[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 47 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12568-12569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5753]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4538-N-02]


Fiscal Year 2000 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 
HUD-Administered Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 
Program: Withdrawal of NOFA

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

ACTION: Withdrawal of NOFA.

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SUMMARY: This document withdraws the Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA), published on November 8, 1999, that announced the availability 
of Fiscal Year 2000 funding for the HUD-administered Small Cities 
Program in New York State under the Community Development Block Grant 
Program.

DATES: March 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvette Aidara, State and Small Cities 
Division, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Room 7184, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-1322 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access this number 
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 
1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 8, 1999 (64 FR 61000), HUD 
published a Notice of Funding Availability for the HUD-Administered 
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program that announced 
Fiscal Year 2000 funding for this program. The Department has

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administered the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Cities 
program in the State of New York since the inception of the State CDBG 
program. Forty-eight states administer their own State CDBG program. At 
the request of Governor George E. Pataki, New York, the Department has 
withdrawn the Notice of Funding Availability for Fiscal Year 2000 
funding. The Department will continue to retain control of past grants 
and multi-year grants made prior to Fiscal Year 2000.
    In response to requests from local officials throughout the State 
and concerns that the State may not immediately possess the expertise 
to manage the program, the Department had originally proposed a 
transition process designed to permit a smooth and orderly transfer of 
the program from HUD administration to State control. The proposed 
process would have allowed the HUD-administered competition to continue 
as outlined in the NOFA of November 8, 1999, while the State completed 
all necessary steps to administer the program effectively. HUD had 
recommended a transition process in order to avoid any disruption in 
funding to the grantees. New York officials, however, indicated they 
would prefer HUD to transfer the program without a transition process.
    Therefore, through this Notice, HUD withdraws the NOFA inviting 
applications for the HUD-administered Small Cities program published on 
November 8, 1999.

    Dated: March 6, 2000.
Joseph D'Agosta,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-5753 Filed 3-6-00; 2:58 pm]
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