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award. For any multi-phase awards 

issued prior to March 22, 2018, HUD 

may approve extensions up to 

September 30, 2024 on a case-by-case 

basis. 

5. When a PHA returns RAD authority 

to HUD by submitting a voluntary 

withdrawal of a project and 

subsequently requests new RAD 

authority for the same project within 

one month thereafter, provided that 

HUD has authority to make awards 

under the 455,000 unit statutory cap, 

HUD may approve issuance of a 

replacement CHAP without the 

requirement that the PHA submit the 

application materials that would 

otherwise be required. The replacement 

CHAP will include the original CHAP 

issuance date, but will have rents based 

on the applicable RAD rent base year as 

described above. For example, a 

withdrawal of a CHAP and subsequent 

request for new RAD authority that 

occurs in September of 2018 would 

have rents based on FY 16 rent levels as 

modified in Paragraph 2. 

III. Second Component: Initial Contract 

Rents for Rent Supplement and RAP 

Conversions 

For Project Based Rental Assistance 

(PBRA) conversions, properties 

currently assisted through the Rent 

Supp and RAP programs that are located 

in High Cost Areas as identified in 

Housing Notice 2017–06 shall have 

initial rents set at comparable market 

rents, without regard to any Fair Market 

Rent (FMR) cap, but as otherwise 

described in PIH 2012–32 (HA) H 2017– 

03, REV–3. Over the 20-year term of the 

HAP contract, contract rents will be 

adjusted using the processes described 

in the HUD Section 8 Renewal Policy 

Guidebook under Option 1A: Mark-UpTo-Market. 

For Project-Based Voucher (PBV) 

conversions, HUD is not prepared to 

implement this modification to initial 

contract rent setting at this time. 

IV. No Rescreening of Tenants Upon 

Conversion Under the Second 

Component 

At conversion under the RAD Second 

Component, current households cannot 

be excluded from occupancy at the 

Covered Project (as defined in the RAD 

program notice) based on any 

rescreening, income eligibility, or 

income targeting. With respect to 

occupancy in the Covered Project, 

current households in the Converting 

Project will be grandfathered for 

application of any eligibility criteria to 

conditions that occurred prior to 

conversion but will be subject to any 

ongoing eligibility requirements for 

actions that occur after conversion. 

These protections also apply when a 

household is relocated to facilitate 

construction or rehabilitation work 

following conversion and subsequently 

returns to the Covered Project. Postconversion, the tenure of all residents of 

the Covered Project is protected 

pursuant to PBV or PBRA requirements 

regarding continued occupancy. For 

example, a unit with a household that 

was over-income at time of conversion 

would continue to be treated as an 

assisted unit. Thus, 24 CFR 982.201, 

concerning eligibility and targeting of 

tenants for initial occupancy, and the 

first clause of section 8(c)(4) of the 

United States Housing Act of 1937 and 

24 CFR 880.603(b), concerning 

determination of eligibility and 

selection of tenants for initial 

occupancy, will not apply for current 

households. Once the grandfathered 

household moves out, the unit must be 

leased to an eligible family. 

V. Finding of No Significant Impact 

A Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) with respect to the 

environment has been made in 

accordance with HUD regulations in 24 

CFR part 50, which implemented 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). The FONSI is 

available for public inspection during 

regular business hours in the 

Regulations Division, Office of General 

Counsel, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410– 

0500. Due to security measures at HUD 

Headquarters building, please schedule 

an appointment to review the FONSI by 

calling the Regulations Division at 202– 

708–3055 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Individuals with speech or 

hearing impairments may access this 

number via TTY by calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

Dated: June 22, 2018. 

Dominique Blom, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

Brian Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6106–N–01] 

Rental Assistance Demonstration: 

Supplemental Guidance on Final 

Notice 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 

Commissioner and Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On July 26, 2012, HUD 

announced through notice in the 

Federal Register the implementation of 

the statutorily authorized Rental 

Assistance Demonstration (RAD), which 

provides the opportunity to test the 

conversion of public housing and other 

HUD-assisted properties to long-term, 

project-based Section 8 rental 

assistance. The July 26, 2012 notice 

provided for full implementation of 

RAD, and the posting of the Final 

Program Notice (Final Program Notice, 

PIH–2012–32) on HUD’s RAD website. 

HUD subsequently issued a number of 

revised program notices, the most recent 

on January 12, 2017 (PIH 2012–32/ 

Housing 2017–03 REV–3). This notice 

announces the posting of a supplement 

to the most current notice PIH 2012–32/ 

Housing 2017–03 REV–3 (RAD 

Supplemental Notice, PIH 2018–11/H 

2018–05). As provided by the RAD 

Statute, this notice addresses the 

requirement that the demonstration may 

proceed after HUD publishes the terms 

of the notice in the Federal Register. 

This notice summarizes the key changes 

made to the PIH 2012–32/Housing 

2017–03 REV–3 through the RAD 

Supplemental Notice, PIH 2018–11/H 

2018–05. This notice also meets the 

RAD statutory requirement to publish at 

least 10 days before they may take 

effect, waivers and alternative 

requirements authorized by the statute, 

which does not prevent the 

demonstration, as modified, from 

proceeding immediately. 

DATES: The RAD Supplemental Notice, 

PIH 2018–11/H 2018–05, other than 

those items listed as new statutory or 

regulatory waivers or alternative 

requirements specified in this notice, is 

effective July 3, 2018. 

The new statutory and regulatory 

waivers and alternative requirements 

are effective July 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit questions or 

comments electronically to rad@

hud.gov. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William A. Lavy, Director, Program 

Administration Division, Office of 

Recapitalization, Office of Multifamily 

Programs, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW, Room 6230, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone 202–708–0614. (This is not a 

toll-free number.) Individuals with 

speech or hearing impairments may 

access this number through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339. To assure a 

timely response, HUD recommends that 

requests for further information be 

submitted electronically to the email 

address rad@hud.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

RAD, authorized by the Consolidated 

and Further Continuing Appropriations 

Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 122–55, signed 

November 18, 2011) (2012 

Appropriations Act), allows for the 

conversion of assistance under the 

public housing, Rent Supplement (Rent 

Supp), Rental Assistance (RAP), 

Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab), 

and Mod Rehab Single Room 

Occupancy (SRO) programs 

(collectively, ‘‘covered programs’’) to 

long-term, renewable assistance under 

Section 8. The most recent version of 

the RAD program notice is PIH 2012– 

32/Housing 2017–03, REV–3, located at 

https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/ 

RAD_Notice_Rev3_Final.docx. 

II. Key Changes 

The following highlights key changes 

to the RAD program that are included in 

the Supplemental Program Notice: 

First Component (Public Housing 

Conversions) 

1. Expands the rent setting flexibility 

referred to as Rent Bundling in the 

current RAD program notice PIH 2012– 

32/Housing 2017–03 to permit PHAs to 

rent bundle between RAD Project-Based 

Voucher (PBV) and non-RAD PBV 

projects. Under this provision, rents of 

non-RAD PBV contracts are reduced by 

the equivalent increase to the RAD PBV 

initial contract rents. 

2. Permits PHAs to establish projectspecific utility allowances for Covered 

Projects. When a RAD conversion 

results in the reduction of one or more 

utility components used to establish the 

utility allowance, HUD will permit the 

RAD contract rent to be increased by a 

portion of the utility savings. 

3. Provides alternative developer fee 

limits when a PHA adopts a waiting list 

preference for households exiting 

homelessness. 

4. Establishes that HUD will 

disapprove a proposed conversion 

where a PHA is using 24 CFR 970.17(b) 

or 970.17(c) to dispose of other units at 

a proposed project and HUD determines 

that the PHA’s use of both RAD and 

disposition under those sections 

undermines the unit replacement 

requirements of the RAD program. 

5. Creates a streamlined conversion 

option for PHAs that have a very small 

public housing portfolio of 50 units or 

less that will not involve any 

rehabilitation, new construction, or 

relocation. 

III. New Waivers and Alternative 

Requirements 

The RAD Statute provides that 

waivers and alternative requirements 

authorized under the First Component 

must be published by notice in the 

Federal Register no later than 10 days 

before the effective date of such notice. 

Under the Second Component of RAD, 

HUD is authorized to waive or alter the 

provisions of subparagraphs (C) and (D) 

of section 8(o)(13) of the United States 

Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 

(the 1937 Act). 

HUD has previously published its 

waivers and alternative requirements for 

RAD, on July 26, 2012 (77 FR 43850), 

July 2, 2013 (78 FR 39759), June 26, 

2015 (80 FR 36830), and January 19, 

2017 (82 FR 6615). This notice only 

includes waivers and alternative 

requirements not previously published 

or that have changed from previous 

publications. Although waivers or 

alternative requirements under the 

Second Component are not subject to a 

Federal Register publication 

requirement, the new Second 

Component waivers and alternative 

requirements are included in this notice 

as a matter of convenience. 

The new waiver and alternative 

requirement is: 

1. PBV Site-Specific Utility 

Allowances. Provisions affected: 24 CFR 

983.301(f)(2)(ii), 24 CFR 983.2(c)(6)(iii) 

and 24 CFR 982.517; RAD 

Implementation Notice, Attachment 1C: 

Calculation of HAP Contract Rents for 

Conversions of Assistance from Public 

Housing to PBRA or PBV. Waiver: HUD 

has determined that the specified 

sections of its regulations will not apply 

to RAD conversions to Project Based 

Vouchers (PBV). Alternative 

requirements: The Utility Allowance 

shall be calculated in the manner 

specified in Housing Notice H–2015–04 

(June 22, 2015) unless PIH promulgates 

utility allowance guidance specific to 

the PBV program. The Project Owner 

may carry out all activities of owners 

and management agents associated with 

Housing Notice 2015–04, but the PHA 

must ensure that the Utility Allowance 

is calculated correctly. 

IV. Revised Program Notice 

Availability 

The RAD Supplemental Notice (PIH 

2018–11/H 2018–05) can be found on 

RAD’s website, www.hud.gov/RAD. 

V. Finding of No Significant Impact 

A Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) with respect to the 

environment has been made in 

accordance with HUD regulations in 24 

CFR part 50, which implemented 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). The FONSI is 

available for public inspection during 

regular business hours in the 

Regulations Division, Office of General 

Counsel, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410– 

0500. Due to security measures at the 

HUD Headquarters building, please 

schedule an appointment to review the 

FONSI by calling the Regulations 

Division at (202) 708–3055 (this is not 

a toll-free number). Individuals with 

speech or hearing impairments may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

Dated: June 22, 2018. 

Dominique Blom, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

Brian Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14210 Filed 7–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2017–0105; 

FXES11140200000–189–FF02ENEH00] 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the American Electric Power American 

Burying-Beetle Habitat Conservation 

Plan in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and 

Texas 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Notice of 

receipt of a permit application; and 

announcement of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the 

availability of the environmental impact 

statement (EIS) and habitat conservation 


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