[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 26322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12453]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4163-C-02]


NOFA for Emergency Shelter Grants Set-Aside for Indian Tribes and 
Alaskan Native Villages; Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability; correction.

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SUMMARY: This notice corrects information that was provided in the 
notice of funding availability (NOFA) for Emergency Shelter Grants 
(ESG) Set-Aside for Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages for 
fiscal year 1997, published in the Federal Register on April 11, 1997 
(62 FR 17970). This notice clarifies that new construction is not an 
eligible activity under the ESG program.

DATES: This notice does not affect the deadline date provided in the 
April 11, 1997 NOFA. Applications must still be received by the 
appropriate HUD Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) by no later 
than 3 p.m. local time (i.e., the time in the office to which the 
application is submitted) on May 23, 1997.

ADDRESSES: This notice does not affect the application submission 
information provided in the April 11, 1997 NOFA. Application packages 
are available from the HUD Offices of Native American Programs (ONAPs) 
listed in Appendix 1 to the NOFA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Applicants may contact the appropriate 
Office of Native American Programs (ONAPs), listed in Appendix 1 to the 
April 11, 1997 NOFA, for further information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 11, 1997 (62 FR 17970), HUD 
published in the Federal Register the Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA) for the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) Set-Aside for Indian 
Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages for fiscal year (FY) 1997. The April 
11, 1997 NOFA provided, in section III.B.(2), that the selection 
process for the ESG program for Indian tribes includes a preliminary 
threshold review (62 FR 17971). The NOFA further provided in paragraph 
(d) of that section that HUD will review each application proposing new 
construction to determine whether all proposed buildings are in 
compliance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the 
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
    The provision regarding new construction mistakenly implies that 
new construction is an eligible activity under the ESG program. In 
accordance with the provisions of 24 CFR 576.21 of the ESG program 
regulations, however, emergency shelter grant amounts may not be used 
for new construction. Therefore, the provision regarding new 
construction in the April 11, 1997 NOFA should be removed. As provided 
in Sec. 576.57(a), however, grantees must comply with nondiscrimination 
and equal opportunity requirements, as applicable, when conducting the 
eligible activities listed in Sec. 576.21.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 97-9305, the NOFA for Emergency Shelter Grants 
Set-Aside for Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages, published in 
the Federal Register on April 11, 1997 (62 FR 17970), is amended on 
page 17971, column 2, by correcting section III.B.(2) (a), (b), and (c) 
to read as follows:

III. Application Process

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B. Eligibility and Threshold Requirements

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    (2) Thresholds. The selection process for the Indian tribe set-
aside program includes a preliminary threshold review. The applicant 
must clearly demonstrate and HUD will review each application to 
determine whether:
    (a) The application is adequate in form, time, and completeness;
    (b) The applicant is eligible; and
    (c) The proposed activities and persons to be served are eligible 
for assistance under the program.
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    Dated: May 6, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 97-12453 Filed 5-12-97; 8:45 am]
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