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Partnerships administers HUD’s ongoing

grant programs to institutions of higher

education as well as creates initiatives

through which colleges and universities

can bring their traditional missions of

teaching, research, service, and outreach

to bear on the pressing local problems

in their communities.

The Community Outreach Partnership

Centers Program provides funds for:

research activities which have practical

application for solving specific

problems in designated communities

and neighborhoods; outreach, technical

assistance and information exchange

activities which are designed to address

specific problems associated with

housing, economic development,

neighborhood revitalization,

infrastructure, health care, job training,

education, crime prevention, planning,

and community organizing. On

February 24, 2000 (65 FR 9405 ), HUD

published a Notice of Funding

Availability (NOFA) announcing the

availability of $8 million in Fiscal Year

2000 funds for the Community Outreach

Partnership Centers Program. The

Department reviewed, evaluated and

scored the applications received based

on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result,

HUD has funded 16 applications for

New Grants and 8 applications for New

Directions Grants . New Grants, which

cannot exceed $400,000, are for

institutions of higher education just

beginning a COPC project. New

Directions Grants, which cannot exceed

$150,000, are for institutions of higher

education that are undertaking new

activities or expanding into new

neighborhoods. These grants, with their

grant amounts are identified below.

The Catalog Federal Domestic Assistance

number for this program is 14.511.

In accordance with section

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101–235,

approved December 15, 1989), the

Department is publishing details

concerning the recipients of funding

awards, as follows:

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance

Under the FY 2000 Community

Outreach Partnership Centers Funding

Competition, by Name and Address

New England

1. Trinity College, Alta Lash, Trinity

College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford,

CT 06106. Grant: $149,984.

2. University of Rhode Island, Dr.

Marcia Marker Feld, University of

Rhode Island, 70 Lower College Road,

Kingston, RI 02881. Grant: $150,000.

New York/New Jersey

3. Medgar Evers College, Dr. E.

Thomas Oliver, Medgar Evers College,

1150 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY

11225. Grant: $399,663.

Mid-Atlantic

4. Danville Community College,

Martha A. Walker, Danville Community

College, 1008 South Main Street,

Danville, VA 24541. Grant: $391,903.

5. Duquesne University, Dr. Evan

Stoddard, Duquesne University, 600

Forbes Avenue, 403 Administration

Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15282. Grant:

$150,000.

6. Tidewater Community College,

Mary Ruth Clowdsley, Tidewater

Community College, 7000 College Drive,

Portsmouth, VA 23703. Grant: $395,227.

7. University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Ira

Harkavy, University of Pennsylvania,

133 South 36th Street, Mezzanine,

Philadelphia, PA 19104. Grant:

$150,000.

8. University of Pittsburgh, Tracy

Soska, University of Pittsburgh, 350

Thackeray Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

Grant: $399,702.

Southeast/Caribbean

9. Auburn University, Dr. Robert

Montjoy, Auburn University, Auburn

University, AL 36849. Grant: $382,267.

10. Barry University, Dr. Jacqueline

Mondros, Barry University, 11300

Northeast 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores,

FL 33161. Grant: $399,982.

11. University of Memphis, Dr. David

Cox, University of Memphis, Memphis,

TN 38152. Grant: $149,940.

Midwest

12. Ball State University, Eric Kelly,

Ball State University, 2000 University

Avenue, Muncie, IN 47306. Grant:

$398,529.

13. DePaul University, Jerry Watson,

DePaul University, 1 East Jackson Blvd.,

Chicago, IL 60604. Grant: $150,000.

14. Indiana University, Northwest,

Dan Lowry, Indiana University,

Northwest, P.O. Box 1847, Bloomington,

IN 46402. Grant: $399,973.

15. Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr.

Cheryl Maurana, Medical College of

Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank

Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226. Grant:

$398,037.

16. University of Wisconsin-Parkside,

Dr. Anne Statham, University of

Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road,

Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141. Grant:

$150,000.

17. Western Michigan University,

Sharon Anderson, Western Michigan

University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008.

Grant: $399,996.

18. Youngstown State University, Dr.

Gil Peterson, Youngstown State

University, One University Plaza,

Youngstown, OH 44555. Grant:

$399,952.

Southwest

19. Texas A&M University, Kermit

Black, Texas A&M University, 3121

TAMU, College Station, TX 77843.

Grant: $150,000.

Great Plains

20. University of Northern Iowa, Dr.

R. Allen Hays, University of Northern

Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614. Grant:

$382,063.

Rocky Mountains

21. University of Denver, Dr. David

Lisman, University of Denver, 2199 S.

University Blvd., Denver, CO 80208.

Grant: $355,602.

Pacific/Hawaii

22. California State University,

Hayward, Dr. Nan Maxwell, California

State University, Hayward, 25976 Carlos

Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA 94542. Grant:

$400,000.

23. University of Southern California,

Dr. Tridib Banerjee, University of

Southern California, University Campus

Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089. Grant:

$400,000.

Northwest/Alaska

24. Seattle Central Community

College, Dr. A. Barretto Ogilvie, Seattle

Central Community College, 1701

Broadway, 2BE 4180J, Seattle, WA

98122. Grant: $372,775.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Lawrence L. Thompson,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development and Research.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4560–FA–14]

Announcement of Funding Awards for

Fiscal Year 2000 Hispanic-serving

Institutions Assisting Communities

Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Policy Development and

Research, 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 document

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notifies the public of funding awards for

Fiscal Year 2000 Hispanic-serving

Institutions Assisting Communities

Program. The purpose of this document

is to announce the names and addresses

of the award winners and the amount of

the awards which are to be used to help

Hispanic-serving Institutions of Higher

Education expand their role and

effectiveness in addressing community

development needs in their localities,

consistent with the purposes of HUD’s

Community Development Block Grant

program (CDBG).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

Karadbil, Office of University

Partnerships, U.S. Department of

Housing and Urban Development, Room

8110, 451 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)

708–1537, extension 5918. To provide

service for persons who are hearing-orspeech-impaired, this number may be

reached via TTY by Dialing the Federal

Information Relay Service on 1–800–

877–TTY, 1–800–877–8339, or 202–

708–1455. (Telephone number, other

than ‘‘800’’ TTY numbers are not toll

free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Hispanic-serving Institutions Assisting

Communities Program (HSIAC) was

enacted under section 107 of the CDBG

appropriation for fiscal year 2000, as

part of the ‘‘Veterans Administration,

HUD and Independent Agencies

Appropriations Act of 2000’’ and is

administered by the Office of University

Partnerships under the Assistant

Secretary for Policy Development and

Research. In addition to this program,

the Office of University Partnerships

administers HUD’s ongoing grant

programs to institutions of higher

education as well as creates initiatives

through which colleges and universities

can bring their traditional missions of

teaching, research, service, and outreach

to bear on the pressing local problems

in their communities.

The Hispanic-serving Institutions

Assisting Communities Program

provides funds for a wide range of

CDBG-eligible activities including

housing rehabilitation and financing,

property demolition or acquisition,

public facilities, economic

development, business

entrepreneurship, and fair housing

programs. On February 24, 2000 (65 FR

9455), HUD published a Notice of

Funding Availability (NOFA)

announcing the availability of $6.5

million in Fiscal Year 2000 funds for the

Hispanic-serving Institutions Assisting

Communities Program. The Department

reviewed, evaluated and scored the

applications received based on the

criteria in the NOFA. As a result, HUD

15 applications were funded. These

grants, with their grant amounts are

identified below.

The Catalog Federal Domestic Assistance

number for this program is 14.514.

In accordance with section

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101–235,

approved December 15, 1989), the

Department is publishing details

concerning the recipients of funding

awards, as follows:

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance

Under the FY 2000 Hispanic-serving

Institutions Assisting Communities

Program Funding Competition, by

Name and Address

New York/New Jersey

1. Hudson County Community

College, Dr. Estelle Greenberg, Hudson

County Community College, 25 Journal

Square, Jersey City, NJ 07306. Grant:

$398,826.

Southwest

2. Albuquerque Technical Vocational

Institute, Dr. John Walstrum,

Albuquerque Technical Vocational

Institute, 525 Buena Vista SW,

Albuquerque, NM 87106. Grant:

$400,000.

3. El Paso Community College, C.

Alfred Lawrence, El Paso Community

College, P.O. Box 20500, El Paso, RX

79998. Grant: $399,000.

4. Houston Community College, Helga

Mattei, Houston Community College,

P.O. Box 7849, 22 Waugh Drive,

Houston, TX 77270. Grant: $395,000.

5. Midland College, Rebecca Bell,

Midland College, 3600 N. Garfield,

Midland, TX 79705. Grant: $400,000.

6. New Mexico State University-Dona

Ana Branch Community College, Dr.

Majorie Burr, New Mexico State

University-Dona Ana Branch

Community College, Box 30001, MSC

3DA, Las Cruces, NM 88003. Grant:

$400,000.

7. Palo Alto College, Mike Floes, Palo

Alto College, 1400 W. Villaret, San

Antonio, TX 78224. Grant: $362,720.

8. University of New Mexico, Teresa

Cordova, University of New Mexico, 105

Scholes Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131.

Grant: $398,388.

9. University of Texas at El Paso,

Jeanette Holmes, University of Texas at

El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El

Paso, TX 79968. Grant: $399,964.

Rocky Mountains

10. University of Southern Colorado,

C.J. Crumley, University of Southern

Colorado, 2200 Bonforte Blvd., Pueblo,

CO 81001. Grant: $400,000.

Pacific/Hawaii

11. Arizona Western College, Dr.

Cheryl Johnson, Arizona Western

College, P.O. Box 929, Yuma, AZ 85366.

Grant: $374,548.

12. California State University,

Northridge, Dr. Jorge Garcia, California

State University, Northridge, 18111

Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330.

Grant: $400,000.

13. Merced College, Don Curtaz,

Merced College, 3600 M Street, Merced,

CA 95348. Grant: $400,000.

14. San Diego State University,

Imperial Valley Campus, Suzanna

Fuentes-Ferreiro, San Diego State

University, Imperial Valley, 5250

Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182.

Grant: $400,000.

15. Yosemite Community College

District, Modesto Junior College, Dr.

Tom Bennett, Yosemite Community

College District, Modesto Junior College,

2201 Blue Gum Avenue, P.O. Box 65,

Modesto, CA 95352. Grant: $400,000.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Lawrence L. Thompson,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development and Research.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

NV–020–1220–XQ

Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin

Resource Advisory Council—Notice of

Meeting Location and Time, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Special Resource Advisory

Council Meeting—Black Rock Desert

Management Plan.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), a

Department of the Interior, Bureau of

Land Management (BLM) Resource

Advisory Council meeting will be held

as indicated below. Topics for

discussion include the review of public

comments received on the Black Rock

Desert Management Plan, and the time

line proposed for completion of the final

management plan and environmental

impact statement. This meeting is open

to the public. The public may present

written comments to the Council. The

public comment period for items