[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 25387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11763]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4801-C-02]


Notice of Funding Availability for HOPE VI Demolition Grants 
Fiscal Year 2002; Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability for HOPE VI Demolition Grants 
Fiscal Year 2002; Correction.

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SUMMARY: On April 4, 2003, HUD published the Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) for HOPE VI Demolition Grants Fiscal Year 2002. 
This document makes six technical corrections to the NOFA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Clayton, Office of Public 
Housing Investments, Room 4130, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, (202) 401-
8812, extension 5461 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with 
hearing and/or speech challenges may access the above telephone number 
by TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 4, 2003, HUD published the Notice 
of Funding Availability (NOFA) for HOPE VI Demolition Grants for Fiscal 
Year 2002 (68 FR 16672). Subsequent to publication, an error was 
discovered in the NOFA and appended Application within the description 
of standard relocation requirements. That error is corrected in this 
document. In addition, it was discovered that the NOFA incorrectly 
instructed that applicants should leave blank box 15 of HUD-Form 424; 
however, it is box 20 that should remain blank. Also, it was determined 
that the Application section of the NOFA contained an ambiguous 
requirement that applicants include a list of prior HUD public housing 
grant assistance used for physical revitalization of the proposed 
development. This notice removes that requirement. Finally, this notice 
amends the NOFA to make it consistent with Executive Order 13202, 
``Preservation of Open Competition and Government Neutrality Towards 
Government Contractors' Labor Relations on Federal and Federally Funded 
Construction Projects.''
    Accordingly, the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for HOPE VI 
Demolition Grants Fiscal Year 2002, published in the Federal Register 
on April 4, 2003, (68 FR 16672) is corrected as follows:
    1. On page 16675, in the first column, paragraph (B)(1) is 
corrected to read as follows: ``Relocation as a result of demolition 
approved by a section 18 demolition application is subject to section 
18 of the 1937 Act.''
    2. On page 16679, in the first column, insert a new section XV that 
reads as follows:

XV. Executive Order 13202. Preservation of Open Competition and 
Government Neutrality Towards Government Contractors' Labor Relations 
on Federal and Federally Funded Construction Projects.

    Consistent with Executive Order 13202, ``Preservation of Open 
Competition and Government Neutrality Towards Government Contractors' 
Labor Relations on Federal and Federally Funded Construction 
Projects,'' as amended, it is a condition of receipt of assistance 
under this NOFA that neither you nor any subrecipient or program 
beneficiary receiving funds under an award granted under this NOFA, nor 
any construction manager acting on behalf of you or any such 
subrecipient or program beneficiary, may require bidders, offerors, 
contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or adhere to any agreement 
with any labor organization on any construction project funded in whole 
or in part by such award or on any related federally funded 
construction project; or prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or 
subcontractors from entering into or adhering to any such agreement on 
any such construction project; or otherwise discriminate against 
bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors on any such 
construction project because they become or refuse to become or remain 
signatories or otherwise to adhere to any such agreements. Contractors 
and subcontractors are not prohibited from voluntarily entering into 
such agreements. A recipient or its construction manager may apply to 
HUD under section 5(c) of the Executive Order for an exemption from 
these requirements for a project where a construction contract on the 
project had been awarded as of February 17, 2001, and was subject to 
requirements that are prohibited under the Executive Order.
    3. On page 16679, section ``XV. Findings and Certifications'' is 
redesignated as section ``XVI. Findings and Certifications.''
    4. On page 16683, in the paragraph numbered ``3,'' the third 
sentence is corrected to read as follows: ``Do not fill in box 20, as 
you will report your funding elsewhere in the application.''
    5. On page 16688, the paragraph numbered ``6'' is deleted.
    6. On page 16690, the second sentence in the paragraph is corrected 
to read as follows: ``In accordance with section IX of the NOFA, you 
must provide a certification that you have completed a HOPE VI 
Relocation Plan and that it conforms to the applicable requirements.''

    Dated: May 6, 2003.
Michael M. Liu,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 03-11763 Filed 5-9-03; 8:45 am]
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