[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60698-60699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25535]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5800-FA-19]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Appalachia Economic 
Development Initiative Fiscal Year 2014

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

ACTION: Notice of Funding Awards.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 funding decisions made by the Department in a 
competition for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
for the Appalachia Economic Development Capital Initiative. This 
announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the 
awards made available by HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D., Director, 
Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7240, 
Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone (202) 708-2290 (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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Funds used for the Appalachia Economic 
Development Initiative were appropriated to the Office of Rural Housing 
and Economic Development in annual appropriations between 1999 and 2009 
(Public Laws 105-276; 106-74; 106-377; 107-73; 108-7; 108-199; 108-447; 
109-115; 110-5; 110-161; and/or 111-8) and subsequently recaptured from 
or surrendered by underperforming or nonperforming grantees.
    The competition was announced in the Federal Register (FR Doc. No. 
FR-5800-N-19) on Thursday, September 4, 2014. Applications were rated 
and selected for funding on the basis of selection criteria contained 
in that notice.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this 
Appalachia Economic Development Initiative program is 14.270. The 
Appalachia Economic Development Community Initiative is designed to 
increase access to capital for business lending and economic 
development in the chronically underserved and undercapitalized 
Appalachian region. Eligible applicants for the Appalachia Economic 
Development Initiative are State community and/or economic development 
agencies. The funds made available under this program were awarded 
competitively through a selection process conducted by HUD.
    In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987. 42 
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the grantees and amounts of 
the awards in Appendix A to this document.


[[Page 60699]]


    Dated: October 1, 2015.
Harriet Tregoning,
Principal Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.

Appendix A

       FY 2014 Appalachia Economic Development Initiative Grantees
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Amount
               Grantee                       State            awarded
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kentucky Department of Local           KY...............     $200,000.00
 Government.
State of Maryland--Department of       MD...............      350,000.00
 Housing and Community Development.
                                                         ---------------
    Total............................  .................      550,000.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[FR Doc. 2015-25535 Filed 10-6-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4210-67-P