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5334(h)(1)(A) through (C) are met before 

permitting the asset to be transferred. 

Additional Description of Facility 

The facility is a single story light 

industrial/municipal building which is 

part of a small municipal owner facility 

that is located just east of 39th Avenue 

and just south of 65th Street. It is an 

industrial zoned parcel that has access 

from 65th Street. It abuts the Union 

Pacific Railroad track along its southern 

lot line but does not have direct access 

to the rail. The facility is situated within 

the western portion of Kenosha County, 

adjacent to the southwestern limits of 

the City. The general neighborhood is 

mainly single-family residential sites. It 

also includes some urban properties, as 

the township-city boundary meanders 

through the area. The immediate area is 

more suburban in nature and centers 

around the intersection of 60th Street 

(County Trunk Highway K) and State 

Trunk Highway 31. These two streets 

provide excellent access to the City of 

Kenosha and good access to the City of 

Racine, located six miles north, 

Interstate 94 which is three miles west 

and to the State of Illinois which is five 

miles south. The facility has municipal 

water, sanitary sewer, curb gutter, gas 

and electric. Cable and phone service 

are also available to the site. The facility 

consists of three parts, the main 

building, a small wash-bay and a rearaddition. Each is of masonry exterior 

with steel interior supports, steel 

decking and concrete slab foundation. It 

is rectangular in shape with dimensions 

of 135-feet by 120-feet. The rear 

addition is 39-feet by 100-feet with the 

wash-bay being 22-feet by 127-feet. The 

main portion of the facility is a light 

industrial space that was used as a 

municipal storage garage. The garage 

has seven overhead truck doors off the 

eastern elevation and five off the west. 

The southern wash-bay has one 

overhead door on the east and one on 

the west. The majority of the building is 

the garage and shop area that is 

unfinished with concrete flooring and 

open steel-beams. The southwestern 

corner of the facility houses a small 

office area and employee locker room 

and lunchroom. The office area is 

roughly 3,665-square feet of modest 

finished area with the wash-bay being 

2,794-feet. The gross building area is 

approximately 23,934-square feet. 

The facility is heated with suspended 

gas-fired forced air heaters. The office 

and employee areas have central air 

conditioning. Electric service is a 600 

amp main with step down circuit 

breakers. 40-gallon Rheem gas water 

heaters provide hot water. The entire 

facility is covered with an interior 

sprinkler system. 

Issued on: January 7, 2008. 

Rhonda Reed, 

Deputy Regional Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–281 Filed 1–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Assistance to Small Shipyards Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation, Office of 

Shipyards and Marine Financing. 

ACTION: Notice of Establishment of New 

Grant Program. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 20.814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean 

E. McKeever, Associate Administrator 

for Business and Workforce 

Development, Maritime Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, 

DC 20590; phone: (202) 366–5737; fax: 

(202) 366–3511; or e-mail: 

jean.mckeever@dot.gov. 

Key Dates: The period for submitting 

grant applications, as mandated by 

statute, commenced on December 27, 

2007, and will terminate on February 

25, 2008. The applications must be 

received by the Maritime 

Administration by 5 p.m. EST on 

February 25, 2008. Applications 

received later than this time will not be 

considered. The Maritime Administrator 

intends to award grants no later than 

April 24, 2008. 

Funding Opportunity: Section 3506 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2006 (Pub. L. 109–163) 

and the section entitled ‘‘Assistance to 

Small Shipyards’’ in the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, provides that 

the Maritime Administration shall 

establish an assistance program for 

small shipyards. Under this program, 

there is currently an aggregate of 

$10,000,000 available for grants for 

capital improvements, and related 

infrastructure improvements at qualified 

shipyards that will facilitate the 

efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and 

quality of domestic ship construction 

for commercial and Federal Government 

use. Such grants may not be used to 

construct buildings or other physical 

facilities or to acquire land unless such 

use is specifically approved by the 

Administrator as being consistent with 

and supplemental to capital and related 

infrastructure improvements. 

Award Information: The Maritime 

Administration intends to award the full 

amount of the available funding through 

grants to the extent that there are worthy 

applications. There is no dollar 

limitation on the amount of a grant for 

which application may be made; 

however, the Maritime Administration 

will seek to obtain the maximum benefit 

from the available funding by awarding 

grants for as many of the most worthy 

projects as possible. The start date and 

period of performance for each award 

will depend on the specific project and 

must be agreed to by the Maritime 

Administration. 

Eligibility Information: 

1. Eligible Applicants—The statutes 

referenced in ‘‘Funding Opportunity’’

above, when read together, provide that 

either shipyards or State or local 

governments on behalf of shipyards can 

apply for grants. The shipyard for which 

a grant is sought must be one in a single 

geographical location, located in or near 

a maritime community, that (1) is a 

small business concern (within the 

meaning of section 3 of the Small 

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and (2) 

does not have more than 600 production 

employees. 

2. Other Considerations in Making 

Awards—In providing grants, the 

Administrator shall take into account 

(a) the economic circumstances and 

conditions of the maritime community 

near to which a shipyard is located; and 

(b) the local, State and regional 

economy in which such community is 

located. 

Matching Requirements: 

(1) Except as provided in paragraph 

(2) below, Federal funds for any eligible 

project shall not exceed 75 percent of 

the total cost of such project. The 

remaining portion of the cost shall be 

paid in funds from or on behalf of the 

awardee. The applicant will be required 

to submit detailed financial statements 

and any necessary supporting 

documentation demonstrating how and 

when such matching requirement is 

proposed to be funded. 

(2) Exceptions—

(A) Small Projects.—Paragraph (1) 

shall not apply to grants for stand-alone 

projects costing not more than $26,075. 

The amount under this subparagraph 

shall be indexed to the consumer price 

index and modified each fiscal year 

after the annual publication of the 

consumer price index. 

(B) Reduction in Matching 

Requirement.—If the Administrator 

determines that a proposed project 

merits support and cannot be 

undertaken without a higher percentage 

of Federal financial assistance, the 

Administrator may award a grant for 


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such project with a lesser matching 

requirement than is described in 

paragraph (1). 

Application: An application should 

be filed on Form SF–424 which can be 

found on the internet at Grants.gov. 

(Although the form is available 

electronically, we request that the 

application be filed in hard copy as 

indicated below due to the amount of 

information requested.) In order to 

allow us to evaluate whether an 

applicant meets the statutory criteria, 

the application for a grant should also 

provide the following information as an 

addendum to Form SF–424—

1. Unique identifier of entity’s parent 

company (when applicable): Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

(when applicable). 

2. Shipyard company officer’s 

certification or certification by an 

appropriate State or local government 

official, as applicable, as to shipyard’s 

compliance with the following 

requirements: 

(a) The shipyard for which a grant is 

sought is located in a single 

geographical location in or near a 

maritime community; 

(b) The shipyard is a small business 

concern (within the meaning of section 

3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

632); and 

(c) The shipyard has no more than 

600 production employees. 

3. A comprehensive description of the 

project. 

4. A comprehensive description of the 

need for the project and how the project 

will facilitate the efficiency, costeffectiveness, and quality of domestic 

ship construction for commercial and 

Federal Government use. 

5. A detailed itemization of the cost 

of the project together with any 

supporting documentation. 

6. If a matching requirement is 

necessary for the requested grant, 

detailed financial statements together 

with any supporting documentation 

demonstrating how and when such 

matching requirement is proposed to be 

funded. 

7. Most recent audited financial 

statements. 

8. Detailed methodology and timeline 

for implementing the project. 

9. Shipyard company officer’s 

certification or certification by an 

appropriate State or local government 

official, as applicable, that the grant 

recipient has the authority to carry out 

the proposed project. 

10. Any existing programs or 

arrangements that can be used to 

supplement or leverage the federal grant 

assistance. 

11. Information concerning (a) the 

economic circumstances and conditions 

of the maritime community near to 

which the shipyard is located; and (b) 

the local, State, and regional economy 

in which such community is located. 

12. Applicant must submit a 

certification in accordance with the 

Department of Transportation’s 

regulation restricting lobbying, 49 CFR 

Part 20, that the applicant has not, and 

will not, make any prohibited payments 

out of the requested grant. 

Additional information may be 

requested as deemed necessary by the 

Maritime Administration in order to 

facilitate and complete its review of the 

application. If such information is not 

provided, the Maritime Administration 

may deem the application incomplete 

and cease processing it. 

Where To File Application: An 

original copy of the application together 

with six additional copies shall be 

submitted to Jean E. McKeever, 

Associate Administrator for Business 

and Workforce Development, Room 

W21–318, Maritime Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

Evaluation of Applications: The 

Administrator will evaluate the 

applications on the basis of the 

economic information provided and in 

terms of how well the project for which 

a grant is requested will facilitate the 

efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and 

quality of domestic ship construction 

for commercial and Federal Government 

use. The Administrator will award 

grants in his sole discretion in such 

amounts and under such conditions for 

those projects he determines will best 

further the statutory purposes of the 

small shipyard program. 

Conditions Attached To Awards: The 

grant agreement will set out the records 

to be maintained by the awardee which 

must be available for review and audit 

by the Administrator, as well as any 

other conditions and requirements. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66) 

Dated: January 2, 2008. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Murray A. Bloom, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–216 Filed 1–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Baker & Miller 

PLLC on behalf of the Kansas City 

Southern (WB595–5—1/3/2008) for 

permission to use certain data from the 

Board’s 2006 Carload Waybill Sample. 

A copy of the requests may be obtained 

from the Office of Economics, 

Environmental Analysis, and 

Administration. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics, 

Environmental Analysis, and 

Administration within 14 calendar days 

of the date of this notice. The rules for 

release of waybill data are codified at 49 

CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Mac Frampton, (202) 245–

0317. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–209 Filed 1–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Covington & 

Burling on behalf of Union Pacific 

Corporation (WB468–9—1/3/08), for 

permission to use certain data from the 

Board’s 2006 Carload Waybill Sample. 

A copy of the request may be obtained 

from the Office of Economics, 

Environmental Analysis, and 

Administration. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics, 

Environmental Analysis, and 

Administration within 14 calendar days 

of the date of this notice. The rules for 

release of waybill data are codified at 49 

CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Mac Frampton, (202) 245–

0317. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–218 Filed 1–9–08; 8:45 am] 

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