[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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