[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 61 (Friday, March 29, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15111-15112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7544]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Parts 20, 570, 954, and 1003

[Docket No. FR-4747-C-01]


Technical Corrections to Certain HUD Regulations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Final rule; technical corrections.

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SUMMARY: This final rule amends several Department regulations to 
remove obsolete or incorrect references and to advise of a new office 
location.

DATES: Effective Date: April 29, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Santa Anna, Office of the 
General Counsel, Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone 
(202) 708-3055 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-
impaired persons may access this number by calling the Federal 
Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free 
number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule makes technical corrections 
to several regulations, to remove obsolete references or incorrect 
citations. This rule also informs interested parties of a new mailing 
address for the HUD Board of Contract Appeals.
    In 24 CFR part 20, Sec. 20.3 is revised to show the new address, 
telephone number, and FAX number of the HUD Board of Contract Appeals 
(HUDBCA). The HUDBCA is now located at 1707 H Street, NW., Eleventh 
Floor, Washington, DC 20006. The new telephone and FAX numbers are 
(202) 254-0000 and (202) 254-0011, respectively.
    This rule also amends the regulations at 24 CFR 570.489(l), 
954.4(i), and 1003.608 to remove the reference to ``appendix B to part 
24.'' As discussed earlier in this section, there is no appendix B to 
part 24.

Findings and Certifications

Environmental Review

    This final rule removes obsolete and incorrect references and 
provides information on a new office location and website. The rule 
does not direct, provide for assistance or loan and mortgage insurance 
for, or otherwise govern or regulate, real property acquisition, 
disposition, leasing, rehabilitation, alteration, demolition, or new 
construction, or establish, revise, or provide for standards for 
construction or construction materials, manufactured housing, or 
occupancy. Therefore, in accordance with 24 CFR 50.19(c)(1), this final 
rule is categorically excluded from the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538) 
establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the effects of 
their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments and 
the private sector. This rule does not impose a Federal mandate that 
will result in expenditure by State, local, or tribal governments, 
within the meaning of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Secretary, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 
U.S.C. 605(b)), has reviewed this rule before publication and by 
approving it certifies that this rule does not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. There are no 
anti-competitive discriminatory aspects of the rule with regard to 
small entities and there are not any unusual procedures that would need 
to be complied with by small entities.

Executive Order 13132, Federalism

    Executive Order 13132 (entitled ``Federalism'') prohibits an agency 
from publishing any rule that has federalism implications if the rule 
either (1) imposes substantial direct compliance costs on State and 
local governments and is not required by statute, or (2) the rule 
preempts State law, unless the agency meets the consultation and 
funding requirements of section 6 of the Executive Order. This rule 
does not have federalism implications and does not impose substantial 
direct compliance costs on State and local governments or preempt State 
law within the meaning of the Executive Order.

List of Subjects

24 CFR Part 20

    Administrative practice and procedure, Government contracts, 
Organization and functions (Government agencies).

24 CFR Part 570

    Administrative practice and procedure, American Samoa, Community 
development block grants, Grant programs--education, Grant programs--
housing and community development, Guam, Indians, Loan programs--
housing and community development, Low and moderate income housing, 
Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Islands Trust Territory,

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Puerto Rico, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Student aid, 
Virgin Islands.

24 CFR Part 954

    Administrative practice and procedure, Grant programs-housing and 
community development, Grant programs-Indians, Indians, Low and 
moderate income housing, Manufactured homes, Rent subsidies, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.

24 CFR Part 1003

    Alaska, Community development block grants, Grant programs-housing 
and community development, Grant programs-Indians, Indians, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.

    Accordingly, for the reasons described in the preamble, HUD amends 
24 CFR parts 20, 570, 954, and 1003 as follows:

PART 20--BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

    1. The authority citation for 24 CFR part 20 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 41 U.S.C. 601-613; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).


    2. Section 20. 3 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 20.3  Organization and location of the Board.

    (a) Location. The Board is located at 1707 H Street, NW., Eleventh 
Floor, Washington, DC 20006. Mail and non-postal delivery may be sent 
to the Board at this address. Mail also may be addressed to: Board of 
Contract Appeals, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Room 2131, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0001. The 
telephone number of the Board is (202) 254-0000. (This is not a toll-
free number.) For learning or speech-impaired persons, this number may 
be accessed via TTY by contacting the Federal Information Relay Service 
at 1-800-877-8339. The facsimile number is (202) 254-0011.
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PART 570--COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS

    3. The authority citation for 24 CFR part 570 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 5301-5320.


    4. Section 570.489 is amended by revising paragraph (l) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 570.489  Program administrative requirements.

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    (l) Debarment and suspension. As required by 24 CFR part 24, each 
CDBG participant shall require participants in lower tier covered 
transactions to include a certification that neither it nor its 
principals are currently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, 
declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in the 
covered transaction, in any proposal submitted in connection with the 
lower tier covered transactions. A participant may rely on the 
certification, unless it knows the certification is erroneous.
* * * * *

PART 954--INDIAN HOME PROGRAM

    5. The authority citation for 24 CFR part 954 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 12701-12839.

    6. Section 954.4 is amended by revising paragraph (i) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 954.4  Other Federal requirements.

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    (i) Debarment and suspension. As required by 24 CFR part 24, each 
grantee must require participants in lower tier covered transactions 
(e.g., sub-contractors) to include a certification that neither it nor 
its principals are currently debarred, suspended, proposed for 
debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from 
participation in the covered transaction, in any proposal submitted in 
connection with the lower tier covered transactions. A participant may 
rely on the certification unless it knows the certification is 
erroneous.

PART 1003--COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES AND 
ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGES

    7. The authority citation for 24 CFR part 1003 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 5301 et seq.


    8. Section 1003.608 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1003.608  Debarment and suspension.

    As required by 24 CFR part 24, each grantee must require 
participants in lower tier covered transactions (e.g., contractors and 
sub-contractors) to include a certification that neither it nor its 
principals are currently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, 
declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in the 
covered transaction, in any proposal submitted in connection with the 
lower tier covered transactions. A participant may rely on the 
certification, unless it knows the certification is erroneous.

    Dated: March 22, 2002.
Aaron Santa Anna,
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations.
[FR Doc. 02-7544 Filed 3-28-02; 8:45 am]
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