13446 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 48 / Monday, March 13, 1995 / Notices

755–0068. The Telecommunications

Device for the Deaf (TDD) number is

(202) 708–0850. (These are not toll-free

numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Accordingly, FR Doc. 95–4451, the

Notice of Fund Availability for Fiscal

Year 1995 for Community Development

Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes

and Alaska Native Villages, published

in the Federal Register on February 24,

1995 at 60 FR 10452, is corrected as

follows:

1. On page 10452, in the first column,

in the DATES section, in line 5, the date

‘‘May 14, 1995’’ is corrected to read

‘‘May 15, 1995’’.

2. On page 10464, in the first column,

in paragraph II.(c), in the last line in the

column, correct ‘‘May 14, 1995’’ to read

‘‘May 15, 1995’’.

Dated: March 6, 1995.

Camille E. Acevedo,

Assistant General Counsel for Regulations.

[FR Doc. 95–6052 Filed 3–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–P

[Docket No. N–95–3846; FR–3786–N–02]

Notice of Amendment to NOFA for

Fiscal Year 1995 for Indian Applicants

Under the HOME Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to notice

of funding availability (NOFA) for fiscal

year (FY) 1995 for Indian Applicants for

HOME Investment Partnerships Act (the

HOME Act) programs, referred to as the

HOME program.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the FY

1995 Indian HOME NOFA published on

January 17, 1995 (60 FR 3520), to

conform with the recent interim

regulation which expanded the number

of eligible applicants. It also makes

corrections or clarifications to several

statements in the text of the NOFA,

including a modification to Appendix 1,

List of Local Offices of Native American

Programs.

DATES: The application due date

remains the same. Applications must be

RECEIVED by the Office of Native

American Programs (ONAP) having

jurisdiction over the applicant on or

before 3 p.m. (ONAP local time) on

April 14, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bruce Knott, Director, Division of

Housing and Community Development,

Office of Native American Programs,

451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20410, telephone (202) 755–0068

(this is not a toll-free number). Hearingor speech-impaired persons may use the

TDD number by contacting the Federal

Information Relay Service on 1–800–

877–TDDY (1–800–877–8339)(a toll-free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 17, 1995 (60 FR 3520) the

Department published the FY 1995

Indian HOME NOFA. This notice makes

a number of corrections or clarifications

to several statements in the text of the

NOFA:

Eligible Applicants

Section I.(c)(1) on page 3521,

pertaining to eligible applicants, is

revised to reflect an amendment made

to the HOME rule at 24 CFR Part 92.

This amendment broadens the category

of eligible applicants to include Tribal

organizations.

Number of Copies of Application

This notice specifies that applicants

must submit an original and two copies

of the application. This requirement is

added to the end of the paragraph

headed ‘‘Summary,’’ on page 3520, and

to the Checklist of Eligibility

Requirements and Application

Submission Requirements, on page

3521.

Typographical Error

On page 3522, the designation of the

section on ‘‘Economic Opportunities for

Low and Very Low Income Persons’’ is

corrected from ‘‘E’’ to ‘‘G’’.

Building Codes

On page 3522, section I.(d)(2)(vii) in

the second column requires the

submission of ‘‘A statement

documenting the codes for the project’’.

This requirement ties in with the

selection criterion, ‘‘Project feasibility,’’

in the first column on page 3524 at

section I.(e)(1)(ii)(E) and item (5) in the

last paragraph in the column, which

both refer to building codes. The

requirement and the references are

being deleted because they are not in

accord with the regulation (24 CFR

92.621) that is cited for building codes.

Benefits to Very Low-Income and LowIncome Members of the Tribe

A clarification is made regarding the

formula in section (1)(i)(D) on page 3523

of the NOFA, ‘‘Benefits to Very Low and

Low-Income Members of the Tribe.’’

The formula must use the total of all the

families with unmet housing needs,

rather than only the families with unmet

needs in the particular category for

which the application is made. An

example is provided. Clarification of the

effect of a mixed project on the formula

is also provided. A mixed project may

be mixed as to tenure (e.g., rental, home

ownership), but it may not be mixed as

to type (i.e., a combination of

acquisition, rehabilitation, new

construction). If the project is mixed,

that fact is of no consequence in using

the formula.

Staffing Plan During Implementation

On page 3526 of the NOFA, column

1, ‘‘(iii) Staffing Plan during

Implementation,’’ the narrative reads,

‘‘A proposal having highly experienced/

competent personnel will receive 11–15

points.’’ The scoring guide (Table 11)

doesn’t allow for a range of points. It

assigns 15 points for Good, 7 for Fair,

0 for Unsatisfactory. This notice amends

the text to delete the range and make

clear that 15 points will be awarded if

the criterion is met.

Points for Geographic Diversity

The NOFA on page 3520, column 2,

and page 3521, column 1, in discussing

the new geographic diversity provision

refers to an application which scores

over 50 points. However, on page 3527,

column 2, in citing geographic diversity,

the NOFA refers to an application that

scores at least 50 points. To clarify that

the Department means at least 50 point,

i.e., 50 or above, a correction is made to

the statements at the referenced

locations.

This notice also includes a

modification to Appendix 1.—List of

Local Offices of Native American

Programs, to add that Utah tribes apply

to Northern Plains ONAP and Iowa

tribes apply to Eastern/Woodlands

ONAP.

Accordingly, the Department amends

the FY 1995 Indian HOME NOFA

published on January 17, 1995 (60 FR

3520) as set forth below:

1. A new sentence is added to the

paragraph headed ‘‘Summary,’’ in the

first column on page 3520 to read as

follows:

* * * Applicants must submit an

original and two copies of the

application.

2. On page 3520, the fifth paragraph

which appears in the second column is

revised to read as follows:

This year there is a geographic

diversity requirement in the NOFA

which assures that for every ONAP

Region with a fundable application

which scores at least 50 points there

will be one award which goes to the

highest scoring application from that

ONAP Region.

3. On page 3521, section I.(b)(2),

which appears in the first column, is

revised to read as follows:
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(2) For FY 1995, there is a geographic

diversity requirement which assures

that for every ONAP Region with a

fundable application which scores at

least 50 points there will be one award

which goes to the highest scoring

application from that ONAP Region.

4. On page 3521, section I.(c)(1),

which appears in the first column, is

revised to read as follows:

(1) Eligible Applicants. (i) Eligible

applicants for HOME funds for Indian

tribes are any Indian Tribe, band, group,

or nation, including Alaskan Indians,

Aleuts, and Eskimos, and any Alaskan

native village of the United States which

is considered an eligible recipient under

Title I of the Indian Self-Determination

and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.

450) or which had been an eligible

recipient under the State and Local

Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 U.S.C.

1221). Eligible recipients under the

Indian Self-Determination and

Education Assistance Act will be

determined by the Bureau of Indian

Affairs and eligible recipients under the

State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of

1972 are those that have been

determined eligible by the Department

of Treasury, Office of Revenue Sharing.

(ii) Tribal organizations which are

eligible under Title I of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education

Assistance Act may apply for funds

under this NOFA on behalf of any

Indian Tribe, band, group, nation, or

Alaskan native village eligible under

that Act when one or more of these

entities have authorized the Tribal

organization to do so through

concurring resolutions. Such resolutions

must accompany the application for

funding. Eligible Tribal organizations

under Title I of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education

Assistance Act will be determined by

the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

(iii) Only eligible applicants shall

receive grants. However, eligible

applicants may contract or otherwise

agree with non-eligible entities such as

States, cities, counties, or other

organizations to assist in the preparation

of applications and to help implement

assisted activities.

(iv) To apply for funding in a given

fiscal year, an applicant must be eligible

as an Indian Tribe or Alaskan native

village, as provided in paragraph (i) of

this section, or as a Tribal organization,

as provided in paragraph (ii) of this

section, by the application submission

date.

(v) Applicants must have the

administrative capacity to undertake the

project proposed, including systems of

internal control necessary to administer

these projects effectively.

5. On page 3521 in the third column,

section I.(d)(1)(vii) is added to read as

follows:

(vii) llllll Submitted with an

original and two copies.

6. On page 3522, in the first column,

‘‘(E) Economic Opportunities for Low

and Very Low Income Persons’’ is

corrected to read ‘‘(G) Economic

Opportunities for Low-Income and Very

Low-Income Persons’’.

7. On page 3522, in the second

column, section I.(d)(2)(vii) is removed

and reserved.

8. On page 3523, section I.(e)(1)(i)(D),

which appears in the third column, is

revised to read as follows:

(D) Benefits to Very Low-Income and

Low-Income Members of the Tribe (5

points maximum). Under this factor, the

applicant with the larger ratio of unmet

low-income and very low-income need

receives more points. The ratio consists

of a numerator, which is the number of

very low-income and low-income

families of the tribe in need of housing

divided by a denominator, which is the

total number of very low-income and

low-income families of the tribe. The

result is multiplied by 5 to determine

the number of points received under

this criterion. The number of points

should be rounded to 2 decimal places.

See Table 4.

The total of all the low-income and

very low-income families with unmet

housing needs is the number that is

considered for the numerator in the

formula used in this criterion, regardless

of the particular activity for which

funding is sought in the application. For

example, if the applicant is applying for

funds to rehabilitate 10 units and there

are 100 low-income and very lowincome families in need of rehabilitated

units but the total number of lowincome and very low-income families

with housing needs of all types (rental,

new construction, and rehabilitation) is

500, the number that would be used in

the formula as the numerator is 500. If

the project is mixed, that fact is of no

consequence in using the formula (A

mixed project may be mixed as to tenure

of the families to be assisted, i.e., rental

or home ownership, but it may not be

mixed as to type of project activity, i.e.,

a combination of acquisition,

rehabilitation, new construction).

For example, a tribe has 20 lowincome and very low-income families in

need of housing and a total of 100 lowincome and very low-income families.

Substitute these values in the formula:

5×(20/100)=

5×0.20=

1.00 point.

9. On page 3524, in the first column,

section I.(e)(1)(ii)(E) and item (5) in the

last paragraph in the column are

removed and reserved.

10. On page 3526, section

I.(e)(2)(iii)(A), which appears in the first

column, is revised to read as follows:

(A) Implementation Plan. The staffing

plan must identify key personnel, and

their experience relative to the proposed

project, who will be employed during

the implementation phase of the project,

i.e., during acquisition, rehabilitation,

construction. In order to be properly

rated, experience identified must

demonstrate the competence of key

personnel in relation to the tasks

required in implementing the proposed

project. A proposal having highly

experienced/competent personnel will

receive 15 points. Proposed staff will be

rated in varying degrees of competence

in accordance with Table 11 below.

11. On page 3529, Appendix 1, List of

Local Offices of Native American

Programs, is amended by revising the

first and third entries to read as follows:

APPENDIX 1.—LIST OF LOCAL OFFICES OF NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS

Tribes located ONAP address

East of the Mississippi River (including all of

Minnesota and Iowa).

Eastern/Woodlands Office of Native American Programs, 5P, Metcalfe Federal Building, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604–3507, (312) 353–1282 or (800) 735–3239,

TDD Numbers: 1–800–927–9275 or 312–886–3741.

* * * * * * *

Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.Northern Plains Office of Native American Programs, 8P, First Interstate Tower North, 633

17th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–3607, (303) 672–5462, TDD Number: 303–844–6158.

* * * * * * *
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Dated: March 6, 1995.

Joseph Shuldiner,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing.

[FR Doc. 95–6053 Filed 3–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–P

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner

[Docket Nos. N–95–3486; FR–3288–N–06

and N–95–3719; FR–3473–N–08]

Applicants for Preservation Technical

Assistance Grants; Intermediaries To

Administer Preservation Technical

Assistance Grants

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On September 3, 1992, HUD

published a Notice of Funding

Availability (NOFA) (57 FR 40570) for

Low Income Housing; Technical

Assistance Planning Grants for Resident

Groups, Community Groups,

Community-Based Nonprofit

Organizations and Resident Councils.

The September 3, 1992 NOFA (1992

NOFA) is now cancelled and new

applicants must now apply for grants

under a NOFA published on April 6,

1994 (59 FR 16366) (1994 NOFA) for

Intermediaries to Administer

Preservation Technical Assistance

Grants. If the HUD Area/State Office has

already received a Preservation

Technical Assistance Grant (PTAG)

application, under the 1992 NOFA, but

has not yet funded it, the applicant may

withdraw the application and resubmit

a new application to the Intermediary

without penalty or may proceed under

the 1992 NOFA if funds are available. If

a grantee under the 1992 NOFA is

currently proceeding under the 1992

NOFA, they will continue to receive

funds until all funds have been utilized

or all grant activities are completed, or

they can choose to close out the PTAG

grant and apply under the 1994 NOFA.

Any applications under the 1992 NOFA

approved for Phase I funding after

March 1, 1995, may inquire through the

Resident Initiative Specialist (RIS) in

the HUD Area/State Office, if there are

funds available to proceed to the next

phases or may apply to the Intermediary

under the 1994 NOFA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Kerry Mulholland, Acting Chief, Office

of Multifamily Housing Preservation

and Property Disposition, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20410, telephone (202) 708–0614,

Extension 2649. The TDD number for

the hearing impaired is (202) 1–800–

877–8339. (These are not toll-free

numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Notice announces to applicants for

Preservation Technical Assistance

Grants (PTAGs) that the Department of

Housing and Urban Development’s

Area/State Offices will no longer be

accepting applications under the

September 3, 1992 NOFA, Low Income

Housing; Technical Assistance Planning

Grants for Resident Groups, Community

Groups, Community-Based Nonprofit

Organizations and Resident Councils.

Starting on March 6, 1995 eligible

applicants may apply for Technical

Assistance Grants through

Intermediaries that were selected under

the NOFA published in the Federal

Register on April 6, 1994, NOFA for

Intermediaries to Administer

Preservation Technical Assistance

Grants. The April 6, 1994 NOFA

describes in Appendix A the eligibility

requirements for Technical Assistance

Applicants. Interested applicants may

obtain application kits from the

Intermediaries listed below.

SELECTED INTERMEDIARIES

Contact information State(s)

Amador Toulumne Community Action Agency—Ms. Diane Bennett, Jackson, CA 94105, Phone: (209)

533–1397, Fax: (209) 533–1034.

Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii,

Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah,

Wyoming.

Cedac Community Economic Development Association—Mr. Vince O’Donnell, 19 Temple Place, Suite 200,

Boston, MA 02111, Phone: (617) 727–0506, Fax (617) 727–0705.

Massachusetts.

Community Action Council of Lexington, Inc.—Mr. Scott Brannon, 913 Georgtown Street, Lexington, KY

40511, Phone: (606) 244–2210, Fax: (603) 244–2219.

Kentucky

Community Services of West Alabama, Inc.—Ms. Diane Schussel, 601 17th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401,

Phone: (205) 752–5429, Fax: (205) 758–7229.

Alabama.

Connecticut Housing Investment Fund—Mr. Lou Trajeuski, 121 Tremont Street, Hartford, CT 06105,

Phone: (203) 233–5165, Fax: (203) 233–3920.

Connecticut.

Department of Trade and Economic Development—Mr. Al D’Alessandro, 906 Columbia St., S.W., P.O. Box

48300, Olympia, WA 98504–83000, Phone: (206) 586–3370, Fax: (206) 586–5880.

Washington.

Lisc Kansas City Office—Mr. Jim White, 3822 Summit, Suite 200, Kansas City, KS 64111, Phone: (816)

753–0055, Fax: (816) 753–6397.

Kansas, Missouri (West).

Little Dixie Community Action Agency—Mr. Tom Martindale, 506 West Duke Street, Hugo, OK 74743,

Phone: (405) 326–6441, Fax: (405) 326–6655.

Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota.

Low Income Housing Fund—Mr. Cort Gross, 605 Market Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94105,

Phone: (415) 777–9804, Fax: (415) 777–9195.

California, Delaware, Florida,

Texas.

Minnesota Housing Partnership—Mr. Chip Halbach, 122 West Franklin Avenue, Suite 522, Minneapolis,

MN 55404, Phone: (612) 874–0112, Fax: (612) 874–9685.

Minnesota.

National Center for Tenant Ownership G.T. Law—Mr. Ben Hecht, 777 N. Capital St., N.E., Suite 405,

Washington, DC 20002–4239, Phone: (202) 371–9200, Fax: (202) 371–2404.

Arkansas, Caribbean, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine,

Maryland (North), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (East), Ohio,

South Carolina, Tennessee, Virgin Islands, Virginia (South),

West Virginia.

Neighborhood Preservation Coalition NYS., Inc.—Ms. Cecilia Tkaczyk, 303 Hamilton Street, Albany, NY

12210, Phone: (518) 432–6757, Fax: (518) 432–6758.

New York.

New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority—Ms. Amy Facey, 244 Constitution Drive, Bedford, NH 03110,

Phone: (603) 472–8623, Fax: (603) 471–1043.

New Hampshire.