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NOTICE OF INTENT TO
REQUEST A RELEASE OF FUNDS (NOI/RROF)
CITY OF VAN WERT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
REVOLVING LOAN FUND (RLF)
Van Wert Biofuels,
Inc.
April 30, 2008
City of Van Wert,
Ohio
c/o Economic
Development Office
515 East Main Street
Van Wert, Ohio
45891
Phone Number/Contact Person for Questions:
419.238.2999 / Darlene Myers
To All Interested
Persons, Agencies, and Groups:
On or about, but not
before, Wednesday, May 12, 2008, the City of Van Wert will
request the State of Ohio to release Federal funds under Section 104
(g) of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,
as amended; Section 288 of Title II of the Cranston Gonzales
National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA), as amended; and/or Title IV
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; to
be used for the following project(s):
Project/Activity
Name: City
of Van Wert CDBG Economic Development RLF
Project: Van Wert
Biofuels, Inc.
Activity 1:
Acquisition of Building (leasing)
Activity 2:
Machinery and Capital Equipment
Activity 3: Working
Capital/Professional Fees
Source of Federal
Funds: Small
Cities CDBG Program Income on hand in the City of Van Wert’s
Economic
Development Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
Purpose or Nature
of the Project/Activity:
Tony Warnecke will open Van Wert Biofuels, Incorporated at 1001
Vision Drive located in the Vision Industrial Park in Van Wert,
Ohio. The project consists of the leasing of an existing building,
the purchase of machinery and capital equipment, and other
miscellaneous costs including working capital and professional
fees. The City of Van Wert will participate in the financing of the
machinery and capital equipment.
Identification of
Single or Multi-Year Project:
Single-Year
Location of
Project/Activity: 1001
Vision Drive, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio 45891
Estimated Cost of Project/Activity:
$220,458 (CDBG Program Income: $35,000)
(Bank Loan and Owner Equity: $185,458)
Environmental Finding of Project/Activity: Categorically
Excluded (CE)
An Environmental
Review Record (ERR) for each of the Project activities listed above
has been conducted by the City of Van Wert. The ERR documents the
environmental review of the Project activities. The ERR is on file
and available for the public's examination and copying, upon
request, between the hours of 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m., Monday
through Friday (except holidays) at the above address.
The City of Van Wert
plans to undertake the Project activities described above with the
Federal funds cited above. Any interested persons, agencies, and/or
groups, who have any comments regarding the environment, are invited
to submit written comments for consideration to the City of Van Wert
at the address above listed prior to Wednesday, May 12, 2008.
The City of Van Wert
is certifying to the State of Ohio, that the City of Van Wert and
Louis Ehmer, in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Van
Wert consent to accept the jurisdiction of Federal courts if an
action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to
environmental reviews, decision-making, and action; and that these
responsibilities have been satisfied.
The legal effect of the
certification is that upon its approval, the City of Van Wert may
use the Federal funds, and the State of Ohio will have satisfied its
responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended.
The State of Ohio will accept an objection to its
approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification
only if it is on one of the following grounds: (a) the
certification was not, in fact, executed by the responsible entity’s
Certifying Officer; (b) the responsible entity has failed to make
one of the two findings pursuant to Section 58.40 or to make the
written determination required by section 58.35, 58.47, or 58.53 for
the project, as applicable; c) the responsible entity has omitted
one or more of the steps set forth at subpart E of 24 CFR Part 58
for the preparation, publication and completion of an Environmental
Assessment; d) the responsible entity has omitted on or more of the
steps set forth at Subparts F and G of 24 CFR Part 58 for the
conduct, preparation, publication and completion of an Environmental
Impact Statement, e) the recipient has committed funds or incurred
costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before release of funds and
approval of the environmental certification by State, or f) another
federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a
written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the
standpoint of environmental quality.
Written objections
must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required
procedure (24 CFR Part 58), and must be addressed to the: State of
Ohio; Environmental Officer; Office of Housing and Community
Partnerships; P. O. Box 1001; Columbus, Ohio 43216-1001.
Objections to the
Release of Funds on bases other than those stated above will not be
considered by the State of Ohio. No objections received after
Wednesday, June 4, 2008, (which is 15 days after it is
anticipated that the State will receive a request for release of
funds), will be considered by the State of Ohio.
The address of the
certifying officer is:
Louis Ehmer
Mayor
City of Van
Wert
Municipal
Building
515 East Main Street
Van Wert, Ohio
45891
Publish on: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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