[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34385-34386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9328]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5030-C-01D]


Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Programs; 
Notice of Extension of Application Submission Date for Areas Affected 
by the President's Emergency Declaration for State of Maine, 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and State of New Hampshire

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of extension of application submission date for 
applicants submitting applications from areas affected by the 
President's Emergency Declaration for the State of Maine, Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts and State of New Hampshire.

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SUMMARY: On January 20, 2006, HUD published its Fiscal Year FY2006, 
Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General Section 
(General Section) to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Programs. On 
March 8, 2006, HUD published its FY2006, SuperNOFA, for HUD's 
Discretionary Grant Programs. This notice announces that HUD has 
extended the submission deadline date for the Community Development-
Technical Assistance Program, Fair Housing Initiatives Program, Housing 
Choice Voucher-Family Self-Sufficiency Program, and Rural Housing and 
Economic Development Program NOFAs that were part of the FY2006 
SuperNOFA. Specifically, this notice extends the submission deadline 
dates for only those applicants located in areas designated by the 
President as disaster areas, as the result of severe storms and 
flooding that began on May 12, 2006 and adversely affected areas of the 
State of Maine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and State of New 
Hampshire. The areas included in the President's Emergency Declaration 
and covered by this Notice are the Maine county of York; the 
Massachusetts counties of Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk; and the New 
Hampshire counties of Belknap, Carroll, Hillsborough, Merrimack, 
Rockingham and Strafford. For those applicants located in one of these 
counties, the revised deadline date is June 27, 2006 at 11:59:59 p.m. 
eastern time. All electronic applications are available at http://
www.Grants.gov and must be received and validated by Grants.gov by the 
deadline date and time. As provided by the General Section, applicants 
wishing to submit a hard copy application must obtain a waiver from

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HUD. If the waiver is granted, applications must be received by HUD in 
accordance with the waiver approval notice by the deadline date and 
time. Applications received from areas other than those listed in the 
emergency declarations will not be considered. Applications received in 
accord with the submission requirements and not impacted by the 
declaration are under review and are not affected by this Notice.

DATES: The application deadline dates for the Community Development-
Technical Assistance Program, Fair Housing Initiatives Program, Housing 
Choice Voucher-Family Self-Sufficiency Program, and Rural Housing and 
Economic Development Programs for applicants located in the areas 
designated by the President as disaster areas, as the result of severe 
storms and flooding that began on May 12, 2006 and adversely affected 
areas of the State of Maine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and State of 
New Hampshire is extended to June 27, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the programs 
listed in this notice should be directed to the office or individual 
listed under Section VII of the individual program sections of the 
SuperNOFA, published on March 8, 2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 20, 2006, HUD published its 
FY2006 Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General 
Section (General Section) to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary 
Programs. On March 8, 2006, HUD published its FY2006, SuperNOFA, for 
HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. On May 25, 2006, as the result of 
severe storms and flooding that adversely affected certain areas of the 
State of Maine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the State of New 
Hampshire, the President issued an emergency declaration. The 
President's declaration included the Maine county of York; the 
Massachusetts counties of Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk; and the New 
Hampshire counties of counties of Belknap, Carroll, Hillsborough, 
Merrimack, Rockingham and Strafford. Based on the President's 
declaration, HUD is extending the submission deadline date for the 
Community Development-Technical Assistance Program, Fair Housing 
Initiatives Program, Housing Choice Voucher-Family Self-Sufficiency 
Program, and Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFAs that 
were part of the FY2006 SuperNOFA. For those applicants located in one 
of these counties, the revised deadline date is June 27, 2006 at 
11:59:59 p.m. eastern time.
    HUD will accept applications from applicants located in the 
affected counties for the programs covered by this notice in electronic 
format or, if granted a waiver by HUD, in hard copy submission. Request 
for a waiver must be sent to the program office contact listed in the 
original funding announcement and approved by that office. Waiver 
requests must be made in writing and may be submitted by e-mail 
provided the request is sent to HUD no later than June 20, 2006. The 
approval of the waiver to submit a paper application will include 
instructions for where to submit the application and the number of 
copies to submit. In accordance with the provisions of the General 
Section for timely receipt of applications, all applications must be 
received and validated by Grants.gov; or received by HUD in the case of 
paper application submissions, no later than the deadline date.
    In order to ensure timely receipt, HUD strongly recommends 
applicants submit their electronic applications 48-72 hours prior to 
the deadline to ensure the application validation is processed prior to 
the deadline. If you are granted a waiver your application should be 
placed with a delivery service at least 24-48 hours prior to the 
deadline date to ensure timely receipt of paper applications before the 
deadline date and time. Hand deliveries will not be accepted.

    Dated: June 8, 2006.
Keith A. Nelson,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
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