13 CFR § 303.4 - Award requirements.

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title: "13 CFR § 303.4 - Award requirements."
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "303.4"
section_name: "Award requirements."
chapter_name: "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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part_name: "PLANNING INVESTMENTS AND COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES"
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regulatory_source: "71 FR 56675, Sept. 27, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 303.4 Award requirements.

(a) Planning Investments shall be coordinated with and effectively leverage any other available Federal, State, or local planning assistance and private sector investments.

(b) Except in compelling circumstances as determined by the Assistant Secretary, EDA will not provide Planning Investments for multiple CEDS that address the needs of an identical or substantially similar Region.

(c) EDA will provide a Planning Investment for the period of time required to develop, revise or replace, and implement a CEDS, generally in 36-month renewable Investment project periods.

[71 FR 56675, Sept. 27, 2006, as amended at 73 FR 62866, Oct. 22, 2008; 79 FR 76130, Dec. 19, 2014]