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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 198 / Monday, October 15, 2007 / Notices and in the left, 20/20. Following an examination in 2007, his optometrist noted, ‘‘After examining Mr. Olsen it is my professional impression that he has sufficient functional vision to drive a commercial vehicle.’’ Mr. Olsen reported that he has driven straight trucks for 42 years, accumulating 420,000 miles, tractor-trailer combinations for 42 years, accumulating 420,000 miles, and buses for 42 years, accumulating 21,000 miles. He holds a Class A CDL from Pennsylvania. His driving record for the last 3 years shows no crashes and no convictions for moving violations in a CMV. Thomas J. Prusik Mr. Prusik, 60, has had amblyopia in his right eye since birth. The best corrected visual acuity in his right eye is 20/100 and in the left, 20/20. Following an examination in 2007, his optometrist noted, ‘‘With the left eye’s VA of 20/20 uncorrected/corrected at distance, patient has sufficient vision to perform the driving tasks required to operate a commercial vehicle.’’ Mr. Prusik reported that he has driven straight trucks for 411⁄2 years, accumulating 311,250 miles. He holds a Class A CDL from New Jersey. His driving record for the last 3 years shows no crashes and no convictions for moving violations in a CMV. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Glen W. Sterling Mr. Sterling, 42, has loss of vision in his right eye due to a macular scar as a result of a traumatic injury sustained as a child. The visual acuity in his right eye is 20/20 and in the left, 20/200. Following an examination in 2007, his optometrist noted, ‘‘In my medical opinion, Mr. Sterling has sufficient vision to perform the driving tasks required to operate a commercial vehicle.’’ Mr. Sterling reported that he has driven straight trucks for 5 years, accumulating 25,000 miles, and tractortrailer combinations for 4 years, accumulating 60,000 miles. He holds a Class D chauffeur’s license from Louisiana. His driving record for the last 3 years shows no crashes and no convictions for moving violations in a CMV. Calvin D. Tubergen Mr. Tubergen, 59, has had amblyopia in his right eye since childhood. The best corrected visual acuity in his right eye is 20/60 and in the left, 20/20. Following an examination in 2006, his optometrist noted, ‘‘In my medical opinion, Calvin’s deficiency in his right eye is stable and not progressive; and that he has sufficient vision to perform the tasks required to operate a VerDate Aug<31>2005 21:55 Oct 12, 2007 Jkt 214001 commercial vehicle.’’ Mr. Tubergen reported that he has driven tractortrailer combinations for 7 years, accumulating 280,000 miles. He holds a Class A CDL from Michigan. His driving record for the last 3 years shows no crashes and two convictions for moving violations, one for failure to obey a traffic signal, and one for speeding in a CMV. He exceeded the speed limit by 10 mph. Request for Comments In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA requests public comment from all interested persons on the exemption petitions described in this notice. The Agency will consider all comments received before the close of business November 14, 2007. Comments will be available for examination in the docket at the location listed under the ADDRESSES section of this notice. The Agency will file comments received after the comment closing date in the public docket, and will consider them to the extent practicable. In addition to late comments, FMCSA will also continue to file, in the public docket, relevant information that becomes available after the comment closing date. Interested persons should monitor the public docket for new material. Issued on: October 5, 2007. Larry W. Minor, Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Development. [FR Doc. E7–20208 Filed 10–12–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT. Announcement of Project Selections. ACTION: SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects to be funded under Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 appropriations for the Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands (ATPPL) program, authorized by Section 3021 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users of 2005 (SAFETEA–LU) and codified in 49 U.S.C. 5320. The ATPPL program funds capital and planning expenses for alternative transportation systems in parks and public lands. Federal land management agencies and PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 58365 State, tribal and local governments acting with the consent of a Federal land management agency are eligible recipients. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project sponsors who are State, local, or tribal entities may contact the appropriate FTA Regional Administrator (See Appendix A) for grant-specific issues. Project sponsors who are a Federal land management agency or a specific unit of a Federal land management agency should work with the contact listed below at their headquarters office to coordinate the availability of funds to that unit. • Bureau of Land Management: Linda Force, Linda_Force@blm.gov, 202–557– 3567. • Fish and Wildlife Service: Nathan Caldwell, nathan_caldwell@fws.gov, 703–358–2376. • Forest Service: Ellen LaFayette, elafayette@fs.fed.us, 703–605–4509. • National Park Service: Kevin Percival, Kevin_Percival@nps.gov, 303– 969–2429. For general information about the Alternative Transportation in the Parks and Public Lands program, please contact Scott Faulk, Office of Program Management, Federal Transit Administration, scott.faulk@fdot.gov, 202–366–1660. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of $23,000,000 was appropriated for FTA’s ATPPL program in FY 2007. Of this amount, a maximum of $20,596,500 was available for project awards; $115,000 was reserved for oversight activities; and up to $2,300,000 was available for planning, research, and technical assistance. A total of 81 applicants requested $55 million, more than twice the amount available for projects, indicating strong competition for funds. An interagency technical review committee evaluated the project proposals based on the criteria defined in 49 U.S.C. 5320(g)(2). Then, as specified in Section 5320(g), the Secretary of the Interior’s designee determined the final selection of projects after consultation with and in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation’s designee. For FY 2007, the program will fund 46 projects totaling $19,788,840. The goals of the program are to conserve natural, historical, and cultural resources; reduce congestion and pollution; improve visitor mobility and accessibility; enhance visitor experience; and ensure access to all, including persons with disabilities through alternative transportation projects. The projects selected for funding in FY 2007 represent a diverse E:\FR\FM\15OCN1.SGM 15OCN1 58366 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 198 / Monday, October 15, 2007 / Notices set of capital and planning projects across the country, ranging from bus purchases to a ferry dock. FY2007 ATPPL PROJECT SELECTION State Land unit/agency Project description Project type Funding recipient Amount ($) AK ........... Glacier Bay NP and Preserve/National Park Service. Replace the existing Gustavus passenger and freight dock. Boat/Ferry/Dock ................. $3,000,000 AK ........... Tongass National Forest/ United States Forest Service. Grand Canyon National Park/National Park Service. Coronado National Forest, Santa Catalina Ranger District, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area/United States Forest Service. Muir Woods National Monument of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area/ National Park Service. Design, procure, and implement an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). Implement an ITS that promotes transit use and reduced congestion. Fund a transportation analysis and feasibility study. Other .................................. Direct Grant to Alaska Department of Transportation (D2007–ATPL– 001). Interagency Agreement with United States Forest Service. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with United States Forest Service. 180,000 Lease ten clean fuel shuttle buses for Muir Woods shuttle service and improve the Muir Woods Centennial transit stop. Lease five 30′ shuttle buses for the Giant Forest Shuttle System in Sequoia National Park. Capital cost of leasing ten buses for the Red Meadows-Devils Postpile transit system Funds also to be used for visitor information on the transit system. Lease Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) Vehicles. Complete park wide Integrated Transportation Capacity Assessment. Prepare operational plan for the Fort Baker Shuttle. Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 492,500 Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 225,000 Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with United States Forest Service. 100,000 Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 264,600 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 621,600 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 70,000 Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for the extension of the San Francisco Municipal Railway Historic Streetcar Route/Line. Purchase 2 hybrid electric low-floor buses and advance ITS technology initiatives to make transit within Maroon Bells, Snowmass Wilderness Area, and White River National Forest more efficient and user-friendly. Bus acquisition to facilitate alternative transportation within Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Model the effects of alternative transportation on resource protection and visitor experience in Rocky Mountain National Park. Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 493,000 Bus ..................................... Direct Grant to Roaring Fork Alternative Transportation Authority (D2007–ATPL–002). 1,300,000 Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with Fish and Wildlife Service. 171,720 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 298,817 PO 00000 Sfmt 4703 AZ ........... AZ ........... CA .......... CA .......... Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks/National Park Service. CA .......... Inyo National Forest Devils Postpile National Monument/United States Forest Service and National Park Service. CA .......... Yosemite National Park/National Park Service. CA .......... Yosemite National Park/National Park Service. CA .......... Golden Gate National Recreation Area/National Park Service. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Golden Gate National Recreation Area/National Park Service. CA .......... The Maroon Bells— Snowmass Wilderness Area, White River National Forest/United States Forest Service. CO .......... sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES CO .......... U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rocky Mountain/Fish and Wildlife Service. CO .......... Rocky Mountain National Park/National Park Service. VerDate Aug<31>2005 21:55 Oct 12, 2007 Jkt 214001 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Other .................................. E:\FR\FM\15OCN1.SGM 15OCN1 500,000 193,000 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 198 / Monday, October 15, 2007 / Notices 58367 FY2007 ATPPL PROJECT SELECTION—Continued Amount ($) State Land unit/agency Project description Project type Funding recipient FL ........... Gulf Islands National Seashore/National Park Service. Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 250,000 MA .......... Cape Cod National Seashore/National Park Service. Cape Cod National Seashore/National Park Service. Lowell National Historic Park/National Park Service. Fund the Fort Pickens/ Gateway Community Alternative Transportation Plan. Purchase five 30′ low-floor mini-buses. Vehicle replacement ........... Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 1,850,000 Purchase a tram to facilitate alternative transportation. Fund maintenance and safety improvements to the existing 1.5-mile trolley system. Fund a planning study that focuses on the expansion of alternative transportation in Outer and Lower Cape Cod. Fund a study that develops an integrated parking and transit plan. Rehabilitate the Ferry Hub Pier at Georges Island. Tram/Trolley ....................... Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 450,000 Tram/Trolley ....................... Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 409,650 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with Fish and Wildlife Service. 100,000 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 250,000 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 100,000 Reconfigure a transit vehicle node, which will provide a safe visitor access point to the park. Conduct a feasibility study to evaluate a circular trolley/transit system connecting Baltimore’s Inner Harbor with Fort McHenry National Park. Research and design of a low environmental impact tram. Conduct a comprehensive transportation planning study. Other .................................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 292,500 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 72,000 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with Fish and Wildlife Service. 248,000 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with Fish and Wildlife Service. 270,000 Purchase six propane buses. Vehicle replacement ........... 1,096,500 Fund a study that evaluates existing conditions at all bus stops within Acadia National Park, and identify alternative designs and strategies to improve bus stops that pose a risk to visitor safety. Replace a passenger ferry, purchase a tour bus, rehabilitate a ferry dock, and construct a terminal facility. Purchase transit vehicles for Glacier National Park Transit System. Planning ............................. Direct Grant to Maine Department of Transportation (D2007–ATPL– 003). Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with United States Forest Service. 575,000 Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 1,200,000 Fund feasibility study on upgrading the Sandy Hook National Park’s shuttle bus service. Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 50,000 PO 00000 Sfmt 4703 MA .......... MA .......... MA .......... MA .......... MA .......... MD .......... MD .......... MD etc .... MD/VA .... ME .......... Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Cod National Seashore/National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service. Cape Cod National Seashore/National Park Service. Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area/ National Park Service. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Site/National Park Service. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Site/National Park Service. Multiple Wildlife Refuges in Northeast (Region 5)/Fish and Wildlife Service. Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island National Seashore/Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service. Acadia National Park/National Park Service. Acadia National Park/National Park Service. MI ........... Hiawatha National Forest— Alger County Public Transit/United States Forest Service. MT .......... sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES ME .......... Glacier National Park and Blackfeet Indian Reservation/National Park Service. Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area/National Park Service. NJ ........... VerDate Aug<31>2005 21:55 Oct 12, 2007 Jkt 214001 Frm 00085 Fmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15OCN1.SGM 15OCN1 80,000 58368 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 198 / Monday, October 15, 2007 / Notices FY2007 ATPPL PROJECT SELECTION—Continued Amount ($) State Land unit/agency Project description Project type Funding recipient NV .......... Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest/Spring Mountain National Recreation Area/ United States Forest Service. Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with United States Forest Service. 168,300 NY .......... Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site/National Park Service. Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 226,800 NY .......... Fire Island National Seashore/National Park Service. Cuyahoga Valley National Park/National Park Service. Lewis and Clark National Historical Park/National Park Service. Gettysburg National Military Park; Eisenhower National Historic Site and the Soldiers National Cemetery/National Park Service. Valley Forge National Historical Park/National Park Service. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park/National Park Service. Fund a pilot ski season shuttle project and provide operational data for bus service between Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort. Fund a multi-year, seasonal field test at RooseveltVanderbilt National Historic Site. Redesign and construct a ferry terminal/visitor transportation center. Upgrade Rockside Railroad Boarding Station Area. Boat/Ferry/Dock ................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 200,000 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 187,000 Fund shuttle bus leasing from Sunset Empire Transit District. Procure three trolleys and construct eight bus stops. Bus ..................................... Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 43,000 Bus ..................................... Direct Grant to Adams County Transit Authority (D2007–ATPL–004). 787,353 Fund a pilot shuttle bus program at Valley Forge National Historical Park. Conduct a technical review of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park shuttle bus service. Purchase 10 transit vehicles to facilitate ecotourism at Texas parks, wildlife refuges, and the World Birding Center. Construct transit hub to be located on the north end of Moab near the banks of the Colorado River. Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 168,000 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 25,000 Tram/Trolley ....................... Interagency Agreement with Fish and Wildlife Service. 400,000 Other .................................. Direct Grant to Grand County, Utah (D2007– ATPL–005). 774,000 Expansion of the Zion shuttle system’s Visitor Center shuttle bus stop. Fund a transportation feasibility study for the Salt Lake City Tri-Canyons, Albion Basin area. Fund Zion National Park Shuttle Service Planning Study. Conduct visitor survey and enhance operations for current transit system. Redesign the Lake Chelan Dock infrastructure. Other .................................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 151,500 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with United States Forest Service. 204,000 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 150,000 Planning ............................. Interagency Agreement with National Park Service. 95,000 Planning ............................. 5,000 Construct a 4.2 mile trail system from National Elk Refuge Visitor Center to the end of the National Elk Refuge. Non-motorized .................... Interagency Agreement with United States Forest Service and National Park Service. Direct Grant to Teton County (D2007–ATPL–006). ............................................. ............................................. PO 00000 Sfmt 4703 OH .......... OR .......... PA ........... PA ........... TN ........... TX ........... Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. UT ........... Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office, Arches National Park/Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service. Zion National Park/National Park Service. UT ........... UT ........... UT ........... Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Salt Lake Ranger District/United States Forest Service. Zion National Park/National Park Service. VA ........... Colonial National Park/National Park Service. WA .......... Wenatachee National Forest/United States Forest Service and National Park Service. National Elk Refuge and Grand Teton National Park/Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES WY .......... Total VerDate Aug<31>2005 ............................................. 21:55 Oct 12, 2007 Jkt 214001 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 ............................................. E:\FR\FM\15OCN1.SGM 15OCN1 1,000,000 19,788,840 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 198 / Monday, October 15, 2007 / Notices Applying for Funds Recipients who are State or local government entities will be required to apply for ATPPL funds electronically through FTA’s electronic grant award and management system, TEAM. The content of these grant applications must reflect the approved proposal. (Note: Applications for the ATPPL program do not require Department of Labor Certification.) Upon grant award, payments to grantees will be made by electronic transfer to the grantee’s financial institution through the Electronic Clearing House Operation (ECHO) system. Staff in FTA’s Regional offices are available to assist applicants. Recipients who are Federal land management agencies will be required to enter into an interagency agreement with FTA. FTA will administer one interagency agreement with each Federal land management agency receiving funding through the program for all of that agency’s projects. Individual units of Federal land management agencies should work with the contact at their headquarters office listed above to coordinate the availability of funds to that unit. Program Requirements Section 5320 requires funding recipients to meet certain requirements. Program requirements can be found in the document ‘‘Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program: Requirements for Recipients of FY 2007 Funding’’ available at https://www.fta.dot.gov/ atppl. These requirements are incorporated into the grant agreements and inter-agency agreements used to fund the selected projects. Pre-Award Authority Pre-award authority allows an agency that will receive a grant or interagency agreement to incur certain project costs prior to receipt of the grant or interagency agreement and retain eligibility of the costs for subsequent reimbursement after the grant or agreement is approved. The recipient assumes all risk and is responsible for ensuring that all conditions are met to retain eligibility, including compliance with federal requirements such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), SAFETEA–LU planning requirements, and provisions established in the grant contract or Interagency Agreement. This automatic pre-award spending authority, when triggered, permits a grantee to incur costs on an eligible transit capital or planning project without prejudice to possible future Federal participation in the cost of the project or projects. Under the authority provided in 49 U.S.C. 5320(h), FTA is extending pre-award authority for FY 2007 ATTPL projects effective as of October 15, 2007, when the projects were publicly announced. The conditions under which preaward authority may be utilized are specified below: a. Pre-award authority is not a legal or implied commitment that the project(s) will be approved for FTA assistance or that FTA will obligate Federal funds. Furthermore, it is not a legal or implied commitment that all items undertaken by the applicant will be eligible for inclusion in the project(s). b. All FTA statutory, procedural, and contractual requirements must be met. c. No action will be taken by the grantee that prejudices the legal and administrative findings that the Federal Transit Administrator must make in order to approve a project. d. Local funds expended pursuant to this pre-award authority will be eligible for reimbursement if FTA later makes a grant or interagency agreement for the 58369 project(s). Local funds expended by the grantee prior to October 15, 2007 will not be eligible for credit toward local match or reimbursement. Furthermore, the expenditure of local funds on activities such as land acquisition, demolition, or construction, prior to the completion of the NEPA process, would compromise FTA’s ability to comply with Federal environmental laws and may render the project ineligible for FTA funding. e. When a grant for the project is subsequently awarded, the Financial Status Report, in TEAM-Web, must indicate the use of pre-award authority, and the pre-award item in the project information section of TEAM should be marked ‘‘yes.’’ Reporting Requirements All recipients must submit quarterly milestone/progress reports to FTA containing the following information: (1) Narrative description of project(s); and, (2) Discussion of all budget and schedule changes. State and local government entities should submit this information through FTA’s TEAM grants management system. The headquarters office for each federal land management agency should collect a quarterly report for each of the projects delineated in the interagency agreement and then send these reports (preferably by e-mail) to Scott Faulk, FTA Office of Transit Programs, scott.faulk@dot.gov; 202–366–1660; 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.; E44–417; Washington, DC 20590. Examples can be found on the program Web site at https://www.fta.dot.gov/atppl. The quarterly reports are due to FTA on the dates noted below: Covering Due date 1st Quarter Report ................................................... 2nd Quarter Report .................................................. 3rd Quarter Report ................................................... 4th Quarter Report ................................................... sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Quarter October 1–December 31 .................................................................................. January 1–March 31 ......................................................................................... April 1–June 30 ................................................................................................. July 1–September 31 ........................................................................................ January 31. April 30. July 31. October 31. In order to allow FTA to compute aggregate program performance measures as required by the President’s Management Agenda, FTA requests that all recipients of funding for capital projects under the ATPPL program submit the following information annually: • Annual visitation to the land unit; • Annual number of persons who use the alternative transportation system (ridership/usage); VerDate Aug<31>2005 21:55 Oct 12, 2007 Jkt 214001 • An estimate of the number of vehicle trips mitigated based on alternative transportation system usage and the typical number of passengers per vehicle; • Cost per passenger; and, • A note of any special services offered for those systems with higher costs per passenger but more amenities. State and local government entities should submit this information as part of their fourth quarter report through PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FTA’s TEAM grants management system. Federal land management agencies should also send this information as part of their fourth quarter report (preferably by e-mail), to Scott Faulk, FTA, scott.faulk@dot.gov; 202–366– 1660; 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.; E44–417; Washington, DC 20590. Examples can be found on the program Web site at https://www.fta.dot.gov/ atppl. E:\FR\FM\15OCN1.SGM 15OCN1 58370 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 198 / Monday, October 15, 2007 / Notices Oversight Recipients of FY 2007 ATPPL funds will be required to certify that they will comply with all applicable Federal and FTA programmatic requirements. FTA direct grantees will complete this certification as part of the annual Certification and Assurances package, and Federal Land Management Agency recipients will complete the certification by signing the interagency agreement. This certification is the basis for oversight reviews conducted by FTA. The Secretary of Transportation and FTA have elected not to apply the triennial review requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5307(h)(2) to ATPPL recipients that are other Federal agencies. Instead, working with the existing oversight systems at the Federal Land Management Agencies, FTA will perform periodic reviews of specific projects funded by the ATPPL program. These reviews will ensure that projects meet the basic statutory, administrative, and regulatory requirements as stipulated by this notice and the certification. To the extent possible, these reviews will be coordinated with other reviews of the project. FTA direct grantees of ATPPL funds (State, local and tribal government entities) will be subject to all applicable triennial, State management, civil rights, and other reviews. Issued in Washington, DC, this 5th day of October, 2007. James S. Simpson, Administrator. Region V Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Marisol Simon, FTA Regional Administrator, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606–5232, (312) 353–2789. Region VI Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Robert Patrick, FTA Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, (817) 978– 0550. Region VII Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA Regional Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–3920. Region VIII Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Terry Rosapep, FTA Regional Administrator, 12300 West Dakota, Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228– 2583, (720) 963–3300. Region IX American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Leslie Rogers, FTA Regional Administrator, 201 Mission Street, Suite 2210, San Francisco, CA 94105–1839, (415) 744–3133. Region X Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Richard F. Krochalis, FTA Regional Administrator, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174–1002, (206) 220–7954. [FR Doc. E7–20213 Filed 10–12–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–57–P Appendix A—FTA Regional Offices DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Region I Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Richard Doyle, FTA Regional Administrator, Kendall Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142–1093, (617) 494–2055. Surface Transportation Board Region II New Jersey and New York. Brigid HynesCherin, FTA Regional Administrator, One Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004–1415, (212) 668–2170. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Region III Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Letitia Thompson, FTA Regional Administrator, 1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124, (215) 656– 7100. Region IV Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virgin Islands. Yvette Taylor, FTA Regional Administrator, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Suite 17T50, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 865–5600. VerDate Aug<31>2005 21:55 Oct 12, 2007 Jkt 214001 [STB Docket No. AB–1013X] Kaw River Railroad, Inc.— Discontinuance of Service Exemption—in Clay County, MO Kaw River Railroad, Inc. (KRR) 1 has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F— Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service over a 0.27-mile line of railroad between milepost 199.86 and milepost 200.13, in Kearney, Clay County, MO.2 The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 64060. 1 KRR was authorized to lease and operate the line in Kaw River Railroad, Inc.—Lease and Operation Exemption—BNSF Railway Company, STB Finance Docket No. 34693 (STB served May 12, 2005). 2 BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) was authorized to abandon the above-described line in BNSF Railway Company—Abandonment Exemption—in Clay County, MO, STB Docket No. AB–6 (Sub-No. PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 KRR has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; (2) there has been no overhead traffic on the line for at least 2 years and no overhead traffic can move over the line as it is stub-ended; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication) and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met. As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected by the discontinuance of service shall be protected under Oregon Short Line R. Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be effective on November 14, 2007, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues and formal expressions of intent to file an OFA for continued rail service under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 must be filed by October 25, 2007.4 Petitions to reopen must be filed by November 5, 2007, with: Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to KRR’s representative: Karl Morell, Ball Janik LLP, 1455 F Street, NW., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. 450X) (STB served Aug. 15, 2007) (BNSF abandonment exemption). While BNSF was authorized to abandon its rail line located between milepost 199.07 and milepost 200.13, KRR’s lease only extended to milepost 199.86 (which explains the 0.79-mile difference in mileages sought by BNSF and KRR). 3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is set at $1,300. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 4 Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and not an abandonment, trail use/rail banking and public use conditions are not appropriate. Any environmental or historical documentation required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and 1105.8(b), respectively, is contained in the reports filed in the BNSF abandonment exemption. 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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Announcement of Project Selections.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects to be funded
under Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 appropriations for the Alternative
Transportation in Parks and Public Lands (ATPPL) program, authorized by
Section 3021 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act--A Legacy for Users of 2005 (SAFETEA-LU) and
codified in 49 U.S.C. 5320. The ATPPL program funds capital and
planning expenses for alternative transportation systems in parks and
public lands. Federal land management agencies and State, tribal and
local governments acting with the consent of a Federal land management
agency are eligible recipients.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project sponsors who are State, local,
or tribal entities may contact the appropriate FTA Regional
Administrator (See Appendix A) for grant-specific issues. Project
sponsors who are a Federal land management agency or a specific unit of
a Federal land management agency should work with the contact listed
below at their headquarters office to coordinate the availability of
funds to that unit.
Bureau of Land Management: Linda Force, Linda--
Force@blm.gov, 202-557-3567.
Fish and Wildlife Service: Nathan Caldwell, nathan_
caldwell@fws.gov, 703-358-2376.
Forest Service: Ellen LaFayette, elafayette@fs.fed.us,
703-605-4509.
National Park Service: Kevin Percival, Kevin--
Percival@nps.gov, 303-969-2429.
For general information about the Alternative Transportation in the
Parks and Public Lands program, please contact Scott Faulk, Office of
Program Management, Federal Transit Administration,
scott.faulk@fdot.gov, 202-366-1660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of $23,000,000 was appropriated for
FTA's ATPPL program in FY 2007. Of this amount, a maximum of
$20,596,500 was available for project awards; $115,000 was reserved for
oversight activities; and up to $2,300,000 was available for planning,
research, and technical assistance. A total of 81 applicants requested
$55 million, more than twice the amount available for projects,
indicating strong competition for funds. An interagency technical
review committee evaluated the project proposals based on the criteria
defined in 49 U.S.C. 5320(g)(2). Then, as specified in Section 5320(g),
the Secretary of the Interior's designee determined the final selection
of projects after consultation with and in cooperation with the
Secretary of Transportation's designee. For FY 2007, the program will
fund 46 projects totaling $19,788,840.
The goals of the program are to conserve natural, historical, and
cultural resources; reduce congestion and pollution; improve visitor
mobility and accessibility; enhance visitor experience; and ensure
access to all, including persons with disabilities through alternative
transportation projects. The projects selected for funding in FY 2007
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set of capital and planning projects across the country, ranging from
bus purchases to a ferry dock.

FY2007 ATPPL Project Selection
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Project
State Land unit/agency description Project type Funding recipient Amount ($)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AK............ Glacier Bay NP and Replace the Boat/Ferry/Dock... Direct Grant to $3,000,000
Preserve/National existing Gustavus Alaska
Park Service. passenger and Department of
freight dock. Transportation
(D2007-ATPL-001).
AK............ Tongass National Design, procure, Other............. Interagency 500,000
Forest/United and implement an Agreement with
States Forest Intelligent United States
Service. Transportation Forest Service.
System (ITS).
AZ............ Grand Canyon Implement an ITS Other............. Interagency 193,000
National Park/ that promotes Agreement with
National Park transit use and National Park
Service. reduced Service.
congestion.
AZ............ Coronado National Fund a Planning.......... Interagency 180,000
Forest, Santa transportation Agreement with
Catalina Ranger analysis and United States
District, Sabino feasibility study. Forest Service.
Canyon Recreation
Area/United
States Forest
Service.
CA............ Muir Woods Lease ten clean Bus............... Interagency 492,500
National Monument fuel shuttle Agreement with
of the Golden buses for Muir National Park
Gate National Woods shuttle Service.
Recreation Area/ service and
National Park improve the Muir
Service. Woods Centennial
transit stop.
CA............ Sequoia and Kings Lease five 30' Bus............... Interagency 225,000
Canyon National shuttle buses for Agreement with
Parks/National the Giant Forest National Park
Park Service. Shuttle System in Service.
Sequoia National
Park.
CA............ Inyo National Capital cost of Bus............... Interagency 100,000
Forest Devils leasing ten buses Agreement with
Postpile National for the Red United States
Monument/United Meadows-Devils Forest Service.
States Forest Postpile transit
Service and system Funds also
National Park to be used for
Service. visitor
information on
the transit
system.
CA............ Yosemite National Lease Yosemite Bus............... Interagency 264,600
Park/National Area Regional Agreement with
Park Service. Transportation National Park
System (YARTS) Service.
Vehicles.
CA............ Yosemite National Complete park wide Planning.......... Interagency 621,600
Park/National Integrated Agreement with
Park Service. Transportation National Park
Capacity Service.
Assessment.
CA............ Golden Gate Prepare Planning.......... Interagency 70,000
National operational plan Agreement with
Recreation Area/ for the Fort National Park
National Park Baker Shuttle. Service.
Service.
CA............ San Francisco Prepare Planning.......... Interagency 493,000
Maritime National Environmental Agreement with
Historical Park, Impact Statement National Park
Golden Gate for the extension Service.
National of the San
Recreation Area/ Francisco
National Park Municipal Railway
Service. Historic
Streetcar Route/
Line.
CO............ The Maroon Bells-- Purchase 2 hybrid Bus............... Direct Grant to 1,300,000
Snowmass electric low- Roaring Fork
Wilderness Area, floor buses and Alternative
White River advance ITS Transportation
National Forest/ technology Authority (D2007-
United States initiatives to ATPL-002).
Forest Service. make transit
within Maroon
Bells, Snowmass
Wilderness Area,
and White River
National Forest
more efficient
and user-friendly.
CO............ U.S. Fish and Bus acquisition to Bus............... Interagency 171,720
Wildlife Service facilitate Agreement with
Rocky Mountain/ alternative Fish and
Fish and Wildlife transportation Wildlife Service.
Service. within Rocky
Mountain Arsenal
National Wildlife
Refuge.
CO............ Rocky Mountain Model the effects Planning.......... Interagency 298,817
National Park/ of alternative Agreement with
National Park transportation on National Park
Service. resource Service.
protection and
visitor
experience in
Rocky Mountain
National Park.

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FL............ Gulf Islands Fund the Fort Planning.......... Interagency 250,000
National Seashore/ Pickens/Gateway Agreement with
National Park Community National Park
Service. Alternative Service.
Transportation
Plan.
MA............ Cape Cod National Purchase five 30' Vehicle Interagency 1,850,000
Seashore/National low-floor mini- replacement. Agreement with
Park Service. buses. National Park
Service.
MA............ Cape Cod National Purchase a tram to Tram/Trolley...... Interagency 450,000
Seashore/National facilitate Agreement with
Park Service. alternative National Park
transportation. Service.
MA............ Lowell National Fund maintenance Tram/Trolley...... Interagency 409,650
Historic Park/ and safety Agreement with
National Park improvements to National Park
Service. the existing 1.5- Service.
mile trolley
system.
MA............ Monomoy National Fund a planning Planning.......... Interagency 100,000
Wildlife Refuge, study that Agreement with
Cape Cod National focuses on the Fish and
Seashore/National expansion of Wildlife Service.
Park Service and alternative
Fish and Wildlife transportation in
Service. Outer and Lower
Cape Cod.
MA............ Cape Cod National Fund a study that Planning.......... Interagency 250,000
Seashore/National develops an Agreement with
Park Service. integrated National Park
parking and Service.
transit plan.
MA............ Boston Harbor Rehabilitate the Planning.......... Interagency 100,000
Islands National Ferry Hub Pier at Agreement with
Recreation Area/ Georges Island. National Park
National Park Service.
Service.
MD............ Fort McHenry Reconfigure a Other............. Interagency 292,500
National Monument transit vehicle Agreement with
and Historic Site/ node, which will National Park
National Park provide a safe Service.
Service. visitor access
point to the park.
MD............ Fort McHenry Conduct a Planning.......... Interagency 72,000
National Monument feasibility study Agreement with
and Historic Site/ to evaluate a National Park
National Park circular trolley/ Service.
Service. transit system
connecting
Baltimore's Inner
Harbor with Fort
McHenry National
Park.
MD etc........ Multiple Wildlife Research and Planning.......... Interagency 248,000
Refuges in design of a low Agreement with
Northeast (Region environmental Fish and
5)/Fish and impact tram. Wildlife Service.
Wildlife Service.
MD/VA......... Chincoteague Conduct a Planning.......... Interagency 270,000
National Wildlife comprehensive Agreement with
Refuge, transportation Fish and
Assateague Island planning study. Wildlife Service.
National Seashore/
Fish and Wildlife
Service and
National Park
Service.
ME............ Acadia National Purchase six Vehicle Direct Grant to 1,096,500
Park/National propane buses. replacement. Maine Department
Park Service. of
Transportation
(D2007-ATPL-003).
ME............ Acadia National Fund a study that Planning.......... Interagency 80,000
Park/National evaluates Agreement with
Park Service. existing National Park
conditions at all Service.
bus stops within
Acadia National
Park, and
identify
alternative
designs and
strategies to
improve bus stops
that pose a risk
to visitor safety.
MI............ Hiawatha National Replace a Bus............... Interagency 575,000
Forest--Alger passenger ferry, Agreement with
County Public purchase a tour United States
Transit/United bus, rehabilitate Forest Service.
States Forest a ferry dock, and
Service. construct a
terminal facility.
MT............ Glacier National Purchase transit Bus............... Interagency 1,200,000
Park and vehicles for Agreement with
Blackfeet Indian Glacier National National Park
Reservation/ Park Transit Service.
National Park System.
Service.
NJ............ Sandy Hook Unit of Fund feasibility Planning.......... Interagency 50,000
Gateway National study on Agreement with
Recreation Area/ upgrading the National Park
National Park Sandy Hook Service.
Service. National Park's
shuttle bus
service.

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NV............ Humboldt-Toiyabe Fund a pilot ski Bus............... Interagency 168,300
National Forest/ season shuttle Agreement with
Spring Mountain project and United States
National provide Forest Service.
Recreation Area/ operational data
United States for bus service
Forest Service. between Las Vegas
and the Las Vegas
Ski and Snowboard
Resort.
NY............ Roosevelt- Fund a multi-year, Bus............... Interagency 226,800
Vanderbilt seasonal field Agreement with
National Historic test at Roosevelt- National Park
Site/National Vanderbilt Service.
Park Service. National Historic
Site.
NY............ Fire Island Redesign and Boat/Ferry/Dock... Interagency 200,000
National Seashore/ construct a ferry Agreement with
National Park terminal/visitor National Park
Service. transportation Service.
center.
OH............ Cuyahoga Valley Upgrade Rockside Planning.......... Interagency 187,000
National Park/ Railroad Boarding Agreement with
National Park Station Area. National Park
Service. Service.
OR............ Lewis and Clark Fund shuttle bus Bus............... Interagency 43,000
National leasing from Agreement with
Historical Park/ Sunset Empire National Park
National Park Transit District. Service.
Service.
PA............ Gettysburg Procure three Bus............... Direct Grant to 787,353
National Military trolleys and Adams County
Park; Eisenhower construct eight Transit
National Historic bus stops. Authority (D2007-
Site and the ATPL-004).
Soldiers National
Cemetery/National
Park Service.
PA............ Valley Forge Fund a pilot Planning.......... Interagency 168,000
National shuttle bus Agreement with
Historical Park/ program at Valley National Park
National Park Forge National Service.
Service. Historical Park.
TN............ Kennesaw Mountain Conduct a Planning.......... Interagency 25,000
National technical review Agreement with
Battlefield Park/ of Kennesaw National Park
National Park Mountain National Service.
Service. Battlefield Park
shuttle bus
service.
TX............ Lower Rio Grande Purchase 10 Tram/Trolley...... Interagency 400,000
Valley National transit vehicles Agreement with
Wildlife Refuge. to facilitate Fish and
ecotourism at Wildlife Service.
Texas parks,
wildlife refuges,
and the World
Birding Center.
UT............ Bureau of Land Construct transit Other............. Direct Grant to 774,000
Management Moab hub to be located Grand County,
Field Office, on the north end Utah (D2007-ATPL-
Arches National of Moab near the 005).
Park/Bureau of banks of the
Land Management Colorado River.
and National Park
Service.
UT............ Zion National Park/ Expansion of the Other............. Interagency 151,500
National Park Zion shuttle Agreement with
Service. system's Visitor National Park
Center shuttle Service.
bus stop.
UT............ Wasatch-Cache Fund a Planning.......... Interagency 204,000
National Forest, transportation Agreement with
Salt Lake Ranger feasibility study United States
District/United for the Salt Lake Forest Service.
States Forest City Tri-Canyons,
Service. Albion Basin area.
UT............ Zion National Park/ Fund Zion National Planning.......... Interagency 150,000
National Park Park Shuttle Agreement with
Service. Service Planning National Park
Study. Service.
VA............ Colonial National Conduct visitor Planning.......... Interagency 95,000
Park/National survey and Agreement with
Park Service. enhance National Park
operations for Service.
current transit
system.
WA............ Wenatachee Redesign the Lake Planning.......... Interagency 5,000
National Forest/ Chelan Dock Agreement with
United States infrastructure. United States
Forest Service Forest Service
and National Park and National
Service. Park Service.
WY............ National Elk Construct a 4.2 Non-motorized..... Direct Grant to 1,000,000
Refuge and Grand mile trail system Teton County
Teton National from National Elk (D2007-ATPL-006).
Park/Fish and Refuge Visitor
Wildlife Service Center to the end
and National Park of the National
Service. Elk Refuge.
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Total..... .................. .................. .................. ................. 19,788,840
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Applying for Funds

Recipients who are State or local government entities will be
required to apply for ATPPL funds electronically through FTA's
electronic grant award and management system, TEAM. The content of
these grant applications must reflect the approved proposal. (Note:
Applications for the ATPPL program do not require Department of Labor
Certification.) Upon grant award, payments to grantees will be made by
electronic transfer to the grantee's financial institution through the
Electronic Clearing House Operation (ECHO) system. Staff in FTA's
Regional offices are available to assist applicants.
Recipients who are Federal land management agencies will be
required to enter into an interagency agreement with FTA. FTA will
administer one interagency agreement with each Federal land management
agency receiving funding through the program for all of that agency's
projects. Individual units of Federal land management agencies should
work with the contact at their headquarters office listed above to
coordinate the availability of funds to that unit.

Program Requirements

Section 5320 requires funding recipients to meet certain
requirements. Program requirements can be found in the document
``Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program:
Requirements for Recipients of FY 2007 Funding'' available at https://
www.fta.dot.gov/atppl. These requirements are incorporated into the
grant agreements and inter-agency agreements used to fund the selected
projects.

Pre-Award Authority

Pre-award authority allows an agency that will receive a grant or
interagency agreement to incur certain project costs prior to receipt
of the grant or interagency agreement and retain eligibility of the
costs for subsequent reimbursement after the grant or agreement is
approved. The recipient assumes all risk and is responsible for
ensuring that all conditions are met to retain eligibility, including
compliance with federal requirements such as the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), SAFETEA-LU planning requirements, and provisions
established in the grant contract or Interagency Agreement. This
automatic pre-award spending authority, when triggered, permits a
grantee to incur costs on an eligible transit capital or planning
project without prejudice to possible future Federal participation in
the cost of the project or projects. Under the authority provided in 49
U.S.C. 5320(h), FTA is extending pre-award authority for FY 2007 ATTPL
projects effective as of October 15, 2007, when the projects were
publicly announced.
The conditions under which pre-award authority may be utilized are
specified below:
a. Pre-award authority is not a legal or implied commitment that
the project(s) will be approved for FTA assistance or that FTA will
obligate Federal funds. Furthermore, it is not a legal or implied
commitment that all items undertaken by the applicant will be eligible
for inclusion in the project(s).
b. All FTA statutory, procedural, and contractual requirements must
be met.
c. No action will be taken by the grantee that prejudices the legal
and administrative findings that the Federal Transit Administrator must
make in order to approve a project.
d. Local funds expended pursuant to this pre-award authority will
be eligible for reimbursement if FTA later makes a grant or interagency
agreement for the project(s). Local funds expended by the grantee prior
to October 15, 2007 will not be eligible for credit toward local match
or reimbursement. Furthermore, the expenditure of local funds on
activities such as land acquisition, demolition, or construction, prior
to the completion of the NEPA process, would compromise FTA's ability
to comply with Federal environmental laws and may render the project
ineligible for FTA funding.
e. When a grant for the project is subsequently awarded, the
Financial Status Report, in TEAM-Web, must indicate the use of pre-
award authority, and the pre-award item in the project information
section of TEAM should be marked ``yes.''

Reporting Requirements

All recipients must submit quarterly milestone/progress reports to
FTA containing the following information:
(1) Narrative description of project(s); and,
(2) Discussion of all budget and schedule changes.
State and local government entities should submit this information
through FTA's TEAM grants management system.
The headquarters office for each federal land management agency
should collect a quarterly report for each of the projects delineated
in the interagency agreement and then send these reports (preferably by
e-mail) to Scott Faulk, FTA Office of Transit Programs,
scott.faulk@dot.gov; 202-366-1660; 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.; E44-
417; Washington, DC 20590. Examples can be found on the program Web
site at https://www.fta.dot.gov/atppl. The quarterly reports are due to
FTA on the dates noted below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quarter Covering Due date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1st Quarter Report.............. October 1-December January 31.
31.
2nd Quarter Report.............. January 1-March 31 April 30.
3rd Quarter Report.............. April 1-June 30... July 31.
4th Quarter Report.............. July 1-September October 31.
31.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

In order to allow FTA to compute aggregate program performance
measures as required by the President's Management Agenda, FTA requests
that all recipients of funding for capital projects under the ATPPL
program submit the following information annually:
Annual visitation to the land unit;
Annual number of persons who use the alternative
transportation system (ridership/usage);
An estimate of the number of vehicle trips mitigated based
on alternative transportation system usage and the typical number of
passengers per vehicle;
Cost per passenger; and,
A note of any special services offered for those systems
with higher costs per passenger but more amenities.
State and local government entities should submit this information
as part of their fourth quarter report through FTA's TEAM grants
management system.
Federal land management agencies should also send this information
as part of their fourth quarter report (preferably by e-mail), to Scott
Faulk, FTA, scott.faulk@dot.gov; 202-366-1660; 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE.; E44-417; Washington, DC 20590. Examples can be found on the
program Web site at https://www.fta.dot.gov/atppl.

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Oversight

Recipients of FY 2007 ATPPL funds will be required to certify that
they will comply with all applicable Federal and FTA programmatic
requirements. FTA direct grantees will complete this certification as
part of the annual Certification and Assurances package, and Federal
Land Management Agency recipients will complete the certification by
signing the interagency agreement. This certification is the basis for
oversight reviews conducted by FTA.
The Secretary of Transportation and FTA have elected not to apply
the triennial review requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5307(h)(2) to ATPPL
recipients that are other Federal agencies. Instead, working with the
existing oversight systems at the Federal Land Management Agencies, FTA
will perform periodic reviews of specific projects funded by the ATPPL
program. These reviews will ensure that projects meet the basic
statutory, administrative, and regulatory requirements as stipulated by
this notice and the certification. To the extent possible, these
reviews will be coordinated with other reviews of the project. FTA
direct grantees of ATPPL funds (State, local and tribal government
entities) will be subject to all applicable triennial, State
management, civil rights, and other reviews.

Issued in Washington, DC, this 5th day of October, 2007.
James S. Simpson,
Administrator.

Appendix A--FTA Regional Offices

Region I

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
and Vermont. Richard Doyle, FTA Regional Administrator, Kendall
Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, (617) 494-
2055.

Region II

New Jersey and New York. Brigid Hynes-Cherin, FTA Regional
Administrator, One Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004-1415,
(212) 668-2170.

Region III

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West Virginia. Letitia Thompson, FTA Regional
Administrator, 1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA
19103-4124, (215) 656-7100.

Region IV

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virgin
Islands. Yvette Taylor, FTA Regional Administrator, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Suite 17T50, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 865-5600.

Region V

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Marisol Simon, FTA Regional Administrator, 200 West Adams Street,
Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606-5232, (312) 353-2789.

Region VI

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Robert
Patrick, FTA Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor Street, Room 8A36,
Ft. Worth, TX 76102, (817) 978-0550.

Region VII

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA
Regional Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite 404, Kansas City,
MO 64106, (816) 329-3920.

Region VIII

Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and
Wyoming. Terry Rosapep, FTA Regional Administrator, 12300 West
Dakota, Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, (720) 963-3300.

Region IX

American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and
the Northern Mariana Islands. Leslie Rogers, FTA Regional
Administrator, 201 Mission Street, Suite 2210, San Francisco, CA
94105-1839, (415) 744-3133.

Region X

Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Richard F. Krochalis, FTA
Regional Administrator, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue,
Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174-1002, (206) 220-7954.

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