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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration

[Docket No. 991215339–9339–01]

RIN 0610–ZA14

Economic Development Assistance

Programs—Availability of Funds Under

the Public Works and Economic

Development Act of 1965, as Amended,

and Trade Act of 1974, as Amended

AGENCY: Economic Development

Administration (EDA), Department of

Commerce (DoC).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Economic Development

Administration (EDA) announces its

policies and application procedures

under the Public Works and Economic

Development Act of 1965, as amended

(PWEDA) for fiscal year 2000 to support

projects designed to alleviate conditions

of substantial and persistent

unemployment and underemployment

in economically-distressed areas and

regions of the Nation, and to address

economic dislocations resulting from

sudden and severe job losses.

DATES: Unless otherwise noted below,

applications are accepted on a

continuous basis and will be processed

as funds are available. Normally, two

months are required for a final decision

after the receipt of a completed

application that meets all EDA

requirements.

ADDRESSES: Addresses for EDA’s six

regional offices and Washington office

are provided in Section XIII. Addresses

for Economic Development

Representatives (EDRs) are listed under

each regional office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interested parties should contact the

appropriate regional office or EDR as

shown in Section XIII for community

and regional economic development

projects. For national technical

assistance, research, and trade

adjustment assistance projects, contact

the headquarters program office as

shown in Sections XI and XII,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Policies under PWEDA

In light of its limited resources and

the demonstrated widespread need for

economic development, EDA

encourages only project proposals that

will significantly benefit areas

experiencing or threatened with

substantial economic distress. EDA will

focus its scarce financial resources on

communities with the highest economic

distress. Distress may exist in a variety

of forms, including, but not limited to,

high levels of unemployment, low

income levels, large concentrations of

low-income families, significant decline

in per capita income, substantial loss of

population because of the lack of

employment opportunities, large

numbers (or high rates) of business

failures, sudden major layoffs or plant

closures, military base closures, natural

or other major disasters, depletion of

natural resources, and/or reduced tax

bases.

Potential applicants are responsible

for demonstrating to EDA, by providing

statistics and other appropriate

information, the nature and level of the

distress their project efforts are intended

to alleviate. In the absence of evidence

of high levels of distress, EDA funding

is unlikely.

EDA’s strategic funding priorities are

intended to implement PWEDA and to

continue the general goals in place over

the past six fiscal years, which have

been refined to reflect the priorities of

the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Unless otherwise noted below, the

funding priorities listed will be

considered by the Selecting Official

(depending upon the program, either the

Regional Director or Assistant Secretary)

after the project proposal has been

evaluated based upon evaluation criteria

described in EDA’s regulations at 13

CFR Chapter III (64 FR 5347, February

3, 1999 and 64 FR 69867, December 14,

1999).

During FY 2000, EDA will give

priority consideration to projects that

help communities achieve and sustain

economic growth, including those that

support the Administration’s ‘‘New

Markets’’ and ‘‘Liveable Communities’’

initiatives and the priorities of the

Department of Commerce, including,

among other things, the following:

• Construction and rehabilitation of

essential public works infrastructure

and economic development facilities

that are necessary to achieve long-term

growth and provide stable and

diversified local economies in the

Nation’s distressed communities;

• Assistance to communities suffering

job losses and/or plant closings

resulting from changing trade patterns.

This may include, but is not limited to,

projects for export promotion,

identification of new markets and

products, increased productivity, and

diversification of the local economic

base;

• Commercialization and deployment

of technology, particularly information

technology and telecommunications,

and efforts that support technology

transfer, application, and deployment

for regional economic development.

Also included under this category

would be projects that support the

development of new environmental

technologies and techniques (e.g.,

innovative material recycling or reuse

within the context of eco-industrial

development, pollution control or

treatment processes, and flood

mitigation) that significantly enhance an

area’s economic development potential;

Sustainable development programs that

will provide long-term economic

development benefits while promoting

eco-efficiency. Included are

diversification of natural resource

dependent economies, eco-industrial

parks, aquaculture facilities,

brownfields’ redevelopment, and other

projects that increase efficient use of

resources without compromising the

environment for future generations;

• Projects from Minority Serving

Institutions to plan and implement

activities that will create opportunities

for minority enterprise and technologybased employment in distressed areas;

• Entrepreneurial development,

especially programs that build local

capacity such as small business

incubators and community financial

intermediaries, and projects benefitting

minorities, businesses owned by

women, and people with disabilities

(e.g., revolving loan funds);

• Economic adjustment, especially in

response to military base and

Department of Energy facility closures

and downsizing, defense industry

downsizing, and post-disaster, longterm economic recovery;

• Projects that fall under the New

Markets Initiative—those that attract

private investment in economically

distressed inner city areas, small and

medium-sized towns, rural areas, and

Native American communities.

• Projects located in federally

designated rural and urban Enterprise

Communities and Empowerment Zones

and state enterprise zones;

• Projects that demonstrate

innovative approaches to economic

development;

• Projects that support the economic

development of Native American

communities including Alaska Native

Villages;

• Projects that support locally created

partnerships that focus on regional

solutions for economic development.

Such projects will be given priority over

proposals that are more limited in

scope. For example, projects that

evidence collaboration in fostering an

increase in regional (multicounty and/or

multistate) productivity and growth will

be considered to the extent that such

projects demonstrate a substantial

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benefit to economically distressed areas

of the region;

• Projects that support the

Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) designated brownfield pilots and

Brownfield Showcase Communities that

are eligible for EDA funding; and/or

• Projects that support the Council on

Environmental Quality’s American

Heritage Rivers Initiative. EDA will to

the extent practicable, given its limited

resources, work with EDA eligible river

communities on each of the 14

Presidentially designated rivers in

achieving their economic development

goals and objectives.

To the degree that one or more

funding priorities are included (or

packaged together) in the proposal, the

ability to obtain EDA assistance may be

enhanced.

II. Other Information and Requirements

EDA regulations at 13 CFR Chapter III

published in the Federal Register (64

FR 5347, February 3, 1999, and 64 FR

32973, June 18, 1999 and 64 FR 69867,

December 14, 1999), are available from

EDA offices listed in Section XIII and

from the EDA web site at www.doc.gov/

eda.

Certain Departmental and other

requirements are noted below.

Additional information is available

through links to EDA’s web site at

www.doc.gov/eda or from the

appropriate EDA office listed in Section

XIII.

A. Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, no person is required

to respond to, nor shall a person be

subject to a penalty for failure to comply

with a collection of information subject

to the requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) unless that

collection of information displays a

currently valid Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) control number. This

notice involves a collection of

information requirement subject to the

provisions of the PRA and has been

approved by OMB under Control

Number 0610–0094.

B. All primary applicants must submit

a completed Form CD–511,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying,’’ and the

following explanations are hereby

provided: Prospective participants (as

defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section 105)

are subject to ‘‘Nonprocurement

Debarment and Suspension’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies;

Grantees (as defined at 15 CFR Part

26, Section 605) are subject to 15 CFR

Part 26, Subpart F, ‘‘Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements (Grants)’’ and

the related section of the certification

form prescribed above applies;

Persons (as defined at 15 CFR Part 28,

Section 105) are subject to the lobbying

provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1352,

‘‘Limitation on use of appropriated

funds to influence certain Federal

contracting and financial transactions,’’

and the lobbying section of the

certification form prescribed above

applies to applications/bids for grants,

cooperative agreements, and contracts

for more than $100,000, and loans and

loan guarantees for more than $150,000,

or the single family maximum mortgage

limit for affected programs, whichever is

greater; and

C. Any applicant that has paid or will

pay for lobbying using any funds must

submit an SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities,’’ as required under

15 CFR part 28, Appendix B.

D. The implementing regulations of

the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) require EDA to provide public

notice of the availability of project

specific environmental documents such

as environmental impact statements,

environmental assessments, findings of

no significant impact, records of

decision etc., to the affected public as

specified in 40 CFR 1506.6(b).

Depending on the project location,

environmental information concerning

specific projects can be obtained from

the Regional Environmental Officer

(REO) in the appropriate EDA regional

office listed in Section XIII.

E. Recipients shall require applicants/

bidders for subgrants, contracts,

subcontracts, or other lower tier covered

transactions at any tier under the award

to submit, if applicable, a completed

Form CD–512, ‘‘Certifications Regarding

Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility

and Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier

Covered Transactions and Lobbying’’

and disclosure form, SF–LLL

‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying Activities.’’

Form CD–512 is intended for the use of

recipients and should not be transmitted

to DoC. SF–LLL submitted by any tier

recipient or subrecipient should be

submitted to DoC in accordance with

the instructions contained in the award

document.

F. No award of Federal funds will be

made to an applicant who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt

until either:

1. The delinquent account is paid in

full;

2. A negotiated repayment schedule is

established and at least one payment is

received; or

3. Other arrangements satisfactory to

DoC are made.

G. Unsatisfactory performance under

prior Federal awards may result in an

application not being considered for

funding.

H. Applicants should be aware that a

false statement on the application is

grounds for denial of the application or

termination of the grant award and

grounds for possible punishment by a

fine or imprisonment as provided in 18

U.S.C. 1001.

I. Applicants are hereby notified that

any equipment or products authorized

to be purchased with funding provided

under this program must be Americanmade to the maximum extent feasible.

J. Applicants seeking an early start,

i.e., to begin a project before EDA

approval, must obtain a letter from EDA

allowing such early start. The letter

allowing the early start will be null and

void if the project is not subsequently

approved for funding by the grants

officer. Approval of an early start does

not constitute project approval.

Applicants should be aware that if they

incur any costs prior to an award being

made they do so solely at their own risk

of not being reimbursed by the

Government. Notwithstanding any

verbal or written assurance that may

have been received, there is no

obligation on the part of DoC to cover

preaward costs. Additionally, EDA also

requires that compliance with

environmental regulations, in

accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), be

completed before construction begins.

K. If an application is selected for

funding, EDA has no obligation to

provide any additional future funding in

connection with an award. Renewal of

an award to increase funding or extend

the period of performance is at the sole

discretion of EDA.

L. Unless otherwise noted below,

eligibility, program objectives,

application procedures, selection

procedures, evaluation criteria and

other requirements for all programs are

set forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR

Chapter III (64 FR 5347, February 3,

1999, 64 FR 39273, June 18, 1999, and

64 FR 69867, December 14, 1999).

M. Area eligibility is determined at

the time that EDA invites an application

under 13 CFR 305 or 308 and is based

on the most recent Federal data

available for the area where the project

will be located or where the substantial

direct benefits will be received. If no

Federal data are available to determine

eligibility, an applicant must submit to

EDA the most recent data available for

the area through the government of the

State in which the area is located, i.e.,

conducted by or at the direction of the

State government. Project areas must be

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eligible on the date of submission of the

application. In the case of any

application received by EDA more than

six months prior to the time of award,

EDA will reevaluate the project to

determine that the area remains eligible

for EDA assistance before making the

award.

EDA will reject any documentation of

eligibility that it determines is

inaccurate.

N. EDA is not authorized to provide

any financial assistance directly to

individuals for the purpose of starting a

new business or expanding an existing

business.

III. Special Need Criteria

An area is eligible pursuant to

‘‘Special Need’’ (13 CFR 301.2 (b) (3)),

if the area meets one of the criteria

described below:

A. Substantial out-migration or

population loss. Applicants seeking

eligibility under this criterion will be

asked to present appropriate and

compelling economic and/or

demographic data to demonstrate the

special need.

B. Underemployment, that is,

employment of workers at less than full

time or at less skilled tasks than their

training or abilities permit. Applicants

seeking eligibility under this criterion

will be asked to present appropriate and

compelling economic and/or

demographic data to demonstrate the

special need.

C. Military base closures or

realignments, defense contractor

reductions-in-force, or Department of

Energy defense-related funding

reductions.

1. A military base closure refers to a

military base that was closed or is

scheduled for closure or realignment

pursuant to a Base Realignment and

Closure Act (BRAC) process or other

Defense Department process. The area is

eligible from the date of Defense

Department recommendation for closure

until five years after the actual date of

closing of the installation, provided that

the closure recommendation is not

sooner canceled.

2. A defense contractor reduction-inforce refers to a defense contractor(s)

experiencing defense contract

cancellations or reductions resulting

from official DoD announcements and

having aggregate value of at least $10

million per year. Actual dislocations

must have occurred within one year of

application to EDA and threatened

dislocations must be anticipated to

occur within two years of application to

EDA. Defense contracts that expire in

the normal course of business will not

be considered in meeting this criterion.

3. A Department of Energy defenserelated funding reduction refers to a

Department of Energy facility that has

experienced or will experience a

reduction of employment resulting from

its defense mission change. The area is

eligible from the date of the Department

of Energy announcement of reductions

until five years after the actual date of

reduced operations at the installation,

provided that the reduction is not

sooner canceled.

D. Natural or other major disasters or

emergencies. An area that has received

one of the following disaster

declarations is eligible for EDA

assistance for a period of 18 months

after the date of declaration, unless

further extended by the Assistant

Secretary:

1. A Presidential Disaster Declaration

authorizing FEMA Public Assistance

pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act, as amended (Public Law

93–288), 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), or

2. A Federally Declared Disaster

pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, (Public Law 94–265) as amended

by the Sustainable Fisheries Act (Public

Law 104–297), or

3. A Federal Declaration pursuant to

the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act, as amended (Public

Laws 92–419, 96–438, 97–35, 98–258,

99–198, 100–233, 100–387, and 101–

624), or

4. A Federally Declared Disaster

pursuant to the Small Business Act, as

amended (Public Law 85–536).

E. Extraordinary depletion of natural

resources. EDA presently recognizes the

following conditions of extraordinary

natural resource depletion:

1. Fisheries

2. Coal

3. Timber

Assistant Secretary modifications to

the above listing of conditions of

extraordinary natural resource

depletion, as they may occur, will be

announced in subsequent public

notices.

F. Closure or restructuring of

industrial firms, essential to area

economies. An area that has

experienced closure or restructuring of

firms resulting in sudden job losses and

meeting the following criteria:

1. For areas over 100,000 population,

the actual or threatened dislocation is

500 jobs, or 1 percent of the civilian

labor force (CLF), whichever is less.

2. For areas up to 100,000 population,

the actual or threatened dislocation is

200 jobs, or 1 percent of the CLF,

whichever is less.

Actual dislocations must have

occurred within one year of application

to EDA and threatened dislocations

must be anticipated to occur within two

years of application.

G. Local negative impacts of foreign

trade. An area certified as eligible by the

North American Development Bank

(NADBank) Program or the Community

Adjustment and Investment Program

(CAIP) .

H. Other special need. The area is

experiencing other special and/or

extraordinary economic adjustment

need as determined by the Assistant

Secretary.

The applicant will be asked to present

appropriate economic or demographic

statistics to demonstrate a special need.

IV. Funding Availability

Under EDA’s fiscal year 2000

appropriation, Pub. L. 106–113, program

funds totalling $360,550,000 are

available until expended. EDA has

already received and begun processing

requests for funding under its programs

for fiscal year 2000. New requests

submitted that require approval during

this fiscal year will face substantial

competition.

V. Authority

The authority for programs listed in

Parts VI through XI is the Public Works

and Economic Development Act of

1965, (Pub. L. 89–136, 42 U.S.C. 3121,

et seq.), as amended, and as further

amended by Pub. L. 105–393 (PWEDA).

The authority for the program listed in

Part XII is Title II Chapters 3 and 5 of

the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, (19

U.S.C. 2341–2355; 2391) (Trade Act), as

amended by Pub. L. 105–119.

VI. Program: Public Works and

Economic Development Assistance

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

11.300 Economic Development-Grants for

Public Works and Infrastructure)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $204,521,000

maybe appropriated for this program.

The average funding level for a grant

last fiscal year was $849,000.

VII. Program: Technical AssistanceLocal Technical Assistance; National

Technical Assistance; and University

Centers

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

11.303 Economic Development-Technical

Assistance)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $9,100,000

million have been appropriated for the

Technical Assistance programs of which

approximately $1,530,000 is available

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for the Local Technical Assistance

program; $1,101,000 for the National

Technical Assistance program; and

$6,469,000 for the University Center

program. The average funding level in

FY 1999 for Local Technical Assistance

grants was $28,000; for National

Technical Assistance grants, $108,000;

and for University Center grants,

$98,300.

EDA expects that most University

Center funds will be used for support to

existing University Centers. EDA is in

the process of designating the

University Center program as a multi-

(up to three) year program and expects

at least $6,469,000 in funding to be

available in each of the second and third

years. Applicants under EDA’s

University Center Technical Assistance

programs may be invited to submit

applications for multi-year awards,

setting out the proposed budget and

project activities for each year, up to

three years. If accepted, such

applications will simplify the

application process in subsequent year

or years, although in each year approval

of an award will be dependent upon

continued satisfactory performance

during the preceding period, the

availability of program funds, and will

be at EDA’s sole discretion. It is EDA’s

intention to have the multi-year funding

cycle coincide with the peer review

cycle called for under Section 506 of

PWEDA and 13 CFR § 318.1.

A separate FR Notice will set forth the

specific funding priorities, application

process, and time frames for certain

National Technical Assistance projects.

VIII. Program: Planning—Planning

Assistance for Economic Development

Districts, Indian Tribes, States, and

Other Planning Organizations

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

11.302 Economic Development—Support for

Planning Organizations; 11.305 Economic

Development—State and Local Economic

Development Planning)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $24,000,000

have been appropriated for the Planning

program. The funding levels for

planning grants last year ranged from

$10,000 to $200,000. EDA expects the

majority of planning funds will be used

for support to existing Economic

Development District and Indian Tribe

grantees. EDA is in the process of

designating the Planning programs as

multi-(up to three)year programs and

expects at least $24,000,000 in funding

to be available annually in the second

and third years. Applicants under EDA’s

Planning programs may be invited to

submit applications for multi-year

awards, setting out the proposed budget

and project activities for each year, up

to three years. If accepted, such

applications will simplify the

application process in the subsequent

year or years, although in each year

approval of an award will be dependent

upon continued satisfactory

performance during the preceding

period, the availability of program

funds, and will be at EDA’s sole

discretion. It is EDA’s intention to have

the multi-year funding cycle coincide

with the peer review cycle called for

under Section 506 of PWEDA and 13

CFR § 318.2. At the discretion of the

Regional Office, other applicants for

planning assistance may be invited to

submit applications for up to a threeyear period. Funding in FY 2001 and FY

2002 for these other applicants will be

contingent upon the availability of

funds from Congress, satisfactory

performance, and at the sole discretion

of EDA.

IX. Program: Economic Adjustment

Assistance

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

11.307 Economic Development and

Adjustment Assistance Program)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $34,629,000

have been appropriated for this

program. Of this amount, $12,000,000 is

available for economic adjustment

projects located in regions impacted by

coal industry downsizing and timber

industry issues with an additional

$3,129,000 available for disaster

mitigation uses.

The $3,129,000 for disaster mitigation

and recovery will be available to

support selected hazard prone

communities (areas subject to natural

disasters) including Project Impact

communities (communities recognized

for taking actions on their own to

mitigate) designated by the Federal

Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA), for capacity building and

mitigation activities in areas that are

EDA eligible. In addition to the

eligibility criteria set forth in EDA’s

regulation’s at 13 CFR Chapter III (64 FR

5347, February 3, 1999 and 64 FR

69867, December 14, 1999) these

communities must have experienced a

natural disaster or be located in natural

hazard prone areas.

The average funding level for a

regular economic adjustment grant last

year was $180,000.

X. Program: Defense Economic

Conversion

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

11.307 Economic Development and

Adjustment Assistance Program; 11.300

Economic Development Grants; 11.303

Economic Development-Technical

Assistance; 11.302 Economic Development—

Support for Planning Organizations; 11.305

Economic Development—State and Local

Economic Development Planning; 11.312

Economic Development—Research and

Evaluation Program; and 11.313 Economic

Development—Trade Adjustment Assistance)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $77,300,000

have been appropriated for this

program. The average funding level for

a grant last year was $1,300,000.

Up to $2.5 million of defense

adjustment funds will be available for

projects that demonstrate innovative

credit enhancement of debt financing

for base-reuse infrastructure. In 1998,

EDA published the results of its funded

research project entitled Defense

Adjustment Infrastructure Bonds: Credit

Enhancement Grants Make Affordable

Capital Available. During FY 2000, EDA

encourages projects that apply the

concepts explained in the study which

is available on EDA’s website at

www.doc.gov/eda. EDA will give

priority to projects that: (1) Fund

financial studies to determine whether a

base-reuse capital improvement

financing scheme requires credit

enhancement, and if so, to determine

the most appropriate form(s) of credit

enhancement (note that proposed credit

enhancement schemes need not identify

EDA as a funding source in order to be

competitive); or (2) fund the credit

enhancement of a bond for construction

activities targeted to new or renovated

infrastructure and/or buildings located

on former military base property.

Factors that will be considered in

selecting projects under this

demonstration will include: the

economic distress of the community

affected by the base closure; the

projected economic development

benefits, e.g., job creation and private

sector investment, that will result from

the construction of improvements that

will be funded by the bond; and the

degree to which the resulting activities

can serve as a prototype for other areas

facing major base conversion needs.

XI. Program: Research and Evaluation

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

11.312 Economic Development—Research

and Evaluation Program)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $500,000 have

been appropriated for this program. The

average funding level for a grant last

fiscal year was $41,000.

A separate FR Notice will set forth the

specific funding priorities, application

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process, and time frames for certain

research and evaluation projects. For

further information, contact: John

McNamee, National Technical

Assistance and Research Division,

Economic Development Administration,

Room 7019, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230,

Telephone: (202) 482–2309.

XII. Program: Trade Adjustment

Assistance

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

11.313 Economic Development—Trade

Adjustment Assistance)

Funding Availability

Funds in the amount of $10,500,000

have been appropriated for this

program. The typical funding level for a

grant last year was $791,000. For further

information on this program contact:

Anthony J. Meyer, Coordinator, Trade

Adjustment and Technical Assistance,

Planning and Development Assistance

Division, Economic Development

Administration, Room 7317, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230, Telephone: (202) 482–2127.

EDA REGIONAL OFFICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVES EDA REGIONAL OFFICES:

Economic Development Representatives States Covered

William J. Day, Jr., Regional Director, Atlanta Regional Office, 401 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 1820, Atlanta, Georgia 30308–

3510, Telephone: (404) 730–3002, Fax: (404) 730–3025, Internet Address: wday1@doc.gov

PATTERSON, Gilbert, 401 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 1820, Atlanta, GA 30308, Telephone: (404) 730–

3000, Internet Address: gpatters@doc.gov.

Mississippi.

Georgia.

HUNTER, Bobby D., 771 Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Lexington, KY 40503–5477, Telephone: (606) 224–7426,

Internet Address: bhunter@doc.gov.

Kentucky.

North Carolina (Western).

DIXON, Patricia M., U.S. Department of Commerce-EDA, P. O. Box 1707, Lugoff, SC 29078, Telephone: (803)

408–2513, Internet Address: pdixon@doc.gov.

South Carolina.

North Carolina (Eastern).

DENNIS, Bobby, 401 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 1820, Atlanta, GA 30308–3510, Telephone: (404) 730–

3020, Internet Address: bdennis@doc.gov.

Alabama.

TAYLOR, Willie C., 401 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 1820, Atlanta, GA 30308–3510, Telephone: (404)

730–3032, Internet Address: wtaylor5@doc.gov.

Florida.

REED, Tonia, 401 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 1820, Atlanta, Georgia 30308–3510, Telephone: (404)

730–3026, Internet Address: treed@doc.gov.

Tennessee.

Pedro R. Garza, Regional Director, Austin Regional Office, 327 Congress Avenue, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78701–4037, Telephone:

(512) 381–8144, Fax: (512) 381–8177, Internet Address: pgarza1@doc.gov

Area Directors

JACOB, Larry, Austin Regional Office 327 Congress Avenue, Suite 200 Austin, TX 78701–4037, Telephone: (512)

381–8157, Internet Address: ljacob@doc.gov.

New Mexico

Oklahoma

Texas (Northwest).

FRERKING, Sharon T., Austin Regional Office 327 Congress Avenue, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78701–4037,

Telephone: (512) 381–8154, Internet Address: sfrerking@doc.gov.

Arkansas

Louisiana

Texas (Southeast).

SPEARMAN, Sam, 700 West Capital, Room 2509, Little Rock, AR 72201, Telephone: (501) 324–5637, Internet

Address: sspearma@doc.gov.

DAVIDSON-EHLERS, Pamela 501 Magazine Street, Room 1025, New Orleans, LA 70130, Telephone: (504) 589–

4179, Internet Address: pdavidso@doc.gov.

C. Robert Sawyer, Regional Director, Chicago Regional Office, 111 North Canal Street, Suite 855, Chicago, IL 60606, Telephone: (312)

353–7706, Fax: (312) 353–8575, Internet Address: rsawyer@doc.gov

ARNOLD, John B. III, 104 Federal Building, 515 West First Street, Duluth, MN 55802, Telephone: (1–888) 865–

5719 (Illinois), (218) 720–5326 (Minnesota), Internet Address: jarnold@doc.gov.

Illinois.

Minnesota.

HICKEY, Robert F., Federal Building, Room 740, 200 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Telephone: (1–

800) 686–2603 (Indiana), (614) 469–7314 (Ohio), Internet Address: rhickey@doc.gov.

Ohio.

Indiana.

PECK, John E., P.O. Box 517, Acme, Michigan 49610–0517, Telephone: (616) 938–1712 (Michigan), (1–888)

249–7597 (Wisconsin), Internet Address: jpeck@doc.gov.

Michigan.

Wisconsin.

Anthony J. Preite, Regional Director, Denver Regional Office, 1244 Speer Boulevard, Room 670, Denver, Colorado 80204, Telephone:

(303) 844–4715, Fax: (303) 844–3968, Internet Address: jwoodwa2@doc.gov

ZENDER, John P., 1244 Speer Boulevard, Room 632, Denver, CO 80204, Telephone: (303) 844–4902, Internet

Address: jzender@doc.gov.

Colorado.

Kansas.

CECIL, Robert, Federal Building, Room 823, 2l0 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA 50309, Telephone: (515) 284–

4746, Internet Address: bcecil@doc.gov.

Iowa.

Nebraska.

HILDEBRANDT, Paul, Federal Building, Room B–2, 608 East Cherry Street, Columbia, MO 65201, Telephone:

(573) 442–8084, Internet Address: phildeb1@doc.gov.

Missouri.

ROGERS, John C., Federal Building, Room 196, 301 South Park Ave., Drawer 10074, Helena, MT 59626, Telephone: (406) 441–1175, Internet Address: jrogers6@doc.gov.Montana.

Wyoming.

JUNGBERG, Cip, Post Office/Courthouse, 102 4th Ave., Room 216, P.O. Box 190, Aberdeen, South Dakota

57401, Telephone: (605) 226–7315, Internet Address: cjungberg@doc.gov.

South Dakota.

North Dakota.

TURNER, Robert, Chief, Operations Management, 1244 Speer Boulevard, Room 670, Denver, Colorado 80204,

Telephone: (303) 844–4474, Internet Address: rturner@doc.gov.

Utah.

Paul M. Raetsch, Regional Director, Philadelphia Regional Office, Curtis Center, Independence Square West, Suite 140 South,

Philadelphia, PA 19106, Telephone: (215) 597–4603, Fax: (215) 597–6669, Internet Address: Praetsch@doc.gov

GOOD, William A., Acting, Philadelphia Regional Office, The Curtis Center-Suite 140 South, Independence

Square West, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Telephone: (215) 597–0405, Internet Address: wgood@doc.gov.

Delaware.

District of Columbia.

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Economic Development Representatives States Covered

AUBE, Michael W., 48 Highland Avenue, Bangor, ME 04401–4656, Telephone: (207) 945–6985, Internet Address:

Maube@doc.gov.

Connecticut.

Maine.

Rhode Island.

POTTER, Rita V., 143 North Main Street, Suite 209, Concord, NH 03301–5089, Telephone: (603) 225–1624,

Internet Address: rpotter@doc.gov.

New Hampshire.

Massachusetts.

HUMMEL, Edward, Philadelphia Regional Office, The Curtis Center-Suite 140 South, Independence Square West,

Philadelphia, PA 19106, Telephone: (215) 597–6767, Internet Address: ehummel@doc.gov.

New Jersey.

New York City (Long Island).

MARSHALL, Harold J. II, 620 Erie Boulevard West, Suite 104, Syracuse, NY 13204–2442, Telephone: (315) 448–

0938, Internet Address: hmarshal@doc.gov.

New York.

Vermont.

PECONE, Anthony M., 525 North Broad Street, West Hazelton, PA. 18201–1107, Telephone: (570) 459–6861,

Internet Address: apecone@doc.gov.

Pennsylvania.

CRUZ, Ernesto L., IBM Building, Room 602, 654 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, PR 00918–1738, Telephone:

(787) 766–5187, Internet Address: ecruz@doc.gov.

Puerto Rico.

Virgin Islands.

NOYES, Neal E., Room 474, 400 North 8th Street, P.O. Box 10229, Richmond, VA 23240–1001, Telephone:

(804) 771–2061, Internet Address: nnoyes@doc.gov.

Virginia.

Maryland.

DAVIS, R. Byron, 405 Capital Street, Room 411, Charleston, WV 25301–1727, Telephone: (304) 347–5252, Internet Address: bdavis3@doc.gov.West Virginia.

A. Leonard Smith, Regional Director, Seattle Regional Office, Jackson Federal Building, Room 1856, 915 Second Avenue, Seattle,

Washington 98174, Telephone: (206) 220–7660, Fax: (206) 220–7669, Internet Address: Lsmith7@doc.gov 

RICHERT, Bernhard E. Jr., 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1780, Anchorage, AK 99501–7594, Telephone: (907)

271–2272, Internet Address: brichert@doc.gov.

Alaska.

SOSSON, Deena R., 801 I Street, Suite 411, Sacramento, CA 95814, Telephone: (916) 498–5285, Internet Address: dsosson@doc.gov.California (Central).

CHURCH, Dianne V., 280 South First St., #135-B, San Jose, CA 95113, Telephone: (408) 535–5550, Internet Address: dchurch@doc.gov.California (Central Coastal).

FUJITA, Gail S., P.O. Box 50264, 300 Ala Moaana Blvd, Federal Building, Room 5180, Honolulu, HI 96850, Telephone: (808) 541–3391, Internet Address: gfugita@doc.gov.Hawaii.

Guam.

American Samoa.

Marshall Islands.

Micronesia.

Northern Marianas.

Republic of Palau.

AMES, Aldred F., Borah Federal Building, Room 441, 304 North 8th Street, Boise, ID 83702, Telephone: (208)

334–1521 (Idaho), (1–888) 693–1370 (Nevada), Internet Address: aames@doc.gov.

Idaho.

Nevada.

BERBLINGER, Anne S., One World Trade Center, 121 S.W. Salmon Street, Suite 244, Portland, OR 97204, Telephone: (503) 326–3078, Internet Address: aberblin@doc.gov.Oregon.

California (Northern).

MARSHALL, Wilfred, 5777 West Centry Blvd., Suite 1675, Los Angeles, CA 90045, Telephone: (310) 348–5386,

Internet Address: wmarshall@doc.gov.

California (Southern).

KIRRY, Lloyd P., Seattle Regional Office, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Room 1856, Seattle,

WA 98174, Telephone: (206) 220–7682, Internet Address: lkirry@doc.gov.

Washington.

MACIAS, Jacob (Acting), Seattle Regional Office, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Room 1856,

Seattle, WA 98174, Telephone: (206) 220–7666, Internet Address: jmacias@doc.gov.

Arizona.

For general information on EDA

contact the appropriate Regional Office

listed above or EDA’s Office of

Congressional Liaison and Program

Research and Evaluation: Economic

Development Administration,

Room7814A, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230,

Telephone: (202) 482–2309, EDA

website www.doc.gov/eda.

Dated: January 18, 2000.

Chester Straub, Jr.,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

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