[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45415-45417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15474]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4950-C-20B]


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; Section 811 Supportive Housing for 
Persons With Disabilities Program NOFA; Competition Reopening 
Announcement

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 
Discretionary Grant Programs; Section 811 Supportive Housing for 
Persons with Disabilities 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 
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program 
NOFA competition, which was included in the SuperNOFA, closed on June 
10, 2005. This document announces the reopening of the Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA 
competition.

DATES: The new application submission date for the Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA 
competition is September 6, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Tolliver, Project Manager, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Room 6142, Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone 202-708-3000 (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 Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program, which was 
included in the SuperNOFA, made approximately $95.8 million available 
in HUD assistance. According to the SuperNOFA, the application 
submission date for the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with 
Disabilities Program NOFA was originally May 24, 2005, and this date 
was extended to June 10, 2005, by technical corrections published on 
May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488). On May 11, 
2005 (70 FR 24835), HUD published additional guidance to the General 
Section, that 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 to ensure their Grants.gov registration is complete, this notice 
published in today's Federal Register reopens the Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA 
competition. The new application submission date for the Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA 
competition is September 6, 2005.

Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section and Section 811 Supportive 
Housing for Persons With Disabilities Program NOFA Requirements to 
Reopened Competition

    Please note that the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons 
with Disabilities Program NOFA competition description, application 
submission information, and application review information were 
published in HUD's FY2005 SuperNOFA on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575). 
All requirements listed in the SuperNOFA General Section and in the 
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program 
NOFA, including the technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA 
published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609) and 
June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), are applicable to this reopened competition 
except for those requirements explicitly changed by this notice (such 
as the application submission date, the requirement for electronic 
submission, and the date requirement associated with certain exhibits).

Submission Instructions

    If you have already submitted an application electronically through 
Grants.gov and received a confirmation of successful receipt from 
Grants.gov, you do not need to resubmit another application. If you 
submitted a paper

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application, however, without first obtaining a waiver from the 
electronic submission requirement, you must resubmit your applications 
electronically or by paper submission. If an applicant decides to 
resubmit an application, the applicant must download a new application 
package and submit a new application. HUD will not accept partial 
amendments to applications that were previously submitted.
    Applicants that have already submitted an application do 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 electronic application.
    Applicants are encouraged to complete their registration and submit 
their electronic 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.
    Applicants that choose to submit a paper application must submit an 
original and four copies by mail or permitted delivery service to the 
appropriate HUD Multifamily (MF) Hub office identified in Appendix A to 
the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 
Program NOFA, published March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), as amended by the 
technical corrections to the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons 
with Disabilities NOFA that published on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609), 
and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), Attention: Section 811 Supportive 
Housing for Persons with Disabilities.
    As described in section IV.F.5.b of the General Section, applicants 
submitting a paper application must use the United States Postal 
Service (USPS) to submit their application to HUD. Applicants must take 
their 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 application 
submission deadline. Applicants whose applications are determined to be 
late, who 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. Applicants 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.

Additional Information

    As indicated in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with 
Disabilities Program NOFA, published March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), all 
applicants must submit a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), 
prepared in accordance with the ASTM Standards E 15270-00, as amended, 
completed or updated no earlier than six months prior to the 
application deadline date, in order for the application to be 
considered as an application with site control. The technical 
corrections to the Section 811 NOFA, published on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 
24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), clarified that as a result of 
the previous extension of the application deadline, a Phase I ESA that 
is dated November 24, 2004, or later, will meet the requirement for 
submitting a Phase I ESA. Please note that a Phase I ESA that is dated 
November 24, 2004, or later, also will meet the requirement for 
submitting a Phase I ESA for those applications submitted in response 
to the reopened competition.
    For those applicants who choose to submit an application in 
response to the reopened Section 811 NOFA, HUD is extending the date on 
which to submit a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and a 
plan for clean-up of the site, if required, based on the findings of 
the Phase I ESA. As described in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for 
Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA, published in March 21, 2005 (70 
FR 13575), if the Phase I ESA indicates the possible presence of 
contamination and/or hazards, you, the applicant, must decide whether 
to continue with this site or choose another site. Should you choose 
another site, the same Phase I ESA process identified in the Section 
811 NOFA, published on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), as amended by 
technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA, published on May 10, 
2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), must be followed for 
the new site. However, if you choose to continue with the original site 
on which the Phase I ESA indicated contamination or hazards, you must 
undertake a detailed Phase II ESA by an appropriate professional. In 
order for your application to be considered for review under this 
reopened FY 2005 Section 811 NOFA, the Phase II must be received by the 
local HUD office on or before October 4, 2005. Additionally, if the 
Phase II ESA reveals site contamination, the extent of the 
contamination and a plan for clean-up of the site must be submitted to 
the local HUD office. The plan for clean-up must include a contract for 
remediation of the problem(s) and an approval letter from the 
applicable federal, state, and/or local agency with jurisdiction over 
the site. In order for your application to be considered for review 
under this reopened FY 2005 Section 811 NOFA, this information must be 
received by the local HUD office on or before October 4, 2005. If the 
above information is not received by the local HUD office by that date, 
the application will be rejected.
    As stated in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with 
Disabilities Program NOFA, published on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), 
acceptable evidence of site control includes an option to purchase or 
for a long-term leasehold, which must remain in effect for six months 
from the date on which the applications are due, must state a firm 
price binding on the seller, and be renewable at the end of the six-
month period. The only condition on which the option may be terminated 
is if you, the applicant, are not awarded a fund reservation. As a 
result of the previous extension of the application deadline, the 
technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA, published on May 10, 
2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), amended this 
requirement to the extent necessary to permit HUD to accept an option 
to purchase or a long-term leasehold that remained in effect through 
November 30, 2005, or later as acceptable evidence of site control. 
However, in view of the timing of this reopened Section 811 NOFA and 
because HUD does not anticipate announcing the Section 811

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selected applications until the middle of December, 2005, if your 
option expires prior to December 31, 2005, in order to ensure that you 
have an acceptable application, you should execute the extension 
provision in your option or leasehold agreement, whichever applies. 
This requirement applies to all applicants resubmitting applications 
that were previously submitted in response to the FY 2005 NOFA or 
applicants submitting new applications.

    Dated: July 29, 2005.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
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