consolidated plan . If the applicant is a State, and the project the guidelines, rating criteria and procedures published in the
<br /> will be located in a unit of general local government that is notice.
<br /> required to have, or has, a complete consolidated plan, or that (b) Rating criteria. HUD will award funds based on the criteria
<br /> is applying for Shelter Plus Care assistance under the same specified in section 455(a)( 1 ) through (8) of the McKinney Act
<br /> Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) and will have an (42 U.S .C. 11403d( 1 ) -- 11403d(8)) and on the following criteria
<br /> abbreviated consolidated plan with respect to that application , authorized by section 455(a)(9) of the McKinney Act (42 U. S .C .
<br /> the State also must submit a certification by the unit of general 11403d(9)):
<br /> local government that the State's application is consistent with ( 1 ) The extent to which the applicant has demonstrated
<br /> the unit of general local government's HUD-approved coordination with other Federal , State, local, private and other
<br /> consolidated plan . entities serving homeless persons in the planning and operation
<br /> (b) Applicants that are not States or units ofgeneral local of the project, to the extent practicable;
<br /> government. The applicant must submit a certification by the (2) Extent to which the project targets homeless persons living in
<br /> jurisdiction in which the proposed project will be located that emergency shelters, supportive housing for homeless persons , or
<br /> the jurisdiction is following its HUD-approved consolidated in places not designed for, or ordinarily used as , a regular
<br /> plan and the applicant's application for funding is consistent sleeping accommodation for human beings ;
<br /> with the jurisdiction 's HUD-approved consolidated plan . The (3) Quality of the project; and
<br /> certification must be made by the unit of general local (4) Extent to which the program will serve homeless persons who
<br /> government or the State, in accordance with the consistency are seriously mentally ill , have chronic alcohol and/or drug abuse
<br /> certification provisions of the consolidated plan regulations, problems, or have AIDS and related diseases.
<br /> 24 CFR part 91 , subpart F.
<br /> (c) Indian tribes and the Insular Areas of Guam, the U. S. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under
<br /> Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana control number 2506-0118)
<br /> Islands. These entities are not required to have a consolidated
<br /> plan or to make consolidated plan certifications . An [61 FR 51170, Sept. 30, 1996]
<br /> application by an Indian tribe or other applicant for a project
<br /> that will be located on a reservation of an Indian tribe will not §582.230 Environmental review requirements.
<br /> require a certification by the tribe or the State. However, (a) Responsibilityfor review. ( 1 ) HUD will perform the
<br /> where an Indian tribe is the applicant for a project that will not environmental review, in accordance with part 50 of this title, for
<br /> be located on a reservation, the requirement for a certification conditionally selected applications received from PHA applicants
<br /> under paragraph (b) of this section will apply. and from IHA applicants. HUD is not permitted to approve such
<br /> (d) Timing of consolidated plan certification submissions. applications prior to its completion of this review, nor is the PHA
<br /> Unless otherwise set forth in the NOFA, the required or IHA permitted to enter into a contract for, or otherwise
<br /> certification that the application for funding is consistent with commit HUD or local funds for, acquisition, rehabilitation ,
<br /> the HUD-approved consolidated plan must be submitted by conversion, lease, repair, or construction of property to provide
<br /> the funding application submission deadline announced in the housing under the program, prior to HUD's completion of this
<br /> NOFA. review and approval of the application, except under the SRO
<br /> component.
<br /> [60 FR 16379, Mar. 30, 19951 (2) Applicants that are States , units of general local government,
<br /> or Indian tribes must assume responsibility as "responsible
<br /> entities " for environmental review, decisionmaking, and action
<br /> for each application for assistance in accordance with part 58
<br /> of this title. In addition , for PHA projects and IHA projects that the entity will assume all the environmental review
<br /> responsibility that would otherwise be performed by HUD as the
<br /> under the SRO component, environmental reviews will be
<br /> performed by State, local government, Indian tribe, or Alaska responsible Federal official under NEPA and related authorities
<br /> native village "nonrecipient responsible entities" as provided listed in 24 CFR 58 .5.
<br /> under part 58 of this title. HUD is permitted to approve such (2) For applicants required to assume environmental review
<br /> applications subject to the completion of reviews by the responsibility and for PHAs and IHAs under the SRO
<br /> applicant in accordance with part 58 of this title. Applicants component, the award of funding is subject to completion of the
<br /> performing these reviews may adopt relevant and adequate environmental responsibilities set out in 24 CFR part 58 within a
<br /> prior reviews conducted by HUD or another governmental reasonable time period after notification of the award . (This
<br /> provision does not preclude the applicant from enclosing its
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