[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 6318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3218]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[FHWA Docket No. FHWA-98-4370]


Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21); 
Implementation for the Transportation and Community and System 
Preservation Pilot Program

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA will not be soliciting fiscal year (FY) 2003 
applications for the Transportation and Community and System 
Preservation Pilot Program (TCSP) Program until the Congress completes 
action on the FY 2003 U.S. DOT Appropriations Act. In FY 2001 and FY 
2002 TCSP awards have been made to congressionally designated projects 
in the conference reports accompanying the FY 2001and FY 2002 U.S. DOT 
Appropriations Acts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Felicia B. Young, Office of Human 
Environment, Planning and Environment, (HEPH), (202) 366-0106; or Mr. 
S. Reid Alsop, Office of the Chief Counsel, HCC-30, (202) 366-1371; 
Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 
20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded using a modem 
and suitable communications software from the Government Printing 
Office's Electronic Bulletin Board Service 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/nara. Information is also 
available on the FHWA TCSP Web page: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tcsp/docs.html.

Background

    Section 1221 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(TEA-21) (Public Law 105-178, 112 Stat. 107 (1998)) established the 
Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program 
(TCSP). The TCSP provides funding for planning grants, implementation 
grants, and research to investigate and address the relationship 
between transportation and community and system preservation. The TEA-
21 authorized funding for the TCSP at the levels of $20 million in FY 
1999 and $25 million per year for FY 2000 through 2003. These funds are 
subject to the obligation limitation.
    In response to the Federal Register notices issued by the FHWA 
between FY 1999 and FY2002, a total of 1,332 applications totaling 
$906.4 million were submitted to the TCSP between FY 1999 and FY 2002 
from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico. This number includes 524 letter of intent applications in 
FY 1999, of which 35 received funding. Of the total number of submitted 
applications, 80 projects from 45 States and the District of Columbia 
received TCSP funding. The remaining 1,025 projects totaling $722.4 
million have not received TCSP funding. In FY 2001 and 2002, TCSP 
awards were made to projects designated by Congressional appropriation 
committees in the reports accompanying the U.S. DOT Appropriations Act 
for those fiscal years. See H. Rep. No. 106-940 at 108-109 (October 5, 
2000) and H.R. Conf. Rep. No. 106-1033 at 452 (December 15, 2000). 
Notwithstanding the increase in TCSP funding for FY 2002, the FHWA 
maintains an abundant number of applications for TCSP funding.
    Accordingly, in light of the number of unawarded applications and 
possible further Congressional designations in FY 2003, the FHWA does 
not intend to solicit applications for the TCSP Pilot Program until the 
Congress completes action on the FY 2003 U.S. DOT Appropriations Act.

    (Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; sec. 1221, Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 
107, 221 (1998); 49 CFR 1.48).


    Issued on: February 4, 2002.
Mary E. Peters,
Federal Highway Administrator.
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