41936 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 150 /Wednesday, August 5, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4344–N–02]

Community Development Block Grant

Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska

Native Villages Fiscal Year 1998 Notice

of Funding Availability; Revision,

Correction, and Extension of

Application Deadline for Applicants in

Alaska

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability

(NOFA); revision, correction, and

extension of application deadline.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

amend the Fiscal Year 1998 Notice of

Funding Availability for the Community

Development Block Grant Program for

Indian Tribes and Alaska Native

Villages to implement a single

application process for the FY 1998

funds allocated to the Alaska Area

Office of Native American Programs

(ONAP) and, subject to appropriation

for FY 1999, those that may be allocated

to the Alaska Area ONAP in FY 1999.

This single application process was

proposed in the initial NOFA published

on June 1, 1998. This notice extends the

application deadlines for applications

being submitted to the Alaska ONAP.

This notice also clarifies the application

submission procedures by resolving

discrepancies in the June 1, 1998 NOFA

regarding the deadlines. This notice also

corrects an error regarding the points

assigned to one of the rating factors in

the June 1, 1998 NOFA.

APPLICATION DUE DATE: The application

due date for applicants in Alaska, whose

applications must be submitted to the

Alaska Office Native American

Programs (ONAP), is extended to

October 1, 1998. For all other

applicants, the application due date

remains September 1, 1998, as provided

in the June 1, 1998 NOFA.

Mailed Applications. Applications

will be considered timely filed if

postmarked on or before 12 midnight on

the application due date and received

by the appropriate Area ONAP on or

within 10 (ten) days of the application

due date.

Applications Sent by Overnight/

Express Delivery. Applications sent by

overnight delivery or express mail will

be considered timely filed if received on

or before the application due date, or

upon submission of documentary

evidence that they were placed in

transit with the overnight delivery

service by no later than the specified

application due date and received by

the appropriate Area ONAP on or

within 5 (five) days of the application

due date.

Hand Carried Applications. Hand

carried applications to the appropriate

Area ONAP will be accepted during

normal business hours before the

application due date. On the application

due date, business hours will be

extended to 6 p.m.

ADDRESSES FOR SUBMITTING

APPLICATIONS: All applicants must

submit their applications to the Area

Office of Native American Programs

specified in the June 1, 1998 NOFA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information about this notice, contact

Robert Barth, Office of Native American

Programs, Office of Public and Indian

Housing, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, P.O. Box 36003,

450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco,

CA 94102; telephone (415) 436–8122.

The TTY number is (415) 436–6594.

(These are not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On June 1, 1998 (63 FR 29834), HUD

published the Community Development

Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes

and Alaska Native Villages (ICDBG)

Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Notice of Funding

Availability (NOFA). Section I.(C)(4) of

that NOFA (63 FR 29836) proposed

biennial funding for applications in the

Alaska Area Office of Native American

Programs (ONAP) in order to reduce the

considerable administrative burden to

applicants. The proposal would

establish a single application process for

the FY 1998 funds allocated to the

Alaska Area ONAP and funds that may

be allocated to the Alaska Area ONAP

in FY 1999, subject to appropriations.

The June 1, 1998 NOFA asked for public

comment on this proposal and indicated

that if, after considering the comments,

HUD decided to implement the

proposal, HUD would publish an

amendment to the NOFA.

The Alaska Area ONAP received 18

comments on this proposal. Most

commenters favored the single

application process. Many of the

commenters favoring the single

application approach recommended a

one-month extension of the application

due date, because more time would be

needed to prepare an application to

cover two year’s funding. Therefore,

HUD has decided to amend the June 1,

1998 NOFA to implement the single

application process for applications

submitted to the Alaska Area ONAP as

proposed, and to extend the application

due date for such applications by one

month.

Alaska Area ONAP Single Application

Processing for FY 1998 and FY 1999

HUD will screen, review, and rate all

applications received from applicants in

Alaska by the Alaska Area ONAP under

the provisions and requirements of the

June 1, 1998 NOFA. After HUD has

completed the rating and developed a

ranked list of projects, HUD will make

grant awards of FY 1998 allocated funds

until these funds are exhausted. HUD

will make funding announcements for

those ICDBG grant offers made with FY

1998 funds. The Alaska Area ONAP will

retain applications not funded.

Subject to appropriations, HUD

expects to use any FY 1999 funds

allocated to the Alaska Area ONAP for

grant offers to those applicants with the

highest ranking retained applications

until those funds are exhausted. HUD

will not make FY 1999 ICDBG program

grant offers or announcements until the

FY 1999 appropriations are enacted and

made available. The FY 1999 grant

offers will also be contingent upon the

applicant confirming in writing and

providing such supporting

documentation as is required to the

Alaska Area ONAP within 30 days of

the offer that:

(a) The applicant continues to meet

performance threshold requirements;

(b) The project still meets all

community development

appropriateness and project specific

threshold requirements; and

(c) No changes have occurred since

the submission of the application that

would affect the rating or viability of the

project.

Clarification Regarding Application

Due Dates/Times

Under the heading ‘‘Application Due

Date,’’ the June 1, 1998 NOFA (63 FR

29834) provided specific procedures

and deadlines for submitting

applications, according to the method of

submission (through the mail, by

overnight/express delivery, or hand

carried). Under the heading ‘‘Changes

From FY 1997 NOFA,’’ however, the

June 1, 1998 NOFA provided

application submission information that

was inconsistent with the information

described under ‘‘Application Due

Date’’ of the NOFA. Therefore, this

notice clarifies that applications will be

considered timely filed according to the

specific procedures and deadlines

provided in this notice under the

heading ‘‘Application Due Date,’’ above.

In summary, mailed applications must

be postmarked on or before midnight on

the application due date and received
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by the appropriate Area ONAP on or

within 10 days of the application due

date. Applications sent via overnight/

express delivery will be considered

timely if received on or before the

application due date, or upon

submission of documentary evidence

that they were placed in transit with the

overnight delivery service by no later

than the specified application due date

and received by the appropriate Area

ONAP on or within 5 days of the

application due date.

Correction of Points for Rating Factor 3

(Leveraging) for New Housing

Construction

This notice also corrects an error

regarding the points assigned to one of

the rating factors in the June 1, 1998

NOFA. In the NOFA under Rating

Factor 3 (Leveraging) for new housing

construction (63 FR 29845; 2d column),

in the table describing non-ICDBG

percent of project cost, the June 1, 1998

NOFA incorrectly lists the points for 15

to 19.9 percent as 16 points. The

number of points for this percentage

range should be 6 points. HUD believes

this may simply have been a printing

error.

Finding and Certifications

All findings and certifications

contained in the June 1, 1998 NOFA

continue to apply.

Dated: July 31, 1998.

Deborah Vincent,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

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