[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45413-45415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4202]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4950-C-19A]


Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year 2005 Notice of Funding Availability 
Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for HUD's 
Discretionary Grant Programs; Section 202 Supportive Housing for the 
Elderly 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 202 Supportive Housing for the 
Elderly 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 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program NOFA 
competition, which was included in the SuperNOFA, closed on July 1, 
2005. This document announces the reopening of the Section 202 
Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program NOFA competition.

DATES: The new application submission date for the Section 202 
Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program NOFA competition is 
September 6, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evelyn F. Berry, Housing 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 202 
Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program, which was included in the 
SuperNOFA, made approximately $462.9 million available in HUD 
assistance. According to the SuperNOFA, the application submission date 
for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program NOFA was 
originally May 31, 2005, and this date was extended to July 1, 2005, by 
a technical correction published on 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 202 
Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program NOFA competition. The new 
application submission date for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for 
the Elderly Program NOFA competition is September 6, 2005.

Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section and Section 202 Supportive 
Housing for the Elderly Program NOFA Requirements to Reopened 
Competition

    Please note that the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 
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, the Section 202 Supportive 
Housing for the Elderly Program NOFA, and the technical correction to 
the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program NOFA 
published in the Federal Register on 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 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

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download a new application package and submit a complete 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 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 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program NOFA, 
published March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), as amended by the technical 
correction to the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly NOFA 
published on June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), Attention: Section 202 
Supportive Housing for the Elderly.
    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 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 
Program NOFA, published on 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 202 NOFA, 
published on 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 this reopened competition.
    For those applicants who choose to submit an application in 
response to the reopened Section 202 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 202 Supportive Housing for 
the Elderly Program NOFA, published on 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 202 Supportive Housing 
for the Elderly Program NOFA, published on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 
13575), as amended by technical corrections to the Section 202 NOFA, 
published on 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 202 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 202 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 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 
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 202 NOFA, published on 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 202 NOFA and because HUD does not anticipate announcing the 
Section 202 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 and applicants submitting new applications.


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    Dated: July 29, 2005.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. E5-4202 Filed 8-4-05; 8:45 am]
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