[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2270-2271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-462]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5030-FA-11]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Brownfields Economic 
Development Initiative (BEDI) Fiscal Year 2006

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: Otto V. Banks, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Economic Development, Office of Community Planning 
and Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7136, Washington, DC 
20410-7000; telephone (202) 708-4091 (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

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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 funding 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 March 8, 2006, (71 FR 11712) HUD published a Super Notice of 
Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) announcing the availability of 
approximately $10,000,000 in FY 2006 funds for the BEDI program. 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: December 20, 2007.
William H. Eargle,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Office of Community Planning 
and Development.

Fiscal Year 2006 Funding Awards for the Brownfields Economic Development
                           Initiative Program
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                  Recipient                    State         Amount
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Mooresville.................................       NC        $650,000.00
Rocky Mount.................................       NC       1,000,000.00
Lawton......................................       OK       1,000,000.00
Pittsburgh..................................       PA       1,000,000.00
Reading.....................................       PA         500,000.00
Vancouver...................................       WA       1,000,000.00
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    Total...................................  .......       5,150,000.00
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