[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-8894]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Secretary--Office of Lead-Based Paint Abatement and
Poisoning Prevention
[Docket No. N-94-3617; FR-3444-N-05]
NOFA for Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction in Priority Housing:
Category I and Category II Grants: Amendment
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary--Office of Lead-Based Paint Abatement
and Poisoning Prevention, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of amendment of NOFA and application submission
deadline.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a deadline of June 30, 1994, for
applications for Category II, Stage One Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Reduction grants in the NOFA document that was published in the Federal
Register on June 4, 1993 (58 FR 31848).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellis G. Goldman, Director, Program Management Division, Office of
Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Poisoning Prevention, room B-133, 451
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone 1-800-RID-LEAD (1-
800-743-5323). TDD numbers for the hearing-impaired are: (202) 708-9300
(not a toll-free number) or 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 4, 1993, the Department published a
Notice of Funding Availability for this program (58 FR 31848). A notice
correcting a date applicable to Category II grants was published on
June 14, 1993 (58 FR 32958). This notice is for the purpose of
establishing a deadline of June 30, 1994, for the receipt of
applications for Category II, Stage One, Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Reduction grants.
The Department has established this deadline for all Category II
applicants because it has determined that the Category II Lead-Based
Paint Hazard Reduction Grant Program is superseded by the Environmental
Protection Agency Grant Program authorized by the Residential Lead-
Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (title X, Pub. L. 102-550; approved
October 28, 1992) (title X). Section 1021 of title X amends the Toxic
Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. (TSCA), by adding a new
title IV, Lead Exposure Reduction. Title X gives the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) the primary responsibility for establishing
State training, certification or accreditation programs.
Section 1011(g) of title X authorizes the Secretary to make grants
of up to $200,000 to establish State training, certification, or
accreditation programs that meet the requirements of section 402 of the
TSCA. Under section 402, the EPA is to promulgate final regulations by
April 28, 1994, governing lead-based paint activities, ``to ensure that
individuals engaged in such activities are properly trained; that
training programs are accredited; and that contractors engaged in such
activities are certified.'' Section 402 also supersedes the provisions
set forth under the headings ``Lead Abatement Training and
Certification'' and ``Training Grants'' in title III of the Departments
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Pub. L. 102-139). Under section
404(g) of the TSCA, the Administrator of the EPA is authorized to make
grants to States to develop and carry out authorized State programs.
The new deadline will apply to all potential applicants. In
addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the Department is
sending direct notification of the deadline change to all parties that
have requested an application.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, FR Doc 93-13101, NOFA for Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Reduction in Priority Housing: Category I and Category II Grants,
published in the Federal Register on June 4, 1993 (58 FR 31848), is
amended by revising the Category II, State One deadline dates, as
follows:
1. On page 31848, in column 1 and continuing in column 2, under the
section headed ``Dates'', the first paragraph under the heading
``Category II'' is revised to read as follows:
Category II: Applicants may file a Stage One grant application at
any time after 9 a.m. (Eastern time) Tuesday, September 21, 1993, but
the application must be received by HUD no later than 3 p.m. (Eastern
time) Thursday June 30, 1994. The final half of the grant sum (Stage
Two) may be requested at any time after April 28, 1994. Category II
funds will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis (see Sec. 8.5
of this NOFA for further application information). HUD advises States
that the Environmental Protection Agency has announced the availability
of: Grants to Develop and Carry Out Authorized State Accreditation and
Certification Programs for Lead-Based Paint Professionals (59 FR 10131,
March 3, 1994).
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2. On page 31859, in column 3, in section 8.5, ``Selection Criteria
and Process'', the introductory text of paragraph (b) is revised to
read as follows:
(b) Stage One. A State that does not have a statute or that has
existing legislation that is not consistent with the currently
identified elements of a State certification program may file a formal
grant application at any time after an enabling statute, or amendment
to existing legislation, is signed into law, but not sooner than 9 a.m.
(Eastern time), Tuesday, September 21, 1993. States that have existing
enabling legislation that is considered consistent with the currently
identified elements of a satisfactory State program may file a formal
Stage I grant application at any time after 9 a.m. (Eastern time),
Tuesday, September 21, 1993, but no later than 3 p.m. (Eastern time),
Thursday, June 30, 1994. Upon acceptance by HUD and EPA of the statute,
the implementation plan, and the budget, the State may apply for one-
half of its total grant sum.
The application shall include:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4821-4846; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: April 7, 1994.
Arthur S. Newburg,
Director, Office of Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Poisoning
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 94-8894 Filed 4-12-94; 8:45 am]
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