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BILLING CODE 4210–62–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4560–FA–19]

Announcement of Funding Awards,

Community Development Technical

Assistance Programs, Fiscal Year 2000

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, 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 notice

announces the funding decisions made

by the Department in a competition for

funding under the Fiscal Year 2000

competition for Community

Development Technical Assistance

Programs. The notice contains the

names of award winners and the

amounts of the awards. Winners for

Housing Opportunities for Persons with

AIDS (HOPWA) technical assistance

will be announced in a separate Federal

Register Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Penny McCormack, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, Room

7216, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)

708–3176, extension 4391. The TTY

number for the hearing impaired is (202)

708–2565. (These are not toll-free

numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Community

Development Technical Assistance

competition is to select providers who

can provide assistance in three

Community Planning and Development

programs. The purposes of technical

assistance under these three programs

are as follows: Community Housing

Development Organizations (CHDOs)

Technical Assistance—to promote the

ability of CHDOs to maintain,

rehabilitate and construct housing for

low-income and moderate-income

families, to facilitate the education of

low-income homeowners and tenants,

and to help women who reside in lowand moderate-income neighborhoods to

rehabilitate and construct housing in

these neighborhoods; HOME Technical

Assistance—to help HOME participating

jurisdictions design and implement

HOME programs including, improving

their ability to design and implement

housing strategies and incorporate

energy efficiency into affordable

housing, facilitating the establishment

and efficient operation of employerassisted housing programs and land

bank programs, and encouraging private

lenders and for-profit developers of lowincome housing to participate in publicprivate partnerships; McKinney Act

Homeless Assistance Programs

Technical Assistance—to provide

applicants, grantees, and project

sponsors for McKinney Act funded

Emergency Shelter Grants, Supportive

Housing Program, Section 8 Moderate

Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy

and Shelter Plus Care projects with

technical assistance to promote the

development of housing and supportive

services as part of the Continuum of

Care approach, including innovative

approaches to assist homeless persons

in the transition from homelessness, and

to enable them to live as independently

as possible.

The assistance made available in this

announcement is authorized by the

following: CHDO Technical

Assistance—HOME Investment

Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12773), 24

CFR part 92; HOME Technical

Assistance—HOME Investment

Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12781–

12783), 24 CFR part 92; McKinney Act

Homeless Assistance Programs

Technical Assistance—Supportive

Housing Technical Assistance, 42 U.S.C.

11381 et seq., 24 CFR 583.140,

Emergency Shelter Grant, Section 8

Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room

Occupancy Program and Shelter Plus

Care Technical Assistance Programs, the

FY 2000 HUD Appropriations Act. The

competition was announced in a Super

Notice of Funding Availability

(SuperNOFA) published in the Federal

Register on February 24, 2000 (65 FR

9387). Applications were rated and

selected for funding on the basis of

selection criteria contained in that

Notice.

A total of $20,108,330 was awarded to

55 providers nationwide. 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 awardees

and amounts of the awards in Appendix

A to this document.

Dated: April 16, 2001.

Donna M. Abbenante,

Acting General Deputy, Assistant Secretary.

Appendix A

FY 2000 RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING AWARDS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Technical Assistance Awardee CHDO HOME Homeless

assistance Total

Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance 810 N. Vineyard Blvd., Suite 212,

Honolulu, HI 96817 .............................................................................................. $10,000 $10,000

AIDS Housing of Washington 2025 First Ave., Suite 420 Seattle, WA 98121 ....... $49,200 $49,200

Artistic Consultants and Investments, Inc., 8320 Aberdeen Road, New Orleans,

LA 70126 .............................................................................................................. $40,000 $40,000

Asian Americans for Equality, 108–110 Norfolk Street, New York, NY 10002 ....... $834,400 $750,000 $1,584,400

Capital Access, Inc., 237 Tasker St., Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19148 .............. $193, 600 $193,600

Center for Poverty Solutions, 2521 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 ........ $52,000 $52,000

Center for Urban Community Services, Inc., 120 Wall St., 25th Floor, New York,

NY 10005 ............................................................................................................. $40,000 $40,000

Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, 85 East Gay St., Suite 603,

Columbus, OH 43215 .......................................................................................... $75,250 $75,250

Coastal Enterprises, Inc., 36 Water Street, P.O. Box 268, Wiscasset, ME 04578 $32,800 $32,800

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, 2100 Broadway, Denver, CO 80205 ........... $30,000 $30,000

Common Ground, 110 Prefontaine Pl South, Suite 504, Seattle, WA 98104 ........ $102,000 48,700 $150,700

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Continued

Technical Assistance Awardee CHDO HOME Homeless

assistance Total

Commmunity Builders, Inc., 95 Berkeley St., Suite 500, Boston, MA 02116 ......... $648,600 $240,540 $889,140

Congress of National Black Churches, Inc., 1225 Eye St., N.W., Washington, DC

20005 ................................................................................................................... $326,300 $326,300

Corporation for Supportive Housing, 50 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY

10004 ................................................................................................................... $279,400 $279,400

Dennison Associates, Inc., 910 17th Street, N.W., Suite 404, Washington, DC

20006 ................................................................................................................... $565,558 $565,558

Development Training Institute, 2510 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 ......... $1,661,300 $1,204,680 $2,865,980

Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority, 534 E. First North St., P.O. Box 1218,

Morristown, TN 37814 .......................................................................................... $57,600 $43,216 $19,361 $120,177

Education Development Center, Inc., 55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458 ........ $94,689 $94,689

Florida Housing Coalition, Inc., 137 E. Lafayette Street, Suite C, Tallahassee, FL

32301 ................................................................................................................... $38,400 $28,849 $67,249

Grassroots Leadership Development Program, Inc. of Lorain County, 1875 North

Ridge Road East, Suite A, Lorain, OH 44055 ..................................................... $80,000 $80,000

Homebase/The Center for Common Concerns, Inc., 870 Market St., Suite 1228,

San Francisco, CA 94012 .................................................................................... $146,000 $146,000

Hudson Planning Group, Inc., 180 Varick St., 16th Floor, New York, NY 10014 .. $129,150 $129,150

ICF Incorporated, 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031 ...................................... $2,885,577 $2,885,577

Indiana Association for Community Economic Development, 324 West Morris

Street, Indianapolis, IN 46225 ............................................................................. $57,600 $57,600

Iowa Coalition for Housing and the Homeless, 713 E. Locust Street, Des

Moines, IA 50309 ................................................................................................. $44,727 $44,597 $89,324

Little Tokyo Service Center, Inc., 213 E. Third Street, Suite G106, Los Angeles,

CA 90013 ............................................................................................................. $100,000 $100,000

Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 733 Third Ave., 8th Floor, New York, NY

10017 ................................................................................................................... $969,140 $241,350 $1,210,490

Low Income Housing Development Corporation, d/b/a The Affordable Housing

Group, 1300 Baxter St., Suite 269, Charlotte, NC 28204 ................................... $124,800 $116,326 $16,800 $257,926

Low Income Housing Institute, 2407 First Ave., Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98121 .... $48,000 $48,000

Maryland Center for Community Development, 1118 Light Street, Baltimore, MD

21230 ................................................................................................................... $38,400 $37,000 $75,400

Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, 5 Park Street, Boston, MA 02108 $5,000 $5,000

Minnesota Housing Partnership, 1821 University Ave., W, S–137, Saint Paul,

MN 55104 ............................................................................................................. $156,000 $78,000 $74,400 $308,400

National Affordable Housing Training Institute, 2025 M St., N.W. 8th Floor,

Washington, DC 20036 ........................................................................................ $416,740 $876,000 $1,292,740

National Puerto Rican Coalition, 1700 K St., N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC

20006 ................................................................................................................... $167,800 $50,000 $272,300 $490,100

Neighborhood Partnership Fund, 1020 SW Taylor, Suite 680, Portland, OR

97205 ................................................................................................................... $59,459 $102,000 $161,459

North Carolina Association of CDCs, P.O. Box 26208, Raleigh, NC 27611 .......... $50,400 16,000 $66,400

Northwest Regional Facilitators, 525 E. Mission Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202 .... $96,941 $96,941

Ohio CDC Association, 35 E. Gay St., Suite 400, Columbus, OH 43215 .............. $60,800 $60,800

Oklahoma Department of Commerce, 900 North Stiles, Oklahoma City, OK

73126 ................................................................................................................... $25,000 $25,000

Partnership Center, Ltd., 7828 Shadowhill Way, Cincinnati, OH 45242 ................. $73,450 $73,450

PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development Corporation, 1100 East Ajo

Way, Suite 209, Tucson, AZ 85713 ..................................................................... $256,000 $256,000

Rural Communities Assistance Corporation, 3120 Freeboard Drive, Suite 201,

West Sacramento, CA 95691 .............................................................................. $473,600 $368,000 $94,000 $935,600

South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc., 300 Howard Street, Framingham, MA

01701 ................................................................................................................... $34,000 $34,000

State of Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, P.O. Box 101020, Anchorage, AK

99510 ................................................................................................................... $30,000 $50,000 $40,000 $120,000

Statewide Housing Action Coalition, 202 S. State Street, Suite 1414, Chicago, IL

60604 ................................................................................................................... $156,800 $156,800

Supportive Housing Network of New York, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 250, New

York, NY 10115 .................................................................................................... $39,150 $245,870 $285,020

Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc., One Center Plaza, Suite 310, Boston,

MA 02138 ............................................................................................................. $175,400 $175,400

Texas Homeless Network, 200 East 8th Street, Austin, TX 78701 ........................ $169,756 $169,756

TONYA, Inc., 1000 Vermont Ave., N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005 ........ $751,354 $836,730 $1,588,084

Training and Development Associates, Inc., 215–C Lauchwood Drive,

Laurinburg, NC 28352 .......................................................................................... $430,450 $430,450

Univ. of Massachusetts Boston Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, 100

Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125 ............................................................ $70,000 $70,000

Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, 149 State Street, Montpelier, VT

05602 ................................................................................................................... $98,400 $98,400

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FY 2000 RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING AWARDS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS—

Continued

Technical Assistance Awardee CHDO HOME Homeless

assistance Total

Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, 501 N. Second

Street, The Jackson Center, Richmond, VA 23219 ............................................ $96,000 $96,000 $192,000

Wisconsin (State) Department of Administration, Division of Housing, 101 E. Wilson St., 4th Fl., P.O. Box 8944, Madison, WI 53708 .......................................... $78,100 $78,100

Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development, Inc., 121 South Pinckney

Street, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53703 ................................................................. $284,520 $108,000 $392,520

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BILLING CODE 4210–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Intent to Prepare

Comprehensive Conservation Plans

for Okefenokee National Wildlife

Refuge, Charlton, Ware, and Clinch

Counties, Georgia, and Baker County,

Florida; and Banks Lake National

Wildlife Refuge, Lanier County,

Georgia

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Fish and Wildlife Service

intends to gather information necessary

to prepare a comprehensive

conservation plan and associated

environmental documents for each of

the above stated refuges, pursuant to the

Service’s Comprehensive Conservation

Planning Policy and the National

Environmental Policy Act and

implementing regulations to achieve the

following:

(1) advise other agencies and the

public of our intentions; and

(2) obtain suggestions and information

on the scope of issues to include in the

environmental documents.

DATES: The Service intends to hold

public scoping meetings and collect

information and suggestions through

November 1, 2001, for Okefenokee

National Wildlife Refuge, and December

31, 2001, for Banks Lake National

Wildlife Refuge. A minimum of two

meetings will be held regarding the plan

for Okefenokee Refuge and one meeting

will be held for Banks Lake Refuge.

Mailings, newspaper articles, radio

announcements, and postings on the

refuge webstie will be the avenues to

inform the public of the dates and times

for these meetings.

ADDRESSES: Address comments and

requests for more information to the

following: Refuge Manager, Okefenokee

National Wildlife Refuge,

Comprehensive Conservation Planning,

Route 2, Box 3330, Folkston, Georgia

31537, (912) 496–7366, (912) 496–3332

(Fax).

Information concerning these refuges

may be found at the following website:

http://okefenokee.fws.gov

If you wish to comment, you may

submit your comments by any one of

several methods. you may mail

comments to the above address. you

may also comment via the Internet to

the following address:

sara_aicher@fws.gov. Please submit

Internet comments as an ASCII file

avoiding the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. Please also

include your name and return address

in your Internet message. If you do not

receive a confirmation from the system

that we have received your Internet

message, contact Sara Aicher directly at

the above address. finally, you may

hand-deliver comments to Sara Aicher

at Okefenokee National Wildlife RefugeEast Entrance, 11 miles southwest of

Folkston, Georgia. Our practice is to

make comments, including names and

home addresses of respondents,

available for public review during

regular business hours. Individual

respondents may request that we

withhold their home address from the

rulemaking record, which we will honor

to the extent allowable by law. There

also may be circumstances in which we

would withhold from the rulemaking

record a respondent’s identity, as

allowable by law. If you wish us to

withhold your name and/or address,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your comment. However,

we will not consider anonymous

comments. We will make all

submissions from organizations or

businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is the

policy of the Fish and Wildlife Service

to have all lands within the National

Wildlife Refuge System managed in

accordance with an approved

comprehensive conservation plan. The

plan guides management decisions and

identifies the goals, objectives, and

strategies for achieving refuge purposes.

Public input into this planning process

is encouraged. The plan will provide

other agencies and the public with a

clear understanding of the desired

conditions of the refuge and how the

Service will implement management

strategies.

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

was established by Executive Order in

1937 and consists of 395,080 acres. The

primary purpose of the refuge is to

protect the ecological system of the

438,000-acre Okefenokee Swamp. In

1986, the refuge was designated by the

Wetlands Convention as a Wetland of

International Importance.

Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge,

established in February 1985, was

authorized under the Fish and Wildlife

Act of 1956, and funded through

provisions of the Land and Water

Conservation Fund Act of 1955. The

purpose of the refuge is to protect and

conserve a unique environment and

migratory and resident wildlife.

Dated: March 30, 2001.

H. Dale Hall,

Acting Regional Director.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Application To Amend an

Endangered Species Act Incidental

Take Permit: Inclusion of the Canada

Lynx on the Washington Department of

Natural Resources Permit for Western

Washington

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Amendment

Application.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) has received a request to add

the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) to

the list of species covered by incidental

take permit PRT–812521, issued to the