[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41936-41937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20923]



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Part V





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska 
Native Villages (FY 1998) Funding Availability: Revision, Correction, 
and Extension of Application Deadline for Applicants in Alaska; Notice

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

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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.

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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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