[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48666-48667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24471]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4181-N-05]
NOFA for the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program
(PHDEP); Extension
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA) for fiscal year 1997;
Extension.
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SUMMARY: On May 23, 1997, at 62 FR 28538, HUD published a NOFA that
announced Fiscal Year (FY) funding of
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$250,649,052 under the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination
Program (PHDEP) for use in eliminating drug-related crime. This notice
extends the application due date for NOFA applications that were
addressed to HUD's Birmingham, AL, Field Office but could not be
delivered because of an emergency in the field office building.
DATES: The original application deadline date and time of Friday,
August 8, 1997, at 3:00 PM. local time, is not changed, except as
indicated in this notice. Applications received by August 11, 1997 at
HUD's Birmingham, AL, Field Office, accompanied by affidavits declaring
that delivery was attempted on August 8, 1997, before 3:00 PM, local
time, will be eligible for consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG
ELIMINATION PROGRAM CONTACT: The local HUD Field Office, Director,
Office of Public Housing (Appendix ``A'' of the NOFA), or Malcolm E.
Main, Office of Crime Prevention and Security, Office of Community
Relations and Involvement, Public and Indian Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Room 4116, 451 Seventh Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20410, telephone (202) 708-1197. A telecommunications
device for hearing or speech impaired persons (TDD) is available at
(202) 708-0850. (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
announcing HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 funding of $250,649,052 under
the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program) was published
on May 23, 1997, 62 FR 28538, with an application due date of Friday,
August 8, 1997, before 3:00 PM, local time.
On August 8, 1997, HUD's Birmingham, AL, Field Office was closed at
approximately 12:45 CDT, due to a bomb threat. The Birmingham Police
Department evacuated the Federal building in which the Field Office is
located, and would not permit personnel or traffic, which included UPS
and other delivery systems, to enter the area. The building did not
officially reopen until Monday, August 11, 1997.
Because of this emergency situation, HUD has determined that it
will accept applications received at its Birmingham Field Office
through August 11, 1997, provided that the applicants submit affidavits
that they attempted delivery to that Field Office before 3:00 PM local
time on August 8, 1997.
Dated: September 10, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 97-24471 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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