[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68643-68644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30414]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4757-FA-02]


Announcement of Funding Award--FY 2002 Operation Lead Elimination 
Action Program (LEAP)

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

ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.

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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 additional funding decisions made by the 
Department in a competition for funding under the LEAP Notice of 
Funding Availability (NOFA). The purpose of the LEAP program is to 
leverage private sector resources to eliminate lead poisoning as a 
major public health threat to young children. This announcement 
contains the name and address of the award recipient and the amount of 
award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Baker, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, 
Room P3206, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-3000, 
telephone (804) 771-2100 ext. 3765. Hearing- and speech-impaired 
persons may access the number above via TTY by calling the toll free 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Operation Lead Elimination Program is 
authorized by HUD's 2002 Appropriation approved November 26, 2001 (Pub. 
L. 107-73).
    These awards were the result of a competition announced in a 
Federal Register notice published on August 5, 2002 (67 FR 50766). The 
purpose of the competition was to award grant funding of approximately 
$6,500,000 for grants and cooperative agreements for the Lead 
Elimination Action Program. Applications were scored and selected on 
the basis of selection criteria contained in that notice.

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this 
program is 14.900.
    A total of $6,500,000 was awarded to seven (7) grantees. 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 names, addresses, and 
amounts of these awards as follows:


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                  Awardee                                     Address                         Amount awarded
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The ACCESS Agency.........................  1315 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226....                  800,000
Alliance..................................  227 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Suite 200,                   1,152,013
                                             Washington, DC 20002.
Energy Programs...........................  1615 M Street, Suite 800, Washington, DC                     937,956
                                             20036.
National Safety Council...................  1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1200,                     679,346
                                             Washington, DC 20036.
National Center...........................  10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 100, Columbia,                  930,789
                                             MD 21044.
Greater Detroit...........................  333 West Fort Street, Suite 1500, Detroit,                   999,896
                                             MI 48226.
Neighborhood Improvement..................  841 North Broadway, Room 104, Milwaukee, WI                1,000,000
                                             53202.
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    Dated: November 4, 2003.
Joseph F. Smith,
Deputy Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.
[FR Doc. 03-30414 Filed 12-8-03; 8:45 am]
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