1385 Notice to public of proposed lead-based paint hazard control action located within floodplains?

Notice to Public of Proposed Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Action Located Within Flood- plains

[42 Pa.B. 4670]
[Saturday, July 21, 2012]

 The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that the Department of Health (Department) is proposing to use Federal funds under the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program within a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated 100-year floodplain. The proposed program would involve lead hazard control and associated minor rehabilitation on residential properties within the city limits of Johnstown and Berks and Fayette Counties. 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, PALHB0517-12, $2,480,000, June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2015.

 Purpose: To eliminate lead hazards in eligible low-income housing in Pennsylvania (LHCP). The LHCP will accomplish its goals by utilizing Commonwealth-certified inspectors to assess units for lead paint hazards. Units found to have a lead presence will undergo lead-based paint hazard reduction through interim controls or hazard abatement.

 Location: See the previously listed target area description.

 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 Department may be sent to Todd Christophel or Cindy Dundas, Health and Welfare Building, 7th Floor, East Wing, 625 Forster Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [phone]. Written comments should be received at the previously listed address on or before August 5, 2012.

 Information regarding HUD's regulations concerning floodplain management may be obtained by contacting Karen M. Griego, Program Environmental Clearance Officer, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, United States Department of HUD, 611 West 6th Street, Suite 801, Los Angeles, CA 90017, karen.m.griego-west@ hud.gov, [phone] (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or speech-challenged individuals may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at [phone].

 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 Todd Christophel or Cindy 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, [phone], or for speech and/or hearing impaired persons V/TT [phone], or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at [phone].

ELI N. AVILA, MD, JD, MPH, FCLM, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-1385. Filed for public inspection July 20, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]