[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 245 (Friday, December 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77871-77873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30163]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program; Tribal
Transit Program
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of award.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the
selection of projects to be funded under Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
appropriations for the Public Transportation on Indian Reservations
Program; Tribal Transit Program (TTP), a program authorized by the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the appropriate FTA regional
Tribal Liaison, (Appendix A) for application-specific information and
issues. For general program information, contact Lorna R. Wilson,
Office of Transit Programs, at (202) 366-2053, e-mail:
[email protected]. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribal Transit Program (TTP) established
by Section 3013(c)(1) SAFETEA-LU, Pub. L. 109-59 (August 10, 2005),
under 49 U.S.C. 5311(c) makes funds available to federally recognized
Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages, groups, or communities as
identified by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in the U.S. Department
of the Interior for public transportation capital projects, operating
costs and planning activities that are eligible costs under the
Nonurbanized Area Formula Program (Section 5311).
A total of $12 million was made available for the program in FY
2008. In response to the FY 2008 NOFA, 89
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applicants requested $24 million for new transit services, enhancement
or expansion of existing transit services and planning studies
including operational planning. Projects were selected through a
competitive process based on each applicant's response to the program
evaluation criteria outlined in FTA's May 21, 2008, Federal Register
Notice: Notice of Funding Availability and Solicitation for FY 2008 TTP
(73 FR 29569). FTA also took into consideration the current status of
the FY 2006 and FY 2007 grants for tribes requesting continuation
funding.
Because of the high demand, many applicants selected for funding
will receive less funding than they requested to enable FTA to support
an increased number of meritorious applications. Funds were only
awarded to fund one year of the project. Tribes that sought funding for
a multi-year project in response to the FY 2008 solicitation must
submit a new application in response to the FY 2009 Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) in order to be considered for FY 2009 funding.
The selected projects provide $620,000 for transit planning studies
and/or operational planning; $557,500 for startup projects for new
transit service; and, $10,822,500 for enhancements or expansion of
existing transit services. Each of the 71 awardees, as well as the
applicants not selected for funding, will receive a letter detailing
the funding decision. The successful applicants for FY 2008 are listed
in Table I.
Following the publication of this notice, FTA's regional tribal
liaison will contact each applicant selected for funding to discuss
technical assistance needs. In the event the contact information
provided in a tribe's FY 2008 application has changed, the tribe should
contact the regional transit tribal liaison (listed in Appendix A) with
the current information in order to expedite the grant award process.
Issued in Washington, DC, this 8th day of December, 2008.
Sherry Little,
Acting Administrator.
Appendix A--FTA Regional Offices and Tribal Transit Liaisons
Region I--Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Maine--Richard H. Doyle, FTA Regional
Administrator, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Kendall
Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, Phone:
(617) 494-2055, Fax: (617) 494-2865, Regional Tribal Liaison (s):
Laurie Ansaldi and Judi Molloy.
Region II--New York, New Jersey--Brigid Hynes-Cherin, FTA
Regional Administrator, One Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY
10004-1415, Phone: (212) 668-2170, Fax: (212) 668-2136, Regional
Tribal Liaison: Darin Allan.
Region III--Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
Delaware, Washington, DC, Letitia Thompson, FTA Regional
Administrator, 1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA
19103-4124, Phone: (215) 656-7100, Fax: (215) 656-7260.
Region IV--Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Puerto Rico, Virgin
Islands--Yvette G. Taylor, FTA Regional Administrator, 230 Peachtree
St., N.W., Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Tel.: 404-865-5600, Fax:
404-865-5605, Regional Tribal Liaisons: Jamie Pfister and James
Garland.
Region V--Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Michigan--Marisol R. Simon, FTA Regional Administrator, 200 West
Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606-5232, Phone: (312) 353-
2789, Fax: (312) 886-0351, Regional Tribal Liaisons: Joyce Taylor
and Angelica Salgado.
Region VI--Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma--
Robert Patrick, FTA Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor Street, Room
8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Phone: (817) 978-0550, Fax: (817) 978-
0575, Regional Tribal Liaison: Lynn Hayes.
Region VII--Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri--Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA
Regional Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite 404, Kansas City,
MO 64106, Phone: (816) 329-3920, Fax: (816) 329-3921, Regional
Tribal Liaisons: Joni Roeseler and Cathy Monroe.
Region VIII--Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana,
Wyoming, Utah--Terry Rosapep, FTA Regional Administrator, 12300 West
Dakota Avenue, Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, Phone: (720) 963-
3300, Fax: (720) 963-3333, Regional Tribal Liaisons: Jennifer
Stewart and David Beckhouse.
Region IX--California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, American Samoa,
Guam--Leslie Rogers, FTA Regional Administrator, 201 Mission Street,
Suite 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105-1926, Phone: (415) 744-3133,
Fax: (415) 744-2726, Regional Tribal Liaison: Eric Eidlin.
Region X--Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska--Richard Krochalis,
FTA Regional Administrator, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second
Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174-1002, Phone: (206) 220-7954,
Fax: (206) 220-7959, Regional Tribal Liaison: Bill Ramos.
Table 1--FTA FY 2008 Allocation of Tribal Transit Program
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Tribe State Award ID Number
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Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town............... WI............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9001
Blue Lake Rancheria......................... CA............................ 120,000 D2008-TRTR-9002
Bois Forte Band of Minnesota Chippewa....... MN............................ 20,000 D2008-TRTR-9003
Central Council Tlingit and Haida Tribes of AK............................ 250,000 D2008-TRTR-9004
Alaska.
Cher-Ae heights Indian Community of the CA............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9005
Trinidad Rancheria.
Cherokee Nation............................. OK............................ 250,000 D2008-TRTR-9006
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes................. OK............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9007
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.................. SD............................ 157,500 D2008-TRTR-9008
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's MT............................ 200,000 D2008-TRTR-9009
Reservation.
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.................. OK............................ 158,000 D2008-TRTR-9010
Coeur D' Alene Tribe........................ ID............................ 225,000 D2008-TRTR-9011
Comanche Nation............................. OK............................ 160,000 D2008-TRTR-9012
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes..... MT............................ 250,000 D2008-TRTR-9013
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama WA............................ 442,373 D2008-TRTR-9014
Nation.
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian WA............................ 155,000 D2008-TRTR-9015
Reservation.
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde...... OR............................ 198,110 D2008-TRTR-9016
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian OR............................ 200,000 D2008-TRTR-9017
Reservation.
Cowlitz Indian Tribal Housing............... WA............................ 200,000 D2008-TRTR-9018
Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation............. NC............................ 172,900 D2008-TRTR-9019
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma........... MO............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9020
Fond du Lac Bank of Lake Superior Chippewa.. MN............................ 225,000 D2008-TRTR-9021
Fort Belknap Indian Community............... MT............................ 218,000 D2008-TRTR-9022
Georgetown Tribal Council................... AK............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9023
Gulkana Village Council..................... AK............................ 200,000 D2008-TRTR-9024
Kalispell Tribe of Indians.................. WA............................ 208,296 D2008-TRTR-9025
Keweena Bay Indian Community................ MI............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9026
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Kiowa Tribe................................. OK............................ 262,000 D2008-TRTR-9027
Klamath Tribe............................... OR............................ 150,000 D2008-TRTR-9028
Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO)................... WI............................ 109,068 D2008-TRTR-9029
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe..................... SD............................ 150,000 D2008-TRTR-9030
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe................... WA............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9031
Lower Sioux Indian Community................ MN............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9032
Lummi Nation................................ WA............................ 200,000 D2008-TRTR-9033
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin......... WI............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9034
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians......... MS............................ 192,000 D2008-TRTR-9035
Muscogee (Creek) Nation..................... OK............................ 225,000 D2008-TRTR-9036
Nez Perce Tribe............................. ID............................ 250,000 D2008-TRTR-9037
Northern Cheyenne Reservation............... MT............................ 157,500 D2008-TRTR-9038
Oglala Sioux Tribe.......................... SD............................ 300,000 D2008-TRTR-9039
Ohkay Owingeh............................... NM............................ 155,000 D2008-TRTR-9040
Orutsararmiut Native Council................ AK............................ 175,000 D2008-TRTR-9041
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska..................... NE............................ 216,500 D2008-TRTR-9042
Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma..................... OK............................ 208,000 D2008-TRTR-9043
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.............. KS............................ 225,000 D2008-TRTR-9044
Pueblo of San Idefonso...................... NM............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9045
Pueblo of Santa Ana......................... NM............................ 150,000 D2008-TRTR-9046
Pueblos of Tesuque-North Central Regional NM............................ 250,000 D2008-TRTR-9047
Transit District.
Quechan Indian Tribe........................ AZ............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9048
Quinalut Indian Nation...................... WA............................ 200,000 D2008-TRTR-9049
Reservation Transportation Authority........ CA............................ 400,000 D2008-TRTR-9050
Rosebud Sioux Tribe......................... SD............................ 100,000 D2008-TRTR-9051
Santa Clara pueblo.......................... NM............................ 125,000 D2008-TRTR-9052
Santee Sioux Nation......................... NE............................ 195,800 D2008-TRTR-9053
Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians... MI............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9054
Seminole Nation............................. OK............................ 220,000 D2008-TRTR-9055
Sitka Tribe of Alaska....................... AK............................ 172,900 D2008-TRTR-9056
Southern Ute Indian Tribe................... CO............................ 157,000 D2008-TRTR-9057
Spirit Lake Tribe........................... ND............................ 250,000 D2008-TRTR-9058
Spokane Tribe of Indians.................... WA............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9059
Squaxin Island Tribe........................ WA............................ 146,564 D2008-TRTR-9060
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe................... ND............................ 225,000 D2008-TRTR-9061
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians.............. WA............................ 150,000 D2008-TRTR-9062
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community........... WA............................ 225,000 D2008-TRTR-9063
Tetlin Village Council...................... AK............................ 225,000 D2008-TRTR-9064
The Chickasaw Nation........................ OK............................ 300,000 D2008-TRTR-9065
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation............... OK............................ 276,000 D2008-TRTR-9066
The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas................ KS............................ 25,000 D2008-TRTR-9067
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa............ ND............................ 225,000 D2008-TRTR-9068
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians... OK............................ 216,000 D2008-TRTR-9069
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska................. NE............................ 200,000 D2008-TRTR-9070
Yurok Tribe................................. CA............................ 255,489 D2008-TRTR-9071
Total Awarded........................... .............................. $12,000,000 $12,000,000
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