Federal Register, Volume 70 Issue 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2005)

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75648-75709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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FTA Fiscal Year 2006 Apportionments and Allocations; Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 20, 2005 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


FTA Fiscal Year 2006 Apportionments and Allocations

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The ``Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, 
the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2006'' (Pub. L. 109-115), signed into law by 
President Bush on November 30, 2005, appropriates funds for all of the 
surface transportation programs of the Department of Transportation for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006. This notice provides 
information on the FY 2006 transit appropriations for the FTA 
assistance programs, and apportions and allocates FY 2006 funds. The 
Notice also makes corrections to information in the SAFETEA-LU 
implementation Notice published in the Federal Register on November 30, 
2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this 
notice contact Mary Martha Churchman, Director, Office of Transit 
Programs, (202) 366-2053. Please contact the appropriate FTA regional 
office for any specific requests for information or technical 
assistance. The Appendix at the end of this notice includes contact 
information for FTA regional offices.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Overview
II. FY 2006 Funding for FTA Programs
    A. Funding Based on FY 2006 Appropriations Act
    B. Apportionments and Allocations
III. Specific Directions and Instructions in the 2006 Appropriations 
Act
IV. Corrections
Tables
    1. SAFETEA-LU Authorized Programs and Funding Levels
    2. FY 2006 Appropriations and Apportionments for Grant Programs
    3. FY 2006 Metropolitan Transportation Planning Program and 
Statewide Transportation Planning Program Apportionments
    4. FY 2006 Section 5307 and Section 5340 Urbanized Area 
Apportionments
    5. FY 2006 Section 5307 Apportionment Formula
    6. FY 2006 Formula Programs Apportionment Data Unit Values
    7. Urbanized Areas 200,000 or More in Population Eligible To Use 
Section 5307 Funds for Operating Assistance
    8. FY 2006 Clean Fuels Program Allocations
    9. FY 2006 Section 5309 Fixed Guideway Modernization 
Apportionments
    10. FY 2006 Fixed Guideway Modernization Program Apportionment 
Formula
    11. FY 2006 Bus and Bus Facility Program Allocations
    12. FY 2006 New Starts Program Allocations
    13. FY 2006 Section 5310 Special Needs for Elderly Individuals 
and Individuals With Disabilities Apportionments
    14. FY 2006 Section 5311 and Section 5340 Nonurbanized 
Apportionments and Section 5311(b)(3) Rural Transit Assistance 
Program (RTAP) Apportionments
    15. FY 2006 National Research Program Allocations
    16. FY 2006 Job Access and Reverse Commute Program 
Apportionments
    17. FY 2006 New Freedom Program Apportionments
    18. FY 2006 Alternative Analysis Allocations
    19. Extended Earmarks for Bus and Bus Facility and New Starts 
Programs
Appendix

I. Overview

    This document apportions or allocates annual appropriations among 
potential program recipients. In addition, the document contains 
specific instructions or guidance for FTA programs and funding, in the 
``Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2006'' (Pub. L. 109-115, November 30, 2005; 
hereafter called the 2006 Appropriations Act).
    On November 30, 2005, the FTA Notice entitled ``FTA Transit Program 
Changes, Authorized Funding Levels and Implementation of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users'' was published in the Federal Register. That Notice contains 
information about FTA program guidance, requirements, period of 
availability, and other important information for FY 2006, and should 
be used together with this document. It can be found on the FTA Web 
site at http://www.fta.dot.gov/2930_ENG_HTML.htm, and is also 
available for public comment on the DOT Docket Web site: http://dms.dot.gov identified by DOT DMS Docket Number FTA-2005-23089. Two 
corrections to the November 30 Notice are included in this Notice.

II. FY 2006 Funding for FTA Programs

    The three major FTA program areas included in the notice are 
formula and bus grants, capital investments, and research. Of the 17 
separate FTA programs contained in this notice that fall under the 
major program area headings, the funding for 10 is apportioned by 
statutory formula. Funding for the other seven is allocated on a 
discretionary or competitive basis.

A. Funding Based on FY 2006 Appropriations Act

    The 2006 Appropriations Act provides funding from the General Fund 
of the Treasury and Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund that 
totals $8.59 billion for FTA programs. This amount is slightly less 
than the $8.62 billion authorized for FY 2006 in SAFETEA-LU. Table 1 
shows the SAFETEA-LU authorized funding levels for transit programs. 
Table 2 of this document shows the appropriated funding levels for FTA 
programs for FY 2006. The 2006 Appropriations Act made funding 
available for the entire fiscal year.

B. Apportionments and Allocations

    An apportionment or allocation table is included in this Notice for 
each program, except for the Section 5340 Growing States and High 
Density States Formula. The apportionments for this formula were 
combined with the Section 5307 or Section 5311 apportionments, as 
appropriate, and shown as a single amount, as directed by Congress in 
the SAFETEA-LU conference report. The amount shown in a table for an 
urbanized area, State, or specific project or recipient is available 
for obligation or award to a grant, under the respective FTA program.
    Because we combined Sections 5307 and 5340 apportionments as 
directed by Congress, we did not include in this Notice a separate 
breakout of the apportionment amounts to urbanized areas (UZAs) or 
States for Small Transit Intensive Cities (STIC) or for Section 5340 
formulas. However, this information is available and may be obtained 
from the FTA regional offices for your UZA or State.
    Unless the law provides otherwise, earmarked project allocations 
for Clean Fuels, Bus and Bus Facility, New Starts, Alternative 
Analysis, and the National Research Program must conform to the 
eligibility requirements of the particular program. Prospective 
recipients are encouraged to contact the appropriate FTA regional 
office to discuss project eligibility. The regional office can provide 
technical assistance to help develop an eligible project.

III. Specific Directions and Instructions in the 2006 Appropriations 
Act

    The 2006 Appropriations Act and accompanying conference report 
include instructions on the use or disposition of selected program 
funding,

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and on the use of funds for particular projects. These provisions are 
listed below, with supplemental information where appropriate.
    (1) The Appropriations Act transfers $47,766,000 from the Fixed 
Guideway Modernization program to New Starts for activities under that 
program.
    (2) The Appropriations Act transfers $25,215,000 available for the 
Clean Fuels program to the Bus and Bus Facility program. Of the 
$43,000,000 made available for the Clean Fuels program, $17,785,000 
remains available for Clean Fuels projects authorized by SAFETEA-LU.
    (3) The Conference Report directs FTA not to reallocate funds 
designated for certain Bus and New Starts projects designated in FY 
2003 and prior years. These extended earmarks are listed in Table 19, 
along with several other bus projects extended by previous 
Congressional action.
    (4) Section 113 provides that ``notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, projects and activities described in the statement of managers 
accompanying this Act under the headings ``Federal-Aid Highways'' and 
``Federal Transit Administration'' shall be eligible for fiscal year 
2006 funds made available for the project for which each project or 
activity is so designated: Provided, That the Federal share payable on 
account of any such projects and activities subject to this section 
shall be the same as the share required by the Federal program under 
which each project or activity is designated unless otherwise provided 
in this Act.'' This general provision makes the Section 5309 bus 
projects and activities designated in the FY 2006 conference report 
eligible for the purposes indicated. The specific bus and clean fuels 
projects designated in SAFETEA-LU are also eligible by virtue of being 
in statute. In some instances, FTA may approve use of the funds under 
the Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities or Clean Fuels program for 
eligible activities other than those designated in statute or report 
language upon clarification from the relevant House and Senate 
committees on authorization or appropriations respectively.
    (5) The New Starts project allocations listed in Table 12 include 
some projects which may not have yet conducted or completed 
alternatives analysis. Pursuant to SAFETEA-LU, FY 2006 New Starts funds 
may only be used for preliminary engineering, final design, and 
construction. A New Starts project designated to receive Section 5309 
New Starts funds in the FY 2006 Appropriations Act must complete 
alternatives analysis and be approved by FTA to enter preliminary 
engineering before expending FY 2006 New Starts funds for preliminary 
engineering.
    (6) Section 112 provides funding for activities eligible under 
Title 23 or Title 49 at 100 percent Federal share, and are available 
until expended. Surface Transportation Projects and Highway Priority 
Projects to be funded under this section are designated in the 
conference report. These earmarks include some transit projects, 
similar to Section 115 and Section 117 in the FY 2004 and FY 2005 
appropriations acts. Recipients of designations for transit projects 
under Section 112 should initiate discussions with the appropriate FHWA 
division office to identify transit projects that may be administered 
by FTA and request that FHWA allot the funds to FTA.
    (7) Section 145 states that amounts made available from the bus 
category of the Capital Investment Grants Account or Discretionary 
Grants Account in this or any other previous Appropriations Act that 
remain unobligated or unexpended in a grant for a multimodal 
transportation facility in Burlington, Vermont, may be used for site-
preparation and design purposes of a multimodal transportation facility 
in a different location within Burlington, Vermont, than originally 
intended notwithstanding previous expenditures incurred for such 
purposes at the original location.
    (8) Section 146 provides that notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds designated in the conference report accompanying Public 
Law 108-447 and Public Law 108-199 for the King County Metro Park and 
Ride on First Hill, Seattle, Washington, shall be available to the 
Swedish Hospital parking garage, Seattle, Washington, subject to the 
same conditions and requirements of section 125 of Division H of Public 
Law 108-447.
    (9) Section 147 provides that funds in this Act that are 
apportioned to the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority to 
carry out section 5307 may be used to acquire land, equipment, or 
facilities used in public transportation from another governmental 
authority in the same geographic area. The non-Federal share under 
section 5307 may include revenues from the sale of advertising and 
concessions.
    (10) Section 148 provides that notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any unobligated funds designated to the Jacksonville 
Transportation Authority, Community Transportation Coordinator Program 
under the heading ``Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants'' in the 
statement of the managers accompanying Public Law 108-199, may be made 
available to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority for any purpose 
authorized under the Job Access and Reverse Commute program.
    (11) Section 149 provides that notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any funds made available to the South Shore Commuter Rail, 
Indiana, project under the Federal Transit Administration Capital 
Investment Grants Account in Division H of Public Law 108-447 that 
remain available may be used for remodernization of the South Shore 
Commuter Rail system.

IV. Corrections

    The following corrections are made to information in the Federal 
Register published November 30, entitled ``FTA Transit Program Changes, 
Authorized Funding Levels and Implementation of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users'' (70 
FR 71950 et seq.).
    1. In the description of eligibility of intercity bus and intercity 
rail facilities in section IV part (A), subsection 4 ``Intercity Bus 
and Intercity Rail'' on page 71952, the phrase ``physical and 
functional relationship to public transportation'' should read 
``physical or functional relationship to public transportation.''
    2. In the description of the Job Access Reverse Commute Program in 
section VI part (M), page 71967, under subsection 2, ``Basis for 
Formula Apportionment,'' in the 2nd paragraph, the phrase ``persons 
with disabilities'' should read ``low-income individuals and welfare 
recipients.''

    Issued on: December 13, 2005.
David B. Horner,
Acting Deputy Administrator.

Appendix--FTA Regional Offices

Richard H. Doyle, Regional Administrator, Region 1--Boston, Kendall 
Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, Tel. 617 
494-2055
States served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 
Rhode Island, and Vermont
Letitia Thompson, Regional Administrator, Region 2--New York, One 
Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004-1415, Tel. No. 212 668-
2170
States served: New Jersey, New York, and the Virgin Islands
Susan Borinsky, Regional Administrator, Region 3--Philadelphia, 1760 
Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4124, Tel. 215 656-
7100
States served: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West 
Virginia, and District of Columbia
Yvette G. Taylor, Regional Administrator, Region 4--Atlanta, Atlanta 
Federal Center,

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Suite 17T50, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303, Tel. 404 562-
3500
States served: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, 
North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Tennessee
Don Gismondi, Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 5--Chicago, 200 
West Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312 353-2789
States served: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and 
Wisconsin
Robert C. Patrick, Regional Administrator, Region 6--Ft. Worth, 819 
Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Tel. 817 978-0550
States served: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas
Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional Administrator, Region 7--Kansas City, MO, 
901 Locust Street, Room 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Tel. 816 329-
3920
States served: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
Lee O. Waddleton, Regional Administrator, Region 8--Denver, 12300 
West Dakota Ave., Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, Tel. 720-963-
3300
States served: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, 
and Wyoming
Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Region 9--San Francisco, 
201 Mission Street, Room 2210, San Francisco, CA 94105-1926, Tel. 
415 744-3133
States served: American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, 
Nevada, and the Northern Mariana Islands
Rick Krochalis, Regional Administrator, Region 10--Seattle, Jackson 
Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174-
1002, Tel. 206 220-7954
States served: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

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