[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15894-15896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6163]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket Nos. FR-5030-FA-10, FR-5030-FA-13, FR-5030-FA-17, and FR-5030-
FA-29]


Announcement of Funding Award--FY 2006; Office of Healthy Homes 
and Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead 
Hazard Control.

ACTION: Announcement of awards funded.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 
notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in 
competitions for funding under the Office of Healthy Homes Lead Hazard 
Control Grant Programs and the Reopened Lead Hazard Reduction 
Demonstration Grant Program Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs). 
This announcement contains the name and address of the award recipients 
and the amounts awarded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonnette Hawkins, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard 
Control, Room 8236, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone (202) 755-1785, ext. 7593. Hearing- and speech-impaired 
persons may access the number above via TTY by calling the toll free 
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These awards were the result of competitions 
announced in Federal Register notices published on March 8, 2006 (71 FR 
11814) and on September 15, 2006 (71 FR 54554). The purpose of the 
competitions was to award funding for grants and cooperative agreements 
for the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs 
and the Reopened Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program. 
Applications were scored and selected on the basis of selection 
criteria contained in these Notices. A total of approximately 
$149,690,673 was awarded.
    In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the names, addresses, and 
amounts of these awards as follows:
    A total of $81,653,722 was awarded to 30 grantees for the Lead 
Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program. All of the funds have been 
awarded, except for $3,000,000 to one grantee where negotiations 
continue: Cochise County, Lead Hazard Control Program, P.O. Box

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167, 100 Clawson Ave., Bisbee, AZ 85603, $1,971,253; State of 
California, Community Services & Development Programs, 700 North 10th 
St., Room 258, Sacramento, CA 95814, $3,000,000; San Bernardino County, 
Public Health, Child & Family Health Services, 120 Carousel Mall, San 
Bernardino, CA 92415-0475, $3,000,000; State of Connecticut, 25 
Sigourney St., Hartford, CT 06106, $3,000,000; City of Hartford, 131 
Coventry St., Hartford, CT 06112, $3,000,000; St. Clair County, 
Intergovernmental Grants, 19 Public Square, Suite 200, Belleville, IL 
62220, $2,116,478; Madison County, Community Development, 130 
Hillsboro, Edwardsville, IL 62025, $3,000,000; County of Peoria, Peoria 
City County Health Dept., 2116 N. Sheridan Road, Peoria, IL 61604-3457, 
$3,000,000; City of Fort Wayne, Room 800, City County Building, One 
Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802, $1,897,415; City of South Bend, 501 
Alonzo Watson Drive, South Bend, IN 46601, $3,000,000; State of Kansas, 
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 330, Topeka, KS 66612, $2,987,083; City of 
Boston, Neighborhood Development Home Owner Services, 26 Court St., 9th 
Floor, Boston, MA 02108, $3,000,000; City of Somerville, Strategic 
Planning & Community Development, 93 Highland Ave., City Hall, 
Somerville, MA 02143, $1,911,849; State of Michigan, Department of 
Community Health, Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, P.O. Box 
30195, Lansing, MI 48909, $3,000,000; County of St. Louis, Community 
Development/Planning, 121 South Meramec, Suite 444, Clayton, MO 63105, 
$2,715,390; City of Charlotte, Neighborhood Development, Housing 
Services, 600 E. Trade St., Charlotte, NC 28202, $2,999,944; State of 
North Carolina, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, 1632 Mail Service 
Center, Raleigh, NC 27699, $3,000,000; County of Orange, Community 
Development, 255 Main St., Goshen, NY 10924, $2,821,149; Monroe County, 
Public & Environmental Health, 111 Westfall Rd., P.O. Box 92832, 
Rochester, NY 14692, $2,998,283; Onondaga County, Community 
Development, 1100 Civic Center, Syracuse, NY 13202, $3,000,000; County 
of Westchester, Department of Planning, 148 Martine Ave., Room 114, 
White Plains, NY 10601, $3,000,000; City of Portland, Housing & 
Community Development, 421 S.W. Sixth Ave., Suite 1100, Portland, OR 
97204, $3,000,000; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, 
Seventh & Forster St., 7th Floor East Wing, Harrisburg, PA 17120, 
$3,000,000; County of Lawrence, 430 Court St., New Castle, PA 16101, 
$3,000,000; State of Rhode Island, Development Department, Lead, 44 
Washington St., Providence, RI 02903, $3,000,000; City of Warwick, 
Planning Department, Office of Housing & Community, 3275 Post Road, 
City Hall Annex, Warwick, RI 02886, $2,125,992; Shelby County, 
Department of Housing, Planning and Development, 1075 Mullins Station 
Road, Memphis, TN 38134, $2,998,886; Salt Lake County, Human Services/
Community Resources & Development, 2001 State St., S-2100, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84190, $2,010,000; County of Rock, Planning & Development, 51 
South Main St., Janesville, WI 53545, $1,100,000, and negotiations 
continue with City of St. Louis, 1015 Locust St., Suite 1200, St. 
Louis, MO 63101, $3,000,000.
    A total of $20,535,349 was awarded to 7 grantees for the Lead 
Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program: State of Connecticut, 25 
Sigourney St., Hartford, CT 06106, $4,000,000; City of Hartford, 131 
Coventry St., Hartford, CT 06112, $3,416,713; City of Boston, 
Neighborhood Development Homeowner Services, 26 Court St., 9th Floor, 
Boston, MA 02108, $1,545,966; City of Somerville, SPCD Housing, City 
Hall, 93 Highland Ave., Somerville, MA 02143, $1,572,670; City of St. 
Louis, 1015 Locust St., Suite 1200, St. Louis, MO 63101, $4,000,000; 
County of Westchester, Department of Planning and Housing, 148 Martine 
Ave., Room 414, White Plains, NY 10601, $2,000,000; City of Cleveland, 
1925 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114, $4,000,000.
    A total of $5,999,823 was awarded to 3 grantees for the Operation 
Lead Elimination Action Program (LEAP): Environmental Education 
Associates, Inc., 346 Austin St., Buffalo, NY 14201, $1,999,997; 
Mahoning Valley Real Estate Investors Association, 2901 Market St., 
Suite 200, Youngstown, OH 44507, $2,000,000; Middle Tennessee State 
University, Engineering, Technical & Industrial Studies, Occupational 
Health and Safety, 1500 Greenland Drive, Campus P.O. Box 19, 
Murfreesboro, TN 37132, $1,999,826.
    A total of $2,778,130 was awarded to 7 grantees for the Lead 
Technical Studies Program: University of Illinois Board of Trustees, 
1901 S. First St., Suite A, Champaign, IL 61820, $369,114; University 
of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, MB 502, M/C 551, 809 
S. Marshfield Ave., Chicago, IL 60612-7205, $848,500; Phoenix Science & 
Technology, Inc., 27 Industrial Ave., Chelmsford, MA 01824, $375,207; 
St. Louis University, School of Public Health, Community Health, 211 
North Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103, $495,732; Research Triangle 
Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, 
$190,000; University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health, 
Environmental and Occupational Hygiene, 47 Corry Blvd., Edwards One, 
Suite 7148, P.O. Box 210222, Cincinnati, OH 45221, $420,600; University 
of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, 
47 Corry Blvd., Edwards One, Suite 7148, P.O. Box 210222, Cincinnati, 
OH 45221, $78,977.
    A total of $3,760,259 was awarded to 4 grantees for the Healthy 
Homes Demonstration Grant Program: Alameda County Lead Poisoning 
Prevention Program, Community Development Agency, Lead Poisoning 
Prevention, 2000 Embarcadero, Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94606, $1,000,000; 
City of Minneapolis Healthy Homes & Lead Hazard Control, Regulatory 
Services, Environmental Management & Safety, 250 S 4th St., Room 414, 
Minneapolis, MN 55415, $1,000,000; Cuyahoga County Board of Health 
Department, Community Health, 5550 Venture Drive, Parma, OH 44130, 
$1,000,000; Cook County Department of Public Health, Environmental 
Health Services, Prevention Services Unit, 1010 Lake St., Suite 300, 
Oak Park, IL 60301, $760,259.
    A total of $2,000,000 was awarded to 8 grantees for the Lead 
Outreach Grants Program: Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, 
Pediatrics, 114 Woodland St., Hartford, CT, 06105, $298,058; Area 
Health Education Center of Southern Nevada, 1094 E. Sahara Ave., Las 
Vegas, NV 89104, $199,451; West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc., 271 
West 125th St., Suite 206, New York, NY 10027, $282,960; Research 
Foundation of SUNY on behalf of SUNY Potsdam, P.O. Box 9, Potsdam, NY 
12201-0009, $111,285; National Nursing Centers Consortium, U.S. HUD 
Lead Outreach Grant Program, 260 South Broad St., 18th Floor, 
Philadelphia, PA 19102, $200,000; Le Bonheur Community Outreach, 2400 
Poplar Ave., Suite 318, Memphis, TN 38112, $250,332; Indiana Black 
Expo, Inc., Youth & Family Programs, 3145 N. Meridian St., 
Indianapolis, IN 46208, $357,914; Board of Regents, University of 
Nebraska--Lincoln, SE Research & Extension Center, IANR Cooperative 
Extension, 312 N. 14th St., Alexander Bldg., West, Lincoln, NE 68588, 
$300,000.
    A total of $1,570,120 was awarded to 4 grantees for the Healthy 
Homes Technical Studies Grants Program:

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National Center for Healthy Housing, 10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 0200, 
Columbia, MD 21044, $150,120; University of Minnesota, Environmental 
Health Sciences, 200 Oak St., SE, Suite 450, McNamara Alumni Center, 
Minneapolis, MN 55455, $490,000; St. Louis University, School of Public 
Health, Community Health, 211 North Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103, 
$530,000; University of Cincinnati, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, 
47 Corry Blvd., Edwards One, Suite 7148, Cincinnati, OH 45221, 
$400,000.
    A total of $31,393,270 was awarded to 12 grantees for the re-opened 
Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grants Program: City and County of 
San Francisco, 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 
94103, $3,350,000; Winnebago County, 401 Division Street, Rockford, IL 
61104, $1,237,911; City of Lansing, 124 W. Michigan Avenue, 8th Floor, 
Lansing, MI 48933, $1,384,886; City of Detroit, 65 Cadillac Square, 
Suite 2300, Detroit, MI 48226, $3,996,680; City of Manchester, NH, One 
City Hall, Manchester, NH 031010, $1,800,000; City of Albany Community 
Development, 200 Henry Johnson, Albany, NY 12210, $3,000,000; Buffalo 
Office of Strategic Planning, 65 Niagara Square, Suite 214, Buffalo, NY 
14202, $1,112,880; City of Schenectady, 105 Jay Street, Schenectady, NY 
12305, $1,036,249; City of Woonsocket, 169 Main Street, Woonsocket, RI 
02895, $2,816,074; City of Austin, 1000 E. 11th Street, Austin, TX 
78702, $3,761,662; Kenosha County Department of Human Services, 8600 
Sheridan Road, Suite 600, Kenosha, WI 53143, $3,996,928; City of 
Milwaukee, 841 N. Broadway, Room 118, Milwaukee, WI 53202, $3,900,000.

    Dated: March 28, 2007.
Jon L. Gant,
Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.
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