[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]
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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.
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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 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.
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Dated: October 1, 2015.
Harriet Tregoning,
Principal Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
Appendix A
FY 2014 Appalachia Economic Development Initiative Grantees
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Amount
Grantee State awarded
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Kentucky Department of Local KY............... $200,000.00
Government.
State of Maryland--Department of MD............... 350,000.00
Housing and Community Development.
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Total............................ ................. 550,000.00
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[FR Doc. 2015-25535 Filed 10-6-15; 8:45 am]
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