Economic Development Assistance ProgramsAvailability of Funds

SUMMARY: The Economic Development Administration (EDA) announces its

policies and application procedures during fiscal year 1998 to support

projects designed to alleviate conditions of substantial and persistent

unemployment and underemployment in economically-distressed areas and

regions of the Nation, to address economic dislocations resulting from

sudden and severe job losses, and to administer the Agency's programs.

DATES: This announcement is effective for applications considered for

fiscal year 1998. Unless otherwise noted below, applications are

accepted on a continuous basis and will be processed as funds are

available. Normally, two months are required for a final decision after

the receipt of a completed application that meets all EDA requirements.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should contact the EDA office in their

area, or in Washington, D.C., as appropriate (see Section XII).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See information in Section XII for the

EDA regional office and Economic Development Representative (EDR), or

for programs handled out of Washington, D.C., as appropriate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Policies

In light of its limited resources and the demonstrated widespread

need for economic development, EDA encourages only project proposals

having the greatest potential to benefit areas experiencing or

threatened with substantial economic distress. EDA will focus its

scarce financial resources on communities most in distress. Distress

may exist in a variety of forms, including high levels of unemployment,

low income levels, large concentrations of low income families,

significant decline in per capita income, substantial loss of

population because of the lack of employment opportunities, large

numbers (or high rates) of business failures, sudden major layoffs or

plant closures, and/or reduced tax bases.

Potential applicants are responsible for demonstrating to EDA,

through the provision of statistics and other appropriate information,

the nature and level of the distress their project efforts are intended

to alleviate. In the absence of evidence of high levels of distress,

EDA funding is unlikely.

In FY 1998, EDA's strategic funding priorities are a continuation

of the general goals in place over the past five fiscal years, refined

to reflect the priorities of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Unless

otherwise noted below, the funding priorities, as listed below, will be

applied by the Selecting Official (depending upon the program, either

the Regional Director or Assistant Secretary) after completion of a

review based upon evaluation criteria described in EDA's regulations at

13 CFR Chapter III. During FY 1998, EDA is interested in receiving

projects which support the priorities of the U.S. Department of

Commerce, including:

The construction and rehabilitation of essential public

works infrastructure and economic development facilities that are

necessary to achieve long-term growth and provide stable and

diversified local economies in the Nation's distressed communities.

Export promotion;

The commercialization and deployment of technology;

particularly information technology and telecommunications, and efforts

that support technology transfer, application and deployment for

community economic development;

Sustainable development which will provide long-term

economic development benefits, including responses to economic

dislocation caused by national environmental policies (hazardous waste

clean-up, etc.); also considered a priority are projects involving

reuse of ``brownfields,'' especially pilot projects selected under the

Environmental Protection Agency's ``Brownfields Initiative'' program;

also considered priority are projects involving eco-industrial parks,

which have been broadly defined by the President's Council on

Sustainable Development, as a community of businesses that cooperate

with each other and with the local community to efficiently share

resources (information, materials, water, energy, infrastructure and

natural habitat), leading to economic gains, gains in environmental

quality, and equitable enhancement of human resources for the business

and local community;

Entrepreneurial development, especially local capacity

building, and including small business incubators and community

financial intermediaries (e.g., revolving loan funds);

Economic adjustment, especially in response to base and

Federal laboratory closures and downsizing, defense industry

downsizing, and post-disaster, long-term economic recovery;

Infrastructure and development facilities located in

federally-authorized and designated rural and urban Enterprise

Communities and Empowerment Zones and state enterprise zones;

Projects that demonstrate innovative approaches to

economic development; and/or

Projects that support locally-created partnerships that

focus on regional solutions for economic development will be given

priority over proposals that are more limited in scope. For example,

projects that evidence collaboration in fostering an increase in

regional (multi-county and/or multi-state) productivity and growth will

be considered to the extent that such projects demonstrate a

substantial benefit to economically-distressed areas of the region.

II. Other Information and Requirements

See EDA's regulations at 13 CFR chapter III.

Additional information and requirements are as follows:

All primary applicants must submit a completed Form CD-511,

``Certifications Regarding Debarment, Suspension and Other

Responsibility Matters; Drug-Free Workplace Requirements and

Lobbying,'' and the following explanations are hereby provided:

Prospective participants (as defined at 15 CFR part 26, section

105) ``Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension'' and the related

section of the certification form prescribed above applies;

Grantees (as defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section 605) are subject to

15 CFR part 26, Subpart F, ``Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free

Workplace (Grants)'' and the related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies;

Persons (as defined at 15 CFR part 28, section 105) are

subject to the lobbying provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1352, ``Limitation on

use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracting and

financial transactions,'' and the lobbying section of the certification

form prescribed above applies to applications/bids for grants,

cooperative agreements, and contracts

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for more than $100,000, and loans and loan guarantees for more than

$150,000, or the single family maximum mortgage limit for affected

programs, whichever is greater; and

Any applicant that has paid or will pay for lobbying using any

funds must submit an SF-LLL, ``Disclosure of Lobbying Activities,'' as

required under 15 CFR part 28, Appendix B.

Recipients shall require applicants/bidders for subgrants,

contracts, subcontracts, or other lower tier covered transactions at

any tier under the award to submit, if applicable, a completed Form CD-

512, ``Certifications Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility

and Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered Transactions and Lobbying''

and disclosure form, SF-LLL ``Disclosure of Lobbying Activities.'' Form

CD-512 is intended for the use of recipients and should not be

transmitted to DoC. SF-LLL submitted by any tier recipient or

subrecipient should be submitted to DoC in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award document.

No award of Federal funds will be made to an applicant who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt until either:

1. The delinquent account is paid in full;

2. A negotiated repayment schedule is established and at least one

payment is received; or

3. Other arrangements satisfactory to DoC are made.

Unsatisfactory performance under prior Federal awards may result in

an application not being considered for funding.

Applicants should be aware that a false statement on the

application is grounds for denial of the application or termination of

the grant award and grounds for possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1001.

Applicants are hereby notified that any equipment or products

authorized to be purchased with funding provided under this program

must be American-made to the maximum extent feasible.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required

to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure

to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of

information displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) control number. This notice involves a collection of information

requirement subject to the provisions of the PRA and has been approved

by OMB under Control Number 0610-0094.

Applicants seeking an early start, i.e. to begin a project before

EDA approval, must obtain a letter from EDA allowing such early start.

The letter allowing the early start will be null and void if the

project is not subsequently approved for funding by the grants officer.

Approval of an early start does not constitute project approval.

Applicants should be aware that if they incur any costs prior to an

award being made they do so solely at their own risk of not being

reimbursed by the Government. Notwithstanding any verbal or written

assurance that may have been received, there is no obligation on the

part of DoC to cover preaward costs.

EDA also requires that compliance with environmental regulations,

in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), be

completed before construction begins.

The total dollar amount of the indirect costs proposed in an

application under any EDA program must not exceed the indirect cost

rate negotiated and approved by a cognizant Federal agency prior to the

proposed effective date of the award or 100 percent of the total

proposed direct costs dollar amount in the application, whichever is

less.

If an application is selected for funding, EDA has no obligation to

provide any additional future funding in connection with an award.

Renewal of an award to increase funding or extend the period of

performance is at the sole discretion of EDA.

Unless otherwise noted below, eligibility, program objectives and

descriptions, application procedures, selection procedures, evaluation

criteria and other requirements for all programs are set forth in EDA's

regulations at 13 CFR Chapter III.

III. Funding Availability

Under EDA's fiscal year 1998 appropriation, Public Law 105-119,

November 13, 1997, EDA's program funds total $340,000,000. EDA has

already received and begun processing requests for funding its programs

during fiscal year 1998. New requests submitted that require approval

during this fiscal year will face substantial competition. Potential

applicants are encouraged to contact first the appropriate EDR for

their area and then, if necessary, the appropriate Regional Office

listed in Section XII of this Notice.

IV. Authority

The authority for programs listed in Parts V through X is the

Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, (Pub. L. 89-136, 42

U.S.C. 3121-3246h), as amended (PWEDA). The authority for the program

listed in Part XI is Title II Chapters 3 and 5 of the Trade Act of

1974, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 2341-2355; 2391) (Trade Act).

V. Program: Public Works and Development Facilities Assistance

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.300 Economic Development

Grants and Loans for Public Works and Development Facilities. 11.304

Economic Development Public Works Impact Program)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $178,000,000 have been appropriated for this

program. The average funding level for a grant is $886,000.

VI. Program: Technical Assistance-Local Technical Assistance; National

Technical Assistance; University Centers

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.303 Economic

Development-Technical Assistance)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $9,100,000 have been appropriated for this

program. The average funding level for a local TA grant is $27,000;

university centers is $100,000; and national TA is $176,000.

A separate FR Notice will set forth the specific funding

priorities, application process, and time frames for National Technical

Assistance projects.

VII. Program: Planning--Planning Assistance for Economic Development

Districts, Indian Tribes, and Redevelopment Areas; Planning Assistance

for States and Urban Areas

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.302 Economic

Development--Support for Planning Organizations); 11.305 Economic

Development--State and Urban Area Economic Development Planning) 6

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $24,000,000 have been appropriated for this

program. The funding levels for planning grants range from $10,000 to

$200,000.

VIII. Program: Research and Evaluation

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.312 Economic

Development--Research and Evaluation Program)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $500,000 have been appropriated for this

program. The average funding level for a grant is $171,000.

A separate FR Notice will set forth the specific funding

priorities, application

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process, and time frames for research and evaluation projects.

IX. Program: Economic Adjustment Assistance

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.307 Special Economic

Development and Adjustment Assistance Program--Long Term Economic

Deterioration and Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $29,900,000 have been appropriated for this

program. The average funding level for a grant is $236,000.

X. Program: Defense Economic Conversion

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.307 Special Economic

Development and Adjustment Assistance Program--Long Term Economic

Deterioration and Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation; 11.300

Economic Development Grants and Loans for Public Works and

Development Facilities; 11.304 Economic Development Public Works

Impact Program; 11.303 Economic Development-Technical Assistance;

11.302 Economic Development--Support for Planning Organizations);

11.305 Economic Development--State and Urban Area Economic

Development Planning; 11.312 Economic Development--Research and

Evaluation Program and 11.313 Economic Development--Trade Adjustment

Assistance)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $89,000,000 have been appropriated for this

program. The average funding level for a grant is $1,260,000.

XI. Program: Trade Adjustment Assistance

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.313 Economic

Development--Trade Adjustment Assistance)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $9,500,000 have been appropriated for this

program. The average funding level for a grant is $791,000.

XII. EDA Washington D.C., Regional Offices and Economic Development

Representatives

The EDA Washington, D.C. offices, regional and field offices,

states covered and the economic development representatives (EDRs) are

listed below.

Washington, D.C. Offices

For Research and National Technical Assistance contact: John J.

McNamee, Director, Research and National Technical Assistance Division,

Economic Development Administration, Room 7019, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; Telephone: (202) 482-4085, Internet

Address: [email protected]

For Trade Adjustment Assistance contact: Anthony J. Meyer, Coordinator,

Trade Adjustment and Technical Assistance, Economic Development

Administration, Room 7317, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC

20230; Telephone: (202) 482-2127, Internet Address: [email protected]

EDA Regional Offices

William J. Day, Jr., Regional Director, Atlanta Regional Office, 401

West Peachtree Street, NW., Suite 1820, Atlanta, Georgia 30308;

Telephone: (404) 730-3002; Fax: (404) 730-3025; Internet Address:

[email protected]

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PATTERSON, Gilbert......................................... Georgia.

401 West Peachtree Street, N.W. Mississippi.

Suite 1820

Atlanta, GA 30308

Telephone: (404)730-3018

Internet Address: [email protected]

HUNTER, Bobby D............................................ Kentucky.

771 Corporate Drive, Suite 200 Tennessee.

Lexington, KY 40503-5477

Telephone: (606)224-7426

Internet Address: [email protected]

DIXON, Patricia M.......................................... North Carolina.

Strom Thurmond Federal Building South Carolina.

1835 Assembly Street, Room 307

Columbia, SC 29201

Telephone: (803)765-5676

Internet Address: [email protected]

DENNIS, Bobby.............................................. Alabama.

401 West Peachtree Street, N.W.

Suite 1820

Atlanta, GA 30308

Telephone: (404)730-3020

Internet Address: [email protected]

TAYLOR, Willie............................................. Florida.

401 West Peachtree Street, N.W.

Suite 1820

Atlanta, GA 30308

Telephone: (404)730-3032

Internet Address: [email protected]

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Pedro R. Garza, Regional Director, Austin Regional Office, Thornberry

Building, Suite 121, 903 San Jacinto Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78701;

Telephone: (512) 916-5461; Fax: (512) 916-5613; Internet Address:

[email protected]

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FRERKING, Sharon T......................................... Oklahoma.

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Austin Regional Office New Mexico.

Thornberry Building, Suite 121 Texas (north).

903 San Jacinto Boulevard

Austin, Texas 78701

Telephone: (512) 916-5217

Internet Address: [email protected]

LEE, Ava J................................................. Louisiana.

Austin Regional Arkansas.

Thornberry Building, Suite 121 Texas (south).

903 San Jacinto Boulevard

Austin, TX 78701

Telephone: (512) 916-5824

Internet Address: [email protected]

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C. Robert Sawyer, Regional Director, Chicago Regional Office, 111 North

Canal Street, Suite 855, Chicago, IL 60606; Telephone: (312) 353-7706;

Fax: (312) 353-8575; Internet Address: [email protected]

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ARNOLD, John B. III........................................ Illinois.

104 Federal Building Minnesota.

515 West First Street

Duluth, MN 55802

Telephone: 888-865-5719

Internet Address: [email protected]

HICKEY, Robert F........................................... Ohio.

Federal Building, Room 607 Indiana.

200 North High Street

Columbus, Ohio 43214

Telephone: (800-686-2603)

Internet Address: [email protected]

PECK, John E............................................... Michigan.

Chicago Regional Office Wisconsin.

111 North Canal Street, Suite 855

Chicago, IL 60606

Telephone: 888-249-7597

Internet Address: [email protected]

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John Woodward, Regional Director, Denver Regional Office, 1244 Speer

Boulevard, Room 670, Denver, Colorado 80204; Telephone: (303) 844-4715;

Fax: (303) 844-3968; Internet Address: [email protected]

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ZENDER, John............................................... Colorado.

1244 Speer Boulevard, Room 632 Kansas.

Denver, CO 80204

Telephone: (303) 844-4902

Internet Address: [email protected]

CECIL, Robert.............................................. Iowa.

Federal Building, Room 593A Nebraska.

2l0 Walnut Street

Des Moines, IA 50309

Telephone: (515) 284-4746

Internet Address: [email protected]

HILDEBRANDT, Paul.......................................... Missouri.

Federal Building, Room B-2

608 East Cherry Street

Columbia, MO 65201

Telephone: (573) 442-8084

Internet Address: [email protected]

ROGERS, John C............................................. Montana.

Federal Building, Room 196

301 South Park Ave.

Drawer 10074

Helena, MT 59626

Telephone: (406) 441-1175

Internet Address: [email protected]

JUNGBERG, Cip.............................................. South Dakota.

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Post Office/Courthouse North Dakota.

102 4th Ave., Room 216

P.O. Box 190

Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401

Telephone: (605) 226-7315

Internet Address: [email protected]

OCKEY, Jack................................................ Utah.

Federal Building, Room 2105 Wyoming.

125 South State Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84138

Telephone: (801) 524-5119

Internet Address: [email protected]

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John E. Corrigan, Regional Director, Philadelphia Regional Office,

Curtis Center, Independence Square West, Suite 140 South, Philadelphia,

PA 19106; Telephone: (215) 597-4603; Fax: (215) 597-6669; Internet

Address: [email protected]

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BEACH, Tyrone.............................................. Delaware

Philadelphia Regional Office District of Columbia.

The Curtis Center--Suite 104 South

Independence Square West

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Telephone: (215) 597-7883

Internet Address: [email protected].

WILKINSON, Cassandra....................................... Rhode Island.

Philadelphia Regional Office

Curtis Center

Independence Square West

Suite 140 South

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Telephone: (215) 597-4360

Internet Address: [email protected]

GRADY, Stephen............................................. Connecticut.

Philadelphia Regional Office

Curtis Center

Independence Square West

Suite 140 South

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Telephone: (215) 597-0642

Internet Address: [email protected]

KUZMA, John................................................ Massachusetts.

Philadelphia Regional Office

Curtis Center

Independence Square West

Suite 140 South

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Telephone: (215) 597-8797

Internet Address: [email protected]

POTTER, Rita V............................................. New Hampshire.

143 North Main Street, Suite 209 Vermont.

Concord, NH 03301 Maine.

Telephone: (603) 225-1624

Internet Address: [email protected]

HUMMEL, Ed................................................. New Jersey.

Phildelphia Regional Office

The Curtis Center-Suite 140 South

Independence Square West,

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Telephone: (215) 597-6767

Internet Address: [email protected]

MARSHALL, Harold J. II..................................... New York.

620 Erie Boulevard West, Suite 104

Syracuse, NY 13204

Telephone: (315) 448-0938

Internet Address: [email protected]

PECONE, Anthony M.......................................... Pennsylvania.

1933A New Berwick Highway

Bloomsburg, PA 17815

Telephone: (717) 389-7560

Internet Address: [email protected]

CRUZ, Ernesto L............................................ Puerto Rico.

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IBM Building, Room 620 Virgin Islands.

654 Munoz Rivera Avenue

Hato Rey, PR 00918

Telephone: (809) 766-5187

Internet Address: [email protected]

NOYES, Neal E.............................................. Virginia.

Room 474 Maryland.

400 North 8th Street

P.O. Box 10229

Richmond, VA 23240

Telephone: (804) 771-2061

Internet Address: [email protected]

DAVIS, R. Byron............................................ West Virginia.

405 Capital Street

Room 411

Charleston, WV 25301

Telephone: (304) 347-5252

Internet Address: [email protected]

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A. Leonard Smith, Regional Director, Seattle Regional Office, Jackson

Federal Building, Room 1856, 915 Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington

98174; Telephone: (206) 220-7660; Fax: (206) 220-7659; Internet

Address: LS[email protected].

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RICHERT, Bernhard E. Jr.................................... Alaska.

605 West 4th Avenue, Room G-80

Anchorage, AK 99501

Telephone: (907) 271-2272

Internet Address: [email protected]

SOSSON, Deena R............................................ California.

1345 J Street, Suite B (central).

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 498-5285

Internet Address: [email protected]

CHURCH, Dianne V........................................... California.

Seattle Regional Office Bay and coastal).

Jackson Federal Building

915 Second Avenue, Room 1856

Seattle, WA 98174

Telephone: (206) 220-7690

Internet Address: [email protected]

MCCHESNEY, Frank........................................... Hawaii, Guam.

P.O. Box 50264 American Samoa.

Federal Building, Room 4106 Marshall Islands.

Honolulu, HI 96850 Micronesia.

Telephone: (808) 541-3391 Northern Marianas.

Internet Address: [email protected]

AMES, Aldred F............................................. Idaho.

Borah Federal Building, Room 441 Nevada.

304 North 8th Street

Boise, ID 83702

Telephone: (208) 334-1521

Internet Address: [email protected]

BERBLINGER, Anne S......................................... Oregon.

One World Trade Center California.

121 S.W. Salmon Street, Suite 244 (northern).

Portland, OR 97204

Telephone: (503) 326-3078

Internet Address: [email protected]

SVENDSEN, David E.......................................... California.

Seattle Regional Office (southern).

Jackson Federal Building

915 Second Avenue, Room 1856

Seattle, WA 98174

Telephone: (206) 220-7703

Internet Address: [email protected]

KIRRY, Lloyd P............................................. Washington.

Seattle Regional Office

Jackson Federal Building

915 Second Avenue, Room 1856

Seattle, WA 98174

Telephone: (206) 220-7682

Internet Address: [email protected]

MACIAS, Jacob.............................................. Arizona.

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Seattle Regional Office

Jackson Federal Building

915 Second Avenue, Room 1856

Seattle, WA 98174

Telephone: (206)220-7666

Internet Address: [email protected]

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Dated: February 24, 1998.

Phillip A. Singerman,

Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.

[FR Doc. 98-5111 Filed 2-26-98; 8:45 am]

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