[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45359-45361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21723]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and 
Federally-Assisted Programs; Fixed Payment for Moving Expenses; 
Residential Moves

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to publish changes in the 
residential moving expense and dislocation allowance schedule for the 
States and Territories of Alabama, American Samoa, California, 
Colorado, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, 
Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New 
Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, North 
Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, 
Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming as provided for 
by Section 202(b) of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. The Uniform Act applies to 
all programs or projects undertaken by Federal agencies or with Federal 
financial assistance that cause the displacement of any person.

DATE: The provisions of this notice are effective September 27, 2001, 
or on such earlier date as an agency elects to begin operating under 
this schedule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald E. Fannin, Office of Real 
Estate Services, (202) 366-2042, email address: 
[email protected]; or Reid Alsop, Office of the Chief Counsel, 
(202) 366-2043, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p. 
m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded by using a 
computer, modem and suitable communications software from the 
Government Printing Office's Electronic Bulletin Board Services at 
(202) 512-1661. Internet users may reach the Office of the Federal 
Register's home page at: http://www.nara.gov/fedreg and the Government 
Printing Office's database at: http://www.access.gpo.gov.

Background

    The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquistion 
Policies Act of 1970, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4601-4655, established a 
program, which includes the payment of moving and related expenses, to 
assist persons who move because of Federal or federally assisted 
projects. The FHWA is the lead agency for implementing the provisions 
of the Uniform Act, and has issued government-wide implementing 
regulations at 49 CFR part 24. The government-wide regulations also 
apply to other agencies within the U.S. DOT that are covered by the 
Uniform Act.
    The following 17 Federal departments and agencies have, by cross-
reference, adopted the government-wide regulations:

Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
General Services Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority

    Section 202(b) of the Uniform Act provides that as an alternative 
to being paid for actual moving and related expenses, a displaced 
individual or family may elect payment for moving expenses on the basis 
of a moving expense schedule established by the head of the lead 
agency. The government-wide regulations at 49 CFR 24.302 provide that 
the FHWA will develop, approve, maintain and update this schedule, as 
appropriate.
    The purpose of this notice is to update the schedule published on 
December 12, 1996 (61 FR 65425). The schedule is being updated to 
reflect the increased costs associated with moving personal property 
and is developed from data provided by State highway agencies. This 
update increases the schedule amounts in the States and Territories of 
Alabama, American Samoa, California, Colorado, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, 
Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North 
Carolina, North Dakota, North Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, 
and Wyoming. The following exceptions and limitations apply to this 
schedule:
    1. The expense and dislocation allowance provided to a person who 
is an occupant of a dormitory style room shared by two or more other 
unrelated persons, and whose residential move is performed by an agency 
at no cost to the person, is limited to $50.00. (Several States have 
requested that in such a case the allowance be increased to $100.00. 
The $50.00 limit cannot be revised or eliminated by this notice because 
it is established by regulation (49 CFR 24.302). However, we note that 
State agencies may request a waiver of the $50.00 limit on a case-by-
case basis pursuant to 49 CFR 24.7.)
    2. An occupant will be paid on an actual cost basis for moving his 
or her mobile home from the displacement site. In addition, a 
reasonable payment to the occupant for packing and securing property 
for the move may be paid at the agency's discretion.
    3. An occupant who moves from a mobile home may be paid for the 
removal of personal property from the mobile home in accordance with 
the moving and dislocation allowance payment schedule.
    The schedule continues to be based on the ``number of rooms of 
furniture'' owned by a displaced individual or family and was developed 
from data provided by State highway agencies. In the interest of 
fairness and accuracy, and to encourage the use of the schedule (and 
thereby simplify the computation and payment of moving expenses), an

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agency should increase the room count for the purpose of applying the 
schedule if the amount of possessions in a single room or space 
actually constitutes more than the normal contents of one room of 
furniture or other personal property. For example, a basement may count 
as two rooms if the equivalent of two rooms worth of possessions are 
located in the basement. In addition, an agency may elect to pay for 
items stored outside the dwelling unit by adding the appropriate number 
of rooms.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4622(b) and 4633(b); 49 CFR 1.48 and 
24.302.

    Issued on: August 22, 2001.
Vincent F. Schimmoller,
Deputy Executive Director.

    Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act--Residential Moving Expenses and Dislocation allowance Payment Schedule
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                                                                       Occupant owns furniture (1) and (2)                             Occupant does not
                                           ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  own furniture (3)
                                                                      Number of rooms of funiture                                    -------------------
                   State                   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Each     1 room
                                                                                                                             addit'l     not     Addit'l
                                             1  room  2  rooms  3  rooms  4  rooms  5  rooms  6  rooms  7  rooms  8  rooms    room      furn.     room
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Alabama...................................       400       525       650       775       900      1025      1150      1275       125       300        50
Alaska....................................       525       750       975      1200      1400      1575      1750      1925       150       350        50
American Samoa............................       282       395       508       621       706       790       875       960        85       226        28
Arizona...................................       500       600       700       800       900      1000      1100      1220       100       300        50
Arkansas..................................       250       350       450       550       625       700       775       850        75       200        25
California................................       575       750       925      1100      1325      1550      1775      2000       200       375        60
Colorado..................................       400       550       700       850      1000      1150      1300      1450       150       300        50
Connecticut...............................       250       400       550       650       750       850       950      1050       100       225        35
Delaware..................................       250       400       550       650       750       850       950      1050       100       225        35
DC........................................       250       400       550       650       750       850       950      1050       100       225        35
Florida...................................       500       650       825      1000      1150      1300      1450      1600       150       400        75
Georgia...................................       450       650       850      1000      1220      1350      1500      1600       125       250        35
Guam......................................       282       395       508       621       706       790       875       960        85       226        28
Hawaii....................................       550       900      1250      1550      1850      2100      2350      2600       200       300       100
Idaho.....................................       400       550       700       850       950      1050      1150      1250       100       300        50
Illinois..................................       400       550       700       800       900      1000      1100      1220       100       325        35
Indiana...................................       250       400       550       650       750       850       950      1050       100       225        35
Iowa......................................       550       700       800       900      1000      1100      1220      1300       125       250        25
Kansas....................................       300       500       700       850       900      1000      1100      1220       150       250        50
Kentucky..................................       450       620       790       960      1130      1300      1470      1640       170       350        50
Louisiana.................................       250       350       450       550       625       700       775       850        75       200        25
Maine.....................................       350       450       550       650       725       800       875       950        75       200        25
Maryland..................................       350       500       650       800       925      1050      1175      1300       100       225        35
Massachusetts.............................       250       400       550       650       750       850       950      1050       100       225        35
Michigan..................................       425       625       825       900      1025      1150      1300      1400       200       375       100
Minnesota.................................       400       550       700       850      1000      1150      1300      1400       100       275        50
Mississippi...............................       400       500       600       700       800       900      1000      1100       100       300        50
Missouri..................................       500       600       700       800       900      1000      1100      1220       100       300        50
Montana...................................       325       450       575       725       825       900      1000      1100       100       250        35
Nebraska..................................       345       485       620       760       865       965      1070      1175       105       275        35
Nevada....................................       360       540       720       900      1080      1260      1440      1620       180       300        60
New Hampshire.............................       450       600       750       900      1050      1220      1350      1500       150       200       150
New Jersey................................       350       500       700       850      1000      1150      1250      1400       250       225        35
New Mexico................................       400       650       880      1040      1220      1360      1520      1680       160       360        55
New York..................................       400       550       700       850      1000      1150      1300      1450       150       300       100
North Carolina............................       350       500       650       750       850       950      1050      1150       150       250        50
North Dakota..............................       350       500       650       775       900      1025      1100      1225       125       300        45
N. Mariana Is.............................       282       395       508       621       706       790       875       960        85       226        28
Ohio......................................       400       600       800       950      1100      1250      1400      1550       150       250        50
Oklahoma..................................       450       600       750       900      1025      1150      1275      1400       100       300        50
Oregon....................................       350       500       700       900      1075      1250      1425      1600       175       300        50
Pennsylvania..............................       250       400       550       650       750       850       950      1050       100       225        35
Puerto Rico...............................       250       350       450       550       625       700       775       850        75       200        25
Rhode Island..............................       400       500       600       700       800       900      1000      1100       100       300        25
South Carolina............................       550       625       850      1000      1220      1350      1475      1650       150       400        50
South Dakota..............................       350       500       650       800       900      1220      1400      1600       200       300        40
Tennessee.................................       450       600       750       900      1050      1220      1350      1500       150       300        50
Texas.....................................       350       500       650       800       950      1050      1150      1250       100       300        50
Utah......................................       250       350       450       550       625       700       775       850        75       200        25
Vermont...................................       350       500       650       800       950      1050      1150      1250       100       300        50
Virgin Islands............................       250       350       450       550       625       700       775       850        75       200        25
Virginia..................................       300       500       600       700       800       900      1000      1100       100       225        35
Washington................................       450       600       750       900      1050      1220      1350      1500       150       300        50
West Virginia.............................       500       650       775       900      1075      1225      1350      1500       150       225        35
Wisconsin.................................       350       500       650       750       850       950      1050      1150       125       325        60
Wyoming...................................       300       400       500       600       700       800       900      1000       100       200       35
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Exceptions: See exceptions and limitations Paragraphs 1-3 on page 4.



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[FR Doc. 01-21723 Filed 8-27-01; 8:45 am]
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