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includes a State Coordination Grant that 

provides support to help States address 

the issues outlined both by GAO and by 

the President in the Executive Order. 

FTA requested an emergency 

approval from OMB for the United We 

Ride State Coordination Grant Initiative 

in a Federal Register notice dated May 

21, 2004. OMB approved the request on 

June 22, 2004. This approval expires on 

December 31, 2004. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 500 

hours.

ADDRESSES: All written comments must 

refer to the docket number that appears 

at the top of this document and be 

submitted to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: FTA Desk Officer. 

Comments Are Invited On: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

Dated: October 19, 2004. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–23873 Filed 10–25–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration 

Transfer of Federally Assisted Land or 

Facility

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to transfer 

federally assisted land or facility. 

SUMMARY: Section 5334(g) of the Federal 

Transit Laws, as codified, 49 U.S.C. 

5301 et seq., permits the Administrator 

of the Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA) to authorize a recipient of FTA 

funds to transfer land or a facility to a 

public body for any public purpose with 

no further obligation to the Federal 

Government if, among other things, no 

Federal agency is interested in acquiring 

the asset for Federal use. Accordingly, 

FTA is issuing this notice to advise 

Federal agencies that the Whatcom 

Transportation Authority (WTA) 

intends to transfer a parcel of land with 

structures to the City of Bellingham, 

Washington to use in the City’s public 

works division for office space and 

storage of that division’s vehicles and 

equipment. The parcel was formerly 

used as WTA’s bus maintenance, 

operations and administrative facility 

and consists of approximately 29,250 

square feet of land on the northeast 

corner of Nevada Street and Virginia 

Street in Bellingham, Washington (post 

office address: 2200 Nevada Street, 

Bellingham, WA) situated within a 

heavy commercial and/or light 

industrial area zoned LM for light 

manufacturing. The property includes a 

flex-type building consisting of a front 

office and/or administration section, a 

large, attached, multi-purpose shop or 

warehouse-type rear section and an 

exterior bus was facility. The total 

building coverage is approximately 

14,966 square feet.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Any Federal agency 

interested in acquiring the land or 

facility must notify the FTA Region X 

Office of its interest by November 22, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should 

notify the Regional Office by writing to 

Richard F. Krochalis, Regional 

Administrator, Federal Transit 

Administration, 915 Second Avenue, 

Room 3142, Seattle, WA 98174.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theodore Y. Uyeno, Regional Counsel 

(206) 220–7958.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

49 U.S.C. 5334(g) provides guidance 

on the transfer of capital assets. 

Specifically, if a recipient of FTA 

assistance decides an asset acquired 

under this chapter at least in part with 

that assistance is no longer needed for 

the purpose for which it was acquired, 

the Secretary of Transportation may 

authorize the recipient to transfer the 

asset to a local government authority to 

be used for a public purpose with no 

further obligation to the Government. 49 

U.S.C. 5334(g)(1). 

Determinations 

The Secretary may authorize a 

transfer for a public purpose other than 

mass transportation only if the Secretary 

decides: 

(A) The asset will remain in public 

use for at least 5 years after the date the 

asset is transferred;

(B) There is no purpose eligible for 

assistance under this chapter for which 

the asset should be used; 

(C) The overall benefit of allowing the 

transfer is greater than the interest of the 

Government in liquidation and return of 

the financial interest of the Government 

in the asset, after considering fair 

market value and other factors; and 

(D) Through an appropriate screening 

or survey process, that there is no 

interest in acquiring the asset for 

Government use if the asset is a facility 

or land. 

Federal Interest in Acquiring Land or 

Facility 

This document implements the 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5334(G)(1)(D) 

of the Federal Transit Laws. 

Accordingly, FTA hereby provides 

notice of the availability of the land or 

facility further described below. Any 

Federal agency interested in acquiring 

the affected land or facility should 

promptly notify the FTA. If no Federal 

agency is interested in acquiring the 

existing land or facility, FTA will make 

certain that the other requirements 

specified in 49 U.S.C. 5334(g)(1)(A) 

through (C) are met before permitting 

the asset to be transferred. 

Additional Description of Land or 

Facility 

The property is a former bus 

operations and maintenance site 

consisting of an approximately 29,250 

square foot parcel of land at the corner 

of Nevada and Virginia Streets in 

Bellingham, Washington. The property 

is situated within an area zoned LM for 

light manufacturing use. The parcel is 

located in a heavy commercial/light 

industrial area. The property was 

previously used as a transit bus 

operations and maintenance facility. 

The property contains a flex-type 

building consisting of a front office and/

or administration section and a large 

attached multi-purpose shop or 

warehouse rear section for a total 

building coverage of approximately 

14,966 square feet. The property 

includes a bus wash facility connected 

to the main building section which 

includes an enclosed control room 

servicing an exterior bus wash unit of 

metal framing with ground level guiding 

tracks for large vehicles and installed 

brushing and swiping apparatus with 

automatic operating system and water 

lines. The subject lot has perimeter 

dimensions of 130 feet in width from 

south to north fronting along the east 

side of Nevada Street and is 225 feet in 

depth or length from west to east 

adjacent to the north side of Virginia 

Street. 

The entire tract is level and at-grade 

in relation to both Nevada and Virginia 

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way traffic, local streets serving this part 

of Bellingham, having parallel concrete 

curbs and public sidewalks as well as 

providing curbside vehicular parking. 

The building improvements consist of 

concrete foundations, basic concrete 

slab floors, enameled metal side walls, 

flat roofs with gutters and downspouts 

and various entry doors and glass 

windows. The front office section has 

exterior dimensions of 26 feet wide and 

112 feet long for a total enclosed ground 

floor area of 2,912 square feet. The 

interior includes work areas, seven 

individual offices, several work stations, 

a lounge, two lavatory rooms and 

shower room with small closets and 

storage rooms. The rear building section 

has exterior dimensions of 80 feet wide 

by 151 feet long with a ground floor 

coverage of 12,054 square feet. The 

space is all open and non-partitioned 

with a concrete slab floor, exposed 

metal sidewalls and eleven large metal 

vehicular size roll-up doors. 

Miscellaneous site improvements 

include approximately 12,500 square 

feet of asphalt surfaced vehicular 

parking and maneuvering areas and 

assorted landscaped areas which 

include shrubberies, trees and 

ornamentals. 

The general condition of the building 

appears in good overall condition from 

a structural standpoint and is 

approximately 26 years old. The bus 

wash facility is considered obsolete or 

an unnecessary improvement.

Issued on October 12, 2004. 

Richard F. Krochalis, 

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 04–23872 Filed 10–25–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number 2004 19433] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

ALTAIR. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105–

383 and Pub. L. 107–295, the Secretary 

of Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-

build requirement of the coastwise laws 

under certain circumstances. A request 

for such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket 2004–19433 at 

http://dms.dot.gov. Interested parties 

may comment on the effect this action 

may have on U.S. vessel builders or 

businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag 

vessels. 

If MARAD determines, in accordance 

with Pub. L. 105–383 and MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388 (68 FR 

23084; April 30, 2003), that the issuance 

of the waiver will have an unduly 

adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or 

a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 

docket number of this notice and the 

vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 26, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2004 19433. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 

Department of Transportation, 400 7th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–

0001. You may also send comments 

electronically via the Internet at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments 

will become part of this docket and will 

be available for inspection and copying 

at the above address between 10 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. An electronic 

version of this document and all 

documents entered into this docket is 

available on the World Wide Web at 

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Hokana, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, MAR–830 Room 7201, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20590. Telephone (202) 366–0760.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

As described by the applicant the 

intended service of the vessel ALTAIR 

is: 

Intended Use: Boat riding and fishing, 

snorkeling, scuba diving, whale 

watching. 

Geographic Region: Hawaii.

Dated: October 19, 2004.

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Joel C. Richard, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–23894 Filed 10–25–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number 2004 19432] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

DARIOS DREAM. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105–

383 and Pub. L. 107–295, the Secretary 

of Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-

build requirement of the coastwise laws 

under certain circumstances. A request 

for such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket 2004–19432 at 

http://dms.dot.gov. Interested parties 

may comment on the effect this action 

may have on U.S. vessel builders or 

businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag 

vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with Pub. L. 105–383 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 2003), that 

the issuance of the waiver will have an 

unduly adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel 

builder or a business that uses U.S.-flag 

vessels in that business, a waiver will 

not be granted. Comments should refer 

to the docket number of this notice and 

the vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 26, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2004 19432. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 

Department of Transportation, 400 7th 

St., SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

You may also send comments 

electronically via the Internet at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments 

will become part of this docket and will 

be available for inspection and copying 

at the above address between 10 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. An electronic 

version of this document and all 

documents entered into this docket is 

available on the World Wide Web at 

http://dms.dot.gov.