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(VRV/VRF) systems at the Broad Park 

Manor project. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 4130, Washington, DC 

20410–4000, telephone number 202– 

402–8500 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Persons with hearing- or 

speech-impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service 

at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1605(a) of the Recovery Act provides 

that none of the funds appropriated or 

made available by the Recovery Act may 

be used for a project for the 

construction, alteration, maintenance, or 

repair of a public building or public 

work unless all of the iron, steel, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States. 

Section 1605(b) provides that the Buy 

American requirement shall not apply 

in any case or category in which the 

head of a federal department or agency 

finds that: (1) Applying the Buy 

American requirement would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; (2) 

iron, steel, and the relevant 

manufactured goods are not produced in 

the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities or of satisfactory 

quality, or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, 

and manufactured goods will increase 

the cost of the overall project by more 

than 25 percent. Section 1605(c) 

provides that if the head of a Federal 

department or agency makes a 

determination pursuant to section 

1605(b), the head of the department or 

agency shall publish a detailed written 

justification in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 1605(c) of 

the Recovery Act and OMB’s 

implementing guidance published on 

April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice 

advises the public that, on August 16, 

2010, upon request of the York Housing 

Authority, HUD granted an exception to 

the applicability of the Buy American 

requirements with respect to work, 

using CFRFC grant funds, based on the 

fact that the relevant manufactured 

goods, VRV/VRF systems, are not 

produced in the U.S. in sufficient and 

reasonably available quantities or of 

satisfactory quality. 

Dated: August 19, 2010. 

Deborah Hernandez, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5415–N–07] 

Notice of Availability: Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for HUD’s 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 HOPE VI 

Revitalization Grants Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the 

Human Capital Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD announces the 

availability on its website of the 

applicant information, submission 

deadlines, funding criteria and other 

requirements for the FY2010 HOPE VI 

Revitalization Program NOFA. 

Approximately $124 million is made 

available through this NOFA, by the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–117, approved December 

16, 2009). In accordance with Section 

24(a) of the United States Housing Act 

of 1937, the purpose of HOPE VI 

Revitalization grants is to: (1) Assist 

PHAs to improve the living 

environment for public housing 

residents of severely distressed public 

housing projects through the 

demolition, rehabilitation, 

reconfiguration, or replacement of 

obsolete public housing projects (or 

portions thereof); (2) revitalize sites 

(including remaining public housing 

dwelling units) on which such public 

housing projects are located and 

contribute to the improvement of the 

surrounding neighborhood; (3) provide 

housing that will avoid or decrease the 

concentration of very low-income 

families; and (4) build sustainable 

communities. 

The notice providing information 

regarding the application process, 

funding criteria and eligibility 

requirements can be found using the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development agency link on the 

Grants.gov/Find Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. A 

link to Grants.gov is also available on 

the HUD Web site at http:// 

www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/ 

fundsavail.cfm. The Catalogue of 

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

number for the HOPE VI Revitalization 

Program is 14.866. Applications must be 

submitted electronically through 

Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding specific program 

requirements should be directed to the 

agency contact identified in the program 

NOFA. Questions regarding the 2010 

General Section should be directed to 

the Office of Departmental Grants 

Management and Oversight at 202–708– 

0667 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

the NOFA Information Center at 1–800– 

HUD–8929 (toll-free). Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access these numbers via TTY by calling 

the Federal Information Relay Service at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Dated: August 25, 2010. 

Barbara S. Dorf, 

Director, Office of Departmental Grants 

Management and Oversight, Office of the 

Chief of the Human Capital Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21733 Filed 8–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5415–N–25] 

Notice of Availability: Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for HUD’s 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Choice 

Neighborhoods Initiative—Round 1 

NOFA 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the 

Human Capital Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD announces the 

availability on its Web site of the 

applicant information, submission 

deadlines, funding criteria and other 

requirements for the FY2010 Choice 

Neighborhoods—Round 1 NOFA. 

Approximately $65 million is made 

available through this NOFA, by the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–117, approved December 

16, 2009). The FY 2010 Choice 

Neighborhoods competition will be 

conducted through two rounds. Today’s 

publication announces the posting of 

the Round 1 NOFA. In Round 1, 

applicants may submit either a Choice 

Neighborhood Planning Grant or a 

Choice Neighborhood Implementation 

Grant application. Upon conclusion of 

its review of Planning Grant 

applications submitted in response to 

the Round 1 NOFA, HUD will announce 

approximately 12–15 Planning Grant 

awards. Upon conclusion of its review 

of Implementation Grant applications 

submitted in response to the Round 1 

NOFA, HUD will select approximately 

10 Implementation Grant finalists. HUD 

will then publish a second NOFA (i.e., 

the Round 2 NOFA) and provide these 


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