[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9714-9715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5731]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4004-N-03]
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development; Notice of Funding Availability for: The HUD-Administered
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program--Fiscal
Year 1996; and the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program for Small
Communities in New York State; Extension of Application Deadline
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year (FY)
1996; Extension of application deadline.
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SUMMARY: This notice extends the application deadline for the FY 1996
NOFA for the HUD-Administered Small Cities Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) Program for Small Communities in New York State, published
in the Federal Register on December 28, 1995 (60 FR 67260). This notice
establishes the application deadline to be April 3, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph A. D'Agosta, Director, Office
of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0068; telephone (212)
264-0771. (This is not a toll-free number.) Hearing- or speech-impaired
persons may call (212) 264-0927 (TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
for the HUD-Administered Small Cities Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Program--Fiscal Year (FY) 1996, and the Section 108 Loan
Guarantee Program for Small Communities in New York State was published
in the Federal Register on December 28, 1995 (60 FR 67260), and amended
on February 28, 1996 (61 FR 7533).
The FY 1996 NOFA established March 13, 1996 as the application
deadline, stating that the application kits may be obtained from HUD's
New York or Buffalo offices. However, due to a number of factors, HUD
has been unable to provide the application kits as early as it planned.
Therefore, this notice establishes that the application deadline is
extended from March 13, 1996 to April 3, 1996. All other instructions
in the FY 1996 NOFA with regard to submitting applications remain in
effect.
Accordingly, FR Doc. 95-31383, the NOFA for the HUD-Administered
Small
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Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program--Fiscal Year
1996, and the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program for Small Communities
in New York State, published in the Federal Register on December 28,
1995 (60 FR 67260), is amended as follows:
1. On page 67260, in column 2, the two paragraphs under the heading
Dates are amended to read as follows:
DATES: Applications are due by April 3, 1996. Application kits may be
obtained from and must be submitted to either HUD's New York or Buffalo
Office. Applications, if mailed, must be postmarked no later than
midnight on April 3, 1996. If an application is hand-delivered to the
New York or the Buffalo Office, the application must be delivered to
the appropriate office by no later than 4:00 p.m. on the deadline date.
Application kits will be made available by a date that affords
applicants no fewer than 30 days to respond to this NOFA. For further
information on obtaining and submitting applications, please see
Section II of this NOFA.
The above-stated application deadline is firm as to date and hour.
In the interest of fairness to all competing applicants, the Department
will treat as ineligible for consideration any application that is not
received by 4:00 p.m. on, or postmarked by, April 3, 1996. Applicants
should take this procedure into account and make early submission of
their materials to avoid any risk of loss of eligibility brought about
by unanticipated delays or other delivery-related problems.
2. On page 67278, in column 1, section II.B., under the heading
``Submitting Applications'', is amended to read as follows:
II. Application and Funding Award Process
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B. Submitting Applications
A final application must be submitted to HUD no later than April 3,
1996. A final application includes an original and two photocopies.
Final applications may be mailed, and if they are received after the
deadline, must be postmarked no later than midnight, April 3, 1996.
Applicants in New York, in the counties of Sullivan, Ulster, Putnam,
and in non-participating jurisdictions in the urban counties of
Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk should
submit applications to the New York Office. All other nonentitled
communities in New York State should submit their applications to the
Buffalo Office. Applications must be submitted to the HUD office at the
address listed above in Section A.
The above-stated application deadline is firm as to date and hour.
In the interest of fairness to all competing applicants, the Department
will treat as ineligible for consideration any application that is not
received on, or postmarked by, April 3, 1996. Applicants should take
this practice into account and make early submission of their materials
to avoid any risk of loss of eligibility brought about by unanticipated
delays or other delivery-related problems.
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3. On page 67278, in column 2, section II.C.2., under the heading
``Streamlined Application Requirements for Certain Applicants'', is
amended to read as follows:
II. Application and Funding Award Process
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C. The Application
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2. Streamlined Application Requirements for Certain Applicants
An eligible applicant that submitted an application under the
Fiscal Year 1995 NOFA, but whose application was not selected for
funding, may notify HUD in writing by the application deadline date,
April 3, 1996, that it wishes its FY 1995 application to be reactivated
for consideration under this NOFA. Applications that are reactivated
may be updated, amended, or supplemented by the applicant, provided
that such amendment or supplementation is received no later than the
due date for applications under this NOFA. If there is no significant
change in the application involving new activities or alteration of
proposed activities that will significantly change the scope, location,
or objectives of the proposed activities or beneficiaries, there will
be no further citizen participation requirement to keep the application
active for a succeeding round or competition.
Applicants with activities approved for funding under the Fiscal
Year 1995 NOFA are eligible for additional funding for those activities
under this NOFA. Applicants seeking additional funding for activities
selected for funding under the Fiscal Year 1995 NOFA may notify the
Department in writing by April 3, 1996 that they wish to seek
additional funding for those activities. Such applicants may
incorporate by reference the application materials in the applicant's
Fiscal Year 1995 application, and may provide material to update or
supplement the prior application.
All applicants are free to submit an entirely new application in
place of a previous application should they so desire.
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4. On page 67279, in column 1, in section III., under the heading
``Technical Assistance'', the second paragraph is amended to read as
follows:
III. Technical Assistance
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In order to be considered for funding, complete applications (an
original and two photocopies of the entire application) must be
physically received by the appropriate HUD office on April 3, 1996 by
4:00 p.m. or, if mailed, postmarked no later than midnight, April 3,
1996. Applications must be delivered or mailed to the appropriate HUD
office at the address indicated in Section II.
Dated: March 6, 1996.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-5731 Filed 3-6-96; 2:15 pm]
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