[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2010)] [Notices] [Pages 52054-52057] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2010-20952] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration Bus and Bus Facilities Discretionary Program Funds AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT. ACTION: Bus and Bus Facilities Livability program announcement of project selections. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects funded with Bus and Bus Facilities program funds in support of DOT's Livability Initiative, which was announced in the Bus [[Page 52055]] Livability Initiative notice of funding availability on December 8, 2009. The Livability Bus program makes funds available to public transit providers to finance capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities, including programs of bus and bus-related projects for assistance to subrecipients that are public agencies, private companies engaged in public transportation, or private non-profit organizations. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful and unsuccessful applicants should contact the appropriate FTA Regional office (Appendix) for specific information regarding applying for the funds or proposal specific questions. For general program information on the Bus and Bus Facilities program, contact Kimberly Sledge, Office of Program Management, at (202) 366-2053, e-mail: [email protected], or Henrika Buchanan-Smith, Office of Program Management, at (202) 366- 2053, e-mail: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of $162,685,618 was available for FTA's Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative. A total of 281 applicants requested $2.1 billion, indicating significant demand for funds. Project proposals were evaluated based on the criteria detailed in the December 8, 2009 Notice of Funding Availability. The projects selected and shown in Table 1 will provide mobility choices, improve economic competitiveness, support existing communities, create partnership and enhance the value of communities and neighborhoods. Grantees selected for competitive discretionary funding should work with their FTA regional office to finalize the application in FTA's Transportation Electronic Award Management system, (TEAM) so that funds can be obligated expeditiously. Funds must be used for the purposes specified in the competitive application. A discretionary project identification number has been assigned to each project for tracking purposes and must be used in the TEAM application. Selected projects have pre-award authority as of July 8, 2010. Post-award reporting requirements include submission of the Financial Federal Report and Milestone reports in TEAM as appropriate (see FTA.C.5010.1D). The grantee must comply with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal administrative requirements in carrying out the project supported by the FTA grant. Funds allocated in this announcement must be obligated in a grant by September 30, 2012. Issued in Washington, DC, this 18th day of August, 2010. Peter Rogoff, Administrator. Appendix FTA Regional and Metropolitan Offices ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mary E. Mello, Deputy Regional Robert C. Patrick, Regional Administrator, Region 1-Boston, Administrator, Region 6-Ft. Worth, Kendall Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 819 Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft. 920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, Worth, TX 76102, Tel. 817-978- Tel. 617-494-2055. 0550. States served: Connecticut, Maine, States served: Arkansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. Rhode, Island, and Vermont. Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Regional Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional Administrator, Region 2-New York, Administrator, Region 7-Kansas One Bowling Green, Room 429, New City, MO, 901 Locust Street, Room York, NY 10004-1415, Tel. 212-668- 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Tel. 2170. 816-329-3920. States served: New Jersey, New States served: Iowa, Kansas, York. Missouri, and Nebraska. New York Metropolitan Office, Region 2-New York, One Bowling Green, Room 428, New York, NY 10004-1415, Tel. 212-668-2202. Letitia Thompson, Regional Terry Rosapep, Regional Administrator, Region 3- Administrator, Region 8-Denver, Philadelphia, 1760 Market Street, 12300 West Dakota Ave., Suite 310, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103- Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, Tel. 720- 4124, Tel. 215-656-7100. 963-3300. States served: Delaware, Maryland, States served: Colorado, Montana, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and District of and, Wyoming. Columbia. Philadelphia Metropolitan Office, Region 3-Philadelphia, 1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4124, Tel. 215-656-7070. Washington, DC Metropolitan Office, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 510, Washington, DC 20006, Tel. 202-219- 3562. Yvette Taylor, Regional Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Region 4-Atlanta, Administrator, Region 9-San 230 Peachtreet Street, NW., Suite Francisco, 201 Mission Street, 800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Tel. 404- Room 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105- 865-5600. 1926, Tel. 415-744-3133. States served: Alabama, Florida, States served: American Samoa, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, North, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Nevada, and the Northern Mariana South Carolina, Tennessee, and Islands. Virgin Islands. Los Angeles Metropolitan Office, Region 9-Los Angeles, 888 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 1850, Los Angeles, CA 90017-1850, Tel. 213- 202-3952. Marisol Simon, Regional Rick Krochalis, Regional Administrator, Region 5-Chicago, Administrator, Region 10-Seattle, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 320, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312-353- Second Avenue, Suite 3142, 2789. Seattle, WA 98174-1002, Tel. 206- 220-7954. States served: Illinois, Indiana, States served: Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Oregon, and Washington. Wisconsin. Chicago Metropolitan Office, Region 5-Chicago, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312-353-2789. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 52056]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN24AU10.013 [[Page 52057]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN24AU10.014 [FR Doc. 2010-20952 Filed 8-23-10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-57-C