[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37174-37175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15912]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Capital Investment Program--New Starts and Small Starts Program 
Funds

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit 
Administration (FTA) announces the apportionment of the FY 2011 Capital 
Investment (New Starts and Small Starts) program funds. The funds will 
be used for construction of new fixed guideway systems, or extensions 
to existing fixed guideway systems, or corridor based bus systems to 
promote livable communities, improve mobility by providing alternatives 
to automobile, and reduce the impact on the environment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general program information on the 
New Starts, contact Eric Hu, Office of Program Management, at (202) 
366-0870, e-mail: [email protected] mailto:, for project specific issues, 
contact Elizabeth Day, Office of Planning and Environment, at (202) 
366-5159, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FY 2011, $1,596,800,000 was appropriated 
for the Capital Investments Grant Account, which includes the New 
Starts and Small Starts programs. After a one percent oversight 
takedown, the total amount allocated for New Starts and Small Starts is 
$1,580,832,000. The funding is allocated to eight existing Full Funding 
Grant Agreement (FFGA) projects, four pending FFGA projects, six 
projects recommended for future FFGAs, and nine Small Starts funding 
recommendations. Funding is also provided to the Denali Commission 
Alaska and Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects authorized in law. Project 
allocations are shown in Table 1, which accompanies this announcement. 
Project identification numbers are assigned to each project and must be 
used in the grant application submitted through the Transportation 
Electronic Award Management system. Pre-award authority is granted as 
of February 8, 2011, the publication date of the FTA Fiscal Year 2011 
Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information notice, and 
projects are subject to the conditions described in that notice. 
Funding announced in this notice will be available for obligation until 
September 30, 2013.

    Issued in Washington, DC, this 21st day of June, 2011.
Peter Rogoff,
Administrator.
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