[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32463]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
FTA Fiscal Year 2000 Apportionments, Allocations and Program
Information; Notice of Changes and Corrections
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; Changes and Corrections.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces changes to program
allocations previously published in the Department of Transportation,
Federal Transit Administration Notice entitled ``FTA Fiscal Year 2000
Apportionments, Allocations and Program Information; Notice,'' dated
October 28, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Levine, Director, Office of
Resource Management and State Programs, at (202) 366-2053.
I. Changes to FTA FY 2000 New Starts and Bus Allocations
On November 29, 1999, President Clinton signed into law the Fiscal
Year (FY) 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 106-113). One
provision of the Act provides for an across the board, Government-wide
reduction in spending of the discretionary budget authority for FY
2000. A second provision, makes available $6 million from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for new transit projects.
The FY 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act requires a government-
wide reduction of 0.38 percent. The actual amount of reductions may
vary among programs. The Federal transit share of this reduction totals
$17.6 million. Since the formula programs provide the primary sources
of Federal transit assistance, are distributed to all states and
urbanized areas, and have already been used by grantees to develop
plans for FY 2000, no reductions will be assessed against these
programs. No reduction is being assessed against the Job Access and
Reverse Commute program so as not to hinder progress in welfare reform,
a national priority. Thus, the congressionally mandated $17.6 million
reduction is being taken from the New Starts and Bus programs under the
Capital Investment Grants account and the National Research program
under the Transit Planning and Research account resulting in a net
reduction of 1.15 percent in each of these accounts. FTA published a
Federal Register Notice dated October 28, 1999 (64 FR 58211-58263)
which included the allocations for projects under these programs as
contained in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Pub. L. 106-69). The revised
allocations for the New Starts Program (Table 8) and the Bus Program
(Table 9) are contained in amendments to Tables 8 and 9 which may be
found on the FTA website at: [http://www.fta.dot.gov/office/program/
aa.htm]. An additional table displays the project specific adjustments
made under the National Research program.
The new projects specified under the FY 2000 Consolidated
Appropriations Act are listed below and in the Table 9 amendment. These
projects were not subject to the 1.15 percent reduction, but three-
fourths percent for oversight has been deducted, in accordance with
Section 5327 of 49 U.S.C.
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State and project Allocation
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AK: Anchorage, Alaska 2001 Special Olympics Winter Games $2,481,250
buses and bus facilities..................................
CA: Santa, Clarita, California bus maintenance facility.... 744,675
MN: Twin Cities, Minnesota metropolitan buses and bus 1,736,875
facilities................................................
NE: Lincoln, Nebraska bus maintenance facility............. 992,500
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Total Allocation....................................... 5,955,000
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II. Corrections
FTA Correction
A. In TABLE 10, Federal Transit Administration, FY 2000 JOB ACCESS
AND REVERSE COMMUTE PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS, on page 58258, the State
designation for the ``Central Kenai peninsula public transportation
task force,'' project was incorrectly identified as ``GA'' (Georgia).
The correct State designation is ``AK'' (Alaska).
B. In Table 9 on page 58247-58248:
1. The figure for ``Cedar Rapids intermodal facility'' project
amended to read $3,340,000--a reduction of $160,000;
2. Added new project: ``Iowa--Mason City, bus facility'' for
$160,000;
3. Changed project description for ``Colorado Association of
Transit Agencies'' project to ``Colorado buses and bus facilities'';
4. Changed project description for ``Kansas Public Transit
Association buses and bus facilities'' project to ``Kansas buses and
bus facilities''.
Issued on: December 9, 1999.
Nuria I. Fernandez,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-32463 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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