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Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Texas is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the event declared a major 

disaster by the President in his 

declaration of August 25, 2017. 

Burleson, Grimes, Madison, and 

Washington Counties for Public Assistance. 

Austin, Bastrop, and Lee Counties for 

Public Assistance [Categories C–G] (already 

designated for debris removal and emergency 

protective measures [Categories A and B], 

including direct federal assistance, under the 

Public Assistance program). 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050 Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4337– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001] 

Florida; Amendment No. 9 to Notice of 

a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Florida (FEMA–4337–DR), 

dated September 10, 2017, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: This amendment was issued 

September 21, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Florida is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the event declared a major 

disaster by the President in his 

declaration of September 10, 2017. 

Baker, Broward, Charlotte, Clay, Collier, 

Duval, Flagler, Glades, Hendry, Hillsborough, 

Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, 

Palm Beach, Pasco, Putnam, Pinellas, 

Sarasota, and St. Johns Counties for Public 

Assistance [Categories C–G](already 

designated for Individual Assistance and 

assistance for debris removal and emergency 

protective measures [Categories A and B], 

including direct federal assistance, under the 

Public Assistance program). 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050 Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6035–N–02] 

Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests 

Granted for the Second Quarter of 

Calendar Year 2017 

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, 

HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 106 of the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform 

Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly 

Federal Register notices of all 

regulatory waivers that HUD has 

approved. Each notice covers the 

quarterly period since the previous 

Federal Register notice. The purpose of 

this notice is to comply with the 

requirements of section 106 of the HUD 

Reform Act. This notice contains a list 

of regulatory waivers granted by HUD 

during the period beginning on April 1, 

2017, and ending on June 30, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information about this notice, 

contact Ariel Pereira, Associate General 

Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 

10282, Washington, DC 20410–0500, 

telephone 202–708–1793 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Persons with hearingor speech-impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339. 

For information concerning a 

particular waiver that was granted and 

for which public notice is provided in 

this document, contact the person 

whose name and address follow the 

description of the waiver granted in the 

accompanying list of waivers that have 

been granted in the second quarter of 

calendar year 2017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act 

added a new section 7(q) to the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(q)), 

which provides that: 

1. Any waiver of a regulation must be 

in writing and must specify the grounds 

for approving the waiver; 

2. Authority to approve a waiver of a 

regulation may be delegated by the 

Secretary only to an individual of 

Assistant Secretary or equivalent rank, 

and the person to whom authority to 

waive is delegated must also have 

authority to issue the particular 

regulation to be waived; 

3. Not less than quarterly, the 

Secretary must notify the public of all 

waivers of regulations that HUD has 

approved, by publishing a notice in the 

Federal Register. These notices (each 

covering the period since the most 

recent previous notification) shall: 

a. Identify the project, activity, or 

undertaking involved; 

b. Describe the nature of the provision 

waived and the designation of the 

provision; 

c. Indicate the name and title of the 

person who granted the waiver request; 

d. Describe briefly the grounds for 

approval of the request; and 

e. State how additional information 

about a particular waiver may be 

obtained. 

Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act 

also contains requirements applicable to 

waivers of HUD handbook provisions 

that are not relevant to the purpose of 

this notice. 

This notice follows procedures 

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on Waiver of Regulations and Directives 

issued on April 22, 1991 (56 FR 16337). 

In accordance with those procedures 

and with the requirements of section 

106 of the HUD Reform Act, waivers of 

regulations are granted by the Assistant 

Secretary with jurisdiction over the 

regulations for which a waiver was 

requested. In those cases in which a 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

granted the waiver, the General Deputy 

Assistant Secretary was serving in the 

absence of the Assistant Secretary in 

accordance with the office’s Order of 

Succession. 

This notice covers waivers of 

regulations granted by HUD from April 

1, 2017 through June 30, 2017. For ease 

of reference, the waivers granted by 

HUD are listed by HUD program office 

(for example, the Office of Community 

Planning and Development, the Office 

of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, 

the Office of Housing, and the Office of 

Public and Indian Housing, etc.). Within 

each program office grouping, the 

waivers are listed sequentially by the 

regulatory section of title 24 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) that is 

being waived. For example, a waiver of 

a provision in 24 CFR part 58 would be 

listed before a waiver of a provision in 

24 CFR part 570. 

Where more than one regulatory 

provision is involved in the grant of a 

particular waiver request, the action is 

listed under the section number of the 

first regulatory requirement that appears 

in 24 CFR and that is being waived. For 

example, a waiver of both § 58.73 and 

§ 58.74 would appear sequentially in the 

listing under § 58.73. 

Waiver of regulations that involve the 

same initial regulatory citation are in 

time sequence beginning with the 

earliest-dated regulatory waiver. 

Should HUD receive additional 

information about waivers granted 

during the period covered by this report 

(the second quarter of calendar year 

2017) before the next report is published 

(the third quarter of calendar year 2017), 

HUD will include any additional 

waivers granted for the second quarter 

in the next report. 

Accordingly, information about 

approved waiver requests pertaining to 

HUD regulations is provided in the 

Appendix that follows this notice. 

Dated: September 26, 2017. 

Beth Zorc, 

Principal Deputy General Counsel. 

Appendix 

Listing of Waivers of Regulatory 

Requirements Granted by Offices of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development April 1, 2017 Through June 30, 

2017 

Note to Reader: More information about the 

granting of these waivers, including a copy 

of the waiver request and approval, may be 

obtained by contacting the person whose 

name is listed as the contact person directly 

after each set of regulatory waivers granted. 

The regulatory waivers granted appear in the 

following order: 

I. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of 

Community Planning and Development 

II. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office 

of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 

III. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office 

of Housing 

V. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office 

of Public and Indian Housing 

I. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office 

of Community Planning and Development 

For further information about the following 

regulatory waivers, please see the name of 

the contact person that immediately follows 

the description of the waiver granted. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 91.105(b)(4) and 24 

CFR 91.115(b)(4). 

Project/Activity: On December 15, 2016, 

HUD issued CPD Notice #CPD–16–18 

providing procedures for the submission and 

review of consolidated plans and action 

plans for FY 2017 funding prior to the 

enactment of a FY 2017 HUD appropriation 

bill. These procedures apply to any grantee 

whose consolidated plan/action plan 

submission deadline (45 days before the start 

of the program year) falls either before, or up 

to 60 days after, HUD’s announcement of the 

FY 2017 formula program funding allocations 

for CDBG, ESG, HOME and HOPWA formula 

funding. The Notice advised these grantees 

not to submit their consolidated plans and 

action plans until the FY 2017 formula 

allocations were announced. 

Nature of Requirement: The provisions at 

24 CFR 91.105(b)(4) and 91.115(b)(4) require 

that grantees provide a period of not less than 

30 days during which affected citizens may 

review and comment on the FY 2017 

consolidated plan or action plan prior to its 

implementation. 

Granted By: Clifford Taffet, General Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, Community Planning 

and Development. 

Date Granted: May 10, 2017, with 

corrected waiver on May 18, 2017, for 

immediate effect. 

Reason Waived: Under 24 CFR 91.15(a)(2), 

HUD cannot accept a consolidated plan or 

annual action plan submission later than 

August 16, 2017. If HUD does not receive a 

consolidated plan or action plan by August 

16, 2017, a grantee automatically loses its FY 

2017 CDBG funding. Implementation of the 

procedures provided in HUD Notice CPD– 

16–18 and the timing of the enactment of the 

FY 2017 appropriations act leaves 

insufficient time for grantees to complete the 

pre-submission or pre-amendment citizen 

participation publication and comment 

process before the August 16, 2017 deadline. 

Given the delay in appropriations and the 

need for HUD to award funds so that grantees 

may begin to address their housing and 

community development needs, HUD waived 

the requirements in 24 CFR 91.105(b)(4) and 

91.115(b)(4) to allow grantees to reduce the 

public comment period to a minimum of 14 

calendar days. This waiver ensures grantees 

do not lose their FY 2017 funding, while also 

affording citizens a meaningful public 

comment period. Any affected grantee taking 

advantage of this waiver must document in 

writing the conditions for the need to utilize 

this waiver and must maintain this 

documentation for HUD’s review. This 

waiver authority is only in effect until 

August 16, 2017. 

Contact: Steve Johnson, Director, 

Entitlement Communities Division, Office of 

Block Grant Assistance, Office of Community 

Planning and Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 7282, Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone (202) 708–1577. 

II. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office 

of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 

For further information about the following 

regulatory waivers, please see the name of 

the contact person that immediately follows 

the description of the waiver granted. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 115.305(a). 

Project/Activity: Fair Housing Assistance 

Program (FHAP) agencies nationwide. 

Nature of Requirement: Special 

Enforcement Effort (SEE) funds are funds that 

HUD will provide to an agency to enhance 

enforcement activities of the agency’s fair 

housing law. SEE funds will be a maximum 

of 20% of the agency’s total FHAP 

cooperative agreement for the previous 

contract year, based on approval of eligible 

activity or activities, and based on the 

appropriation of funds. 

Granted By: Bryan Greene, General Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 

Equal Opportunity. 

Date Granted: June 5, 2017. 

Reason Waived: Temporary waiver of the 

20 percent limitation on SEE Funds for 

eligible FHAP agencies whose total 

cooperative agreement for fiscal year 2016 

was less than $300,000. 

Contact: Joseph Pelletier, Director, Fair 

Housing Assistance Program, Office of Fair 

Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department 

of Housing of Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room 5206, Washington, 

DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–2126. 

III. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the 

Office of Housing—Federal Housing 

Administration (FHA) 

For further information about the following 

regulatory waivers, please see the name of 

the contact person that immediately follows 

the description of the waiver granted. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 200.73 (c). 

Project/Activity: West Town Housing 

Preservation, Chicago, Illinois, Project No. 

071–35892. 

Nature of Requirement: HUD’s regulation 

at 24 CFR 200.73(c) requiring that ‘‘not less 


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than five rental dwelling units [of an FHA 

insured multifamily housing project] shall be 

on one site. The property is a large, scatteredsite portfolio of 68 apartment properties on 

68 separate parcels. Forty-eight parcels have 

at least five units per site, so a majority of 

the parcels already meet the regulatory 

requirements. FHA will insure a loan through 

Section 221(d)(4) program to assist in the 

purchase and substantial rehabilitation of 

these properties. The unit counts for the 

buildings range from two to twelve, for a total 

of 318 units known as West Town Housing 

Preservation. 

Granted by: Dana Wade, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Housing, H. 

Date Granted: April 12, 2017. 

Reason Waived: The property is 

‘‘affordable’’, and it is in line with HUD’s 

mission to continue to ensure availability for 

residents in need of subsidized housing. 

Additionally, the project is zip codes 60622 

and 60647, which have seen some of the 

highest rates of property appreciation over 

the past several decades in Chicago. The 

perseveration of these units as affordable 

housing is urgently needed due to the rapid 

gentrification that has taken place in the area 

in recent years. HUD is already subsidizing 

the property by the Section 8 contracts. 

Contact: Daniel J. Sullivan, Acting 

Director, Office of Multifamily Production, 

Office of Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone (202) 402–6130. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 200.73(c). 

Project/Activity: Fields Corner Granite, 

FHA Project Number 023–1145, Dorchester, 

Massachusetts. Rockport Mortgage Company 

has applied for mortgage insurance under the 

Section 223(f) program to refinance Fields 

Corner Granite as a single project. 

Nature of Requirement: HUD’s regulation 

at 24 CFR 200.73(c) which, states that a site 

must contain no less than 5 rental dwelling 

units. Section 3.2.O.CC of the MAP Guide 

permits a project with two or more 

contiguous parcels of land when the parcels 

comprise one marketable, manageable real 

estate entity. 

Granted By: Dana Wade, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Housing, H. 

Date Granted: May 17, 2017. 

Reason Waived: The waiver was granted to 

allow Fields Corner Granite as a single 

project since its meet HUD’s goal of 

preserving and maintaining affordable rental 

housing for low income families. The 

property consists of 67 units, configured as 

1 studio unit, 24 one bedroom units, 24 two 

bedroom units, 7 three bedroom units, and 11 

four bedroom units in the Fields Corner 

neighborhood of the Dorchester section of 

Boston. There is a total of 15 buildings 

situated on 5 sites, and referenced by the 

assessor as 10 separate parcels. Several of the 

buildings are located on adjoining sites with 

some of the structures being attached and 

sharing common utilities. Three of the sites 

are in the immediate vicinity of each other. 

Two sites are located within 11 blocks of 

each other. The sites have all been managed 

as a single entity. 

Contact: Daniel J. Sullivan, Acting 

Director, Office of Multifamily Production, 

Office of Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone (202) 402–6130. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 200.73 (c). 

Project/Activity: Camden Townhomes, 

FHA Project Number 035–35105, Camden, 

New Jersey. The owner and the proposed 

lender, Love Funding Company have applied 

for mortgage insurance under Section 

221(d)(4) for the substantial rehabilitation of 

the Camden Townhouses, supplemented 

with 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credits 

and the loan proceeds from the Section 

221(d)(4) loan of $12,637,200. 

Nature of Requirement: HUD’s regulation 

at 24 CFR 200.73(c) which, states that a site 

must contain no less than 5 rental dwelling 

units. Section 3.1.O.l.CC of the MAP Guide 

permits a project with two or more 

contiguous parcels of land when the parcels 

comprise one marketable, manageable real 

estate entity. Camden Townhouses is an 

existing 89-unit affordable housing property 

located in Camden, New Jersey. All 89 units 

were constructed during the late 19th and 

early 20th centuries. Thirty two of the eightynine units are located on sites that are 

comprised of five or more units. All units are 

located within 10 blocks of each other. 

Granted By: Dana Wade, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Housing, H. 

Date Granted: June 8, 2017. 

Reason Waived: The waiver was granted to 

allow the Camden Townhouses to proceed 

with an approved new 20-year Section 8 PBV 

HAP contract. The property will be renovated 

using New Jersey Housing and Mortgage 

Finance Agency (NJMFA) 4% LIHTC. The 

scattered sites were assembled and 

recognized as a single manageable and 

marketable development by the New Jersey 

Department of Community Affairs (NJDCA). 

The project has been professionally managed 

as one project since its inception and has one 

operating budget. The property is 

‘‘affordable’’ and it meets HUD’s mission to 

continue to ensure availability for residents 

in need of subsidized housing. HUD is 

already subsidizing the property through the 

Section 8 contracts. The project is in 

Camden, New Jersey, where the occupancy 

has remained strong and there is a high 

demand for affordable rental housing. 

Contact: Daniel J. Sullivan, Acting 

Director, Office of Multifamily Production, 

Office of Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone (202) 402–6130. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 266.410(e). 

Project/Activity: Minnesota Housing 

Finance Agency’s (Minnesota Housing), Risk 

Sharing Program, St. Paul, Minnesota. 

Nature of Requirement: The 24 CFR 

266.410(e) Amortization. Requires mortgages 

insured under the 542(c) Housing Finance 

Agency Risk Sharing Program to be fully 

amortized over the term of the mortgage. The 

waiver would permit Minnesota Housing to 

provide loans that would have a minimum 

term of 17 years (‘‘balloon loans’’). Minnesota 

Housing would be able to provide additional 

financing options to their customers and 

better align the agency’s business practices 

with industry standards. The waiver would 

expire on December 18, 2018. 

Granted By: Dana Wade, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Housing, H. 

Date Granted: June 19, 2017. 

Reason Waived: This will reduce 

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency’s cost of 

capital, which should translate into lower 

rates for their borrowers, and will support 

their preservation efforts. Application of this 

waiver is limited in both time and scope. The 

Department’s exposure is further limited 

with the condition that Minnesota Housing 

takes 50 percent or more of the risk on these 

transactions. Minnesota Housing anticipates 

that new construction or substantial 

rehabilitation projects that are awarded Low 

Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) would 

use the balloon loan product, as well as 

clients who have been utilizing other 

financing option, such as Fannie Mae or 

Freddie Mac, rather than Risk Share. 

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency’s 

waiver approval is subject to the following 

conditions: 

1. Minnesota Housing must elect to take 50 

percent or more of the risk of loss on all 

transactions; 

2. The waiver expires on December 31, 

2018, or when HUD’s proposed rule revision 

becomes final, whichever event occurs first; 

3. All other requirements of 24 CFR 

266.410 remain applicable. The waiver is 

applicable only for new construction or 

substantial rehabilitation projects; 

4. In accordance with 24 CFR 266.200(d), 

the mortgage may not exceed an amount 

supportable by the lower of Section 8, or 

comparable unassisted market rents; 

5. If applicable, projects must comply with 

Davis–Bacon labor standards in accordance 

with 24 CFR 266.225. 

6. Minnesota Housing must comply with 

regulations stated in 24 CFR 266.210 for 

insured advance or insurance upon 

completion transactions. 

7. An Affordable Housing Deed restriction 

for 20 years must be recorded. 

Contact: Daniel J. Sullivan, Acting 

Director, Office of Multifamily Production, 

Office of Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone (202) 402–6130. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 290.30. 

Project/Activity: La Casse/South Canal 

Apartments, FHA Project Number 023– 

105NI, Holyoke, MA. The Office of 

Multifamily Housing received a proposal 

from MassHousing, a state housing finance 

agency, to purchase a HUD-held Flexible 

Subsidy Operating Assistance Program note 

for $587,969 on a non-competitive basis. The 

balance on the Flexible Subsidy note was 

$6.7 million which alone was more than 

twice the as-is appraised value of the 

property. There was no equity in which to 

size a mortgage or utilize Low Income 

Housing Tax Credits, and therefore no ability 

to refinance all the existing debt on the 

property and defer the Flexible Subsidy Note 

with terms wherein it would be repayable. 

Nature of Requirement: Section 290.30 

requires that HUD shall sell HUD-held 

multifamily mortgages on a competitive 

basis. 

Granted by: Genger Charles, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing. 


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Date Granted: May 17, 2017. 

Reason Waived: The proposed purchase 

price was deemed to be the highest recovery 

amount possible on the note. Due to the lack 

of operating funds to repay on the note and 

its 4th lien position, there was a high risk 

that there would be no bidders on a 

competitive basis. MassHousing approved a 

refinancing of the property in which their 

purchase of the note would significantly 

reduce the debt burden and allow the 

property to cash flow and be rehabilitated. 

The waiver of the proposed portion of the 24 

CFR 290.30 does not violate any statutory 

requirements. Granting of this waiver 

ensured that the Department obtained the 

maximum recovery as possible on the claim, 

while selling to an entity fully invested in the 

preservation of affordable housing. 

Contact: Thomas R. Davis, Director, Office 

of Recapitalization, Office of Multifamily 

Housing, Office of Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room 6230, Washington, 

DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–7549. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 290.30(a). 

Project/Activity: Andrews Plaza, FHA 

Project Number 012–57128 V, Bronx, New 

York. Andrews Plaza Housing Associates, 

L.P. (Owner) seeks approval to waive the 

non-competitive sale of a HUD-held 

multifamily mortgage. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 

24 CFR 290.30(a), which governs the sale of 

HUD-held mortgages, states that ‘‘[e]xcept as 

otherwise provided in Section 290.31(a)(2), 

HUD will sell HUD-held multifamily 

mortgages on a competitive basis.’’ 

Granted by: Genger Charles, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, H. 

Date Granted: May 4, 2017. 

Reason Waived: The owner requested and 

was granted a waiver of the non-competitive 

sale of a HUD-held multifamily mortgage. A 

waiver allows the Department to assign the 

mortgage to the owner’s new mortgagee to 

avoid paying mortgage recording tax in the 

State of New York. 

Contact: Cindy Bridges, Senior Account 

Executive, Office of Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room 6168, Washington, 

DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–2603. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 290.30(a). 

Project/Activity: Prospect Arms, FHA 

Project Number 012–57053 V and W, 

Brooklyn, New York. Prospect Arms, L.P. 

(owner) seeks approval to waive the noncompetitive sale of two HUD-held 

multifamily mortgages. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 

24 CFR 290.30(a), which governs the sale of 

HUD-held mortgages, states that ‘‘[e]xcept as 

otherwise provided in Section 290.31(a)(2), 

HUD will sell HUD-held multifamily 

mortgages on a competitive basis.’’ 

Granted by: Genger Charles, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, H. 

Date Granted: June 8, 2017. 

Reason Waived: The owner requested and 

was granted a waiver of the non-competitive 

sale of two HUD-held multifamily mortgages. 

A waiver allows the Department to assign the 

mortgages to the Owner’s new mortgagee to 

avoid paying mortgage recording tax in the 

State of New York. 

Contact: Cindy Bridges, Senior Account 

Executive, Office of Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room 6168, Washington, 

DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–2603. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 290.30(a). 

Project/Activity: Miramar Court 

Apartments, FHA Project Number 012–57123 

V, Bronx, New York. LRF Housing 

Associates, L.P. (Owner) seeks approval to 

waive the non-competitive sale of a HUDheld multifamily mortgage. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 

24 CFR 290.30(a), which governs the sale of 

HUD-held mortgages, states that ‘‘[e]xcept as 

otherwise provided in Section 290.31(a)(2), 

HUD will sell HUD-held multifamily 

mortgages on a competitive basis.’’ 

Granted by: Genger Charles, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, H. 

Date Granted: June 23, 2017. 

Reason Waived: The owner requested and 

was granted a waiver of the non-competitive 

sale of a HUD-held multifamily mortgage. A 

waiver allows the Department to assign the 

mortgage to the owner’s new mortgagee to 

avoid paying mortgage recording tax in the 

State of New York. 

Contact: Cindy Bridges, Senior Account 

Executive, Office of Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room 6168, Washington, 

DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–2603. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 290.30(a). 

Project/Activity: Villa Alejandrina 

Apartments, FHA Project Number 012–57308 

V and W, Bronx, New York. Brook Avenue 

Development Company, L.P. (Owner) seeks 

approval to waive the non-competitive sale of 

two HUD-held multifamily mortgages. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 

24 CFR 290.30(a), which governs the sale of 

HUD-held mortgages, states that ‘‘[e]except as 

otherwise provided in Section 290.31(a)(2), 

HUD will sell HUD-held multifamily 

mortgages on a competitive basis.’’ 

Granted by: Genger Charles, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, H. 

Date Granted: June 23, 2017. 

Reason Waived: The owner requested and 

was granted a waiver of the non-competitive 

sale of two HUD-held multifamily mortgages. 

A waiver allows the Department to assign the 

mortgages to the Owner’s new mortgagee to 

avoid paying mortgage recording tax in the 

State of New York. 

Contact: Cindy Bridges, Senior Account 

Executive, Office of Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room 6168, Washington, 

DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–2603. 

IV. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the 

Office of Public and Indian Housing 

For further information about the following 

regulatory waivers, please see the name of 

the contact person that immediately follows 

the description of the waiver granted. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801 and 24 CFR 

902.33(b). 

Project/Activity: Kennewick Housing 

Authority (WA012). 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation 

establishes certain reporting compliance 

dates. The audited financial statements are 

required to be submitted to the Real Estate 

Assessment Center (REAC) no later than nine 

months after the housing authority’s (HA) 

fiscal year end (FYE), in accordance with the 

Single Audit Act and 2 CFR part 200 subpart 

F. 

Granted By: Jemine A. Bryon, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: May 19, 2017. 

Reason Waived: The Kennewick Housing 

Authority requested relief of financial 

condition scoring and its financial reporting 

requirements for the fiscal year end (FYE) of 

September 30, 2016. The HA’s records and 

building contents were all destroyed during 

the storm disaster of October 2016. Therefore, 

the HA was approved until June 12, 2017, to 

submit its unaudited financial statements, as 

well as to submit its audited financial 

statements to HUD. The audited financial 

approval only permits the extension for 

filing. This FASS audited financial 

submission extension does not apply to 

Single Audit submissions to the Federal 

Audit Clearinghouse; the HA is required to 

meet the Single Audit due date. 

Contact: Dee Ann R. Walker, Acting 

Program Manager, NASS, Real Estate 

Assessment Center, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., 

Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 

(202) 475–7908. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 990.250(b)(1). 

Project/Activity: Alexander County HA 

(ACHA) in Cairo, IL (Code: IL007). 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation 

states that a Public Housing Agency (PHA) is 

required to acquire an independent cost 

assessment of its projects when requesting an 

operating subsidy appeal. The ACHA 

requested a waiver to the requirement to 

receive an independent cost estimate to 

appeal their project expense level (PEL) 

funding. 

Granted By: Jemine A. Bryon, General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: May 31, 2017. 

Reason Waived: ACHA, currently under 

HUD posession, faces economic hardship 

that severely impact its financial stability, 

and limit the PHA’s ability to complete an 

independent cost estimate prior to the 

submission of a PEL appeal. An April 2017 

report completed by HUD’s Quality 

Assurance Subsystem (QASS) determined 

that the model-generated PEL was not 

accurate for comparable properties in the 

market area resulting in reduced funding by 

more than ten percent. Coupled with ACHA’s 

dire financial position and accompanying 

exigent circumstances, HUD found that the 

QASS report meet the intent of the 

requirement of 24 CFR 990.250(b)(1). 

Thereby, the Department determined that 

ACHA demonstrated good cause pursuant to 

24 CFR part 5.110 to grant the waiver. 

Contact: Monica Shepherd, Public Housing 

Management and Occupancy Division, Office 

of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 

Office of Public and Indian Housing, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 


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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2017 / Notices 45881 

4208, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

402–5687. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21075 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5997–N–65] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: HUD Environmental Review 

Online System (HEROS) 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 30 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 

1, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806, Email: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; email 

Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@

hud.gov or telephone 202–402–5535. 

This is not a toll-free number. Person 

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access this number through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies of 

available documents submitted to OMB 

may be obtained from Ms. Guido. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

The Federal Register notice that 

solicited public comment on the 

information collection for a period of 60 

days was published on June 16, 2017 at 

82 FR 27718. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: HUD 

Environmental Review Online System 

(HEROS). 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0202. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

Form Number: None. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: 24 CFR 

part 58, ‘‘Environmental Review 

Procedures for Entities Assuming HUD 

Environmental Responsibilities’’ 

requires units of general local 

government receiving HUD assistance to 

maintain a written environmental 

review record for all projects receiving 

HUD funding documenting compliance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), the regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality, 

related federal environmental laws, 

executive orders, and authorities, and 

Part 58 procedure. Various laws that 

authorize this procedure are listed in 24 

CFR 58.1(b). 24 CFR part 50, ‘‘Protection 

and Enhancement of Environmental 

Quality,’’ implements procedures for 

HUD to perform environmental reviews 

for projects where Part 58 is not 

permitted by law. Under Part 50, HUD 

staff complete the environmental review 

records, but they may use any 

information supplied by an applicant or 

contractor, provided HUD 

independently evaluates the 

information and is responsible for its 

accuracy and prepares the 

environmental finding. HEROS allows 

users to complete, store, and submit 

their environmental review records and 

documents online. HEROS is currently 

optional for Responsible Entity and 

other non-HUD users, who may 

continue to use paper-based 

environmental review formats; however, 

HUD staff in many offices are required 

to use HEROS to complete their 

environmental reviews. 

Respondents (i.e. affected public): The 

respondents are state and local 

governments receiving HUD funding 

who are required to complete 

environmental reviews. 

Respondents (i.e. affected public): 

3,932. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1. 

Frequency of Response: 3,932. 

Average Hours per Response: Varies 

depending on level of review (see table 

below). Reviews that are exempt or 

Categorically Excluded Not Subject To 

the related laws and authorities 

(CENST) take roughly 45 minutes to 

complete. Reviews that are Categorically 

Excluded Subject To the related laws 

(CEST) or require an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) take an average of 4 

hours to complete. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 7,752 hours 

or $258,391. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden 

hour per 

response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

Exempt/CENST reviews 2,454 1 2,454 .75 1,840.50 $33.33 $6,1344 

CEST/EA reviews ........ 1,478 1 1,478 4.00 5,912.00 33.33 197,047 

Total ...................... 3,932 1 3,932 ........................ 7,752.50 33.33 258,391 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 


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