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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[FR–5818–N–01]
Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for ‘‘Innovation in
Affordable Housing Student Design
and Planning Competition’’
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice announces the
second year of the Innovation in
Affordable Housing Student Design and
Planning Competition. The competition
requires teams of graduate students from
multiple disciplines to submit plans in
response to a real life affordable housing
design issue. The goals of this new
competition are: To encourage research
and innovation in quality affordable
housing design that strengthens the
social and physical fabric of low and
moderate-income communities and
neighborhoods, to raise practitioner and
future practitioner capacity to produce
more livable and sustainable housing for
low and moderate-income people
through disseminating best practices,
and to foster cross-cutting team-work
within the design and community
development process.
SUMMARY:
February 20, 2015. Although
teams may begin registering now, the
competition will officially launch on
December 19, 2014, when the real life
affordable housing design issue is
released. The deadline for phase one of
the competition will be February 9,
2015. Finalists will be announced on
February 20, 2015, and will have until
April 2015, to prepare their
presentations.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Claire Desjardins, Research Utilization
Division, Office of Policy Development
and Research, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 8110, Washington, DC
20410, telephone 202–402–5945. Email:
Claire.Y.Desjardins@hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Subject of Challenge Competition
Entrants in the Innovation in
Affordable Housing Design are
requested to present their plans for a
site owned by a public housing
authority (PHA). This presentation will
include architectural designs,
neighborhood planning, and financial
plans.
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The competition is open to any
contestant, defined as a team of United
States citizens or permanent residents of
the United States who are currently
enrolled in a graduate level program at
a university in the United States. The
team members must represent at least
three related academic disciplines and
will be supported by a faculty advisor.
Individuals may not participate in more
than one team.
To be eligible to win a prize under
this challenge (Challenge), an individual
or entity—
1. Shall have registered to participate
in the competition under the rules
promulgated by HUD;
2. Shall have complied with all the
requirements under this section;
3. In the case of a private entity, shall
be incorporated in and maintain a
primary place of business in the United
States, and in the case of an individual,
whether participating singly or in a
group, shall be a citizen or permanent
resident of the United States;
4. May not be a Federal entity or
Federal employee acting within the
scope of their employment;
5. Shall not be a HUD employee
working on their applications or
submissions during assigned duty
hours;
6. May not be a judge of the
competition, or any other party involved
with the design, production, execution,
or distribution of the Challenge or their
immediate family (spouse, parents or
step-parents, siblings and step-siblings,
and children and step-children);
7. Federal grantees may not use
Federal funds to develop challenge
applications under the America
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2011
(COMPETES Act) unless consistent with
the purpose of their grant award;
8. Federal contractors may not use
Federal funds from a contract to develop
COMPETES Act challenge applications
or to fund efforts in support of a
COMPETES Act challenge submission.
An individual or entity shall not be
ineligible because the individual or
entity used Federal facilities or
consulted with Federal employees
during a competition if the facilities and
employees are made available to all
individuals and entities participating in
the competition on an equitable basis.
By participating in this Challenge,
contestants agree to assume any and all
risks and waive claims against the
Federal Government and its related
entities, except in the case of willful
misconduct, for any injury, death,
damage, or loss of property, revenue, or
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profits, whether direct, indirect, or
consequential, arising from
participation in this prize contest,
whether the injury, death, damage, or
loss arises through negligence or
otherwise. By participating in this
Challenge, contestants agree to
indemnify the Federal Government
against third party claims for damages
arising from or related to Challenge
activities.
Registration Process for Participants:
All Contestants can register on the
competition Web site, https://
www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/
home.html. Interested parties can also
read all official rules and sign up to
receive more information and
competition updates on this site.
Submission Period Begins: 12:01 a.m.,
EDT, December 19, 2014.
Submission Period Ends: 11:59 p.m.,
EDT, February 9, 2015.
Amount of the Prize:
The winning team of the competition
will be awarded $20,000. The runner-up
team will be awarded $10,000. Prizes
awarded under this competition may be
subject to Federal income taxes. HUD
will comply with the Internal Revenue
Service withholding and reporting
requirements, where applicable.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be
Selected:
Submissions to the competition will
be assessed by an informed jury of
approximately five practitioners and
experts in the fields of architecture,
urban planning, affordable housing, and
other relevant areas, in compliance with
the requirements of the COMPETES Act.
Jury members will be named after the
commencement of the competition.
The jury will make decisions based on
the following criteria: Completeness of
design, applicability, financial and
economic viability, planning criterion,
and innovation and creativity.
Additional Information:
The finalists will be invited to a site
visit of the PHA in early March, with
expenses paid for two team members.
All rules and competition information
and updates can be found at https://
www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/
home.html.
Copyright and Intellectual Property:
Upon submission, each teams warrants
that the team members are the sole
owners of the submission, and that the
submission is wholly original to the
team and does not infringe on any
copyright or other rights of any third
party of which the team is aware.
Submission Rights: By participating in
this Challenge, each Team grants to
HUD an irrevocable, paid-up, royaltyfree, non-exclusive license to post, link
to, share, and display publicly on the
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Web. The Public Housing Authority
may use ideas from submissions in their
future efforts to address the affordable
housing design issue.
Compliance With Rules and Contacting
Contest Winners
Finalists and the Contest Winners
must comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules, and
winning is contingent upon fulfilling all
requirements herein. The initial finalists
will be notified by email after the date
of the judging.
Privacy
Personal information provided to
HUD by Contestants registering or filling
out the submission form through
huduser.org is protected by the Privacy
Act, and is used to respond to
Contestants in matters regarding their
submission, announcements of entrants,
finalists, and winners of the Contest.
Winners are permitted to cite that they
won this contest.
General Conditions:
HUD reserves the right to cancel,
suspend, and/or modify the
Competition, or any part of it, for any
reason, at HUD’s sole discretion.
Participation in this competition
constitutes a contestant’s and teams full
and unconditional agreement to abide
by the competition’s official rules found
at https://www.huduser.org/portal/
challenge/home.html.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: September 23, 2014.
Katherine M. O’Regan,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
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Marine Mammals; Incidental Take
During Specified Activities; Proposed
Incidental Harassment Authorization
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ACTION: Notice of receipt of application
and proposed incidental harassment
authorization; request for comments.
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AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), have received
an application from the United States
Coast Guard (USCG) for authorization to
take small numbers of marine mammals
by harassment incidental to the
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replacement of pier piles and the
potable water line at USCG Station
Monterey in Monterey County,
California. In accordance with
provisions of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), as
amended, we request comments on our
proposed authorization for the applicant
to incidentally take, by harassment,
small numbers of southern sea otters
from November 1, 2014, to October 31,
2015. We anticipate no take by injury or
death and include none in this proposed
authorization, which would be for take
by harassment only.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received by October 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any one of the following methods:
1. U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Steve
Henry, Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish
and Wildlife Office, 2493 Portola Road,
Suite B, Ventura, CA 93003.
2. Fax: 805–644–3958, attention to
Steve Henry, Field Supervisor.
3. Electronic mail (email): R8_SSOIHA_Comment@fws.gov. Please include
your name and U.S. mail address in
your message.
Electronic copies of the incidental
harassment authorization request, the
Final Environmental Assessment (EA),
and Marine Mammal Monitoring Plan
may be obtained by writing to the
address specified above, telephoning the
contact listed in FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT, or visiting the
Internet at https://www.fws.gov/ventura/
endangered/species/info/sso.html.
Documents cited in this notice may also
be viewed, by appointment, during
regular business hours, at the
aforementioned U.S. mail address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request copies of the application, the list
of references used in this notice, and
other supporting materials, contact
Lilian Carswell at the address in
ADDRESSES, or by email at Lilian_
Carswell@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1371
(a)(5)(A) and (D)), authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region, provided that we
make certain findings and either issue
regulations or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, provide a notice of a
proposed authorization to the public for
review and comment.
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We may grant authorization to
incidentally take marine mammals if we
find that the taking will have a
negligible impact on the species or
stock(s) and will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
subsistence uses. As part of the
authorization process, we prescribe
permissible methods of taking and other
means of effecting the least practicable
impact on the species or stock and its
habitat, and requirements pertaining to
the monitoring and reporting of such
takings.
The term ‘‘take,’’ as defined by the
MMPA, means to harass, hunt, capture,
or kill, or to attempt to harass, hunt,
capture, or kill, any marine mammal.
Harassment, as defined by the MMPA,
means ‘‘any act of pursuit, torment, or
annoyance which (i) has the potential to
injure a marine mammal or marine
mammal stock in the wild [the MMPA
calls this Level A harassment], or (ii)
has the potential to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
patterns, including, but not limited to,
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
feeding, or sheltering [the MMPA calls
this Level B harassment].’’
The terms ‘‘negligible impact,’’ ‘‘small
numbers,’’ and ‘‘unmitigable adverse
impact’’ are defined in 50 CFR 18.27,
the Service’s regulations governing take
of small numbers of marine mammals
incidental to specified activities.
‘‘Negligible impact’’ is defined as ‘‘an
impact resulting from the specified
activity that cannot be reasonably
expected to, and is not reasonably likely
to, adversely affect the species or stock
through effects on annual rates of
recruitment or survival.’’ The term
‘‘small numbers’’ is also defined in the
regulations, but we do not rely on that
definition here, as it conflates the terms
‘‘small numbers’’ and ‘‘negligible
impact,’’ which we recognize as two
separate and distinct requirements.
Instead, in our small numbers
determination, we evaluate whether the
number of marine mammals likely to be
taken is small relative to the size of the
overall population. ‘‘Unmitigable
adverse impact’’ is defined as ‘‘an
impact resulting from the specified
activity (1) that is likely to reduce the
availability of the species to a level
insufficient for a harvest to meet
subsistence needs by (i) causing the
marine mammals to abandon or avoid
hunting areas, (ii) directly displacing
subsistence users, or (iii) placing
physical barriers between the marine
mammals and the subsistence hunters;
and (2) that cannot be sufficiently
mitigated by other measures to increase
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[FR-5818-N-01]
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for ``Innovation in
Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition''
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the second year of the Innovation in
Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition. The
competition requires teams of graduate students from multiple
disciplines to submit plans in response to a real life affordable
housing design issue. The goals of this new competition are: To
encourage research and innovation in quality affordable housing design
that strengthens the social and physical fabric of low and moderate-
income communities and neighborhoods, to raise practitioner and future
practitioner capacity to produce more livable and sustainable housing
for low and moderate-income people through disseminating best
practices, and to foster cross-cutting team-work within the design and
community development process.
DATES: February 20, 2015. Although teams may begin registering now, the
competition will officially launch on December 19, 2014, when the real
life affordable housing design issue is released. The deadline for
phase one of the competition will be February 9, 2015. Finalists will
be announced on February 20, 2015, and will have until April 2015, to
prepare their presentations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire Desjardins, Research
Utilization Division, Office of Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
8110, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202-402-5945. Email:
Claire.Y.Desjardins@hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition
Entrants in the Innovation in Affordable Housing Design are
requested to present their plans for a site owned by a public housing
authority (PHA). This presentation will include architectural designs,
neighborhood planning, and financial plans.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition
The competition is open to any contestant, defined as a team of
United States citizens or permanent residents of the United States who
are currently enrolled in a graduate level program at a university in
the United States. The team members must represent at least three
related academic disciplines and will be supported by a faculty
advisor. Individuals may not participate in more than one team.
To be eligible to win a prize under this challenge (Challenge), an
individual or entity--
1. Shall have registered to participate in the competition under
the rules promulgated by HUD;
2. Shall have complied with all the requirements under this
section;
3. In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and
maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the
case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group,
shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States;
4. May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within
the scope of their employment;
5. Shall not be a HUD employee working on their applications or
submissions during assigned duty hours;
6. May not be a judge of the competition, or any other party
involved with the design, production, execution, or distribution of the
Challenge or their immediate family (spouse, parents or step-parents,
siblings and step-siblings, and children and step-children);
7. Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop challenge
applications under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2011
(COMPETES Act) unless consistent with the purpose of their grant award;
8. Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract to
develop COMPETES Act challenge applications or to fund efforts in
support of a COMPETES Act challenge submission.
An individual or entity shall not be ineligible because the
individual or entity used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal
employees during a competition if the facilities and employees are made
available to all individuals and entities participating in the
competition on an equitable basis.
By participating in this Challenge, contestants agree to assume any
and all risks and waive claims against the Federal Government and its
related entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, for any
injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits,
whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from participation
in this prize contest, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss
arises through negligence or otherwise. By participating in this
Challenge, contestants agree to indemnify the Federal Government
against third party claims for damages arising from or related to
Challenge activities.
Registration Process for Participants:
All Contestants can register on the competition Web site, https://www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/home.html. Interested parties can also
read all official rules and sign up to receive more information and
competition updates on this site.
Submission Period Begins: 12:01 a.m., EDT, December 19, 2014.
Submission Period Ends: 11:59 p.m., EDT, February 9, 2015.
Amount of the Prize:
The winning team of the competition will be awarded $20,000. The
runner-up team will be awarded $10,000. Prizes awarded under this
competition may be subject to Federal income taxes. HUD will comply
with the Internal Revenue Service withholding and reporting
requirements, where applicable.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected:
Submissions to the competition will be assessed by an informed jury
of approximately five practitioners and experts in the fields of
architecture, urban planning, affordable housing, and other relevant
areas, in compliance with the requirements of the COMPETES Act. Jury
members will be named after the commencement of the competition.
The jury will make decisions based on the following criteria:
Completeness of design, applicability, financial and economic
viability, planning criterion, and innovation and creativity.
Additional Information:
The finalists will be invited to a site visit of the PHA in early
March, with expenses paid for two team members. All rules and
competition information and updates can be found at https://www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/home.html.
Copyright and Intellectual Property: Upon submission, each teams
warrants that the team members are the sole owners of the submission,
and that the submission is wholly original to the team and does not
infringe on any copyright or other rights of any third party of which
the team is aware.
Submission Rights: By participating in this Challenge, each Team
grants to HUD an irrevocable, paid-up, royalty-free, non-exclusive
license to post, link to, share, and display publicly on the
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Web. The Public Housing Authority may use ideas from submissions in
their future efforts to address the affordable housing design issue.
Compliance With Rules and Contacting Contest Winners
Finalists and the Contest Winners must comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon
fulfilling all requirements herein. The initial finalists will be
notified by email after the date of the judging.
Privacy
Personal information provided to HUD by Contestants registering or
filling out the submission form through huduser.org is protected by the
Privacy Act, and is used to respond to Contestants in matters regarding
their submission, announcements of entrants, finalists, and winners of
the Contest. Winners are permitted to cite that they won this contest.
General Conditions:
HUD reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the
Competition, or any part of it, for any reason, at HUD's sole
discretion.
Participation in this competition constitutes a contestant's and
teams full and unconditional agreement to abide by the competition's
official rules found at https://www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/home.html.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: September 23, 2014.
Katherine M. O'Regan,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2014-23279 Filed 9-29-14; 8:45 am]
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