[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1755-1756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-453]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
[Docket No. 0911201414-0010-02]
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program: Notice of
Availability of Funds
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds; Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance.
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SUMMARY: On December 2, 2009, the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) announced the closing date for
receipt of applications for the Public Telecommunications Facilities
Program (PTFP). NTIA now announces that $18 million has been
appropriated for fiscal year (FY) 2010 grants.
DATES: Funds will be available for applications submitted by the
originally announced deadline of 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (Closing
Time), February 4, 2010, as well as applications for certain radio
applications filed in response to the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) February 2010 FM Window that must be received prior to 5 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time (Closing Time), February 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a printed application package, submit completed
applications, or send any other correspondence, write to PTFP at the
following address: NTIA/PTFP, Room H-4812, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. Application
materials may be obtained electronically via the Internet at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp or http://www.grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Cooperman, Director, Public
Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202) 482-5802; fax: (202) 482-2156.
Information about the PTFP also can be obtained electronically via the
Internet at www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 2, 2009, NTIA published a Notice
of Closing Date for Solicitation of Applications for the FY 2010 PTFP
grant round (the Notice). The Notice established Thursday, February 4,
2010, as the Closing Date for all applications except those
applications that were related to the FCC FM Window. The Closing Date
for the radio applications
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related to the FM Window\1\ must be received by Friday, February 26,
2010. The Notice indicated that:
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\1\ Public Telecommunications Facilities Program: Closing Date,
74 FR 63120 (Dec. 2, 2009).
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[i]ssuance of grants is subject to the availability of FY 2010
funds. At this time, the Congress has passed the Further Continuing
Appropriations, 2010, to fund operations of the PTFP through December
18, 2009. Further notice will be made in the Federal Register about the
final status of funding for this program at the appropriate time.
On December 16, 2009, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
(the Act) was signed into law.\2\ The Act appropriated $18 million for
public telecommunications facilities planning and construction grants.
These funds are now available to fund applications submitted in
response to the Federal Register notice referenced above.
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\2\ See Pub. L. 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034 (Dec. 16, 2009).
Dated: January 7,2010
Bernadette McGuire-Rivera,
Associate Administrator, Office of Telecommunications and Information
Applications.
[FR Doc. 2010-453 Filed 1-12-10; 8:45 am]
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