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Federal Register/Vol. 75, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 16, 2010 / Notices
are apportioned by a statutory formula
to UZAs with fixed guideway systems
that have been in operation for at least
seven years. A "fixed guideway" refers
to any transit service that uses exclusive
or controlled rights-of-way or rails,
entirely or in part. The term includes
heavy rail, commuter rail, light rail,
monorail, trolleybus, aerial tramway,
inclined plane, cable car, automated
guideway transit, ferryboats, that
portion of motor bus service operated on
exclusive or controlled rights-of-way,
and high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV)
lanes. Eligible applicants are the public
transit authorities in those urbanized
areas to which the funds are
apportioned. For more information
about Fixed Guideway Modernization
contact Kimberly Sledge, Office of
Transit Programs, at (202) 366-2053.
1. FY 2010 Funding Availability
CR 2010 provides $689,431,000 to the
Fixed Guideway Modernization
Program. The total amount apportioned
for the Fixed Guideway Modernization
Program is $682,536,690, after the
deduction for oversight, as shown in the
table below.
FIXED GUIDEWAY MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM
Total Appropriation .......... $689,431,000
Oversight Deduction ............. -$6,894,310
Total Apportioned .............. $682,536,690
The FY 2010 Fixed Guideway
Modernization Program apportionments
to eligible areas are displayed in Table
8.
2. Basis for Formula Apportionment
The formula for allocating the Fixed
Guideway Modernization funds
contains seven tiers. The apportionment
of funding under the first four tiers is
based on amounts specified in law and
NTD data used to apportion funds in FY
1997. Funding under the last three tiers
is apportioned based on the latest
available data on route miles and
revenue vehicle miles on segments at
least seven years old, as reported to the
NTD. Section 5337(f) of title 49, U.S.C.
provides for the inclusion of
Morgantown, West Virginia (population
55,997) as an eligible UZA for purposes
of apportioning fixed guideway
modernization funds. Also, consistent to
49 U.S.C. 5336(b), FTA uses 60 percent
of the directional route miles
attributable to the Alaska Railroad
passenger operations system to calculate
the apportionment for the Anchorage,Alaska UZA under the Section 5309
Fixed Guideway Modernization
formula.
FY 2010 Formula apportionments are
based on data grantees provided to the
NTD for the 2008 reporting year. Table
9 provides additional information and
details on the formula. Dollar unit
values for the formula factors used in
the Fixed Guideway Modernization
Program are displayed in Table 5. To
replicate an area's apportionment,
multiply the dollar unit value by the
appropriate formula factor, i.e., route
miles and revenue vehicle miles.
3. Program Requirements
Fixed Guideway Modernization funds
must be used for capital projects to
maintain, modernize, or improve fixed
guideway systems. Eligible UZAs (those
with a population of 200,000 or more)
with fixed guideway systems that are at
least seven years old are entitled to
receive Fixed Guideway Modernization
funds. A threshold level of more than
one mile of fixed guideway is required
in order to receive Fixed Guideway
Modernization funds. Therefore, UZAs
reporting one mile or less of fixed
guideway mileage under the NTD are
not included. However, funds
apportioned to an urbanized area may
be used on any fixed guideway segment
in the UZA. Program guidance for Fixed
Guideway Modernization is presently
found in FTA Circular C9300.1B,
Capital Facilities and Formula Grant
Programs, dated November 1, 2008.
4. Period of Availability
The funds apportioned in this notice
under the Fixed Guideway
Modernization Program remain
available to recipients to be obligated in
a grant during the year of appropriation
plus three additional years. FY 2010
Fixed Guideway Modernization funds
that remain unobligated at the close of
business on September 30, 2013, will
revert to FTA for reapportionment
under the Fixed Guideway
Modernization Program.
F. Capital Investment Program (49
U.S.C. 5309)-Bus and Bus-Related
Facilities
This program provides capital
assistance for new and replacement
buses, and related equipment and
facilities. Funds are allocated on a
discretionary basis. Eligible purposes
are acquisition of buses for fleet and
service expansion, bus maintenance and
administrative facilities, transfer
facilities, bus malls, transportation
centers, intermodal terminals, park-and-
ride stations, acquisition of replacement
vehicles, bus rebuilds, bus preventivemaintenance, passenger amenities such
as passenger shelters and bus stop signs,
accessory and miscellaneous equipment
such as mobile radio units, supervisory
vehicles, fare boxes, computers, and
shop and garage equipment. Eligible
applicants are State and local
governmental authorities. Eligible
subrecipients include other public
agencies, private companies engaged in
public transportation and private non-
profit organizations. For more
information about Bus and Bus Related
Facilities contact Juan Morrison, Office
of Transit Programs, at (202) 366-2053.
1. FY 2010 Funding Availability
CR 2010 provides $365,711,000 for
the Bus and Bus Related Facilities
program. After deduction of one percent
for program management oversight,
$362,053,890 remains available.
BUS AND BUS RELATED FACILITIES
Total Appropriation ............ $365,711,000
Oversight Deduction ............. - $3,657,110
Total Apportioned .............. $362,053,890
2. Requirements
Grants made under the Bus and Bus
Related Facilities program must meet all
eligibility requirements as outlined in
Section 5309 unless otherwise specified
in law.
Program guidance for Bus and Bus
Related Facilities is found in FTA
Circular C9300.1B, "Capital Investment
Program Guidance and Application
Instructions," (November 1, 2008).
3. Period of Availability
The FY 2010 Bus and Bus Related
Facilities funds not obligated in a grant
for eligible purposes as of September 30,
2012, may be made available for other
bus and bus facility projects under 49
U.S.C. 5309.
4. Other Program or Allocation Related
Information and Highlights
Prior year unobligated balances for
Bus and Bus-Related allocations in the
amount of $852,519,277 remain
available for obligation in FY 2010. This
includes $242,431,083 in FY 2008 and
$610,088,195 for FY 2009. The prior
year carryover amounts are displayed in
Table 10. The carryover amount for FY
2009 includes $114,095,771 in
unallocated funds which may be
awarded competitively under the
Livability Bus Program Notice of
Funding Availability published onDecember 8, 2009.
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