[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19599-19600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5594]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


TIFIA Program Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

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ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The DOT seeks views on regulatory implementation of changes 
made by SAFETEA-LU to the TIFIA statute. All interested persons are 
invited to offer views at two public meetings.

DATES: The first public meeting will be held on April 21, 2006, in San 
Francisco, CA, beginning at 9 a.m. The second public meeting will be 
held on April 25, 2006, in New York, NY, beginning at 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The first public meeting will be held at the Omni San 
Francisco Hotel, 500 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. The 
second public meeting will be held at the Marriott Financial Center, 85 
West Street, New York, NY 10006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Clarke Brown, (202) 366-6813, 
[email protected]; Mark Sullivan, (202) 366-5785, 
[email protected]. TIFIA Joint Program Office, Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: a Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) (Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144), 
enacted in 2005, made certain changes to the Transportation 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA), originally 
established in 1998 by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (TEA-21). The Department of Transportation is beginning a 
rulemaking to implement those 2005 statutory changes, as well as to 
make other changes to the current TIFIA rule. The DOT plans to publish 
a notice of proposed rulemaking later this year. Prior to publication 
of the proposed rule, the DOT seeks information and views from the 
public that might assist it in developing the proposed rule.

Public Meetings

    The DOT invites participation in these meetings by all those 
interested in the TIFIA program, including but not limited to public 
officials, private citizens, bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, 
and officials of rating agencies, bond insurers, project developers and 
engineering and construction companies. Views on all aspects of TIFIA 
regulatory implementation, both changes required by the 2005 SAFTEA-LU 
amendments and recommended or needed changes to the existing rule, are 
welcome. Meeting proceedings will be recorded. Written submissions are 
welcome, although not required for participation. The DOT is 
particularly interested in comments pertaining to the changes SAFETEA-
LU made in the TIFIA statute.
    The DOT expects each meeting to last approximately three hours. No 
pre-registration is required for participation.

    Issued on: April 10, 2006.
A. Thomas Park,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-5594 Filed 4-13-06; 8:45 am]
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