Reopening Announcement; Notice

Friday, September 15, 2006

Part II

Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Notice of Funding Availability, Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs; Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Program NOFA; Competition Reopening Announcement; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND original FY 2006 Lead Hazard Program. Therefore, HUD is providing URBAN DEVELOPMENT Reduction Demonstration Grant jurisdictions with the most need (as Program and Lead-Based Paint Hazard identified by the documented number of [Docket No. FR 5030–C–13A] Control Grant Program NOFAs, as well pre-1940 occupied rental units and by Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 as those jurisdictions who did not apply children under six with elevated blood Notice of Funding Availability, Policy previously, HUD will provide a lead levels), the opportunity to apply for Requirements and General Section to debriefing for the original NOFA only funding in order to address lead hazards SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary after the application deadline date for in their communities. This Notice Grant Programs; Lead Hazard this NOFA shown in the DATES section, reopens the Lead Hazard Reduction Reduction Demonstration Program below. The procedures for requesting a Demonstration Grant Program NOFA NOFA; Competition Reopening debriefing are outlined in the General competition. The reopened competition Announcement Section. HUD is providing comments on makes available approximately important issues regarding this NOFA, $39,079,831 in FY 2006 funds for AGENCY: Department of Housing and such as common problems identified approximately 10 to approximately 15 Urban Development, Office of Healthy during review of the original FY 2006 new awards. Homes and Lead Hazard Control, HUD. Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration On August 8, 2006, HUD published ACTION: Super Notice of Funding NOFA applications, in order to provide additional information regarding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD information equitably to all applicants changes made to the Central Contractor Discretionary Grant Programs; for this NOFA. HUD’s comments are in Registration (CCR) that will impact reopening of competition Appendix B of this NOFA. applicants that are starting the announcement for Lead Hazard • Applicants under this Notice registration process or updating their Reduction Demonstration Program should carefully review the registration (71 FR 45063). The notice NOFA (CFDA number 14.905). requirements, including Appendices A stated that as of August 1, 2006, CCR and B, to ensure that their submission would obtain certain data fields from SUMMARY: On January 20, 2006, HUD is complete and addresses all elements Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) to pre- published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 of the competition. populate the CCR registration. CCR also Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) DATES: The new application deadline recently announced that it would check Policy Requirements and General date for the Lead Hazard Reduction these records against Internal Revenue Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD’s Demonstration Grant Program NOFA is Service records to ensure the Discretionary Grant Programs. On Tuesday, October 31, 2006. registration is accurate and matches March 8, 2006, HUD published its FY what was provided to the IRS. If there FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 2006 SuperNOFA for HUD’s is a discrepancy in the data between Discretionary Grant Programs, which Jonnette Hawkins, Director, Program what is contained in the D&B included a Program Section addressing Management and Assurance Division, registration, and what you have three Lead Hazard Programs. That Office of Healthy Homes and Lead provided to the IRS, your registration NOFA closed on June 7, 2006; awards Hazard Control, 451 Seventh Street, cannot be completed until the are being announced concurrently with SW., Washington, DC 20410–3000, discrepancy is resolved. Applicants today’s Notice. Today’s Notice telephone (202) 755–1785, ext. 7593 should review their D&B registration for announces the reopening of the Lead (this is not a toll-free number). Persons accuracy and allow sufficient time to Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant with hearing or speech impairments make any required changes. This Program NOFA competition (CFDA may access this number via TTY by process is part of a government-wide number 14.905) only. Applicants calling the Federal Information Relay eAuthentication process. For further announced today as award recipients Service at (800) 877–8339. information regarding your D&B under the 2006 Lead Hazard Reduction SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On registration, you can contact the D&B Demonstration Grant Program are January 20, 2006, HUD published its Government Helpdesk at: ineligible for the reopened competition. Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Notice of Funding [email protected]. For information Further, as previously stated in the Availability (NOFA) Policy regarding the CCR policy change, see initial March 8, 2006, Lead Hazard Requirements and General Section the ‘‘Frequently Asked Questions’’ at: Reduction Demonstration NOFA, (General Section) to the SuperNOFA for http://www.ccr.gov/ applicants awarded grants under the FY HUD’s Discretionary Programs (71 FR newsdetail.asp?id=55&type=N or the 2005 Lead Hazard Reduction 3382). On March 8, 2006, HUD CCR Assistance Center at: http:// Demonstration Grant Program, published its FY 2006 SuperNOFA for www.dlis.dla.mil/cust.asp. Applicants Operation Lead Elimination Action HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs (71 with current registrations that are not Program, or Lead-Based Paint Hazard FR 11812); the Lead Hazard Reduction expiring during the application period Control Program are still ineligible Demonstration Grant Program NOFA are not affected. under this reopening. included in the SuperNOFA closed on Applications must be received and June 7, 2006. On April 28, 2006, HUD validated by Grants.gov by 11:59:59 Additional Items of Note to Applicants published a technical correction to the p.m. on Tuesday, October 31, 2006. • This document revises the General Section, which clarified that Applicants that applied under the initial methodology for determining the pre- HUD would only review file NOFA competition but did not receive 1940 housing eligibility criterion to the attachments that were in certain formats awards may submit a new application Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (71 FR 25208). The technical correction under this competition if otherwise Grant Program NOFA. Notice also made corrections to the Lead eligible. • Only applications submitted for the Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant The Lead Hazard Reduction Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Program section. Demonstration Grant Program NOFA Grant Program will be reviewed. HUD did not receive a sufficient has a threshold requirement for the In order to provide equitable review number of eligible applications that met number of pre-1940 occupied rental of applications from both unsuccessful the funding criteria for the Lead Hazard housing units in the applicant’s applicant jurisdictions under the Reduction Demonstration Grant jurisdiction(s). Appendix A lists the

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local governments, States and Tribes least 3,500 pre-1940 occupied rental Program, as well as the most frequent that are eligible to apply (part A of housing units, as listed at the 2000 deficiencies identified in first round Appendix A), as well as the other Census Web site identified in Form applications in order to ensure that jurisdictions within the same HUD 96013, ‘‘Need/Extent of the under this funding round, all applicants metropolitan area that may participate Problem.’’ In addition, a State may submit the best quality application. with them as sub-applicants or apply on behalf of one or more of the Applications submitted for programs consortium members (part B of eligible local jurisdictions if it has an other than the Lead Hazard Reduction Appendix A). A State with an EPA- EPA-authorized lead-based paint Demonstration Grant Program (CFDA authorized lead-based paint training and training and certification program. number 14.905) will not be reviewed certification program may apply on Under a State application, at least one and cannot receive an award. behalf of one or more of the eligible local government in each different Applicants interested in applying for jurisdictions. A Tribe with an EPA- metropolitan area covered by the funding under this competition must authorized lead-based paint training and application must meet the 3,500-unit download an application from certification program meeting the unit threshold. In addition, a consortium of Grants.gov and submit a new requirement may also apply on its own local governments within a single application in its entirety. HUD will not behalf. Appendix B lists HUD’s metropolitan area may apply. The local accept a partial or amended application comments on selected issues related to government identified as the primary submission. If you submit your old this NOFA. The identification of eligible applicant must meet the 3,500-unit application, Grants.gov will reject it. jurisdictions is based upon 2000 Census threshold.’’ Applicants need to read the submission requirements carefully. data available at http:// 2. Applicant Eligibility www.census.govPress-Rlease/www/ Waiver of Electronic Submission Only applicants that did not receive 2002/sumfile3.html. HUD used Census Requirement data to identify metropolitan areas with an award from HUD under the FY 2005 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration You must submit your application 3,500 or more housing units of occupied electronically, unless you obtain a rental housing built in 1939 or earlier. Grant Program, Operation Lead Elimination Action Program, Lead- waiver as noted below. You may request Form HUD 96013, ‘‘Need/Extent of the a waiver from the electronic submission Problem,’’ includes instructions on how Based Paint Hazard Control Program, or the FY 2006 Lead Hazard Reduction requirement. HUD’s waiver regulations to obtain housing information for require that a request for a waiver be individual areas. Form HUD 96013 is Demonstration Grant Program are eligible to apply under this Notice. HUD based upon cause. Therefore, if you included in the application download at request a waiver to the electronic Grants.gov. provides a listing of applicants awarded funds at HUD’s Web site at http:// submission requirement your waiver Applicability of SuperNOFA General www.hud.gov/grants/index.cfm, under request must be in writing. It must state Section and the Lead Hazard Reduction the header ‘‘Funding Announcements.’’ the basis for the request and explain Demonstration Grant Program NOFA why electronic submission is not Requirements to Reopened Competition 3. Single Application possible. The basis for waivers for cause may include, but are not limited to: (a) Please note that all the requirements HUD will review only one application Lack of available Internet access in the contained in the General Section and for each jurisdiction. If HUD receives geographic location in which the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration more than one application from a applicant’s business office is located, or Grant Program Section previously jurisdiction, HUD will contact the chief (b) physical disability of the applicant published remain the same, with the executive officer for the jurisdiction that prevents the applicant from exception of the revised methodology (e.g., the mayor, county executive, etc.) accessing or responding to the for determining pre-1940 housing to determine which application is to be considered. If the executive does not application electronically. eligibility noted below, and the In order to ensure your waiver request additional ineligibility requirement of select one applicant to be considered under this NOFA, HUD will not review is received, you must submit your 2006 Lead Hazard Reduction waiver request by e-mail, fax, or letter Demonstration grantees as mentioned any of the applications. A jurisdiction where lead hazard (return receipt requested) at least 15 above in this Notice. control work will be done can appear in days prior to the deadline date to allow Modification to Threshold Requirement only one application. If the jurisdiction sufficient time for HUD to review the for Determining the Pre-1940 Housing appears in more than one application, request and respond. Applicants should Eligibility Criterion none of the applications in which the send e-mails with a return receipt and jurisdiction appears will be reviewed. retain the receipt for their records. 1. Housing Eligibility Criterion Applicants should retain the fax HUD has modified its threshold Submission Instructions confirmation receipt, when submitting a eligibility criterion for the number of Applicants must follow application fax request for a waiver. The waiver pre-1940 occupied rental housing units submission procedures published in request should include the applicant’s under this re-opened NOFA for the Lead HUD’s FY 2006 General Section to the e-mail, name, and mailing address of the Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary organization where responses can be Program. HUD is replacing section Programs. HUD encourages eligible directed. Waiver requests must be III.C.3.b, in the first column on page applicants that previously applied in FY submitted to Jonnette G. Hawkins, 11819 of the original Lead Hazard 2006 under the Lead Hazard Reduction Director Program Management and Reduction Demonstration Grant Demonstration Grant Program but were Assurance Division. Program NOFA, with the following: ‘‘b. not awarded a grant to submit new Waiver requests may be submitted by To be eligible to apply for the Lead applications. To assist applicants in e-mail to Hazard Reduction Demonstration revising applications, Appendix B [email protected], by fax Program, the applicant must be a city, provides ‘‘HUD’s Comments on Selected to (202) 755–1000, or by letter to: U.S. county, or other unit of local Issues’’ regarding the Lead Hazard Department of Housing and Urban government. The applicant must have at Reduction Demonstration Grant Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,

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Room 8236, Washington, DC 20410– Action Program, or Lead-Based Paint Illinois 3000, Attention: Jonnette G. Hawkins, Hazard Control Grant Program, or the State of Illinois and the following Director Program Management and FY 2006 Lead Hazard Reduction jurisdictions: Cicero town; Cook County; Assurance Division. If HUD approves Demonstration Grant Program, even if Evanston (city); Kane County; La Salle the waiver request, the approval included in this Appendix, are County; Lake County; Madison County; notification will include instructions on ineligible to apply under this reopened Oak Park village; Peoria County; Rock how many copies of the application to competition. Island County; Rockford (city); submit and where they should be A. Eligible Applicants with 3,500 or Sangamon County; St. Clair County; submitted. All paper applications must more occupied pre-1940 rental housing Will County. be received by HUD at the required units, and eligible States and Tribes. location by the deadline date and time Indiana Alabama contained in this Notice. State of Indiana and the following Dated: September 11, 2006. State of Alabama and the following jurisdictions: Evansville (city); Fort Jon L. Gant, jurisdiction: Birmingham (city). Wayne (city); Indianapolis (city); Lake Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Arizona County; St. Joseph County; Tippecanoe Hazard Control. County. The following jurisdiction: Tucson Appendix A: Metropolitan Areas (city). Iowa Having at Least One Place or County California State of Iowa and the following With 3,500 or More Occupied Rental jurisdictions: Davenport (city); Des Housing Units Built Before 1940, and State of California and the following Moines (city); Dubuque County; Linn Eligible States and Tribes jurisdictions: Alameda (city); Berkeley County; Woodbury County. (Based on the 2000 Census) (city); Contra Costa County; Fresno (city); Glendale (city); Humboldt Kansas This Appendix lists States and County; Kern County; Long Beach (city); State of Kansas and the following jurisdictions that are eligible to apply Los Angeles County; Marin County; jurisdiction: Wichita (city). under this Lead Hazard Reduction Monterey County; Oakland (city); Demonstration Grant Program Notice of Kentucky Orange County; Pasadena (city); Funding Availability (NOFA). Part A Sacramento (city); San Bernardino State of Kentucky and the following lists eligible applicants, which must be County; San Diego County; San jurisdictions: Covington (city); a unit of local general government (city Francisco (city); San Joaquin County; Lexington-Fayette. or county) or a State or Native American San Jose (city); San Mateo County; Santa Tribe that is authorized by EPA to Louisiana Barbara County; Santa Clara County; administer a lead-based paint training Santa Cruz County; Santa Monica (city); State of Louisiana and the following and certification program. To be an Sonoma County; Stanislaus County; jurisdiction: New Orleans (city). eligible city or county, a jurisdiction Ventura County. must have 3,500 or more occupied pre- Maine 1940 rental housing units according to Colorado The following jurisdictions: the 2000 Census. A State with an EPA State of Colorado and the following Cumberland County; Kennebec County; authorized lead-based paint training and jurisdiction: Colorado Springs (city). Lewiston (city); Penobscot County; certification program may apply on Portland (city); York County. behalf of one or more of its eligible local Connecticut jurisdictions. An eligible Native Maryland The following jurisdictions: American Tribe may apply on its own State of Maryland and the following Bridgeport (city); Fairfield County; behalf. jurisdictions: Allegany County; Hartford County; Litchfield County; Part B of this Appendix lists Baltimore County; Frederick County; Middlesex County; New Haven County; metropolitan areas with 3,500 or more Montgomery County; Prince George’s New London County; Windham County. occupied pre-1940 rental housing units County; Washington County. and their component jurisdictions. Delaware Jurisdictions listed in Part B have fewer Massachusetts State of Delaware and the following than 3,500 occupied pre-1940 rental The following jurisdictions: Berkshire jurisdiction: Wilmington (city). housing units. These jurisdictions in the County; Bristol County; Brockton (city); same metropolitan area as an eligible District of Columbia Brookline CDP; Cambridge (city); Essex County; Everett (city); Fall River (city); applicant listed in Part A may Florida participate in a Lead Hazard Control Fitchburg (city); Franklin County; Demonstration program as a sub-grantee The following jurisdictions: Hampden County; Hampshire County; or consortium partner. Jacksonville (city); Miami Beach (city); Haverhill (city); Lawrence (city); Lynn In addition, EPA-authorized States Miami (city); Miami-Dade County; Palm (city); Malden (city); Medford (city); and Tribes that apply on behalf of one Beach County; St. Petersburg (city); Middlesex County; New Bedford (city); or more eligible jurisdictions listed in Tampa (city). Newton (city); Norfolk County; Pittsfield Part A may include jurisdictions that are Georgia (city); Plymouth County; Quincy (city); part of a multi-state metropolitan area in Salem (city); Springfield (city); Suffolk which the eligible city is located in a State of Georgia and the following County; Taunton (city); Waltham (city); different State. jurisdictions: Atlanta (city); Savannah Worcester (city); Worcester County. Also, as described in the NOFA, (city). jurisdictions that previously received Michigan Hawaii awards under the FY 2005 Lead Hazard State of Michigan and the following Reduction Demonstration Grant State of Hawaii and the following jurisdictions: Ann Arbor (city); Calhoun Program, Operation Lead Elimination jurisdiction: Honolulu CDP. County; Detroit (city); Flint (city);

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Jackson County; Kalamazoo County; (city); Cincinnati (city); Columbus (city); Vermont Lansing (city); Macomb County; Cuyahoga County; Dayton (city); The following jurisdictions: Oakland County; Saginaw County; Hamilton County; Lakewood (city); Burlington (city) and the following Wayne County. Lorain County; Mahoning County; jurisdictions: Rutland County; Montgomery County; Springfield (city); Minnesota Washington County. Stark County; Toledo (city); Trumbull State of Minnesota and the following County. Virginia jurisdiction: Duluth (city); Minneapolis Oklahoma The following jurisdictions: Norfolk (city); St. Paul (city). (city); Richmond (city). Missouri State of Oklahoma and the following jurisdictions: Cherokee OTSA. Washington State of Missouri and the following Oklahoma City (city); Tulsa (city). The following jurisdictions: King jurisdictions: Springfield (city); St. Oregon County; Seattle (city); Snohomish Louis County. County; Spokane (city); Tacoma (city). Nebraska State of Oregon and the following jurisdictions: Lane County; Portland West Virginia State of Nebraska and the following (city). State of West Virginia and the jurisdiction: Lincoln (city). Pennsylvania following jurisdiction: Kanawha New Hampshire County. State of Pennsylvania and the State of New Hampshire and the following jurisdictions: Allegheny Wisconsin following jurisdictions: Grafton County; County; Allentown (city); Beaver State of Wisconsin and the following Manchester (city); Merrimack County; County; Berks County; Bethlehem (city); jurisdictions: Brown County; Kenosha Nashua (city); Rockingham County; Blair County; Bucks County; Butler Strafford County. County; Madison (city); Milwaukee County; Cambria County; Chester (city); Milwaukee County; Racine (city); New Jersey County; Cumberland County; Dauphin Rock County; Sheboygan County; County; Delaware County; Erie (city); State of New Jersey and the following Winnebago County. Fayette County; Franklin County; jurisdictions: Atlantic County; Bayonne B. The following metropolitan areas Harrisburg (city); Lackawanna County; (city); Bergen County; Burlington (in alphabetical order) have at least one Lancaster (city); Lancaster County; County; Camden County; Clifton (city); eligible place or county listed in Part A, East Orange (city); Elizabeth (city); Lebanon County; Luzerne County; above, with 3500 or more pre-1940 Essex County; Hoboken (city); Hudson Lycoming County; Mercer County; occupied rental housing units. County; Jersey City (city); Mercer Montgomery County; Northampton Additional jurisdictions in the County; Middlesex County; Monmouth County; Northumberland County; metropolitan area that may participate County; Morris County; Newark (city); Pittsburgh (city); Reading (city); as sub-applicants or consortium Passaic (city); Paterson (city); Somerset Schuylkill County; Scranton (city); members are also listed here. Washington County; Westmoreland County; Trenton (city); Union City Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (city); Union County; West New York County; Wilkes-Barre (city); York (city); town. York County. Principal City: Akron. Portage County, Summit County. New York Puerto Rico Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY The following jurisdictions: Albany Metropolitan Statistical Area (city); Albany County; Binghamton the following jurisdiction: San Juan (city); Broome County; Buffalo (city); zona urbana. Principal Cities: Albany, Schenectady, Cattaraugus County; Cayuga County; Troy. Rhode Island Albany County, Rensselaer County, Chemung County; Dutchess County; State of Rhode Island and the Saratoga County, Schenectady County, Jamestown (city); Jefferson County; following jurisdictions: Kent County; Schoharie County. Monroe County; Montgomery County; Newport County; Pawtucket (city); Mount Vernon (city); Nassau County; Providence (city); Providence County; Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ New Rochelle (city); Niagara County; Woonsocket (city). Metropolitan Statistical Area Oneida County; Onondaga County; Principal Cities: Allentown, PA; Ontario County; Orange County; South Carolina Bethlehem, PA. Oswego County; Rochester (city); The following jurisdiction: Charleston Warren County, NJ; Carbon County, Rockland County; Saratoga County; (city). PA; Lehigh County, PA; Northampton Schenectady (city); St. Lawrence County, PA. County; Steuben County; Suffolk Tennessee County; Syracuse (city); Tompkins State of Tennessee and the following Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical County; Troy (city); Ulster County; Utica jurisdictions: Hamilton County; Area (city); Yonkers (city). Knoxville (city); Nashville-Davidson. Principal City: Altoona. Blair County. North Carolina Texas State of North Carolina and the State of Texas and the following Ann Arbor, MI Metropolitan Statistical following jurisdictions: Buncombe jurisdictions: Austin (city); Dallas (city); Area County; Guilford County; Mecklenburg El Paso (city); Harris County; San Principal City: Ann Arbor. County; Wake County. Antonio (city). Washtenaw County. Ohio Utah Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical State of Ohio and the following State of Utah and the following Area jurisdictions: Butler County; Canton jurisdiction: Salt Lake City (city). Principal City: Asheville.

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Buncombe County, Haywood County, Boston-Quincy, MA Metropolitan Catoosa County, GA; Dade County, Henderson County, Madison County. Division: Norfolk County, Plymouth GA; Walker County, GA; Hamilton County, Suffolk County. County, TN; Marion County, TN; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA Sequatchie County, TN. Metropolitan Statistical Area Metropolitan Division: Middlesex Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Principal Cities: Atlanta, Sandy County. Springs, Marietta. Essex County, MA Metropolitan Metropolitan Statistical Area Barrow County, Bartow County, Butts Division: Essex County. Principal Cities: Chicago, IL; County, Carroll County, Cherokee Rockingham County-Strafford County, Naperville, IL; Joliet, IL; Gary, IN; Elgin, County, Clayton County, Cobb County, NH Metropolitan Division: Rockingham IL; Arlington Heights, IL; Evanston, IL; Coweta County, Dawson County, County, Strafford County. Schaumburg, IL; Skokie, IL; Des Plaines, DeKalb County, Douglas County, Fayette IL. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT County, Forsyth County, Fulton County, Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area Gwinnett County, Haralson County, Metropolitan Division: Cook County, Heard County, Henry County, Jasper Principal Cities: Bridgeport, Stamford, DeKalb County, DuPage County, Grundy County, Lamar County, Meriwether Norwalk, Danbury, Stratford. County, Kane County, Kendall County, County, Newton County, Paulding Fairfield County. McHenry County, Will County. Gary, IN Metropolitan Division: Jasper County, Pickens County, Pike County, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan County, Lake County, Newton County, Rockdale County, Spalding County, Statistical Area Walton County, Athens-Clark County Porter County. (balance).1 Principal Cities: Buffalo, Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Cheektowaga, Tonawanda, Niagara Metropolitan Division: Lake County, IL; Atlantic City, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Falls. Kenosha County, WI. Area Erie County, Niagara County. Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Principal City: Atlantic City. Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metropolitan Statistical Area Atlantic County. Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal Cities: Cincinnati, OH; Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Principal Cities: Burlington, South Middletown, OH. Statistical Area Burlington. Dearborn County, IN; Franklin Principal Cities: Austin, Round Rock. Chittenden County, Franklin County, County, IN; Ohio County, IN; Boone Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Grand Isle County. County, KY; Bracken County, KY; Campbell County, KY; Gallatin County, Hays County, Travis County, Canton-Massillon, OH Metropolitan KY; Grant County, KY; Kenton County, Williamson County. Statistical Area KY; Pendleton County, KY; Brown Baltimore-Towson, MD Metropolitan Principal Cities: Canton, Massillon. County, OH; Butler County, OH; Statistical Area: Carroll County, Stark County. Clermont County, OH; Hamilton Principal Cities: Baltimore, Towson. Cedar Rapids, IA Metropolitan County, OH; Warren County, OH. Anne Arundel County, Baltimore Statistical Area Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH County, Carroll County, Harford County, Principal City: Cedar Rapids. Metropolitan Statistical Area Howard County, Queen Anne’s County, Benton County, Jones County, Linn Baltimore city. Principal Cities: Cleveland, Elyria, County. Mentor. Bangor, ME Metropolitan Statistical Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Area Area Lake County, Lorain County, Medina County Principal City: Bangor. Principal City: Charleston. Penobscot County. Boone County, Clay County, Kanawha Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Binghamton, NY Metropolitan County, Lincoln County, Putnam Statistical Area Statistical Area: County. El Paso County, Teller County. Principal City: Binghamton. Charleston-North Charleston, SC Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Broome County, Tioga County. Metropolitan Statistical Area Area Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Principal Cities: Charleston, North Principal City: Columbus. Statistical Area Charleston. Delaware County, Fairfield County, Berkeley County, Charleston County, Franklin County, Licking County, Principal Cities: Birmingham, Hoover. Dorchester County. Madison County, Morrow County, Bibb County, Blount County, Chilton Pickaway County, Union County. County, Jefferson County, St. Clair Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC County, Shelby County, Walker County. Metropolitan Statistical Area Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Principal Cities: Charlotte, NC; Metropolitan Statistical Area Gastonia, NC; Concord, NC, Rock Hill, Principal Cities: Dallas, Fort Worth, SC. Arlington, Plano, Irving, Carrollton, Principal Cities: Boston, MA; Anson County, NC; Cabarrus County, Richardson, Denton, McKinney. Cambridge, MA; Quincy, MA; Newton, NC; Gaston County, NC; Mecklenburg Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan MA; Framingham, MA; Waltham, MA. County, NC; Union County, NC; York Division County, SC. 1 Athens-Clark County (balance) refers to the Collin County, Dallas County, Delta portion of the consolidated government of Athens Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan County, Denton County, Ellis County, city and Clark County minus the separately Statistical Area incorporated places of Bogart and Winterville Hunt County, Kaufman County, within the consolidated city. Principal City: Chattanooga, TN. Rockwall County.

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Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Erie, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Division Statistical Area Principal City: Erie. Johnson County, Parker County, Erie County. Principal City: Indianapolis city Tarrant County, Wise County. (balance) 2, Carmel. Evansville, IN-KY Metropolitan Boone County, Brown County, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Statistical Area Hamilton County, Hancock County, Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal City: Evansville, IN. Hendricks County, Johnson County, Principal Cities: Davenport, IA; Gibson County, IN; Posey County, IN; Marion County, Morgan County, Moline, IL; Rock Island, IL. Vanderburgh County, IN; Warrick Putnam County, Shelby County. Henry County, IL; Mercer County, IL; County, IN; Henderson County, KY; Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Rock Island County, IL; Scott County, Webster County, KY. Area IA. Flint, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal City: Jacksonville. Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Principal City: Flint. Baker County, Clay County, Duval Area County, Nassau County, St. Johns Genesee County. Principal City: Dayton. County. Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Greene County, Miami County, Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY Area Montgomery County, Preble County. Micropolitan Statistical Area Denver-Aurora, CO Metropolitan Principal City: Fort Wayne. Principal Cities: Jamestown, Dunkirk, Statistical Area Allen County, Wells County, Whitley Fredonia. County. Principal Cities: Denver, Aurora. Chautauqua County. Adams County, Arapahoe County, Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area Johnstown, PA Metropolitan Statistical Broomfield County, Clear Creek County, Principal City: Fresno. Area Denver County, Douglas County, Elbert Fresno County. County, Gilpin County, Jefferson Principal City: Johnstown. County, Park County. Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Cambria County. Metropolitan Statistical Area Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metropolitan Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal Cities: Grand Rapids, Statistical Area Principal City: Des Moines, West Des Wyoming. Principal Cities: Kalamazoo, Portage. Kalamazoo County, Van Buren Moines. Barry County, Ionia County, Kent County. Dallas County, Guthrie County, County, Newaygo County. Madison County, Polk County, Warren Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan County. Metropolitan Statistical Area Statistical Area Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Principal Cities: Hagerstown, MD; Principal Cities: Kansas City, MO, Statistical Area Martinsburg, WV. Overland Park, KS, Kansas City, KS. Franklin County, KS; Johnson County, Principal Cities: Detroit, Warren, Washington County, MD; Berkeley County, WV; Morgan County, WV. KS; Leavenworth County, KS; Linn Livonia, Dearborn, Troy, Farmington County, KS; Miami County, KS; Hills, Southfield, Pontiac, Taylor, Novi. Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Wyandotte County, KS; Bates County, Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Statistical Area MO; Caldwell County, MO; Cass Metropolitan Division: Wayne County. Principal Cities: Harrisburg, Carlisle. County, MO; Clay County, MO; Clinton Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI County, MO; Jackson County, MO; Metropolitan Division: Lapeer County, Cumberland County, Dauphin County, Perry County. Lafayette County, MO; Platte County, Livingston County, Macomb County, MO; Ray County, MO. Oakland County, St. Clair County. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical District of Columbia Area Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal Cities: Hartford, West Hartford, East Hartford, Middletown. Principal City: Knoxville. Principal City: Dover. Anderson County, Blount County, Hartford County, Middlesex County, Kent County. Knox County, Loudon County, Union Tolland County. County. Duluth, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Honolulu, HI Metropolitan Statistical Area Lancaster, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Area Principal City: Duluth, MN. Principal City: Honolulu. Carlton County, MN; St. Louis Principal City: Lancaster. County, MN; Douglas County, WI. Honolulu County. Lancaster County. Elmira, NY Metropolitan Statistical Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 2 Indianapolis City (balance) refers to the portion Area of the consolidated government of Indianapolis city Principal City: Elmira. Principal Cities: Houston, Sugar Land, and Marion County minus the separately Baytown, Galveston. incorporated places of Clermont, Crows Nest, Chemung County. Cumberland, Homecroft, Meridian Hills, North Austin County, Brazoria County, Crows Nest, Rocky Ripple, Spring Hill, Warren El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Chambers County, Fort Bend County, Park, Williams Creek, and Wynnedale within the Area Galveston County, Harris County, consolidated city. It excludes the cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport, and Speedway which Principal City: El Paso. Liberty County, Montgomery County, are within Marion County, but are not part of the El Paso County. San Jacinto County, Waller County. consolidated city.

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Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metropolitan County, MS; Tunica County, MS; New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Statistical Area Fayette County, TN; Shelby County, TN; Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal Cities: Lansing, East Tipton County, TN. Principal Cities: New Orleans, Lansing. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Metairie, Kenner. Clinton County, Eaton County, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, Ingham County. Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish, Principal Cities: Miami, Fort St. Charles Parish, St. John the Baptist Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metropolitan Lauderdale, Miami Beach, West Palm Parish, St. Tammany Parish. Statistical Area Beach, Pompano Beach, Kendall, Boca Principal Cities: Lewiston, Auburn. Raton, Deerfield Beach, Boynton Beach, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Androscoggin County. Delray Beach. Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach- Statistical Area Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Principal Cities: New York, NY; Statistical Area Division: Broward County. Newark, NJ; Edison, NJ; White Plains, Principal City: Lexington-Fayette. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL NY; Union, NJ; Wayne, NJ. Bourbon County, Clark County, Metropolitan Division: Miami-Dade Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division: Fayette County, Jessamine County, Scott County. Middlesex County, Monmouth County, County, Woodford County. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton- Ocean County, Somerset County. Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Division: Palm Beach County. Division: Nassau County, Suffolk Area Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI County. Principal City: Lincoln. Metropolitan Statistical Area Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Lancaster County, Seward County. Division: Essex County, NJ; Hunterdon Principal Cities: Milwaukee, County, NJ; Morris County, NJ; Sussex Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Waukesha, West Allis. Metropolitan Statistical Area Milwaukee County, Ozaukee County, County, NJ; Union County, NJ; Pike Washington County, Waukesha County. County, PA. Principal Cities: Los Angeles, Long New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Glendale, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN- Metropolitan Division: Bergen County, Irvine, Pomona, Torrance, Pasadena, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area NJ; Hudson County, NJ; Passaic County, Orange, Fullerton, Costa Mesa, Burbank, Principal Cities: Minneapolis, MN; St. NJ; Bronx County, NY; Kings County, Compton, Carson, Santa Monica, Paul, MN; Bloomington, MN; Plymouth, NY; New York County, NY; Putnam Newport Beach, Tustin, Montebello, MN; Eagan, MN; Eden Prairie, MN; County, NY; Queens County, NY; Monterey Park, Gardena, Paramount, Minnetonka, MN. Richmond County, NY; Rockland Fountain Valley, Arcadia, Cerritos. Anoka County, MN; Carver County, County, NY; Westchester County, NY. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA MN; Chisago County, MN; Dakota Metropolitan Division: Los Angeles Norwich-New London, CT Metropolitan County, MN; Hennepin County, MN; County. Statistical Area Isanti County, MN; Ramsey County, Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA MN; Scott County, MN; Sherburne Principal Cities: Norwich, New Metropolitan Division: Orange County. County, MN; Washington County, MN; London. New London County. Louisville-Jefferson County, KY–IN Wright County, MN; Pierce County, WI; Metropolitan Statistical Area St. Croix County, WI. Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal City: Louisville-Jefferson Nashville-Davidson’Murfreesboro, TN County, KY. Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal City: Oklahoma City. Clark County, IN; Floyd County, IN; Canadian County, Cleveland County, Principal Cities: Nashville-Davidson Harrison County, IN; Washington Grady County, Lincoln County, Logan (balance),3 Murfreesboro. County, IN; Bullitt County, KY; Henry County, McClain County, Oklahoma Cannon County, Cheatham County, County, KY; Jefferson County, KY; County. Davidson County, Dickson County, Meade County, KY; Nelson County, KY; Hickman County, Macon County, Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Oldham County, KY; Shelby County, Robertson County, Rutherford County, Metropolitan Statistical Area KY; Spencer County, KY; Trimble Smith County, Sumner County, County, KY. Principal Cities: Omaha, NE; Council Trousdale County, Williamson County, Bluffs, IA. Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Wilson County. Harrison County, IA; Mills County, Area New Haven-Milford, CT Metropolitan IA; Pottawattamie County, IA; Cass Principal City: Madison. Statistical Area County, NE; Douglas County, NE; Sarpy Columbia County, Dane County, Iowa County, NE; Saunders County, NE; Principal Cities: New Haven, Milford County. Washington County, NE. city (balance).4 Manchester-Nashua, NH Metropolitan New Haven County. Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area Statistical Area Principal City: Peoria. 3 Nashville-Davidson (balance) refers to the Principal Cities: Manchester, Nashua. portion of the consolidated government of Nashville Marshall County, Peoria County, Stark Hillsborough County. city and Davidson County minus the separately County, Tazewell County, Woodford incorporated places of Belle Meade, Berry Hill, County. Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Forest Hills, Goodlettesville, Lakewood, Oak Hill, Statistical Area and Ridgetop within the consolidated city. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA- 4 Milford city (balance) refers to the portion of the NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal City: Memphis, TN. consolidated government of Milford city and Crittenden County, AR; DeSoto Milford town minus the separately incorporated Principal Cities: Philadelphia, PA; County, MS; Marshall County, MS; Tate place of Woodmont within the consolidated city. Camden, NJ; Wilmington, DE.

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Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division: Berks County. Atascosa County, Bandera County, Burlington County, Camden County, Bexar County, Comal County, Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Gloucester County. Guadalupe County, Kendall County, Area Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Medina County, Wilson County. Division: Bucks County, Chester County, Principal City: Richmond. Delaware County, Montgomery County, Amelia County, Caroline County, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Philadelphia County. Charles City County, Chesterfield Metropolitan Statistical Area Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan County, Cumberland County, Dinwiddie Principal Cities: San Diego, Carlsbad, Division: New Castle County, DE; Cecil County, Goochland County, Hanover San Marcos, National City. County, MD; Salem County, NJ. County, Henrico County, King and San Diego County. Queen County, King William County, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Louisa County, New Kent County, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area Powhatan County, Prince George Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal Cities: Phoenix, Mesa, County, Sussex County, Colonial Principal Cities: San Francisco, Scottsdale, Tempe. Heights city, Hopewell city, Petersburg Oakland, Fremont, Hayward, Berkeley, Maricopa County, Pinal County. city, Richmond city. San Mateo, San Leandro, Redwood City, Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, South San Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Area: Francisco, San Rafael. Metropolitan Statistical Area Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Principal City: Pittsburgh. Principal Cities: Riverside, San Metropolitan Division: Alameda County, Allegheny County, Armstrong County, Bernardino, Ontario, Temecula, Contra Costa County. Beaver County, Butler County, Fayette Victorville, Chino, Redlands, Hemet, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood County, Washington County, Colton. City, CA Metropolitan Division: Marin Westmoreland County. Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Francisco County, San Pittsfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical County. Mateo County. Area Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Principal City: Pittsfield. Area Metropolitan Statistical Area Berkshire County. Principal City: Rochester. Principal Cities: San Jose, Sunnyvale, Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Livingston County, Monroe County, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Milpitas, Metropolitan Statistical Area Ontario County, Orleans County, Wayne Palo Alto, Cupertino. Principal Cities: Portland, South County. San Benito County, Santa Clara Portland, Biddeford. Rockford, IL Metropolitan Statistical County. Cumberland County, Sagadahoc Area San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR County, York County. Principal City: Rockford. Metropolitan Statistical Area Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Boone County, Winnebago County. Principal Cities: San Juan, Caguas, Metropolitan Statistical Area Sacramento’Arden-Arcade’Roseville, Guaynabo. Principal Cities: Portland, OR; CA Metropolitan Statistical Area Aguas Buenas Municipio, Aibonito Vancouver, WA; Beaverton, OR; Municipio, Arecibo Municipio, Principal Cities: Sacramento, Arden- Hillsboro, OR. Barceloneta Municipio, Barranquitas Arcade, Roseville, Folsom, Rancho Clackamas County, OR; Columbia Municipio, Bayamo´n Municipio, Caguas Cordova, Woodland. County, OR; Multnomah County, OR; Municipio, Camuy Municipio, El Dorado County, Placer County, Washington County, OR; Yamhill Cano´vanas Municipio, Carolina Sacramento County, Yolo County. County, OR; Clark County, WA; Municipio, Catan˜ o Municipio, Cayey Skamania County, WA. St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Municipio, Ciales Municipio, Cidra Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, Area Municipio, Comerı´o Municipio, Corozal NY Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal Cities: St. Louis, MO; St. Municipio, Dorado Municipio, Florida Municipio, Guaynabo Municipio, Principal Cities: Poughkeepsie, Charles, MO. Bond County, IL; Calhoun County, IL; Gurabo Municipio, Hatillo Municipio, Newburgh, Middletown, Arlington. Humacao Municipio, Juncos Municipio, Dutchess County, Orange County. Clinton County, IL; Jersey County, IL; Macoupin County, IL; Madison County, Las Piedras Municipio, Loı´za Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI- IL; Monroe County, IL; St. Clair County, Municipio, Manaı´ Municipio, Maunabo MA Metropolitan Statistical Area IL; Crawford County, MO (part’Sullivan Municipio, Morovis Municipio, Principal Cities: Providence, RI; New city) Franklin County, MO; Jefferson Naguabo Municipio, Naranjito Bedford, MA; Fall River, MA; Warwick, County, MO; Lincoln County, MO; St. Municipio, Orocovis Municipio, ´ RI; Cranston, RI. Charles County, MO; St. Louis County, Quebradillas Municipio, Rıo Grande Bristol County, MA; Bristol County, MO; Warren County, MO; Washington Municipio, San Juan Municipio, San RI; Kent County, RI; Newport County, County, MO; St. Louis city, MO. Lorenzo Municipio, Toa Alta Municipio, Toa Baja Municipio, Trujillo RI; Providence County, RI; Washington Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan County, RI. Alto Municipio, Vega Alta Municipio, Statistical Area Vega Baja Municipio, Yabucoa Racine, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area Principal City: Salt Lake City. Municipio. Salt Lake County, Summit County, Principal City: Racine. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA Tooele County. Racine County. Metropolitan Statistical Area Reading, PA Metropolitan Statistical San Antonio, TX Metropolitan Principal Cities: Santa Barbara, Santa Area Statistical Area Maria. Principal City: Reading. Principal City: San Antonio. Santa Barbara County.

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Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Madison County, Onondaga County, County, VA; Fauquier County, VA; Metropolitan Statistical Area Oswego County. Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County, VA; Spotsylvania County, VA; Principal Cities: Santa Cruz, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Stafford County, VA; Warren County, Watsonville. Metropolitan Statistical Area Santa Cruz County. VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, Principal Cities: Tampa, St. VA; Falls Church city, VA; Savannah, GA Metropolitan Statistical Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo. Fredericksburg city, VA; Manassas city, Area Hernando County, Hillsborough VA; Manassas Park city, VA; Jefferson Principal City: Savannah. County, Pasco County, Pinellas County. County, WV. Bryan County, Chatham County, Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Effingham County. Area Area Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA Principal City: Toledo. Principal City: Wichita. Metropolitan Statistical Area Fulton County, Lucas County, Ottawa Butler County, Harvey County, Principal Cities: Scranton, Wilkes- County, Wood County. Sedgwick County, Sumner County. Barre. Trenton-Ewing, NJ Metropolitan Williamsport, PA Metropolitan Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Statistical Area Statistical Area Wyoming County. Principal Cities: Trenton, Ewing. Principal City: Williamsport. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Mercer County. Lycoming County. Metropolitan Statistical Area Tucson, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Worcester, MA Metropolitan Statistical Principal Cities: Seattle, Tacoma, Area Area Bellevue, Everett, Kent, Renton. Principal City: Tucson. Principal City: Worcester. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Worcester County. Metropolitan Division: King County, Pima County. Snohomish County. Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area York-Hanover, PA Metropolitan Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division: Statistical Area Principal City: Tulsa. Pierce County. Creek County, Okmulgee County, Principal Cities: York, Hanover. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metropolitan Osage County, Pawnee County, Rogers York County. Statistical Area County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County. Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Principal City: Sioux City, IA. Utica-Rome, NY Metropolitan Statistical Metropolitan Statistical Area Woodbury County, IA; Dakota Area Principal Cities: Youngstown, OH; County, NE; Dixon County, NE; Union Principal Cities: Utica, Rome. Warren, OH; Boardman, OH. County, SD. Herkimer County, Oneida County. Mahoning County, OH; Trumbull South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI County, OH; Mercer County, PA. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Metropolitan Statistical Area VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area FY 2006 Lead Hazard Reduction Principal Cities: South Bend, IN; Demonstration Reopening NOFA Principal Cities: Virginia Beach, VA; Mishawaka, IN. Norfolk, VA; Newport News, VA; Appendix B—Comments on Selected St. Joseph County, IN; Cass County, Hampton, VA; Portsmouth, VA. Issues MI. Currituck County, NC; Gloucester Most important issue: Read the NOFA Spokane, WA Metropolitan Statistical County, VA; Isle of Wight County, VA; and re-read it as necessary to ensure that Area James City County, VA; Mathews you have fully responded to each Principal City: Spokane. County, VA; Surry County, VA; York element listed. Spokane County. County, VA; Chesapeake city, VA; Hampton city, VA; Newport News city, A. Match Springfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical VA; Norfolk city, VA; Poquoson city, A1. Some applicants did not Area VA; Portsmouth city, VA; Suffolk city, document the funding match Principal City: Springfield. VA; Virginia Beach city, VA; requirement and other contributions or Franklin County, Hampden County, Williamsburg city, VA. leveraged funds. Hampshire County. Applicants must provide the source Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC- for all required match funds and other Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical contributions or leveraged funds in a Area Area letter of commitment, in order for these Principal City: Springfield. Principal Cities: Washington, DC; to be considered. (The only exception is Christian County, Dallas County, Arlington, VA; Alexandria, VA; Reston, if the applicant itself is providing the Greene County, Polk County, Webster VA; Bethesda, MD; Gaithersburg, MD; match or leveraging, in which case the County. Frederick, MD; Rockville, MD. applicant’s electronic signature on the Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD SF–424, Application for Federal Springfield, OH Metropolitan Statistical Metropolitan Division: Frederick Assistance, is sufficient.) Community Area County, Montgomery County. Development Block Grant (CDBG) Principal City: Springfield. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, funds, or other federal programs that Clark County. DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division: allow their funds to be considered local District of Columbia, DC; Calvert funds, are the only federal sources that Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical County, MD; Charles County, MD; can be used for the match requirement. Area: Prince George’s County, MD; Arlington A2. Some applicants provided Principal City: Syracuse. County, VA; Clarke County, VA; Fairfax inadequate letters of commitment.

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Some applicants did not specify the found at http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/ compressed (zipped) file attachment to dollar amount of the contribution, traincert.htm. the electronic application. describe how the activity would be B4. More than one agency from the C3. Some applicants did not provide incorporated into the proposed work same jurisdiction applies separately. a signature on forms that required one. plan, indicate whether the contribution HUD will review only one application Forms HUD–2880, HUD–2990 (if would be used within the period of from each jurisdiction. If HUD receives applicable), HUD–2991 and other performance of the proposed grant, or more than one application for the same certifications must be signed and dated, have the organization’s authorized jurisdiction, we will contact chief and submitted electronically (e.g., person sign the letter of commitment. executive officer for the jurisdiction scanned) or faxed using form HUD– 96011. B. Eligibility (e.g., the mayor, county executive, etc.) to determine which application is to be D. Application Substantive Quality B1. Some unsuccessful applicants considered. If the executive does not were ineligible based on their having select an applicant, HUD will not D1. Some applicants proposed to received an award under another NOFA. review any of the applications from the conduct lead hazard control in You are ineligible to apply under this jurisdiction. ineligible HUD-assisted housing. reopened competition if you received an B5. A city and the county in which it Lead hazard control grant funds may award under any of the following grant is located submit separate applications not be used in residential properties that NOFAs: for work in the same jurisdiction. receive project-based rental assistance, • FY 2005 Lead Hazard Reduction A jurisdiction where lead hazard are federally owned, or are public Demonstration Grant Program. control work will be done can appear in housing. Projects under certain HUD • FY 2005 Operation Lead only one application. If the jurisdiction programs, however, may also use lead Elimination Action Program. appears in more than one application, hazard control funding. These programs • FY 2005 Lead-Based Paint Hazard none of the applications in which the include: Control Grant Program. jurisdiction appears will be reviewed. a. Community Planning & • FY 2006 Lead Hazard Reduction For example, HUD will review the Development Programs—Housing Components: Demonstration Grant Program. applications from a county and a city • Unsuccessful applicants for a that is totally within the county’s Community Development Block previous NOFA may apply for this borders if the county’s target area for Grants (Entitlement). • Community Development Block NOFA if they submit a new and revised doing lead hazard control work is Grants (Non-Entitlement) for States and application. Applicants must download outside the city limits, and the city’s small cities. a new application from Grants.gov and target area is within the city limits. • submit a new application in its entirety. Community Development Block C. Application Technical Quality HUD will not accept a partial or Grants (Section 108 Loan Guarantee). • Special Purpose Grants. amended application submission. C1. Some applicants submitted a • The Home Program: HOME Grants.gov will reject old applications. narrative response that exceeded the 20- Investment Partnerships. HUD encourages each applicant to page narrative response limit. • HOPE for Homeownership of Single examine its earlier application and these The 20-page limit is a prerequisite to Family Homes. comments to identify areas for the application being valid and being • Shelter Plus Care—Tenant-based improvement. rated by HUD fairly in comparison to Rental Assistance. B2. Some applicants for the Lead other valid applications. Excess pages • Emergency Shelter Grants. Hazard Reduction Demonstration will not be reviewed, and applicants • Housing Opportunities for Persons Program did not have the minimum of will not receive any points for material With AIDS (HOPWA). 3,500 pre-1940 occupied rental-housing on the excess pages or referred to by • Supportive Housing Demonstration units to be eligible to apply. those pages. The application will be less Program Transitional Housing Appendix A of this reopened LHRD competitive, and the applicant will be Component. NOFA lists the cities, counties, States less likely to be awarded a grant. • Supportive Housing Demonstration and Native American Tribes that are The narrative responses to the Rating Program Permanent Housing eligible to apply. It also lists all the Factors should be submitted as a single Component. cities and counties in each metropolitan Microsoft WordTM document file that • Supplemental Assistance for area that have 3,500 or more occupied does not exceed 20 pages. Resumes, Facilities to Assist the Homeless pre-1940 rental units. Listed cities and organizational charts, and letters of (SAFAH). counties may combine their application commitment in support of the match • Supportive Housing Program. with other cities or counties within the and other contributions are exempt from • Innovative Demonstration Program. same metropolitan area, but only an the 20-page limit. Other materials in b. Office of Housing—Single Family eligible city or county with 3,500 or support of the Rating Factors are subject Programs: more units can be the applicant to a separate 20-page limit. • One- to Four-Family Home submitting the application through C2. Some applicants did not label Mortgage Insurance (Section 203(b) and Grants.gov. States that apply on behalf attachments in support of their narrative (i)). of one or more eligible cities or counties responses. • Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance may also include additional cities or Materials provided in the attachments (Section 203(k)). counties listed in Appendix A as sub- should directly apply to the specific • Homes for Service Member (Section applicants. Rating Factor narrative response and be 222). B3. A State government or Native paginated and labeled to reflect this. All • Housing in Declining American Tribal government must have attachments must identify the related Neighborhoods (Section 223(e)). an EPA-authorized Lead-Based Paint factor in the footer by providing the • Condominium Housing (Section Training and Certification Program. Rating Factor number and the page 234). The list of EPA-authorized State and number (e.g., Factor 1 Attachment, page • Housing in Military Impacted Areas Native American Tribal governments is 1), and should be submitted as a single (Section 238).

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• Single Family Home Mortgage • Means a program that provides practicable. HUD encourages integration Coinsurance (Section 244). vouchers (or public subsidies) to of this grant program with housing • Graduated Payment Mortgages income-qualified tenants to use towards rehabilitation, maintenance, (Section 245). rent in private rental housing. weatherization, and other energy • Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) • Is referred to as the ‘‘Housing conservation activities. Applicants (Section 251). Choice Voucher Program’’. conducting lead hazard control work • Manufactured Homes (Title I). • Is administered by public housing along with rehabilitation, c. Office of Housing—Multifamily authorities or State or local housing weatherization, and other work other Programs: agencies. than lead hazard control should explain • • Multifamily Rental Housing Is overseen by HUD’s Office of the coordination of these activities, (Section 207). Public and Indian Housing. including the management organization • Cooperative Housing (Section 213). Project-based rental assistance: • • and process to ensure the cost- Mortgage and Major Home Means a program that provides effectiveness of intended lead hazard Improvement Loan Insurance for Urban subsidies to property owners to provide control methods, the process for Renewal Areas (Section 220). affordable rental housing for income- • developing the work specifications, the Multifamily Rental Housing for qualified tenants. lead hazard control contractor bid and • Is administered by HUD’s Office of Moderate-Income Families—Section selection process, the number of units 221(d)(4). Housing—Multifamily Programs. As anticipated to be blended from these • Existing Multifamily Rental referenced in item D1 above, the other programs and resources, and the Housing (Section 223(f)). limitation for lead hazard control grant delineation of funds. • Supplemental Loans for assistance applies only to properties Multifamily Projects (Section 241). receiving project-based rental D4. Some current and past grantees d. Public and Indian Housing assistance. assumed HUD reviewers would be Programs: D3. Some applicants proposed to familiar with their program, and did not • Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher conduct lead hazard control along with fully respond to the Rating Factors. Program (Tenant-Based Rental general rehabilitation, but did not Each applicant should fully respond Assistance). clearly define the lead hazard control to each Rating Factor and sub-factor D2. Some applicants do not portion of the project. identified in the NOFA in order to understand that the term ‘‘Section 8’’ Lead hazard control activities must be receive the maximum number of points. covers housing that is eligible for distinguished from general Be sure that all responses are clear, assistance under the lead hazard control rehabilitation activities. Both should be precise, and organized by the programs, and housing that is not clearly described in Rating Factor 3, appropriate Rating Factor. Applicants eligible. ‘‘Soundness of Approach,’’ and the should not presume that the previous Section 8 of the National Housing Act budget narrative. Lead Hazard Control NOFA under which they were awarded includes both project-based rental Demonstration grant funds may be used is the same as the current NOFA. assistance and tenant-based rental for lead hazard control work done in assistance. Tenant-based rental conjunction with other housing [FR Doc. 06–7708 Filed 9–12–06; 3:09 pm] assistance: rehabilitation programs, to the extent BILLING CODE 4210–67–P

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