Economic Development Assistance ProgramsAvailability of Funds Under Pub. L. 105-393

SUMMARY: The Economic Development Administration (EDA) announces its

policies and application procedures under the Economic Development

Administration Reform Act from the effective date, (see below) through

the end of fiscal year 1999 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 under

Pub. L. 105-393 through the end of fiscal year 1999. 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.

Effective Date of Pub. L. 105-393:

Pub. L. 105-393, effective February 11, 1999 replaces and amends

the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended

(PWEDA). EDA's interim final rule to implement Pub. L. 105-393 was

published in the FR (64 FR 5347, February 3, 1999), as separate Part

II.

Appropriations Under Pub. L. 105-277:

Under EDA's fiscal year 1999 appropriation, Pub. L. 105-277,

October 22, 1998, EDA's program funds total $368,379,000. Of this

amount $248,796,000 is available through June 15, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should contact the EDA office in their

area, or in Washington, DC, 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, DC, 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

that will significantly benefit areas experiencing or threatened with

substantial economic distress. EDA will focus its scarce financial

resources on communities with the highest economic distress. Distress

may exist in a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, 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, military base closures, natural disasters,

depletion of natural resources, and/or reduced tax bases.

Potential applicants are responsible for demonstrating to EDA, by

providing 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.

EDA's strategic funding priorities are intended to implement Pub.L.

105-393 and to serve as 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 project proposal's review

based upon evaluation criteria described in EDA's regulations published

in the FR (64 FR 5347, February 3, 1999), as separate Part II. During

FY 1999, EDA is interested in receiving projects that 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.

Assistance to communities suffering job losses and/or

plant closings resulting from changing trade patterns. This may

include, but is not limited to, projects for export promotion,

identification of new markets and products, increased productivity, and

diversification of the local economic base.

The commercialization and deployment of technology;

particularly information technology and telecommunications, and efforts

that support technology transfer, application and deployment for

community economic development. Also included under this category would

be projects that support the development of new environmental

technologies and techniques (e.g., innovative material recycling or

reuses, pollution control or treatment processes, and flood mitigation)

that significantly enhance an area's economic development potential;

Sustainable development which will provide long-term

economic development (e.g., diversification of natural resource

dependent economies, eco-industrial parks, aquaculture facilities, and

brownfields' redevelopment) benefits without compromising the

environment for future generations;

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 military

base and Federal laboratory closures and downsizing, defense industry

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

Infrastructure and economic 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;

Projects that support the economic development of Indian

country, including Alaska Native Villages; 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 (multicounty and/or multistate) productivity and growth will

be considered to the extent that such projects demonstrate a

substantial benefit to economically distressed areas of the region.

To the degree that one or more funding priorities are included (or

packaged together) in the proposal, your ability to obtain EDA

assistance would be enhanced.

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II. Other Information and Requirements

See EDA's regulations published in the FR (64 FR 5347,

February 3, 1999), as separate Part II.

Additional information and requirements are as follows:

All manuals/guidelines referred to in EDA's regulations are

available from EDA offices.

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.

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, ``Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

(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 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.

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. Additionally, EDA also requires

that compliance with environmental regulations, in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), be completed before

construction begins.

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,

application procedures, selection procedures, evaluation criteria and

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

published in the FR (64 FR 5347, February 3, 1999), as separate Part

II. Eligibility, grant rates, selection criteria and other requirements

will be in accordance with EDA's interim-final rule to implement Pub.

L. 105-393 (64 FR 5347).

Be apprised that any designation of a Redevelopment Area made

before the effective date of the Economic Development Administration

Reform Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-393) shall be of no effect after that

effective date (which will be not later than February 11, 1999). For

the new criteria for determining the eligibility and designation of

areas see EDA's interim final rule (64 FR 5347) and/or contact the

appropriate EDR or RO listed in Section XII. All applications approved

after the effective date of Pub. L. 105-393 must comply with the new

requirements.

Note: EDA is not authorized to provide any financial assistance

directly to individuals for the purpose of starting a new business

or expanding an existing business.

Special Need

An area is eligible, pursuant to Special Need, if the area meets

one of the following criteria:

A. Substantial out-migration or population loss. Applicants seeking

eligibility under this criteria will be asked to present appropriate

and compelling economic and/or demographic need to demonstrate the

special need.

B. Underemployment, that is, employment of workers at less than

full time or at less skilled tasks than their training or abilities

permit. Applicants seeking eligibility under this criteria will be

asked to present appropriate and compelling economic and/or demographic

need to demonstrate the special need.

C. Military base closures or realignments, defense contractor

reductions-in-force, or Department of Energy defense-related funding

reductions.

1. A military base closure refers to a military base that was

closed or is schedule for closure or realignment pursuant to a Base

Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) process or other Defense Department

process. The area is eligible from the date of Defense Department

recommendation for closure until five years after the actual date of

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closing for the installation, provided that the closure recommendation

is not sooner canceled,

2. A defense contractor reduction-in-force refers to a defense

contractor(s) experiencing defense contract cancellations or reductions

resulting from official DoD announcements and having aggregate value of

at least $10 million per year. Actual dislocations must have occurred

within one year of application to EDA and threatened dislocations must

be anticipated to occur within two years of application to EDA. Defense

contracts that expire in the normal course of business will not be

considered in meeting this criteria,

3. A Department of Energy defense-related funding reduction refers

to a Department of Energy facility that has or will experience a

reduction of employment resulting from its defense mission change. The

area is eligible from the date of the Department of Energy announcement

of reductions until five years after the actual date of reduced

operations at the installation, provided that the reduction is not

sooner canceled.

D. Natural or other major disasters or emergencies An area that has

received one of the following disaster declarations is eligible for EDA

assistance for a period of one year after the date of declaration,

unless further extended by the Assistant Secretary:

1. A Presidential Disaster Declaration authorizing FEMA Public

Assistance pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford and Emergency Assistance

Act, as amended (Public Law 93-288), or

2. A Federally Declared Disaster pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management Act, (Pub. L. 94-265) as amended by

the Sustainable Fisheries Act (Pub. L. 104-297), or

3. A Federal Declaration pursuant to the Consolidated Farm and

Rural Development Act, as amended (Public Laws 92-419, 96-438, 97-35,

98-258, 99-198, 100-233, 100-387, and 101-624), or

4. A Federally Declared Disaster pursuant to the Small Business

Act, as amended (Pub. L. 85-536)

E. Extraordinary depletion of natural resources; EDA presently

recognizes the following conditions of extraordinary natural resource

depletion:

1. Fisheries.

2. Coal.

3. Timber.

Assistant Secretary modifications to the above listing of

conditions of extraordinary natural resource depletion, as they may

occur, will be announced in subsequent public notices.

F. Closure or restructuring of industrial firms, essential to area

economies; an area that has experienced closure or restructuring of

firms resulting in sudden job losses and meeting the following

criteria:

1. For areas over 100,000 population, the actual or threatened

dislocation is 500 jobs, or 1 percent of the civilian labor force

(CLF), whichever is less.

2. For areas up to 100,000 population, the actual or threatened

dislocation is 200 jobs, or 1 percent of the civilian labor force

(CLF), whichever is less.

Actual dislocations must have occurred within one year of

application to EDA and threatened dislocations must be anticipated to

occur within two years of application.

G. Destructive impacts of foreign trade. An area certified as

eligible by the North American Development Bank (NADBank) Program or

the Community Adjustment and Investment Program (CAIP) .

H. Other special need--the area is experiencing other special and/

or extraordinary economic adjustment need as determined by the

Assistant Secretary. The applicant will be asked to present appropriate

economic or demographic statistics to demonstrate a special need.

Eligibility is determined at the time that EDA invites an application

and is based on the most recent Federal data available for the area

where the project will be located or where the substantial direct

benefits will be received. If no Federal data are available to

determine eligibility, an applicant must submit to EDA the most recent

data available through the government of the State in which the area is

located. A project must be eligible at time of award.

EDA will reject any documentation of eligibility that it determines

is inaccurate.

III. Funding Availability

Under EDA's fiscal year 1999 appropriation, Pub.L. 105-277, October

22, 1998, EDA's program funds total $368,379,000. Of this amount

$248,796,000 is available through June 15, 1999. EDA has already

received and begun processing requests for funding under its programs

during fiscal year 1999. 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 or

headquarters 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, and as further amended by Pub.L. 105-

393 (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), as amended by Pub. L. 105-119.

V. Program: Public Works and Development Facilities Assistance

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.300 Economic

Development-Grants for Public Works and Infrastructure)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $205,850,000 have been appropriated for this

program ($138,400,000 available through June 15, 1999). The average

funding level for a grant last fiscal year was $836,000.

VI. Program: Technical Assistance-Local Technical Assistance;

National Technical Assistance; and 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 ($4,742,000 available through June 15, 1999). The average

funding level for a local Technical Assistance (TA) grant last fiscal

year was $27,000; for university centers it was $95,000; and for

national TA it was $176,000. Most funds are expected to be used for

support of existing University Centers, if they meet criteria

established under EDA's regulations published in the FR (64 FR 5347,

February 3, 1999), as separate part II.

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 and Indian Tribes, Planning Assistance for

States

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.302 Economic

Development--Support for Planning Organizations; 11.305 Economic

Development--State Economic Development Planning)

Funding Availability

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

program ($22,544,000 available through June 15, 1999). The funding

levels for planning grants range from $10,000 to $200,000.

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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 last fiscal year was

$171,000.

A separate FR Notice will set forth the specific funding

priorities, application process, and time frames for research and

evaluation projects.

IX. Program: Economic Adjustment Assistance

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.307 Economic Development

and Adjustment Assistance Program)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $34,629,000 have been appropriated for this

program ($17,947,000 available through June 15, 1999). Of this amount,

$12,000,000 is available for economic adjustment projects located in

regions impacted by coal industry downsizing and timber industry issues

with an additional $2,579,000 available for disaster mitigation uses.

The $2,579,000 of the disaster mitigation allocation will be

available to support selected hazard prone communities including

Project Impact communities, designated by Federal Emergency Management

Agency (FEMA), for capacity building and mitigation activities in areas

that are EDA eligible. In addition to the eligibility criteria set

forth in EDA's regulation's published in the FR (64 FR 5347, February

3, 1999), in separate Part II., the communities must have experienced a

natural disaster or be located in natural hazard prone areas.

The average funding level for a regular economic adjustment grant

last year was $243,000.

X. Program: Defense Economic Conversion

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 11.307 Economic Development

and Adjustment Assistance Program; 11.300 Economic Development

Grants; 11.303 Economic Development-Technical Assistance; 11.302

Economic Development--Support for Planning Organizations); 11.305

Economic Development--State and Other 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 $84,800,000 have been appropriated for this

program ($54,563,000 available through June 15, 1999). The average

funding level for a grant last year was $1,180,000.

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 typical funding level for a grant last year was $791,000.

XII. EDA Regional Offices, Economic Development Representatives and

Washington, DC Offices

The EDA regional and field offices, states covered and the economic

development representatives (EDRs), and Washington, DC offices are

listed below.

EDA Regional Offices

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

West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1820 Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3510,

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

[email protected]

Economic Development Representatives and States Covered

PATTERSON, Gilbert, 401 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1820, Atlanta,

GA 30308, Telephone: (404) 730-3000, Internet Address:

[email protected]

HUNTER, Bobby D., 771 Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Lexington, KY 40503-

5477, Telephone: (606) 224-7426, Internet Address: [email protected]

Kentucky, North Carolina (Western)

DIXON, Patricia M., U.S. Department of Commerce--EDA, P.O. Box 1707,

Lugoff, SC 29078, Telephone: (803) 408-2513, Internet Address:

[email protected] Carolina, North Carolina (Eastern)

DENNIS, Bobby, 401 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1820, Atlanta, GA

30308-3510, Telephone: (404) 730-3020, Internet Address:

[email protected]

TAYLOR, Willie C., 401 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1820, Atlanta,

GA 30308-3510, Telephone: (404) 730-3032, Internet Address:

[email protected]

PELLEGRINO, Thomas, 401 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1820, Atlanta,

Georgia 30308-3510, Telephone: (404) 730-3028, Internet Address:

[email protected]

REED, Tonia, 401 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1820, Atlanta,

Georgia 30308-3510, Telephone: (404) 730-3026, Internet Address:

[email protected]

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

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

Telephone: (512) 916-5595, Fax: (512) 916-5613, Internet Address:

[email protected]

Note: Effective March 1, 1999 the Austin address will change.

The telephone numbers will remain the same. The new address will be:

327 Congress Avenue, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78701-4037.

Regional Office Contacts and States Covered

FRERKING, Sharon T., Austin Regional Office, Thornberry Building, Suite

121, 903 San Jacinto Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78701, Telephone: (512)

916-5217, Internet Address: [email protected], New Mexico,

Texas (North)

LEE, Ava J., Austin Regional, Thornberry Building, Suite 121, 903 San

Jacinto Boulevard, Austin, TX 78701, Telephone: (512) 916-5824,

Internet Address: [email protected], Arkansas, Texas (South)

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]

Economic Development Representatives and States Covered

ARNOLD, John B. III, 104 Federal Building, 515 West First Street,

Duluth, MN 55802, Telephone: (1-888) 865-5719 (Illinois), (218) 720-

5326 (Minnesota), Internet Address: [email protected],

Minnesota

HICKEY, Robert F., Federal Building, Room 740, 200 North High Street,

Columbus, Ohio 43215, Telephone: (1-800) 686-2603) (Indiana) (614-469-

7314) (Ohio), Internet Address: [email protected], Indiana

PECK, John E., P.O. Box 517, Acme, Michigan 49610-0517, Telephone:

(616) 938-1712, Internet Address: [email protected] Michigan, Wisconsin

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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Economic Development Representatives and States Covered

ZENDER, John P., 1244 Speer Boulevard, Room 632, Denver, CO 80204,

Telephone: (303) 844-4902, Internet Address: [email protected],

Kansas

CECIL, Robert, Federal Building, Room 593A, 210 Walnut Street, Des

Moines, IA 50309, Telephone: (515) 284-4746, Internet Address:

[email protected], Nebraska

HILDEBRANDT, Paul, Federal Building, Room B-2, 608 East Cherry Street,

Columbia, MO 65201, Telephone: (573) 442-8084, Internet Address:

[email protected]

ROGERS, John C., Federal Building, Room 196, 301 South Park Ave.,

Drawer 10074, Helena, MT 59626, Telephone: (406) 441-1175, Internet

Address: [email protected]

JUNGBERG, Cip, Post Office/Courthouse, 102 4th Ave., Room 216, P.O. Box

190, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401, Telephone: (605) 226-7315, Internet

Address: [email protected] Dakota, North Dakota

OCKEY, Jack, Federal Building, Room 2105, 125 South State Street, Salt

Lake City, UT 84138, Telephone: (801) 524-5119, Internet Address:

[email protected], Wyoming

Paul M. Raetsch, 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: PR[email protected]

Economic Development Representatives and States Covered

GOOD, William A., Acting, Philadelphia Regional Office, The Curtis

Center-Suite 140 South, Independence Square West, Philadelphia, PA

19106, Telephone: (215) 597-0405, Internet Address: [email protected]

Delaware, District of Columbia

AUBE, Michael W., 48 Highland Avenue, Bangor, ME 04401-4656, Telephone:

(207) 945-6985, Internet Address: [email protected], Maine,

Rhode Island

POTTER, Rita V., 143 North Main Street, Suite 209, Concord, NH 03301-

5089, Telephone: (603) 225-1624, Internet Address: [email protected]

Hampshire, Massachusetts

HUMMEL, Edward, Philadelphia Regional Office, The Curtis Center-Suite

140 South, Independence Square West, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Telephone:

(215) 597-6767, Internet Address: [email protected] Jersey, New York

City (Long Island)

MARSHALL, Harold J. II, 620 Erie Boulevard West, Suite 104, Syracuse,

NY 13204-2442, Telephone: (315) 448-0938, Internet Address:

[email protected] York, Vermont

PECONE, Anthony M., 525 North Broad Street, West Hazleton, PA 18201-

1107, Telephone: (717) 459-6861, Internet Address: [email protected]

Pennsylvania

CRUZ, Ernesto L., IBM Building, Room 620, 654 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Hato

Rey, PR 00918-1738, Telephone: (787) 766-5187, Internet Address:

[email protected] Rico, Virgin Islands

NOYES, Neal E., Room 474, 400 North 8th Street, P.O. Box 10229,

Richmond, VA 23240-1001, Telephone: (804) 771-2061, Internet Address:

[email protected], Maryland

DAVIS, R. Byron, 405 Capital Street, Room 141, Charleston, WV 25301,

Telephone: (304) 347-5252, Internet Address: [email protected]

Virginia

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) 220-7669, Internet

Address: LS[email protected].

Economic Development Representatives and States Covered

RICHERT, Bernhard E. Jr., 605 West 4th Avenue, Room G-80, Anchorage, AK

99501-7594, Telephone: (907) 271-2272, Internet Address:

[email protected]

SOSSON, Deena R., 801 I Street, Suite 411, Sacramento, CA 95814,

Telephone: (916) 498-5285, Internet Address: [email protected]

California (Central)

CHURCH, Dianne V.--280 South First St., #135-B, San Jose, CA 95113,

Telephone: (408) 535-5550, Internet Address: [email protected]

California (Central Coastal)

FUJITA, Gail S., P.O. Box 50264, 300 Ala Moaana Blvd, Federal Building,

Room 4106, Honolulu, HI 96850, Telephone: (808) 541-3391, Internet

Address: [email protected], Guam, American Samoa, Marshall

Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas

AMES, Aldred F., Borah Federal Building, Room 441, 304 North 8th

Street, Boise, ID 83702, Telephone: (208) 334-1521 (Idaho), (1-888)

693-1370 (Nevada), Internet Address: [email protected], Nevada

BERBLINGER, Anne S., One World Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon Street,

Suite 244, Portland, OR 97204, Telephone: (503) 326-3078, Internet

Address: [email protected], California, (Northern)

SVENDSEN, David E., Seattle Regional Office, Jackson Federal Building,

915 Second Avenue, Room 1856, Seattle, WA 98174, Telephone: (206) 220-

7703, Internet Address: [email protected], (Southern)

KIRRY, Lloyd P., Seattle Regional Office, Jackson Federal Building, 915

Second Avenue, Room 1856, Seattle, WA 98174, Telephone: (206) 220-7682,

Internet Address: [email protected]

MACIAS, Jacob, Seattle Regional Office, Jackson Federal Building, 915

Second Avenue, Room 1856, Seattle, WA 98174, Telephone: (206) 220-7666,

Internet Address: [email protected]

Washington, DC Offices

For Trade Adjustment Assistance (only): Coordinator, Trade Adjustment

and Technical Assistance, Planning and Development Assistance Division,

Economic Development Administration, Room 7317, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, Telephone: (202) 482-2127

For National Technical Assistance and Research (only), National

Technical Assistance and Research Division, Economic Development

Administration, Room 7019, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC

20230, Telephone: (202) 482-2309

For general information on EDA contact the appropriate Regional

Office listed above or EDA's Office of Congressional Liaison and

Program Research and Evaluation at 202-482-2309.

Dated: February 18, 1999.

Phillip A. Singerman,

Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.

[FR Doc. 99-4493 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]

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