[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43170-43171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14793]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4950-C-02A]


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; Brownfields Economic Development 
Initiative NOFA; Competition Reopening Announcement

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 
Discretionary Grant Programs; Brownfields Economic Development 
Initiative 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 
Brownfields Economic Development Initiative NOFA competition, which was 
included in the SuperNOFA, closed on June 17, 2005. This document 
announces the reopening of the Brownfields Economic Development 
Initiative NOFA competition.

DATES: The new application submission date for the Brownfields Economic 
Development Initiative is August 25, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Seedyke, Office of 
Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7140, Washington, DC 20410-
7000; telephone 202-708-3484, extension 4445 (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 FY2005 SuperNOFA. The Brownfields Economic Development 
Initiative, which was included in the SuperNOFA, made available 
approximately $24.5 million in HUD assistance. According to the 
SuperNOFA, the application submission date for the Brownfields Economic 
Development Initiative NOFA was June 17, 2005. On May 11, 2005 (70 FR 
24835), HUD published additional guidance to the General Section, which 
included a link to Frequently Asked Questions, located at http://www.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. Therefore, in order to give 
all NOFA applicants sufficient time to submit completed applications 
and ensure Grants.gov registration is complete, this notice published 
in today's Federal Register reopens the Brownfields Economic 
Development Initiative NOFA competition. The new application submission 
date for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative NOFA 
competition is August 25, 2005.

Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section and Brownfields Economic 
Development Initiative NOFA Requirements to Reopened Competition

    Please note that the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative 
NOFA competition description, application submission information, and 
application review information were published in the FY2005 SuperNOFA 
on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575). All requirements listed in the 
SuperNOFA General Section and in the Brownfields Economic Development 
Initiative NOFA are applicable to this reopened competition except for 
those requirements explicitly changed by this notice (such as the due 
date and requirement for electronic submission).

Submission Instructions

    If you have already submitted an application electronically through 
Grants.gov, 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 application electronically or by paper submission.
    An applicant that has already submitted its application does not 
need to resubmit another application. However, if an applicant chooses 
to make any changes to an application that has already been submitted, 
it must download a new application from Grants.gov, complete the 
application, and resubmit by the new deadline date. For the purpose of 
rating and ranking, HUD will review the most recent application and 
disregard any previously submitted application. If an applicant decides 
to resubmit an application, the newly submitted application must be 
complete. HUD will not accept partial amendments to applications that 
were previously submitted.
    Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications through 
Grants.gov as described in the SuperNOFA. In addition, for this FY2005 
reopened funding opportunity, an applicant may submit a paper 
application without requesting a waiver from this requirement. HUD does 
not intend to accept paper applications in the future without a waiver.
    An applicant that chooses to submit a paper application must submit 
an original and two copies to: HUD Headquarters; Robert C. Weaver 
Federal Building; 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7251; Washington, DC 
20410, Attention: BEDI.
    As described in section IV.F.5.b of the General Section, an 
applicant submitting a paper application must use the United States 
Postal Service (USPS) to submit its application to HUD. An applicant 
must take its application to a post office to get a receipt of mailing 
that provides the date and time the package was submitted to the USPS. 
USPS rules now require that large packages must be brought to a postal 
facility for mailing. In many areas, the USPS has made a practice of 
returning to the sender, large packages that have been dropped in a 
mail collection box. Paper copy applications submitted to the USPS by 
the submission date and time and received by HUD no later than 15 days 
after the established submission date will receive funding 
consideration. If the USPS does not have a receipt with a digital time 
stamp, HUD will accept a receipt showing USPS Form 3817, Certificate of 
Mailing with a dated postmark. The proof of submission receipt provided 
by the Postal Service must show receipt no later than the

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application submission deadline. An applicant whose application is 
determined to be late, that cannot furnish HUD with a receipt from the 
USPS that verifies the package was submitted to the USPS prior to the 
submission due date and time will not receive funding consideration. An 
applicant may use any type of mail service provided by the USPS to have 
their application package delivered to HUD in time to meet the 
submission requirements.
    HUD will not accept hand delivery of applications.

    Dated: July 21, 2005.
Pamela H. Patenaude,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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