Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4432-N-43]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible

use to assist the homeless.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford Taffet, room 7266, Department

of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202) 708-1234; TTY number for the hearing- and

speech-impaired (202) 708-2565 (these telephone numbers are not toll-

free), or call the toll-free Title V information line at 1-800-927-

7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and

section 501 of the Steward B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42

U.S.C. 11411), as amended, HUD is publishing this Notice to identify

Federal buildings and other real property that HUD has reviewed for

suitability for use to assist the homeless. The properties were

reviewed using information provided to HUD by Federal landholding

agencies regarding unutilized and underutilized buildings and real

property controlled by such agencies or by GSA regarding its inventory

of excess or surplus Federal property. This Notice is also published in

order to comply with the December 12, 1988 Court Order in National

Coalition for the Homeless v. Veterans Administration, No. 88-2503-OG

(D.D.C.).

Properties reviewed are listed in this Notice according to the

following categories: Suitable/available, suitable/unavailable,

suitable/to be excess, and unsuitable. The properties listed in the

three suitable categories have been reviewed by the landholding

agencies, and each agency has transmitted to HUD: (1) Its intention to

make the property available for use to assist the homeless, (2) its

intention to declare the property excess to the agency's needs, or (3)

a statement of the reasons that the property cannot be declared excess

or made available for use as facilities to assist the homeless.

Properties listed as suitable/available will be available

exclusively for homeless use for a period of 60 days from the date of

this Notice. Homeless assistance providers interested in any such

property should send a written expression of interest to HHS, addressed

to Brian Rooney, Division of Property Management, Program Support

Center, HHS, room 5B-41, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; (301)

443-2265. (This is not a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the

interested provider an application packet, which will include

instructions for completing the application. In order to maximize the

opportunity to utilize a suitable property, providers should submit

their written expressions of interest as soon as possible. For complete

details concerning the processing of applications, the reader is

encouraged to refer to the interim rule governing this program, 24 CFR

part 581.

For properties listed as suitable/to be excess, that property may,

if subsequently accepted as excess by GSA, be made available for use by

the homeless in accordance with applicable law, subject to screening

for other Federal use. At the appropriate time, HUD will publish the

property in a Notice showing it as either suitable/available or

suitable/unavailable.

For properties listed as suitable/unavailable, the landholding

agency has decided that the property cannot be declared excess or made

available for use to assist the homeless, and the property will not be

available.

Properties listed as unsuitable will not be made available for any

other purpose for 20 days from the date of this Notice. Homeless

assistance providers interested in a review by HUD of the determination

of unsuitability should call the toll free information line at 1-800-

927-7588 for detailed instructions or write a letter to Clifford Taffet

at the address listed at the beginning of this Notice. Included in the

request for review should be the property address (including zip code),

the date of publication in the Federal Register, the landholding

agency, and the property number.

For more information regarding particular properties identified in

this Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing sanitary facilities,

exact street address), providers should contact the appropriate

landholding agencies at the following addresses: GSA: Mr. Brian K.

Polly, Assistant Commission, General Services Administration, Office of

Property Disposal, 18th and F Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20405; (202)

501-0052; NAVY: Mr. Charles C. Cocks, Department of the Navy, Director,

Real Estate Policy Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,

Washington Navy Yard, 1322 Patterson Ave., SE, Suite 1000, Washington,

DC 20374-5065; (202) 685-9200; (These are not toll-free numbers).

Dated: October 21, 1999.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.

TITLE V, FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY PROGRAM--FEDERAL REGISTER REPORT

FOR 10/29/99

Suitable/Available Properties

Buildings (by State)

Illinois

Homewood Natl Guard Facility

1300 West 187th Street

Homewood Co: Cook IL 60430-

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 54199940002

Status: Excess

Comment: 4 old barracks, 5 storage bldgs., 1 guard house, need major

repairs

GSA Number: 5-D-IL-651

Wisconsin

Army Reserve Center

401 Fifth Street

Kewaunee Co: WI 54216-1838

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 54199940004

Status: Excess

Comment: 2 admin. bldgs. (15,593 sq. ft.), 1 garage (1325 sq. ft.),

need repairs

GSA Number: 1-D-WI-597

Land (by State)

Puerto Rico

Bahia Rear Range Light

Ocean Drive

Catano Co: PR 00632

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 54199940003

Status: Excess

Comment: 0.167 w/skeletal tower, fenced, aid to navigation

GSA Number: 1-T-PR-508

Unsuitable Properties

Buildings (by State)

New Hampshire

Bldg. 55

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth Co: NH 03804-5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 77199940020

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 150

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth Co: NH 03804-5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 77199940021

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area

North Carolina

Bldg. 1649

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Marine Corps Air Station

Cherry Point

Havelock Co: Craven NC 28533-

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 77199940022

Status: Excess

Reasons:

Secured Area

Extensive deterioration

[FR Doc. 99-28002 Filed 10-28-99; 8:45 am]

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