[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32463]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


FTA Fiscal Year 2000 Apportionments, Allocations and Program 
Information; Notice of Changes and Corrections

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; Changes and Corrections.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces changes to program 
allocations previously published in the Department of Transportation, 
Federal Transit Administration Notice entitled ``FTA Fiscal Year 2000 
Apportionments, Allocations and Program Information; Notice,'' dated 
October 28, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Levine, Director, Office of 
Resource Management and State Programs, at (202) 366-2053.

I. Changes to FTA FY 2000 New Starts and Bus Allocations

    On November 29, 1999, President Clinton signed into law the Fiscal 
Year (FY) 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 106-113). One 
provision of the Act provides for an across the board, Government-wide 
reduction in spending of the discretionary budget authority for FY 
2000. A second provision, makes available $6 million from the Mass 
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for new transit projects.
    The FY 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act requires a government-
wide reduction of 0.38 percent. The actual amount of reductions may 
vary among programs. The Federal transit share of this reduction totals 
$17.6 million. Since the formula programs provide the primary sources 
of Federal transit assistance, are distributed to all states and 
urbanized areas, and have already been used by grantees to develop 
plans for FY 2000, no reductions will be assessed against these 
programs. No reduction is being assessed against the Job Access and 
Reverse Commute program so as not to hinder progress in welfare reform, 
a national priority. Thus, the congressionally mandated $17.6 million 
reduction is being taken from the New Starts and Bus programs under the 
Capital Investment Grants account and the National Research program 
under the Transit Planning and Research account resulting in a net 
reduction of 1.15 percent in each of these accounts. FTA published a 
Federal Register Notice dated October 28, 1999 (64 FR 58211-58263) 
which included the allocations for projects under these programs as 
contained in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Pub. L. 106-69). The revised 
allocations for the New Starts Program (Table 8) and the Bus Program 
(Table 9) are contained in amendments to Tables 8 and 9 which may be 
found on the FTA website at: [http://www.fta.dot.gov/office/program/
aa.htm]. An additional table displays the project specific adjustments 
made under the National Research program.
    The new projects specified under the FY 2000 Consolidated 
Appropriations Act are listed below and in the Table 9 amendment. These 
projects were not subject to the 1.15 percent reduction, but three-
fourths percent for oversight has been deducted, in accordance with 
Section 5327 of 49 U.S.C.

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                     State and project                        Allocation
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AK: Anchorage, Alaska 2001 Special Olympics Winter Games      $2,481,250
 buses and bus facilities..................................
CA: Santa, Clarita, California bus maintenance facility....      744,675
MN: Twin Cities, Minnesota metropolitan buses and bus          1,736,875
 facilities................................................
NE: Lincoln, Nebraska bus maintenance facility.............      992,500
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    Total Allocation.......................................    5,955,000
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II. Corrections

FTA Correction

    A. In TABLE 10, Federal Transit Administration, FY 2000 JOB ACCESS 
AND REVERSE COMMUTE PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS, on page 58258, the State 
designation for the ``Central Kenai peninsula public transportation 
task force,'' project was incorrectly identified as ``GA'' (Georgia). 
The correct State designation is ``AK'' (Alaska).
    B. In Table 9 on page 58247-58248:
    1. The figure for ``Cedar Rapids intermodal facility'' project 
amended to read $3,340,000--a reduction of $160,000;
    2. Added new project: ``Iowa--Mason City, bus facility'' for 
$160,000;
    3. Changed project description for ``Colorado Association of 
Transit Agencies'' project to ``Colorado buses and bus facilities'';
    4. Changed project description for ``Kansas Public Transit 
Association buses and bus facilities'' project to ``Kansas buses and 
bus facilities''.

    Issued on: December 9, 1999.
Nuria I. Fernandez,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-32463 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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