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Activity Group at Robins AFB, 

Building 640, Robins AFB, GA. 

NPA: Good Vocations, Inc., Macon, GA. 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Air 

Force, FA8501 WR ALC PKO. 

Service Type/Location: Custodial 

Grounds Maintenance, Multiple 

Locations Parcel #13, Parcel #13, St 

John, VI. 

Service Type/Location: Grounds 

Maintenance, Multiple Locations St 

Thomas, 6310 Est Nazaareth, Red 

Hook, St Thomas, VI. 

NPA: The Corporate Source, Inc., New 

York, NY. 

Contracting Activity: National Park 

Service, Southeast Region. 

Service Type/Location: Laundry Service, 

Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA. 

NPA: Opportunity Center, Incorporated, 

Wilmington, DE. 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, 

XRAW7NX USPFO Activity PA 

ARNG. 

Deletions: 

On 10/17/2008 and 10/31/2008, the 

Committee for Purchase From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

published notices (73 FR 61779 and 73 

FR 64908) of proposed deletions to the 

Procurement List. 

After consideration of the relevant 

matter presented, the Committee has 

determined that the products listed 

below are no longer suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 46–48c and 41 CFR 51– 

2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities. 

2. The action may result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products deleted 

from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

are deleted from the Procurement List: 

Products 

Cloth, Abrasive 

NSN: 5350–00–187–6285. 

NPA: Louisiana Association for the 

Blind, Shreveport, LA. 

Contracting Activity: GSA/FAS 

Southwest Supply Center (QSDAC), 

Fort Worth, TX. 

Clipboard Folder, Recycled 

NSN: 7520–01–484–1746. 

NPA: Industries of the Blind, Inc., 

Greensboro, NC. 

Contracting Activity: GSA/FSS OFC 

SUP CTR—PAPER PRODUCTS, 

NEW YORK, NY. 

EcoLab Water Soluble Cleaners/ 

Detergents 

NSN: 7930–01–436–8012. 

NPA: Assoc f/t Blind & Visually 

Impaired & Goodwill Ind. of Greater 

Rochester, Rochester, NY. 

Contracting Activity: GSA/FAS 

SOUTHWEST SUPPLY CENTER 

(QSDAC), FORT WORTH, TX. 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Acting Director, Program Operations, 

[FR Doc. E9–221 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

[Docket No.: 0811061422–9003–02] 

Solicitation of Applications for the FY 

2009 Second Supplemental 

Appropriations Disaster Relief 

Opportunity Pursuant to the 

Consolidated Security, Disaster 

Assistance, and Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law 

Number 110–329, 122 Stat. 3574 (2008) 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 703 of the 

Public Works and Economic 

Development Act of 1965, as amended, 

and the Consolidated Security, Disaster 

Assistance, and Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2009, EDA 

announces general policies and 

application procedures for the FY 2009 

Second Supplemental Appropriations 

Disaster Relief Opportunity. Pursuant to 

this notice, EDA solicits applications for 

Economic Adjustment Assistance 

investments (CFDA No. 11.307). This 

Economic Adjustment Assistance will 

help devise long-term economic 

redevelopment strategies and carry out 

implementation activities and public 

works projects to address economic 

development challenges in regions 

impacted by hurricanes, floods and 

other natural disasters during 2008 and 

covered by a major disaster declaration 

under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. 

Through the Economic Adjustment 

Assistance program, selected applicants 

will utilize EDA’s flexible set of 

program tools to develop and 

implement on a regional basis long-term 

economic redevelopment strategies for 

the recently disaster-impacted regions 

in the United States. As stated below 

under ‘‘Electronic Access,’’ the 

complete federal funding opportunity 

announcement for this notice and 

request for applications is available at 

http://www.grants.gov and at http:// 

www.eda.gov, and provides more 

detailed information regarding the FY 

2009 Second Supplemental 

Appropriations Disaster Relief 

Opportunity. 

DATES: Applications are accepted on a 

continuing basis and processed as 

received. For all applications, EDA 

anticipates award notification 

approximately sixty (60) days after 

receipt of a completed application. All 

applications may be submitted 

electronically in accordance with the 

instructions provided at http:// 

www.grants.gov or mailed to the 

applicable EDA regional office listed 

below under ‘‘Addresses and Telephone 

Numbers for EDA’s Regional Offices.’’ 

Application Submission 

Requirements: On October 1, 2008, EDA 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 57049) to introduce its 

new, streamlined Application for 

Investment Assistance (Form ED–900), 

which consolidates all EDA-specific 

requirements into a single application 

form. Form ED–900 replaces the suite of 

forms previously required by EDA for 

federal funding (the Pre-Application for 

Investment Assistance (Form ED–900P), 

the Application for Investment 

Assistance (Form ED–900A), and the 

program-specific components to Form 

ED–900A). EDA, however, will continue 

to require additional government-wide 

federal grant assistance forms from the 

Standard Form (SF) 424 family and 

certain Department of Commerce (CD) 

forms that were a part of EDA’s previous 

suite of forms. The specific SF forms 

required with the Form ED–900 depend 

on whether the applicant seeks 

construction or non-construction 

assistance. 

Applicants seeking assistance for a 

project with construction components 

are required to complete and submit the 

following: 

(i) Form ED–900 (Application for 

Investment Assistance); 

(ii) Form SF–424 (Application for 

Federal Assistance); 

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(iii) Form SF–424C (Budget 

Information—Construction Programs); 

(iv) Form SF–424D (Assurances— 

Construction Programs); and 

(v) Form CD–511 (Certification 

Regarding Lobbying). 

Applicants seeking assistance for a 

project without construction 

components are required to complete 

and submit the following forms: 

(i) Form ED–900 (Application for 

Investment Assistance); 

(ii) Form SF–424 (Application for 

Federal Assistance); 

(iii) Form SF–424A (Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs); 

(vi) Form SF–424B (Assurances— 

Non-Construction Programs); and 

(v) Form CD–511 (Certification 

Regarding Lobbying). 

Applicants for both construction and 

non-construction assistance may be 

required to submit to an individual 

background screening on the form titled 

Applicant for Funding Assistance (Form 

CD–346) and to provide certain lobbying 

information using the form titled 

Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Form 

SF–LLL). The new Form ED–900 

provides detailed guidance to help the 

applicant assess whether Forms CD–346 

and SF–LLL are required and how to 

access them. 

Content and Form of the Form ED– 

900: The applicant is advised to read 

carefully the instructions contained in 

this notice and in all forms contained in 

the appropriate application package. It 

is the sole responsibility of the 

applicant to ensure that the appropriate 

application package is complete and 

received by EDA. 

The new Form ED–900 is divided into 

lettered sections that correspond to 

specific EDA program components that 

address all of EDA’s statutory and 

regulatory requirements. Based on 

program type, the Form ED–900 details 

the sections and exhibits that the 

applicant must complete. Because this 

solicitation seeks Economic Adjustment 

Assistance applications only, an 

applicant must complete certain 

sections as detailed in the table below. 

EDA program Required form ED–900 sections 

Economic Adjustment ............................................................... Complete Sections A, B, and K and Exhibit C. Also complete Section M and Exhibits A, D, and E if request has construction components, and Section N if request has only design/engineering requirements. Complete Section E if request 

has no construction components. 

Addresses and Telephone Numbers 

for EDA’s Regional Offices: Applicants 

eligible for assistance under this notice 

may request paper (hardcopy) 

application packages by contacting the 

applicable EDA regional office servicing 

your geographic area listed below. 

Alternatively, applicants may obtain the 

application packages electronically. All 

components of the applicable 

application package may be accessed 

and downloaded at either http:// 

www.grants.gov or http://www.eda.gov/ 

InvestmentsGrants/Application.xml. 

Applicants who wish to obtain forms 

in a screen-fillable format are directed to 

download a complete application 

package from http://www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp. 

Applicants should be aware that only 

the Forms ED–900 and CD–346 are 

screen-fillable. Required forms from the 

Standard Form (SF) 424 family are not 

screen-fillable on EDA’s Web site, and 

the applicant will have to print these 

forms and complete them manually or 

with a typewriter. 

Economic Development Administration, 

Atlanta Regional Office, 401 West 

Peachtree Street, NW., Suite 1820, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Telephone: 

(404) 730–3002, Fax: (404) 730–3025, 

Serves: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 

Kentucky, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, South Carolina and 

Tennessee. 

Economic Development Administration, 

Austin Regional Office, 504 Lavaca 

Street, Suite 1100, Austin, Texas 

78701, Telephone: (512) 381–8144, 

Fax: (512) 381–8177, Serves: 

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, 

Oklahoma and Texas. 

Economic Development Administration, 

Chicago Regional Office, 111 North 

Canal Street, Suite 855, Chicago, 

Illinois 60606, Telephone: (312) 353– 

7706, Fax: (312) 353–8575, Serves: 

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 

Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 

Muscatine and Scott counties, Iowa. 

Economic Development Administration, 

Denver Regional Office, 410 17th 

Street, Suite 250, Denver, Colorado 

80202, Telephone: (303) 844–4714, 

Fax: (303) 844–3968, Serves: 

Colorado, Iowa (excluding Muscatine 

and Scott counties), Kansas, Missouri, 

Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, 

South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. 

Economic Development Administration, 

Philadelphia Regional Office, Curtis 

Center, 601 Walnut Street, Suite 140 

South, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19106, Telephone: (215) 597–4603, 

Fax: (215) 597–1063, Serves: 

Connecticut, Delaware, District of 

Columbia, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, 

Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, 

U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia and West 

Virginia. 

Economic Development Administration, 

Seattle Regional Office, Jackson 

Federal Building, Room 1890, 915 

Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington 

98174, Telephone: (206) 220–7660, 

Fax: (206) 220–7669, Serves: Alaska, 

American Samoa, Arizona, California, 

Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Marshall 

Islands, Micronesia, Nevada, Northern 

Mariana Islands, Oregon, Republic of 

Palau and Washington. 

Application Submission Formats: 

Applications may be submitted either (i) 

in paper (hardcopy) format to the 

applicable regional office address 

provided above; or (ii) electronically in 

accordance with the procedures 

provided on http://www.grants.gov. The 

content of applications is the same for 

paper submissions as it is for electronic 

submissions. EDA will not accept 

facsimile transmissions of applications. 

Paper Submissions: Under this 

solicitation, an applicant for EDA 

investment assistance may submit a 

completed paper application to the 

applicable EDA regional office listed 

above. The applicant should contact the 

appropriate regional office to obtain an 

application package or download and 

print copies of the application package 

appropriate to the type of assistance 

sought, whether construction or nonconstruction. 

The applicant must submit one 

original and two copies of the 

appropriate completed application 

package via postal mail, shipped 

overnight, or hand-delivered to the 

applicable regional office, unless 

otherwise directed by EDA staff. 

Department of Commerce mail security 

measures may delay receipt of United 

States Postal Service mail for up to two 

weeks. Therefore, applicants who 

submit paper submissions are advised to 

use guaranteed overnight delivery 

services. 

Electronic Submissions: Applicants 

are encouraged to submit applications 

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electronically in accordance with the 

instructions provided at http:// 

www.grants.gov. The preferred file 

format for electronic attachments is 

portable document format (PDF); 

however, EDA will accept electronic 

files in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or 

Microsoft Excel formats. 

Applicants should access the 

following link for assistance in 

navigating http://www.grants.gov and 

for a list of useful resources: http:// 

www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

applicant_help.jsp. If you do not find an 

answer to your question under 

Frequently Asked Questions, try 

consulting the Applicant’s User Guide. 

If you still cannot find an answer to 

your question, contact http:// 

www.grants.gov via e-mail at 

support@grants.gov or telephone at 1– 

800–518–4726. The hours of operation 

for http://www.grants.gov are MondayFriday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Eastern Time) 

(except for federal holidays). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or for a paper 

copy of the complete federal funding 

opportunity (FFO) announcement for 

the FY 2009 Second Supplemental 

Appropriations Disaster Relief 

Opportunity, contact the appropriate 

EDA regional office listed above under 

‘‘Addresses and Telephone Numbers for 

EDA’s Regional Offices.’’ EDA’s Internet 

Web site at http://www.eda.gov also 

contains additional information on EDA 

and its programs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access: Applicants are 

highly encouraged to refer to the FY 

2009 Second Supplemental 

Appropriations Disaster Relief 

Opportunity Federal Funding 

Opportunity (FFO) announcement for 

additional detailed information on 

program information and application 

requirements. The FFO is available at 

http://www.grants.gov and at http:// 

www.eda.gov. This notice is for the 

Second Supplemental Appropriations 

Disaster Relief Opportunity only. Please 

also access the separate FFO 

announcement posted at http:// 

www.grants.gov on October 1, 2008, for 

information regarding the first 

Supplemental Appropriations Disaster 

Relief Opportunity. Please access the 

separate FFO announcement posted at 

http://www.grants.gov on October 1, 

2008 for information regarding funding 

priorities, application and selection 

processes, time frames, and evaluation 

criteria for EDA’s regular Economic 

Adjustment Assistance and Public 

Works investments, which are funded 

under the FY 2009 Consolidated 

Security, Disaster Assistance, and 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, 

Public Law 110–329, 122 Stat. 3574 

(2008). Additional information may be 

found at EDA’s Internet Web site at 

http://www.eda.gov. 

Background Information: On 

September 30, 2008, Congress enacted 

the Consolidated Security, Disaster 

Assistance, and Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law 

110–329, 122 Stat. 3574 (2008) (Second 

Disaster Appropriation). Under the 

Second Disaster Appropriation, EDA 

received $400,000,000 as a 

supplemental appropriation for disaster 

assistance. The statute mandates that 

these funds be used in regions covered 

by a major disaster declaration under 

title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) (Stafford Act) as 

a result of ‘‘hurricanes, floods and other 

natural disasters occurring during 

2008.’’ For purposes of this solicitation, 

EDA interprets ‘‘occurring during 2008’’ 

to mean disaster declarations starting 

January 1, 2008 for incident periods 

occurring through December 31, 2008. 

Through the FY 2009 Second 

Supplemental Appropriations Disaster 

Relief Opportunity, EDA intends to 

award investments for expenses related 

to disaster relief, long-term recovery, 

and restoration of infrastructure related 

to the consequences of hurricanes, 

floods and other natural disasters 

occurring during 2008 for which the 

President declared a major disaster 

under title IV of the Stafford Act. Please 

see section III.B of the Federal Funding 

Opportunity (FFO) for a list of natural 

disaster declarations that are within the 

scope of this solicitation. EDA solicits 

applications for Economic Adjustment 

Assistance investments under the Public 

Works and Economic Development Act 

of 1965, as amended (PWEDA) (42 

U.S.C. 3121 et seq.). Under the 

Economic Adjustment Assistance 

program (CFDA No. 11.307), selected 

applicants will utilize EDA’s flexible set 

of program tools to develop and 

implement on a regional basis long-term 

economic redevelopment strategies for 

the recently disaster-impacted regions 

in the United States. 

Through this competitive solicitation, 

EDA seeks to fund investments that 

generate new employment opportunities 

for regions suffering economic distress 

in the form of high unemployment, 

underemployment, low per capita 

incomes, and outmigration due to the 

2008 natural disasters. The Economic 

Adjustment Assistance program can 

provide a wide range of technical, 

planning and infrastructure assistance. 

This program is designed to respond 

adaptively to pressing economic 

recovery issues and is well suited to 

help address the challenges faced by the 

regions affected by the hurricanes, 

floods and other natural disasters 

occurring during 2008. Assistance can 

support the development of a strategy to 

alleviate economic dislocation caused 

by the disaster (a strategy grant) or 

support project implementation (an 

implementation grant), such as 

infrastructure improvements. 

EDA’s economic development 

activities encourage business growth 

and increased business establishment, 

retention and expansion, and help 

create jobs. Post-disaster recovery 

activities that do not contribute directly 

to these goals (such as flood mapping, 

levee public works or housing) are 

entirely necessary to the recovery effort 

and may lead indirectly to economic 

development. However, those types of 

activities are funded by other federal 

agencies and are therefore not within 

the province of the funding 

opportunities provided in the FFO. 

EDA’s statutory mandate, as applied to 

post-disaster assistance, is to help 

formulate and implement economic 

recovery strategies to restore, replace 

and expand economic activity in 

disaster-impacted regions and prioritize 

projects that will diversify the economic 

base and lead to a stronger, more 

globally competitive and disasterresilient regional economy. By 

maintaining its focus on economic 

development, EDA fulfills its mission to 

lead the federal economic development 

agenda by promoting innovation and 

competitiveness, preparing American 

regions for growth and success in the 

worldwide economy. 

EDA recognizes that urgent 

infrastructure rebuilding needs exist 

throughout the regions affected by 

recent natural disasters. In addition, 

tensions often arise in the wake of a 

disaster between advocates of 

immediate infrastructure rebuilding and 

advocates of rebuilding infrastructure 

pursuant to a long-term redevelopment 

strategy. In EDA’s experience with postdisaster recovery, the most effective 

long-term infrastructure rebuilding 

efforts are based on a long-term 

development or redevelopment strategy, 

established either before or after the 

disaster. For this reason, EDA 

encourages the submission of 

applications geared toward the 

development and implementation of 

long-term, regionally-based, 

collaborative economic redevelopment 

strategies. EDA will regard applications 

for infrastructure that are substantively 

supported by such a strategy as 

competitive. Applications that are not 

demonstrably supported by a long-term 

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plan ordinarily will not be viewed as 

competitive. EDA will evaluate and 

select applications according to the 

information set forth below under 

‘‘Evaluation Criteria’’ and ‘‘Funding 

Priorities’’ and in section V. of the FFO 

announcement. 

In addition to soliciting applications 

for all eligible types of Economic 

Adjustment projects, EDA specifically 

encourages submission of applications 

for the following types of projects under 

the Economic Adjustment Assistance 

program. 

State-Based ‘‘Mother Grants.’’ States 

most severely impacted by the 2008 

disasters may submit applications to 

fund ‘‘mother grants’’ to assist States to 

recover from the disasters. The major 

distinction between a ‘‘mother grant’’ 

award and EDA’s traditional award is 

that the amount distributed at one time 

to a State may be larger than the usual 

EDA award, with the intent that funds 

will be distributed expeditiously to 

respond to the needs of disaster-affected 

regions and communities. States may 

directly expend mother grant funds or 

may redistribute the funds in the form 

of sub-grants to other eligible recipients 

for disaster-related individual projects 

that are required components of the 

EDA-approved scope of work for the 

mother grant project. See section 217 of 

PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3154c). Each State 

mother grant recipient will have three 

years from the date of execution of its 

mother grant award to expend or 

redistribute as sub-grants the funds 

obligated pursuant to the investment. 

Funds not expended or redistributed 

prior to the end of the three-year period 

will be de-obligated and re-obligated 

pursuant to the terms of the award. 

States applying for mother grants are 

required to demonstrate quantitatively 

and qualitatively the connection 

between the amount of their proposed 

mother grant and the extent of damage 

suffered and needs established within 

the State’s affected areas, including such 

factors as the scale of damage suffered, 

the existence of contiguous affected 

areas, historical frequency of disaster 

occurrence and the size of affected 

population. States also are encouraged 

to list specific projects, if known, which 

they believe would be suitable 

candidates for EDA funding. Each subgrant redistributed by the State to a 

region subject to a disaster declaration 

(see section III.B of the FFO) will be 

subject to the final approval of EDA in 

its sole discretion prior to the issuance 

of the sub-grant. No disbursement will 

be made under the grant for any subgrant for which until EDA has not 

provided its final approval. Each State’s 

mother grant award documents will 

contain a provision prohibiting the 

disbursement of any EDA funds to any 

sub-grant unless EDA has received and 

approved the budget and proposal for 

that sub-grant project. In addition, each 

sub-grant redistributed by the State to a 

region subject to a disaster declaration 

(see section III.B of the FFO) will be 

required to comply with all EDA 

requirements throughout the life of each 

sub-grant project as though it were 

invested directly by EDA. EDA will 

review amounts budgeted for 

administration, including amounts 

proposed for the use of consultants, 

carefully for reasonableness and 

conformity with the applicable cost 

principles. When a State determines 

that it will expend mother grant funds 

directly for a project, rather than 

through redistribution as a sub-grant, 

similar requirements in terms of final 

approval, budgeting, and compliance 

with EDA requirements will apply. 

Universities and Research Institution 

Grants. Universities, other accredited 

institutions of higher education, and 

qualified non-profit research 

institutions may submit applications to 

fund a full range of methodologically 

rigorous peer-review quality research 

proposals and other activities 

appropriate to a multi-disciplinary 

approach to developing disasterresilient regional economies in areas 

affected by the 2008 natural disasters 

(see Section III.B. of the FFO). Examples 

of such activities include the 

development and construction of 

business incubators for enterprises with 

a disaster-resilience orientation, 

facilities for the conduct of 

commercialized disaster-resilience 

research, the development of regional 

disaster-resilient economic development 

strategies, and the design and 

development of disaster-resilient 

infrastructure architecture. The scope of 

work of any proposed project must tie 

directly to the development of a 

disaster-resilient economy in an area 

affected by the 2008 natural disasters 

(see section III.B of the FFO). 

Institutions applying for these 

investments are required to demonstrate 

the connection between the amount of 

their proposed investment and the 

extent of damage suffered and needs 

established within their service region’s 

areas due to the 2008 natural disasters, 

including such factors as the scale of 

damage suffered, the existence of 

contiguous affected areas, historical 

frequency of disaster occurrence, and 

the size of the affected population. 

Regional Strategy Grants for Disaster 

Resilience. Eligible applicants may 

apply to one or more EDA regional 

office to undertake the strategic 

development and implementation of 

disaster-resilient regional economies in 

areas affected by the 2008 natural 

disasters (see Section III.B. of the FFO). 

These projects would integrate existing 

State-based strategic redevelopment 

campaigns into an overarching approach 

involving private sector-specific groups, 

collaboration between or among State 

governments within a defined region, 

and other cross-cutting interests. Such 

projects would map, evaluate and 

integrate existing regional assets such as 

communication, intermodal facility, 

port, aviation, highway, healthcare, 

energy, education, ecosystem natural 

defense and other critical infrastructure 

systems, all to promote the 

competitiveness of the region for the 

next twenty years, increasing its 

resilience and sustainability in the face 

of future disasters. EDA will evaluate 

applications based on the following four 

criteria, each of which shall be weighted 

at 12.5% and combined shall comprise 

50% of an application’s score. The 

evaluation criteria set forth in section 

V.B of the FFO shall be weighed at 10% 

each and shall provide the remaining 

50% of an application’s score. 

(a) Experience in disaster 

redevelopment work (12.5%); 

(b) Prior and existing work with crosscutting private sector interests (12.5%); 

(c) Prior and existing work with 

governments at the State and local 

levels (12.5%); and 

(d) Presentation of a list of robust 

benchmarks, milestones and 

deliverables incorporated into the scope 

of work (12.5%). 

EDA anticipates that applicants for a 

regional strategy grant would consist of 

economic development organizations of 

national or significant regional scope. 

Applicants may form consortia to 

undertake the work; however, one entity 

must assume principal responsibility for 

undertaking, completing, and reporting 

on the work, and all consortium 

members must be EDA eligible 

applicants. Applicants may define a 

multi-State region within their scope of 

work that falls within the service area of 

more than one EDA regional office. In 

this event, the applicant shall submit its 

application to each EDA regional office 

whose service area includes a State 

within the applicant’s defined region 

(example: an application whose 

proposed region includes Iowa and 

Indiana would be submitted to both of 

EDA’s Denver and Chicago Regional 

Offices). The evaluation panel for such 

applications will consist of senior career 

officials in equal numbers from each of 

the relevant EDA regional offices, and 

the Regional Directors from those offices 

will serve jointly as Selecting Officials. 

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In the event that the Regional Directors 

cannot agree on a selection, then the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional 

Affairs (or such official who is acting in 

that position) shall be the Selecting 

Official, and shall also decide who will 

serve as the Grants Officer for the 

project. Successful applicants will be 

required to complete their scope of work 

within no more than a two-year 

timeframe, unless the applicant 

specifies a longer timeframe in its 

application and EDA and the recipient 

agree to the same in the award 

document. Applicants must place their 

proposal in the context of other disaster 

resiliency efforts being funded by the 

States and Federal Government, to avoid 

unwarranted duplication of effort. 

Funding Availability: Under the 

Consolidated Security, Disaster 

Assistance, and Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law 

110–329, 122 Stat. 3574 (2008) (Second 

Disaster Appropriation), EDA received 

$400,000,000 as a supplemental 

appropriation for disaster assistance. As 

set out below, EDA will allocate the 

$400,000,000 appropriation provided in 

the Second Disaster Appropriation 

among its six regional offices, located in 

Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Denver, 

Philadelphia and Seattle. The allocation 

formula consisted of six elements 

weighted according to their perceived 

impact on recover efforts and included 

population, inverse per capita income, 

unemployment, the number of Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) public assistance-eligible 

counties, the number of FEMA 

designated counties, and the number of 

National Response Center 

environmental damage incidents 

resulting from natural occurrences. See 

also section II.B of the FFO 

announcement. The funds are provided 

for the necessary expenses related to the 

following three activities: (i) Disaster 

relief; (ii) long-term recovery; and (iii) 

restoration of infrastructure. 

Percentage and Funding Allocations per 

Regional Office 

Atlanta Regional Office—14.38% or 

$57.5 million 

Austin Regional Office—33.58% or 

$134.3 million 

Chicago Regional Office—15.00% or 

$60.0 million 

Denver Regional Office—26.14% or 

$104.6 million 

Philadelphia Regional Office—6.93% or 

$27.7 million 

Seattle Regional Office—3.96% or $15.8 

million 

At a later date, EDA may adjust this 

allocation to the regional offices, based 

on its experience in administering the 

supplemental appropriation to ensure 

funds are used to maximum effect, or to 

adjust to unforeseen changes in recovery 

efforts. 

Statutory Authority: The statutory 

authority for the Economic Adjustment 

Assistance program is section 209 of 

PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3149). Unless 

otherwise provided in this notice or in 

the FFO announcement, applicant 

eligibility, program objectives and 

priorities, application procedures, 

evaluation criteria, selection 

procedures, and other requirements for 

all programs are set forth in EDA’s 

regulations (codified at 13 CFR chapter 

III). EDA’s regulations and PWEDA are 

available at http://www.eda.gov/ 

InvestmentsGrants/Lawsreg.xml. Please 

note that EDA funds may not be used 

directly or indirectly to reimburse any 

attorneys’ or consultants’ fees incurred 

in connection with obtaining 

investment assistance under the FFO. 

See 13 CFR 302.10. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.307, 

Economic Adjustment Assistance. 

Applicant Eligibility: Pursuant to 

PWEDA, eligible applicants for and 

eligible recipients of EDA investment 

assistance under this announcement 

include a(n): (i) District Organization; 

(ii) Indian Tribe or a consortium of 

Indian Tribes; (iii) State, city or other 

political subdivision of a State, 

including a special purpose unit of a 

State or local government engaged in 

economic or infrastructure development 

activities, or a consortium of political 

subdivisions; (iv) institution of higher 

education or a consortium of 

institutions of higher education; or (v) 

public or private non-profit organization 

or association acting in cooperation 

with officials of a political subdivision 

of a State. See section 3 of PWEDA (42 

U.S.C. 3122) and 13 CFR 300.3. 

For the FY 2009 Second 

Supplemental Appropriations Disaster 

Relief Opportunity, EDA will consider 

applications submitted by eligible 

applicants located in or acting on behalf 

of the disaster-affected regions, 

including one or more institutions of 

higher education; one or more of the 

States, cities or other units of local 

government; and economic 

development organizations, including 

but not limited to regional multijurisdictional District Organizations and 

public or private non-profit 

organizations working in cooperation 

with private for-profit organizations, 

local businesses and industry leaders. 

EDA is not authorized to provide 

grants directly to individuals or to forprofit entities seeking to start or expand 

a private business. Such requests may 

be referred to State or local agencies, or 

to non-profit economic development 

organizations. 

Economic Distress Criteria: Pursuant 

to the Second Disaster Appropriation, 

regional eligibility is predicated upon 

the Presidential declarations of disaster 

areas and/or disaster declarations issued 

by the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA), as listed in section III.B 

of the FFO announcement. 

Cost Sharing Requirement: As stated 

above, the disaster declarations issued 

by FEMA provide EDA with the 

requisite determination of eligibility 

under section 703 of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 

3233). Similar to the cost-sharing 

required under that Act, EDA expects to 

fund seventy-five (75) percent of the 

eligible cost of such assistance. The 

remaining twenty-five (25) percent must 

be borne by the recipient or provided to 

the recipient by a third-party as a 

contribution for the purposes of, and 

subject to the terms of, the award. In 

accordance with statutory authority 

under section 703 of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 

3233), EDA may increase the investment 

rate up to a maximum of one hundred 

(100) percent. EDA will be particularly 

inclined to fund regional strategy grants 

(as mentioned under ‘‘Background 

Information’’ above) at an investment 

rate of one hundred (100) percent. In 

determining whether to increase the 

federal share above seventy-five (75) 

percent, EDA will consider whether the 

applicant has exhausted its effective 

taxing or borrowing capacity, or other 

indicia of dire need. Therefore, the 

applicant must fully describe and define 

the ‘‘region’’ in which the proposed 

project will be located, and is 

responsible for demonstrating to EDA, 

by providing statistics and other 

appropriate information, the nature and 

level of economic distress in the region. 

While cash contributions are 

preferred, in-kind contributions, 

consisting of contributions of space, 

equipment, or services, or forgiveness or 

assumptions of debt, may provide the 

required non-federal share of the total 

project cost. See section 204(b) of 

PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3144). EDA will 

fairly evaluate all in-kind contributions, 

which must be eligible project costs and 

meet applicable federal cost principles 

and uniform administrative 

requirements. Funds from other federal 

financial assistance awards are 

considered matching share funds only if 

authorized by statute, which may be 

determined by EDA’s reasonable 

interpretation of the statute. See 13 CFR 

300.3. The applicant must show that the 

matching share is committed to the 

project for the project period, will be 

available as needed and is not 

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conditioned or encumbered in any way 

that precludes its use consistent with 

the requirements of EDA investment 

assistance. See 13 CFR 301.5. 

Intergovernmental Review: Proposals 

or applications for assistance under 

EDA’s programs are subject to the State 

review requirements imposed by 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

Evaluation and Selection Procedures: 

EDA’s six regional offices conduct all 

application review for EDA’s Economic 

Adjustment Assistance investments. 

Each application is circulated by a 

project officer within the applicable 

EDA regional office for review and 

comments. When the necessary input 

and information are obtained, the 

application is considered by the 

regional office’s investment review 

committee (IRC), which is comprised of 

regional office staff. The IRC discusses 

the application to determine if it meets 

the program-specific award and 

application requirements provided in 13 

CFR 307.2 and 307.4 for Economic 

Adjustment Assistance, and evaluates it 

using the general evaluation criteria set 

forth in 13 CFR 301.8. These general 

evaluation criteria also are provided 

below under ‘‘Evaluation Criteria.’’ 

EDA will notify the applicant if EDA 

accepts a completed application, and 

will forward it for final review and 

processing in accordance with EDA and 

Department of Commerce procedures. 

The Selecting Official, who is the 

Regional Director, may consider the 

evaluations and recommendations 

provided by the IRC and the degree to 

which one or more of the funding 

priorities provided below are included, 

in making the decision as to which 

applications for investment assistance 

will be awarded funding. Depending on 

the quality of the applications received, 

the Selecting Official also may select an 

application outside of the IRC’s 

recommendations or make no selection 

at all. 

To limit the burden on the applicant, 

EDA requests additional documentation 

only if EDA determines that the 

applicant’s project merits further 

consideration. The Form ED–900 

provides detailed guidance on 

documentation, information, and other 

materials that will be requested if, and 

only if, EDA selects the project for 

further consideration. EDA will inform 

the applicant if its application has been 

selected for further consideration or if 

the application has not been selected for 

funding. Unsuccessful applications will 

be retained in the EDA regional office in 

accordance with EDA’s record retention 

schedule. 

Evaluation Criteria: EDA will select 

applications competitively based on the 

investment policy guidelines and 

funding priority considerations listed 

below. EDA will evaluate the extent to 

which a project embodies the maximum 

number of investment policy guidelines 

and funding priorities possible and 

strongly exemplifies at least one of each. 

EDA will give additional favorable 

consideration to applications for: (a) 

State-based mother grants; (b) university 

and other research institution grants; 

and (c) regional strategy grants for 

disaster resilience, each as described 

above. All investment applications will 

be competitively evaluated primarily on 

their ability to satisfy one (1) or more of 

the following investment policy 

guidelines, each of which are of 

equivalent weight and also are set forth 

in 13 CFR 301.8. 

1. Be market-based and results driven. 

An EDA investment will capitalize on a 

region’s competitive strengths and will 

positively move a regional economic 

indicator measured on EDA’s Balanced 

Scorecard, such as: an increased number 

of higher-skill, higher-wage jobs; 

increased tax revenue; or increased 

private sector investment. 

2. Have strong organizational 

leadership. An EDA investment will 

have strong leadership, relevant project 

management experience, and a 

significant commitment of human 

resources talent to ensure a project’s 

successful execution. 

3. Advance productivity, innovation 

and entrepreneurship. An EDA 

investment will embrace the principles 

of entrepreneurship, enhance regional 

industry clusters, and leverage and link 

technology innovators and local 

universities to the private sector to 

create the conditions for greater 

productivity, innovation, and job 

creation. 

4. Look beyond the immediate 

economic horizon, anticipate economic 

changes, and diversify the local and 

regional economy. An EDA investment 

will be part of an overarching, long-term 

comprehensive economic development 

strategy that enhances a region’s success 

in achieving a rising standard of living 

by supporting existing industry clusters, 

developing emerging new clusters, or 

attracting new regional economic 

drivers. 

5. Demonstrate a high degree of local 

commitment by exhibiting: 

• High levels of local government or 

non-profit matching funds and private 

sector leverage; 

• Clear and unified leadership and 

support by local elected officials; and 

• Strong cooperation between the 

business sector, relevant regional 

partners and local, State and Federal 

governments. 

In addition to using the investment 

policy guidelines set forth above, EDA 

also will evaluate all strategy grant 

applications based on the (i) quality of 

the proposed scope of work for the 

development, implementation, revision 

or replacement of a comprehensive 

economic development strategy (CEDS); 

and (ii) qualifications of the applicant to 

implement the goals and objectives 

resulting from the CEDS. See 13 CFR 

303.3(a)(1) and (2). To ensure that the 

application fully meets these 

requirements, applicants should pay 

particular attention to 13 CFR 303.7(b), 

which sets forth specific technical 

requirements for the CEDS. 

Funding Priorities: Although the 

Stafford Act declarations serve as a 

finding of regional economic distress for 

purposes of eligibility under this 

competitive solicitation, EDA will give 

priority to projects that will render the 

maximum amount of economic 

revitalization based on satisfaction of 

one or more of the following core 

criteria (investment applications that 

meet more than one core criterion will 

be given more favorable consideration): 

1. Investments in support of longterm, coordinated and collaborative 

regional economic development 

approaches: 

• Establish comprehensive regional 

economic development strategies that 

identify promising opportunities for 

long-term economic growth. 

• Exhibit demonstrable, committed 

multi-jurisdictional support from 

leaders across all sectors: 

i. Public (e.g., mayors, city councils, 

county executives, senior State 

leadership); 

ii. Institutional (e.g., institutions of 

higher learning); 

iii. Non-profit (e.g., chambers of 

commerce, development organizations); 

and 

iv. Private (e.g., leading regional 

businesses, significant regional industry 

associations). 

• Generate quantifiable positive 

economic outcomes. 

• Make a persuasive case that the 

project would not have occurred ‘‘but 

for’’ EDA’s investment assistance (e.g., a 

project in which EDA’s assistance 

represents a substantial share of the 

total public infrastructure investment 

and which are unlikely to attract public 

investment absent specific and discrete 

EDA involvement). 

2. Investments that support 

innovation and competitiveness: 

• Develop and enhance the 

functioning and competitiveness of 

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leading and emerging industry clusters 

in an economic region. 

• Advance technology transfer from 

research institutions to the commercial 

marketplace. 

• Bolster critical infrastructure (e.g., 

transportation, communications, 

specialized training) to prepare 

economic regions to compete in the 

world-wide marketplace. 

• Leverage local partnerships and 

other federal programs (e.g., Economic 

Development District Organizations, 

Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers, 

University Centers, the U.S. Department 

of Labor’s Workforce Innovation in 

Regional Economic Development 

(WIRED) initiative) that increase the 

project’s probability of success, as well 

as its probability of bringing substantial 

benefits to the distress community in 

which it is located. 

3. Investments that encourage 

entrepreneurship: 

• Cultivate a favorable 

entrepreneurial environment consistent 

with regional strategies. 

• Enable economic regions to identify 

innovative opportunities among growthoriented small and medium-size 

enterprises. 

• Promote community and faithbased entrepreneurship programs aimed 

at improving economic performance in 

an economic region. 

• Link the economic benefits of the 

project to the distressed community in 

which it is located. 

4. Support strategies that link regional 

economies with the global marketplace: 

• Enable businesses and local 

governments to understand that ninetyfive (95) percent of our potential 

customers do not live in the United 

States. 

• Enable businesses, local 

governments and key institutions (e.g., 

institutions of higher education) to 

understand and take advantage of the 

numerous free trade agreements. 

• Enable economic development 

professionals to develop and implement 

strategies that reflect the competitive 

environment of the 21st Century global 

marketplace. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements: 

The administrative and national policy 

requirements for all Department of 

Commerce awards, contained in the 

Department of Commerce Pre-Award 

Notification Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements, published 

in the Federal Register on February 11, 

2008 (73 FR 7696), are applicable to this 

solicitation. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: This 

document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Form ED–900 (Application for 

Investment Assistance) has been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Control 

Number 0610–0094. The use of Forms 

SF–424 (Application for Financial 

Assistance), SF–424A (Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs), SF–424B (Assurances—NonConstruction Programs), SF–424C 

(Budget Information—Construction 

Programs), and SF–424D (Assurances— 

Construction Programs) has been 

approved under OMB Control Numbers 

4040–0004, 0348–0041, 4040–0007, and 

4040–0009, respectively. The Form CD– 

346 (Applicant for Funding Assistance) 

is approved under OMB control number 

0605–0001, and Form SF-LLL 

(Disclosure of Lobbying Activities) is 

approved under OMB control number 

0348–0046. Notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, no person is required 

to respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection of information subject 

to the requirements of the PRA unless 

that collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory 

Planning and Review): This notice has 

been determined to be not significant for 

purposes of Executive Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism): 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Prior notice 

and an opportunity for public comments 

are not required by the Administrative 

Procedure Act or any other law for rules 

concerning grants, benefits, and 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because 

notice and opportunity for comment are 

not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) are 

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Dated: January 5, 2009. 

Casey Hoffman, 

Chief of Staff, Economic Development 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–184 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–880] 

Barium Carbonate from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of the 

Expedited Sunset Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On September 2, 2008, the 

Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) initiated a sunset 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on barium carbonate from the People’s 

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (‘‘Act’’). See Initiation of 

Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 73 FR 

51275 (September 2, 2008) (‘‘Sunset 

Initiation’’); see also Antidumping Duty 

Order: Barium Carbonate from the 

People’s Republic of China, 68 FR 56619 

(October 1, 2003) (‘‘Order’’). On 

September 16, 2008, Chemical Products 

Corporation (‘‘CPC’’), the petitioner in 

the original barium carbonate 

investigation, notified the Department 

that it intended to participate in the 

sunset review. The Department did not 

receive a substantive response from any 

respondent party. Based on the notice of 

intent to participate and adequate 

response filed by the domestic 

interested party, and the lack of 

response from any respondent 

interested party, the Department 

conducted an expedited sunset review 

of the Order pursuant to section 

751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 C.F.R. 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2). As a result of this 

sunset review, the Department finds that 

revocation of the Order would likely 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping, at the levels indicated in the 

‘‘Final Results of Sunset Review’’ 

section of this notice, infra. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 9, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hallie Noel Zink; AD/CVD Operations, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–6907. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 2, 2008, the 

Department initiated a sunset review of 

the order on barium carbonate pursuant 

to section 751(c) of the Act. See Sunset 

Initiation, 73 FR 51275. On September 

16, 2008, the Department received a 

timely notice of intent to participate in 

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