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or optometrist’s report to the medical
examiner at the time of the annual
medical examination; and (3) that each
individual provide a copy of the annual
medical certification to the employer for
retention in the driver’s qualification
file and retain a copy of the certification
on his/her person while driving for
presentation to a duly authorized
Federal, State, or local enforcement
official. Each exemption will be valid
for two years unless rescinded earlier by
FMCSA. The exemption will be
rescinded if: (1) The person fails to
comply with the terms and conditions
of the exemption; (2) the exemption has
resulted in a lower level of safety than
was maintained before it was granted; or
(3) continuation of the exemption would
not be consistent with the goals and
objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315.
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Basis for Renewing Exemptions
Under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(1), an
exemption may be granted for no longer
than two years from its approval date
and may be renewed upon application
for additional two year periods. In
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315, each of the 15 applicants has
satisfied the entry conditions for
obtaining an exemption from the vision
requirements (63 FR 30285; 63 FR
54519; 63 FR 196; 64 FR 54948; 65 FR
159; 67 FR 67234; 69 FR 62741; 71 FR
62147; 65 FR 20245; 65 FR 57230; 67 FR
57266; 65 FR 33406; 65 FR 57234; 65 FR
66293; 67 FR 67234; 67 FR 46016; 67 FR
57267; 69 FR 53493; 69 FR 62742; 71 FR
62148; 71 FR 6826; 71 FR 19602; 71 FR
32183; 71 FR 41310). Each of these 15
applicants has requested renewal of the
exemption and has submitted evidence
showing that the vision in the better eye
continues to meet the standard specified
at 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10) and that the
vision impairment is stable. In addition,
a review of each record of safety while
driving with the respective vision
deficiencies over the past two years
indicates each applicant continues to
meet the vision exemption standards.
These factors provide an adequate basis
for predicting each driver’s ability to
continue to drive safely in interstate
commerce. Therefore, FMCSA
concludes that extending the exemption
for each renewal applicant for a period
of two years is likely to achieve a level
of safety equal to that existing without
the exemption.
Request for Comments
FMCSA will review comments
received at any time concerning a
particular driver’s safety record and
determine if the continuation of the
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requirements at 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315. However, FMCSA requests that
interested parties with specific data
concerning the safety records of these
drivers submit comments by November
10, 2008.
FMCSA believes that the
requirements for a renewal of an
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315 can be satisfied by initially
granting the renewal and then
requesting and evaluating, if needed,
subsequent comments submitted by
interested parties. As indicated above,
the Agency previously published
notices of final disposition announcing
its decision to exempt these 15
individuals from the vision requirement
in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). The final
decision to grant an exemption to each
of these individuals was based on the
merits of each case and only after
careful consideration of the comments
received to its notices of applications.
The notices of applications stated in
detail the qualifications, experience,
and medical condition of each applicant
for an exemption from the vision
requirements. That information is
available by consulting the above cited
Federal Register publications.
Interested parties or organizations
possessing information that would
otherwise show that any, or all of these
drivers, are not currently achieving the
statutory level of safety should
immediately notify FMCSA.
The Agency will evaluate any adverse
evidence submitted and, if safety is
being compromised or if continuation of
the exemption would not be consistent
with the goals and objectives of 49
U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will
take immediate steps to revoke the
exemption of a driver.
Issued on: October 2, 2008.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and
Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks
Program, Formerly Alternative
Transportation in Parks and Public
Lands Program
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Announcement of project
selections.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit
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Administration (FTA) announces the
selection of projects to be funded under
Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 appropriations for
the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks
program (formally 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 Paul S. Sarbanes
Transit in Parks 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:
Award recipients who are State, local,
or tribal entities may contact the
appropriate FTA Regional
Administrator (See Appendix A) for
grant-specific issues. Award Recipients
who are a specific unit of the following
Federal land management agencies
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.
Any other Federal land management
agency, as specified by 49 U.S.C.
5320(b)(2), should contact Henrika
Buchanan-Smith at (202) 366–2053 for
instructions regarding receiving funds.
For general information about the Paul
S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks program,
please contact Scott Faulk, Office of
Program Management, Federal Transit
Administration, at (202) 366–2053.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A total of $25,000,000 was
appropriated for FTA’s Paul S. Sarbanes
Transit in Parks program in Fiscal Year
(FY) 2008, and $807,660 in FY 2007
funds remain available for allocation. Of
this amount, $1,250,000 has been
reserved for oversight, planning,
research, and technical assistance
leaving $24,557,660 available for project
awards. A total of 84 applicants
requested $55.2 million in funding
under the program, which was more
than twice the amount available for
projects. FTA, Department of the
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Interior (DOI), and land management
agencies’ representatives evaluated the
project proposals based on the criteria
defined in 49 U.S.C. 5320(g)(2) and
detailed in the Notice of Funding
Availability published on December 13,
2007.
The 52 projects selected for funding
in FY 2008 are shown on Table 1 and
represent a diverse set of capital and
planning projects across the country,
ranging from bus purchases to
installation of Intelligent Transportation
Systems (ITS).
Applying for Funds
Recipients who are State or local
government entities will be required to
apply for Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in
Parks program 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 Paul S. Sarbanes
Transit in Parks 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 is 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.
Requirements that reflect existing
statutory and regulatory provisions can
be found in the document ‘‘Alternative
Transportation in Parks and Public
Lands Program: Requirements for
Recipients’’ 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 2008 ATTPL projects
effective as of October 10, 2008 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
project(s). Local funds expended by the
grantee prior to October 10, 2008 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
reports to FTA containing the following
information:
(1) Narrative description of project(s);
and,
(2) discussion of all budget and
schedule changes.
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, scott.faulk@dot.gov; 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, Washington, DC 20590.
Examples can be found on the program
Web site at https://www.fta.dot.gov/
atppl. State and local governments will
send this information to FTA for
projects that are funded through grants
to State and local governments rather
than through the interagency agreement.
The quarterly reports are due to FTA on
the dates noted below:
Covering
1st Quarter Report ......................................................................
2nd Quarter Report .....................................................................
3rd Quarter Report ......................................................................
4th Quarter Report ......................................................................
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Quarter
October 1–December 31 .............................................................
January 1–March 31 ...................................................................
April 1–June 30 ...........................................................................
July 1–September 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 Paul S. Sarbanes
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Transit in Parks program submit the
following information annually:
• Annual visitation to the land unit;
• Annual number of persons who use
the alternative transportation system
(ridership/usage);
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January 31
April 30.
July 31.
October 31.
• 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,
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• 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. Examples can be found
on the program Web site at https://
www.fta.dot.gov/atppl.
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Oversight
Recipients of FY 2008 Paul S.
Sarbanes Transit in Parks program 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 Paul S. Sarbanes
Transit in Parks program 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 Paul S. Sarbanes
Transit in Parks 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
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project. FTA direct grantees of Paul S.
Sarbanes Transit in Parks program funds
(State, local and tribal government
entities) will be subject to all applicable
triennial, State management, civil rights,
and other reviews.
Marisol Simon, FTA Regional
Administrator, 200 West Adams Street,
Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606–5232,
(312) 353–2789.
Issued in Washington, DC, this 6th day of
October, 2008.
James S. Simpson,
Administrator.
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, and Texas. Robert Patrick,
FTA Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor
Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX
76102, (817) 978–0550.
Appendix A—FTA Regional Offices
Region VI
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 VII
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 VIII
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, 230 Peachtree
St., NW., Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303,
(404) 865–5600.
Region V
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
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Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA Regional
Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite
404, Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–
3920.
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, Room 1650, 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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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program, Formerly Alternative
Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), 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) 2008 appropriations for the Paul S. Sarbanes
Transit in Parks program (formally 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 Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks 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: Award recipients who are State, local,
or tribal entities may contact the appropriate FTA Regional
Administrator (See Appendix A) for grant-specific issues. Award
Recipients who are a specific unit of the following Federal land
management agencies 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.
Any other Federal land management agency, as specified by 49 U.S.C.
5320(b)(2), should contact Henrika Buchanan-Smith at (202) 366-2053 for
instructions regarding receiving funds. For general information about
the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks program, please contact Scott
Faulk, Office of Program Management, Federal Transit Administration, at
(202) 366-2053.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A total of $25,000,000 was appropriated for FTA's Paul S. Sarbanes
Transit in Parks program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, and $807,660 in FY
2007 funds remain available for allocation. Of this amount, $1,250,000
has been reserved for oversight, planning, research, and technical
assistance leaving $24,557,660 available for project awards. A total of
84 applicants requested $55.2 million in funding under the program,
which was more than twice the amount available for projects. FTA,
Department of the
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Interior (DOI), and land management agencies' representatives evaluated
the project proposals based on the criteria defined in 49 U.S.C.
5320(g)(2) and detailed in the Notice of Funding Availability published
on December 13, 2007.
The 52 projects selected for funding in FY 2008 are shown on Table
1 and represent a diverse set of capital and planning projects across
the country, ranging from bus purchases to installation of Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS).
Applying for Funds
Recipients who are State or local government entities will be
required to apply for Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks program 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 Paul S. Sarbanes Transit
in Parks 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
is 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. Requirements that reflect existing statutory and
regulatory provisions can be found in the document ``Alternative
Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program: Requirements for
Recipients'' 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 2008 ATTPL
projects effective as of October 10, 2008 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 10, 2008 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 reports to FTA containing the
following information:
(1) Narrative description of project(s); and,
(2) discussion of all budget and schedule changes.
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, scott.faulk@dot.gov; 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
Washington, DC 20590. Examples can be found on the program Web site at
https://www.fta.dot.gov/atppl. State and local governments will send
this information to FTA for projects that are funded through grants to
State and local governments rather than through the interagency
agreement. 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.
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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 Paul S.
Sarbanes Transit in Parks 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,
[[Page 60401]]
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. Examples can
be found on the program Web site at https://www.fta.dot.gov/atppl.
Oversight
Recipients of FY 2008 Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks program
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 Paul S.
Sarbanes Transit in Parks program 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 Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks
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 Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks program 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 6th day of October, 2008.
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, 230 Peachtree St., NW., Suite 800,
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, Room 1650, 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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