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###### Department of Housing and Urban Development

          - [Docket No. FR-5374-N-05]

# AGENCY:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

In accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-05, approved February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act), and implementing guidance of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), this notice advises that certain exceptions to the Buy American requirement of the Recovery Act have been determined applicable for work using Capital Fund Recovery Formula and Competition (CFRFC) grant funds. Specifically, a waiver was granted to the Housing Authority of Portland, Oregon for the installation of continuous venting range hoods as a part of the modernization of five public housing projects (Demar Downs, Fir Acres, Stark Manor, Townhouse Terrace and Celilo Court).

# 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 4210, 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 toll-free 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                           ( print page 5801)                        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. Subsection 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. Subsection 1605(c) provides that if the head of a Federal department or agency makes a determination under subsection 1605(b), the head of the department or agency shall publish a detailed written justification in the                     **Federal Register**                    .                

In accordance with subsection 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 January 20, 2010, upon request of the Housing Authority of Portland, HUD granted an exception to the applicability of the Buy American requirements with respect to work, using CFRFC grant funds, in connection with the modernization of five public housing projects (Demar Downs, Fir Acres, Stark Manor, Townhouse Terrace and Celilo Court). The exception was granted by HUD on the basis that the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of satisfactory quality.

Dated: January 28, 2010.

Sandra B. Henriquez,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

[FR Doc. 2010-2401 Filed 2-3-10; 8:45 am]

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