[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47239-47241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13381]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Dockets Nos. FR-4800-FA-05, FR-4900-FA-07, and FR-4950-FA-02]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Brownfields Economic 
Development Initiative (BEDI) Fiscal Years 2003, 2004, and 2005

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 
notifies the public of past funding decisions made by the Department in 
competitions for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA) for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI). This 
announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the 
awards made available by HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Duncan, Associate Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Economic Development, Office of 
Community Planning and Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7140, 
Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone

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(202) 708-3773 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing- and speech-
impaired persons may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal 
Relay Service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339. For general information on 
this and other HUD programs, call Community Connections at 1-800-998-
9999 or visit the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Brownfields Economic Development 
Initiative (BEDI) is administered by the Office of Economic Development 
under the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. 
The Office of Economic Development administers HUD's ongoing grant 
programs to assist local governments, nonprofit organizations and the 
private sector in economic development efforts.
    BEDI was enacted in section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended. Eligible applicants include units 
of general local government eligible for assistance under the Community 
Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, as well as urban counties that 
are eligible under the CDBG program. Each unit of general local 
government or CDBG-eligible urban county must use its BEDI award to 
enhance the security of a loan guaranteed by HUD under section 108 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for the 
same project, or to improve the viability of a project financed with 
the section 108-guaranteed loan. The BEDI program provides each grantee 
up to $2,000,000 for the redevelopment of abandoned, idled or 
underutilized industrial or commercial facilities where expansion or 
redevelopment is complicated by environmental contamination as defined 
by the NOFA in each fiscal year.
    On April 25, 2003 (67 FR 14135) HUD published a Super Notice of 
Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) announcing the availability of 
approximately $29,500,000 in FY 2003 funds for the BEDI program. On May 
14, 2004 (69 FR 27331) HUD published a SuperNOFA announcing the 
availability of approximately $25,352,500 in FY 2004 funds for the BEDI 
program. On March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13950) HUD published a SuperNOFA 
announcing the availability of approximately $24,458,130 for the BEDI 
program, an amount subsequently reduced by $10,000,000 in the 
Congressional appropriation for BEDI in FY 2006. The Department 
reviewed, evaluated and scored the applications received based on the 
criteria in the SuperNOFA. As a result, HUD funded the applications 
announced below, and, in accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 
Stat. 1987, U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing details 
concerning the recipients of funding awards, as set forth below.

    Dated: August 3, 2006.
Nelson R. Bregon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.

Fiscal Year 2003 Funding Awards for the Brownfields Economic Development
                           Initiative Program
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            Recipient                     State              Amount
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Anchorage........................  AK.................        $2,000,000
Tempe............................  AZ.................         1,000,000
El Monte.........................  CA.................         1,300,000
Los Angeles......................  CA.................           750,000
Montebello.......................  CA.................         2,000,000
Sacramento.......................  CA.................         2,000,000
San Diego........................  CA.................           700,000
Stockton.........................  CA.................         2,000,000
Whittier.........................  CA.................           750,000
Lawrence.........................  MA.................         2,000,000
Springfield......................  MO.................         1,200,000
Greensboro.......................  NC.................         2,000,000
Perth Amboy......................  NJ.................         1,374,285
Geneva...........................  NY.................           500,000
New York.........................  NY.................         1,670,000
Syracuse.........................  NY.................           750,000
Pittsburgh.......................  PA.................           900,000
Pittsburgh.......................  PA.................         1,100,000
Burrillville.....................  RI.................           910,000
Memphis..........................  TN.................         2,000,000
Danville.........................  VA.................           500,000
Milwaukee........................  WI.................         2,000,000
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    Total........................  ...................        29,404,285
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Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Awards for the Brownfields Economic Development
                           Initiative Program
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            Recipient                     State              Amount
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Alameda..........................  CA.................          $800,000
Los Angeles......................  CA.................         1,050,000
San Diego........................  CA.................           225,000
Sacramento.......................  CA.................         2,000,000
San Jose.........................  CA.................         2,000,000
Berkeley.........................  CA.................         2,000,000
Alameda County...................  CA.................           300,000
Attleboro........................  MA.................         1,900,000
Dutchess County..................  NY.................           300,000
Cuyahoga County..................  OH.................         2,000,000
Portland.........................  OR.................         2,000,000

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Chester County (Coatesville).....  PA.................         1,000,000
Harrisburg.......................  PA.................         1,500,000
Montgomery County................  PA.................         1,500,000
Allentown........................  PA.................         2,000,000
Chester County (E. Whiteland)....  PA.................         2,000,000
Seattle..........................  WA.................         2,000,000
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    Total........................  ...................        24,575,000
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Fiscal Year 2005 Funding Awards for the Brownfields Economic Development
                            Intiative Program
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            Recipient                     State              Amount
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Bakersfield......................  CA.................          $750,000
Los Angeles......................  CA.................           950,000
Berkeley.........................  CA.................         1,767,630
Denver...........................  CO.................           937,130
Denver...........................  CO.................         1,062,870
Cocoa............................  FL.................           347,500
Hillsborough County (Tampa)......  FL.................         1,500,000
Concord..........................  NC.................         1,000,000
Camden...........................  NJ.................         2,000,000
Eugene...........................  OR.................         2,000,000
Reading..........................  PA.................         1,000,000
Charleston County (N. Charleston)  SC.................         1,430,000
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    Total........................  ...................        14,745,130
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