[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61708-61709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21462]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Proposed Program Guidance Circulars

[Docket Nos. FTA-2007-29126, FTA-2007-29122, FTA-2007-29123, FTA-2007-
29125]

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Proposed Program Guidance Circulars; Extension of Comment 
Periods.

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SUMMARY: On September 28, 2007, the Federal Transit Administration 
(FTA) published notices seeking comment on four program guidance 
circulars--the Metropolitan Planning Program and State Planning and 
Research Program Grants; the Capital Investment Program; the Grant 
Management Requirements; and Third Party Contracting. This document 
extends the comment periods of each of these notices. The reasons for 
extending the comment period are three-fold. First, the FTA wants to 
stagger the comment period so the public has more time to provide 
meaningful comments, which in turn will result in better guidance for 
our customers. Second, FTA currently has a major rulemaking out for 
comment, which may create hardship on those wishing to comment on 
circulars as well as the rulemaking. Finally, DOT had some difficulty 
migrating from the USDOT docket system to the Federal Government's new 
E-rulemaking portal, which has caused some confusion among commenters.

DATES: The new comment periods are as follows:
     Metropolitan Planning Program and State Planning and 
Research Program Grants (Docket No. FTA-2007-29126)--the comment period 
ends November 30, 2007.
     Grant Management Requirements (Docket No. FTA-2007-
29122)--the comment period ends January 4, 2008.
     Capital Investment Program (Docket No. FTA-2007-29123)--
the comment period ends January 25, 2008.
     Third Party Contracting (Docket No. FTA-2007-29125)--the 
comment period ends February 15, 2008.

ADDRESSES: To ensure your comments are not entered more than once into 
the docket, submit comments identified by the appropriate docket number 
by only one of the following methods:
    1. Web site: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the U.S. Government electronic docket site. All 
electronic submissions must be made to the U.S. Government electronic 
site at www.regulations.gov. Commenters should follow the instructions 
below for mailed and hand-delivered comments.
    2. Fax: 202-493-2251.
    3. Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    4. Hand-Delivery: To the Docket Management Facility: U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 
20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Fridays, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Metropolitan Planning Docket 
contact Victor Austin at 202-366-2996 or e-mail at 
[email protected], or Christopher VanWyk by phone at 202-366-1733 
or e-mail at [email protected]. For the Grant Management 
Requirements Docket contact Jamie Pfister at 404-865-5632 or e-mail at 
[email protected], or Jayme Blakesley at 202-366-0304 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. For the Capital Investment Program Docket 
contact Kimberly Sledge at 202-366-2053 or e-mail at 
[email protected], or Bonnie Graves at 202-366-0944 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. For the Third Party Contracting Docket contact 
James Harper at 202-366-1127 or e-mail at [email protected], or 
Kerry Miller at 202-366-1936 or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 28, 2007, FTA published four 
separate notices (72 FR 55624 @ Part III) seeking public comment on 
proposed guidance relating to the Metropolitan Planning Program and 
State Planning and Research Program Grants (8100.1B); the Capital 
Investment Program (9300.1A); the Grant Management Requirements 
(5010.1D); and Third Party Contracting (4220.1E). The proposed guidance 
or circular revisions are a product of changes made by the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users (SAFETEA-LU, Pub. L. 109-59), signed into law on August 10, 
2005. The circulars themselves are not contained in the notices but 
rather in the docket(s) @ www.regulations.gov under the specific docket 
numbers indicated above.
    FTA has determined that there is good cause to extend the comment 
periods to allow for more time to provide meaningful comments on the 
proposed

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circulars, which will result in better guidance for our customers.

    Issued in Washington, DC, this 26th day of October, 2007.
James S. Simpson,
Administrator.
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