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to e-mail their comments, present their 

comments at the meeting, or who desire 

additional information should contact 

Dr. Peter Minarik, Regional Director, at 

(404) 562–7000 or 800–877–8339 for 

individuals who are deaf, hearing 

impaired, and/or have speech 

disabilities or by e-mail to 

pminarik@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Southern Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Persons interested in the 

work of this advisory committee are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact 

the Southern Regional Office at the 

above e-mail or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the rules and regulations of 

the Commission and FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, June 18, 2009. 

Martin Dannenfelser, 

Staff Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–14758 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Application(s) for Duty–Free Entry of 

Scientific Instruments 

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 

Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 

L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106– 

36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we 

invite comments on the question of 

whether instruments of equivalent 

scientific value, for the purposes for 

which the instruments shown below are 

intended to be used, are being 

manufactured in the United States. 

Comments must comply with 15 CFR 

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and 

be postmarked on or before July 14, 

2009. Address written comments to 

Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 

3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications 

may be examined between 8:30 A.M. 

and 5:00 P.M. at the U.S. Department of 

Commerce in Room 3720. 

Docket Number: 09–029. Applicant: 

University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800736, 

1340 Jefferson Park Ave., 

Charlottesville, VA 22908. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 

Company, the Netherlands. Intended 

Use: The instrument will be used to 

study proteins, macromolecular 

complexes and viruses. Specifically, 

this instrument will be used to 

investigate the structure of these 

materials at as high a resolution as 

possible. Justification for Duty–Free 

Entry: No instruments of same general 

category are manufactured in the United 

States. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: May 26, 

2009. 

Docket Number: 09–030. Applicant: 

University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. 

University Ave., El Paso, TX 79968. 

Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: Hitachi High– 

Technologies Corporation, Japan. 

Intended Use: The instrument will be 

used to investigate atomic structures 

and microscopic structures including 

minerals, metals, alloys, semiconductor 

materials, etc. Specifically, it will be 

used to understand how the structure of 

these materials influence their behavior 

and performance. Justification for Duty– 

Free Entry: No instruments of same 

general category are manufactured in 

the United States. Application accepted 

by Commissioner of Customs: May 27, 

2009. 

Docket Number: 09–031. Applicant: 

University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft 

St., Toledo, Ohio 43606. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 

Company, Czech Republic. Intended 

Use: The instrument will be used for the 

imaging of wet samples in variable 

pressure mode and ESEM mode, which 

is required for most environmental and 

biological sample evaluation. 

Justification for Duty–Free Entry: No 

instruments of same general category are 

manufactured in the United States. 

Application accepted by Commissioner 

of Customs: May 27, 2009. 

Docket Number: 09–033. Applicant: 

Case Western Reserve University, 10900 

Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106. 

Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: FEI, the Netherlands. 

Intended Use: The instrument will be 

used to study proteins at the molecular 

level. Justification for Duty–Free Entry: 

No instruments of same general category 

are manufactured in the United States. 

Application accepted by Commissioner 

of Customs: May 29, 2009. 

Docket Number: 09–036. Applicant: 

University of Texas Health Science 

Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin St., 

Houston TX 77030. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. 

Intended Use: The instrument will be 

used for high resolution structural 

analysis of eukaryotic and prokaryotic 

cell structures, protein filaments within 

and extending from the cell, protein 

complexes at the bacterial and 

eukaryotic cell surface and isolated 

viruses, protein filaments and secretion 

channels. Justification for Duty–Free 

Entry: No instruments of same general 

category are manufactured in the United 

States. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: June 5, 2009. 

Docket Number: 09–037. Applicant: 

National Institutes of Health, 903 S. 4th 

St., Hamilton, MT 59840. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 

Company, Czech Republic. Intended 

Use: The instrument will be used to 

study protein complexes on viral 

surfaces, internal core structures, viral 

docking sites on host cells or tissues, 3– 

dimentional structures of intact viruses 

and high–containment bacteria, 

intracellular relationships between 

viruses and bacteria as they enter, 

replicate and exit cells. Justification for 

Duty–Free Entry: No instruments of 

same general category are manufactured 

in the United States. Application 

accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 

June 5, 2009. 

Dated: June 18, 2009. 

Christopher Cassel, 

Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement 

Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–14885 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

[Docket No. 090528927–9927–01] 

Solicitation of Applications for 

Economic Development Assistance 

Programs 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA), Department of 

Commerce 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

Pursuant to the Public Works and 

Economic Development Act of 1965, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.) 

(PWEDA), EDA announces general 

policies and application procedures for 

grant-based investments under the 

Public Works, Planning, Local 

Technical Assistance, and Economic 

Adjustment Assistance Programs to 

promote comprehensive, 

entrepreneurial and innovation-based 

economic development efforts to 

enhance the competitiveness of regions, 

resulting in increased private 

investment and higher-skill, higherwage jobs in areas experiencing 

substantial and persistent economic 

distress. 

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DATES: Applications are accepted on a 

continuing basis and processed as 

received. Generally, two months are 

required for EDA to reach a final 

decision after receipt of a complete 

application that meets all requirements. 

Applications received after the date of 

this notice will be processed in 

accordance with the requirements set 

forth herein and in the related federal 

funding opportunity (FFO) 

announcement, until the next annual 

FFO is posted on www.grants.gov and 

related notice and request for 

applications is published in the Federal 

Register. 

Application Submission 

Requirements: The applicant is advised 

to read carefully the instructions 

contained in both the complete FFO 

announcement for this request for 

applications, and in the Application for 

Investment Assistance (Form ED–900). 

To apply for assistance under any of 

EDA’s programs, an applicant must 

submit a complete Form ED–900. EDA 

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 as 

part of the application package. The 

specific SF forms required with the 

Form ED–900 depend on whether the 

applicant seeks construction or nonconstruction assistance. The following 

will assist applicants in determining 

which forms are required for a complete 

application. Please see the section 

below entitled ‘‘Obtaining Application 

Packages’’ for information. 

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); 

(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 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, the complete FFO 

announcement, and 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 Form ED–900 is divided into 

lettered sections that correspond to 

specific EDA program components (e.g., 

Local or National Technical Assistance; 

Construction Assistance), which address 

all of EDA’s statutory and regulatory 

requirements. Only the first section, 

Section A, solicits general information 

regarding a proposed project and must 

be completed by all applicants for any 

type of assistance. Section B solicits 

specific economic data to help EDA 

assess an applicant’s regional eligibility 

for Public Works or Economic 

Adjustment Assistance, and Section C 

solicits information to help EDA 

determine the applicant’s maximum 

allowable investment rate for Planning, 

Local and National Technical 

Assistance, University Center, or 

Research and Evaluation projects. 

Section D solicits documents from nongovernmental applicants relevant to 

organizational capacity and structure. 

The remaining sections solicit 

information essential for EDA to assess 

project effectiveness and 

competitiveness by program type, such 

as project coordination with existing 

economic development strategies and 

potential impact. Sections E, F, G, H, I, 

J, K, L, M, and N solicit such 

information from applicants for NonConstruction, Planning, Short-Term 

Planning, State Planning, Local or 

National Technical, University Center, 

Economic Adjustment, Revolving Loan 

Fund, Construction, and Design and 

Engineering Assistance, respectively. 

The Form ED–900 also contains a series 

of exhibits, which include EDA and 

Department of Commerce assurances 

and the Calculation of Estimated 

Relocation and Land Acquisition 

Expenses. The text of the Form ED–900 

specifies which exhibits are required for 

each type of applicant. 

Please note that an applicant need not 

complete all sections of the Form ED– 

900. As noted above, the sections an 

applicant must complete are determined 

by the program under which funding is 

sought and the nature of the applicant. 

Based on program type, the following 

table details the sections and exhibits in 

the ED–900 that the applicant must 

complete. This table also is provided on 

the first page of the Instructions to the 

Form ED–900. 

EDA program Required form ED–900 sections 

Public Works ............................................................................................. Complete Sections A, B, and M and Exhibits A, D, and E. 

Economic Adjustment ............................................................................... Complete Sections A, B, and K and Exhibit C. Also complete Sections 

M and Exhibits A, D, and E if the application has construction components and Section N if the application has only design/engineering 

requirements. Complete Section E if the application has no construction components. 

Partnership Planning ................................................................................ Complete Sections A, C, E, and F and Exhibit C. 

Short-Term Planning ................................................................................ Complete Sections A, C, E, and G and Exhibit C. 

State Planning .......................................................................................... Complete Sections A, C, E, G, and H and Exhibit C. 

University Center ...................................................................................... Complete Sections A, C, E, and J and Exhibit C. 

Local Technical Assistance ...................................................................... Complete Sections A, C, E, and I and Exhibit C. 

National Technical Assistance ................................................................. Complete Sections A, C, E, and I and Exhibit B. 

Research and Evaluation Assistance ....................................................... Complete Sections A, C, E and Exhibit B. 

Revolving Loan Fund ............................................................................... Complete Sections A, B, E, K, and L and Exhibit C. 

Design and Engineering ........................................................................... Complete Sections A, B, and N and Exhibit C. 

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Obtaining Application Packages: An 

applicant may obtain the appropriate 

application package electronically at 

www.grants.gov. All components of the 

appropriate application package may be 

accessed and downloaded (in a screenfillable format) at http:// 

www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

apply_for_grants.jsp. Alternatively, 

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 under ‘‘Addresses and 

Telephone Numbers for EDA’s Regional 

Offices.’’ 

Application Submission Formats: 

Applications may be submitted either (i) 

electronically in accordance with the 

procedures provided at www.grants.gov; 

or (ii) in paper (hardcopy) format to the 

applicable regional office address 

provided below. The content of 

applications is the same for paper 

submissions as it is for electronic 

submissions. EDA will not accept 

facsimile transmissions of applications. 

Electronic Submissions: Applicants 

are encouraged to submit applications 

electronically in accordance with the 

instructions provided at 

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. Validation or 

rejection of your application by 

www.grants.gov may take additional 

days after your submission. Therefore, 

please consider the www.grants.gov 

validation/rejection process in 

developing your application submission 

timeline. 

Applicants should access the 

following link for assistance in 

navigating 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 www.grants.gov 

via e-mail at support@grants.gov or 

telephone at 1–800–518–4726. The 

hours of operation for www.grants.gov 

are Monday–Friday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

(Eastern Time) (except for federal 

holidays). 

Paper Submissions: An eligible 

applicant under this notice may submit 

a completed paper application to the 

applicable EDA regional office listed 

below. 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. 

Addresses and Telephone Numbers 

for EDA’s Regional Offices: Applicants 

in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina and Tennessee, may submit 

paper submissions to: Economic 

Development Administration, Atlanta 

Regional Office, 401 West Peachtree 

Street, NW., Suite 1820, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30308, Telephone: (404) 730– 

3002, Fax: (404) 730–3025. 

Applicants in Arkansas, Louisiana, 

New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, may 

submit paper submissions to: Economic 

Development Administration, Austin 

Regional Office, 504 Lavaca, Suite 1100, 

Austin, Texas 78701–2858, Telephone: 

(512) 381–8144, Fax: (512) 381–8177. 

Applicants in Illinois, Indiana, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin 

and Muscatine and Scott counties, Iowa, 

may submit paper submissions to: 

Economic Development Administration, 

Chicago Regional Office, 111 North 

Canal Street, Suite 855, Chicago, Illinois 

60606, Telephone: (312) 353–7706, Fax: 

(312) 353–8575. 

Applicants in Colorado, Iowa 

(excluding Muscatine and Scott 

counties), Kansas, Missouri, Montana, 

Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

Utah and Wyoming, may submit paper 

submissions to: Economic Development 

Administration, Denver Regional Office, 

410 17th Street, Suite 250, Denver, 

Colorado 80202, Telephone: (303) 844– 

4714, Fax: (303) 844–3968. 

Applicants in 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, may submit paper submissions 

to: 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. 

Applicants in Alaska, American 

Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, 

Hawaii, Idaho, Marshall Islands, 

Micronesia, Nevada, Northern Mariana 

Islands, Oregon, Republic of Palau and 

Washington, may submit paper 

submissions to: 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or for a paper 

copy of the FFO announcement, contact 

the appropriate EDA regional office 

listed above. EDA’s Internet Web site at 

http://www.eda.gov also contains 

additional information on EDA and its 

programs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Program Information: EDA’s mission 

is to lead the federal economic 

development agenda by promoting 

innovation and competitiveness, 

preparing American regions for growth 

and success in the worldwide economy. 

In implementing this mission pursuant 

to its authorizing statute, PWEDA, EDA 

advances economic growth by assisting 

communities and regions experiencing 

chronic high unemployment and low 

per capita income to create an 

environment that fosters innovation, 

promotes entrepreneurship, and attracts 

increased private capital investment. 

EDA encourages the submission of only 

those applications that will significantly 

benefit regions with distressed 

economies. Distress may exist in a 

variety of forms, including high levels of 

unemployment, low income levels, large 

concentrations of low-income families, 

significant declines in per capita 

income, large numbers (or high rates) of 

business failures, sudden major layoffs 

or plant closures, trade impacts, military 

base closures, natural or other major 

disasters, depletion of natural resources, 

reduced tax bases, or substantial loss of 

population because of the lack of 

employment opportunities. It is EDA’s 

experience that regional economic 

development to alleviate these 

conditions is effected primarily through 

investments and decisions made by the 

private sector. Therefore, EDA funding 

generally must be matched by non-EDA 

funds. See section III.C. of the 

applicable FFO for more information. 

EDA will evaluate and select 

applications according to the 

investment policy guidelines and 

funding priorities set forth below under 

‘‘Evaluation Criteria’’ and ‘‘Funding 

Priorities’’ and in section V. of the FFO 

announcement. 

Electronic Access: The complete FFO 

announcement for the FY 2009 

Economic Development Assistance 

Programs competition is available at 

www.grants.gov and at www.eda.gov. 

Funding Availability: Funding 

appropriated under the Omnibus 

Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111– 

08, 123 Stat. 524, 561 (2009)) is 

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available for the economic development 

assistance programs authorized by 

PWEDA and for the Trade Adjustment 

Assistance for Firms Program (TAAF 

Program) authorized under the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 

2341–2391) (Trade Act). Funds in the 

amount of $240,000,000 have been 

appropriated for FY 2009 and shall 

remain available until expended. 

Under this announcement, 

approximately $196,972,592 is available 

for the (i) Public Works and Economic 

Development Facilities Program; (ii) 

Planning Program; (iii) Local Technical 

Assistance Program; and (iv) Economic 

Adjustment Assistance Program. The 

funding periods and funding amounts 

referenced in the FFO announcement 

are subject to the availability of funds at 

the time of award, as well as to 

Department of Commerce and EDA 

priorities at the time of award. The 

Department of Commerce and EDA will 

not be held responsible for application 

preparation costs. Publication of this 

notice and the FFO announcement does 

not obligate the Department of 

Commerce or EDA to award any specific 

grant or cooperative agreement or to 

obligate all or any part of available 

funds. 

From amounts otherwise made 

available for the economic development 

assistance programs authorized by 

PWEDA, EDA is allocating $14,700,000 

in FY 2009 to the Global Climate 

Change Mitigation Incentive Fund to 

support projects that foster economic 

competitiveness while enhancing 

environmental quality. EDA anticipates 

that these funds will be used to promote 

the green economy through projects that 

enhance sustainability, diversify the 

economy, and result in 21st century 

higher-skill, higher-wage jobs. An 

applicant eligible for funding under this 

initiative should apply in the same 

manner that it would apply for 

Economic Adjustment Assistance 

Program funding and should include in 

the project narrative a detailed 

explanation of how the proposed project 

will help advance the goals of the 

Global Climate Change Mitigation 

Incentive Fund. Please see section II.A.5 

of the applicable FFO. For more 

information on the goals of this 

initiative, contact the designated point 

of contact listed in section VIII.B. of the 

applicable FFO for the EDA regional 

office servicing your geographic area. 

EDA expects to post a separate FFO 

announcement(s) at www.grants.gov and 

at http://www.eda.gov that will set forth 

the specific funding priorities, 

application and selection processes, 

time frames, and evaluation criteria for 

certain National Technical Assistance 

and Research and Evaluation projects to 

be funded with FY 2009 appropriations. 

A separate FFO announcement dated 

February 20, 2009, regarding the FY 

2009 University Center competition in 

EDA’s Atlanta and Seattle regional 

offices, has been posted at 

www.grants.gov and at http:// 

www.eda.gov. 

Under the Trade Act, EDA 

administers the TAAF Program to 

provide technical assistance to firms 

adversely affected by increased import 

competition. EDA anticipates that 

appropriated funds will be used to 

extend new cooperative agreements to 

the existing network of 11 Trade 

Adjustment Assistance Centers, and to 

provide technical assistance to firms 

certified as eligible under the TAAF 

Program. See 13 CFR part 315. 

Statutory Authorities: The authorities 

for the (i) Public Works and Economic 

Development Facilities Program; (ii) 

Planning Program; (iii) Local Technical 

Assistance Program; and (iv) Economic 

Adjustment Assistance Program are 

sections 201 (42 U.S.C. 3141), 203 (42 

U.S.C. 3143), 207 (42 U.S.C. 3147), and 

209 (42 U.S.C. 3149) of PWEDA, 

respectively. 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) and applicants must 

address these requirements. EDA’s 

regulations and PWEDA are available at 

http://www.eda.gov/InvestmentsGrants/ 

Lawsreg.xml. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 11.300, 

Grants for Public Works and Economic 

Development Facilities; 11.302, 

Economic Development—Support for 

Planning Organizations; 11.303, 

Economic Development—Technical 

Assistance; 11.307, Economic 

Adjustment Assistance. 

Applicant Eligibility: Pursuant to 

PWEDA, eligible applicants for and 

eligible recipients of EDA investment 

assistance include a(n): (i) District 

Organization; (ii) Indian Tribe or a 

consortium of Indian Tribes; (iii) State, 

a 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. Projects 

eligible for Public Works or Economic 

Adjustment investment assistance 

include those projects located in regions 

meeting ‘‘Special Need’’ criteria 

(defined in 13 CFR 300.3), as set forth 

in section VII. of the FFO 

announcement. For-profit, private-sector 

entities are not eligible to apply for 

investment assistance under this notice. 

Cost Sharing Requirement: Generally, 

the amount of the EDA grant may not 

exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the 

project. Projects may receive an 

additional amount that shall not exceed 

30 percent, based on the relative needs 

of the region in which the project will 

be located, as determined by EDA. See 

section 204(a) of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 

3144) and 13 CFR 301.4(b)(1). For 

Planning Assistance, the minimum EDA 

investment rate for projects under 13 

CFR part 303 is 50 percent, and the 

maximum allowable EDA investment 

rate may not exceed 80 percent. See 13 

CFR 301.4(b)(3). For projects of a 

national scope under 13 CFR part 306 

(Training, Research and Technical 

Assistance), and for all other projects 

under 13 CFR part 306, the Assistant 

Secretary of Commerce for Economic 

Development has the discretion to 

establish a maximum EDA investment 

rate of up to 100 percent where the 

project (i) merits, and is not otherwise 

feasible without, an increase to the EDA 

investment rate; or (ii) will be of no or 

only incidental benefit to the recipient. 

See section 204(c)(3) of PWEDA (42 

U.S.C. 3144) and 13 CFR 301.4(b)(4). 

The Assistant Secretary has the 

discretion to establish a maximum EDA 

investment rate of up to 100 percent of 

the total project cost in the case of EDA 

investment assistance to a(n) (i) Indian 

Tribe, (ii) State (or political subdivision 

of a State) that the Assistant Secretary 

determines has exhausted its effective 

taxing and borrowing capacity, or (iii) 

non-profit organization that the 

Assistant Secretary determines has 

exhausted its effective borrowing 

capacity. See sections 204(c)(1) and (2) 

of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3144) and 13 CFR 

301.4(b)(5). Potential applicants should 

contact the appropriate EDA regional 

office to make these determinations. 

In the application review process, 

EDA will consider the nature of the 

contribution (cash or in-kind) and the 

amount of the matching share funds. 

EDA will give preference to applications 

that include cash contributions (over inkind contributions) as the matching 

share. While cash contributions are 

preferred, in-kind contributions, fairly 

evaluated by EDA, may provide the 

required non-federal share of the total 

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project cost. See section 204(b) of 

PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3144) and section 

III.B. of the FFO announcement for this 

request for applications. In-kind 

contributions, which may include 

forgiveness or assumptions of debt, and 

contributions of space, equipment or 

services, are eligible to be included as 

part of the non-federal share of eligible 

project costs if they 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 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: 

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: 

Each application package 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 and evaluates it on two 

levels to (a) determine if the application 

meets the program-specific award and 

application requirements provided in 13 

CFR 305.2 for Public Works 

investments, 13 CFR 303.3 for Planning 

investments, 13 CFR 306.2 for Local and 

National Technical Assistance, and 13 

CFR 307.2 and 307.4 for Economic 

Adjustment Assistance; and (b) evaluate 

it using the general evaluation criteria 

set forth in 13 CFR 301.8. These general 

evaluation criteria also are provided 

below under ‘‘Evaluation Criteria.’’ 

The IRC recommends to the Regional 

Director whether an application merits 

further consideration, documenting its 

recommendation. For quality control 

assurance, EDA Headquarters reviews 

the IRC’s analysis of the project’s 

fulfillment of the investment policy 

guidelines set forth below under 

‘‘Evaluation Criteria,’’ in section V.B. of 

the FFO, and in 13 CFR 301.8. After 

receiving quality control clearance, the 

Selecting Official, who is the Regional 

Director, considers the evaluations 

provided by the IRC and the degree to 

which one or more of the funding 

priorities provided below are included, 

in making his/her decision as to which 

applications merit further consideration. 

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. 

Evaluation Criteria: EDA will select 

applications competitively based on the 

investment policy guidelines and 

funding priority considerations 

identified in this notice. 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. All 

investment applications will be 

competitively evaluated primarily on 

their ability to satisfy the following 

investment policy guidelines, each of 

equivalent weight and which 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, 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 enable 

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 Planning 

Assistance 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, the applicant 

should pay particular attention to 13 

CFR 303.7(b), which sets forth specific 

technical requirements for the CEDS. 

Funding Priorities: Successful 

applications for EDA’s investment 

programs will be regionally driven 

initiatives in areas of the Nation that are 

underperforming and eligible for EDA 

assistance, and that meet 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. 

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. 

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. 

4. Investments in support of strategies 

that link regional economies with the 

global marketplace: 

• Enable businesses, local 

governments and key institutions (e.g., 

higher education) to understand and 

take advantage of the numerous free 

trade agreements implemented in the 

last seven years. 

• Enable economic development 

professionals to develop and implement 

strategies that reflect the competitive 

environment of the 21st Century global 

marketplace. 

• Build strategies to help regional 

economies boost exports. 

• Promote foreign direct investment. 

5. Additional considerations: 

• Respond to sudden and severe 

economic dislocations (e.g., major 

layoffs, plant closures or disasters). 

• Enable BRAC-impacted 

communities to transition from a 

military to civilian economy. 

• Advance the goals of linking 

historic preservation and economic 

development as outlined by Executive 

Order 13287, ‘‘Preserve America.’’ 

• Support the economic revitalization 

of brownfields. 

• Implement the Global Climate 

Change Mitigation Incentive Fund as set 

forth in section II.A.5 of the FFO. 

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 

competitive 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, 0348–0044, 4040–0007, 

4040–0008, 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: June 18, 2009. 

Dennis Alvord, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of 

Commerce for Economic Development . 

[FR Doc. E9–14822 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[A(32c)–07–2009] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 20—Suffolk, VA; 

Scope Clarification Request—ForeignTrade Subzone 20D, Canon Virginia, 

Inc.—Newport News, VA (Computer 

Printers and Related Products) 

A request for clarification of scope has 

been submitted to the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Board (the Board) by Canon 

Virginia, Inc. (Canon), operator of 

Foreign-Trade Subzone 20D at Canon’s 

computer printer and related products 

manufacturing facilities in Newport 

News, Virginia. 

A grant of authority for Canon’s 

subzone was issued on November 21, 

2002, with manufacturing authority for 

computer printers, printer cartridges 

and drums, toner and toner bottles, and 

refurbished copiers (Board Order 1262, 

67 FR 71934, 12/03/2002). Canon listed 

in the original application specific 

components which would be used in 

manufacturing and also listed categories 

of components which might be sourced 

from abroad in the future. The current 

request involves Canon’s toner cartridge 

and subassembly and toner bottle 

production (HTSUS 8443.99—duty 

free). Canon has informed the Board that 

this production will involve the use of 

imported materials that were not 

specifically listed as foreign-sourced 

components in the original subzone 

request. The company now plans to use 

foreign-sourced Teflon solution (HTSUS 

3403.19.5000—5.8%), strontium ferrite 

compound (HTSUS 2841.90.5000— 

3.7%) and barium sulfate mixture 

(HTSUS 3824.90.9290—5%) in its toner 

cartridge and subassembly production 

and strontium ferrite compound in its 

toner bottle production. 

The FTZ staff invites the comments of 

interested parties for consideration in its 

review. Submissions shall be addressed 

to the Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed below. The closing period 

for their receipt is July 24, 2009. 

A copy of the request will be available 

for public inspection at the Office of the 

Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade 

Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, 

which is accessible via http:// 

www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 

information, contact Diane Finver at 

Diane_Finver@ita.doc.gov, or (202) 482– 

1367.