[Federal Register: October 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 207)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Solicitation of Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Motor
Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) High Priority and New Entrant
Grant Funding
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has published an opportunity to apply
for FY2007 MCSAP High Priority and New Entrant grant funding on the
grants.gov Web site (http://www.grants.gov). Section 4101 of SAFETEA-LU
(Pub. L. 109-59, August 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1144) amends 49 U.S.C.
31104(a) and authorizes the Motor Carrier Safety Grants funding for
FY2006 through FY2009. The authorized level of funding for MCSAP is
$197,000,000 for FY2007, which includes up to $15,000,000 for High
Priority grants and up to $29,000,000 for New Entrant Safety Audits.
High priority funds are only available for activities conducted by
State agencies, local governments, and organizations representing
government agencies or officials that use and train qualified officers
and employees in coordination with State motor vehicle safety agencies.
States and local governments are eligible to apply for New Entrant
funds. All applicants must submit an electronic application package
through grants.gov. To apply using the grants.gov process, the
applicant must be registered with grants.gov. To register, go to http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp.
The applicant must
download the grant application package, complete the grant application
package, and submit the completed grant application package. This can
be done on the Internet at http://www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp.
The CFDA number for MCSAP is 20.218.
DATES: FMCSA will initially consider funding of applications submitted
by November 30, 2006 by qualified applicants. If additional funding
remains available, applications submitted after November 30, 2006 will
be considered on a case-by-case basis. Funds will not be available for
allocation until such time as FY2007 appropriations legislation is
passed and signed into law. Funding is subject to reductions resulting
from obligation limitations or rescissions as specified in SAFETEA-LU
or other legislation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Lamm, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Safety Programs, State
Programs Division (MC-ESS), 202-366-6830, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room
8314, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
EST., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Issued on: October 19, 2006.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6-17967 Filed 10-25-06; 8:45 am]
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