71 FR 158 pgs. 47239-47241 - Announcement of Funding Awards for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI)Fiscal Years 2003, 2004, and 2005

Type: NOTICEVolume: 71Number: 158Pages: 47239 - 47241
Docket number: [Dockets Nos. FR-4800-FA-05, FR-4900-FA-07, and FR-4950-FA-02]
FR document: [FR Doc. E6-13381 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
Agency: Housing and Urban Development Department
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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.

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 (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.

Recipient State Amount
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
Total 29,404,285

Recipient State Amount
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
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
Total 24,575,000

Recipient State Amount
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
Total 14,745,130

[FR Doc. E6-13381 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]

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