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827–4565 to receive the toll free 

numbers and pass codes needed to 

participate in the meeting by telephone. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Dated: August 17, 2007. 

William Quade, 

Associate Administrator, Enforcement and 

Program Delivery. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Announcement of Project Selections 

for FY 2007 Discretionary Programs 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

discretionary selection of projects to be 

funded under Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

appropriations for the Bus and Bus 

Facilities Program and Alternatives 

Analysis program, in response to 

Notices of Funding Availability 

published March 23, 2007, and 

additional FY 2007 New Starts 

allocations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

appropriate FTA Regional 

Administrator for grant-specific issues; 

or Mary Martha Churchman or Maria 

Wright, Office of Program Management, 

202–366–2053, for general information 

about the Bus and Bus Facilities 

Program; Steve Lewis-Workman, 202–

366–1868, for general information about 

the Alternatives Analysis Program; or 

Sean Libberton, 202–366–5112, for 

general information about the New 

Starts program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of 

$438 million was made available for 

discretionary allocation by FTA under 

the Bus and Bus Facilities program in 

FY 2007 (including $25 million in 

unallocated funds from FY 2006). FTA 

published two notices of funding 

availability on March 23, 2007, inviting 

applications for funding. One notice 

solicited proposals from the 36 most 

congested cities in the nation, to 

support transit projects under Urban 

Partnership Agreements to be negotiated 

by the Department of Transportation 

(DOT). To be selected as an Urban 

Partner, a city had to propose a 

comprehensive plan to address 

congestion, including four ‘‘T’s’’: 

Tolling (congestion pricing), Transit, 

Technology, and Telecommuting. The 

second notice invited proposals 

addressing a number of FTA priorities 

for the Bus and Bus Facilities program, 

including replacement of over-aged 

buses, fleet expansion to improve 

service, and bus related facilities. In 

response to the two notices, FTA 

received proposals totaling over $4 

billion. 

FTA carefully reviewed all proposals 

submitted, and rated them based on 

criteria specified in the notices of 

funding availability. DOT recently 

announced the selection of five cities as 

Urban Partners, and committed to 

providing $433 million in discretionary 

bus program funds to support the transit 

elements of those Urban Partnership 

Agreements, and one additional 

promising project proposed by another 

Urban Partner candidate. In addition, 

this announcement includes $5 million 

for Minneapolis to meet transit needs as 

provided in Public Law 110–56. See 

Table 1 for the allocations. FTA believes 

that the strategic investment of the bus 

resources in these projects will 

demonstrate the important role of transit 

in addressing congestion and ultimately 

lead to more support for transit in all 

areas. 

FTA appreciates the time and effort 

our grantees spent in preparing the 

many thoughtful proposals we received 

and regrets that the funding available 

was not sufficient to fund any of the 

other meritorious projects submitted for 

consideration. FTA recognizes that there 

is an on-going need for critical 

investment in fleet replacement and 

facilities, and encourages grantees to 

consider use of flexible funds available 

for either transit or highway use, among 

other resources. 

FTA also solicited applications for 

Alternatives Analysis projects in a 

notice published March 23, 2007, with 

$12 million available for discretionary 

allocation. FTA received 36 proposals 

seeking $26 million and has selected 26 

projects for funding. Two of these 

projects are associated with Urban 

Partnership Agreements. See Table 2 in 

this notice for the allocations. 

Finally, in the FY 2007 Notice of FTA 

FY 2007 Apportionments and 

Allocations and Program Information, 

also published March 23, 2007, FTA 

allocated FY 2007 discretionary New 

Starts funds to projects with existing 

Full Funding Grant Agreements and 

other projects included in the 

President’s Budget Request for FY 2007. 

Since that time, FTA has allocated an 

additional $118.8 million in available 

FY 2007 New Starts funds to additional 

New Start and Small Start projects, 

including one project in the PublicPrivate Partnership Pilot Program. 

Funds have also been provisionally 

allocated to one Urban Partner. These 

allocations are included in this Notice 

for your information. See Table 3. 

Tables of projects selected under all 

three programs follow. Grantees selected 

for competitive discretionary funding 

should work with their FTA regional 

office to finalize the application in 

FTA’s electronic award and 

management system, TEAM, so that 

funds can be obligated expeditiously. 

Funds must be used for the purposes 

specified in the competitive application. 

No funding allocated for Urban 

Partnership Agreements may be drawn 

down by the Urban Partner except in 

accordance with terms and conditions 

set forth in a grant agreement 

contemplated by the ‘‘term sheet’’

executed by Department and the Urban 

Partner. A discretionary project 

identification number has been assigned 

to each project for tracking purposes. 

Pre-award costs may be incurred as of 

the date of this notice, unless otherwise 

restricted by the terms of an Urban 

Partnership Agreement. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

August 2007. 

James S. Simpson, 

Administrator. 

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