[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43180-43181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21166]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4181-N-04]


NOFA for the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program 
(PHDEP); Amendment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 1997; 
Amendment.

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SUMMARY: On May 23, 1997, at 62 FR 28538, HUD published a NOFA that 
announced Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 funding of $250,649,052 under the 
Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP) for use in 
eliminating drug-related crime. This notice amends that NOFA to 
identify housing authorities that have established their own public 
housing authority police department and/or Housing authority dedicated 
police division/bureau, but were not included in this NOFA.

DATES: The amendments made by this notice are effective as of the NOFA 
publication date, May 23, 1997. The original application deadline date 
and time is not changed. Applications must be received at the local HUD 
Field Office on or before Friday, August 8, 1997, at 3:00 PM, local 
time. This application deadline is firm as to date and hour. In the 
interest of fairness to all competing applicants, the department will 
treat as ineligible for consideration any application that is received 
after the deadline. Applicants should take this practice into account 
and make early submission of their materials to avoid any risk of loss 
of eligibility brought about by any unanticipated or delivery-related 
problems. A Facsimile (FAX) is not acceptable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG 
ELIMINATION PROGRAM CONTACT: The local HUD Field Office, Director, 
office of Public Housing (Appendix ``A'' of this NOFA), or Malcolm E. 
Main, Office of Crime Prevention and Security, Office of Community 
Relations and Involvement, Public and Indian Housing, Department of 
Housing and Urban-Development, Room 4116, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20410, telephone (202) 708-1197. A telecommunications 
device for hearing or speech impaired persons (TDD) is available at 
(202) 708-0850. (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
announcing NUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 funding of $250,649,052 under 
the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program) was published 
on May 23, 1997, 62 FR 28538. This notice amends the FY 1997 PHDEP NOFA 
to permit certain public housing authorities to be formally recognized 
as having established their own public housing authority police 
department and/or housing authority dedicated police division/bureau in 
order to receive funding for the employment of personnel and purchase 
of police clothing, equipment, vehicles, and any other supportive 
equipment.
    This notice amends paragraphs I.(c)(1)(iii), and I.(c)(2)(viii) of 
the NOFA and formally recognizes the District of Columbia Housing 
Authority, Washington, D.C., as having a public housing authority 
police department and the Detroit Housing Authority, Detroit, MI, as 
having a Housing Support Section/Bureau of the Detroit Police 
Department.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 97-13518, the FY 1997 NOFA for the Public and 
Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP), published in the 
Federal Register on May 23, 1997, 62 FR 28538, is amended as follows:

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    1. On page 28542, in column 3, the introductory text and the list 
of eligible applicants in paragraph I.(c)(1)(iii) are amended to read 
as follows:
    (iii) Employment of Personnel and Equipment for HUD Authorized 
Housing Authority Police Departments. Funding for equipment and 
employment of housing authority police department personnel is 
permitted for housing authorities that have their own public housing 
authority police departments. The below-listed twelve (12) housing 
authorities have been identified by HUD as having eligible public 
housing police departments and agencies under the FY 1997 PHDEP:

Baltimore Housing Authorities and Community Development, Baltimore, MD
Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA
Buffalo Housing Authority, Buffalo, NY
Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago, IL
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, Cleveland, OH
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Housing Authority of the City of Oakland, Oakland, CA
Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA
Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Waterbury Housing Authority, Waterbury, CT
Virgin Islands Housing Authority, Virgin Islands
District of Columbia Housing Authority, Washington, D.C.

    2. On page 28544, in column 3, the introductory test of paragraph 
I.(c)(2)(viii) of the NOFA is amended to read as follows:
    (viii) HA-dedicated police division/bureau. Funding for equipment 
and employment of a HA-public housing dedicated division/bureau is 
permitted for housing authorities that have their own public housing 
authority housing authority dedicated police division/bureau. The 
Detroit Housing Authority, Detroit, MI, Housing Support Section/Bureau 
of the Detroit Police Department was identified by HUD as having 
eligible a public housing authority dedicated police division/bureau 
under the FY 1997 PHDEP. The following additional requirements apply to 
an application proposing to establish an HA-dedicated police division/
bureau, which is a police division or bureau of the local law 
enforcement agency, consisting of full-time officers, dedicated 
exclusively to providing law enforcement services to a housing 
authority.

    Dated: August 6, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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