[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 217 (Friday, November 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 63643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22055]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration


Notice of Fiscal Year 2008 Safety Data Improvement Program 
(SaDIP) Grant Application Instructions and Materials

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is intended to announce the posting of the Fiscal 
Year 2008 Safety Data Improvement Program (SaDIP) Grant Opportunity to 
Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov). A tentative schedule for the Fiscal 
Year 2008 SaDIP grant application and award process is included with 
the synopsis and application instructions. Grant awards are contingent 
on passage of the FY 2008 U.S. Department of Transportation 
appropriations bill, which includes FMCSA appropriations, by Congress 
and approved by the U.S. President.

DATES: November 9, 2007.
    Submit comments or questions by: November 30, 2007.
    Responses will be available on Grants.gov by: December 14, 2007
    Application deadline: January 30, 2008
    Grant Awards: End of 2nd Quarter / Start of 3rd Quarter FY 2008

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Address all comments concerning This 
notice to Betsy Benkowski, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590, 202-366-5387 (telephone), [email protected] (Internet 
address).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4128 of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(SAFETEA-LU) established the SaDIP grant opportunity. The legislation 
provides discretionary funding for the States to improve the quality of 
crash and inspection data for large trucks and buses reported by the 
States to FMCSA, as established in Section 31102 of Title 49, United 
States Code. Eligible awardees include a State Agency, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guan, 
and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Applicants must registrar with Grants.gov 
to apply for funding (http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). Registration with grants.gov may take two to five days 
before the system will allow access to the grant application package. 
Applications should be submitted in accordance with the instructions 
provided and must be submitted in accordance with the instructions 
provided and must be submitted electronically to FMCSA through the 
Grants.gov Web site. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 
number for the Safety Data Improvement Program is 20.234. Potential 
applicants will be required to install Pure Edge Viewer in order to se 
the form interface under the ``Download the Application Package'' 
hyperlink.
    Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to register their e-
mail address with the system to receive notice of modifications made to 
the synopsis or application instructions.

    Issued on: November 6, 2007.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E7-22055 Filed 11-8-07; 8:45 am]
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