Assistance Listing 10.385
Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loans
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF · Rural Business Cooperative Service
Assistance Listing 10.385, “Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loans,” is a federal program administered by AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF. It provides loan guarantee assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 0 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $103M in obligations for fiscal year 2025.
Program objective
The TPEP will provide financial assistance through loan guarantees to lenders providing loans to entities seeking to establish, reopen, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood processing facilities, and to forest workers, including loggers and other jobs that supply materials to these sawmills and facilities, that are using ecological restoration byproducts from an identified unit of USFS National Forest System lands. These units of USFS National Forest System lands must be classified as being a high or very high priority for ecological restoration involving vegetation removal, due to the risk of unnaturally severe wildfires, or insect or disease infestation. Under TPEP facilities will purchase and process the byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects, typically small- and mid-diameter timber.
As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.
Current opportunities under 10.385
No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.
Eligible applicants (program level)
- Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
- For-Profit Organization
- Nonprofit Organization
To be eligible for a loan guarantee under TPEP, a lender must meet the eligibility requirements in 7 CFR 5001.130. The borrower must meet the requirements specified in 7 CFR 5001.126(a) and (d) at the time of each guaranteed loan’s approval and through issuance of the loan note guarantee. In addition, the borrower must be: (a) An entity engaged in or proposing to engage in establishing, reopening, retrofitting, expanding, or improving a sawmill or other wood-processing facility. For purposes of this opportunity, an eligible borrower entity may include a forest worker, logger, heavy equipment operator, material handler, or other professional entity responsible for purchasing and processing ecosystem restoration byproducts. (b) Eligible borrowers must use ecosystem restoration byproducts from federal or Tribal lands that USFS identified as high or very high priority for ecological restoration involving vegetation removal and must procure a significant amount of raw materials from federal or Tribal lands. High priority designated lands can be found using the TPEP Priority Areas dashboard at the following link: www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/5d6d9d9922a8486f83d51d40835f1870.
Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.
Reported obligations by fiscal year
Historical data · not a predictionRange and average of financial assistance (from the listing): The Administrator has established that the maximum loan amount is $25 million. There is no minimum loan amount.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 10.385. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.Frequently asked questions
What is ALN 10.385?
10.385 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loans.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.
Who can apply under ALN 10.385?
The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government, For-Profit Organization and Nonprofit Organization. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.
How much funding does 10.385 provide?
The agency reported $103,323,500 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.