[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6762-6764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3238]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4256-N-03]


Notice of Funding Availability for the HUD-Administered Small 
Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program--Fiscal Year 
1997 and Fiscal Year 1998; and the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program 
for Small Communities in New York State; Amendment and Extension of 
Application Deadline

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

ACTION: Amendment to notice of funding availability and extension of 
application deadline.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends the application deadline for the combined 
fiscal year (FY) 1997 and FY 1998 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 16, 1997 (62 FR 65970). This notice establishes the 
application deadline to be April 2, 1998. This notice also amends that 
NOFA to clarify the special limitations for multiyear plan recipients.


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DATES: Applications are due by April 2, 1998.

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. Hearing- or speech-impaired persons may call (212) 264-0927 
(TTY). (These numbers are not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
for the HUD-Administered Small Cities Community Development Block Grant 
(CDBG) Program--Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 and FY 1998, and the Section 108 
Loan Guarantee Program for Small Communities in New York State was 
published in the Federal Register on December 16, 1997 (62 FR 65970). 
Recent ice storms in the northeast part of the United States have 
resulted in ten New York counties receiving Federal disaster 
declarations. In response to this emergency, HUD is extending the 
application deadline from March 2, 1998, to April 2, 1998, to allow 
these counties and other affected communities sufficient time to 
complete applications that may include activities related to the damage 
from the ice storms.
    Furthermore, the December 16, 1997 NOFA provided that the 
application kits would be available from HUD's New York or Buffalo 
offices at least 45 days prior to the application due date. However, 
HUD has been unable to provide the application kits as early as 
planned. Therefore, HUD is extending the application deadline from 
March 2, 1998, to April 2, 1998, in order to afford communities 
sufficient time to complete applications once the kits are available.
    In addition, applicants should note that HUD is making funds 
available to disaster-affected areas in New York (which are all at this 
time under the jurisdiction of the Buffalo field office) under the 
noncompetitive Imminent Threat grant provisions of 24 CFR 570.424 (see 
also Section I.B.2. of the December 16, 1997 NOFA regarding imminent 
threats (62 FR 65972)). In response to a request from the Governor of 
New York and on-site assessments by HUD's emergency teams, HUD has 
announced that it is setting aside up to $12 million of FY 1997 and FY 
1998 funds for such purposes, pursuant to the provisions cited above. 
Imminent Threat grant applications are not subject to the procedures 
and deadlines of the December 16, 1997 NOFA. Eligible applicants should 
contact the Buffalo field office for information about procedures 
applicable to such grants. However, counties and other eligible units 
of general local government that receive CDBG assistance under the 
Imminent Threat provisions of Sec. 570.424 will not be prejudiced in 
their application for competitive CDBG Small Cities grant assistance 
announced in the December 16, 1997 NOFA.
    In addition to extending the application deadline until April 2, 
1998, this notice also amends the December 16, 1997 NOFA to clarify the 
special limitations for multiyear plan recipients. Section I.D.2.c. of 
that NOFA (62 FR 65974, 1st column), regarding Single Purpose grants, 
and special limitations for multiyear plan recipients, provided 
information on how the grant limitations apply to applicants with 
approved multiyear plans that wish to apply for and receive their FY 
1997 increment. This notice amends the NOFA to clarify that, to the 
extent to which a recipient with previously-approved multiyear plan 
received approval for a FY 1997 and/or FY 1998 multiyear plan increment 
in an amount that is less than the $400,000 (or, in the case of 
counties, $600,000) grant limits established in the NOFA, such 
recipient may also, in addition to the application(s) to be submitted 
for the FY 1997 or FY 1998 multiyear plan increment, submit an 
application(s) to be rated and ranked with all other competitive 
applications for up to the difference between the amount of the 
applicable established grant limit and the amount of the FY 1997 or FY 
1998 multiyear plan application submission.
    For example, if a community was approved for a multiyear plan of 
$250,000 for FY 1997 and $250,000 for FY 1998, that community may 
submit two additional applications for $150,000 each (the $400,000 
grant limit minus the $250,000 amount approved for the multiyear plan 
increment equals $150,000), one for FY 1997 and one for FY 1998, to be 
scored and ranked competitively with all other competitive applications 
submitted. Thus, in this example, the community could submit up to four 
(4) separate applications--two applications for $250,000 each for the 
FY 1997 and FY 1998 previously approved multiyear plan, and two 
applications for $150,000 each for the FY 1997/FY 1998 competition. HUD 
is aware of two communities and two counties that fall into this 
category, and is amending this NOFA after an inquiry from one of the 
counties. HUD had not taken these facts into consideration when it 
originally published the NOFA on December 16, 1997, and believes that 
all communities should have the same opportunity to receive a grant up 
to the applicable grant limits established in the NOFA.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance Number for this program is 14.219.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 97-32851, the NOFA for the HUD-Administered 
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program--Fiscal 
Year 1997 and Fiscal Year 1998; and the Section 108 Loan Guarantee 
Program for Small Communities in New York State, published in the 
Federal Register on December 16, 1997 (60 FR 65970) is amended as 
follows:
    1. On page 65970, in column 2, the four paragraphs under the 
heading Dates are amended to read as follows:

DATES: Applications (including applications from recipients approved 
for a multiyear plan for second or third component in FY 1997 or FY 
1998) are due by April 2, 1998. Application kits may be obtained from 
and must be submitted to either HUD's New York or Buffalo Office. (The 
addresses for these offices are provided in Section II. of this NOFA.)
    Applications, if mailed, must be postmarked no later than midnight 
on April 2, 1998. 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. (local time) on April 2, 
1998.
    HUD expects to make application kits available in field offices by 
a date that affords applicants no fewer than 45 days to respond to this 
NOFA. If HUD fails to do so, a further extension of the application 
deadline will be published in the Federal Register. For further 
information on obtaining and submitting applications, please see 
Section II. of the NOFA.
    The above-stated application deadline is firm as to date and hour. 
In the interest of fairness to all competing applicants, HUD will treat 
as ineligible for consideration any application that is not received by 
4:00 p.m. on, or postmarked by, April 2, 1998. 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 65974, in column 1, section I.D.2.c., under the heading 
``Special Limitations for Multiyear Plan Recipients'', is amended to 
read as follows:

I. Purpose and Substantive Description

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D. Types of Grants

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2. Single Purpose Grants
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    c. Special Limitations for Multiyear Plan Recipients. With respect 
to multiyear plan recipients that choose to submit applications for 
their second and/or third year increments, such applicants may also 
submit applications for up to two Single Purpose grants, provided that 
the sum of the grant amount requested for each approved multiyear 
increment plus the Single Purpose grant amount requested does not 
exceed $400,000 (or $600,000 in the case of a county applicant).
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    Dated: February 4, 1998.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 98-3238 Filed 2-9-98; 8:45 am]
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