[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 179 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53321-53322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21074]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Announcement of Project Selections for FY 2008 Clean Fuels Grant 
Program Discretionary Funds

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit 
Administration (FTA) announces the discretionary selection of projects 
that will be funded using the unallocated Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Clean 
Fuels Grant program funds.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The appropriate FTA Regional 
Administrator for grant-specific issues (see Appendix A); or Kimberly 
Sledge, Office of Program Management, 202-366-2053, for general 
information about the Clean Fuels Grant program.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Clean Fuels Grant Program

    A total of $28,753,000 million was available for discretionary 
allocation under the Clean Fuels Grant program in FY 2008. FTA 
published a notice of funding availability (NOFA) on May 22, 2008, 
inviting proposals for funding under the program. The proposals that 
were submitted addressed a number of FTA priorities under the program, 
such as: Replacement of vehicles that had met their useful life, fleet 
expansion to improve service, and construction of clean fuels related 
facilities to support alternative fuel vehicles. FTA received proposals 
totaling over $350 million in response to the NOFA.
    In its evaluation of proposals, FTA considered the criteria 
specified in the NOFA as well as the productivity and efficiency of 
transit systems which applied for funding. FTA recognizes that there is 
an on-going need for critical investment in clean fuel vehicles and the 
facilities to support new technologies. FTA is awarding facility 
projects a considerable portion of the amount requested because 
grantees often do not receive enough funds to complete a facility 
project in one award. Projects selected for funding are shown in Table 
1, which accompanies this announcement. The funding announced in this 
notice will be available for obligation until September 30, 2010.

James S. Simpson,
Administrator.
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Appendix A--FTA Regional Offices

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, (617) 494-2055.

Region II--New York and New Jersey

    Brigid Hynes-Cherin, FTA Regional Administrator, One Bowling 
Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004-1415, (212) 668-2170.

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Region III--Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, 
Delaware and Washington, DC

    Letitia Thompson, FTA Regional Administrator, 1760 Market 
Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4124, (215) 656-7100.

Region IV--Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, 
Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Puerto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands

    Yvette G. Taylor, FTA Regional Administrator, 230 Peachtree St., 
NW., Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 865-5600.

Region V--Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota and 
Michigan

    Marisol R. Simon, FTA Regional Administrator, 200 West Adams 
Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606-5232, (312) 353-2789.

Region VI--Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma

    Robert C. Patrick, FTA Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor 
Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, (817) 978-0550.

Region VII--Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri

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

Region VIII--Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming 
and Utah

    Terry Rosapep, FTA Regional Administrator, 12300 West Dakota 
Avenue, Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, (720) 963-3300.

Region IX--California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, American Samoa, 
Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands

    Leslie T. Rogers, FTA Regional Administrator, 201 Mission 
Street, Suite 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105-1831, (415) 744-3133.

Region X--Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska

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

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