Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 148 / Friday, August 1, 1997 / Notices 41407

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerald J. Benoit, Director, Operations

Division, Office of Rental Assistance,

Office of Public and Indian Housing,

Room 4220, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410–8000,

telephone (202) 708–0477. Persons with

hearing or speech impairments may call

HUD’s TTY number (202) 708–4594, or

the Federal Information Relay Service at

(800) 877–8339. (With the exception of

the ‘‘800’’ number, these telephone

numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

23, 1997 (62 FR 33952), HUD published

a notice providing general information

about the Section 8 certificate and

voucher program budget authority made

available by the Departments of

Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban

Development, and Independent

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997

(Pub. L. 104–204, approved September

26, 1996; 110 Stat. 2874, 2882) and

additional carryover budget authority

that is available for use in FY 1997. That

notice also described the application

process for making these Section 8

funds available to public housing

agencies (HAs), including Indian

housing authorities, during FY 1997.

The notice explained the funding

categories for which Section 8 funds

will be offered during FY 1997 (e.g.,

funding for relocation units,

replacement units, and units for other

special purposes) (see 62 FR 33952).

The June 23, 1997 notice provided

that for Funding Category 1 (Public

Housing Relocation), Funding Category

2 (Public Housing Development Funds

Recapture Exchange), and Funding

Category 3 (Public Housing

Replacement), HUD will not process

applications if the HA is subject to

certain civil rights, litigation, Inspector

General, or management review findings

or actions (see 62 FR 33953–54). Section

II.C.6. of that notice mistakenly

provided that HUD will not process

applications if it determines that ‘‘any

pending litigation described in this

section II.C. of this notice may seriously

impede the ability of the HA to

administer the certificates or vouchers’’

(62 FR 33954) (emphasis added). That

phrase, however, is misdescriptive,

since section II.C. otherwise primarily

describes only civil rights-related

litigation. HUD intended to provide in

the June 23, 1997 notice that, for

Funding Categories 1, 2, and 3, it will

not process an application from an HA

if it determines that any pending

litigation may seriously impede the

HA’s ability to administer the

certificates or vouchers. Therefore, this

document corrects the June 23, 1997

NOFA to reflect HUD’s intentions

regarding the scope of this ineligibility

provision.

Accordingly, FR Doc. 97–16249, the

Notice of Fiscal Year 1997 Funding for

the Section 8 Rental Certificate and

Rental Voucher Programs, published in

the Federal Register on June 23, 1997

(62 FR 33952) is amended on page

33954, column 1, by correcting section

II.C.6. to read as follows:

II. Applications for Funding Category 1

(Public Housing Relocation), Funding

Category 2 (Public Housing

Development Funds Recapture

Exchange), and Funding Category 3

(Public Housing Replacement)

* * * * *

C. Eligibility for Funding Category 1

(Public Housing Relocation), Funding

Category 2 (Public Housing

Development Funds Recapture

Exchange), and Funding Category 3

(Public Housing Replacement)—

Ineligibility Due to Civil Rights,

Litigation, Inspector General, and

Management Review Findings or

Actions

* * * * *

6. HUD determines that any pending

litigation may seriously impede the

ability of the HA to administer the

certificates or vouchers.

* * * * *

Dated: July 28, 1997.

Kevin Emanuel Marchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and

Indian Housing.

[FR Doc. 97–20299 Filed 7–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4229–C–02]

NOFA for Service Coordinator Funds

for Fiscal Year 1997; Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability

(NOFA) for FY 1997; Correction.

SUMMARY: The Department published

NOFAs in the Federal Register of June

27, 1997 concerning service

coordinators in Section 8 projects

(including Section 515/8 projects under

the Rural Housing Services (RHS)) and

Section 221(d)(3) and Section 236

projects. The Federalism Assessment

under Other Matters under the

Supplementary Information caption

contained an erroneous reference to the

Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program

and to one-year funding. This notice

corrects the Federalism Assessment to

make clear that funding is provided for

service coordinators and may be for up

to five years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Otelia K. Hebert, Office of Asset

Management and Disposition, Room

6176, Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)

708–0558 (this is not a toll free number).

Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals

may access this number via TTY by

calling the Federal Information Relay

Service at (800) 877–TDDY, which is a

toll free number.

Correction

In the Federal Register issue of June

27, 1997, in FR Doc. 97–16901 (NOFA

for Service Coordinator Funds for Fiscal

Year 1997) on page 35061, in the first

and second column, under ‘‘Other

Matters’’ correct the Federalism

Assessment to read:

(b) Executive Order 12612,

Federalism. The General Counsel, as the

Designated Official under section 6(a) of

Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has

determined that the provisions of this

NOFA do not have ‘‘federalism

implications’’ within the meaning of the

Order. The NOFA makes funds available

for project owners to employ or

otherwise retain a service coordinator

for up to five years. As such, there are

no direct implications on the

relationship between the national

government and the states or on the

distribution of power and

responsibilities among various levels of

government.

Dated: July 25, 1997.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 97–20300 Filed 7–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4195–N–02]

Notice of Extension of Deadline for

Submission of Required Certification;

FY 1997 Notice of Funding Availability

(NOFA) for Family Self-Sufficiency

(FSS) Program Coordinators for the

Section 8 Rental Certificate and Rental

Voucher Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.