NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery; Draft Action Plan for Addressing Unmet Needs of Hurricane Ida
[52 Pa.B. 7001]
[Saturday, November 12, 2022]Draft Action Plan (Plan) for Addressing Unmet Needs of Hurricane Ida
On September 11, 2021, President Joseph Biden declared a major disaster for this Commonwealth because of the effects of Hurricane Ida from August 31, 2021, to September 5, 2021. Because of the declaration, funding was made available through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through Pub.L. 117-43, known as the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, to provide disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a qualifying disaster in 2020 or 2021.
Under Pub.L. 117-43, the Commonwealth was allocated a total of $23.152 million and is required to expend at least $18,521,600 in Delaware and Montgomery Counties, which have been identified by HUD as the most impacted and distressed areas.
The Commonwealth is required to develop a Plan which details how the funds will be used. The Plan must include the criteria for eligibility, and how the use of the funds will address long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas.
The Commonwealth's Plan is available for public review and comment.
Public Review and Comment Period
The Plan will be available for a 30-day public comment period, in accordance with the Federal Register notice. The Plan may be viewed on the Department's web site at https://dced.pa.gov/housing-and-development/community-services/disaster-recovery/. The period for public comment will be November 12, 2022, until Monday, January 9, 2023.
There will be three public hearings held on the Plan. The first hearing will be held on November 15, 2022, at 2 p.m., the second hearing on November 17, 2022, at 7 p.m. and the third hearing will be held on November 29, 2022, at 10 a.m. through Microsoft Teams. Individuals can join the public hearings by dialing as follows:
November 15, 2022, public hearing
Conference phone number: (347) 378-5582
Conference ID number: 140 372 15#November 17, 2022, public hearing
Conference phone number: (347) 378-5582
Conference ID number: 978 213 708#November 29, 2022, public hearing
Conference phone number: (267) 332-8737
Conference ID number: 756 868 544#The hearings will be shortened if there is no one to testify or there is minimal response.
Persons with disability or limited English proficiency who wish to participate in the public hearing should contact Megan L. Sieber at (717) 787-5327 or TDD at (717) 346-0308 to discuss how the Department can accommodate their requests.
Comments on the Plan may be electronically submitted to the Department at RA-DCCDBG-DR@pa.gov. Comments will also be accepted by telephone by calling (717) 787-5327. Written comments may be submitted to David Grey, Center for Community and Housing Development, Department of Community and Economic Development, 400 North Street, 4th Floor, Commonwealth Keystone Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225. Comments must be received by 4 p.m. on January 9, 2023, to be included as testimony in the Plan that will be submitted to HUD.
NEIL WEAVER,
Acting Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-1738. Filed for public inspection November 11, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]
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