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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2011–0162]
Assistance to Small Shipyard Grant
Program
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice of Small Shipyard Grant
Program.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
intention of the Maritime
Administration to provide grants for
small shipyards. Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance Number: 20.814.
DATES: The period for submitting grant
applications, as mandated by statute,
commenced on November 18, 2011. The
applications must be received by the
Maritime Administration by 5 p.m. EST
on January 17, 2012. Applications
received later than this time will not be
considered. The Maritime
Administration intends to award grants
no later than March 18, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Director, Office of Shipyards and
Marine Engineering, Maritime
Administration, Room W21–318, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC
20590; phone: (202) 366–5737; or fax:
(202) 366–6988.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with Section 54101 of Title
46, United States Code, and the
Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2012, Public Law
112–55, this notice announces the
intention of the Maritime
Administration to provide grants for
small shipyards. Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance Number: 20.814.
Under the Small Shipyard Grant
program, there is currently $9,980,000
available for grants for capital and
related improvements for qualified
shipyard facilities that will be effective
in fostering efficiency, competitive
operations, and quality ship
construction, repair, and
reconfiguration. Grant funds may also
be used for maritime training programs
to foster technical skills and operational
productivity in communities whose
economies are related to or dependent
upon the maritime industry. Grants for
such training programs may only be
awarded to ‘‘Eligible Applicants’’ as
described below, but training programs
can be established through vendors to
such applicants. Grant funds may not be
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used to construct buildings or other
physical facilities or to acquire land
unless such use is specifically approved
by the Maritime Administration 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. No more than 25 percent
of the funds available will be awarded
to shipyard facilities in one geographic
location that have more than 600
production employees. 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 Maritime Administration may
partially fund applications by selecting
parts of the total project. 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
above provide that shipyards can apply
for grants. The shipyard facility for
which a grant is sought must be in a
single geographical location, located in
or near a maritime community, and may
not have more than 1200 production
employees. The applicant must be the
operating company of the shipyard
facility. The shipyard facility must
construct, repair, or reconfigure vessels
40 ft. in length or greater, for
commercial or government use. 2.
Eligible Projects—capital and related
improvement projects that will be
effective in fostering efficiency,
competitive operations, and quality ship
construction, repair, and
reconfiguration; and training projects
that will be effective in fostering
employee skills and enhancing
productivity. For capital improvement
projects, all items proposed for funding
must be new and to be owned by the
applicant. For both capital improvement
and training projects, all project costs,
including the recipient’s share, must be
incurred after the date of the grant
agreement.
Matching Requirements: The Federal
funds for any eligible project will 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 recipient. The applicant
is required to submit detailed financial
statements and supporting
documentation demonstrating how and
when such matching requirement is
proposed to be funded as described
below. The recipient’s entire matching
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requirement must be paid prior to
payment of any federal funds for the
project. However, for good cause shown,
the Maritime Administrator may waive
the matching requirement in whole or in
part, if the Administrator determines
that a proposed project merits support
and cannot be undertaken without a
higher percentage of Federal financial
assistance.
Application: An application should
be filed on standard Form SF–424
which can be found on the Internet at
Marad.dot.gov. Although the form is
available electronically, the application
must be filed in hard copy as indicated
below due to the amount of information
requested. A shipyard facility in a single
geographic location applying for
multiple projects must do so in a single
application. The application for a grant
must include all of the following
information as an addendum to Form
SF–424. The information should be
organized in sections as described
below:
Section 1: A description of the
shipyard including (a) location of the
shipyard; (b) a description of the
shipyard facilities; (c) years in
operation; (d) ownership; (e) customer
base; (f) current order book including
type of work; (g) vessels delivered (or
major projects) over last 5 years; and (h)
Web site address, if any.
Section 2: For each project proposed
for funding the following:
(a) A comprehensive detailed
description of the project including a
statement of whether the project will
replace existing equipment, and if so the
disposition of the replaced equipment.
(b) A description of the need for the
project in relation to shipyard
operations and business plan and an
explanation of how the project will
fulfill this need.
(c) A quantitative analysis
demonstrating how the project will be
effective in fostering efficiency,
competitive operations, and quality ship
construction, repair, or reconfiguration
(for capital improvement projects) or
how the project will be effective in
fostering employee skills and enhancing
productivity (for training projects). The
analysis should quantify the benefits of
the projects in terms of staff-hours
saved, dollars saved, percentages, or
other meaningful metrics. The
methodology of the analysis should be
explained with assumptions used
identified and justified.
(d) A detailed methodology and
timeline for implementing the project.
(e) A detailed itemization of the cost
of the project together with supporting
documentation, including current
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vendor quotes and estimates of
installation costs.
(f) A statement explaining if any
elements of the project require action
under the National Environmental
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. sec. 4321, et seq.)
or require any licenses or permits.
Items 2(a) thru 2(f) should be
repeated, in order, for each separate
project included in the application.
Section 3: A table with a prioritized
list of projects and total cost and
Government portion (in dollars) for
each.
Section 4: A description of any
existing programs or arrangements, if
any, which will be used to supplement
or leverage the federal grant assistance.
Section 5: Special economic
circumstances and conditions, if any, of
the maritime community in which the
shipyard is located (beyond that which
is reflected in the unemployment rate of
the county in which the shipyard is
located and whether that county is in an
economically distressed area, as defined
by 42 U.S.C. 3161).
Section 6: Shipyard company officer’s
certification of each of the following
requirements:
(a) That the shipyard facility for
which a grant is sought is located in a
single geographical location in or near a
maritime community and (i) the
shipyard facility has no more than 600
production employees, or (ii) the
shipyard facility has more than 600
production employees, but less than
1200 production employees (the
shipyard officer must certify to one or
the other of (i) or (ii));
(b) That the applicant has the
authority to carry out the proposed
project; and
(c) 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. Certifications
are not required to be notarized.
Section 7: Unique identifier of
shipyard’s parent company (when
applicable): Data Universal Numbering
System (DUNS + 4 number) (when
applicable).
Section 8: 2009 or 2010 (if available)
year-end audited, reviewed or compiled
financial statements, prepared by a
certified public accountant, according to
U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles, not on an income tax basis.
September 30, 2010, financial
statements prepared by the company if
December 31, 2010, CPA-prepared
statements are not available. Do not
provide tax returns.
Section 9: Statement regarding the
relationship between applicants and any
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parents, subsidiaries or affiliates, if any
such entity is going to provide a portion
of the match.
Section 10: Evidence documenting
applicant’s ability to make proposed
matching requirement (loan agreement,
commitment from investors, cash on
balance sheet, etc.) and in the times
outlined in 2(d) above.
Section 11: Pro-forma financial
statements reflecting (a) September 30,
or December 31, 2010, financial
condition; (b) effect on balance sheet of
grant and matching funds (i.e. a
decrease in cash or increase in debt,
additional equity and an increase in
fixed assets); and (c) impact on
company’s projected financial condition
(balance sheet) of completion of project,
showing that company will have
sufficient financial resources to remain
in business.
Section 12: Statement whether during
the past five years, the applicant or any
predecessor or related company has
been in bankruptcy or in reorganization
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code, or in any insolvency or
reorganization proceedings, and
whether any substantial property of the
applicant or any predecessor or related
company has been acquired in any such
proceeding or has been subject to
foreclosure or receivership during such
period. If so, give details.
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: Submit an
original copy and one additional paper
copy of the application and two CDs
each containing a complete electronic
version of the paper copy, no additional
information of the application in PDF
format to: Associate Administrator for
Business and Finance Development,
Room W21–318, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Evaluation of Applications: The
Maritime Administration will evaluate
the applications on the basis of how
well the project for which a grant is
requested would be effective in fostering
efficiency, competitive operations, and
quality ship construction, repair, and
reconfiguration (for capital
improvement projects) or how well the
project for which a grant is requested
would be effective in fostering employee
skills and enhancing productivity (for
training projects) and the economic
circumstances and conditions of the
surrounding community. The Maritime
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Administration will also evaluate
applications on the basis of how well
they advance—consistent with
achieving the program’s statutory
objectives—the Department’s strategic
goals of economic competitiveness,
safety, livability, environmental
sustainability, and state of good repair.
The economic circumstances and
conditions will be based upon the
unemployment rate of the county in
which the shipyard is located and
whether that county is an economically
distressed area, supplemented by any
special economic circumstances and
conditions identified by the applicant.
The Maritime Administration will
award grants in its sole discretion in
such amounts and under such
conditions it determines will best
further the statutory purposes of the
small shipyard grant program. Projects
that may require additional
environmental assessments such as
those including waterside
improvements (dredging, bulkheading,
pier work, pilings, etc.) will not be
considered for funding. Preference will
be given to funding applications: (1)
That propose matching funds greater
than a 25% share of the project; (2) that
impact existing operations and/or
product lines rather than expand the
capabilities of the shipyard into new
product lines or capabilities; and (3)
that result in a geographic diversity of
grant recipients.
Potential applicants are advised that it
is expected, based on past experience,
that applications will far exceed the
funds available and that only a small
percentage of applications will be
funded. It is anticipated that about 10
applications will be selected for funding
with an average grant amount of about
$1 million.
Conditions Attached to Awards: The
grant agreement will set out the records
to be maintained by the recipient that
must be available for review and audit
by the Maritime Administration, as well
as any other conditions and
requirements.
Dated: December 7, 2011.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2011-0162]
Assistance to Small Shipyard Grant Program
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Small Shipyard Grant Program.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Maritime
Administration to provide grants for small shipyards. Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 20.814.
DATES: The period for submitting grant applications, as mandated by
statute, commenced on November 18, 2011. The applications must be
received by the Maritime Administration by 5 p.m. EST on January 17,
2012. Applications received later than this time will not be
considered. The Maritime Administration intends to award grants no
later than March 18, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of Shipyards and
Marine Engineering, Maritime Administration, Room W21-318, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590; phone: (202) 366-5737; or fax:
(202) 366-6988.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with Section 54101 of Title
46, United States Code, and the Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Public Law
112-55, this notice announces the intention of the Maritime
Administration to provide grants for small shipyards. Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 20.814.
Under the Small Shipyard Grant program, there is currently
$9,980,000 available for grants for capital and related improvements
for qualified shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering
efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction,
repair, and reconfiguration. Grant funds may also be used for maritime
training programs to foster technical skills and operational
productivity in communities whose economies are related to or dependent
upon the maritime industry. Grants for such training programs may only
be awarded to ``Eligible Applicants'' as described below, but training
programs can be established through vendors to such applicants. Grant
funds may not be used to construct buildings or other physical
facilities or to acquire land unless such use is specifically approved
by the Maritime Administration 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. No more than 25 percent of the funds
available will be awarded to shipyard facilities in one geographic
location that have more than 600 production employees. 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 Maritime Administration may partially fund
applications by selecting parts of the total project. 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 above provide that shipyards can apply for grants. The
shipyard facility for which a grant is sought must be in a single
geographical location, located in or near a maritime community, and may
not have more than 1200 production employees. The applicant must be the
operating company of the shipyard facility. The shipyard facility must
construct, repair, or reconfigure vessels 40 ft. in length or greater,
for commercial or government use. 2. Eligible Projects--capital and
related improvement projects that will be effective in fostering
efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction,
repair, and reconfiguration; and training projects that will be
effective in fostering employee skills and enhancing productivity. For
capital improvement projects, all items proposed for funding must be
new and to be owned by the applicant. For both capital improvement and
training projects, all project costs, including the recipient's share,
must be incurred after the date of the grant agreement.
Matching Requirements: The Federal funds for any eligible project
will 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 recipient. The applicant is required to submit detailed
financial statements and supporting documentation demonstrating how and
when such matching requirement is proposed to be funded as described
below. The recipient's entire matching requirement must be paid prior
to payment of any federal funds for the project. However, for good
cause shown, the Maritime Administrator may waive the matching
requirement in whole or in part, if the Administrator determines that a
proposed project merits support and cannot be undertaken without a
higher percentage of Federal financial assistance.
Application: An application should be filed on standard Form SF-424
which can be found on the Internet at Marad.dot.gov. Although the form
is available electronically, the application must be filed in hard copy
as indicated below due to the amount of information requested. A
shipyard facility in a single geographic location applying for multiple
projects must do so in a single application. The application for a
grant must include all of the following information as an addendum to
Form SF-424. The information should be organized in sections as
described below:
Section 1: A description of the shipyard including (a) location of
the shipyard; (b) a description of the shipyard facilities; (c) years
in operation; (d) ownership; (e) customer base; (f) current order book
including type of work; (g) vessels delivered (or major projects) over
last 5 years; and (h) Web site address, if any.
Section 2: For each project proposed for funding the following:
(a) A comprehensive detailed description of the project including a
statement of whether the project will replace existing equipment, and
if so the disposition of the replaced equipment.
(b) A description of the need for the project in relation to
shipyard operations and business plan and an explanation of how the
project will fulfill this need.
(c) A quantitative analysis demonstrating how the project will be
effective in fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality
ship construction, repair, or reconfiguration (for capital improvement
projects) or how the project will be effective in fostering employee
skills and enhancing productivity (for training projects). The analysis
should quantify the benefits of the projects in terms of staff-hours
saved, dollars saved, percentages, or other meaningful metrics. The
methodology of the analysis should be explained with assumptions used
identified and justified.
(d) A detailed methodology and timeline for implementing the
project.
(e) A detailed itemization of the cost of the project together with
supporting documentation, including current
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vendor quotes and estimates of installation costs.
(f) A statement explaining if any elements of the project require
action under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. sec.
4321, et seq.) or require any licenses or permits.
Items 2(a) thru 2(f) should be repeated, in order, for each
separate project included in the application.
Section 3: A table with a prioritized list of projects and total
cost and Government portion (in dollars) for each.
Section 4: A description of any existing programs or arrangements,
if any, which will be used to supplement or leverage the federal grant
assistance.
Section 5: Special economic circumstances and conditions, if any,
of the maritime community in which the shipyard is located (beyond that
which is reflected in the unemployment rate of the county in which the
shipyard is located and whether that county is in an economically
distressed area, as defined by 42 U.S.C. 3161).
Section 6: Shipyard company officer's certification of each of the
following requirements:
(a) That the shipyard facility for which a grant is sought is
located in a single geographical location in or near a maritime
community and (i) the shipyard facility has no more than 600 production
employees, or (ii) the shipyard facility has more than 600 production
employees, but less than 1200 production employees (the shipyard
officer must certify to one or the other of (i) or (ii));
(b) That the applicant has the authority to carry out the proposed
project; and
(c) 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. Certifications are not required to be
notarized.
Section 7: Unique identifier of shipyard's parent company (when
applicable): Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS + 4 number) (when
applicable).
Section 8: 2009 or 2010 (if available) year-end audited, reviewed
or compiled financial statements, prepared by a certified public
accountant, according to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles,
not on an income tax basis. September 30, 2010, financial statements
prepared by the company if December 31, 2010, CPA-prepared statements
are not available. Do not provide tax returns.
Section 9: Statement regarding the relationship between applicants
and any parents, subsidiaries or affiliates, if any such entity is
going to provide a portion of the match.
Section 10: Evidence documenting applicant's ability to make
proposed matching requirement (loan agreement, commitment from
investors, cash on balance sheet, etc.) and in the times outlined in
2(d) above.
Section 11: Pro-forma financial statements reflecting (a) September
30, or December 31, 2010, financial condition; (b) effect on balance
sheet of grant and matching funds (i.e. a decrease in cash or increase
in debt, additional equity and an increase in fixed assets); and (c)
impact on company's projected financial condition (balance sheet) of
completion of project, showing that company will have sufficient
financial resources to remain in business.
Section 12: Statement whether during the past five years, the
applicant or any predecessor or related company has been in bankruptcy
or in reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, or in any
insolvency or reorganization proceedings, and whether any substantial
property of the applicant or any predecessor or related company has
been acquired in any such proceeding or has been subject to foreclosure
or receivership during such period. If so, give details.
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: Submit an original copy and one
additional paper copy of the application and two CDs each containing a
complete electronic version of the paper copy, no additional
information of the application in PDF format to: Associate
Administrator for Business and Finance Development, Room W21-318,
Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC
20590.
Evaluation of Applications: The Maritime Administration will
evaluate the applications on the basis of how well the project for
which a grant is requested would be effective in fostering efficiency,
competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and
reconfiguration (for capital improvement projects) or how well the
project for which a grant is requested would be effective in fostering
employee skills and enhancing productivity (for training projects) and
the economic circumstances and conditions of the surrounding community.
The Maritime Administration will also evaluate applications on the
basis of how well they advance--consistent with achieving the program's
statutory objectives--the Department's strategic goals of economic
competitiveness, safety, livability, environmental sustainability, and
state of good repair. The economic circumstances and conditions will be
based upon the unemployment rate of the county in which the shipyard is
located and whether that county is an economically distressed area,
supplemented by any special economic circumstances and conditions
identified by the applicant. The Maritime Administration will award
grants in its sole discretion in such amounts and under such conditions
it determines will best further the statutory purposes of the small
shipyard grant program. Projects that may require additional
environmental assessments such as those including waterside
improvements (dredging, bulkheading, pier work, pilings, etc.) will not
be considered for funding. Preference will be given to funding
applications: (1) That propose matching funds greater than a 25% share
of the project; (2) that impact existing operations and/or product
lines rather than expand the capabilities of the shipyard into new
product lines or capabilities; and (3) that result in a geographic
diversity of grant recipients.
Potential applicants are advised that it is expected, based on past
experience, that applications will far exceed the funds available and
that only a small percentage of applications will be funded. It is
anticipated that about 10 applications will be selected for funding
with an average grant amount of about $1 million.
Conditions Attached to Awards: The grant agreement will set out the
records to be maintained by the recipient that must be available for
review and audit by the Maritime Administration, as well as any other
conditions and requirements.
Dated: December 7, 2011.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-31830 Filed 12-9-11; 8:45 am]
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