[Federal Register: October 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 196)] [Notices] [Page 55302-55303] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr12oc99-146] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-4410-FA-09] Announcement of Funding Awards for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative Program; Fiscal Year 1999 AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD. ACTION: Notice of funding awards. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102 (a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) Program. This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by HUD. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Donner Buchet, Director, Community and Economic Development Services, Office of Community Planning and Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-2290 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing- and speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339. For general information on this and other HUD programs, call Community Connections at 1-800-998-9999 or visit the HUD Website at http://www.hud.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) program was enacted in 1998 and is intended to complement and enhance the Section 108 Loan Guarantee program. The BEDI program is authorized under Section 108(q), Title I, Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 5301-5320) (the Act); 24 CFR part 570. The competition was announced in the SuperNOFA published in the Federal Register on February 26, 1999 (64 FR 9801). Applications were rated and selected for funding on the basis of selection criteria contained in that Notice. BEDI is designed to help cities redevelop abandoned, idled, or underutilized industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. BEDI provides funding to local governments to be used in conjunction with Section 108 loan guarantees to finance redevelopment of brownfield sites. The purpose of BEDI grant funds is to minimize the potential loss of future CDBG allocations by: strengthening the economic feasibility of the projects financed with Section 108 funds; directly enhancing the security of the guaranteed loan; or through a combination of these or other risk mitigation techniques. BEDI and Section 108 loan guarantee funds are intended to finance projects and activities that will provide near-term results and demonstrable economic [[Page 55303]] benefits, such as job creation and increases in the local tax base. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 14.246. A total of $25,000,000 was awarded to 21 projects nationwide. In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987. 42 U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the grantees and amounts of the awards in Appendix A to this document. Dated: October 5, 1999. Cardell Cooper, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. Appendix A--List of Awardees for Grant Assistance Under the FY 1999 Brownfields Economic Development Initiative Program Funding Competition by Name and Address Arizona City of Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs 200 W. Washington Street, 14th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 Project: East Washington Fluff Project Grant Amount: $1,210,000 California City of Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Economic Development 200 N. Main Street Room 800 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Project: Cornfield Site/River Station Industrial Park Grant Amount: $1,250,000 City of Richmond Richmond Redevelopment Agency 330 25th Street Richmond, CA 94804 Project: Ford Point Cyber Village Grant Amount: $1,500,000 Los Angeles County 2 Coral Circle Monterey Park, CA 91755 Project: Golden Springs Business Center Grant Amount: $1,750,000 Connecticut City of New Haven 165 Church Street New Haven, CT 06510 Project: Clock Factory Redevelopment Project Grant Amount: $490,000 Florida City of St. Petersburg Economic Development and Property Management 1 Fourth Street North, 9th Floor St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Project: Dome Industrial Park Pilot Project Grant Amount: $1,000,000 Dade County Office of Community and Economic Development 111 NW 1st Street, 29th Floor Miami, FL 33169 Project: Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grant Amount: $1,750,000 Louisiana City of New Orleans Office of Urban Development 1300 Perdido New Orleans, LA 70112 Project: American Can Renewal Project Grant Amount: $1,000,000 City of Shreveport 1234 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 31109 Shreveport, LA 71130 Project: Shreve Square Development in the Cross Bayou/Riverfront Development District Grant Amount: $1,000,000 Maryland City of Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development 417 E. Fayette Street, 13th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 Project: Chesapeake Business Center Grant Amount: $975,000 Massachusetts City of Boston Boston Redevelopment Agency One City Hall Plaza Boston, MA 02114 Project: Modern Electroplating Brownfields Project Grant Amount: $1,750,000 City of Everett Mystic Valley Development Corporation 484 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Project: Telecom City Advanced Manufacturing Center Grant Amount: $1,200,000 New Jersey City of Jersey City Department of Housing, Economic Development and Commerce 280 Grove Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 Project: Morris Canal Industrial Park Grant Amount: $1,750,000 New York City of Rochester Economic Development Department 30 Church Street, Room 005A Rochester, NY 14614 Project: Germanow-Simon Expansion Grant Amount: $500,000 City of Syracuse Office of Community and Economic Development 219 City Hall 233 E. Washington Street Syracuse, NY 13202 Project: Winkleman Site Redevelopment/Crossroads Industrial Park Grant Amount: $875,000 City of Yonkers Office of Economic Development City Hall Room 32 Yonkers, NY 10701 Project: Nepperhan Valley Biotechnology Center Grant Amount: $1,000,000 North Carolina City of Winston-Salem Business Development Office P.O. Box 2511 Winston-Salem, NC 27102 Project: Airport Business Park Grant Amount: $1,000,000 Ohio City of Lorain Department of Community Development 200 West Erie Avenue Lorain, OH 44052 Project: Colorado Industrial Park Expansion Grant Amount: $500,000 Oklahoma City of Oklahoma City Public Works Department 420 West Main, Suite 700 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Project: National American Cultural and Educational Center Grant Amount: $1,750,000 Washington City of Seattle Office of Economic Development 600 Fourth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Project: Rainier Court Shopping Center Grant Amount: $1,750,000 West Virginia City of Wheeling Economic and Community Development Department 1500 Chapline Street Wheeling, WV 26003 Project: Celeron Plaza Project Grant Amount: $1,000,000 [FR Doc. 99-26505 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-29-P