Recipient
(5) Recipient means any of the following entities, when they are eligible recipients or grantees under a program listed in 58.1(b): (i) A State that does not distribute HUD assistance under the program to a unit of general local government; (ii) Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Palau; (iii) A unit of general local government; (iv) An Indian tribe; (v) With respect to Public Housing Programs under 58.1(b)(6)(i), fiscal year 1999 and prior HOPE VI grants under 58.1(b)(6)(ii) or Section 8 assistance under 58.1(b)(6)(iii), a public housing agency; (vi) Any direct grantee of HUD for a special project under 58.1(b)(7); (vii) With respect to the FHA Multifamily Housing Finance Agency Program under 58.1(b)(8), a qualified housing finance agency; (viii) With respect to the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program under 58.1(b)(9), any direct grantee of HUD. (ix) (A) With respect to NAHASDA assistance under 58.1(b)(10), the Indian tribe or the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; and (B) With respect to the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee program under 58.1(b)(11), the Indian tribe. (x) With respect to the Shelter Plus Care and Supportive Housing Programs under 58.1(b)(3)(ii), nonprofit organizations and other entities. (6) Release of funds. In the case of the FHA Multifamily Housing Finance Agency Program under 58.1(b)(8), Release of Funds, as used in this part, refers to HUD issuance of a firm approval letter, and Request for Release of Funds refers to a recipient's request for a firm approval letter. In the case of the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee program under 58.1(b)(11), Release of Funds refers to HUD's issuance of a commitment to guarantee a loan, or if there is no commitment, HUD's issuance of a certificate of guarantee. (7) Responsible Entity. Responsible Entity means: (i) With respect to environmental responsibilities under programs listed in 58.1(b)(1), (2), (3)(i), (4), and (5), a recipient under the program. (ii) With respect to environmental responsibilities under the programs listed in 58.1(b)(3)(ii) and (6) through (12), a state, unit of general local government, Indian tribe or Alaska Native Village, or the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, when it is the recipient under the program. Under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) listed in 58.1(b)(10)(i), the Indian tribe is the responsible entity whether or not a Tribally Designated Housing Entity is authorized to receive grant amounts on behalf of the tribe. The Indian tribe is also the responsible entity under the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee program listed in 58.1(b)(11). Regional Corporations in Alaska are considered Indian tribes in this part. Non-recipient responsible entities are designated as follows: (A) For qualified housing finance agencies, the State or a unit of general local government, Indian tribe or Alaska native village whose jurisdiction contains the project site; (B) For public housing agencies, the unit of general local government within which the project is located that exercises land use responsibility, or if HUD determines this infeasible, the county, or if HUD determines this infeasible, the State; (C) For non-profit organizations and other entities, the unit of general local government, Indian tribe or Alaska native village within which the project is located that exercises land use responsibility, or if HUD determines this infeasible, the county, or if HUD determines this infeasible, the State; (8) Unit Density refers to a change in the number of dwelling units. Where a threshold is identified as a percentage change in density that triggers review requirements, no distinction is made between an increase or a decrease in density. (9) Tiering means the evaluation of an action or an activity at various points in the development process as a proposal or event becomes ripe for an Environment Assessment or Review. (10) Vacant Building means a habitable structure that has been vacant for more than one year.