[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38319-38320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18945]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket Nos. FR-4202-C-02 and 4231-C-02]


Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Supportive Housing for 
the Elderly and Notice of Funding Availability for Supportive Housing 
for Persons With Disabilities; Clarification and Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notices of funding availability (NOFAs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 
1997; Clarification and Correction.

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SUMMARY: The Department published NOFAs in the Federal Register of May 
27, 1997 concerning, respectively, supportive housing for the elderly 
and supportive housing for persons with disabilities. This notice 
provides additional guidance for applicants that experience difficulty 
in obtaining letters from State Historic Preservation Officers. It also 
makes two corrections to each of these NOFAs. It corrects the address 
for the HUD Connecticut State Office. It instructs applicants proposing 
projects within Washington State to submit their applications to the 
Oregon State Office, which will be conducting the review and selection 
process on behalf of the Washington State Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia Yeck, Acting Director, New 
Products Division, Office of Multifamily Housing Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, 
Room 6142, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number (202) 708-2300 x2651. 
(This number is not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: State Historic Preservation Officer Letters. 
The Department published the NOFA for Supportive Housing for the 
Elderly and NOFA for Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 
on May 27, 1997 at 62 FR 28762 and 28776, respectively. Under each 
NOFA, sponsors are required to submit with their applications a letter 
from the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) indicating whether 
their proposed site(s) may involve or affect historic properties. This 
was a good faith effort and attempt on the part of the Department to 
assist all parties concerned in expediting the historic preservation 
review and determination portion of the environmental clearance 
process. Some State Historic Preservation Officers have indicated that 
they will not participate in this early alert and identification 
endeavor. In those instances, sponsors must include a letter with their 
applications explaining that they attempted to get the required letter 
but the SHPO would not honor or recognize their request for information 
and attach a copy of their letter request to the SHPO. If available, a 
copy of the SHPO's letter responding to the Sponsor's request should 
also be included in the submission. In such cases, the Field Office 
must process the application in accordance with the standard 
environmental review procedures in place prior to the NOFA publication 
(i.e., file with the SHPO, allow time for a response from the SHPO and 
then make the appropriate finding, which must be received prior to 
convening of the Rating Panel).

Correction

    In the notice FR Doc. 97-13728 (NOFA for Supportive Housing for the 
Elderly), beginning on page 28762 in the issue of May 27, 1997, make 
the following corrections:
    1. On page 28762, first column, under the ADDRESSES caption, 
correct the first sentence to read as follows: ``Applications must be 
delivered to the Director of the Multifamily Housing Division in the 
HUD Office for your jurisdiction, except for projects proposed to be 
located within the jurisdiction of the Washington State Office, you 
must submit your application to the Oregon State Office.'';
    2. On page 28773, second column, in Appendix B--HUD Offices, 
correct the address of the Connecticut State Office to read as follows:

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``CONNECTICUT STATE OFFICE
    One Corporate Center, 19th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103, (860) 240-
4800''; and
    3. On page 28774, third column, under Appendix B--HUD Office, 
remove the heading, address and phone number for the Washington State 
Office.
    In the notice FR Doc. 97-13729 (NOFA for Supportive Housing for 
Persons with Disabilities), beginning on page 28776 in the issue of May 
27, 1997, make the following corrections:
    4. On page 28776, first column, under the ADDRESSES caption, 
correct the first sentence to read as follows: ``Applications must be 
delivered to the Director of the Multifamily Housing Division in the 
HUD Office for your jurisdiction, except for projects proposed to be 
located within the jurisdiction of the Washington State Office, you 
must submit your application to the Oregon State Office.'';
    5. On page 28788, second column, in Appendix B--HUD Offices, 
correct the address of the Connecticut State Office to read as follows:
``CONNECTICUT STATE OFFICE
    One Corporate Center, 19th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103, (860) 240-
4800''; and
    6. On page 28789, third column, under Appendix B--HUD Office, 
remove the heading, address and phone number for the Washington State 
Office.

    Authority: Section 202, Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 1701q); Section 811, National Affordable Housing Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1803); and Section 7(d), Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

    Dated: July 14, 1997.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 97-18945 Filed 7-15-97; 9:23 am]
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