[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16405-16407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6192]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program; Tribal 
Transit Program

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Award.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the 
selection of projects to be funded under Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 
appropriations for the Tribal Transit Program (TTP), a program 
authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient

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Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the appropriate FTA regional 
Tribal Liaison (Appendix A) for application-specific information and 
issues. For general program information, contact Lorna R. Wilson, 
Office of Transit Programs, at (202) 366-2053, e-mail: 
[email protected]. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribal Transit Program (TTP) established 
by Section 3013 SAFETEA-LU, Public Law 109-49 (August 15, 2005), under 
49 U.S.C. 5311(c) makes funds available to federally recognized Indian 
tribes or Alaska Native villages, groups, or communities as identified 
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in the U.S. Department of the 
Interior for public transportation capital projects, operating costs 
and planning activities that are eligible costs under the Nonurbanized 
Area Formula Program (Section 5311).
    A total of $7.92 million was made available for the program in FY 
2006. A total of 95 applicants requested $22.1 million for funding for 
new transit service, enhancement or expansion of existing transit 
services, or planning studies and operational planning. The 
applications also included an additional $41,767,031 in requests for 
future year funds. FTA made project selections through a competitive 
process based on each applicant's responsiveness to the programs 
evaluation criteria outlined in FTA's August 15, 2006, Federal Register 
Notice: Notice of Funding Availability and Solicitation for FY 2006 TTP 
(71 FR 46959). FTA evaluated applications for planning grants on a 
pass/fail basis, whereas FTA evaluated applications for start up and 
existing transit services on a numeric score system. Because of the 
high demand for the funds available, many applicants selected for 
funding will receive less funding than they requested to enable FTA to 
support more of the most meritorious applications. However, all of the 
most highly qualified applicants received some funding.
    This notice only addresses FY 2006 funding for projects. Tribes 
that sought funding for a multi-year project in response to the FY 2006 
solicitation must submit a new application in response to the FY 2007 
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in order to be considered for FY 
2007 funding.
    The selected projects, providing $7.92 million to 63 tribes, breaks 
down as follows: $834,965 for transit planning studies and/or 
operational planning, $3,168,861 million for startup projects for new 
transit service, and $3,916,354 for enhancements or expansion of 
exiting transit services. Each of the 63 awardees, as well as the 32 
applicants who were not selected for funding, will receive a letter 
explaining the funding decision. The successful applicants for FY 2006 
are listed below.
    Tribes that were not selected for the FY 2006 TTP will be invited 
to participate in FTA sponsored Tribal Technical Assistance Program 
workshops and events. One goal of the program is to better equip a 
tribe to compete for future year funding. This technical assistance 
will be open to all tribes.
    Following publication of this notice, FTA regional offices will 
conduct a new grantee orientation. FTA's regional tribal liaison will 
contact each applicant selected for funding to discuss scheduling and 
event logistics.

                                                         FY 2006 Tribal Transit Grant Recipients
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                                                                         Planning  (in   Start-up  (in    Ehancement
                Tribe                               State                  dollars)        dollars)      (in dollars)              Project No.
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Burns Paiute Tribe..................  Oregon..........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0001
Caddo Nation........................  Oklahoma........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0002
Cherokee Nation.....................  Oklahoma........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0003
Chickaloon Native Village...........  Arkansas........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0004
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma..........  Oklahoma........................  ..............  ..............        $158,000  D2006-TRTR-0005
Cocopah Indian Tribe................  Arizona.........................  ..............  ..............         208,000  D2006-TRTR-0006
Confederated Salish and Kootenai      Montana.........................  ..............  ..............         373,274  D2006-TRTR-0007
 Tribes.
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the  Washington......................  ..............         490,890  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0008
 Yakama Nation's.
Confederated Tribes of the Colville   Washington......................  ..............  ..............         156,000  D2006-TRTR-0009
 Indian.
Confederated Tribes of the Grand      Oregon..........................  ..............         247,340  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0010
 Ronde Community of Oregon.
Coquille Tribe of Oregon............  Oregon..........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0011
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians....  North Carolina..................  ..............  ..............         100,000  D2006-TRTR-0012
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe........  Nevada..........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0013
Grand Portage Band of Chippewa        Minnesota.......................  ..............  ..............          60,000  D2006-TRTR-0014
 Indians.
Gulkana Village Council.............  Alaska..........................  ..............         232,600  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0015
Hannahville Indian Community........  Michigan........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0016
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians....  Maine...........................  ..............  ..............          99,171  D2006-TRTR-0017
Hualapai Indian Tribe...............  Arizona.........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0018
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma..............  Oklahoma........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0019
Kalispel Tribe of Indians...........  Washington......................  ..............         167,547  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0020
Kaw Nation..........................  Oklahoma........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0021
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake          Wisconsin.......................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0022
 Superior Chippewa.
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe...........  Minnesota.......................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0023
Lower Sioux Indian Community........  Minnesota.......................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0024
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation  Washington......................  ..............         306,500  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0025
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.  Wisconsin.......................  ..............  ..............         270,002  D2006-TRTR-0026
Narragansett Indian Tribe...........  Rhode Island....................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0027
Northern Cheyenne...................  Montana.........................  ..............         400,000  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0028
Oglala Sioux Tribe..................  South Dakota....................  ..............         327,869  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0029
Orutsaramiut Native Council.........  Alaska..........................  ..............         105,193  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0030
Poarch Band of Creek Indians........  Alabama.........................  ..............  ..............          75,139  D2006-TRTR-0031
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians..  Michigan........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0032
Ponca Tribe Nebraska................  Nebraska........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0033

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Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma.............  Oklahoma........................  ..............         207,836  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0034
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation......  Kansas..........................  ..............  ..............         360,000  D2006-TRTR-0035
Pueblo of Laguna-Shaa'srka Transit..  New Mexico......................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0036
Pueblo of Santa Ana.................  New Mexico......................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0037
Quapaw Tribe of Okalahoma...........  Oklahoma........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0038
Quinault Tribe of the Quinault        Washington......................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0039
 Reservation.
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians...  Minnesota.......................  ..............  ..............         199,817  D2006-TRTR-0040
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe............  New York........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0041
Santee Sioux Nation.................  Nebraska........................          13,800  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0042
Seminole Nation.....................  Oklahoma........................  ..............         145,000  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0043
Seneca Nation of Indians............  New York........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0044
Skokomish Indian Tribe of the         Washington......................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0045
 Skokomish.
Snoquamile Tribe....................  Washington......................  ..............         274,169  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0046
Spirit Lake Tribe...................  North Dakota....................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0047
Squaxin Island Tribe................  Washington......................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0048
Suquamish Tribe.....................  Washington......................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0049
Susanville Indian Rancheria.........  California......................  ..............          99,253  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0050
The Chickasaw Nation................  Oklahoma........................  ..............  ..............         349,164  D2006-TRTR-0051
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation.......  Oklahoma........................  ..............  ..............         285,000  D2006-TRTR-0052
The Navajo Nation...................  Arizona.........................  ..............  ..............         500,000  D2006-TRTR-0053
The Sac and Fox Nation..............  Kansas..........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0054
The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe.....  Washington......................          24,797  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0055
The Sitka Tribe.....................  Alaska..........................  ..............  ..............         265,207  D2006-TRTR-0056
Upper Sioux Community...............  Minnesota.......................          21,368  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0057
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head           Massachusetts...................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0058
 (Aquinnah).
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and            Nevada..........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0059
 California.
White Mountain Apache Tribe.........  Arizona.........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0060
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.........  Nebraska........................  ..............  ..............         457,580  D2006-TRTR-0061
Yavapai-Apache Nation...............  Arizona.........................          25,000  ..............  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0062
Yurok Tribe.........................  California......................  ..............         164,484  ..............  D2006-TRTR-0063
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    Total...........................  ................................         834,965       3,168,681       3,916,354
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        Total: $7,920,000...........
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    Issued in Washington, DC, this 29th day of March, 2007.
James S. Simpson,
Administrator.

Appendix A--FTA Regional Offices and Tribal Transit Liaisons

Region I--Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, 
Vermont and Maine
Richard H. Doyle, FTA Regional Administrator, Volpe National 
Transportation Systems Center, Kendall Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 
920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, Phone: (617) 494-2055, Fax: (617) 
494-2865
Regional Tribal Liaison: Judi Molloy
Region II--New York, New Jersey
Brigid Hynes-Cherin, FTA Regional Administrator, One Bowling Green, 
Room 429, New York, NY 10004-1415, Phone: (212) 668-2170, Fax: (212) 
668-2136
Regional Tribal Liaison: Rebecca Reyes-Alicea
Region III--Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, 
Delaware, Washington, DC
Herman Shipman, Acting FTA Regional Administrator, 1760 Market 
Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4124, Phone: (215) 656-
7100, Fax: (215) 656-7260
Region IV--Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, 
Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Puerto Rico, Virgin 
Islands
Yvette G. Taylor, FTA Regional Administrator, 61 Forsyth Street, 
SW., Suite 17T50, Atlanta, GA 30303, Phone: (404) 562-3500, Fax: 
(404) 562-3505
Regional Tribal Liaisons: Jamie Pfister and James Garland
Region V--Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan
Marisol R. Simon, FTA Regional Administrator, 200 West Adams Street, 
Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606-5232, Phone: (312) 353-2789, Fax: (312) 
886-0351
Regional Tribal Liaisons: William Wheeler
Region VI--Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma
Robert Patrick, FTA Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor Street, Room 
8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Phone: (817) 978-0550, Fax: (817) 978-
0575
Regional Tribal Liaison: Lynn Hayes
Region VII--Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri
Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA Regional Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite 
404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Phone: (816) 329-3920, Fax: (816) 329-
3921
Regional Tribal Liaisons: Joni Roeseler and Cathy Monroe
Region VIII--Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, 
Utah
Letitia A. Thompson, Acting FTA Regional Administrator, 12300 West 
Dakota Avenue, Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, Phone: (720) 963-
3300, Fax: (720) 963-3333
Regional Tribal Liaisons: Jennifer Stewart and David Beckhouse
Region IX--California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam
Leslie Rogers, FTA Regional Administrator, 201 Mission Street, Suite 
1650, San Francisco, CA 94105-1831, Phone: (415) 744-3133, Fax: 
(415) 744-2726
Regional Tribal Liaison: Donna Turchie
Region X--Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska
Richard Krochalis, FTA Regional Administrator, Jackson Federal 
Building, 915 Second Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174-1002, 
Phone: (206) 220-7954, Fax: (206) 220-7959
Regional Tribal Liaisons: Bill Ramos and Annette Clothier

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