[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 93 (Friday, May 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26429-26430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12222]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4316-FA-05]


Announcement of Funding Award--Fiscal Year 1999 Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Control National Institute of Building Sciences

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary--Office of Lead Hazard Control, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding award.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 
notifies the public of a funding decision made by the Department of the 
National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). This announcement 
contains the name and address of the awardee and the amount of the 
award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Levitt, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Ro9m P3206, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 755-1785, ext. 156. Hearing- or speech-
impaired individuals may access this number by calling the Federal 
Information Relay Service TTY at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The fiscal year 1999 appropriation for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development established the Healthy 
Homes Initiative and requested a report on the Department's plan for 
the initiative. Public Law 105-276 (the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act of 1999) provides $10 million for the initiative to, 
as described in the Appropriations Committee's report, ``develop and 
implement a program of research and demonstration projects that would 
address multiple housing-related problems affecting the health of 
children'' of which at least $4 million is to be ``devoted to 
preventive measures to correct moisture and mold problems in inner-city 
housing occupied by families with infants in communities where toxic 
mold exposure has been linked to acute pulmonary hemorrhage an infant 
death.'' The Appropriations Committee requested that HUD submit a plan 
that ``inventories the problems to be addressed, described their 
intersections, identifies key technical questions, and provides a 
spending plan allocation funds among technical and policy studies, 
pilot projects, and emergency remediation.'' In developing this plan, 
the Committee advised HUD to seek expert advice. The National Institute 
of Building Sciences was awarded a grant to organize, facilitate, and 
record a two day meeting of recognized experts from a broad range of 
professions, from Federal, State, and local government agencies, and 
national and local practitioners in the private sector. NIBS is 
responsible for collecting and collating all comments from meeting 
participants, facilitating the exchange of ideas and information at the 
meeting, recording the meeting proceedings, generating a written 
summary of the meeting along with all supporting materials (e.g. 
scientific reports, peer reviewed journal articles), and forwarding all 
materials to the OLHC. In addition, NIBS is responsible for the 
distribution of the final HHI Plan of Action to all meeting 
participants.
    This notice announces the award of $75,828 to NIBS. This funding 
will be used by NIBS to accomplish the tasks described above.

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this 
program is 14.900.

    In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the name, address, and 
amount of the award as follows: National Institute of Building 
Sciences,

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1090 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005, Amount of Grant: 
$75,828.00.

    Dated: May 5, 1999.
David E. Jacobs,
Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control.
[FR Doc. 99-12222 Filed 5-13-99; 8:45 am]
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