[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53740-53745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15095]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program 
announcement of Project Selections.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit 
Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects to be funded 
under Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations for the Alternative 
Transportation in Parks and Public Lands (ATPPL) program, authorized by 
Section 3021 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act--A Legacy for Users of 2005 (SAFETEA-LU) and 
codified in 49 U.S.C. 5320. The ATPPL program funds capital and 
planning expenses for alternative transportation systems in parks and 
public lands. Federal land management agencies and State, tribal and 
local governments acting with the consent of a Federal land management 
agency are eligible recipients. This is the first year of the ATPPL 
program. Funding is authorized for this program through FY 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project sponsors who are State, local, 
or tribal entities may contact the appropriate FTA Regional 
Administrator (See Appendix A) for grant-specific issues. Project 
sponsors who are a Federal land management agency or a specific unit of 
a Federal land management agency should work with the contact listed 
below at their headquarters office to coordinate the availability of 
funds to that unit.
     Bureau of Land Management: Linda Force, [email protected], 202-557-3567.
     Fish and Wildlife Service: Nathan Caldwell, [email protected], 703-358-2376.
     Forest Service: Ellen LaFayette, [email protected], 
703-605-4509.
     National Park Service: Kevin Percival, [email protected], 303-969-2429.
    For general information about the Alternative Transportation in the 
Parks and Public Lands program, please contact Tina Hodges, Office of 
Budget and Policy, Federal Transit Administration, [email protected], 
202-366-4287.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of $21,780,000 was appropriated for 
FTA's Alternative Transportation in the Parks and Public Lands program 
in Fiscal

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Year (FY) 2006. Of this amount, a minimum of $19,503,990 was available 
for project awards; $108,900 was reserved for oversight activities; and 
up to $2,167,110 was available for planning, technical assistance, 
research. A total of 78 applicants requested $40.5 million, 
approximately twice the amount available for projects, indicating high 
competition for funds. An interagency technical review committee 
evaluated the project proposals based on the criteria defined in 49 
U.S.C. 5320(g)(2). Then, as specified in Section 5320(g), the Secretary 
of the Interior's designee determined the final selection of projects 
after consultation with and in cooperation with the Secretary of 
Transportation's designee. For FY 2006, the program will fund 42 
projects totaling $19,631,170.
    The goals of the program are to conserve natural, historical, and 
cultural resources; reduce congestion and pollution; improve visitor 
mobility and accessibility; enhance visitor experience; and ensure 
access to all, including persons with disabilities through alternative 
transportation projects. The projects selected for funding in FY 2006 
represent a diverse set of capital and planning projects across the 
country, ranging from bus purchases to a ferry dock.

                                                                         Awards
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                                                                                                                                              FY 2006
             State                Public land unit         Agency         Funding recipient    Type of project     Project description        funding
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AK.............................  Chugach National    Forest Service....  Alaska Railroad...  Railroad..........  Purchase Diesel              $4,700,000
                                  Forest.                                                                         Multiple Unit Rail
                                                                                                                  vehicles to provide
                                                                                                                  rail service to
                                                                                                                  recreation areas in
                                                                                                                  Chugach National
                                                                                                                  Forest.
AK.............................  Glacier Bay         National Park       State of Alaska...  Boat Dock.........  Replace the existing          1,200,000
                                  National Park and   Service.                                                    passenger and freight
                                  Preserve.                                                                       dock.
AZ.............................  Grand Canyon        National Park       National Park       Bus...............  Rebuild the Hermits             733,050
                                  National Park.      Service.            Service.                                Road Shuttle Bus
                                                                                                                  transfer area.
CA.............................  Inyo National       Forest Service....  Forest Service....  Planning Study....  Feasibility study for           167,000
                                  Forest, Devils                                                                  implementation of a
                                  Postpile National                                                               sustainable
                                  Monument.                                                                       transportation system
                                                                                                                  for Reds Meadow/Devils
                                                                                                                  Postpile.
CA.............................  Muir Woods          National Park       National Park       Intelligent         Design and build                490,000
                                  National Monument/  Service.            Service.            Transportation      electronic warning
                                  Golden Gate                                                 System.             signs, traffic
                                  National                                                                        counters, highway
                                  Recreation Area.                                                                advisory radio, web
                                                                                                                  cameras, a centralized
                                                                                                                  management software
                                                                                                                  package, and other
                                                                                                                  equipment as necessary.
CA.............................  Muir Woods          National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Secure consultant               500,000
                                  National Monument/  Service.            Service.                                services for planning
                                  Golden Gate                                                                     effort to address
                                  National                                                                        visitor access issues
                                  Recreation Area.                                                                at Muir Woods National
                                                                                                                  Monument (managed by
                                                                                                                  Golden Gate National
                                                                                                                  Recreation Area).
CA.............................  Point Reyes         National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Fund an implementation          175,000
                                  National Seashore.  Service.            Service.                                feasibility study and
                                                                                                                  financial plan for the
                                                                                                                  upgrade of an existing
                                                                                                                  park shuttle system to
                                                                                                                  an alternate-fuel
                                                                                                                  system for the heavily
                                                                                                                  visited Point Reyes
                                                                                                                  Headlands.
CA.............................  San Francisco       National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Planning to extend San          300,000
                                  Maritime National   Service.            Service.                                Francisco Municipal
                                  Historical Park                                                                 Railway's Historic
                                  and Golden Gate                                                                 streetcars from
                                  National                                                                        Fisherman's Wharf 0.85
                                  Recreation Area.                                                                mile to San Francisco
                                                                                                                  Maritime National
                                                                                                                  Historic Park and the
                                                                                                                  Fort Mason Center at
                                                                                                                  Golden Gate Nat'l
                                                                                                                  Recreation Area.
CA.............................  Sequoia and Kings   National Park       National Park       Bus...............  Lease busses for the            165,000
                                  Canyon National     Service.            Service.                                Giant Forest Shuttle
                                  Park.                                                                           and Gateway Shuttle
                                                                                                                  Link to connect key
                                                                                                                  sites within Sequoia
                                                                                                                  National Park lodging,
                                                                                                                  camping, food service
                                                                                                                  facilities, popular
                                                                                                                  day use trails, and
                                                                                                                  features of the world-
                                                                                                                  famous Giant Forest
                                                                                                                  Sequoia grove.
CA.............................  Sequoia and Kings   National Park       City of Visalia...  Bus...............  Purchase five shuttle           400,000
                                  Canyon National     Service.                                                    busses for the City of
                                  Park.                                                                           Visalia to run a new
                                                                                                                  service from the San
                                                                                                                  Joaquin Valley to
                                                                                                                  popular Sequoia
                                                                                                                  National Park.
CA.............................  Yosemite National   National Park       Yosemite Area       Park and Ride Lot.  Construct two park and          582,579
                                  Park.               Service.            Regional Transit                        ride lots to allow
                                                                          System (YARTS).                         visitors to park and
                                                                                                                  use the YARTS service
                                                                                                                  to access the national
                                                                                                                  park, mitigating
                                                                                                                  congestion within the
                                                                                                                  park.

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CA.............................  Yosemite National   National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Update traffic,                 486,000
                                  park.               Service.            Service.                                transit, parking, and
                                                                                                                  intersection counts;
                                                                                                                  (2) update existing
                                                                                                                  trip tables; (3)
                                                                                                                  update and complete
                                                                                                                  computer models; (4)
                                                                                                                  evaluate the
                                                                                                                  relationships between
                                                                                                                  transportation and
                                                                                                                  park experience; (5)
                                                                                                                  correlate visitor
                                                                                                                  experience with
                                                                                                                  traffic data.
CO.............................  Mesa Verde          National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Fund the remaining               57,868
                                  National Park.      Service.            Service.                                planning tasks and
                                                                                                                  allow the
                                                                                                                  Transportation Plan to
                                                                                                                  be completed in early
                                                                                                                  2007.
CO.............................  Rocky Mountain      Fish and Wildlife   City of Commerce    Planning Study....  Conduct a shuttle                40,000
                                  Arsenal National    Service.            City.                                   feasibility study that
                                  Wildlife Refuge.                                                                would determine if a
                                                                                                                  shuttle is needed.
CO.............................  The Maroon Bells--  Forest Service....  Roaring Forks       Bus...............  Purchase four buses to        1,680,000
                                  Snowmass                                Transit Authority.                      expand transit service
                                  Wilderness Area,                                                                to visitors.
                                  White River
                                  National Forest,
                                  Colorado.
FL.............................  Ding Darling        Fish and Wildlife   Lee County Transit  Planning Study....  Planning, technical             700,000
                                  National Wildlife   Service.                                                    analyses, and
                                  Refuge.                                                                         coordination of
                                                                                                                  transportation system.
HI.............................  Hawaii Volcanoes    National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Data collection/studies         120,000
                                  National Park.      Service.            Service.                                and resource surveys
                                                                                                                  for potential
                                                                                                                  alternative
                                                                                                                  transportation system
                                                                                                                  along two primary
                                                                                                                  roads where congestion
                                                                                                                  and over-crowding are
                                                                                                                  causing resource
                                                                                                                  damage and
                                                                                                                  compromising visitor
                                                                                                                  safety and experience.
ID, WY.........................  Grand Teton         National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Create a Public                  99,934
                                  National Park.      Service.            Service.                                Transportation
                                                                                                                  Business Plan for
                                                                                                                  public transportation
                                                                                                                  service in Grand Teton
                                                                                                                  National Park.
IL.............................  Midewin National    Forest Service....  Forest Service....  Planning Study....  Develop an alternative          256,600
                                  Tallgrass Prairie.                                                              transportation system
                                                                                                                  plan for the prairie.
KS.............................  Tall Grass Prairie  National Park       National Park       Bus...............  Replace two existing            280,000
                                  National Preserve.  Service.            Service.                                buses used for park
                                                                                                                  tours.
MA.............................  Cape Cod National   National Park       Cape Cod Regional   Bus/Intelligent     Purchase ITS                    175,000
                                  Seashore.           Service.            Transit Authority.  Transportation      communication
                                                                                              System.             equipment to allow
                                                                                                                  timed transfers and
                                                                                                                  coordination of local
                                                                                                                  transit service.
MA.............................  Cape Cod National   National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Define the needs and            200,000
                                  Seashore.           Service.            Service.                                evaluate alternative
                                                                                                                  satellite maintenance/
                                                                                                                  storage sites for a
                                                                                                                  transit service to be
                                                                                                                  implemented.
MA.............................  Cape Cod National   National Park       National Park       Tram..............  Replace three trailers          400,000
                                  Seashore.           Service.            Service.                                for trams to transport
                                                                                                                  visitors to
                                                                                                                  destinations within
                                                                                                                  and near the National
                                                                                                                  Seashore.
MA.............................  Lowell National     National Park       National Park       Railroad..........  Address safety issues:          338,000
                                  Historical Park.    Service.            Service.                                (1) signalization of
                                                                                                                  grade crossings, (2)
                                                                                                                  rehabilitate trolley
                                                                                                                  bridge, (3) replace
                                                                                                                  deteriorated railroad
                                                                                                                  ties and substandard
                                                                                                                  rails.
MA.............................  Parker River        Fish and Wildlife   Essex National      Planning Study....  Develop a plan to                95,000
                                  National Wildlife   Service.            Heritage                                complete safe, off-
                                  Refuge, Essex                           Commission.                             road connections
                                  County National                                                                 between the
                                  Heritage Area, MA                                                               Newburyport MBTA
                                  DCR Sandy Point.                                                                Transit Center, the
                                                                                                                  Refuge Headquarters
                                                                                                                  and the Refuge.
MD.............................  Patuxent Research   Fish and Wildlife   Fish and Wildlife   Tram..............  Rehabilitate existing           108,639
                                  Refuge.             Service.            Service.                                prototype electric
                                                                                                                  tram and tram tour
                                                                                                                  route.

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ME.............................  Acadia National     National Park       Maine Department    Bus...............  Purchase two vans with          120,000
                                  Park.               Service.            of Transportation.                      trailers for bicycles
                                                                                                                  for Acadia's Island
                                                                                                                  Explorer transit
                                                                                                                  system, allowing
                                                                                                                  visitors to better
                                                                                                                  access recreation
                                                                                                                  opportunities in the
                                                                                                                  park without private
                                                                                                                  cars.
ME.............................  Acadia National     National Park       Maine Department    Bus...............  Replace eight propane         1,400,000
                                  Park.               Service.            of Transportation.                      powered buses for
                                                                                                                  Acadia's Island
                                                                                                                  Explorer transit
                                                                                                                  system, which connects
                                                                                                                  visitor destinations
                                                                                                                  in the park with
                                                                                                                  campgrounds, motels,
                                                                                                                  and community business
                                                                                                                  districts.
NJ.............................  Gateway National    National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Fund a planning study           150,000
                                  Recreation Area--   Service.            Service.                                to assess needs and
                                  Sandy Hook.                                                                     establish a set of
                                                                                                                  integrated intelligent
                                                                                                                  transportation system
                                                                                                                  (ITS) parking/
                                                                                                                  traveling information
                                                                                                                  systems requirements.
NY.............................  Roosevelt-          National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Design a three-year              68,000
                                  Vanderbilt          Service.            Service.                                phased field-test of
                                  National Historic                                                               an alternative
                                  Sites.                                                                          transportation system
                                                                                                                  that links the four
                                                                                                                  park sites with the
                                                                                                                  Town Center and the
                                                                                                                  Poughkeepsie Train
                                                                                                                  Station; structure a
                                                                                                                  regional ATS
                                                                                                                  partnership.
OH.............................  Cuyahoga Valley     National Park       National Park       Design............  Prepare design                  170,000
                                  National Park.      Service.            Service.                                documents to allow for
                                                                                                                  upgrade of railroad
                                                                                                                  signals at grade
                                                                                                                  crossings of Cuyahoga
                                                                                                                  Valley Scenic Railroad.
OH.............................  Cuyahoga Valley     National Park       National Park       Design............  Develop plans to                185,000
                                  National Park.      Service.            Service.                                rehabilitate existing
                                                                                                                  rail in Cuyahoga
                                                                                                                  National Park.
OH.............................  Cuyahoga Valley     National Park       National Park       Maintenance         Purchase a railroad             170,000
                                  National Park.      Service.            Service.            Vehicle.            maintenance vehicle to
                                                                                                                  maintain 51 miles of
                                                                                                                  railroad track.
OH.............................  Cuyahoga Valley     National Park       Cuyahoga Valley     Railroad..........  Purchase an additional          373,000
                                  National Park.      Service.            Scenic Railroad.                        ADA accessible railcar.
OR.............................  Lewis and Clark     National Park       Sunset Empire       Bus...............  Fund shuttle bus                 50,000
                                  National            Service.            Transportation                          leasing from the
                                  Historical Park.                        District.                               park's partner, Sunset
                                                                                                                  Empire Transit
                                                                                                                  District.
OR.............................  Mt. Hood National   Forest Service....  Oregon Department   Planning Study....  Planning for a new              100,000
                                  Forest.                                 of Transportation.                      alternative
                                                                                                                  transportation system
                                                                                                                  to provide
                                                                                                                  transportation to and
                                                                                                                  within Mt. Hood
                                                                                                                  National Forest in
                                                                                                                  order to reduce
                                                                                                                  congestion on U.S.
                                                                                                                  Highway 26.
PR.............................  San Juan National   National Park       Codevisa Transit    Bus...............  Purchase two small              640,000
                                  Historic Site.      Service.            with municipality                       trams that would be
                                                                          of San Juan.                            operated by the
                                                                                                                  municipality of San
                                                                                                                  Juan to provide
                                                                                                                  transportation between
                                                                                                                  the two forts.
TX.............................  Santa Ana National  Fish and Wildlife   Fish and Wildlife   Bus...............  Replace current tram at         510,000
                                  Wildlife Refuge.    Service.            Service.                                Santa Ana National
                                                                                                                  Wildlife Refuge.
VA.............................  Back Bay National   Fish and Wildlife   Fish and Wildlife   Bus...............  Purchase two                    160,000
                                  Wildlife Refuge.    Service.            Service.                                alternative-fueled
                                                                                                                  specialty trams that
                                                                                                                  will replace the
                                                                                                                  antiquated tram system
                                                                                                                  presently used to
                                                                                                                  transport visitors
                                                                                                                  through Back Bay
                                                                                                                  National Wildlife
                                                                                                                  Refuge to adjoining
                                                                                                                  False Cape State Park.
VA.............................  Shenandoah          National Park       National Park       Bus...............  Purchase an ADA                  60,000
                                  National Park.      Service.            Service.                                accessible bus to
                                                                                                                  replace existing
                                                                                                                  leased vehicle.
VT.............................  Marsh-Billing-      National Park       National Park       Planning Study....  Perform a fiscal                 78,500
                                  Rockefeller         Service.            Service.                                analysis study that
                                  National                                                                        will investigate a
                                  Historical Park                                                                 system to shuttle
                                  and Town of                                                                     visitors, including
                                  Woodstock.                                                                      elderly and mobility
                                                                                                                  impaired, from points
                                                                                                                  within the Woodstock
                                                                                                                  community to the park
                                                                                                                  visitor center.

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WA.............................  North Cascades      National Park       National Park       Bus...............  Purchase 4 buses to             947,000
                                  National Park.      Service.            Service.                                replace old buses that
                                                                                                                  transport visitors
                                                                                                                  within the Lake Chelan
                                                                                                                  National Recreation
                                                                                                                  Area.
 
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    Total......................  ..................  ..................  ..................  ..................  .......................     $19,631,170
 
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Applying for Funds

    Recipients who are State or local government entities will be 
required to apply for ATPPL funds electronically through FTA's 
electronic grant award and management system, TEAM. The content of 
these grant applications must reflect the approved proposal. (Note: 
Applications for the ATPPL program do not require Department of Labor 
Certification.) Upon grant award, payments to grantees will be made by 
electronic transfer to the grantee's financial institution through the 
Electronic Clearing House Operation (ECHO) system. Staff in FTA's 
Regional offices are available to assist applicants.
    Recipients who are Federal land management agencies will be 
required to enter into an interagency agreement with FTA. FTA will 
administer one interagency agreement with each Federal land management 
agency receiving funding through the program for all of that agency's 
projects. Individual units of Federal land management agencies should 
work with the contact at their headquarters office listed above to 
coordinate the availability of funds to that unit.

Program Requirements

    Section 5320 requires funding recipients to meet certain 
requirements. For FY 2006, FTA has developed interim requirements that 
reflect existing statutory and regulatory provisions. These can be 
found in the document ``Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public 
Lands Program: Requirements for Recipients of FY 2006 Funding'' 
available at http://www.fta.dot.gov/atppl. These requirements are 
incorporated into the grant agreements and inter-agency agreements used 
to fund the selected projects.

Pre-Award Authority

    Pre-award authority allows an agency that will receive a grant or 
interagency agreement to incur certain project costs prior to receipt 
of the grant or interagency agreement and retain eligibility of the 
costs for subsequent reimbursement after the grant or agreement is 
approved. The recipient assumes all risk and is responsible for 
ensuring that all conditions are met to retain eligibility, including 
compliance with Federal requirements such as the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA), SAFETEA-LU planning requirements, and provisions 
established in the grant contract or Interagency Agreement. This 
automatic pre-award spending authority, when triggered, permits a 
grantee to incur costs on an eligible transit capital or planning 
project without prejudice to possible future Federal participation in 
the cost of the project or projects. Under the authority provided in 49 
U.S.C. 5320(h), FTA is extending pre-award authority for FY 2006 ATTPL 
projects effective as of August 28, 2006, when the projects were 
publicly announced.
    The conditions under which pre-award authority may be utilized are 
specified below:
    a. Pre-award authority is not a legal or implied commitment that 
the project(s) will be approved for FTA assistance or that FTA will 
obligate Federal funds. Furthermore, it is not a legal or implied 
commitment that all items undertaken by the applicant will be eligible 
for inclusion in the project(s).
    b. All FTA statutory, procedural, and contractual requirements must 
be met.
    c. No action will be taken by the grantee that prejudices the legal 
and administrative findings that the Federal Transit Administrator must 
make in order to approve a project.
    d. Local funds expended pursuant to this pre-award authority will 
be eligible for reimbursement if FTA later makes a grant or interagency 
agreement for the project(s). Local funds expended by the grantee prior 
to August 28, 2006 will not be eligible for credit toward local match 
or reimbursement. Furthermore, the expenditure of local funds on 
activities such as land acquisition, demolition, or construction, prior 
to the completion of the NEPA process, would compromise FTA's ability 
to comply with Federal environmental laws and may render the project 
ineligible for FTA funding.
    e. When a grant for the project is subsequently awarded, the 
Financial Status Report, in TEAM-Web, must indicate the use of pre-
award authority, and the pre-award item in the project information 
section of TEAM should be marked ``yes.''

Reporting Requirements

    All recipients must submit quarterly milestone/progress reports to 
FTA containing the following information:
    (1) Narrative description of project(s); and,
    (2) discussion of all budget and schedule changes.
    State and local government entities should submit this information 
through FTA's TEAM grants management system.
    The headquarters office for each Federal land management agency 
should collect a quarterly report for each of the projects delineated 
in the interagency agreement and then send these reports (preferably by 
e-mail) to Henrika Buchanan-Smith, FTA Office of Transit Programs, 
[email protected]; 202-366-2053; 400 7th St., SW., Room 
9315; Washington, DC 20590. Examples can be found on the program Web 
site at http://www.fta.dot.gov/atppl. The quarterly reports are due to 
FTA on the dates noted below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Quarter                   Covering             Due date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1st Quarter Report.............  October 1-December  January 31.
                                  31.
2nd Quarter Report.............  January 1-March 31  April 30.
3rd Quarter Report.............  April 1-June 30...  July 31.
4th Quarter Report.............  July 1-September    October 31.
                                  31.
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    In order to allow FTA to compute aggregate program performance 
measures as required by the President's Management Agenda, FTA requests 
that all recipients of funding for capital projects under the ATPPL 
program submit the following information annually:
     Annual visitation to the land unit;
     Annual number of persons who use the alternative 
transportation system (ridership/usage);
     An estimate of the number of vehicle trips mitigated based 
on alternative transportation system usage and the typical number of 
passengers per vehicle;
     Cost per passenger; and,
     A note of any special services offered for those systems 
with higher costs per passenger but more amenities.
    State and local government entities should submit this information 
as part of their fourth quarter report through FTA's TEAM grants 
management system.
    Federal land management agencies should also send this information 
as part of their fourth quarter report (preferably by e-mail), to 
Henrika Buchanan-Smith, FTA, [email protected]; 202-366-
5080; 400 7th St., SW.; Room 9315; Washington, DC 20590. Examples can 
be found on the program Web site at http://www.fta.dot.gov/atppl.

Oversight

    Recipients of FY 2006 ATPPL funds will be required to certify that 
they will comply with all applicable Federal and FTA programmatic 
requirements. FTA direct grantees will complete this certification as 
part of the annual Certification and Assurances package, and Federal 
Land Management Agency recipients will complete the certification by 
signing the interagency agreement. This certification is the basis for 
oversight reviews conducted by FTA.
    The Secretary of Transportation and FTA have elected not to apply 
the triennial review requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5307(h)(2) to ATPPL 
recipients that are other Federal agencies. Instead, working with the 
existing oversight systems at the Federal Land Management Agencies, FTA 
will perform periodic reviews of specific projects funded by the ATPPL 
program. These reviews will ensure that projects meet the basic 
statutory, administrative, and regulatory requirements as stipulated by 
this notice and the certification. To the extent possible, these 
reviews will be coordinated with other reviews of the project. FTA 
direct grantees of ATPPL funds (State, local and tribal government 
entities) will be subject to all applicable triennial, State 
management, civil rights, and other reviews.

    Issued in Washington, DC, this 5th day of September, 2006.
James S. Simpson,
Administrator.

Appendix A--FTA Regional Offices

Region I

    Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, 
and Vermont. Richard Doyle, FTA Regional Administrator, Kendall 
Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, (617) 494-
2055.

Region II

    New Jersey, New York, and Virgin Islands. Letitia Thompson, FTA 
Regional Administrator, One Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY 
10004-1415, (212) 668-2170.

Region III

    Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 
Virginia, and West Virginia. Susan Borinsky, FTA Regional 
Administrator, 1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 
19103-4124, (215) 656-7100.

Region IV

    Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North 
Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Yvette Taylor, 
FTA Regional Administrator, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Suite 17T50, 
Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 562-3500.

Region V

    Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. 
Marisol Simon, FTA Regional Administrator, 200 West Adams Street, 
Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606-5232, (312) 353-2789.

Region VI

    Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Robert 
Patrick, FTA Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor Street, Room 8A36, 
Ft. Worth, TX 76102, (817) 978-0550.

Region VII

    Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA 
Regional Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite 404, Kansas City, 
MO 64106, (816) 329-3920.

Region VIII

    Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and 
Wyoming. Lee Waddleton, FTA Regional Administrator, 12300 West 
Dakota, Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, (720) 963-3300.

Region IX

    American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and 
the Northern Mariana Islands. Leslie Rogers, FTA Regional 
Administrator, 201 Mission Street, Suite 2210, San Francisco, CA 
94105-1839, (415) 744-3133.

Region X

    Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Richard F. Krochalis, FTA 
Regional Administrator, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, 
Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174-1002, (206) 220-7954.

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