NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Local Government Capital Projects Loan Program

[26 Pa.B. 4770]

Application Notice

   The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) announces the opening of the application period of funding for the Local Government Capital Projects Loan Program for State Fiscal Year 1996-97. Loan applications will be accepted at the Center for Local Government Services, Room 325 Forum Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Applications must be received on or before 4:30 p.m., December 13, 1996. No applications will be accepted after that time.

   The purpose of the program is to provide low interest loans to municipalities with populations of 12,000 or less for the purchase of equipment and the purchase, construction, renovation or rehabilitation of municipal facilities. The program is intended to give small local governments, who find the cost of borrowing at conventional rates to be prohibitive, an opportunity to secure needed funds at an interest rate of 2.0% per annum. Repayment will be made over a period not to exceed 10 years or the useful life of the equipment or facilities, whichever is less.

   Authority for the Local Government Capital Projects Loan Program is provided in Act 210 of 1990, the Local Government Capital Projects Loan Fund Act.

Application Information

   Three copies of the completed application must be submitted on forms provided by the Department by the above date. Copies of the application forms, application instructions and other information are available upon request to the Governor's Regional Office or DCED Regional Office at the addresses and telephone numbers listed below or the Center for Local Government Services, Room 325 Forum Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-8169 or (888) 223-6837.

   Persons with a disability who wish to submit an application in accordance with the provisions stated herein and require assistance with that application and persons who require copies of this notice in an alternate format (large type, braille, and the like) should contact Fred A. Reddig, Center for Local Government Services, (717) 787-8169 to discuss how the Department may best accommodate their needs.

   Applications should be addressed to: Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Center for Local Government Services, Room 325 Forum Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120.

   Applications and program information can be obtained from the Local Government Policy Specialist at the addresses listed below.

Regional Offices

Region I--

Governor's Southeast Regional Office
Belvue Stratford
200 South Broad Street--11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 560-2640

Region II--

PA Department of Community and Economic
   Development
Northeast Regional Office
Room 201, Samters Building
101 Penn Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503-4571
(717) 961-4598

Region III/IV--

PA Department of Community and Economic
   Development
Central Pennsylvania Regional Office
578 Forum Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-7347

Region V--

Governor's Southwest Regional Office
1403A State Office Building
300 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 565-2552

Region VI--

Governor's Northwest Regional
100 State Street
Suite 202
Erie, PA 16507
(814) 878-5719

THOMAS B. HAGEN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-1674. Filed for public inspection October 4, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]

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