United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2015_register executive 2018-03-01 article Notices D09002ee1c7f6e23e D09002ee1c7f6e2b0 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This notice provides clarifying guidance for Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG-DR) grantees in receipt of funds under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (the Appropriations Act). It provides clarification regarding the requirements of "buyout" activities authorized in the Department's March 5, 2013, Federal Register notice and expands the eligibility criteria for buyout activities to include "Disaster Risk Reduction Areas" as defined by the grantee. It also modifies requirements of the March 5, 2013, notice on the prohibition of assistance to businesses that do not meet the Small Business Administration (SBA) definition of small businesses, permitting assistance also to eligible businesses engaged in "farming operations," as determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This notice also provides a waiver to the State of Colorado to expend additional CDBG-DR funds and to assist additional communities impacted by declared disasters in 2011, 2012, and 2013, through tourism promotion activities previously authorized in the Department's June 3, 2014, notice. 80 FR 72102 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-11-18/2015-29487 2015-29487 fr18no15-75 4210-67-P Docket No. FR-5696-N-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-11-18/2015-29487 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-18/html/2015-29487.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-18/pdf/2015-29487.pdf 4 p. 72102 72105 80 FR 72102 Guidance, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements for Grantees in Receipt of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds Under Public Law 113-2: “Buyout” and “Acquisition” Activities; Assistance to Agricultural Enterprises; and State of Colorado Waiver for Tourism Promotion; Federal Register Vol. 80, Issue NOTICE 2015-29487 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 2015-11-23 Docket No. FR-5696-N-17 4210-67-P 2015-29487 Notice.

This notice provides clarifying guidance for Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG-DR) grantees in receipt of funds under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (the Appropriations Act). It provides clarification regarding the requirements of "buyout" activities authorized in the Department's March 5, 2013, Federal Register notice and expands the eligibility criteria for buyout activities to include "Disaster Risk Reduction Areas" as defined by the grantee. It also modifies requirements of the March 5, 2013, notice on the prohibition of assistance to businesses that do not meet the Small Business Administration (SBA) definition of small businesses, permitting assistance also to eligible businesses engaged in "farming operations," as determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This notice also provides a waiver to the State of Colorado to expend additional CDBG-DR funds and to assist additional communities impacted by declared disasters in 2011, 2012, and 2013, through tourism promotion activities previously authorized in the Department's June 3, 2014, notice.

Effective Date: November 23, 2015. Stanley Gimont, Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 7286, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202-708-3587. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service at 800-877- 8339. Facsimiled inquiries may be sent to Mr. Gimont at 202-401-2044. (Except for the "800" number, these telephone numbers are not toll- free.) Emailed inquiries may be sent to disaster_recovery@hud.gov. Guidance, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements: Grantees in Receipt of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds, etc. , disaster_recovery@hud.gov https://www.hudexchange.info/cdbg-dr/cdbg-dr-laws-regulations-and-federal-register-notices/ Vol. 80, no. 222 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2015-11-18 continuing daily deposited born digital 408 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-11-18 P0b002ee198af07b8 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr18no15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-11-18 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-18/pdf/FR-2015-11-18.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-18/xml/FR-2015-11-18.xml fdlp 71927 72326 DGPO 2018-03-01 2024-06-02 FR-2015-11-18 machine generated eng FR FR-2015-11-18 80 222