[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50544-50546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21420]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4834-C-02]


Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Community 
Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native 
Villages, Fiscal Year 2003; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability for the Community Development 
Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages, 
Fiscal Year 2003; Correction.

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SUMMARY: On July 16, 2003, HUD published the Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) for the Community Development Block Grant Program 
for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages Fiscal Year 2003. This 
document makes several technical corrections to the NOFA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Kruszek, Office of Public 
and Indian Housing, Denver Regional Office, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 633 17th Street, Denver, CO, 80202-3607, telephone 
(303) 675-1600 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing 
and/or speech challenges may access the above telephone number via TTY 
(text telephone) by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 16, 2003, HUD published the Notice 
of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Community Development Block 
Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages, Fiscal Year 
2003 (68 FR 42190). Subsequent to publication, it was discovered that 
additional funds were available but not stated in the NOFA. This 
document makes clear the amount of funds available. In addition, it was 
determined that paragraph numbers were inadvertently omitted from both 
Section VI. ``Threshold Requirements'' and under Rating Factor

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3 under the element labeled, ``Public Facilities and Improvement 
Projects.'' The labels are corrected in this document. Further, it was 
determined, and is corrected in this document, that under Rating Factor 
1, zero points will be awarded if an applicant has not submitted either 
of the reports required by Rating Factor 1 in a timely manner. Also, it 
was ascertained that incorrect dollar values were listed under Rating 
Factor 2 in the NOFA, ``Need/Extent of the Problem,'' and the dollar 
values are corrected in this document.
    Additionally, it was determined that language in Rating Factor 2, 
in the section entitled, ``Public Facilities and Improvements and 
Economic Development Projects,'' needed explanation. Therefore, a 
clarification is made by this document. In addition, a correction is 
made in this document to make clear that the title of form HUD-424 is 
``Application for Federal Assistance.'' This document also clarifies 
that the Logic Model form may be used to address program evaluation 
requirements under Rating Factor 1(1)(b) of this NOFA. Finally, it was 
determined that the text under Rating Factor 3 ``Soundness of 
Approach'', subsection entitled, ``Public Facilities and Improvement 
Projects'' was confusing. The text of that subsection is clarified in 
this document.
    Accordingly, the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 
Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska 
Villages, Fiscal Year 2003, published in the Federal Register on July 
16, 2003, (68 FR 41290) is corrected as follows:
    1. On page 42190, in the first column, the paragraph entitled, 
``Available Funds'' is corrected to read as follows: ``The FY 2003 
appropriation for the ICDBG Program is $70,538,500. In addition, FY 
2002 ICDBG carry-over of $7,899,850 is available for distribution, for 
a total of $78,438,350.''
    2. On page 42195, in the middle column under Section II. entitled, 
``Amount Allocated,'' paragraph (A) ``Available Funds'' is corrected to 
read as follows: ``The FY 2003 appropriation for the ICDBG Program is 
$70,538,500. In addition, FY 2002 ICDBG carry-over of $7,899,850 is 
available for distribution, for a total of $78,438,350.''
    3. On page 42195, in the middle column, under Section II. entitled, 
``Amount Allocated,'' paragraph (C) ``Allocations to Area ONAPs'' is 
corrected to read as follows: ``The requirements for allocating funds 
to Area ONAPs responsible for program administration are found at 24 
CFR 1003.101. Following these requirements, based on an appropriation 
of $70,538,500 and FY 2002 ICDBG carry-over of $7,899,850, less 
$4,000,000 retained to fund Imminent Threat Grants, the allocations for 
FY 2003 are as follows:

Eastern/Woodland.......................................      $ 8,028,368
Southern Plains........................................       14,911,565
Northern Plains........................................       11,210,433
Southwest..............................................       29,066,801
Northwest..............................................        4,004,517
Alaska.................................................        7,216,666
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    Total..............................................      $74,438,350
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    4. On page 42201, in the middle column, the subsection heading, 
``Project Specific Threshold Requirements'' is corrected to read as 
follows, ``(B) Project Specific Threshold Requirements.''
    5. On page 42204, paragraph (b), beginning in the middle column and 
continuing to the third column, is corrected by adding the following 
sentence prior to paragraph (c): ``(0 points) The applicant has not 
submitted either of the required reports in a timely manner.''
    6. On page 42205, in the first column, paragraph (a) ``Public 
Facilities and Improvements and Economic Development Projects'' is 
corrected to read as follows: ``The proposed activities benefit the 
neediest segment of the population, as identified below. For economic 
development projects, you may consider beneficiaries of the project as 
persons served by the project and/or persons employed by the project, 
and jobs created or retained by the project.''
    7. On page 42205, in the middle column, the sixth paragraph is 
corrected to read as follows: ``This ratio is computed for each tribe 
and contained in Appendix B of this NOFA.
    (15 points) $400-$699 or the tribe's total FY 2003 IHBG amount was 
$100,000 or less and Appendix B of this NOFA does not indicate that the 
Indian tribe has no AIAN households experiencing income or housing 
problems.
    (10 points) $700-1,199
    (5 points) $1,200-$1,999
    (0 points) The dollar amount for the Indian tribe is $2,000 or 
higher, or Appendix B of this NOFA indicates that the Indian tribe has 
no AIAN households experiencing income or housing problems.''
    8. On page 42206, in the first column, the subsection heading, 
``Public Facilities and Improvement Projects'' is corrected to read as 
follows: ``(a) Public Facilities and Improvement Projects.
    (15 points) If a tribe assumes operation and maintenance 
responsibilities for the public facilities and improvements, a tribal 
resolution is included in the application that adopts the operation and 
maintenance plan and commits the necessary funds to provide for these 
responsibilities. In addition, the operation and maintenance plan is 
included in the application and addresses maintenance, repairs, 
insurance, and replacement reserves and includes a cost breakdown for 
annual expenses. If an entity other than the tribe commits to pay for 
operation and maintenance for the public facilities and improvements, a 
letter of commitment from the entity is included in the application 
that identifies the maintenance responsibilities and, if applicable, 
responsibilities for operations the entity will assume as well as the 
necessary funds to provide for these responsibilities. Submission of 
the operation and maintenance plan is not required when an entity other 
than the tribe assumes operation and maintenance responsibilities. For 
community buildings only, a tribal resolution or letter of commitment 
is included in the application that identifies the source of and 
commits the necessary operating funds for any recreation, social or 
other services to be provided. In addition, letters of commitment from 
service providers are included which address both operating expenses 
and space needs.
    (10 points) If a tribe assumes operation and maintenance 
responsibilities for public facilities and improvements, a tribal 
resolution is included in the application that adopts the operation and 
maintenance plan and commits the necessary funds to provide for these 
responsibilities. In addition, the operation and maintenance plan is 
included in the application and addresses most of the above items 
(maintenance, repairs, insurance, replacement reserves) but does not 
include a satisfactory cost breakdown for annual expenses. If an entity 
other than the tribe commits to pay for operation and maintenance for 
the public facilities and improvements, a letter of commitment 
identifying maintenance responsibilities and, if applicable, 
responsibilities for operations the entity will assume, but no 
information committing the necessary funds in included. Submission of 
the operation and maintenance plan is not required when an entity other 
than the tribe assumes operation and maintenance responsibilities. For 
community buildings only, a tribal resolution or letter of commitment 
is included in the application that identifies the source of and 
commits the necessary operating funds for any recreation, social or 
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services to be provided. In addition, letters of commitment from 
service providers are included which address both operating expenses 
and space needs. Information provided is sufficient to determine that 
the project will proceed effectively.
    (5 points) If a tribe assumes operation and maintenance 
responsibilities for public facilities and improvements, a tribal 
resolution is included in the application that adopts the operation and 
maintenance plan and commits the necessary funds to provide for these 
responsibilities or the operation and maintenance plan is included in 
the application and addresses most of the above items (maintenance, 
repairs, insurance, replacement reserves). If an entity other than the 
tribe commits to pay for operation and maintenance for the public 
facilities and improvements, the maintenance provider is identified 
and, if applicable, responsibilities for operations the entity will 
assume are included in the application, but no letter of commitment is 
provided. For community buildings only, no tribal resolution or letter 
of commitment is included in the application that identifies the source 
of and commits the necessary funds for any recreation, social or other 
services to be provided. However, letters of commitment to provide 
services are included but they do not address operating expenses and 
space needs. Information provided is sufficient to determine that the 
project will proceed effectively.
    (0 points) None of the above criteria is met.''
    9. On page 42207, in the third column under the subsection 
entitled, ``Rating Factor 5 Comprehensiveness and Coordination (5 
points)'' that continues to the first column on page 42208, the last 
sentence of the paragraph is corrected to read as follows: ``However, 
applicants may use this form to address program evaluation requirements 
under Rating Factor 1(1)(b) of this NOFA.''
    10. In the middle column on page 42208, under paragraph (C), 
entitled, ``Application Submission,'' number one on the list of forms 
is corrected to read as follows: ``1. Application for Federal 
Assistance (HUD-424).''

    Dated: August 15, 2003.
Michael M. Liu,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[FR Doc. 03-21420 Filed 8-18-03; 12:19 pm]
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