Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Transit assistance programs; apportionments, allocations, and program information; correction,

[Federal Register: May 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 92)]

[Notices]

[Page 25679-25682]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

FTA Fiscal Year 2003 Apportionments, Allocations and Program Information; Notice of Supplemental Information, Changes, and Corrections

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; supplemental information, changes, and corrections.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ``Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003'' (Pub. L. 108-11) was signed by President Bush on April 16, 2003. The Act contains four general provisions that affect the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 appropriations and programs. This notice identifies these provisions and also notes corrections to the FTA Notice entitled

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``FTA Fiscal Year 2003 Apportionments, Allocations and Program Information; Notice,'' published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The appropriate FTA Regional Administrator or Mary Martha Churchman, Director, Office of Resource Management and State Programs, (202) 366-2053.

1. FTA FY 2003 Job Access and Reverse Commute Program Allocations

   In the Federal Register Notice of FTA Fiscal Year 2003 Apportionments, Allocations and Program Information, published March 12, 2003, FTA noted that project selections for the Job Access and Reverse Commute program would be published separately.

   Of the $150,000,000 made available for the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program by Public Law 108-7, the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2003, (FY 2003 DOT Appropriations Act) Congress directed that $45,000,000 be used for new fixed guideway systems under FTA's Capital Investment Grants program, leaving $105,000,000 for the JARC program. Section 601 of Title VI of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, requires an across-the-board .65 percent reduction proportionately applied to the discretionary budget authority and obligation limitation, and to each program, project and activity. When the .65 percent is taken from $105,000,000, a total of $104,317,500 remains available for JARC projects. The FY 2003 DOT Appropriations Act also permitted FTA to make up to $300,000 available for technical assistance and support and performance reviews of the JARC program. FTA reduced this amount by .65 percent and reserved $298,050 for program evaluation. Of the total $104,317,500 FY 2003 JARC funding, $104,019,450 remains available for allocation to projects. Congress designated projects totaling $104,999,000 in the Conference report accompanying the FY 2003 DOT Appropriations Act.

   Section 2706(a) of Title II, Chapter 7 of Public Law 108-11, the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003, states, ``projects and activities on pages 1303 through 1307 (of the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 108-7) shall be awarded those grants upon receipt of an application.'' To apply for JARC funds, all applicants must submit an application through FTA's electronic grant-making system, TEAM, for projects that meet JARC program requirements as set forth in Part II of the solicitation notice for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, published in the Federal Register on April 8, 2002. Applicants should contact the appropriate regional offices for assistance with project development and grant application procedures. A list of all FTA regional offices is included at Appendix B of the April 8 Federal Register notice. This notice can be found at: [http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/legal/federalregister/2002/fr4802a.pdf. ]

   The table below provides the amount available for each project after subtraction of the funds for technical assistance and performance review and the across-the-board .65 percent reduction proportionately applied to all JARC projects.

   Federal Transit Administration [FY 2003 job access and reverse commute program allocations]

   State

   Project and description

   Allocation

   AK....................................... Alaska Mobility Coalition............................

   $495,335 AK....................................... Kenai Peninsula Transit Planning.....................

   495,335 AK....................................... MASCOT Matanuska-Susitna Valley......................

   198,134 AL....................................... Jefferson County..................................... 2,972,013 AZ....................................... AJO to Phoenix Rural Express Bus Service.............

   198,134 AZ....................................... Maricopa County Worklinks Project....................

   247,668 AZ....................................... Southwest Transit Assessment & Review Team Bus Route

   297,201 131. AZ....................................... Valley Metro (RPTA), City of Phoenix................. 1,089,738 CA....................................... AC Transit--CalWORKS................................. 1,981,342 CA....................................... County of Santa Clara Guaranteed Ride Home Program...

   495,335 CA....................................... East Palo Alto Shuttle Service.......................

   693,470 CA....................................... LA County UTRANS.....................................

   495,335 CA....................................... Los Angeles County; MTA Ride Share Program...........

   866,837 CA....................................... Low-Income LIFT Program SF MTC.......................

   990,671 CA....................................... SACOG Sacramento Region..............................

   743,003 CA....................................... Sacramento Area...................................... 1,486,006 CA....................................... Southern California Regional Rail Authority,

   990,671 Metrolink Double Tracking. CO....................................... Colorado Statewide--Colorado Association of Transit

   792,537 Agencies (CASA). CT....................................... Connecticut Statewide................................ 3,467,348 DC....................................... Georgetown Metro Connection--Washington, DC.......... 1,089,738 DC....................................... WMATA (DC, Maryland, and Virginia)................... 2,105,176 DE....................................... Delaware Welfare to Work Initiative..................

   743,003 FL....................................... HART Access to Jobs Program..........................

   693,470 FL....................................... Jacksonville Trans. Authority Choice Ride Program.... 1,609,840 FL....................................... Key West.............................................

   990,671 FL....................................... LYNX Central Florida Regional........................

   198,134 GA....................................... Chatham..............................................

   433,914 GA....................................... Macon--Bibb County Reverse Commute Program...........

   767,770 IA....................................... Iowa Statewide.......................................

   990,671 IL....................................... DuPage County Coordinated Paratransit Program........

   495,335 IL....................................... Illinois Ways to Work................................

   495,335 IL....................................... Rock Island County Mass Transit District (MetroLink).

   178,321 IL....................................... Ways-to-Work--IL--MO.................................

   990,671 IN....................................... Fort Wayne's Hanna Creighton Transit Center..........

   743,003 IN....................................... IndyGo Service.......................................

   990,671 KS....................................... KW Paratransit Vehicle...............................

   29,720

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   KS....................................... Mid America Regional Council (MARC)..................

   495,335 KS....................................... Wyandotte County..................................... 1,139,271 LA....................................... Lafayette Ways to Work Program.......................

   99,067 MA....................................... Brockton Area Transit Authority......................

   222,901 MA....................................... Community Transportation Association of America......

   990,671 MA....................................... Northern Tier Dial-A-Ride............................

   396,268 MA....................................... Transportation Services of Northern Berkshire, Inc...

   396,268 MD....................................... Maryland Statewide (Montgomery County, $600,000)..... 4,953,354 MI....................................... Flint Mass Transportation Authority.................. 1,040,204 MI....................................... Grands Rapids/Kent County Job Access Plan............

   929,249 MN....................................... Minneapolis/St. Paul, Met Council....................

   990,671 MO....................................... Metrolink Corridor Access to Jobs.................... 2,972,013 MO....................................... Metropolitan Kansas City Job Access Partnership......

   990,671 MO....................................... Missouri Statewide................................... 1,386,939 MO....................................... Ways to Work Missouri................................

   222,901 NC....................................... Community Transportation Association of America's

   990,671 Joblinks Employment Transportation Initiative. NC....................................... Wake County Coordinated Transportation System........

   767,770 NH....................................... Lancaster--Littleton Transit Project.................

   49,534 NJ....................................... New Jersey Statewide................................. 4,953,354 NY....................................... Broome County Transit--Binghamton, NY................

   247,668 NY....................................... Capital District Transportation Authority Albany.....

   272,434 NY....................................... Central NY Regional Transportation Authority.........

   495,335 NY....................................... Chautauqua Area Rural Transportation System..........

   49,534 NY....................................... Chemung County transit...............................

   74,300 NY....................................... Columbia County......................................

   99,067 NY....................................... Franklin County Expansion of Hour Service............

   74,300 NY....................................... Hornell Trans. Alternatives for NY...................

   49,534 NY....................................... Ithaca Service.......................................

   74,300 NY....................................... MTA--Long Island Bus.................................

   247,668 NY....................................... New York State DOT...................................

   495,335 NY....................................... Orange County........................................

   99,067 NY....................................... Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority

   594,403 (RGRTA). NY....................................... Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Tompkins County..

   297,201 OH....................................... Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)--Mobility

   594,403 Management. OH....................................... Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.........

   495,335 OH....................................... Northwest Ohio Commuter LINK Toledo..................

   371,502 OH....................................... STEP-UP Job Access Project Dayton....................

   123,834 OK....................................... Oklahoma Transit Association......................... 4,953,354 OR....................................... Jackson-Josephine County.............................

   198,134 OR....................................... Oregon Ways to Work Loan Program.....................

   247,668 OR....................................... Portland Metropolitan Region......................... 2,129,942 OR....................................... Salem Area Transit...................................

   495,335 PA....................................... Port Authority of Allegheny County Access to Jobs.... 3,962,683 PA....................................... SEPTA................................................ 5,518,041 RI....................................... Rhode Island Deployment of Flexible Services.........

   743,003 RI....................................... Rhode Island Public Transit.......................... 1,981,342 TN....................................... Chattanooga..........................................

   495,335 TN....................................... Knoxville............................................

   743,003 TN....................................... State of Tennessee................................... 1,486,006 TX....................................... Abilene Citylink Program.............................

   99,067 TX....................................... Austin Capital Metros Access......................... 2,476,677 TX....................................... Citibus, Lubbock.....................................

   227,854 TX....................................... Corpus Christi....................................... 1,213,572 TX....................................... East Texas Just Transportation Alliance (ETJTA):

   198,134 Tyler Transit. TX....................................... El Paso..............................................

   247,668 TX....................................... Galveston............................................

   594,403 TX....................................... San Antonio Access to Jobs Program................... 1,077,850 VA....................................... City of Charlottesville..............................

   371,502 VA....................................... Fairfax County, Short-Term Transit Improvements...... 1,585,073 VA....................................... Virginia Regional Transportation Association, Route 7

   198,134 Service/Dulles Corridor. VA....................................... Community Transportation Association of America......

   148,601 WA....................................... WA WorkFirst Initiative.............................. 4,705,687 WA....................................... Ways to Work--EPIC Yakima............................

   495,335 WI....................................... Wisconsin Statewide.................................. 5,151,488 WV....................................... West Virginia Statewide..............................

   990,671

   Total Allocations.................................... 104,019,450

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2. FY 2003 Operating Assistance for Eligible 1990 Census Nonurbanized Areas

   Section 2707 of Title II, Chapter 7 of Public Law 108-11 states: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available under the heading ``Federal Transit Administration Formula Grants'' for fiscal year 2003 shall be available to finance the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation in an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000 as determined under the 2000 Federal decennial census of population for a portion of the area that was not designated as an urbanized area as determined under the 1990 Federal decennial census of population if that portion of the area received assistance under section 5311 of title 49, United States Code.''

   A grant applicant for an area eligible to receive operating assistance under this provision that wants to make use of this provision must so state in the grant application. The application must identify the previously nonurbanized portion of the urbanized area that qualifies (i.e., that portion of the area that was not designated as urbanized under the 1990 census and received assistance under section 5311). Please contact the appropriate FTA regional office for additional information or guidance if you intend to make use of this provision.

3. Section 336 of FY 2003 DOT Appropriations Act Amended

   Section 336 of FY 2003 DOT Appropriations Act directed that the city of Norman, OK shall be considered part of the Oklahoma City Transportation Management Area. Section 2701 of Title II, Chapter 7 of Public Law 108-11 amends Section 336 of the FY 2003 DOT Appropriations Act by striking ``Transportation Management'' and inserting ``Urbanized'' in lieu thereof. In the table on page 11911 of the FTA Fiscal Year 2003 Apportionments, Allocations and Program Information, Notice, published March 12, 2003, the reference to Oklahoma City, OK and Norman, Oklahoma are no longer appropriate and should be deleted.

4. Section 626 of Title VI, Public Law 108-7 Amended

   Section 626 of Title VI, Public Law 108-7 provides that ``Any amounts previously appropriated for the Port of Anchorage for an intermodal marine facility and access thereto shall be transferred to and administered by the Administrator for Maritime Administration * * *.'' Section 2709 of Title II, Chapter 7 of Public Law 108-11 amends Section 626 by striking `previously.' Accordingly, FY 2002 and FY 2003 Section 5309 Bus and Bus-Related allocations for the Port of Anchorage Intermodal Facility project will be transferred to the Maritime Administration.

5. Corrections

   In the table on page 11911 of the FTA Fiscal Year 2003 Apportionments, Allocations and Program Information, Notice, published March 12, 2003, the following corrections are noted to information in the ``Designated TMA'' column: ``Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DENJ-MD'' should read ``Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD''; and ``Washington, DCNJ-VANJ-MD'' should read ``Washington, DC-VA-MD''.

   Issued on: May 2, 2003. Jennifer L. Dorn, Administrator.

   [FR Doc. 03-11778 Filed 5-12-03; 8:45 am]

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