116 Notice to public of proposed lead-based paint hazard control action located within the floodplain

Notice to Public of Proposed Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Action Located Within the Floodplain

[40 Pa.B. 478]
[Saturday, January 16, 2010]

 The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that the Department of Health is proposing to use Federal funds under the HUD Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program within a FEMA designated 100-year floodplain. The proposed program would involve lead hazard control/reduction activities and associated minor rehabilitation on residential properties within the city limits of Johnstown, Harrisburg and the Counties of Allegheny and Fayette. The target areas contain floodplains and project sites could be located within Flood Zones A, AE, A1-A30 or A99 as designated by the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

 Project: Lead Hazard Control Program, Grant Number PALHB0440-09, $3,070,000 award, Period of Performance: January 1, 2010—December 31, 2012.

 Purpose: Funds will be used to provide assistance to income-eligible occupants to make units, which includes privately owned rental units as well as owner-occupied units, lead safe, with a priority on units occupied by families with children under age six. Units will be made lead-safe through lead inspections, risk assessments and lead hazard control, including temporary relocation during hazard control work. Lead hazard control work will be completed through the use of interim controls or hazard abatement.

 Location: See target area description.

 All affected and interested agencies, groups and persons are encouraged to participate in this decision-making process for the proposed action in the floodplain. Written comments for consideration by the Commonwealth may be sent to Faith Blough or Cynthia Dundas, Program Administrators at the Department of Health, Bureau of Family Health, Division of Child and Adult Health Services, Health and Welfare Building, 7th Floor, East Wing, 625 Forster Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Only written comments mailed to the previous address will be accepted and must be received on or before January 25, 2010.

 Information regarding the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations concerning floodplain management may be obtained by contacting: Karen Griego-West, Program Environmental Clearance Officer, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, United States Department of HUD, 611 West 6th Street, Suite 805, Los Angeles, CA 90017, phone [phone] (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech challenged individuals may access this num- ber through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at [phone]. E-mail: Karen.m. [e-mail].

 Persons with a disability who require an alternate format of this document (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille), or who wish to comment in an alternate format and seek assistance to do so, should contact Faith Blough or Cynthia Dundas, Public Health Program Administrators, Bureau of Family Health, Division of Child and Adult Health Services, Health and Welfare Building, 7th Floor, East Wing, 625 Forster Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120 at the address listed previously or [phone], or for speech and/or hearing impaired persons V/TT [phone], or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at [phone].

EVERETTE JAMES, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-116. Filed for public inspection January 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]