Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs; Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities Program NOFA; Competition Reopening Announcement, 45415-45417 [05-15474]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 150 / Friday, August 5, 2005 / Notices Dated: July 29, 2005. Frank L. Davis, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner. [FR Doc. E5–4202 Filed 8–4–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–27–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–4980–N–31] Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless. DATES: Effective August 5, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 7262, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY number for the hearing- and speech-impaired (202) 708–2565, (these telephone numbers are not toll-free), or call the toll-free Title V information line at 1–800–927–7588. In accordance with the December 12, 1988 court order in National Coalition for the Homeless v. Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD publishes a notice, on a weekly basis, identifying unutilized, underutilized, excess and surplus Federal buildings and real property that HUD has reviewed for suitability for use to assist the homeless, Today’s notice is for the purpose of announcing that no additional properties have been determined suitable or unsuitable this week. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: July 28, 2005. Mark R. Johnston, Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs. [FR Doc. 05–15251 Filed 8–4–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–29–M VerDate jul<14>2003 15:34 Aug 04, 2005 Jkt 205001 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–4950–C–20B] Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs; Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities Program NOFA; Competition Reopening Announcement Office of the Assistant Secretary of Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD. ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD Discretionary Grant Programs; Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA; competition reopening announcement. AGENCY: SUMMARY: On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs. The Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA competition, which was included in the SuperNOFA, closed on June 10, 2005. This document announces the reopening of the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA competition. DATES: The new application submission date for the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA competition is September 6, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Tolliver, Project Manager, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 6142, Washington, DC 20410– 7000; telephone 202–708–3000 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with speech or hearing impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800–877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), HUD published its Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs. The Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program, which was included in the SuperNOFA, made approximately $95.8 million available in HUD assistance. According to the SuperNOFA, the application submission date for the Section 811 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45415 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA was originally May 24, 2005, and this date was extended to June 10, 2005, by technical corrections published on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488). On May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24835), HUD published additional guidance to the General Section, that included a link to Frequently Asked Questions, located at https:// www.grants.gov/ForApplicants#. Frequently asked questions can also be found on the HUD Web site at https:// www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/ egrants/grantsgovfaqs.pdf. HUD understands that many eligible applicants may have had difficulty submitting their applications. Therefore, in order to give all NOFA applicants sufficient time to submit completed applications, and to ensure their Grants.gov registration is complete, this notice published in today’s Federal Register reopens the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA competition. The new application submission date for the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA competition is September 6, 2005. Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities Program NOFA Requirements to Reopened Competition Please note that the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA competition description, application submission information, and application review information were published in HUD’s FY2005 SuperNOFA on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575). All requirements listed in the SuperNOFA General Section and in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA, including the technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), are applicable to this reopened competition except for those requirements explicitly changed by this notice (such as the application submission date, the requirement for electronic submission, and the date requirement associated with certain exhibits). Submission Instructions If you have already submitted an application electronically through Grants.gov and received a confirmation of successful receipt from Grants.gov, you do not need to resubmit another application. If you submitted a paper E:\FR\FM\05AUN1.SGM 05AUN1 45416 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 150 / Friday, August 5, 2005 / Notices application, however, without first obtaining a waiver from the electronic submission requirement, you must resubmit your applications electronically or by paper submission. If an applicant decides to resubmit an application, the applicant must download a new application package and submit a new application. HUD will not accept partial amendments to applications that were previously submitted. Applicants that have already submitted an application do not need to resubmit another application. However, if an applicant chooses to make any changes to an application that has already been submitted, it must download a new application from Grants.gov, complete the application, and resubmit by the new deadline date. For the purpose of rating and ranking, HUD will review the most recent application and disregard any previously submitted electronic application. Applicants are encouraged to complete their registration and submit their electronic applications through Grants.gov as described in the SuperNOFA. In addition, for this FY2005 reopened funding opportunity, an applicant may submit a paper application without requesting a waiver from this requirement. HUD does not intend to accept paper applications in the future without a waiver. Applicants that choose to submit a paper application must submit an original and four copies by mail or permitted delivery service to the appropriate HUD Multifamily (MF) Hub office identified in Appendix A to the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA, published March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), as amended by the technical corrections to the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities NOFA that published on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609), and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), Attention: Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities. As described in section IV.F.5.b of the General Section, applicants submitting a paper application must use the United States Postal Service (USPS) to submit their application to HUD. Applicants must take their application to a post office to get a receipt of mailing that provides the date and time the package was submitted to the USPS. USPS rules now require that large packages must be brought to a postal facility for mailing. In many areas, the USPS has made a practice of returning to the sender, large packages that have been dropped in a mail collection box. Paper copy VerDate jul<14>2003 15:34 Aug 04, 2005 Jkt 205001 applications submitted to the USPS by the submission date and time and received by HUD no later than 15 days after the established submission date will receive funding consideration. If the USPS does not have a receipt with a digital time stamp, HUD will accept a receipt showing USPS Form 3817, Certificate of Mailing with a dated postmark. The proof of submission receipt provided by the Postal Service must show receipt no later than the application submission deadline. Applicants whose applications are determined to be late, who cannot furnish HUD with a receipt from the USPS that verifies the package was submitted to the USPS prior to the submission due date and time will not receive funding consideration. Applicants may use any type of mail service provided by the USPS to have their application package delivered to HUD in time to meet the submission requirements. HUD will not accept hand delivery of applications. Additional Information As indicated in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA, published March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), all applicants must submit a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), prepared in accordance with the ASTM Standards E 15270–00, as amended, completed or updated no earlier than six months prior to the application deadline date, in order for the application to be considered as an application with site control. The technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA, published on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), clarified that as a result of the previous extension of the application deadline, a Phase I ESA that is dated November 24, 2004, or later, will meet the requirement for submitting a Phase I ESA. Please note that a Phase I ESA that is dated November 24, 2004, or later, also will meet the requirement for submitting a Phase I ESA for those applications submitted in response to the reopened competition. For those applicants who choose to submit an application in response to the reopened Section 811 NOFA, HUD is extending the date on which to submit a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and a plan for cleanup of the site, if required, based on the findings of the Phase I ESA. As described in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA, published in March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), if the Phase I ESA indicates the possible presence of contamination and/or hazards, you, the PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 applicant, must decide whether to continue with this site or choose another site. Should you choose another site, the same Phase I ESA process identified in the Section 811 NOFA, published on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), as amended by technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA, published on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), must be followed for the new site. However, if you choose to continue with the original site on which the Phase I ESA indicated contamination or hazards, you must undertake a detailed Phase II ESA by an appropriate professional. In order for your application to be considered for review under this reopened FY 2005 Section 811 NOFA, the Phase II must be received by the local HUD office on or before October 4, 2005. Additionally, if the Phase II ESA reveals site contamination, the extent of the contamination and a plan for clean-up of the site must be submitted to the local HUD office. The plan for clean-up must include a contract for remediation of the problem(s) and an approval letter from the applicable federal, state, and/or local agency with jurisdiction over the site. In order for your application to be considered for review under this reopened FY 2005 Section 811 NOFA, this information must be received by the local HUD office on or before October 4, 2005. If the above information is not received by the local HUD office by that date, the application will be rejected. As stated in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA, published on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), acceptable evidence of site control includes an option to purchase or for a long-term leasehold, which must remain in effect for six months from the date on which the applications are due, must state a firm price binding on the seller, and be renewable at the end of the sixmonth period. The only condition on which the option may be terminated is if you, the applicant, are not awarded a fund reservation. As a result of the previous extension of the application deadline, the technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA, published on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), amended this requirement to the extent necessary to permit HUD to accept an option to purchase or a long-term leasehold that remained in effect through November 30, 2005, or later as acceptable evidence of site control. However, in view of the timing of this reopened Section 811 NOFA and because HUD does not anticipate announcing the Section 811 E:\FR\FM\05AUN1.SGM 05AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 150 / Friday, August 5, 2005 / Notices selected applications until the middle of December, 2005, if your option expires prior to December 31, 2005, in order to ensure that you have an acceptable application, you should execute the extension provision in your option or leasehold agreement, whichever applies. This requirement applies to all applicants resubmitting applications that were previously submitted in response to the FY 2005 NOFA or applicants submitting new applications. Dated: July 29, 2005. Frank L. Davis, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner. [FR Doc. 05–15474 Filed 8–4–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–27–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [MT–020–05–1310–DO–CBMP] Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplement to the Statewide Oil and Gas Final Environmental Impact Statement and Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans; MT Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Supplement to the Montana Statewide Oil and Gas Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans (Statewide Document) and to initiate public scoping. AGENCY: SUMMARY: By Order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and 43 CFR 1610.2(c) for amending resource management plans (RMPs), and in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321), as amended, and the Council on Environmental Quality regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing a Supplement to the Statewide Document (SEIS/ Amendment) and will amend the Powder River and Billings RMPs. The SEIS/Amendment will evaluate the effects of phased coal bed natural gas (CBNG) development and production in the Billings and Powder River RMP areas. The tentative completion date of the Record of Decision for the SEIS/ Amendment is December 2006. DATES: Written comments on the scope of the SEIS/Amendment and the VerDate jul<14>2003 15:34 Aug 04, 2005 Jkt 205001 proposed planning criteria may be submitted for 30 days from the date of this notice. Public scoping meetings will be held in Miles City, Broadus, Lame Deer and Billings, Montana. Meeting locations and dates for each town will be announced through the local news media. You may submit comments by any of the following methods. Written comments must be signed. Mail: BLM, Attn: Mary Bloom, SEIS/ Amendment Comments, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 59301. E-mail: mtseis@blm.gov. Fax: (406) 233–2921. Hand-Deliver: Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, Montana. Comments may also be submitted to the BLM at the public scoping meetings. Documents pertinent to the SEIS/ Amendment may be examined at the Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT. Proposed planning criteria may be obtained by contacting the BLM at the above address. ADDRESSES: Contact Mary Bloom, Project Manager, BLM, Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 59301, telephone (406) 233–2852. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Powder River and Billings RMP areas comprise approximately 1,506,011 acres of BLM managed surface and 5,009,784 acres of BLM managed mineral estate. There are approximately 3,185,016 acres of BLM managed oil and gas. The Powder River RMP area includes Powder River, Carter, and Treasure counties; and portions of Big Horn, Custer, and Rosebud counties. The Billings RMP area includes Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland, and Yellowstone counties; and the remaining portion of Big Horn County. BLM published the original Notice of Intent for the Montana Statewide Oil and Gas Final EIS and Amendment of the Powder River and Billings RMPs in the Federal Register on December 19, 2000. The Statewide Document Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2003, and the Record of Decision approved on April 30, 2003. The State of Montana and BLM were co-leads for the Statewide Document. Several lawsuits were filed immediately against the BLM decision. Two of the lawsuits resulted in an April 5, 2005 ruling by the U.S. District Court ordering BLM to prepare a Supplemental EIS to consider a phased development alternative for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45417 CBNG production in the Billings and Powder River RMP Areas of Montana. Topics to be addressed in the SEIS/ Amendment are those provided by the U.S. District Court: Phased CBNG development, the inclusion of the proposed Tongue River Railroad in the cumulative impact analysis, and a discussion on how private water well mitigation agreements will help alleviate the impacts of methane migration and groundwater drawdown. The purpose of the public scoping period is to help BLM define ‘‘phased development’’ and to identify relevant issues that should be considered and analyzed in the SEIS/Amendment, in addition to those mentioned above. The SEIS/Amendment will be prepared by an interdisciplinary team of specialists for recreation, fisheries, economics, sociology, archeology, air quality, wildlife, realty, minerals and range management. Please note that comments and information submitted regarding this SEIS/Amendment, including names, email addresses and street addresses of respondents, will be available for public review and disclosure at the above address. BLM will not accept anonymous comments. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. Individuals who wish to withhold their name or street address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act must state this prominently at the beginning of their written comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations and businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their entirety. Dated: July 27, 2005. David McIlnay, Field Manager, BLM Miles City, Montana Field Office. [FR Doc. 05–15189 Filed 8–4–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management Meeting of the California Desert District Advisory Council Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92–463 and 94–579, that the California Desert E:\FR\FM\05AUN1.SGM 05AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 05-15474]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4950-C-20B]


Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding 
Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for 
HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs; Section 811 Supportive Housing for 
Persons With Disabilities Program NOFA; Competition Reopening 
Announcement

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 
Discretionary Grant Programs; Section 811 Supportive Housing for 
Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA; competition reopening 
announcement.

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SUMMARY: On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, 
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General 
Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. The 
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program 
NOFA competition, which was included in the SuperNOFA, closed on June 
10, 2005. This document announces the reopening of the Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA 
competition.

DATES: The new application submission date for the Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA 
competition is September 6, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Tolliver, Project Manager, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Room 6142, Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone 202-708-3000 (this is 
not a toll-free number). Persons with speech or hearing impairments may 
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information 
Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), HUD 
published its Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA), Policy Requirements and General Section to the 
SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. The Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program, which was 
included in the SuperNOFA, made approximately $95.8 million available 
in HUD assistance. According to the SuperNOFA, the application 
submission date for the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with 
Disabilities Program NOFA was originally May 24, 2005, and this date 
was extended to June 10, 2005, by technical corrections published on 
May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488). On May 11, 
2005 (70 FR 24835), HUD published additional guidance to the General 
Section, that included a link to Frequently Asked Questions, located at 
https://www.grants.gov/ForApplicants#. Frequently asked questions can 
also be found on the HUD Web site at https://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/
grants/egrants/grantsgovfaqs.pdf.
    HUD understands that many eligible applicants may have had 
difficulty submitting their applications. Therefore, in order to give 
all NOFA applicants sufficient time to submit completed applications, 
and to ensure their Grants.gov registration is complete, this notice 
published in today's Federal Register reopens the Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA 
competition. The new application submission date for the Section 811 
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA 
competition is September 6, 2005.

Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section and Section 811 Supportive 
Housing for Persons With Disabilities Program NOFA Requirements to 
Reopened Competition

    Please note that the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons 
with Disabilities Program NOFA competition description, application 
submission information, and application review information were 
published in HUD's FY2005 SuperNOFA on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575). 
All requirements listed in the SuperNOFA General Section and in the 
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program 
NOFA, including the technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA 
published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609) and 
June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), are applicable to this reopened competition 
except for those requirements explicitly changed by this notice (such 
as the application submission date, the requirement for electronic 
submission, and the date requirement associated with certain exhibits).

Submission Instructions

    If you have already submitted an application electronically through 
Grants.gov and received a confirmation of successful receipt from 
Grants.gov, you do not need to resubmit another application. If you 
submitted a paper

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application, however, without first obtaining a waiver from the 
electronic submission requirement, you must resubmit your applications 
electronically or by paper submission. If an applicant decides to 
resubmit an application, the applicant must download a new application 
package and submit a new application. HUD will not accept partial 
amendments to applications that were previously submitted.
    Applicants that have already submitted an application do not need 
to resubmit another application. However, if an applicant chooses to 
make any changes to an application that has already been submitted, it 
must download a new application from Grants.gov, complete the 
application, and resubmit by the new deadline date. For the purpose of 
rating and ranking, HUD will review the most recent application and 
disregard any previously submitted electronic application.
    Applicants are encouraged to complete their registration and submit 
their electronic applications through Grants.gov as described in the 
SuperNOFA. In addition, for this FY2005 reopened funding opportunity, 
an applicant may submit a paper application without requesting a waiver 
from this requirement. HUD does not intend to accept paper applications 
in the future without a waiver.
    Applicants that choose to submit a paper application must submit an 
original and four copies by mail or permitted delivery service to the 
appropriate HUD Multifamily (MF) Hub office identified in Appendix A to 
the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 
Program NOFA, published March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), as amended by the 
technical corrections to the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons 
with Disabilities NOFA that published on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 24609), 
and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), Attention: Section 811 Supportive 
Housing for Persons with Disabilities.
    As described in section IV.F.5.b of the General Section, applicants 
submitting a paper application must use the United States Postal 
Service (USPS) to submit their application to HUD. Applicants must take 
their application to a post office to get a receipt of mailing that 
provides the date and time the package was submitted to the USPS. USPS 
rules now require that large packages must be brought to a postal 
facility for mailing. In many areas, the USPS has made a practice of 
returning to the sender, large packages that have been dropped in a 
mail collection box. Paper copy applications submitted to the USPS by 
the submission date and time and received by HUD no later than 15 days 
after the established submission date will receive funding 
consideration. If the USPS does not have a receipt with a digital time 
stamp, HUD will accept a receipt showing USPS Form 3817, Certificate of 
Mailing with a dated postmark. The proof of submission receipt provided 
by the Postal Service must show receipt no later than the application 
submission deadline. Applicants whose applications are determined to be 
late, who cannot furnish HUD with a receipt from the USPS that verifies 
the package was submitted to the USPS prior to the submission due date 
and time will not receive funding consideration. Applicants may use any 
type of mail service provided by the USPS to have their application 
package delivered to HUD in time to meet the submission requirements. 
HUD will not accept hand delivery of applications.

Additional Information

    As indicated in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with 
Disabilities Program NOFA, published March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), all 
applicants must submit a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), 
prepared in accordance with the ASTM Standards E 15270-00, as amended, 
completed or updated no earlier than six months prior to the 
application deadline date, in order for the application to be 
considered as an application with site control. The technical 
corrections to the Section 811 NOFA, published on May 10, 2005 (70 FR 
24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), clarified that as a result of 
the previous extension of the application deadline, a Phase I ESA that 
is dated November 24, 2004, or later, will meet the requirement for 
submitting a Phase I ESA. Please note that a Phase I ESA that is dated 
November 24, 2004, or later, also will meet the requirement for 
submitting a Phase I ESA for those applications submitted in response 
to the reopened competition.
    For those applicants who choose to submit an application in 
response to the reopened Section 811 NOFA, HUD is extending the date on 
which to submit a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and a 
plan for clean-up of the site, if required, based on the findings of 
the Phase I ESA. As described in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for 
Persons with Disabilities Program NOFA, published in March 21, 2005 (70 
FR 13575), if the Phase I ESA indicates the possible presence of 
contamination and/or hazards, you, the applicant, must decide whether 
to continue with this site or choose another site. Should you choose 
another site, the same Phase I ESA process identified in the Section 
811 NOFA, published on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), as amended by 
technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA, published on May 10, 
2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), must be followed for 
the new site. However, if you choose to continue with the original site 
on which the Phase I ESA indicated contamination or hazards, you must 
undertake a detailed Phase II ESA by an appropriate professional. In 
order for your application to be considered for review under this 
reopened FY 2005 Section 811 NOFA, the Phase II must be received by the 
local HUD office on or before October 4, 2005. Additionally, if the 
Phase II ESA reveals site contamination, the extent of the 
contamination and a plan for clean-up of the site must be submitted to 
the local HUD office. The plan for clean-up must include a contract for 
remediation of the problem(s) and an approval letter from the 
applicable federal, state, and/or local agency with jurisdiction over 
the site. In order for your application to be considered for review 
under this reopened FY 2005 Section 811 NOFA, this information must be 
received by the local HUD office on or before October 4, 2005. If the 
above information is not received by the local HUD office by that date, 
the application will be rejected.
    As stated in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with 
Disabilities Program NOFA, published on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), 
acceptable evidence of site control includes an option to purchase or 
for a long-term leasehold, which must remain in effect for six months 
from the date on which the applications are due, must state a firm 
price binding on the seller, and be renewable at the end of the six-
month period. The only condition on which the option may be terminated 
is if you, the applicant, are not awarded a fund reservation. As a 
result of the previous extension of the application deadline, the 
technical corrections to the Section 811 NOFA, published on May 10, 
2005 (70 FR 24609) and June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31488), amended this 
requirement to the extent necessary to permit HUD to accept an option 
to purchase or a long-term leasehold that remained in effect through 
November 30, 2005, or later as acceptable evidence of site control. 
However, in view of the timing of this reopened Section 811 NOFA and 
because HUD does not anticipate announcing the Section 811

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selected applications until the middle of December, 2005, if your 
option expires prior to December 31, 2005, in order to ensure that you 
have an acceptable application, you should execute the extension 
provision in your option or leasehold agreement, whichever applies. 
This requirement applies to all applicants resubmitting applications 
that were previously submitted in response to the FY 2005 NOFA or 
applicants submitting new applications.

    Dated: July 29, 2005.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 05-15474 Filed 8-4-05; 8:45 am]
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