81 FR 569 - Funding Availability for Small Shipyard Grant Program; Application Deadline

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 3 (January 6, 2016)

Page Range		569-572
FR Document		2015-33315

Under the Small Shipyard Grant Program, there is currently $4,900,000 available for grants for capital and related improvements to qualified shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration. This notice announces the intention of the Maritime Administration to provide grants to small shipyards. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 20.814. Potential applicants are advised that it is expected, based on past experience, that the number of applications will far exceed the funds available and that only a small percentage of applications will be funded. It is anticipated that about 5-10 applications will be selected for funding with an average grant amount of about $1 million.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

Funding Availability for Small Shipyard Grant Program;
Application Deadline

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

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SUMMARY: Under the Small Shipyard Grant Program, there is currently
$4,900,000 available for grants for capital and related improvements to
qualified shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering
efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction,
repair, and reconfiguration. This notice announces the intention of the
Maritime Administration to provide grants to small shipyards. Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 20.814. Potential applicants are
advised that it is expected, based on past experience, that the number
of applications will far exceed the funds available and that only a
small percentage of applications will be funded. It is anticipated that
about 5-10 applications will be selected for funding with an average
grant amount of about $1 million.

DATES: The period for submitting grant applications commenced with the
enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, on December 18,
2015. Applications must be received by the Maritime Administration by 5
p.m. EST on February 16, 2016. Applications received later than this
time will not be considered. The Maritime Administration intends to
award grants no later than April 18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Grant Applications should be sent to the Associate
Administrator for Business and Finance Development, Room W21-318,
Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590. Only applicants who comply with all submission requirements
described in this Notice will be eligible for award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning
this notice, please contact David M. Heller, 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: Grants under the Maritime Administration's
Small Shipyard Grant Program 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. Grant funds may also be used for maritime
training programs to foster technical skills and operational
productivity in communities, the economies of which 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.

Table of Contents

A. Program Description
B. Federal Award Information
C. Eligibility Information
D. Application and Submission Information
E. Application Review
F. Federal Award Administration
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
H. Other Information

A. Program Description

The Small Shipyard Grant program was established under Section
3508(a) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub. L. 110-417), codified at 46 U.S.C. 54101. The
statute authorizes the Maritime Administrator to provide assistance in
the form of grants to make capital and related improvements in small
shipyards located in or near maritime communities and to provide
training for workers in communities whose economies are related to the
maritime industry. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,
appropriated $5,000,000 to the Small Shipyard Grant program to include
administrative expenses. The purpose of the program is to foster
efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction,
repair, and reconfiguration in small shipyards across the United
States. The program also seeks to foster projects that would be
effective in fostering employee skills and enhancing productivity in
communities whose economies are related to or dependent upon the
maritime industry.

B. Federal Award Information

Under the Small Shipyard Grant program, there is currently
$4,900,000 available for grants for capital and related improvements to
qualified shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering
efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction,
repair, and reconfiguration and for training projects that would be
effective in fostering employee skills and enhancing productivity. The
Maritime Administration intends to award the full amount of the
available

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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 to 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.

C. Eligibility Information

To be selected for a Small Shipyard Grant, an applicant must be an
Eligible Applicant and the project must be an Eligible Project.

1. Eligible Applicants

Section 54101, Title 46, United States Code, provides 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 feet in length or greater for commercial or government use,
or construct, repair, or reconfigure vessels 100 feet in length or
greater for non-commercial vessels.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching

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.

3. Eligible Projects

Eligible projects include: (1) Capital and related improvement
projects that will be effective in fostering efficiency, competitive
operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration;
and (2) 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.

D. Application and Submission Information

1. Address for Application

Applications must be filed on standard form SF-424, which is
available on the Maritime Administration's Web site at
www.marad.dot.gov.

2. Content and Form of Application Submission

Although the form is available electronically, the application must
be filed in hard copy as indicated below due to the amount of
information requested. Applicants must submit an original paper copy of
the application, one additional paper copy of the application, and two
CDs each containing a complete electronic version 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. 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 must
be included:
(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 man-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 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. 4321, et
seq.) or require any licenses or permits.
(g) A statement describing whether the project will be located in,
or will affect, a floodplain. If so, the statement should explain
whether a practicable alternate siting location exists which would not
be located in, or affect, the floodplain. If alternate siting locations
for the project are not practicable, the statement should describe the
factors that prevent alternate siting and identify, as appropriate,
ways in which the project may be modified to mitigate the long- and
short-term adverse impacts associated with the occupancy and
modification of a floodplain or the direct or indirect support of
floodplain development.
Items 2(a) thru 2(g) 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).

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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) 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: The most recent year-end audited, reviewed or compiled
financial statements, prepared by a certified public accountant (CPA),
according to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (not tax-
based accounting financial statements). If CPA prepared financial
statements are not available, provide the most recent financial
statement for the entity. 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) financial
condition period; (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.

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM)

The Maritime Administration may not make a Small Shipyard Grant
Award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all
applicable unique entity identifier and SAM requirements. Each
applicant must be registered in SAM before submitting its application,
provide a valid unique entity identifier number in its application, and
maintain an active SAM registration with current information throughout
the period of the award. Applicants may register with the SAM at
www.SAM.gov. If an applicant has not fully complied with the
requirements by the submission deadline, the application will not be
considered.

4. Submission Dates and Times

The period for submitting grant applications commenced with the
enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, on December 18,
2015. Applications must be received by the Maritime Administration by 5
p.m. EST on February 16, 2016. Applications received later than this
time will not be considered. The Maritime Administration encourages
applicants to submit applications using a carrier and method that will
provide proof and time of delivery. The Maritime Administration intends
to award grants no later than April 18, 2016.

5. Funding Restrictions

Grants under the Maritime Administration's Small Shipyard Grants
Program 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.

6. Other Submission Requirements

Applicants must submit an original paper copy of the application,
one additional paper copy of the application, and two compact discs
(CDs) each containing a complete electronic version 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.

E. Application Review

1. Selection Criteria

This section specifies the criteria that Maritime Administration
will use to evaluate and award applications for Small Shipyard grants.
The criteria incorporate the statutory eligibility requirements for
this program, which are specified in this notice as relevant. There are
two categories of selection criteria, ``Primary Selection Criteria''
and ``Secondary Selection Criteria.'' Within each relevant selection
criteria, applicants are encouraged to present in measurable terms how
the Small Shipyard Grant will lead to transformative change(s) in their
maritime community.
i. Primary Selection Criteria--Consistent with the requirements of
46 U.S.C. 54101(b)(1), the Maritime Administration will evaluate the
applications on the basis of how effective the project will be in
fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship
construction, repair, and reconfiguration (for capital improvement
projects) or how effective the project will be in fostering employee
skills and enhancing productivity (for training projects).
ii. Secondary Selection Criteria:
(a) Project Need: The overall need for the project in relation to
shipyard operations and business plans, with emphasis on projects that
impact existing operations and/or product lines rather than expanding
the capabilities of the applicant into new capabilities or product
lines.
(b) Timing: Project commencement timing and the amount of time
required for completion.
(c) Environmental Impact: Whether any project elements require
action under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et
seq.), including those requiring waterside improvements.
(d) Cost Sharing: State, local, or private fiscal contribution
toward the project as compared to the overall Federal share of project
costs and the existence of any existing programs or arrangements that
may be available to leverage the Federal share.
(e) Demonstrated Financial Capability: Evidence of the applicant's
economic ability to meet its stated share of project costs.

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(f) County Economics: The unemployment rate of the county in which
the applicant is located, and whether that county is an economically-
distressed area.
(g) Special Economic Circumstances: Special economic circumstances
and conditions of the maritime community in which the shipyard is
located.
(h) Geography: The desire for geographic diversity in grant
recipients.

2. Review and Selection Process

The Maritime Administration reviews all eligible applications
received before the deadline. The Small Shipyard Grant review and
selection process consists of three phases: Technical Review, Senior
Review, and Final Selection. In the technical review phase, a Review
Panel made up of technical experts, including naval architects and
engineers from the Maritime Administration's Office of Shipyards and
Marine Engineering will review all timely applications. Additional
input may be provided to the Review Panel on economic issues by the
Office of Financial Approvals, on environmental issues by the Office of
Environment, and on legal issues by the Office of Chief Counsel. The
Review Panel will assign a rating of ``Highly Recommended,''
``Recommended,'' or ``Not Recommended'' based on how well the
applications align with the selection criteria.
In the second review phase, the Senior Review Team, which is led by
the Maritime Administrator, will consider all applications that were
rated as Recommended or Highly Recommended, based upon the input of the
Review Panel. The Senior Review Team will determine which projects to
advance to Secretary as Highly Rated. In the third phase, the Secretary
selects from the Highly Rated projects for final award.

F. Federal Award Administration

1. Federal Award Notices

Following the evaluation outlined in Section E, the Maritime
Administration will announce awarded projects by posting a list of
selected projects at www.marad.dot.gov/ships-and-shipping/small-shipyard-grants. Following the announcement, the Maritime
Administration will contact the point of contact listed in the SF-424
to initiate development of the grant agreement.

2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

All awards must be administered pursuant to the Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards found in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted by the Department of
Transportation at 2 CFR part 1201. Additionally, applicable Federal
laws, rules, and regulations of the Maritime Administration will apply
to the projects that receive Small Shipyard Grant Awards.
Federal wage rate requirements included in Subchapter IV of Chapter
31 of Title 40, United States Code, apply to all projects receiving
funds under this program, and apply to all parts of the project,
whether funded with Small Shipyard Grant funds, other Federal funds, or
non-Federal funds.

3. Reporting

Each applicant selected for a Small Shipyard capital or training
grant will be required to work with the Maritime Administration on the
development and implementation of a plan to collect information and
report on the project's performance with respect to the relevant long-
term outcomes that are expected to be achieved through the capital
project or training. Performance indicators will not include formal
goals or targets, but will require analysis of post-project outcomes,
which will inform the Small Shipyard Grant program in working towards
best practices, programmatic performance measures, and future decision-
making guidelines.

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts

For further information concerning this notice please contact David
M. Heller, 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. To
ensure applicants receive accurate information about eligibility or the
program, you are encouraged to contact the Maritime Administration
directly, rather than through intermediaries or third parties, with
questions.

H. Other Information

All information submitted as part of or in support of any
application shall use publicly available data or data that can be made
public and methodologies that are accepted by industry practice and
standards, to the extent possible. If the application includes
information you consider to be a trade secret or confidential
commercial or financial information, you should do the following: (1)
Note on the front cover that the submission ``Contains Confidential
Business Information (CBI);'' (2) mark each affected page ``CBI;'' and
(3) highlight or otherwise denote the CBI portions. The Maritime
Administration protects such information from disclosure to the extent
allowed under applicable law. In the event the Maritime Administration
receives a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the
information, the Maritime Administration will follow the procedures
described in the Department of Transportation FOIA regulations at 49
CFR 7.17. Only information that is ultimately determined to be
confidential under that procedure will be exempt from disclosure under
FOIA.

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 54101 and the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2016, Public Law 114-113.

Dated: December 31, 2015.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator:
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Program; Application Deadline used for maritime training programs to
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Rulemaking, Federal Aviation AGENCY: Maritime Administration,
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dependent upon the maritime industry.
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14 CFR 11.85. Grant Program, there is currently only be awarded to ‘‘Eligible
$4,900,000 available for grants for Applicants’’ as described below, but
Issued in Washington, DC, on December training programs can be established
30, 2015. capital and related improvements to
qualified shipyard facilities that will be through vendors to such applicants.
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A. Program Description
Petition for Exemption construction, repair, and B. Federal Award Information
reconfiguration. This notice announces C. Eligibility Information
Docket No.: FAA–2015–3273. the intention of the Maritime D. Application and Submission Information
Petitioner: Daedalus Drone Services, Administration to provide grants to E. Application Review
small shipyards. Catalog of Federal F. Federal Award Administration
LLC.
Domestic Assistance Number: 20.814. G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 21 Potential applicants are advised that it H. Other Information
subpart H, 45.23(b), 61.113(a), 91.103, is expected, based on past experience, A. Program Description
91.109(a), 91.119(b), 91.119(c), 91.121, that the number of applications will far
91.151(a), 91.203(a) & (b), 91.405(a), The Small Shipyard Grant program
exceed the funds available and that only
91.409(a)(2), 91.417(a)&(b), 91.7(a) & (b), was established under Section 3508(a)
a small percentage of applications will
and 91.9(b)(2). of the Duncan Hunter National Defense
be funded. It is anticipated that about 5–
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
Description of Relief Sought: 10 applications will be selected for (Pub. L. 110–417), codified at 46 U.S.C.
Requesting to allow Daedalus Drone funding with an average grant amount of 54101. The statute authorizes the
Services, LLC to operate small about $1 million. Maritime Administrator to provide
unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) DATES: The period for submitting grant assistance in the form of grants to make
commercially in airspace regulated by applications commenced with the capital and related improvements in
the Federal Aviation Administration enactment of the Consolidated small shipyards located in or near
(FAA) for the purposes of; aerial Appropriations Act, 2016, on December maritime communities and to provide
photography/videography/surveying, 18, 2015. Applications must be received training for workers in communities
structural/utility inspections/patrolling, by the Maritime Administration by 5 whose economies are related to the
real estate marketing/surveying, remote p.m. EST on February 16, 2016. maritime industry. The Consolidated
sensing, precision agriculture, public Applications received later than this Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriated
entity support operations, construction time will not be considered. The $5,000,000 to the Small Shipyard Grant
Maritime Administration intends to program to include administrative
site inspection and monitoring, wildlife
award grants no later than April 18, expenses. The purpose of the program is
and forestry monitoring, education and
2016. to foster efficiency, competitive
research operations, flare stack
ADDRESSES: Grant Applications should operations, and quality ship
inspections, and other flight operations
be sent to the Associate Administrator construction, repair, and reconfiguration
that could be performed safely and more in small shipyards across the United
cost effectively with the use of sUAS, at for Business and Finance Development,
Room W21–318, Maritime States. The program also seeks to foster
low altitude, with the United States projects that would be effective in
national airspace system as compared to Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. fostering employee skills and enhancing
a manned aircraft. productivity in communities whose
Only applicants who comply with all
Petitioner requests no restrictions submission requirements described in economies are related to or dependent
with regard to minimum distances from this Notice will be eligible for award. upon the maritime industry.
structures, vessels, and vehicles, and a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For B. Federal Award Information
200-foot minimum distance from further information concerning this Under the Small Shipyard Grant
persons not associated with the sUAS notice, please contact David M. Heller, program, there is currently $4,900,000
operation be granted. Additionally, the Director, Office of Shipyards and available for grants for capital and
petitioner requests no minimum Marine Engineering, Maritime related improvements to qualified
distance with regard to crew for the Administration, Room W21–318,1200 shipyard facilities that will be effective
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Small Shipyard Grant Program may not and enhancing productivity. The
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of funding availability.
Dates		The period for submitting grant applications commenced with the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, on December 18, 2015. Applications must be received by the Maritime Administration by 5 p.m. EST on February 16, 2016. Applications received later than this time will not be considered. The Maritime Administration intends to award grants no later than April 18, 2016.
Contact		For further information concerning this notice, please contact David M. Heller, 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.
FR Citation		81 FR 569

81 FR 569 - Funding Availability for Small Shipyard Grant Program; Application Deadline

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