03-29329. Announcement of Funding Award-FY 2003 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary—Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, HUD.

ACTION:

Announcement of funding awards.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of additional funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). The purpose of the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program is to assist states, Native American Tribes and local governments in undertaking comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned housing for rental or owner-occupants in partnership with nonprofit organizations including grassroots faith-based and other community-based organizations. This announcement contains the name and address of the award recipient and the amount of award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew E. Ammon, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, Room P3206, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, 20410, telephone [phone] ext. 158. Hearing- and speech-impaired persons may access the number above via TTY by calling the toll free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

HUD's authority for making funding available under the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program NOFA is the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution of 2003, Pub. L. 108-7, approved February 20, 2003. These awards were the result of a competition announced in a Federal Register notice published on April 25, 2003 (68 FR 21279). The purpose of the competition was to award grant funding of approximately $96 million in Fiscal Year 2003 and approximately $7 million in previous year recaptured funds for grants and cooperative agreements for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program. Applications were scored and selected on the basis of selection criteria contained in that NOFA.

A total of $74,440,446 was awarded to thirty (30) grantees. In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the names, addresses, and amounts of this awards as follows:

Awardee	Address	Amount awarded
City of Woonsocket	169 Main Street, Woonsocket, RI 02895	$585,000
City of El Paso	Two Civic Center Plaza-9th Floor, El Paso, TX 79901-1196	721,300
City of National City	1243 National City Blvd., San Diego, CA 91950	2,984,152.00
Hennepin County	417 North 5th Street, Room 320 Hennepin, MN 55401-1362	2,999,834.00
City of Rochester	30 Church Street, Room 028B, Rochester, NY 14614	2,918,430.00
City of Harrisburg	10 N 2nd Street, Suite 206, Harrisburg, PA 17110	3,000,000.00
District of Columbia	801 N. Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20002	2,997,743.00
City of Dubuque	1805 Central Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001-3656	2,417,399.00
Shelby County	1075 Mullins Station Rd., Memphis, TN 38134	3,000,000.00
State of Penn	P.O. Box 90, 7th Floor, East Wing,Harrisburg, PA 17108-0090	3,000,000.00
City of Burlington	149 Church Street, Room 32, Burlington, VT 05401	1,567,019.00
State of Connecticut	25 Sigourney Street, Hartford, CT 06106	3,000,000.00
City of Waterloo	620 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA 50703	2,105,800.00
State of Kansas	1000 SW Jackson, Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612	2,999,955.00
State of New Jersey	101 South Broad Street, PO Box 806, Trenton, NJ 08625-0806	3,000,000.00
City of Sheboygan	807 Center Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081	3,000,000.00
State of Maryland	100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032-2032	3,000,000.00
City of Grand Rapids	300 Monroe Avenue, NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503	2,966,651.00
Cochise County	1415 Melody Lane, Bldg A, Bisbee, AZ 85603	1,981,624.00
City of Roanoke	215 Church Ave., SW, Roanoke, VA 24011	1,543,704.00
East Hartford	740 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06108	3,000,000.00
City of Erie	826 Parade Street, Erie, PA 16503	3,000,000.00
City of Toledo	One Government Center, Suite 1800, Toledo, OH 43604	2,958,448.00
State of Minnesota	121 East 7th Place, St. Paul, MN 55101	2,453,664.00
City of New Orleans	1340 Poydras Street, Suite 1000, New Orleans Orleans, LA 70112	2,904,733.00
City of Warwick	City Hall, Warwick, RI 02886	1,887,814.00
County of Santa Cruz	701 Ocean Street, Room 312, Santa Cruz,CA 95060	2,102,118.00
City of Allentown	City of Allentown, Allentown, PA 18101	1,149,077.00
Westchester County	48 Martine Avenue, Room 414, White Plains, NY 10601	3,000,000
City of Jacksonville	128 E. Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202-3325	2,196,000

(The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 14.900.)

Dated: November 5, 2003.

Joseph F. Smith,

Deputy Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.