Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 8, 2010 / Notices 76481 

Dated: December 2, 2010. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30694 Filed 12–7–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5467–N–01] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the HOPE SF Development at Alice 

Griffith Public Housing Development, 

San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice intent. 

SUMMARY: HUD gives notice to the 

public that the City and County of San 

Francisco’s Mayor’s Office of Housing 

(MOH) as the Responsible Entity in 

accordance with 24 CFR 58.2, intends to 

prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for redevelopment of 

the Alice Griffith Public Housing as part 

of its HOPE SF development program. 

Funding for the project may include 

HUD funds from programs subject to 

regulation by 24 CFR part 58; these 

include, but are not limited to, 

Community Development Block Grant 

(CDBG) funds under Title I of the 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1974 and Home Investment 

Partnership Program (HOME) grants 

under Title II of the Cranston-Gonzales 

National Affordable Housing Act of 

1990 as amended, Project Based Section 

8 Vouchers under the United States 

Housing Act of 1937, Section 8(o)(13) 

and Public Housing operating subsidies 

for mixed income developments 

authorized under the U.S. Housing Act 

of 1937, Section 35. This notice is in 

accordance with regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ). Federal agencies having 

jurisdiction by law, special expertise, or 

other special interest should report their 

interests and indicate their readiness to 

aid in the EIS effort as a ‘‘Cooperating 

Agency.’’ 

A Draft EIS will be prepared for the 

proposed action described herein. 

Comments relating to the Draft EIS are 

requested and will be accepted by the 

contact person listed below. When the 

Draft EIS is completed, a notice will be 

sent to individuals and groups known to 

have an interest in the Draft EIS and 

particularly in the environmental 

impact issues identified therein. Any 

person or agency interested in receiving 

a notice and making comment on the 

Draft EIS should contact the person 

listed below within 30-days after 

publication of this notice. 

This EIS will be a NEPA document 

intended to satisfy requirements of 

Federal environmental statutes. In 

accordance with specific statutory 

authority and HUD’s regulations at 24 

CFR part 58 (Environmental Review 

Procedures for Entities Assuming HUD 

Environmental Responsibilities), HUD 

has provided for assumption of its 

NEPA authority and NEPA lead agency 

responsibility by the City and County of 

San Francisco. 

ADDRESSES: All interested agencies, 

groups, and persons are invited to 

submit written comments on the project 

named in this notice, and the Draft EIS 

to the contact person shown below. The 

office of the contact person should 

receive comments and all comments so 

received will be considered prior to the 

preparation and distribution of the Draft 

EIS. Particularly solicited is information 

on reports or other environmental 

studies planned or completed in the 

project area, major issues and dates that 

the EIS should consider, and 

recommended mitigation measures and 

alternatives associated with the 

proposed action. Federal agencies 

having jurisdiction by law, special 

expertise or other special interest 

should report their interest and indicate 

their readiness to aid in the EIS effort as 

a ‘‘Cooperating Agency.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eugene Flannery, Environmental 

Compliance Manager, Mayor’s Office of 

Housing, 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 5th 

Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103; Phone: 

(415) 701–5598; FAX: (415) 701–5501; 

e-mail: eugene.flannery@sfgov.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

The MOH, acting under authority of 

section 104(g) of the Housing and 

Community Development Act of 1974 

(42 U.S.C. 5304(g)), section 288 of the 

HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 

U.S.C. 12838), section 26 of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1437x) and HUD’s regulations at 24 CFR 

part 58, in cooperation with other 

interested agencies, will prepare an EIS 

to analyze potential impacts of the Alice 

Griffith Public Housing revitalization 

program under HOPE SF (Cal 118). The 

proposed development would be 

located on approximately 20 net acres in 

the southeastern portion of San 

Francisco on the San Francisco South 

Quadrangle 7.5-minute U.S.G.S. 

topographic quadrangle map. The 

project site is bounded by Gilman 

Avenue on the south, Hawes Street on 

the west, Carroll Avenue on the north, 

and Arelious Walker Drive on the east. 

This EIS will be a NEPA document 

intended to satisfy requirements of 

Federal environmental statutes. 

The proposed action would demolish 

and replace the existing 256 public 

housing units at the Alice Griffith 

Public Housing Development which 

were built in 1962. The proposed action 

would proceed in phases and would not 

displace existing residents. The initial 

phases would develop currently vacant 

portions of the Alice Griffith site, and 

existing residents would then occupy 

replacement public housing units before 

existing structures would be demolished 

in subsequent phases. Overall, the 

Project would develop a total of up to 

1,210 units of public housing, affordable 

housing, below-market rate housing, 

and market-rate housing at the Alice 

Griffith site. It will provide new 

affordable housing that is targeted to the 

lower income levels of the Bayview 

population, including new units that are 

suitable for families, seniors, and young 

adults on 20 net acres along with 

development of adjacent non-SFHA 

property. Housing would include onefor-one replacement of 256 public 

housing units currently on the site, and 

954 market-rate and below-market forsale and rental units. Maximum 

buildings height would be up to 65 feet. 

A new 1.4-acre Alice Griffith 

Neighborhood Park would extend for 

several blocks near the center of the 

neighborhood. 

There are three alternatives to the 

proposed action to be analyzed in the 

EIS. The alternatives are all variation of 

the project density. Alternative sites for 

the project were explored early in the 

process and it was determined that no 

other more viable site was available. 

Alternative B, Replacement of the Alice 

Griffith Housing Units 

Number of Units: 256. 

Acreage: 15 acres. 

No neighborhood park. 

Percent Reduction: 79 percent. 

Alternative C, Reduced Development 

Alternative 

Number of Units: 875 units, 

distributed as follows: 

256 Alice Griffith 1:1 Replacement 

Housing. 

248 Affordable Housing Units <60% 

AMI. 

37 Inclusionary Housing Units 80– 

120% AMI. 

111 Workforce Housing Units 120– 

160% AMI. 

223 Market Rate Housing Units. 

Acreage: 20 acres. 


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New 1.4-acre Alice Griffith 

Neighborhood Park. 

Percent Reduction: 27 percent. 

Alternative D, No Project Alternative 

No changes to the existing conditions. 

The proposed redevelopment is 

consistent with requirements for a 

mixed-use, mixed-income housing 

project. The project site currently 

contains 256 residential units, a 

community center, a boys and girls club 

and a pump house. The residential units 

are in primarily two story structures. 

Much of the existing infrastructure 

would be demolished, and replaced, 

also in phases. Additional community 

space will be developed to provide a 

range of community uses (e.g., social 

services space, educational facilities, 

library, neighborhood services, 

commercial uses). 

B. Need for the EIS 

The proposed project may constitute 

an action significantly affecting the 

quality of the human environment and 

an EIS will be prepared on this project 

by the City and County of San 

Francisco’s MOH in accordance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

Responses to this notice will be used to: 

(1) Determine significant environmental 

issues, (2) identify data that the EIS 

should address, and (3) identify 

agencies and other parties that will 

participate in the EIS process and the 

basis for their involvement. 

C. Scoping 

A public EIS scoping meeting will be 

held on a date within the comment 

period and after at least 15 days of 

publishing this Notice of Intent. Notices 

of the scoping meeting will be mailed 

when the date has been determined. The 

EIS scoping meeting will provide an 

opportunity for the public to learn more 

about the project and provide input to 

the environmental process. At the 

meeting, the public will be able to view 

graphics illustrating preliminary 

planning work and talk with MOH staff, 

and members of the consultant team 

providing technical analysis to the 

project. Translators will be available. 

Written comments and testimony 

concerning the scope of the EIS will be 

accepted at this meeting. 

D. EIS Issues 

The MOH has preliminarily identified 

the following environmental elements 

for discussion in the EIS: Earth (geology, 

soils, topography); air quality; water 

(surface water movement/quantity, 

runoff/absorption, flooding, 

groundwater movement/quantity/ 

quality); plants and animals; energy use; 

noise; land use and socioeconomic 

factors (land use patterns, relationship 

to plans/policies and regulations; 

population; housing and relocations); 

environmental justice 

(disproportionately high and adverse 

effects on minority and low income 

populations); historic and cultural 

resources; aesthetics, light and glare; 

parks and recreation; public services 

and utilities (fire, police, parks/ 

recreation, communications, water, 

stormwater, sewer, solid waste); and 

transportation (transportation systems, 

parking, movement/circulation, traffic 

hazards). 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named in this notice under 

the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Dated: December 2, 2010. 

Mercedes M. Ma ́ rquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 

and Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5469–N–01] 

Federal Housing Administration (FHA): 

FHA Maximum Loan Limits for 2011 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

FHA has posted on its Web site the 

single-family maximum loan limits for 

2011. The loan limit limits can be found 

at http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/ 

hudclips/letters/mortgagee/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karin B. Hill, Director, Office of Single 

Family Program Development, Office of 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20410–8000; 

telephone number 202–708–2121 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access this number through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHA 

maximum loan limits for 2011 apply to 

mortgages insured under the following 

sections of the National Housing Act: 

Sections 203(b) (FHA’s basic 1–4 family 

mortgage insurance program, including 

condominiums), 203(h) (mortgages for 

disaster victims), 203(k) (rehabilitation 

mortgage insurance) and 255 (Home 

Equity Conversion Mortgages). The loan 

limits apply to forward loans that were 

originated and received credit approval 

within the stated effective date for all 

programs herein except for Section 255 

(HECM). The loan limits are applicable 

to all HECMs that have been assigned a 

FHA case number within the period 

January 1, 2011 through September 30, 

2011. 

FHA’s regulations at 24 CFR 203.18b 

provide for requests to be made to FHA 

to change the established area loan 

limits. The regulations at 24 CFR 

203.18b provide the procedures by 

which changes are to be requested and 

the procedures can also be found in 

FHA Mortgagee Letter 2007–01. 

Requests to changes to the maximum 

area loan limits should be made no later 

than the date specified in the mortgagee 

letter announcing the 2011 maximum 

loan limits. The 2007–01 Mortgagee 

Letter and, again, the Mortgagee Letter 

announcing 2011 maximum loan limits 

can be found at http://www.hud.gov/ 

offices/adm/hudclips/letters/ 

mortgagee/. 

Dated: November 29, 2010. 

Karin Hill, 

Director, Office of Single Family Program 

Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR 5463–N–01] 

Notice of Web Availability and 

Opportunity for Public Comment on 

Updated Guidance for the Section 202 

Supportive Housing for the Elderly and 

Section 811 Supportive Housing for 

Persons With Disabilities Programs 

Draft Notice 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice, HUD 

announces the availability on its Web 

site of a draft notice updating HUD’s 

guidance for the Section 202 Supportive 

Housing for the Elderly and Section 811 

Supportive Housing for Persons with 

Disabilities Programs. HUD’s draft 

notice provides revised procedures 

relating to processing activities after 

selection of Section 202 and Section 811 

applications for fund reservations, 

including mixed-finance transactions. 

HUD will accept and consider 

comments from the public. Public 

comments must be submitted in 


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