57196 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 1, 2008 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008 0092] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

THE WEALTH GROUP. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

The complete application is given in 

DOT docket MARAD–2008–0092 at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Interested 

parties may comment on the effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 2003), that 

the issuance of the waiver will have an 

unduly adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel 

builder or a business that uses U.S.-flag 

vessels in that business, a waiver will 

not be granted. Comments should refer 

to the docket number of this notice and 

the vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 31, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2008–0092. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel THE WEALTH 

GROUP is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘Local Day Charter.’’ 

Geographic Region: ‘‘Southern 

California.’’ 

Privacy Act 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: September 25, 2008. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–23109 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions (CDFI) Fund 

Funding Opportunity Title: Notice of 

Funds Availability (NOFA) inviting 

applications for the FY 2009 funding 

round of the Native American CDFI 

Assistance (NACA) Program. 

Announcement Type: Initial 

announcement of funding opportunity. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.020 

DATES: Application deadlines for the FY 

2009 funding round of the NACA 

Program (hereafter, the FY 2009 

Funding Round) are as follows: (i) If you 

wish to apply for Financial Assistance 

(FA) and/or Technical Assistance (TA) 

funding, your funding application must 

be received by midnight, Eastern Time 

(ET), Friday, December 19, 2008; and (ii) 

if you wish to apply for CDFI 

certification, your certification 

application must be received by 

midnight, ET, Monday, November 3, 

2008. 

TABLE 1—FY 2009 NACA PROGRAM DEADLINES

[All midnight, ET deadlines] 

Application type Application deadline Last date to contact fund staff 

Native CDFI Certification Application ................ Monday, November 3, 2008 ............................. Wednesday, October 29, 2008. 

NACA Program Funding Application ................. Friday, December 19, 2008 ............................. Wednesday, December 17, 2008. 

Executive Summary: Subject to 

funding availability, this NOFA is 

issued in connection with the FY 2009 

funding round of the NACA Program. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

A. Through the NACA Program, the 

CDFI Fund provides: (i) FA awards to 

CDFIs that have at least 50 percent of 

their activities directed toward serving 

Native American, Alaskan Native and/or 

Native Hawaiian Communities (Native 

CDFIs) that have Comprehensive 

Business Plans for creating 

demonstrable community development 

impact through the deployment of 

credit, capital, and financial services 

within their respective Target Markets 

or the expansion into new Investment 

Areas, Low-Income Targeted 

Populations, or Other Targeted 

Populations, and (ii) TA grants to Native 

CDFIs, entities proposing to become 

Native CDFIs, and to Native 

organizations, Tribes and Tribal 

organizations that propose to create 

Native CDFIs (Sponsoring Entities), in 

order to build the Native CDFIs’ 

capacity to better address the 

community development and capital 

access needs of their existing or 

proposed Target Markets and/or to 

become certified Native CDFIs. 

B. The regulations governing the CDFI 

Program are found at 12 CFR Part 1805 

(the Regulations) and provide guidance 

on evaluation criteria and other 

requirements of the NACA Program. The 

Fund encourages Applicants to review 


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