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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5961–N–02]
Additional Clarifying Guidance,
Waivers, and Alternative Requirements
for Grantees in Receipt of Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Under
the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act,
2013
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This Notice modifies a waiver
and alternative requirement for the State
of New Jersey’s tenant-based rental
assistance program funded through its
Community Development Block Grant
disaster recovery (CDBG–DR) grant
pursuant to the Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113–
2) (the Appropriations Act). A waiver
and alternative requirement for the
tenant-based rental assistance program
was initially published in a Federal
Register notice on July 11, 2014 (79 FR
40134), and later modified in the
Federal Register notice published on
April 2, 2015 (80 FR 17772).
DATES: Effective Date: February 13,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessie Handforth Kome, Acting Director,
Office of Block Grant Assistance,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
7286, Washington, DC 20410, telephone
number 202–708–3587. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may
access this number via TTY by calling
the Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339. Facsimile inquiries may be sent to
Mr. Stan Gimont at 202–401–2044.
(Except for the‘‘800’’ number, these
telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
Email inquiries may be sent to disaster_
recovery@hud.gov.
SUMMARY:
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and
Alternative Requirements
III. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
IV. Finding of No Significant Impact
I. Background
The Appropriations Act made
available $16 billion in Community
Development Block Grant disaster
recovery funds for necessary expenses
related to disaster relief, long-term
recovery, restoration of infrastructure
and housing, and economic
revitalization in the most impacted and
distressed areas, resulting from a major
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disaster declared pursuant to the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.) (Stafford Act), due to
Hurricane Sandy and other eligible
events in calendar years 2011, 2012, and
2013. On March 1, 2013, the President
issued a sequestration order pursuant to
Section 251A of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as
amended (2 U.S.C. 901a), and reduced
the amount of funding for CDBG–DR
grants under the Appropriations Act to
$15.18 billion. To date, a total of $15.18
billion has been allocated or set aside:
$13 billion in response to Hurricane
Sandy, $514 million in response to
disasters occurring in 2011 or 2012,
$655 million in response to 2013
disasters, and $1 billion for the National
Disaster Resilience Competition. This
notice modifies the waiver and
alternative requirement initially
published in the Federal Register notice
on July 11, 2014 (79 FR 40133), and
later modified in the Federal Register
notice published on April 2, 2015 (80
FR 17772). All waivers and alternative
requirements for Hurricane Sandy
grantees in receipt of allocations under
the Appropriations Act, are described
within the Federal Register notices
published by the Department on March
5, 2013 (78 FR 14329), April 19, 2013
(78 FR 23578), August 2, 2013 (78 FR
46999), November 18, 2013 (78 FR
69104), March 27, 2014 (79 FR 17173),
July 11, 2014 (79 FR 40133), October 16,
2014 (79 FR 62182), April 2, 2015 (80
FR 17772), and May 11, 2015 (80 FR
26942), August 25, 2015 (80 FR 51589),
November 18, 2015 (80 FR 72102),
February 12, 2016 (81 FR 7567), and
August 15, 2016 (81 FR 54114) (referred
to collectively in this notice as the
‘‘prior notices’’). The requirements of
the prior notices continue to apply,
except as modified by this notice.1
II. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers,
and Alternative Requirements
The Appropriations Act authorizes
the Secretary to waive, or specify
alternative requirements for, any
provision of any statute or regulation
that the Secretary administers in
connection with HUD’s obligation or
use by the recipient of these funds
(except for requirements related to fair
housing, nondiscrimination, labor
standards, and the environment).
Waivers and alternative requirements
are based upon a determination by the
1 Links to the prior notices, the text of the
Appropriations Act, and additional guidance
prepared by the Department for CDBG–DR grants,
are available on the HUD Exchange Web site:
https://www.hudexchange.info/cdbg-dr/cdbg-drlaws-regulations-and-federal-register-notices/.
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Secretary that good cause exists and that
the waiver or alternative requirement is
not inconsistent with the overall
purposes of Title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974
(42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (HCDA).
Regulatory waiver authority is also
provided by 24 CFR 5.110, 91.600, and
570.5.
For the waiver and alternative
requirement described in this notice, the
Secretary has determined that good
cause exists and that the waiver and
alternative requirement are not
inconsistent with the overall purpose of
Title I of the HCDA. Grantees may
request waivers and alternative
requirements from the Department as
needed to address specific needs related
to their recovery activities. Under the
requirements of the Appropriations Act,
waivers must be published in the
Federal Register no later than 5 days
before the effective date of such waiver.
1. Tenant-based rental assistance
(State of New Jersey, only). The State of
New Jersey requested a waiver of 42
U.S.C. 5305(a) in order to provide up to
$17 million in tenant-based rental
assistance to households beyond the
permissible length of time, and this
waiver was granted by the Department
in the Federal Register notice published
on July 11, 2014 (79 FR 40134). While
existing CDBG regulations allow
payments for these purposes, those
regulations limit assistance to a period
not to exceed three months. The State
justified longer term assistance in order
to meet the housing needs of vulnerable
populations until the State completes
construction of affordable rental units
and those units are made available to
low- and moderate-income (LMI)
populations.
The State later requested that HUD
increase the amount covered by the
waiver from $17 million to $32 million,
and extend the period of assistance by
two years, to January 1, 2018, in order
to meet the goals of a Voluntary
Compliance Agreement (VCA) with the
Department. HUD granted this waiver
extension in the April 2, 2015 Federal
Register notice (80 FR 17772) to support
the State’s compliance with its VCA and
because of the continued lack of
affordable housing caused by Hurricane
Sandy.
The State of New Jersey recently
requested an extension to the
expenditure deadline to January 1, 2019,
to allow the State to provide up to two
years of assistance to this LMI
population. Without this extension,
85% of this LMI population would not
be able to receive the full two years of
assistance under the TBRA program.
Because the Department is committed to
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assisting this population and allowing
the State to disburse the full amount of
assistance made available by the VCA,
HUD is modifying its waiver of 42
U.S.C. 5305(a) to the extent necessary to
allow the State to disburse the $32
million in Community Development
Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG–
DR) funds allocated to State’s TBRA
program until January 1, 2019. The
funds extended through this waiver are
subject to the 24-month limitation on
assistance and all other waiver and
alternative requirements related to the
TBRA program in the notice published
on July 11, 2014 (79 FR 40133), as
modified by the notice published on
April 2, 2015 (80 FR 17772), as well as
the requirements of the VCA and any
subsequent amendments to the VCA.
III. Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance
The Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance numbers for the disaster
recovery grants under this Notice is
14.269.
IV. Environmental Review
This Notice does not direct, provide
for assistance or loan and mortgage
insurance for, or otherwise govern or
regulate, real property acquisition,
disposition, leasing (other than tenantbased rental assistance), rehabilitation,
alteration, demolition, or new
construction, or establish, revise or
provide for standards for construction or
construction materials, manufactured
housing, or occupancy. Accordingly,
under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(1), this Notice is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C 4321).
Dated: February 3, 2017.
Janet M. Golrick,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5961-N-02]
Additional Clarifying Guidance, Waivers, and Alternative
Requirements for Grantees in Receipt of Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Under the Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act, 2013
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice modifies a waiver and alternative requirement for
the State of New Jersey's tenant-based rental assistance program funded
through its Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG-
DR) grant pursuant to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
(Pub. L. 113-2) (the Appropriations Act). A waiver and alternative
requirement for the tenant-based rental assistance program was
initially published in a Federal Register notice on July 11, 2014 (79
FR 40134), and later modified in the Federal Register notice published
on April 2, 2015 (80 FR 17772).
DATES: Effective Date: February 13, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessie Handforth Kome, Acting
Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 7286, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone number 202-708-3587. Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay
Service at 800-877-8339. Facsimile inquiries may be sent to Mr. Stan
Gimont at 202-401-2044. (Except for the``800'' number, these telephone
numbers are not toll-free.) Email inquiries may be sent to
disaster_recovery@hud.gov.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and Alternative
Requirements
III. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
IV. Finding of No Significant Impact
I. Background
The Appropriations Act made available $16 billion in Community
Development Block Grant disaster recovery funds for necessary expenses
related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of
infrastructure and housing, and economic revitalization in the most
impacted and distressed areas, resulting from a major disaster declared
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) (Stafford Act), due to
Hurricane Sandy and other eligible events in calendar years 2011, 2012,
and 2013. On March 1, 2013, the President issued a sequestration order
pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act, as amended (2 U.S.C. 901a), and reduced the amount of
funding for CDBG-DR grants under the Appropriations Act to $15.18
billion. To date, a total of $15.18 billion has been allocated or set
aside: $13 billion in response to Hurricane Sandy, $514 million in
response to disasters occurring in 2011 or 2012, $655 million in
response to 2013 disasters, and $1 billion for the National Disaster
Resilience Competition. This notice modifies the waiver and alternative
requirement initially published in the Federal Register notice on July
11, 2014 (79 FR 40133), and later modified in the Federal Register
notice published on April 2, 2015 (80 FR 17772). All waivers and
alternative requirements for Hurricane Sandy grantees in receipt of
allocations under the Appropriations Act, are described within the
Federal Register notices published by the Department on March 5, 2013
(78 FR 14329), April 19, 2013 (78 FR 23578), August 2, 2013 (78 FR
46999), November 18, 2013 (78 FR 69104), March 27, 2014 (79 FR 17173),
July 11, 2014 (79 FR 40133), October 16, 2014 (79 FR 62182), April 2,
2015 (80 FR 17772), and May 11, 2015 (80 FR 26942), August 25, 2015 (80
FR 51589), November 18, 2015 (80 FR 72102), February 12, 2016 (81 FR
7567), and August 15, 2016 (81 FR 54114) (referred to collectively in
this notice as the ``prior notices''). The requirements of the prior
notices continue to apply, except as modified by this notice.\1\
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\1\ Links to the prior notices, the text of the Appropriations
Act, and additional guidance prepared by the Department for CDBG-DR
grants, are available on the HUD Exchange Web site: https://www.hudexchange.info/cdbg-dr/cdbg-dr-laws-regulations-and-federal-register-notices/.
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II. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements
The Appropriations Act authorizes the Secretary to waive, or
specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or
regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with HUD's
obligation or use by the recipient of these funds (except for
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor
standards, and the environment). Waivers and alternative requirements
are based upon a determination by the
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Secretary that good cause exists and that the waiver or alternative
requirement is not inconsistent with the overall purposes of Title I of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et
seq.) (HCDA). Regulatory waiver authority is also provided by 24 CFR
5.110, 91.600, and 570.5.
For the waiver and alternative requirement described in this
notice, the Secretary has determined that good cause exists and that
the waiver and alternative requirement are not inconsistent with the
overall purpose of Title I of the HCDA. Grantees may request waivers
and alternative requirements from the Department as needed to address
specific needs related to their recovery activities. Under the
requirements of the Appropriations Act, waivers must be published in
the Federal Register no later than 5 days before the effective date of
such waiver.
1. Tenant-based rental assistance (State of New Jersey, only). The
State of New Jersey requested a waiver of 42 U.S.C. 5305(a) in order to
provide up to $17 million in tenant-based rental assistance to
households beyond the permissible length of time, and this waiver was
granted by the Department in the Federal Register notice published on
July 11, 2014 (79 FR 40134). While existing CDBG regulations allow
payments for these purposes, those regulations limit assistance to a
period not to exceed three months. The State justified longer term
assistance in order to meet the housing needs of vulnerable populations
until the State completes construction of affordable rental units and
those units are made available to low- and moderate-income (LMI)
populations.
The State later requested that HUD increase the amount covered by
the waiver from $17 million to $32 million, and extend the period of
assistance by two years, to January 1, 2018, in order to meet the goals
of a Voluntary Compliance Agreement (VCA) with the Department. HUD
granted this waiver extension in the April 2, 2015 Federal Register
notice (80 FR 17772) to support the State's compliance with its VCA and
because of the continued lack of affordable housing caused by Hurricane
Sandy.
The State of New Jersey recently requested an extension to the
expenditure deadline to January 1, 2019, to allow the State to provide
up to two years of assistance to this LMI population. Without this
extension, 85% of this LMI population would not be able to receive the
full two years of assistance under the TBRA program. Because the
Department is committed to assisting this population and allowing the
State to disburse the full amount of assistance made available by the
VCA, HUD is modifying its waiver of 42 U.S.C. 5305(a) to the extent
necessary to allow the State to disburse the $32 million in Community
Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG-DR) funds allocated to
State's TBRA program until January 1, 2019. The funds extended through
this waiver are subject to the 24-month limitation on assistance and
all other waiver and alternative requirements related to the TBRA
program in the notice published on July 11, 2014 (79 FR 40133), as
modified by the notice published on April 2, 2015 (80 FR 17772), as
well as the requirements of the VCA and any subsequent amendments to
the VCA.
III. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance numbers for the disaster
recovery grants under this Notice is 14.269.
IV. Environmental Review
This Notice does not direct, provide for assistance or loan and
mortgage insurance for, or otherwise govern or regulate, real property
acquisition, disposition, leasing (other than tenant-based rental
assistance), rehabilitation, alteration, demolition, or new
construction, or establish, revise or provide for standards for
construction or construction materials, manufactured housing, or
occupancy. Accordingly, under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(1), this Notice is
categorically excluded from environmental review under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C 4321).
Dated: February 3, 2017.
Janet M. Golrick,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
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