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Section II.C., above, including the types 

of organizations and programs to 

consider and the attributes that should 

be considered. 

Æ Additional approaches to providing 

support for small business education, 

training, and development. 

Æ How businesses can be recognized 

under each method of certification. 

Æ Whether classification (2) as 

discussed in II.A, above, should be 

based upon the Internal Revenue 

Service’s use of gross receipts to 

determine reporting requirements for 

tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations. 

Æ How to encourage small businesses 

considering participation in selfdeclaration of conformity to participate 

in third-party certification instead. 

Æ Recommendations on the use of a 

limited conformity assessment process 

that would include an off-site document 

review without an accompanying onsite assessment. A limited conformity 

assessment process may potentially 

reduce some of the costs associated with 

conformity assessment. 

Æ Recommendations on whether DHS 

should consider other methods of 

certification for the PS-Prep Program, 

and what those methods might entail. 

Æ Recommendations on whether the 

use of this process should be associated 

with either self-declaration or thirdparty assessment, or both. 

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 321m(b)(2)(D). 

Dated: September 24, 2010. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24673 Filed 9–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5374–N–19] 

Buy American Exceptions under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 

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, 

exceptions were granted to the New 

Smyrna Beach Housing Authority in 

New Smyrna Beach, FL for the purchase 

and installation of tankless water 

heaters for the Donnelly Homes, 

Greenlawn Terrace, Live Oaks Homes, 

and Enterprise Homes projects. 

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 September 

16, 2010, upon request of the New 

Smyrna Beach Housing Authority, HUD 

granted an exception to the Buy 

American requirement with respect to 

work, using CFRFC grant funds, based 

on the fact that the relevant 

manufactured goods, tankless water 

heaters, are not produced in the U.S. in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities or of satisfactory quality. 

Dated: September 24, 2010. 

Deborah Hernandez, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24620 Filed 9–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5374–N–18] 

Buy American Exceptions Under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 

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, 

exceptions were granted to the 

Cambridge Housing Authority for the 

purchase and installation of energy 

efficient bathroom exhaust fans for the 

Washington Elms 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 


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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 September 

10, 2010, upon request of the Cambridge 

Housing Authority, HUD granted an 

exception to the Buy American 

requirement with respect to work, using 

CFRFC grant funds, based on the fact 

that the relevant manufactured goods, 

energy efficient bathroom exhaust fans, 

are not produced in the U.S. in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities or of satisfactory quality. 

Dated: September 24, 2010. 

Sandra B. Henriquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing. 

Deborah Hernandez, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24619 Filed 9–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5375–N–38] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 7266, Washington, 

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; 

TTY number for the hearing- and 

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565 (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and 

section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney 

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

11411), as amended, HUD is publishing 

this Notice to identify Federal buildings 

and other real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. The properties were 

reviewed using information provided to 

HUD by Federal landholding agencies 

regarding unutilized and underutilized 

buildings and real property controlled 

by such agencies or by GSA regarding 

its inventory of excess or surplus 

Federal property. This Notice is also 

published in order to comply with the 

December 12, 1988 Court Order in 

National Coalition for the Homeless 

v.Veterans Administration, No. 88– 

2503–OG (D.D.C.). 

Properties reviewed are listed in this 

Notice according to the following 

categories: Suitable/available, suitable/ 

unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and 

unsuitable. The properties listed in the 

three suitable categories have been 

reviewed by the landholding agencies, 

and each agency has transmitted to 

HUD: (1) Its intention to make the 

property available for use to assist the 

homeless, (2) its intention to declare the 

property excess to the agency’s needs, or 

(3) a statement of the reasons that the 

property cannot be declared excess or 

made available for use as facilities to 

assist the homeless. 

Properties listed as suitable/available 

will be available exclusively for 

homeless use for a period of 60 days 

from the date of this Notice. Where 

property is described as for ‘‘off-site use 

only’’ recipients of the property will be 

required to relocate the building to their 

own site at their own expense. 

Homeless assistance providers 

interested in any such property should 

send a written expression of interest to 

HHS, addressed to Theresa Rita, 

Division of Property Management, 

Program Support Center, HHS, room 

5B–17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 

MD 20857; (301) 443–2265. (This is not 

a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the 

interested provider an application 

packet, which will include instructions 

for completing the application. In order 

to maximize the opportunity to utilize a 

suitable property, providers should 

submit their written expressions of 

interest as soon as possible. For 

complete details concerning the 

processing of applications, the reader is 

encouraged to refer to the interim rule 

governing this program, 24 CFR part 

581. 

For properties listed as suitable/to be 

excess, that property may, if 

subsequently accepted as excess by 

GSA, be made available for use by the 

homeless in accordance with applicable 

law, subject to screening for other 

Federal use. At the appropriate time, 

HUD will publish the property in a 

Notice showing it as either suitable/ 

available or suitable/unavailable. 

For properties listed as suitable/ 

unavailable, the landholding agency has 

decided that the property cannot be 

declared excess or made available for 

use to assist the homeless, and the 

property will not be available. 

Properties listed as unsuitable will 

not be made available for any other 

purpose for 20 days from the date of this 

Notice. Homeless assistance providers 

interested in a review by HUD of the 

determination of unsuitability should 

call the toll free information line at 1– 

800–927–7588 for detailed instructions 

or write a letter to Mark Johnston at the 

address listed at the beginning of this 

Notice. Included in the request for 

review should be the property address 

(including zip code), the date of 

publication in the Federal Register, the 

landholding agency, and the property 

number. 

For more information regarding 

particular properties identified in this 

Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing 

sanitary facilities, exact street address), 

providers should contact the 

appropriate landholding agencies at the 

following addresses: COE: Mr. Scott 

Whiteford, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Director of Real Estate, CEMP–CR, 441 

G St., NW., Washington, DC 20314; 

(202) 761–5542; Coast Guard: 

Commandant, United States Coast 

Guard, Attn: Jennifer Stomber, 2100 

Second St., SW., Stop 7901, 

Washington, DC 20593–0001; (202) 475– 

5609; GSA: Mr. Gordon Creed, Acting 

Deputy Assistant Commissioner, 

General Services Administration, Office 

of Property Disposal, 18th & F Streets, 

NW., Washington, DC 20405; (202) 501– 

0084; Interior: Mr. Michael Wright, 

Acquisition & Property Management, 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240: 

(202) 208–5399; Navy: Mr. Albert 

Johnson, Director of Real Estate, 

Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command, Washington 

Navy Yard, 1330 Patterson Ave., SW., 

Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20374; 

(202) 685–9305; NASA: Mr. Frank 

Bellinger, Facilities Engineering 

Division, National Aeronautics & Space 

Administration, Washington, DC 20546; 


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