[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61950-61951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25046]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Transfer of Federally Assisted Land or Facility

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT

ACTION: Notice of intent to transfer federally assisted land or 
facility.

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SUMMARY: Section 5334(g) of the Federal Transit Laws, as codified, 49 
U.S.C. 5301, et seq., permits the Administrator of the Federal Transit 
Administration (FTA) to authorize a recipient of FTA funds to transfer 
land or a facility to a public body for any public purpose with no 
further obligation to the Federal Government if, among other things, no 
Federal agency is interested in acquiring the asset for Federal use. 
Accordingly, FTA is issuing this Notice to advise Federal agencies that 
the City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services 
intends to transfer a vacant parcel of land without structures to 
Honolulu's Department of Facility Maintenance to use as a refueling 
station for city vehicles. The parcel was formerly used as a bus 
terminus facility and consists of approximately 12,800 square feet of 
land fronting Umi Street in Honolulu, Hawaii across the street from the 
Kalihi Shopping Center situated within an area zoned IMX-1 for 
industrial-commercial mixed use.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Any Federal agency interested in acquiring the land or 
facility must notify the FTA Region IX Office of its interest by 
November 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should notify the Regional Office by 
writing to Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit 
Administration, 201 Mission Street, Suite 2210, San Francisco, CA 
94105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Carranza, Director of Office of 
Program Management at (415) 744-3118.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    49 U.S.C. section 5334(g) provides guidance on the transfer of 
capital assets. Specifically, if a recipient of FTA assistance decides 
an asset acquired under this chapter at least in part with that 
assistance is not longer needed for the purpose for which it was 
acquired, the Secretary of Transportation may authorize the recipient 
to transfer the asset to a local government authority to be used for a 
public purpose with no further obligation to the Government. 49 U.S.C. 
section 5334(g)(1).

Determinations

    The Secretary may authorize a transfer for a public purpose other 
than mass transportation only if the Secretary decides:
    (A) The asset will remain in public use for at least 5 years after 
the date the asset is transferred;
    (B) There is no purpose eligible for assistance under this chapter 
for which the asset should be used;
    (C) The overall benefit of allowing the transfer is greater than 
the interest of the Government in liquidation and return of the 
financial interest of the Government in the asset, after considering 
fair market value and other factors; and
    (D) Through an appropriate screening or survey process, that there 
is no interest in acquiring the asset for Government use if the asset 
is a facility or land.

Federal Interest in Acquiring Land or Facility

    This document implements the requirements of 49 U.S.C. section 
5334(G)(1)(D) of the Federal Transit Laws. Accordingly, FTA hereby 
provides notice of the availability of the land or facility further 
described below. Any Federal agency interested in acquiring the 
affected land or facility should promptly notify the FTA.
    If no Federal agency is interested in acquiring the existing land 
or facility, FTA will make certain that the other requirements 
specified in 49 U.S.C. section 5334(g)(1)(A) through (C) are met before 
permitting the asset to be transferred.

Additional Description of Land or Facility

    The property is an unused, vacant but terminus, consisting of an 
approximately 12,800 square foot parcel of land fronting Umi Street in 
Honolulu, Hawaii. The property is situated within an area zoned IMX-1 
for industrial-commercial mixed use. The parcel is located across the 
street from the Kalihi Shopping Center and a one-family housing unit. A 
one-family housing unit to the north and Verizon Hawaii's property to 
the east and south border it. Office buildings are on Verizon Hawaii's 
site.
    The Umi Street property was previously used as a municipal transit 
bus terminus. It is presently vacant without any building structures. 
An existing concrete pavement bus turnaround driveway is situated on 
the front half of the property. The concrete pavement is in good 
condition. The rear portion of the parcel does not have any 
improvements and is overgrown with vegetation. The property frontage 
along Umi Street is open. A concrete block wall and chain link fence 
separates the property's perimeter adjoining the residential and 
Verizon Hawaii properties.

    Issued on: September 16, 2002.
Leslie T. Rogers,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 02-25046 Filed 10-1-02; 8:45 am]
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