[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9222-9226]
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Part II





Department of Commerce





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Economic Development Administration



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Economic Development Assistance Programs--Availability of Funds Under 
Pub. L. 105-393; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration
[Docket No. 981228325-8325-01]
RIN 0610-ZA07


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

AGENCY: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Department of 
Commerce (DoC).

ACTION: Notice.

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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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