that it wishes its FY 1995 application to be reactivated 
for consideration under this NOFA. Applications that are reactivated 
may be updated, amended, or supplemented by the applicant, provided 
that such amendment or supplementation is received no later than the 
due date for applications under this NOFA. If there is no significant 
change in the application involving new activities or alteration of 
proposed activities that will significantly change the scope, location, 
or objectives of the proposed activities or beneficiaries, there will 
be no further citizen participation requirement to keep the application 
active for a succeeding round or competition.
    Applicants with activities approved for funding under the Fiscal 
Year 1995 NOFA are eligible for additional funding for those activities 
under this NOFA. Applicants seeking additional funding for activities 
selected for funding under the Fiscal Year 1995 NOFA may notify the 
Department in writing by April 3, 1996 that they wish to seek 
additional funding for those activities. Such applicants may 
incorporate by reference the application materials in the applicant's 
Fiscal Year 1995 application, and may provide material to update or 
supplement the prior application.
    All applicants are free to submit an entirely new application in 
place of a previous application should they so desire.
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    4. On page 67279, in column 1, in section III., under the heading 
``Technical Assistance'', the second paragraph is amended to read as 
follows:

III. Technical Assistance

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    In order to be considered for funding, complete applications (an 
original and two photocopies of the entire application) must be 
physically received by the appropriate HUD office on April 3, 1996 by 
4:00 p.m. or, if mailed, postmarked no later than midnight, April 3, 
1996. Applications must be delivered or mailed to the appropriate HUD 
office at the address indicated in Section II.

    Dated: March 6, 1996.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-5731 Filed 3-6-96; 2:15 pm]
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