Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: The amount paid shall represent 25 percent of the net revenues received from the use of the land during the preceding calendar year. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: The full 25 percent payment will be made to the county treasurers on or about March 31 of each year. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Not applicable. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," non federal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a programspecific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Records: Not applicable. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 12-9921-0-2-806. Obligations: (Formula Grants) FY 05 $5,655,000; FY 06 est $6,038,000; and FY 07 est $6,287,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $5 to $1,706,756. Average: $69,104. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: None. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: None. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Fiscal Branch of appropriate Forest Service Regional Office listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog. Headquarters Office: Robbie E. Chrishon, Director of Procurement and Property, Forest Service, USDA, Room 706 RPE, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (703) 605-4662. FTS is not available. Web Site Address: http://fs.fed.us. RELATED PROGRAMS: None. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not applicable. 10.670 NATIONAL FOREST-DEPENDENT RURAL COMMUNITIES (Economic Recovery) FEDERAL AGENCY: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: National Forest Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990, Section 2371, Subtitle G, Chapter 2, Section 2373, Public Law 101-624, 7 U.S.C. 6611, as amended. OBJECTIVES: Provide accelerated assistance to rural communities faced with acute economic problems associated with Federal, State or private sector resource management decisions and policies and that are located in or near a national forest and are economically dependent upon forest resources. Aid is extended to these rural communities to help them develop strategic action plans to diversify their economic base and to improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of rural areas. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Use of Property, Facilities, and Equipment; Training. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Eligible economically disadvantaged rural areas may request assistance in identifying opportunities that will promote economic improvement, diversification and revitalization. Assistance is coordinated through a community action team and plan. Programs may include upgrade of existing industries, development of new economic activity in non-forest related industries, technical assistance, training and education directed towards meeting the community's planned goals. Assistance requested will be coordinated with other USDA agencies and targeted to provide immediate help to those rural communities in greatest need. Grants and technical assistance are available to those rural communities meeting the eligibility requirements. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Applicant must be a general purpose local government or tribe represented by a nonprofit corporation or institution under State or Federal law to promote broad based economic development having a population of not more than 10,000; or any county that is not contained within a metropolitan statistical area. In both cases, the county must derive 15 percent or greater primary and secondary labor and proprietary income from forestry and forest related industries, such as recreation and tourism, range, minerals, and wildlife. In all cases, the community or county must also be within 100 miles of the boundary of a national forest. Communities or counties associated solely with national grasslands are not eligible. Individual businesses are not eligible for direct assistance. Beneficiary Eligibility: Rural communities as defined in the Law. Credentials/Documentation: When eligibility criteria are met, communities may request assistance in identifying opportunities and implementing action that will promote economic, social, and environmental well-being, including diversification and sustainable development. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: Not applicable. Contact Regional or Local Office listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog. No community grants are reviewed or awarded at the National Office. Award Procedure: Established by the Regional Office. Deadlines: Communities are requested to submit form SF-424(A) with SF-424 application and other required forms as advised by the Regional Office. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: The maximum is 60 days. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: SF-424(A) with SF-424 application is required to amend the allotment amount or length of commitment. Other requirements may be established by the regional office. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: The Federal contribution to the overall implementation of an action plan shall not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the plan, including administrative and other costs. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Financial assistance will support planned action by the community to diversify the local economy and to improve their social, economic, and environmental well-being. Limitation on length of funded projects will be established at the Regional Office. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Periodic and final reports are required. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," non federal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a programspecific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Records: State and other generally accepted accounting systems are permissible, if acceptable to audit and reconciliate. All grantees need to maintain adequate systems for collecting and recording statistical data. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 12-1105-0-1-302. Obligations: (Grants) FY 05 $3,642,000; FY 06 est $9,000,000; and FY 07 est $0. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $1,000 to $30,000. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Since the initiation of the Economic Recovery Program, direct assistance has grown from helping 125 eligible communities in fiscal year 1992 to over 800 in fiscal year 2001. Many of the local action plans include activities related to tourism, value-added natural resource enterprises, marketing, special forest products, or building community capacity through leadership or organizational development and training/education projects. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Forest Service Implementation Guidelines available in all Forest Service offices. OMB Circular Nos. A-102 and A-87, are applicable and USDA Implementing Regulations 7, CFR 3016, 3017, 3018, and 3019. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Refer to Appendix IV of the Catalog for Regional and Area State and Private Forestry offices of the Forest Service and for addresses and telephone numbers of Regional Foresters and Area Director of the Forest Service. Headquarters Office: Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (202) 205-1657. FTS is not available. Web Site Address: http://www.fs.fed.us/spf RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.664, Cooperative Forestry Assistance; 10.854, Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants; 10.901, Resource Conservation and Development; 11.303, Economic Development_Technical Assistance; 11.307, Economic Adjustment Assistance; 12.607, Community Economic Adjustment Planning Assistance. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Training and placing out-of-work loggers into environmental restoration jobs in northern California, Oregon and Washington. Developing and implementing an ecosystem management plan which includes commercial opportunities for utilizing small diameter, second-growth pine in Montezuma, Delores, and La Plata counties in southwestern Colorado. Strategic planning resulting in maintaining the rural character, yet enhancing social and economic benefits of community change in Wakulla County, Florida. Local development and construction of a riverfront park in Libby, Montana. Establishment of the Forest Technology and Training Institute in Clallum County, Washington. Increasing awareness and development of non-farm industries in the historically agriculturally based area around Rust College, Mississippi, with a special emphasis on recreation and tourism opportunities as well as value-added forest products. Ecotourism training and small business management in Newton County, Arkansas. Establishing state-of-the-art computer technology in Wasatch County, Utah, to help revise the master plan. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Regional Foresters and the Area Director are given the flexibility to make funding decisions based on their own understanding of community and regional priorities and in consultation with others, such as State, tribal and local agencies and organizations. 10.671 SOUTHEAST ALAS KA ECONOMIC DIS AS TER FUND FEDERAL AGENCY: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, Title II, Sections (a) through (a)(4), Public Law 104-134, as amended; Public Law 106-113, as amended. OBJECTIVES: To counter the effects of the declining timber program of the Tongass National Forest. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To employ former timber workers and for related community development projects. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Local communities/boroughs named in Public Law 104-134. Beneficiary Eligibility: Local communities/boroughs named in Public Law 104-134. Credentials/Documentation: None. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: Not applicable. Award Procedure: Not applicable. Deadlines: None. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable. Appeals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: The payments to a named governmental entity are determined as stated in Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Awards are made at the beginning of the fiscal year. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: The recipient must be able to report on the fund expenditures. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," non federal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a programspecific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Records: The recipient must make complete financial records available to Federally appointed persons. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 12-1108-0-1-451. Obligations: (Direct payments) FY 05 $10,000,000; FY 06 est $12,000,000; and FY 07 $0. Note: Per the authorizing legislation, this program ends with the fiscal year 2003 payments. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $500,000 to $4,000,000. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Not applicable. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: None. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Steve Bush, USDA Forest Service, 3301 C Street, Suite 522, Anchorage, AK 99503-3956, Telephone: (907) 271-2519. Headquarters Office: Not applicable. Web Site Address: http://fs.fed.us. RELATED PROGRAMS: None. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not applicable. 10.672 RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FORESTRY, AND COMMUNITIES (Rural Development Through Forestry) FEDERAL AGENCY: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act of 2001, Public Law 106-291. OBJECTIVES: To help rural areas analyze and assess forest resource opportunities, maximize local economic potential through market development and expansion, and diversify communities' economic base. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funding may be allocated for such things as technical assistance, training and education, equipment, marketing, and all costs associated with making these services available to tribal nations, State and Federal agencies, State Foresters, local governments, not-for-profit organizations, and others who are extending services to rural communities. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Tribal nations, State and Federal agencies, State Foresters, local governments, not-for-profit organizations, and others working in support of community identified goals. Beneficiary Eligibility: Tribal nations, State and Federal agencies, State Foresters, local governments, not-for-profit organizations, and others. Forest Service Regions/Areas/Institutes are encouraged to further define program policies that focus resources to meet the regional, State and local needs of communities. Credentials/Documentation: Assistance is in response to a community or a group of communities' request for assistance in identifying opportunities and implementing action that will promote natural resource-based economic diversification and opportunities, technology transfer, market development and/or expansion. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: Not applicable. Contact Regional or Local Office listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog. No community grants are reviewed or awarded at the National Office. Award Procedure: Established by the Regional Office in support of an overall regional strategic plan. Deadlines: Communities are requested to submit form SF-424 (A) with SF-424 application and other required forms as advised by the Regional Office. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: The maximum is 60 days. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: SF-424(A) with SF-424 application is required to amend the awarded amount or length of commitment. Other requirements may be established by the Regional Office. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: The Federal contribution to the overall implementation of a planned project may have a matching requirement, but that match is negotiated. No statutory match. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Financial assistance may be a combination of different interests that seek to support planned action by the community or a group of communities to diversify the local economy and to improve its social, economic, and environmental well being. Limitation on length of funded projects will be established at the Forest Service administrative unit (generally, will not exceed 5 years). POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Periodic and final reports are required. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of 7 CFR Part 3052 which implement OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations," Nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 7 CFR 3052. Records: State and other generally accepted accounting systems can be used if control procedures allow for proper audit and reconciliation. All grantees must maintain adequate systems for collecting and recording statistical data. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 12-1105-0-1-302. Obligations: (Grants) FY 05 $3,974,000; FY 06 est $3,951,000; and FY 07 est $0. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $1,000 to $50,000. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: A new electronic reporting system is under development at this time. No measures reported at this time. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Forest Service Implementation Guidelines available in all Forest Service offices. OMB Circular Nos. A-102 and A-87 are applicable to State and Local Governments, A-110 and A-21 are applicable to educational institutions, and A-110 and A-122 are applicable to Nonprofit Organizations. USDA Implementing Regulations 7 CFR 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, and 3019 also apply depending on the type of recipient. Legislative history found in Senate and Conference reports 1988, 1989, and 1990 and Forest Service revised guidelines (May 2000). INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Refer to Appendix IV of the Catalog for Regional and Area State and Private Forestry offices of the Forest Service and for addresses and telephone numbers of Regional Foresters and Area Director of the Forest Service. Headquarters Office: Telephone: (202)205-1657USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC. Web Site Address: http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/programs/eap/index.shtml RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.664, Cooperative Forestry Assistance; 10.854, Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants; 10.901, Resource Conservation and Development; 11.303, Economic Development_Technical Assistance; 11.307, Economic Adjustment Assistance; 12.607, Community Economic Adjustment Planning Assistance; 10.670, National Forest_ Dependent Rural Communities. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: In fiscal year 1999-2000, Catron County Citizens group, NM, developed a forest restoration plan for the Negrito Ecosystem, created a local Economic Development plan, and established a log sort yard and business incubator. New Mexico State University Advanced Manufacturing Center, NM, assisted P&M Signs of Mountainair in the design and construction of prototype equipment for producing juniper/plastic composite materials to be used in construction and sign applications. Painted Sky RC&D, CO, worked with Delta Timber to conduct an economic feasibility test with 4X4-inch width materials for end and edge glueing into wider and longer materials suitable for manufacture of furniture and cabinets. Utah State Rural Development Council, UT, worked with the Southern Utah Forest Products Association to build skills and cooperative marketing strategies for producers of value-added small diameter wood products, as well as to make connections to regional, national, and international markets. Office of Community Services, Fort Lewis College (regional), is developing an evaluation program for Four Corners Partnership projects in forestry in order to describe and assess project outcomes. Washington Department of Natural Resources and the Washington Hardwoods Commission are working together to establish policies for conservation of the State's hardwood resources. The secondary wood products industry in Oregon was surveyed to determine what specific types of training were needed to assist in improving the skills and education of workers in the industry, leading to development of curricula later offered by the State's community college system. Overall, 1,500 communities and 1,000 organizations assisted in fiscal year 1997; 2,400 communities and 1,200 organizations assisted in fiscal year 1998; and 2,200 communities and 1,000 organizations assisted in fiscal year 1999. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Regional/Area/Institute administrative units are given the flexibility to make funding decisions based on their specific community and regional priorities documented in a regional strategy for their respective administrative areas. These overall strategies are identified through input by States, tribal nations, local agencies and organizations. 10.673 WOOD IN TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM (WIT) FEDERAL AGENCY: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, Title XII State and Private Forestry, Subtitle B Research and Education, Chapter 2 Specialized Research. Sec. 1241, Research and Utilization. OBJECTIVES: To provide funds, on a cost share basis, for the construction of demonstration modern timber bridges and modern timber bridge technology transfer projects. Primary focus is to assist in the development and commercialization of new technologies that incorporate underutilize timber and related resources to the extent that is economically feasible. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Local and state governments, and nonprofit organizations are eligible provided the structure(s) is to be built on public lands. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Nonfederal agencies, state and local governments, non-profit organizations, tribal nations. Beneficiary Eligibility: Nonfederal agencies, state and local governments, non-profit organizations, tribal nations. Credentials/Documentation: Assistance is in response to improving the nation's transportation infrastructure by promoting the use of wood for transportation applications. Final design of all structures to be completed with financial assistance must be approved by a licensed, professional engineer. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: An application package/proposal format is developed each year that provides guidelines for applicants to follow in developing their proposal. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: A formal request for proposals is announced on http://www.fs.fed.us/na/wit. Award Procedure: Proposals are submitted to the Forest Service. Proposals are evaluated based on a number of criteria including cost effectiveness, longevity, serviceability and the use of underutilized wood species/new technologies to the extent possible, adherence to design codes. Deadlines: Completed applications are due to the Forest Service normally two to three months after the announcement of the request for proposals. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 45 to 90 days after the application is filed with the Forest Service. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: SF-424(A) with SF-424 application is required to amend the awarded amount or length of commitment. Unsuccessful applications can be resubmitted in a future year. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Cost-share payments are 50 percent of project costs. Matching funds cannot come from other federal sources. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Annual accomplishment reports and final accomplishment report. Recipients are subject to audit by the Office of Inspector General, USDA. Records: Records will be maintained in the Forest Service's State and Private FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 12-1105-0-1-302. Obligations: FY 05 $478,000; FY 06 est $416,000; and FY 07 est $0. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Maximum cost share amount are $150,000 for commercialization projects, $50,000 for single vehicular timber bridge projects, $20,000 for singular pedestrian timber bridge projects, and $30,000 for a special project. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fiscal year 2001 funds provided partners the ability to design and build 16 modern timber bridges as well as sponsored a national student design competition and a national timber bridge awards program. In fiscal year 2002, funds provided partners the ability to design and build 42 timber bridges as well as sponsor a national student design competition. Program funds for both years enabled the National Wood In Transportation Information Center, located in Morgantown, WV, to function and expand is technology transfer assistance to communities and businesses located throughout the United States. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: OMB Circular Nos. A-102 and A-87 are applicable to State and Local Governments, A-110 and A-21 are applicable to educational institutions, and A-110 and A-122 are applicable to Nonprofit Organizations. USDA Implementing Regulations 7 CFR 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, and 3019 also apply depending on the type of recipient. The program is announced through the Wood In Transportation Program's website and through distribution by regional forest service offices and distribution by the National Wood In Transportation Information Center. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: For the list of Forest Service's Regional and Local office coordinators visit website http://www.fs.fed.us/na/wit. Headquarters Office: USDA Forest Service, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505. Telephone: 304-285-1591. FAX: 304-285-1587. E-mail: nawit@fs.fed.us. Web Site Address: http://www.fs.fed.us/na/wit. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.664, Cooperative Forestry Assistance; 10.665, Schools and Roads Grants to States. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Projects range from the design and construction of modern vehicular timber bridges, pedestrian timber bridges, and portable timber bridges, to student design competitions, to market assessments and to non-typical structures such as aqueducts and retaining walls, to the development of technical publications, to monitoring the performance of recently completed structures. Specific examples include the design and construction of two glued-laminated modern timber bridges in White County, GA, three stress-laminated modern vehicular timber bridges in Mat-Su Borough, AK, to a timber suspension bridge along the Appalachian Trail in New Jersey, to a National Timber Bridge Awards competition in Washington. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: An evaluation panel is convened on an annual basis to rate proposals received. Proposals are evaluated based on a number of criteria including cost effectiveness, longevity, service ability, the use of underutilized wood species/new technologies to the extent possible, adherence to design codes, as well as meeting the overall goals of the program. 10.674 FOREST PRODUCTS LAB: TECHNOLOGY MARKETING UNIT (TMU) (TMU Biomass Grant/Assistance Program) FEDERAL AGENCY: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Appropriation through 2005 Omnibus Bill, Public Law 108-447; Public Law 108-148. OBJECTIVES: Increase the amount of biomass used from the National Forest and associated lands involved with hazardous fuel reduction activities. The program will is designed to assist small forest products businesses, State, local and Tribal governments, school districts, communities, entrepreneurs, non-profits, special purpose districts (i.e. public utilities districts, fire districts, conservation districts, or ports), companies, and corporations turn small diameter and underutilized wood species into marketable forest products, including biomass energy. Accelerate adoption of technologies using biomass and small diameter materials to create community-based enterprises through marketing activities and demonstration projects and establish small-scale business enterprises to make use of biomass and smalldiameter materials. The public goal is to reduce the cost per acre of hazardous fuel treated needed to protect communities from wildland fire and improve the overall health of the nations forest. Program may include: (1) development of potential new products; (2) projects that showcase innovative uses for small diameter and low-valued hardwoods and softwoods; and (3) reducing the challenge to economic and market barriers to the use of the material (4) provide seed money and gap funding (5) facilitating creation/expansion of harvesting/processing/transporting enterprises around wildland urban interface areas. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements). USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Must significantly tie to National Forest System land hazardous fuels treatment projects. No land acquisition or construction. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Entities eligible include: Non-profits, local, state, and Tribal governments, business, companies, corporation, (for Profit), special purpose districts, (public utilities districts, fire districts, conservation districts, or port). Land treatment must be adjacent National Forest System lands and may include other lands as part of the treatment activities. Beneficiary Eligibility: Not applicable. Credentials/Documentation: Not applicable. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: The standard application forms as furnished by the Federal agency and required by OMB Circular No. A-102, as implemented by 7 CFR Part 3016, must be used for this program (i.e., SF-424). This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: Procedures for submitting grant application can be found on www.fpl.fs.fed.us/tmu or contact the Program Manager as listed under Information Contacts. Submit a narrative description along with the appropriate forms listed in 091, budget sheet, and budget justification. Award Procedure: Nationally competitive, merit-based. Deadlines: Deadlines: Pre-Application deadline March 15, 2005 Final application by invitation is May 16, 2005. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: 160 days after the date of closure on a Request for Proposals. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: None. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Applicants must demonstrate a 20% cost share from non-Federal sources, which can include in-kind contributions. In-kind, or non-cash contributions, must be reasonable, allowable, and the recipient must be able to demonstrate in the application that all costs can be shown as actual costs to the recipient in performing the project. i. All unit costs must be clearly identified in the budget justification and must be allowable, reasonable, and auditable. ii. Funds paid by the Federal government under another award, unless authorized by Federal statute, may not be used for cost sharing or matching. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: As determined by project, no longer than 3 years. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Reports: Grants quarterly financial and semi-annual performance report required. Audits: Grant recipients are subject to audit by the Office of Inspector General, USDA. Records: Grant records will be maintained for 5 years after expiration date. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 11-4011-0-1-302. Obligations: Obligations: Up to: FY 05 not available; FY 06 $4,431,000; and FY 07 not available. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $50,000 to $250,000 per grant. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: None. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: No regulations. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Local contact: List S&PF regional contacts which reference to table as in the past. Headquarters Office: Technology Marketing Unit, State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Dr., Madison, WI 53726-2398, (608) 231-9200. Web Site Address: http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/tmu (grants.gov). RELATED PROGRAMS: None. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: None, this is a new Program. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Grants are approved on the basis of a nationwide review and are based on technical and financial merits of the project as evaluated by a panel of Federal, State, and local business experts and peers. Criteria include showing a demonstrated ability to use biomass from hazardous fuels reduction/treatment projects on and near National Forest Lands. 10.675 URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM (UCF) FEDERAL AGENCY: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOREST SERVICE AUTHORIZATION: The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, Public Law 95-313,92 Stat.365, 16 U.S.C.,2102 et seq. (As Amended Through P.L. 107-195, June 16, 2002) Sec. 9 (16 U.S.C. 2105) Urban and Community Forestry Assistance. OBJECTIVES: To plan for, establish, manage and protect trees, forests, green spaces and related resources in and adjacent to cities and towns to improve urban livability; to link governmental, private, and grassroots organizations and resources to address environmental issues at the local, regional and national level; to engage people in citizen-based, grass roots volunteer efforts to assist in retaining and protecting their natural environment to provide a balance between quality of life and land consumption associated with urban sprawl., and, to improve the ecological function, and social and economic stability of cities and communities. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: |