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CED-80-119 1 (1980-08-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabawx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED-'-Not to b6 leleased outside the General Accounting OfficeCE Ccpt -N thebas of specitic approval Pry the Office of Congress/'--al He 1Atons- UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE FTLEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC AUGUST 12. 1980 DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-199708 The Honorable Norman E. D'Amours III 1111111111111 House of Representatives 113050 Dear Mr. D'Amours: Subject: fnquiry into the Farmers Home Administration's 4Selection of a Developer To Construct a Housing Project in New Hampshirf(CED-80-119) In accordance with your December 7, 1979, request and subsequent agreements with your office, we inquired into the Farmers Home Administration's (FmHA's) selection of a proposal submitted by Mr. Jack Heaton of Dorset, Vermont, to develop a rental housing project for the elderly under FmHA's Congregate Housing Demonstration Project in Carroll County, New Hampshire. We made our review at FmHA headquarters in Washington, D.C.; the FmHA State office in Montpelier, Vermont; and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Boston, Massachusetts. On April 3, 1980, we briefed you on our review. As requested, this letter confirms the information provided to you at that time. To summarize, we found that: --While FmHA has not yet developed procedures for implementing Executive Order 11988 on flood plain development, FmHA State offices are required to comply with the order. FmHA officials maintain that the flood plain requirements would have been complied with had the original developer completed the project. --The July 3, 1979, site feasibility analysis was prepared by the FmHA State office architect because the preapplication data requested by FmHA was minimal. This analysis is usually prepared by applicants, and not by FmHA personnel, during a later application phase. While the analysis did not refer to the project's access road, which is located in a flood plain, FmHA State office officials told us that they were aware of this problem. Had the project progressed to the next (382240)

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