Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 124 / Tuesday, June 30, 2009 / Notices 31303 

Granted By: Paula O. Blunt, General 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing. 

Date Granted: February 13, 2009. 

Reason Waived: KCHA agreed to submit 

documentation which certifies, in form 

specified by HUD, to the accuracy and 

authenticity of the required legal documents. 

The waiver streamlined the review process, 

expedited closing and enhanced public 

housing production. 

Contact: Dominique Blom, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for the Office of Public 

Housing Investments, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 

4130, Washington, DC 20140–5000, 

telephone number (202) 402–4181. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 960.206(b). 

Project/Activity: Allentown Housing 

(AHA), Allentown, PA. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation 

requires non-discriminatory and equal 

opportunity for waiting list admissions. AHA 

requested a ranking admission preference to 

people with specific disabilities. 

Granted By: Paula O. Blunt, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: February 26, 2009. 

Reason Waived: The waiver permitted 

occupancy by a household with a person 

who has severe and persistent mental illness 

and who was ready for discharge from 

Community Rehabilitation Residences, at risk 

of homelessness and a client of Lehigh 

County’s supportive services program. Any 

individual, regardless of income, who 

completes the registration process, is 

designated as a client of the County. 

Contact: Dominique Blom, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for the Office of Public 

Housing Investments, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 

4130, Washington, DC 20140–5000, 

telephone number (202) 402–4181. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d). 

Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the 

County of Santa Clara (HACSC), San Jose, 

CA. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation 

states that a public housing agency may only 

approve a higher payment standard for a 

family as a reasonable accommodation if the 

higher payment standard is within the basic 

range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 

rent (FMR) for the unit size. The HACSC 

requested a waiver so to provide reasonable 

accommodations to a person with 

disabilities. 

Granted By: Paula O. Blunt, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: March 18, 2009. 

Reason Waived: The applicant required an 

accessible, zero-bedroom unit in proximity to 

care providers. For this applicant to pay no 

more than 40 percent of adjusted income 

toward the family share, HACSC was allowed 

to approve an exception payment standard 

that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 

percent of the FMR. 

Contact: Laure Rawson, Director, Housing 

Voucher Management and Operations 

Division, Office of Public Housing and 

Voucher Programs, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4210, Washington, DC 20410–5000, 

telephone number (202) 708–0477. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.637(a)(2). 

Project/Activity: Augusta Housing 

Authority, (AHA) Augusta, ME. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation 

states that a PHA may not commence 

continued tenant-based assistance for 

occupancy of a new unit so long as any 

family member owns title or other interest in 

the prior home. 

Granted By: Paula O. Blunt, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: January 7, 2009. 

Reason Waived: The subject 

homeownership unit is subject to court 

action for substandard roof repairs. A 

mortgage moratorium was instituted under a 

USDA Rural Development 502 loan. Until 

repair of the roof, the applicant received a 

waiver for temporary tenant-based HCV 

rental assistance for up to 24 months. 

Contact: Laure Rawson, Director, Housing 

Voucher Management and Operations 

Division, Office of Public Housing and 

Voucher Programs, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4210, Washington, DC 20410–5000, 

telephone number (202) 708–0477. 

[FR Doc. E9–15482 Filed 6–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Vendor Outreach Workshop for Small 

Businesses in the Capital Region 

(Washington, DC) of the United States 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization of 

the Department of the Interior is hosting 

a Vendor Outreach Workshop for small 

businesses in the national capital region 

of the United States that are interested 

in doing business with the Department. 

The bureaus within the Department of 

the Interior are partnering in this 

exciting event that will promote small 

business contracting opportunities 

across the board. This workshop will 

review market contracting opportunities 

for the attendees. Business owners will 

be able to share their individual 

perspectives with Contracting Officers, 

Program Managers and Small Business 

Specialists from the Department. 

Following the workshop, businesses 

will also participate in a roundtable 

discussion and breakout work sessions 

that will allow them to talk with 

departmental representatives and prime 

contractors. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

July 9, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Doors open at 7:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at the Renaissance Washington, DC 

Hotel, 999 9th Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20001. Register online at: http:// 

www.doi.gov/osdbu. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Oliver, Director, Office of Small 

and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 

1849 C Street, NW., MS 2252 MIB, 

Washington, DC 20240, telephone 877– 

375–9927. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

In accordance with the Small 

Business Act, as amended by Public 

Law 95–507, the Department has the 

responsibility to promote the use of 

small and small disadvantaged business 

for its acquisition of goods and services. 

The Department is proud of its 

accomplishments in meeting its 

business goals for small, small 

disadvantaged, 8(a), woman-owned, 

HUBZone, and service-disabled veteranowned businesses. In Fiscal Year 2008, 

the Department awarded 55 per cent of 

its $2.6 billion in contracts to small 

businesses. This fiscal year, the Office of 

Small and Disadvantaged Business 

Utilization is reaching out to our 

internal stakeholders and the 

Department’s small business community 

by conducting several vendor outreach 

workshops. The vendor outreach 

session for the southeast region was 

held in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 

11, 2009, at the Georgia International 

Convention Center and another session 

was held in Portland, Oregon, on May 

13, 2009, at the Portland Convention 

Center. The Department’s presenters 

will focus on contracting and 

subcontracting opportunities and how 

small businesses can better market 

services and products. Over 4,000 small 

businesses have been targeted for this 

event. If you are a small business 

interested in working with the 

Department, we urge you to register 

online at: http://www.doi.gov/osdbu and 

attend the workshop. 

These outreach events are a new and 

exciting opportunity for the 

Department’s bureaus and offices to 

improve their support for small 

business. Additional outreach events 

will be held scheduled from FY 2010 

around the country. Dates, time and 

locations have yet to be determined. 

Mark Oliver, 

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization. 

[FR Doc. E9–15373 Filed 6–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–RK–P 


sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES6