Notices and Handbooks

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These Environmental Notices and handbooks provide guidance for environmental review processing for various HUD programs for which environmental procedures and standards are authorized to assure compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and related Federal environmental laws, executive orders, and authorities.

CPD Notice 05-07 PDF | WORD - August 30, 2005
Field Environmental Review Processing for Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED) Grants

CPD Notice 04-08 PDF | WORD- August 10, 2004
Waiving statutory environmental review requirements for the Indian Housing Block Grant Program for Tribes that Have Assumed Environmental Review Responsibilities under 24 CFR Part 58
Indian Housing Block Grant

Notice PIH-99-37 (ONAP) - "Indian Housing Block Grant Program: Guidance and Procedures If Tribes Do Not Assume Environmental Review Responsibilities under 24 CFR Part 58"

Notice CPD-02-07 - "CEQ Survey of Cooperating Agency Agreements for Implementing the Procedural Requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for HUD Programs"
Used by: HUD staff, Federal agencies, and State and local governments
Description: This notice requests information from HUD Field Offices relating to Cooperating Agency Agreements, which are formalized agreements used to facilitate Federal and non-federal governmental coordination of complex environmental analysis in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Although these agreements have not been widely used for environmental analysis for HUD programs, CEQ has found, based on extensive research, that Cooperating Agency Agreements can improve the quality of communication between governmental entities involved in NEPA for projects and activities subject to NEPA.

Notice CPD-01-09 - "Modified Environmental Processing for Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) Fiscal Year 2001 Legislative Change" Used by: HUD staff and recipient organizations, consortia and their affiliates Description: This notice implements Section 202 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 which permits reimbursement of organizations, consortia and affiliates under the Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program for their acquisition of land prior to approval of environmental review. Also, this notice extends the provisions of Notice CPD-98-10. To the extent that the provisions of CPD-98-10 are inconsistent with this notice, the provisions of this notice shall govern.

Notice CPD-01-11 - "Environmental Review and the HOME Investment Partnerships Program."
Used by: HUD staff, HOME participating jurisdictions, state recipients, subrecipients, and third parties including property owners, contractors and developer partners, both public and private entities.
Description: The purpose of this notice is to provide guidance on the environmental review process required under the HOME program rule (24 CFR 92.352). Additionally, this notice explains the responsibilities of HUD staff, HOME participating jurisdictions, state recipients, sub recipients, and third parties including property owners, contractors and developer partners, both public and private entities, in performing their environmental review responsibilities in accordance with 24 CFR Part 58. Several documents referred to in this notice may only be accessible through the Internet.

Notice CPD-99-08 - "Modified Environmental Processing for Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)"

Notice CPD-99-07 - "Field Environmental Review Processing for the HUD Urban Empowerment Zones (EZ) Program (Round II)

Notice CPD-99-01 - "Field Environmental Review Processing for HUD Colonias Initiative (HCI) Grants"

Notice CPD-98-10 - "Modified Environmental Processing for Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)"

Notice CPD-96-06 "Field Environmental Processing for Loan Guarantee Recovery Fund" (in the process of being revised)

Notice CPD-93-37 - "Field Environmental Processing for the Youthbuild-Program." (in the process of being revised)

Handbook 1390.05 - "Environmental Policy for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program." (In the process of being revised)

Handbook 4590.01 Rev-1 - "Housing Finance Agency (HFA) Risk-Sharing Pilot Program."