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determined using this underwriting 

process and will include a 

determination of the restructuring tools 

that will minimize the cost to the 

Government consistent with the 

purposes of this NOFA. To help assure 

a balanced utilization of revitalization 

tools and the long-term economic 

viability of revitalized projects, the MPR 

underwriting guidelines include, but are 

not limited to the following: 

(i) The maximum bullet loan is 

limited to no more than $5,000 per unit, 

(ii) The total assistance provided from 

a revitalization grant, rehabilitation 

loan, and/or a bullet loan is limited to 

$10,000 per unit, 

(iii) The maximum Section 515 one 

percent loan is limited to no more than 

$20,000 per unit, 

(iv) Properties receiving tax credits 

are expected to have sufficient funding 

sources and generally will receive debt 

deferral only. 

(4) Properties with more than 75 

percent of the units receiving deep 

tenant subsidy such as Rural 

Development rental assistance or HUDfunded tenant subsidy will be 

supplemented with rehabilitation loans 

and Section 515 loans before grant and 

bullet loans are considered, 

(5) Grants will be limited to $5,000 

per unit, 

(6) Any rent increases that may be 

necessary will not exceed 10 percent in 

any one year, 

(7) The approved MPR transaction 

will include projected revenue 

sufficient to cover a 10 percent 

Operations and Maintenance increase in 

the second year after the transaction, 

(8) Full return to owner will be 

budgeted pursuant to the Loan 

Agreement, 

(9) Budgeted increases to reserve 

deposit will not exceed 3 percent per 

annum, 

(10) The remaining reserve balance at 

the end of the 20-year analysis period 

should be at least 2.0 times the average 

annual needs, including inflation, over 

the 20-year analysis period. 

These guidelines have been 

developed based on experience in the 

FY 2005 and FY 2006 Demonstrations. 

The Agency believes that these 

guidelines will be appropriate for 

typical transactions. However, the 

Agency reserves the right to waive any 

of the guidelines if, in the Agency’s 

judgment, doing so would further the 

objectives of the Demonstration and is 

in the best interest of the Government. 

The Agency expects that some of the 

transactions proposed by selected preapplicants will prove to be infeasible. 

The applicant entity may be determined 

to be ineligible under Section III of this 

Notice. If a proposed transaction is 

determined infeasible or the applicant 

determined ineligible, the Agency will 

then select the next highest ranked 

project for processing. 

Each MPR offer will be approved by 

the Revitalization Review Committee 

chaired by the Deputy Administrator for 

Multi-Family Housing or an agencyauthorized delegate. Approved MPR 

offers will be presented to applicants 

who will then have up to 15 calendar 

days to accept or reject the offer in 

writing. Offers will expire after 15 days. 

The Agency will replace expired 

applications by selecting the next 

highest ranked project. Closing of MPR 

offers will occur within 90 days of 

acceptance by the applicant unless 

extended by the Agency. 

IX. Funding Restrictions 

Applicants will be selected in 

accordance with selection criteria and 

the five-step process identified in 

Section VII of this Notice. Once selected 

to proceed, the Agency will provide 

additional guidance to the applicant and 

request information and documents 

necessary to complete the underwriting 

and review process. Since the character 

of each application may vary 

substantially depending on the type of 

transactions proposed, information 

requirements will be provided as 

appropriate. Complete project 

information must be submitted as soon 

as possible but in no case later than 45 

days from the date of Agency 

notification of the applicant’s selection 

for further processing or September 1, 

2007, whichever occurs first. Failure to 

submit the required information in a 

timely manner may result in the Agency 

discontinuing the processing of the 

request. 

Funding under this NOFA will be 

obligated to selectees that finish the 

processing steps outlined above first 

within each of the 3 funding queues 

described in Section VII of this Notice 

and to result in a ratio as close as 

possible to 30 percent portfolio sale 

transactions, 50 percent complex 

transactions, and 20 percent simple 

transactions. 

X. Application Review 

A review committee will make 

recommendations for final decision 

regarding funding to the appropriate 

Rural Development State Director based 

on the selection criteria contained in 

this NOFA. 

XI. Appeal Process 

All adverse determinations regarding 

applicant eligibility and the awarding of 

points as a part of the selection process 

are appealable. Instructions on the 

appeal process will be provided at the 

time an applicant is notified of the 

adverse action. 

Dated: April 20, 2007 

Russell T. Davis, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–8148 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Firms for 

Determination of Eligibility To Apply 

for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and opportunity for 

public comment. 

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade 

Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.), the 

Economic Development Administration 

(EDA) has received petitions for 

certification of eligibility to apply for 

Trade Adjustment Assistance from the 

firms listed below. EDA has initiated 

separate investigations to determine 

whether increased imports into the 

United States of articles like or directly 

competitive with those produced by 

each firm contributed importantly to the 

total or partial separation of the firm’s 

workers, or threat thereof, and to a 

decrease in sales or production of each 

petitioning firm. 


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LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT

ASSISTANCE FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 21, 2007 THROUGH APRIL 20, 2007 

Firm Address 

Date 

petition 

accepted 

Product 

Romarc Corporation .................................. 32 Appletree Lane, Plumsteadville, PA 

18949.

3/30/2007 Sheet plastic and structural foam. 

Dakota Granite Company ......................... 14964 484th Ave., Milbank, SD 57252 .... 4/13/2007 Cut stone. 

Nisbet Oyster Co., Inc .............................. PO Box 338, 7081 Niawaukum St. Hwy 

101, Bay Center, WA 98527.

4/2/2007 Shucked fresh oysters. 

TMI Industries, Inc .................................... PO Box 968, 25 Ware Road, Palmer, MA 

01069.

3/27/2007 Machine braided and hand hooked rugs. 

Wirefab, Inc ............................................... 75 Blackstone River Road, Worcester, 

MA 01607.

3/29/2007 Custom steel wire products in hospitality 

markets. 

Lakeshore Technologies, Inc .................... 7536 Murray Drive, Cicero, NY 13039 ..... 3/28/2007 Medical imaging processing systems and 

cameras. 

Pecos Cantaloupe Shed, Inc .................... 2101 Bickley Avenue, Pecos, TX 79772 .. 4/19/2007 Sale and marketing of cantaloupes. 

Liberty Hearth, Inc .................................... 301 Locust Ave., Oakdale, NY 11769 ...... 4/18/2007 Frozen baked bagels. 

Foulke Family Farm .................................. P.O. Box 64, 12145 Elkins Rd., Monmouth, OR 97361.4/17/2007 Hazelnuts in the shell. 

Dakota Lettering, Inc ................................. 3400 South Sheldon Lane, Sioux Falls, 

SD 57105.

4/18/2007 Custom apparel designs with screen 

printing on fabric articles and embroidery advertising. 

Tiyoda Serec Corporation ......................... 342 Compass Circle, Unit 2, N. 

Kingstown, RI 02852.

4/18/2007 Precision and industrial cleaning machinery. 

Snokist Growers ........................................ 12 West Mead, P.O. Box 1587, Yakima, 

WA 98907–1587.

4/19/2007 Canned pears. 

Eastman Hill Holdings, Inc ........................ 70 Ingersoll Drive, Portland, Maine 04103 4/19/2007 Professional grade lawn and landscaping 

equipment. 

Software Services Group, Ltd. Dba 

ISODISC.

7030 North 97th Plaza Circle, Omaha, 

NE 68122.

4/19/2007 Magnetic and optical discs. 

P.W. Minor & Son, Inc .............................. 3 Treadeasy Avenue, Batavia, NY 

14021–0678.

4/19/2007 Manufacture of Orthopedic Shoes. 

Wening Enterprises, Inc ............................ 201 E. Industrial Drive, New Haven, MO 

63068.

4/19/2007 Tractor trailer suspension parts and 

sunroofs. 

Any party having a substantial 

interest in these proceedings may 

request a public hearing on the matter. 

A written request for a hearing must be 

submitted to the Office of Performance 

Evaluation, Room 7009, Economic 

Development Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

DC 20230, no later than ten (10) 

calendar days following publication of 

this notice. Please follow the procedures 

set forth in § 315.9 of EDA’s final rule 

(71 FR 56704) for procedures for 

requesting a public hearing. The Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance official 

program number and title of the 

program under which these petitions are 

submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

Dated: April 24, 2007. 

William P. Kittredge, 

Program Officer for TAA. 

[FR Doc. 07–2100 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

(Docket T–2–2007) 

Foreign–Trade Zone 26 – Atlanta, 

Georgia, Application for Temporary/ 

Interim Manufacturing Authority, 

Perkins Shibaura Engines LLC, (Diesel 

Engines), Griffin, GA 

An application has been submitted to 

the Executive Secretary of the Foreign–

Trade Zones Board (the Board) by 

Georgia Foreign–Trade Zone, Inc., 

grantee of FTZ 26, requesting 

temporary/interim manufacturing (T/ 

IM) authority within FTZ 26 at the 

Perkins Shibaura Engines LLC (Perkins) 

facility in Griffin, Georgia. The 

application was filed on April 24, 2007. 

The Perkins facility (150 employees) 

is located at 325 Green Valley Road 

within the the Green Valley Industrial 

Park in Griffin (Site 6). In 2006, T/IM 

authority was approved for Perkins to 

manufacture compact diesel engines 

under FTZ procedures for the U.S. 

market and export (71 FR 16756, 4–4–

2006). The approval included authority 

to assemble up to 30,000 engines 

annually using certain foreign and 

domestic material inputs for a two-year 

period (expires 2–21–2008). 

Based on the FTZ Board’s 

modification of the T/IM procedure in 

September 2006, the applicant is now 

requesting additional authority under T/ 

IM procedures for the remainder of its 

two-year period to assemble up to 

50,000 diesel engines (HTSUS 8408.90; 

10 - 60 horsepower), with an expanded 

list of foreign–origin components. The 

additional foreign components that 

would be used in the FTZ assembly 

activity include: rubber tubes/pipes/ 

hoses, reinforced or non–reinforced 

(HTSUS 4009.11, 4009.31, 4009.32, 

4009.41); transmission belts (4010.31, 

4010.32); flanges (7307.91); spring/lock 

washers (7318.21); cotter pins (7318.24); 

dowel pins and keys, pin springs 

(7318.29); cooling fans (8414.59); 

holders (8414.90); air filters (8421.31); 

gears, gearboxes, speed changers, torque 

converters, ball/roller screws (8483.40); 

generators (8511.50); ignition parts 

(8511.90); electrical switches (8536.50) 

and connectors (8544.42); and, process 

control instruments (9032.89) (duty 

rates: free – 5.8%). Perkins has also 

submitted a request for permanent FTZ 

manufacturing authority (which will be 

docketed with the Board separately), 


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