[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54068-54069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4971]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4950-C-03A]


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; Community Development Technical 
Assistance NOFA; Competition Reopening Announcement

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 
Discretionary Grant Programs; Community Development Technical 
Assistance (CD-TA) 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 
CD-TA NOFA competition, which was included in the SuperNOFA, closed on 
June 1, 2005. This document announces the reopening of the CD-TA NOFA 
competition.

DATES: The new application submission date for the CD-TA is October 13, 
2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Phyllis Shanks, Office of 
Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7218, Washington, DC 20410-
7000; telephone 202-708-3176, extension 4626 (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 CD-TA, which was included in the 
SuperNOFA, made available approximately $30.1 million in HUD 
assistance. According to the SuperNOFA, the application submission date 
for the CD-TA NOFA was June 1, 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.
    For the FY2005 CD-TA competition, HUD noted a significant decrease 
from previous funding competitions in the number of CD-TA applications 
submitted. The decrease also demonstrated a considerable reduction in 
the geographic diversity of applications. 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 CD-TA NOFA competition. The new application 
submission date for the CD-TA NOFA competition is October 13, 2005.

Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section and CD-TA NOFA Requirements 
to Reopened Competition

    Please note that the CD-TA 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 CD-
TA 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. For the 
competition reopening, a waiver will not be required for paper 
submission, however electronic submissions are the preferred method.

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    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 7218; Washington, DC 
20410, Attention: CD-TA.
    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 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: September 6, 2005.
Pamela H. Patenaude,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. E5-4971 Filed 9-12-05; 8:45 am]
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