[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52054-52057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20952]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Bus and Bus Facilities Discretionary Program Funds
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Bus and Bus Facilities Livability program announcement of
project selections.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects funded with
Bus and Bus Facilities program funds in support of DOT's Livability
Initiative, which was announced in the Bus
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Livability Initiative notice of funding availability on December 8,
2009. The Livability Bus program makes funds available to public
transit providers to finance capital projects to replace, rehabilitate,
and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related
facilities, including programs of bus and bus-related projects for
assistance to subrecipients that are public agencies, private companies
engaged in public transportation, or private non-profit organizations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful and unsuccessful applicants
should contact the appropriate FTA Regional office (Appendix) for
specific information regarding applying for the funds or proposal
specific questions. For general program information on the Bus and Bus
Facilities program, contact Kimberly Sledge, Office of Program
Management, at (202) 366-2053, e-mail: kimberly.sledge@dot.gov, or
Henrika Buchanan-Smith, Office of Program Management, at (202) 366-
2053, e-mail: henrika.buchanan-smith@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of $162,685,618 was available for
FTA's Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative. A total of 281
applicants requested $2.1 billion, indicating significant demand for
funds. Project proposals were evaluated based on the criteria detailed
in the December 8, 2009 Notice of Funding Availability. The projects
selected and shown in Table 1 will provide mobility choices, improve
economic competitiveness, support existing communities, create
partnership and enhance the value of communities and neighborhoods.
Grantees selected for competitive discretionary funding should work
with their FTA regional office to finalize the application in FTA's
Transportation Electronic Award Management system, (TEAM) so that funds
can be obligated expeditiously. Funds must be used for the purposes
specified in the competitive application. A discretionary project
identification number has been assigned to each project for tracking
purposes and must be used in the TEAM application. Selected projects
have pre-award authority as of July 8, 2010.
Post-award reporting requirements include submission of the
Financial Federal Report and Milestone reports in TEAM as appropriate
(see FTA.C.5010.1D).
The grantee must comply with all applicable Federal statutes,
regulations, executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal
administrative requirements in carrying out the project supported by
the FTA grant. Funds allocated in this announcement must be obligated
in a grant by September 30, 2012.
Issued in Washington, DC, this 18th day of August, 2010.
Peter Rogoff,
Administrator.
Appendix
FTA Regional and Metropolitan Offices
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Mary E. Mello, Deputy Regional Robert C. Patrick, Regional
Administrator, Region 1-Boston, Administrator, Region 6-Ft. Worth,
Kendall Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 819 Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft.
920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, Worth, TX 76102, Tel. 817-978-
Tel. 617-494-2055. 0550.
States served: Connecticut, Maine, States served: Arkansas, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.
Rhode, Island, and Vermont.
Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Regional Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional
Administrator, Region 2-New York, Administrator, Region 7-Kansas
One Bowling Green, Room 429, New City, MO, 901 Locust Street, Room
York, NY 10004-1415, Tel. 212-668- 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Tel.
2170. 816-329-3920.
States served: New Jersey, New States served: Iowa, Kansas,
York. Missouri, and Nebraska.
New York Metropolitan Office,
Region 2-New York, One Bowling
Green, Room 428, New York, NY
10004-1415, Tel. 212-668-2202.
Letitia Thompson, Regional Terry Rosapep, Regional
Administrator, Region 3- Administrator, Region 8-Denver,
Philadelphia, 1760 Market Street, 12300 West Dakota Ave., Suite 310,
Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103- Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, Tel. 720-
4124, Tel. 215-656-7100. 963-3300.
States served: Delaware, Maryland, States served: Colorado, Montana,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,
Virginia, and District of and, Wyoming.
Columbia.
Philadelphia Metropolitan Office,
Region 3-Philadelphia, 1760 Market
Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia,
PA 19103-4124, Tel. 215-656-7070.
Washington, DC Metropolitan Office,
1990 K Street, NW., Room 510,
Washington, DC 20006, Tel. 202-219-
3562.
Yvette Taylor, Regional Leslie T. Rogers, Regional
Administrator, Region 4-Atlanta, Administrator, Region 9-San
230 Peachtreet Street, NW., Suite Francisco, 201 Mission Street,
800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Tel. 404- Room 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105-
865-5600. 1926, Tel. 415-744-3133.
States served: Alabama, Florida, States served: American Samoa,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii,
North, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Nevada, and the Northern Mariana
South Carolina, Tennessee, and Islands.
Virgin Islands.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Office,
Region 9-Los Angeles, 888 S.
Figueroa Street, Suite 1850, Los
Angeles, CA 90017-1850, Tel. 213-
202-3952.
Marisol Simon, Regional Rick Krochalis, Regional
Administrator, Region 5-Chicago, Administrator, Region 10-Seattle,
200 West Adams Street, Suite 320, Jackson Federal Building, 915
Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312-353- Second Avenue, Suite 3142,
2789. Seattle, WA 98174-1002, Tel. 206-
220-7954.
States served: Illinois, Indiana, States served: Alaska, Idaho,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Oregon, and Washington.
Wisconsin.
Chicago Metropolitan Office, Region
5-Chicago, 200 West Adams Street,
Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel.
312-353-2789.
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