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2022-02-03 · Economy

HUD publica en el Federal Register la asignación CDBG-DR 2020: Puerto Rico recibe $184.6 million bajo la Public Law 117-43

El 3 de febrero de 2022, Periodista #2 (filings) fija el peg editorial sobre el Allocation Announcement Notice de HUD publicado en el Federal Register, Vol. 87, No. 23, jueves 3 de febrero de 2022. Primaria FREE: GovInfo https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-02-03/pdf/2022-02209.pdf — FR Doc. 2022-02209, Docket No. FR-6303-N-01. Retarget: Borinquen asignó originalmente el PDF …/FR-2022-02-03/pdf/2022-02049.pdf; ese documento es una regla de VA disabilities (doc incorrecto para esta nota). La primaria correcta de la misma fecha de publicación es 2022-02209. Applicability Date del notice: 8 de febrero de 2022.

El SUMMARY del notice registra que el 29 de octubre de 2021 HUD allocated over $2 billion en fondos Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) apropiados por el Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117–43, approved September 30, 2021). Este Allocation Announcement Notice impone el CDBG-DR Consolidated Notice («Consolidated Notice») —Appendix B— y cualquier enmienda al Consolidated Notice solo sobre grants CDBG-DR para desastres ocurridos en 2020, según se identifica en el propio texto. El Consolidated Notice, as amended by this Allocation Announcement Notice, incluye waivers y alternative requirements, requisitos regulatorios relevantes, el proceso de grant award, criterios para action plan approval y actividades elegibles de disaster recovery.

La sección I (Allocations) explica que la Appropriations Act hace disponibles $5,000,000,000 en CDBG-DR. Esos fondos son para necessary expenses for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the «most impacted and distressed» (MID) areas resulting from a qualifying major disaster in 2020 or 2021. HUD allocated over $2 billion en CDBG-DR de la Appropriations Act para asistir long-term recovery de desastres ocurridos en 2020. La Act exige que HUD incluya, con cualquier final allocation for the total estimate of unmet need, an additional amount of 15 percent of that estimate for mitigation activities that reduce risk in the MID areas (ver Table 1).

En accordance with the Appropriations Act, $5,500,000 of the total amounts appropriated under the Act will be transferred to the Department’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), Program Office Salaries and Expenses, for necessary costs of administering and overseeing CDBG-DR funds, including information technology costs. Additionally, up to $7,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building and technical assistance, including assistance on contracting and procurement, to support existing and future CDBG-DR grantees and their subrecipients. HUD will allocate the remaining funds appropriated for CDBG-DR grants from the Appropriations Act when HUD receives the best available data for major disasters occurring in 2020 or 2021.

Table 1 — Allocations for unmet needs and mitigation activities under Public Law 117–43 for disasters occurring in 2020 — fila Puerto Rico: FEMA Disaster Nos. 4473, 4560; Grantee Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Allocation for unmet needs under this notice from Public Law 117–43: $155,794,000 (marcada con asterisco en la tabla); CDBG-DR mitigation set-aside amounts from Public Law 117–43: $28,832,000; Total allocated under this notice from Public Law 117–43: $184,626,000. Esa cifra de $184.626 million es el total de la fila bajo este notice; no es outlay ni draw.

Footnote de Table 1 (asterisco Puerto Rico): Puerto Rico was allocated $36,424,000 from Public Law 116–20 (see 86 FR 569) for unmet needs related to one of the qualifying disasters listed in the first column (FEMA disaster no. 4473). The grantee’s CDBG mitigation set-aside in the fifth column was calculated as 15 percent of the total estimate for unmet needs allocated for this disaster (which includes the portions of unmet need funded by Public Law 116–20 and by Public Law 117–43). The grantee’s final allocation in the sixth column represents the total estimate for unmet needs for Puerto Rico’s qualifying disasters under Public Law 117–43, including the additional amount for the CDBG mitigation set-aside. Quien sume $36.424 million (PL 116–20) con $184.626 million (esta notice) como un solo pot sin leer la footnote mezcla ledgers de leyes distintas.

Table 2 — Most Impacted and Distressed areas for disasters occurring in 2020 — Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Minimum amount under this notice from Public Law 117–43 that must be expended in the HUD-identified MID areas listed herein: $147,700,800. MID areas listadas: Guanica, Ponce, and Yauco; ZIP/area 00624 (Penuelas Municipio), 00656 (Guayanilla Municipio), 00667 (Lajas Municipio), and 00680 (Mayaguez Municipio). Al menos 80 percent of all allocations provided to each grantee must address unmet disaster needs or mitigation activities in the HUD-identified MID areas, as identified in the last column of Table 2. Each grantee may determine where to use the remaining 20 percent of their allocation, but that portion may only be used to address unmet disaster needs or mitigation activities in those areas that the grantee determines are «most impacted and distressed» and that received a presidential major disaster declaration identified by the FEMA disaster numbers listed in column one of Table 1.

Section II (Use of Funds): Unless otherwise indicated, funds allocated under this notice from Public Law 117–43 are subject to the requirements of this Allocation Announcement Notice and the Consolidated Notice (Appendix B), as amended by this Allocation Announcement Notice. Prior to the obligation of CDBG-DR funds by the Secretary, a grantee shall submit a plan to HUD for approval detailing the use of funds. Obligation by the Secretary ≠ allocation announcement ≠ disbursement a contratistas. El notice también requiere que grantees spend 15 percent of the amount of each grant, as outlined in Table 1, for mitigation activities; y que no usen CDBG-DR para actividades reembolsables por FEMA o USACE cuando esos fondos estén disponibles.

Reglas de mesa Periodista #2: allocated ≠ obligated ≠ disbursed/outlayed ≠ theft. Este notice allocates; no prueba, por sí solo, obligations en USASpending ni outlays en DRGR ni cheques municipales. Totals de Table 1 para todos los grantees bajo este notice: unmet needs $1,778,916,000; mitigation set-aside $272,301,000; total allocated under this notice from PL 117–43 $2,051,217,000 — esas cifras nacionales contextualizan la fila PR de $184.626 million; no se inventan outlays.

Lectura de archivo: título operativo — HUD publica en el Federal Register la asignación CDBG-DR 2020: Puerto Rico recibe $184.6 million bajo la Public Law 117–43. Agency: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD. Action: Notice. Contacto del FR: Jessie Handforth Kome, Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance; disaster_recovery@hud.gov. Topic: economy. Kind: noticias. Cousin: none. SSD only; no GitHub/commit/push.

Caveat de retarget: 2022-02049 ≠ 2022-02209. Quien archive el PDF VA disabilities como si fuera la Allocation Announcement Notice de CDBG-DR confunde dos FR Doc del mismo día de publicación. Hechos solo del texto de FR Doc. 2022-02209 / Docket FR-6303-N-01 leído en box (/tmp/p2-b8/fr.txt). Transparencia: Federal Register / GovInfo; no scrape de secretos; no acusación ni convicción.

Para periodistas de datos: reproducir la fila PR exige citar FEMA 4473 y 4560, unmet needs $155,794,000, mitigation $28,832,000, total $184,626,000, footnote PL 116–20 $36,424,000 / 86 FR 569, MID ZIP 00680 Mayaguez Municipio, y el piso 80% MID. Applicability Date 8 feb 2022 ≠ publication date 3 feb 2022 ≠ allocation press del 29 oct 2021; son tres anclas temporales distintas en la misma fuente primaria.