[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30136-30137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10557]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4950-C-34A]


Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding 
Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for 
HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs; Rural Housing and Economic 
Development Program NOFA; Competition Reopening Announcement

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 
Discretionary Grant Programs; Rural Housing and Economic Development 
Program NOFA; competition reopening announcement.

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SUMMARY: On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, 
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General 
Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. The 
Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA competition, which 
was included in the SuperNOFA, closed on May 17, 2005. This document 
announces the reopening of the Rural Housing and Economic Development 
Program NOFA competition.

DATES: The new application submission date for the Rural Housing and 
Economic Development Program is July 11, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thann Young, Community Planning 
and Development Specialist, or Ms. Linda L. Streets, Community 
Development Specialist, Office of Rural Housing and Economic 
Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7137, 
Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone 202-708-2290 (this is not a toll-
free number). Persons with speech or hearing impairments may access 
this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), HUD 
published its Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA), Policy Requirements and General Section to the 
SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. The Rural Housing and 
Economic Development Program, which was included in the SuperNOFA, made 
approximately $23.8 million available in HUD assistance. According to 
the SuperNOFA, the application submission date for the Rural Housing 
and Economic Development Program NOFA was May 17, 2005. On May 11, 2005 
(70 FR 24835), HUD published a technical correction to the Rural 
Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA making clear that the 
competition's application submission date was May 17, 2005. On May 11, 
2005 (70 FR 24835), HUD also published additional guidance to the 
General Section, which included a link to Frequently Asked Questions, 
located at http://grants.gov/ForApplicants#. Frequently asked questions 
can also be found on the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/egrants/grantsgovfaqs.pdf.
    HUD understands that many eligible applicants may have had 
difficulty submitting their applications or had not completed their 
grants.gov registration. Therefore, in order to give all NOFA 
applicants sufficient time to submit completed electronic applications 
and complete the registration process for grants.gov electronic 
submission, this notice published in today's Federal Register reopens 
the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA competition. 
The new application submission date for the Rural Housing

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and Economic Development Program NOFA competition is July 11, 2005.

Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section and Rural Housing and 
Economic Development Program NOFA Requirements to Reopened Competition

    Please note that the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program 
NOFA competition description, application submission information, and 
application review information were published in HUD's Notice of HUD's 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy 
Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's 
Discretionary Grant Programs, on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575). With the 
exception of the new deadline date for applications, all requirements 
listed in the General Section and in the Rural Housing and Economic 
Development Program NOFA are applicable to this reopened competition.

Submission Instructions

    If you have already submitted an application, you do not need to 
resubmit another application. If you submitted a paper application, 
however, without first obtaining a waiver from the electronic 
submission requirement, you must resubmit your applications 
electronically, unless you obtain a waiver, as noted below. In any 
case, if you choose to make any changes to an application already 
submitted, you must resubmit a completely new application. For the 
purpose of rating and ranking, HUD will review the most recent 
application and disregard any earlier submitted application.

Waiver of Electronic Submission Requirement

    If you are unable to submit your application electronically and 
must submit a paper application, you may request a waiver from this 
requirement. Your waiver request must be in writing and state the basis 
for the request and explain why electronic submission is not possible. 
The waiver request should also include an applicant's e-mail, name, and 
mailing address of the organization where responses can be directed. 
Waiver requests must be submitted to Pamela Patenaude, Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development, and waiver requests 
may be submitted by e-mail to [email protected], by fax to (202) 708-3363, 
or by letter to: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Attention: Pamela Patenaude, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
and Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7100, Washington, DC 
20410. The waiver request should also include an applicant's e-mail or 
name and mailing address where responses can be directed. All waiver 
requests must be received by HUD no later than June 9, 2005. Thus, in 
order to ensure your waiver request is received, you must submit your 
waiver request by e-mail, fax, or letter as soon as possible. The basis 
for waivers for cause may include but are not limited to (a) lack of 
available Internet access in the geographic location in which the 
applicant's business office is located or (b) physical disability of 
the applicant that prevents the applicant from accessing or responding 
to the application electronically.

    Dated: May 20, 2005.
Pamela Patenaude,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 05-10557 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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