Notice2026-01867
Summit Lake Formula Area Expansion
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Published
January 30, 2026
Effective
January 30, 2026
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
This notice advises the public of HUD's final determination on the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe's request to expand its formula area under the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program. Consistent with IHBG program regulations, HUD is announcing its final determination to expand the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe's formula area to include the balance of Humboldt County, Washoe County, Storey County, Pershing County, Churchill County, Douglas County, Mineral County, Lyon County, Esmeralda County, Clark County, Nye County, and Carson City County in the state of Nevada, for fiscal year 2026.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4090-4091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01867]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6602-N-01]
Summit Lake Formula Area Expansion
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public of HUD's final determination on
the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe's request to expand its formula area under
the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program. Consistent with IHBG
program regulations, HUD is announcing its final determination to
expand the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe's formula area to include the
balance of Humboldt County, Washoe County, Storey County, Pershing
County, Churchill County, Douglas County, Mineral County, Lyon County,
Esmeralda County, Clark County, Nye County, and Carson City County in
the state of Nevada, for fiscal year 2026.
DATES: HUD's final determination is effective January 30, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erna F. Reeves, Director, Office of
Grants Management, Office of Native American Programs, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 4108,
Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202-401-7914 (this is not a toll-free
number). HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals
who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or
communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an
accessible telephone call, please visit: <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IHBG program allocation formula is
authorized by section 302 of the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) (NAHASDA). In
accordance with 24 CFR part 1000, funds appropriated by Congress for
the IHBG program are made available to eligible grant recipients by
formula to ensure the equitable and fair distribution of funds. The
formula has four components including Need. Need
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is calculated using the seven factors listed at 24 CFR 1000.324, each
based on a tribe's formula area. Should a tribe's formula area overlap
with one or more other Indian Tribes, 24 CFR 1000.326 provides the
procedure HUD will use to resolve potential or actual issues arising
from the overlap. On August 1, 2025, the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe
requested that its formula area be expanded to cover the balance of
Humboldt County, Washoe County, Storey County, Pershing County,
Churchill County, Douglas County, Mineral County, Lyon County,
Esmeralda County, Clark County, and Nye County in the state of Nevada
based on the Department of the Interior's Near Reservation Service Area
Designation as listed in the Federal Register (FR Vol. 48, No. 174,
September 7, 1983), and Carson City County in the state of Nevada based
on the Department of the Interior's Near Reservation Service Area
Designation as listed in the Federal Register (FR Vol. 60, No. 165,
August 25, 1995). On August 13, 2025, HUD informed the Summit Lake
Paiute Tribe of its preliminary decision to increase the formula area
to include the balance of Humboldt County, Washoe County, Storey
County, Pershing County, Churchill County, Douglas County, Mineral
County, Lyon County, Esmeralda County, Clark County, Nye County, and
Carson City County based on the Near Reservation Service Area
Designations. Overlapping formula areas were created between the Summit
Lake Paiute Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Duck
Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, Ely Shoshone
Tribe, Fallon Paiute Tribe, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes,
Lovelock Paiute Tribe, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Reno-Sparks Indian
Colony, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Washoe Tribe, Yerington Paiute
Tribe, and Yomba Shoshone Tribe, as a result of this decision.
Whenever Tribes have overlapping formula areas, the Needs data for
all the individual areas for all Tribes are combined and then
apportioned among the Tribes in the overlap as outlined in 24 CFR
1000.326. Consistent with 24 CFR 1000.302, HUD is required to notify
the affected Indian Tribes by certified mail and provide the Tribes
with opportunity to comment for a period of not less than 90 days. HUD
met this requirement with its August 13, 2025 letter to the
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Duck Valley Shoshone-
Paiute Tribes, Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, Ely Shoshone Tribe, Fallon
Paiute Tribe, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes, Lovelock
Paiute Tribe, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony,
Walker River Paiute Tribe, Washoe Tribe, Yerington Paiute Tribe, and
Yomba Shoshone Tribe.
Consistent with 24 CFR 1000.302, HUD must consider all comments
received on its preliminary determination and publish the notice of
final determination in the Federal Register. Because HUD provided
notification to the affected Tribes on August 13, 2025, the 90-day
period for affected Tribes to comment on the preliminary determination
elapsed on November 11, 2025. HUD did not receive comments or feedback
from the affected Indian Tribes on its preliminary determination within
this 90-day period. Consequently, HUD is providing notice of its final
determination to increase the formula area of the Summit Lake Paiute
Tribe's to include the balance of Humboldt County, Washoe County,
Storey County, Pershing County, Churchill County, Douglas County,
Mineral County, Lyon County, Esmeralda County, Clark County, Nye
County, and Carson City County in the state of Nevada, for fiscal year
2026.
Hilary Atkin,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Office of Native American
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 2026-01867 Filed 1-29-26; 8:45 am]
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