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FDA’s regulations (21 CFR part 14) on

advisory committees.

Dated: May 16, 1996.

Michael A. Friedman,

Deputy Commissioner for Operations.

[FR Doc. 96–12797 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4042–N–02]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and

Development; Notice of Funding

Availability for Continuum of Care

Homeless Assistance; Clarification;

Supportive Housing Program (SHP);

Shelter Plus Care (S+C); Section 8

Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room

Occupancy Program for Homeless

Individuals (SRO)

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability

(NOFA); clarification.

SUMMARY: On March 15, 1996 (61 FR

10866), HUD published a notice

announcing the availability of fiscal

year (FY) 1996 funding for three of its

programs which assist communities in

combatting homelessness. The three

programs are: (1) Supportive Housing;

(2) Shelter Plus Care; and (3) Section 8

Moderate Rehabilitation for Single

Room Occupancy Dwellings for

Homeless Individuals. The Congress

had not yet enacted a FY 1996

appropriation for HUD at the time of

publication of the March 15, 1996 notice

of funding availability (NOFA).

Accordingly, the March 15, 1996 NOFA

set forth HUD’s estimate of the FY 1996

funding that the Congress would make

available. The Congress has since

enacted a FY 1996 appropriation for

HUD. This notice provides the final FY

1996 amount made available under the

March 15, 1996 NOFA.

DEADLINE DATES: The original

application deadline date is not

changed. All applications are due in

HUD Headquarters before midnight

Eastern Time on June 12, 1996. HUD

will treat as ineligible for consideration

applications that are received after that

deadline. Applications may not be sent

by facsimile (FAX).

ADDRESSES: For a copy of the

application package and supplemental

information please call the Community

Connections information center at 1–

800–998–9999 (voice) or 1–800–483–

2209 (TDD), or contact by internet at

gopher://amcom.aspensys.com:75/11/

funding. Also, you can purchase, for a

nominal fee, a video that walks you

through the application package and

provides general background that can be

useful in preparing your application.

The fee for the video may be waived in

cases of financial hardship. For copies

of the relevant portions of your

community’s Consolidated Plan, please

contact the local or State official

responsible for that Plan. If you need

assistance in identifying this person,

please call your local HUD Field Office.

Before close of business on the

deadline date completed applications

will be accepted at the following

address: Special Needs Assistance

Programs, Room 7270, Office of

Community Planning and Development,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20410, Attention:

Continuum of Care Funding. On the

deadline date, hand-carried applications

will be received at the South lobby of

the Department of Housing and Urban

Development at the above address. Two

copies of the application must also be

sent to the HUD Field Office serving the

State in which the applicant’s projects

are located. A list of Field Offices

appears in an appendix of this NOFA.

Field Office copies must be received by

the application deadline as well, but a

determination that an application was

received on time will be made solely on

receipt of the application at HUD

Headquarters in Washington.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: In addition to

submitting the application narratives

and forms in the traditional manner,

you may also include an electronic

version of your materials on a 31⁄2′

computer diskette. The inclusion of the

computer version this year is strictly an

optional supplement to the standard

application.

If you use HUD’s Consolidated

Planning software to generate

supplemental maps, charts, or project

lists, please include these files on the

diskette as well.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Community Connections information

center at 1–800–998–9999 (voice) or 1–

800–483–2209 (TDD), or by internet at

gopher://amcom.aspensys.com:75/11/

funding.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. The March 15, 1996 NOFA

On March 15, 1996 (61 FR 10866),

HUD published a NOFA announcing the

1996 homeless assistance competition to

help communities develop Continuum

of Care systems to assist homeless

persons. These funds are available

under three HUD programs to create

community systems for combatting

homelessness. The three programs are:

(1) Supportive Housing; (2) Shelter Plus

Care; and (3) Section 8 Moderate

Rehabilitation for Single Room

Occupancy Dwellings for Homeless

Individuals. The March 15, 1996 NOFA

contained information concerning the

Continuum of Care approach, eligible

applicants, eligible activities,

application requirements, and

application processing.

Congress had not yet enacted a FY

1996 appropriation for HUD at the time

of publication of the March 15, 1996

NOFA. Accordingly, the March 15, 1996

NOFA set forth HUD’s estimate of the

FY 1996 funding that the Congress

would make available. HUD published

the NOFA in order to give potential

applicants adequate time to prepare

applications. The purpose of this notice

is to publish the final FY 1996 amount

made available under the March 15,

1996 NOFA.

B. Final FY 1996 Funding Amount

Under the March 15, 1996 NOFA

On April 26, 1996, the President

signed the Omnibus Consolidated

Rescissions and Appropriations Act of

1996 (OCRA) (Pub.L. 104–134, approved

April 26, 1996). The OCRA makes

$823,000,000 in FY 1996 funds

available for HUD’s homeless assistance

grants programs. Of this amount, $675

million is being made available under

the March 15, 1996 NOFA. Of the

remaining amount, HUD is making $115

million available for the Emergency

Shelter Grants Program, and $33 million

for the renewal of previously awarded

grants.

C. Revised Pro Rata Need Estimates

Appendix B to the March 15, 1996

NOFA set forth two columns of pro rata

need estimates for use by eligible

jurisdictions. These figures were based

on different HUD estimates of the FY

1996 funding amount that the Congress

would make available. Estimate A,

which equalled $675 million, was based

on Congressional action authorizing

interim spending, referred to as a

Continuing Resolution. Estimate B,

which totalled $925 million, reflected

the Administration’s FY 1996 Budget

request (published February 1995). As

explained above, the final FY 1996

amount made available under the March

15, 1996 NOFA is $675 million.

Applicants should therefore utilize

Estimate A in determining their relative

need estimates. Estimate B should be

disregarded.

Dated: May 16, 1996.

Andrew M. Cuomo,

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning

and Development.

[FR Doc. 96–12796 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–P

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. FR 4044–D–01]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and

Development; Delegation and

Redelegation of Authority Concerning

the Base Closure Community

Redevelopment and Assistance Act of

1994

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, and

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

CPD, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation and

redelegation of authority.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development has certain administrative

authority under the Base Closure

Community Redevelopment and

Assistance Act of 1994 and its

implementing regulations at 32 CFR Part

92 and 24 CFR Part 586. The Secretary

is delegating this authority to administer

the Act and implementing regulations to

the Assistant Secretary for Community

Planning and Development. The

Assistant Secretary for Community

Planning and Development is

redelegating the specific authority to

render adverse determinations of base

reuse plans, pursuant to the Act and

regulations, to the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Economic Development.

Additionally, the Secretary is ratifying

all actions taken by the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development and the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Economic Development,

from October 1, 1995, through the date

of signature of this document by the

Secretary, with respect to the approval

of applications received pursuant to the

Act, in accordance with 32 CFR 92.35

and 24 CFR 586.35.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jacquie M. Lawing, Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Economic Development,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Room 7204, Washington, DC 20410,

(202) 708–0270. A telecommunications

device for the hearing-impaired (TDD) is

available at (202) 708–1455. These are

not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Base

Closure Community Redevelopment and

Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, Pub.

L. 103–421, 108 Stat. 4346, approved

October 25, 1994, 42 U.S.C. 11301, note,

(‘‘Redevelopment Act’’) amends the

Defense Authorization Amendments

and Base Closure and Realignment Act

of 1988, Pub. L. 100–526, and the

National Defense Authorization Act of

Fiscal Year 1991, Pub. L. 101–510 (both

at 10 U.S.C. § 2687, note), both as

amended by the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994,

Pub. L. 103–160. The Redevelopment

Act is implemented jointly by both the

Department of Defense (‘‘DoD‘‘) and the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development (‘‘HUD’’). DoD published

its implementing regulations at 60 FR

40277, 32 CFR Part 92, on August 8,

1995, and HUD published its

implementing regulations at 60 FR

42972, 24 CFR Part 586, on August 17,

1995. These regulations vest authority

with the Secretary of HUD to make

determinations with regard to plans for

reuse of closing/realigning military

installations. The regulations also

provide HUD with the authority to

approve waivers upon completion of a

determination and finding of good

cause, except for deadlines and actions

required on the part of DoD.

The present action is intended to

delegate to the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and Development

the authority to approve base reuse

plans and to grant waivers. The present

action is also intended to delegate the

authority to render adverse

determinations of base reuse plans to

the Assistant Secretary for Community

Planning and Development, who is

redelegating this authority to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development. Additionally, by

executing the present document, the

Secretary is ratifying all actions taken by

the Assistant Secretary for Community

Planning and Development and the

Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Economic Development on behalf of the

Secretary of HUD, from October 1, 1995,

through the date of signature of this

document by the Secretary, with respect

to the approval of applications received

pursuant to the Redevelopment Act, in

accordance with 32 CFR 92.35, and 24

CFR 586.35.

Accordingly, the Secretary delegates,

and the Assistant Secretary for