[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27277-27278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11203]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
FTA Supplemental Fiscal Year 2012 Apportionments, Allocations,
and Program Information
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) annually publishes
one or more notices apportioning funds appropriated by law. In some
cases, if less than a full year of funds is available, FTA publishes
multiple partial apportionment notices. This notice is the second
notice announcing partial apportionment for programs funded with Fiscal
Year (FY) 2012 contract authority because the current authorization of
FTA's programs provides contract authority for the period October 1,
2011 through June 30, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this
notice contact Kimberly Sledge, Acting Director, Office of Transit
Programs, at (202) 366-2053. Please contact the appropriate FTA
regional office for any specific requests for information or technical
assistance. A list of FTA regional offices and contact information is
available on the FTA Web site at http://www.fta.dot.gov.
I. Overview
FTA's current authorization, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU),
expired September 30, 2009. Since that time, Congress has enacted
short-term extensions allowing FTA to continue its current programs.
The Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Public Law 112-102,
continues the authorization of the Federal transit programs of the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT) through June 30, 2012. It extends
contract authority for the Formula and Bus Grants programs at
approximately seventy-five percent of the FY 2011 levels until June 30
2012.
Additionally, FTA's full-year appropriations bill (Pub. L. 112-055,
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012),
hereinafter (``Appropriations Act, 2012'') was enacted in November
2011, giving FTA appropriated resources for all of FY 2012 for
Administrative Expenses, Capital Investment Grants, and Research
programs and grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation
Authority. The Appropriations Act, 2012 also provides a full fiscal
year obligation limitation on any contract authority that is made
available to FTA programs funded from the Mass Transit Account of the
Highway Trust Fund during this fiscal year.
On January 11, 2012, FTA published an apportionments notice that
apportioned the FY 2012 authorized contract authority among potential
program recipients based on contract authority that was available from
October 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012 (see Federal Register Volume 77,
No.7). That notice also provided relevant information about the FY 2012
funding available, program requirements, period of availability, prior
year unobligated balances, and other related program information and
highlights. A copy of that notice and accompanying tables can be found
on the FTA Web site at http://www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments.
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This document apportions the currently available FY 2012 authorized
contract authority among potential program recipients according to
statutory formulas in 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53 and allocates Section 5309
Bus and Bus Facilities funds to bus testing and the Fuel Cell program.
Tables displaying the funds available to eligible states and
urbanized areas have been posted on FTA's Web site at http://www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments. The table below displays funds
allocated to bus testing and the Fuel Cell program. FTA will issue a
supplemental notice at a later date if additional contract authority
becomes available. This notice does not include reprogramming of
discretionary funds that lapsed to the designated project as of
September 30, 2011 or the allocation of FY 2012 discretionary
resources.
FY 2012 Bus and Bus Facilities Allocations
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Amount
State Project ID Project description/name allocated
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CA, GA, MA.............................. E2012-BUSP-018............ Fuel Cell Bus Program..... $13,500,000
PA...................................... E2012-BUSP-019............ Bus Testing............... 3,000,000
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FY 2012 Total....................... .......................... .......................... 16,500,000
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Issued in Washington, DC, this 4th day of May 2012.
Peter Rogoff,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-11203 Filed 5-8-12; 8:45 am]
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