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supports the development of affordable 

housing through the development and 

adoption of inclusionary zoning 

ordinances and other activities to 

support plan implementation. 

The FY 2011 awards announced in 

this Notice were selected for funding in 

a competition posted on Grants.gov and 

HUD’s Web site on July 27, 2011. 

Applications were scored and selected 

for funding based on the selection 

criteria in that NOFA. The amount 

appropriated in FY 2011 to fund the 

Challenge Grant Program was $30 

million of which $1 million had been 

reserved for capacity support grants 

distributed separately. This notice 

announces the allocation of $28 million 

for Community Challenge Planning 

Grants, of which not less than $3 

million is awarded to jurisdictions with 

populations of less than 50,000. 

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 the 27 

awards made under the competition in 

Appendix A to this document. 

Dated: December 22, 2011. 

Shelley Poticha, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Housing and 

Communities. 

Appendix A 

COMMUNITY CHALLENGE PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM GRANT AWARDS FROM FY 2011 NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY

City of Boston, 26 Court Street, Boston, MA: Massachusetts 02108–2501 ....................................................................................... $1,865,160 

City of Beaverton, 4755 SW Griffith Drive, PO Box 4755, Beaverton, OR: Oregon 97076–4755 ..................................................... 1,000,000 

The Hopi Tribe, P.O. Box 123, Kykotsmovi, AZ: Arizona 86039–123 ................................................................................................ 150,000 

Thurston Regional Planning Council, 2424 Heritage Ct. SW., Suite A, Olympia, WA: Washington 98502–6013 ............................ 763,962 

City of Seattle, P.O. Box 94725, Seattle, WA: Washington 98124–4725 .......................................................................................... 2,999,257 

City of Phoenix, AZ, 200 W. Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Phoenix, AZ: Arizona 85003–1611 ...................................................... 2,935,634 

New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, 32 Constitution Drive, Bedford, NH: New Hampshire 03110–6000 ............................ 1,000,000 

Pueblo de Cochiti Housing Authority, P.O. Box 98, Cochiti, NM: New Mexico 87072–0000 ............................................................ 292,023 

Town of Mansfield, Audrey P. Beck Municipal Building, 4 South Eagleville Road, Mansfield, CT: Connecticut 06268–2599 ......... 610,596 

City of Stamford, 888 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT: Connecticut 06904–2152 ................................................................... 1,105,288 

Montachusett Regional Planning Commission, 1427 Water Street Rear Building, Fitchburg, MA: Massachusetts 01420–7266 ..... 129,500

City of Worcester, 455 Main St., Worchester, MA: Massachusetts 01608–1821 ............................................................................... 930,000 

Mid-America Regional Council, 600 Broadway, Suite 200, Kansas City, MO: Missouri 64105–1659 ............................................... 403,432 

City of Austin, 1000 E. 11th St., Austin, TX: Texas 78702–1943 ....................................................................................................... 3,000,000 

City of Freeport, Illinois, 230 West Stephenson Street, Freeport, IL: Illinois 61032–4359 ................................................................ 295,419 

The Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL: Illinois 60302–4272 ............................................................................ 2,916,272 

City of Grand Rapids, 1120 Monroe Avenue NW., Suite 300, Grand Rapids, MI: Michigan 49503–1038 ........................................ 459,224 

County of Washtenaw, 220 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 8645, Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan 48107–8645 ................................................ 3,000,000 

City of Warren, 391 Mahoning Avenue, Warren, OH: Ohio 44483–1000 .......................................................................................... 356,964 

Housing Authority of the County of Sacramento, 801 12th Street, Sacramento, CA: California 95814–2404 .................................. 150,000 

City of West Sacramento, 1110 West Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento, CA: California 95691–2717 .......................................... 400,000 

Parish of St. Charles, 15045 River Road, P.O. Box 302, Hahnville, LA: Louisiana 70057–0302 ..................................................... 442,422 

City of High Point, 211 South Hamilton Street, High Point, NC: North Carolina 27260–5232 .......................................................... 239,141 

City of Binghamton, 38 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY: New York 13901–3767 ............................................................................ 486,058 

City of Garland, TX, P.O. Box 469002, 800 Main Street, Garland, TX: Texas 75046–9002 ............................................................. 106,500 

City of Opa-locka, 780 Fisherman Street, 4th Floor, Opa-locka, FL: Florida 33054–3806 ................................................................ 624,479 

Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, 301 North Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL: Florida 33401–4700 ...... 1,980,504

Total .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 28,641,835 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5500–FA–30] 

Announcement of Funding Awards for 

the Sustainable Communities Regional 

Planning Grant Program for Fiscal 

Year 2011 

AGENCY: Office of Sustainable Housing 

and Communities, HUD. 

ACTION: Announcement of funding 

awards. 

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 a 

competition for funding under the 

Fiscal Year 2011 (FY 2011) Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 

Sustainable Communities Regional 

Planning Grant Program (Regional 

Grants). This announcement contains 

the consolidated names and addresses 

of this year’s award recipients. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dwayne S. Marsh, Office of Sustainable 

Housing and Communities, U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410–4500, telephone 

(202) 402–6316. Hearing or speechimpaired individuals may access this 

number via TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Information Service at (800) 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Sustainable Communities Regional 

Planning Grant Program (Program) 

supports metropolitan and 

multijurisdictional planning efforts that 

integrate housing, land use, economic 

and workforce development, 

transportation, and infrastructure 

investments in a manner that empowers 

jurisdictions to consider the 

interdependent challenges of: (1) 

Economic competitiveness and 

revitalization; (2) social equity, 

inclusion, and access to opportunity; (3) 

energy use and climate change; and (4) 

public health and environmental 

impact. The Program places a priority 

on investing in partnerships, including 

nontraditional partnerships (e.g., arts 

and culture, recreation, public health, 

food systems, regional planning 

agencies and public education entities) 

that translate the Livability Principles 

(Section I.C.1) into strategies that direct 

long-term development and 

reinvestment, demonstrate a 

commitment to addressing issues of 

regional significance, use data to set and 

monitor progress toward performance 

goals, and engage stakeholders and 

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residents in meaningful decisionmaking roles. 

Funding from this Program will 

support the development and 

implementation of Regional Plans for 

Sustainable Development (RPSD) that: 

a. Identify affordable housing, 

transportation, water infrastructure, 

economic development, land use 

planning, environmental conservation, 

energy system, open space, and other 

infrastructure priorities for the region; 

b. Clearly define a single, integrated 

plan for regional development that 

addresses potential population growth 

or decline over a minimum 20-year time 

frame, sets appropriate 3- to 5-year 

benchmark performance targets, and 

delineates strategies to meet established 

performance goals; 

c. Establish performance goals and 

measures that are, at a minimum, 

consistent with the Sustainability 

Partnership‘s Livability Principles; 

d. Use geo-coded data sets and other 

metrics in developing, implementing, 

monitoring, and assessing the 

performance goals of various 

reinvestment scenarios; 

e. Provide detailed plans, maps, 

policies, and implementation strategies 

to be adopted by all participating 

jurisdictions over time to meet planning 

goals; 

f. Prioritize projects that facilitate the 

implementation of the regional plan and 

identify responsible implementing 

entities (public, nonprofit, or private) 

and funding sources; 

g. Show how the proposed plan will 

establish consistency with HUD, 

Department of Transportation (DOT), 

and Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) programs and policies, such as 

Consolidated Plans, Analysis of 

Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, 

Long Range Transportation Plans, 

Indian Housing Plans, and Asset 

Management Plans, including strategies 

to modify existing plans, where 

appropriate; and 

h. Engage residents and other 

stakeholders substantively and 

meaningfully in the development of the 

shared vision and its implementation 

early and throughout the process, 

including communities traditionally 

marginalized from such processes, 

while accommodating limited English 

speakers, persons with disabilities, and 

the elderly. 

The FY 2011 awards announced in 

this Notice were selected for funding in 

a competition posted on Grants.gov and 

HUD’s Web site on July 25, 2011. 

Applications were scored and selected 

for funding based on the selection 

criteria in that NOFA. The amount 

appropriated in FY 2011 to fund the 

Regional Grant Program was $70 million 

of which $2 million has been reserved 

for capacity support grants distributed 

separately. This notice announces the 

allocation of $67 million for Sustainable 

Community Regional Planning Grants, 

of which not less than $17.5 million is 

awarded to regions with populations of 

less than 500,000. 

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 the 29 

awards made under the competition in 

Appendix A to this document. 

Dated:_December 22, 2011. 

Shelley Poticha, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Housing and 

Communities. 

Appendix A 

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES REGIONAL PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM

Grant Awards from FY 2011 Notice of Funding Availability 

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 3 Rutgers Plaza ASB III, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ: New Jersey 08901–8559 $5,000,000 

Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, 181 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY: New York 14203–0032 ................................................ 2,000,000 

State of Rhode Island, 1 Capitol Hill, Providence, RI: Rhode Island 02908–5872 ............................................................................ 1,934,961 

Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA: California 94607–4707 ................................................ 4,991,336 

Denver Regional Council of Governments, 1290 Broadway, Suite 700, Denver, CO: Colorado 80203–5606 ................................. 4,500,000 

Opportunity Link, Inc., 2229 5th Avenue, P.O. Box 80, Havre, MT: Montana 59501–0080 .............................................................. 1,500,000 

Centralina Council of Governments, 525 North Tryon Street, 12th Floor, Charlotte, NC: North Carolina 28202–0202 ................... 4,907,544 

Nashua Regional Planning Commission, 9 Executive Park Drive, Suite 201, Merrimack, NH: New Hampshire 03054–4045 ......... 3,369,648 

City of Henderson on behalf of the SNRPC, 240 Water St., P.O. Box 95050, Henderson, NV: Nevada 89009–5050 .................... 3,488,000 

Northwest Regional Planning Commission, 155 Lake Street, St. Albans, VT: Vermont 05478–2219 ............................................... 480,000 

East Arkansas Planning and Development District, P.O. Box 1403, 2905 King Street, Jonesboro, AR: Arkansas 72403–1403 ..... 2,600,000 

East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, 309 Cranes Roost Blvd., Suite 2000, Altamonte Springs, FL: Florida 32701– 

3422 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2,400,000 

Fremont County Idaho, 125 North Bridge Street, St. Anthony, ID: Idaho 834455004 ....................................................................... 1,500,000 

Rural Economic Area Partnership Investment Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 2024, Minot, ND: North Dakota 58702–2024 .......................... 1,500,000 

Don ̃a Ana County, 845 N. Motel Blvd., Las Cruces, NM: New Mexico 80007–845 .......................................................................... 2,000,000 

Adirondack Gateway Council Inc., 42 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, NY: New York 12801–3610 ......................................................... 750,000 

Cape Fear Council of Governments, 1480 Harbour Drive, Wilmington, NC: North Carolina 28401–7776 ....................................... 1,130,000 

Baltimore Metropolitan Council, 1500 Whetstone Way, Suite 300, Baltimore, MD: Maryland 212304767 ........................................ 3,503,677 

Shelby County Government, 160 North Main, Suite 850, Memphis, TN: Tennessee 38103–1812 ................................................... 2,619,999 

Heart of Texas Council of Governments, 1514 South New Road, Waco, TX: Texas 76711–1316 .................................................. 660,000 

Regional Economic Area Partnership, 1845 Fairmount St., Wichita, KS: Kansas 67260–0155 ........................................................ 1,500,000 

Flint Hills Regional Council, Inc., 500 Huebner Road, Fort Riley, KS: Kansas 66442–7409 ............................................................ 1,980,000 

Northwest Michigan Council of Governments, P.O. Box 506, Traverse City, MI: Michigan 49685–0506 ......................................... 660,000 

Tri-County Regional Planning Commission, 913 W. Holmes Rd. Ste., 201, Lansing, MI: Michigan 48910–0411 ............................ 3,000,000 

Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA), 2222 Cuming, Omaha, NE: Nebraska 68102–4328 .............. 2,045,000 

County of Erie, Erie County Courthouse, Room 111, 140 West Sixth Street, Erie, PA: Pennsylvania 16501–1092 ........................ 1,800,000 

Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, 2158 Ave. C, Bethlehem, PA: Pennsylvania 18017–2148 .............................. 3,400,000 

Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, 128 King Farm Rd., Woodstock, VT: Vermont 05091–1052 .............................. 540,000 

Metroplan, 501 W. Markham, Ste. B, Little Rock, AR: Arkansas 72201–1409 .................................................................................. 1,400,000 

Total .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 67,160,165 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2011–N195; 

FXES11150400000F4–123–FF04E00000] 

Spring Pygmy Sunfish Candidate 

Conservation Agreement With 

Assurances; Receipt of Application for 

Enhancement of Survival Permit; 

Beaverdam Springs, Limestone 

County, AL 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), have received an 

application from Mr. Banks Sewell of 

Belle Mina Farm Ltd. (applicant) for an 

enhancement of survival permit (permit) 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). The permit 

application includes a proposed 

candidate conservation agreement with 

assurances (CCAA), between the 

applicant, the Land Trust of Huntsville 

and North Alabama, and the Service for 

the spring pygmy sunfish. The CCAA 

would be implemented at the 

Beaverdam—Moss Creek/Spring 

Complex within Limestone County, 

Alabama. We have made a preliminary 

determination that the proposed CCAA 

and permit application are eligible for 

categorical exclusion under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA). The basis for this preliminary 

determination is contained in a draft 

environmental action statement (EAS). 

We are accepting comments on the 

permit application, the proposed CCAA, 

and the draft EAS. 

DATES: We must receive comments no 

later than March 22, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review 

the application, the draft CCAA, and the 

draft EAS may obtain copies by request 

from Daniel Drennen, Mississippi Field 

Office, by phone at 601–321–1127, or 

via mail or email (see below). The 

application and related documents will 

also be available for public inspection, 

by appointment only, during normal 

business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) at 

the Jackson, Mississippi, Field Office 

(address listed below) or on our Web 

site at http://www.fws.gov/ 

mississippiES/endsp.html. 

Comments concerning the 

application, the draft CCAA, and the 

draft EAS should be submitted in 

writing, by one of the following 

methods: 

Email: daniel_drennen@fws.gov. 

Fax: 601–965–4340. 

U.S. mail: Daniel Drennen, 

Mississippi Field Office, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 6578 Dogwood View 

Parkway, Jackson, MS 39213. 

Please refer to Permit number TE– 

40219A–0 when submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Drennen, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, Mississippi Field Office, 601– 

321–1127. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), you may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

furnish this notice to provide the public, 

other State and Federal agencies, and 

interested Tribes an opportunity to 

review and comment on the permit 

application, including the draft CCAA 

and draft EAS. We specifically request 

information, views, and opinions from 

the public on the proposed Federal 

action of issuing a permit. Further, we 

solicit information regarding the 

adequacy of the permit application, 

including the proposed CCAA, as 

measured against our permit issuance 

criteria found in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.22(d) 

and 17.32(d). 

Background 

Under a Candidate Conservation 

Agreement with Assurances, 

participating landowners voluntarily 

undertake management activities on 

their property to enhance, restore, or 

maintain habitat benefiting species that 

are proposed for listing under the Act, 

candidates for listing, or that may 

become candidates or proposed for 

listing. Candidate Conservation 

Agreements with Assurances (CCAAs), 

and the associated permits we issue 

under section 10(a)(l)(A) of the Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531. et seq.), encourage private 

and other non-Federal property owners 

to implement conservation efforts for 

species by assuring property owners 

that they will not be subjected to 

increased land use restrictions if that 

species becomes listed under the Act in 

the future provided certain conditions 

are met. Application requirements and 

issuance criteria for permits through 

CCAAs are found in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.22(d) 

and 17.32(d). See also our policy on 

CCAAs (64 FR 32 726; June 17, 1999). 

The conservation of the spring pygmy 

sunfish (Elassoma alabamae) is of 

concern to the Service, other biologists, 

and the landowners whose properties 

contain the species. The spring pygmy 

sunfish is a spring-associated fish, 

endemic to the Tennessee River 

drainage of Lauderdale and Limestone 

Counties in northern Alabama. The 

species historically occurred in three 

distinct spring complexes (Cave 

Springs, Lauderdale County; Beaverdam 

Springs and Pryor Springs, Limestone 

County). The single remaining 

population of this species occupies 

about 5 river miles (mi) (8.05 river 

kilometers (km)) within four spring 

pools (Moss, Beaverdam, Thorsen, and 

Horton Springs) associated with the 

upper Beaverdam Springs complex in 

Limestone County, Alabama. 

The preferred habitat for the spring 

pygmy sunfish is clear and colorless to 

slightly stained spring water, spring 

runs, and associated spring-fed 

wetlands (Warren 2004). The species is 

highly localized within these spring 

pools and is found in association with 

patches of dense, filamentous 

submergent vegetation. Spring pygmy 

sunfish abundance is correlated with 

specific water quantity and quality 

parameters (i.e., water flow velocity, 

turbidity, and water temperatures) and 

certain associated species such as 

amphipods, isopods, spring 

salamanders, crayfish, and snails 

(Sandel, pers. comm., 2007). 

On April 1, 2011, the Service 

published a 90-day finding on a petition 

to list the spring pygmy sunfish as 

endangered under the Act (76 FR 

18138). The Service found that the 

petition presented substantial scientific 

or commercial information indicating 

that listing this species may be 

warranted, and announced the initiation 

of a formal status review. For further 

information on previous Federal actions 

regarding the species, please refer to the 

90-day finding. As a result of our 

‘‘substantial’’ 90-day finding, we are 

currently collecting and analyzing data 

to assess the species’ status. At the end 

of the yearlong period, the Service will 

publish a finding, known commonly as 

a ‘‘12-month finding,’’ on whether or 

not listing is warranted. In accordance 

with court-approved settlement entered 

into last year with Wild Earth Guardians 

and the Center for Biological Diversity, 

if we determine that listing is 

warranted, our 12-month finding will 

include a proposed rule to list the 

spring pygmy sunfish under the Act. 

The area to be covered under the 

proposed CCAA is approximately 3,200 

acres within the Beaverdam Springs 

complex, owned by the applicant and 

located in Limestone County, Alabama. 

The proposed CCAA represents a 

significant milestone in the cooperative 

conservation efforts for this species and 

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