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Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 

20892, 301.402.3717, jessica.smith6@nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: September 12, 2023. 

Tyeshia M. Roberson-Curtis, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6086–N–07] 

RIN 2577–AD05 

Economic Growth Regulatory Relief 

and Consumer Protection Act: 

Implementation of National Standards 

for the Physical Inspection of Real 

Estate (NSPIRE); Extension of 

Compliance Date 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

(HUD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice extends the 

compliance date for HUD’s National 

Standards for the Physical Inspection of 

Real Estate (NSPIRE) final rule for 

Community Planning and Development 

(CPD) programs. Specifically, HUD is 

extending the compliance date for the 

HOME Investment Partnerships Program 

(HOME) and Housing Trust Fund (HTF), 

Housing Opportunities for Persons With 

AIDS (HOPWA), Emergency Solution 

Grants (ESG) and Continuum of Care 

(COC) programs (‘‘CPD programs’’) until 

October 1, 2024. HUD is taking this 

action to allow jurisdictions, 

participants, and grantees additional 

time to incorporate HUD’s NSPIRE 

standards specific to their own 

programs and the flexibility to transition 

to NSPIRE under their own timelines. 

DATES: Compliance Date: Jurisdictions, 

participants, and grantees subject to 24 

CFR parts 92, 93, 574, 576, and 578, are 

not required to comply with the changes 

to these parts in the NSPIRE final rule 

until October 1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caitlin Renner, Supervisory Affordable 

Housing Specialist, Room 7160, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410–7000; telephone 

(202) 708–2684. (This is not a toll-free 

number). HUD welcomes and is 

prepared to receive calls from 

individuals who are deaf or hard of 

hearing, as well as individuals with 

speech or communication disabilities. 

To learn more about how to make an 

accessible telephone call, please visit: 

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ 

telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Economic Growth Regulatory 

Relief and Consumer Protection Act: 

Implementation of National Standards 

for Physical Inspection of Real Estate 

(NSPIRE) final rule (‘‘NSPIRE final 

rule’’) was published on May 11, 2023 

(88 FR 30442). The NSPIRE final rule 

strengthens HUD’s physical condition 

standards and re-envisions how HUDassisted housing is inspected by 

aligning and consolidating the 

inspection regulations. The NSPIRE 

final rule included amendments to 24 

CFR parts 92, 93, 574, 576, and 578 to 

conform their various inspection 

requirements to NSPIRE and established 

an effective date for these amendments 

of October 1, 2023. 

The amendments for HOME and HTF 

require participating jurisdictions to 

develop property standards that apply 

the requirements in 24 CFR 5.703 to 

rental or homeownership projects 

involving rehabilitation, ongoing 

inspections of HOME- and HTF-assisted 

rental housing during the period of 

affordability, and acquisition of 

standard housing for homeownership. 

For HOME, these requirements also 

apply to units occupied by tenants 

receiving HOME tenant-based rental 

assistance. The changes in the NSPIRE 

final rule further provide that HUD will 

publish lists of specific deficiencies in 

a Federal Register notice that must be 

corrected before HOME or HTF project 

completion or during the period of 

affordability for occupied units. HUD 

has not yet published this notice for 

HOME or HTF deficiencies, but these 

deficiencies for HOME and HTF will be 

a subset of the deficiencies in the 

NSPIRE Inspection Standards published 

on June 22, 2023 (the ‘‘NSPIRE 

Standards’’) for public housing, 

multifamily housing, and housing 

choice vouchers/project based vouchers 

(88 FR 40832). To fully implement the 

NSPIRE final rule, HOME participating 

jurisdictions and HTF grantees must 

develop rehabilitation and ongoing 

property standards, as well as policies 

and procedures that incorporate the 

specific deficiencies that will be 

published in the notice, applicable 

requirements in the NSPIRE final rule, 

and other applicable requirements in 

the HOME and HTF regulations. 

II. Basis for Delay of Compliance Date 

Under the NSPIRE final rule, CPD 

programs are subject to only the 

portions of 24 CFR part 5, subpart G that 

apply to their particular programs. 

Additionally, different participants may 

have different implementation needs. 

For example, some PHAs may be 

implementing NSPIRE in their voucher 

program right away, and would 

therefore benefit from immediate 

implementation of NSPIRE in their CPD 

programs, while other participants may 

have no external need to transition to 

NSPIRE and would benefit from 

additional time to implement NSPIRE 

into their own program. 

In particular, HOME participating 

jurisdictions and HTF grantees are not 

able to update their rehabilitation and 

ongoing property standards and policies 

and procedures in accordance with the 

NSPIRE final rule until HUD publishes 

the lists of specific deficiencies for 

HOME and HTF in the Federal Register. 

This notice will not be published by the 

effective date of October 1, 2023. HUD 

recognizes that participating 

jurisdictions and HTF grantees will not 

have all the tools to fully implement 

NSPIRE for HOME and HTF by the 

effective date. HUD also recognizes that, 

after HUD publishes the list of specific 

deficiencies, participating jurisdictions 

and HTF grantees will need additional 

time to incorporate the list of specific 

deficiencies into their rehabilitation and 

ongoing property standards and policies 

and procedures. 

Therefore, for all the reasons stated 

above, HUD has determined that it is in 

the public interest to extend the 

compliance date for all CPD programs to 

October 1, 2024, to allow participants 

additional time to transition to NSPIRE. 

III. Instructions 

HUD provides the below instructions 

and guidance specific to particular CPD 

programs. 

Instructions for HOME Participating 

Jurisdictions and HTF Grantees 

While the NSPIRE final rule applies to 

projects with HOME or HTF funds 

committed on or after the effective date 

of October 1, 2023, HOME participating 

jurisdictions and HTF grantees do not 

have to complete implementation of the 

changes in the NSPIRE rule until the 

compliance date of October 1, 2024. 

Participating jurisdictions and grantees 

should prepare for the compliance date 

by updating property standard 

regulatory citations and requirements in 


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written agreement templates with State 

recipients, subrecipients, and project 

owners, as required by 24 CFR 92.504(c) 

and 24 CFR 93.404(c). 

In addition, participating jurisdictions 

or HTF grantees that intend to comply 

with the changes in the NSPIRE final 

rule as of the effective date should 

review the deficiencies established in 

the NSPIRE Standards notice at 88 FR 

40832 and compare these requirements 

to their existing rehabilitation and 

property standards and their inspection 

procedures and checklists. While HUD 

intends to publish a subset of the 

deficiencies in the NSPIRE Standards 

that are applicable to HOME and HTF 

projects, participating jurisdictions and 

HTF grantees that implement the 

changes in the NSPIRE final rule before 

publication of the subset of deficiencies 

for HOME and HTF must implement the 

full set of deficiencies in the NSPIRE 

Standards in their rehabilitation and 

ongoing property standards and policies 

and procedures. Further, participating 

jurisdictions and HTF grantees may not 

implement the changes in the NSPIRE 

final rule until such rehabilitation and 

ongoing property standards and policies 

and procedures are updated consistent 

with NSPIRE. 

Participating jurisdictions and HTF 

grantees are required to manage the dayto-day operations of their programs in 

accordance with all program 

requirements and written agreements as 

required at 24 CFR 92.504(a) and 24 

CFR 93.404(a) respectively. However, 

participating jurisdictions and HTF 

grantees cannot impose new 

requirements resulting from updated 

regulations on project owners unless the 

written agreements with owners for the 

funds permit the participating 

jurisdiction or HTF grantee to do so. 

Consequently, participating 

jurisdictions or HTF grantees must 

determine whether the requirements 

applied in the written agreements that 

are fully executed before the effective 

date of the NSPIRE final rule are 

automatically updated when regulatory 

changes take effect or if such agreements 

must be amended to apply the new or 

updated requirements. This is an 

important consideration when 

participating jurisdictions or HTF 

grantees would like to apply the NSPIRE 

final rule rehabilitation and ongoing 

HOME or HTF property standard 

requirements to projects with 

commitments made prior to the effective 

date of the NSPIRE final rule and for 

HOME or HTF projects that are jointly 

funded by another HUD program with 

an earlier NSPIRE final rule effective 

date. 

Instructions for CoC, ESG, and HOPWA 

Many CoC, ESG, and HOPWA 

recipients administer housing choice 

vouchers or project based vouchers and 

may adopt NSPIRE standards for those 

programs beginning October 1, 2023. 

Nothing in this extension of the 

compliance date prevents CoC, ESG, 

and HOPWA recipients or subrecipients 

from using NSPIRE standards beginning 

October 1, 2023. HUD also intends to 

publish, through a Federal Register 

notice, guidance on which NSPIRE 

standards apply to CoC, ESG, and 

HOPWA programs. 

IV. Conclusion 

Accordingly, HUD revises the October 

1, 2023, compliance date for the changes 

made to 24 CFR parts 92, 93, 574, 576, 

and 578 to October 1, 2024, at which 

time jurisdictions subject to these parts 

must comply with the NSPIRE final 

rule. Until October 1, 2024, participants 

subject to these parts may instead 

choose to comply with these parts as 

they existed prior to October 1, 2023. 

Marion McFadden, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NMNM–103686] 

Notice of Application for Withdrawal 

Extension and Opportunity for Public 

Meeting, Davenport Electronic Site; 

New Mexico 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal 

application. 

SUMMARY: On behalf of the United States 

Department of Agriculture, the United 

States Forest Service (USFS) filed an 

application with the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) requesting that the 

Secretary of the Interior extend Public 

Land Order (PLO) No. 7593 for an 

additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7593 

withdrew 80 acres of National Forest 

System land in Catron County, New 

Mexico, from location and entry under 

the United States mining laws, subject 

to valid existing rights, to protect the 

Davenport Electronic Site for a period of 

20 years. The withdrawal created by 

PLO No. 7593 will expire on January 27, 

2024, unless extended. This notice 

announces to the public an opportunity 

to comment on the withdrawal 

extension application and to request a 

public meeting. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

public meeting regarding the 

withdrawal extension application must 

be received by December 18, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments and 

meeting requests should be sent to the 

Cibola National Forest Supervisor’s 

Office, Attn: Richard Wilhelm, 2113 

Osuna, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Harris, BLM Socorro Field Office 

Realty Specialist by phone at 575–838– 

1298 or email at caharris@blm.gov or 

Richard Wilhelm by phone at 505–346– 

3842 or by email at richard.wilhelm@

usda.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or Tele Braille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the requested extension is to 

protect the 80-acre Davenport Electronic 

Site within the Cibola National Forest as 

originally authorized under PLO No. 

7593 (69 FR 4172), for an additional 20- 

year term. This application affects the 

following National Forest System land: 

New Mexico Principal Meridian 

T. 1 N., R. 10 W., 

Sec. 29, S1/2NW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 80 acres. 

The use of a rights-of-way, 

interagency agreement, or cooperative 

agreement would not provide adequate 

protection for this site. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

available which would facilitate this 

type of research. 

No water rights will be needed to 

fulfill the purpose of the requested 

withdrawal. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with the 

withdrawal application. All interested 

persons who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions, or objections in connection 

with the withdrawal extension 

application, or to request a public 

meeting, may submit a written request 

to the Regional Forester by December 

18, 2023, at the address in the 

ADDRESSES section above. If the 

Authorized Officer determines that a 

public meeting will be held, the BLM 

will publish a notice of the location, 

time, and place in the Federal Register 

and in a local newspaper at least 30 


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