[Federal Register: December 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 248)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4424-C-03]

 
Notice of Funding Availability for: the HUD-Administered Small 
Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program--Fiscal Year 
1999, and the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program for Small Communities 
in New York State; Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); correction.

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SUMMARY: On November 25, 1998, HUD published a notice of funding 
availability (NOFA) announcing: (1) the availability of approximately 
$54,558,000 in Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 funding for the HUD-administered 
Small Cities Program in New York State under the Community Development 
Block Grant (CDBG) Program; and (2) the availability of a maximum of 
approximately $200,000,000-$250,000,000 in FY 1999 funding under the 
Section 108 Loan Guarantee program for small cities in New York State.
    On December 7, 1998, a correction notice was published to clarify 
that the application due date for this NOFA is February 3, 1999.
    This correction notice removes language in the ``Final Selection'' 
portion of the NOFA that is not applicable to the FY 1999 funding 
process for this program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvette Aidara, State and Small Cities 
Division, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Room 7184, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-1322 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access this number 
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 
1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 25, 1998 (63 FR 65486), HUD 
published a notice of funding availability (NOFA) (FR-4424) announcing:
    (1) The availability of approximately $54,558,000 in Fiscal Year 
(FY) 1999 funding for the HUD-administered Small Cities Program in New 
York State under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; 
and
    (2) The availability of a maximum of approximately $200,000,000-
$250,000,000 in FY 1999 funding under the Section 108 Loan Guarantee 
program for small cities in New York State.
    On December 7, 1998, a correction notice was published to clarify 
that the application due date for this NOFA is February 3, 1999.
    This correction notice, published in today's Federal Register, 
removes language in the ``Final Selection'' portion of the NOFA that is 
not applicable to the FY 1999 funding process for this program. 
Specifically, Section I.E.4 of the NOFA (``Final Selection''), which is 
found in the first column at 63 FR 65497, contains language regarding 
the submission of two applications. This language was in last year's 
NOFA for this program and was appropriate because the FY 1997/1998 
NOFA, published on December 16, 1997, solicited and authorized 
applicants to submit a separate application for FY 1997 and 1998 
funding. This language should have been removed from the FY 1999 NOFA 
because, for this fiscal year, applications are for FY 1999 funding 
only. This correction notice removes this language.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 98-31516, Notice of Funding Availability for: 
the HUD-Administered Small Cities Community Development Block Grant 
(CDBG) Program--Fiscal Year 1999; and the Section 108 Loan Guarantee 
Program for Small Communities in New York State (FR-4424-N-01), 
published in the Federal Register on November 25, 1998 (63 FR 65486), 
is corrected as follows:
    On page 65497, in the first column, the first paragraph of the 
subsection titled ``4. Final Selection'' (the introductory paragraph) 
is corrected to read as follows:
    The total points received by a project for all of the selection 
factors are added, and the project is ranked against all other projects 
from all applications regardless of the program areas in which the 
projects were rated. The highest ranked projects will be funded to the 
extent funds are available. In the case of ties at the funding line, 
HUD will use the following criteria in order to break ties:
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    Dated: December 21, 1998.
Camille E. Acevedo,
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations.
[FR Doc. 98-34188 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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