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 Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration
 AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
 ACTION: Notice of Award.
 SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects to be funded under Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 appropriations for the Tribal Transit Program (TTP), a program authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient 
                        ( print page 16406)
                        Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the appropriate FTA regional Tribal Liaison (Appendix A) for application-specific information and issues. For general program information, contact Lorna R. Wilson, Office of Transit Programs, at (202) 366-2053, e-mail: 
                        *Lorna.Wilson@dot.gov.*
                         A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS).


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribal Transit Program (TTP) established by Section 3013 SAFETEA-LU, Public Law 109-49 (August 15, 2005), under 49 U.S.C. 5311(c) makes funds available to federally recognized Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages, groups, or communities as identified by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in the U.S. Department of the Interior for public transportation capital projects, operating costs and planning activities that are eligible costs under the Nonurbanized Area Formula Program (Section 5311). A total of $7.92 million was made available for the program in FY 2006. A total of 95 applicants requested $22.1 million for funding for new transit service, enhancement or expansion of existing transit services, or planning studies and operational planning. The applications also included an additional $41,767,031 in requests for future year funds. FTA made project selections through a competitive process based on each applicant's responsiveness to the programs evaluation criteria outlined in FTA's August 15, 2006, 
                    **Federal Register**
                     Notice: Notice of Funding Availability and Solicitation for FY 2006 TTP (71 FR 46959). FTA evaluated applications for planning grants on a pass/fail basis, whereas FTA evaluated applications for start up and existing transit services on a numeric score system. Because of the high demand for the funds available, many applicants selected for funding will receive less funding than they requested to enable FTA to support more of the most meritorious applications. However, all of the most highly qualified applicants received some funding. This notice only addresses FY 2006 funding for projects. Tribes that sought funding for a multi-year project in response to the FY 2006 solicitation must submit a new application in response to the FY 2007 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in order to be considered for FY 2007 funding. The selected projects, providing $7.92 million to 63 tribes, breaks down as follows: $834,965 for transit planning studies and/or operational planning, $3,168,861 million for startup projects for new transit service, and $3,916,354 for enhancements or expansion of exiting transit services. Each of the 63 awardees, as well as the 32 applicants who were not selected for funding, will receive a letter explaining the funding decision. The successful applicants for FY 2006 are listed below. Tribes that were not selected for the FY 2006 TTP will be invited to participate in FTA sponsored Tribal Technical Assistance Program workshops and events. One goal of the program is to better equip a tribe to compete for future year funding. This technical assistance will be open to all tribes. Following publication of this notice, FTA regional offices will conduct a new grantee orientation. FTA's regional tribal liaison will contact each applicant selected for funding to discuss scheduling and event logistics. FY 2006 Tribal Transit Grant Recipients
Tribe
State
Planning 
                             (in dollars)
Start-up 
                             (in dollars)
Ehancement 
                             (in dollars)
Project No.Burns Paiute Tribe
Oregon
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0001Caddo Nation
Oklahoma
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0002Cherokee Nation
Oklahoma
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0003Chickaloon Native Village
Arkansas
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0004Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Oklahoma


$158,000
D2006-TRTR-0005Cocopah Indian Tribe
Arizona


208,000
D2006-TRTR-0006Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Montana


373,274
D2006-TRTR-0007Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation's
Washington

490,890

D2006-TRTR-0008Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian
Washington


156,000
D2006-TRTR-0009Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
Oregon

247,340

D2006-TRTR-0010Coquille Tribe of Oregon
Oregon
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0011Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
North Carolina


100,000
D2006-TRTR-0012Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
Nevada
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0013Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians
Minnesota


60,000
D2006-TRTR-0014Gulkana Village Council
Alaska

232,600

D2006-TRTR-0015Hannahville Indian Community
Michigan
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0016Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Maine


99,171
D2006-TRTR-0017Hualapai Indian Tribe
Arizona
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0018Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0019Kalispel Tribe of Indians
Washington

167,547

D2006-TRTR-0020Kaw Nation
Oklahoma
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0021Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Wisconsin
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0022Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Minnesota
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0023Lower Sioux Indian Community
Minnesota
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0024Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation
Washington

306,500

D2006-TRTR-0025Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Wisconsin


270,002
D2006-TRTR-0026Narragansett Indian Tribe
Rhode Island
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0027Northern Cheyenne
Montana

400,000

D2006-TRTR-0028Oglala Sioux Tribe
South Dakota

327,869

D2006-TRTR-0029Orutsaramiut Native Council
Alaska

105,193

D2006-TRTR-0030Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Alabama


75,139
D2006-TRTR-0031Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
Michigan
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0032Ponca Tribe Nebraska
Nebraska
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0033( print page 16407)Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma
Oklahoma

207,836

D2006-TRTR-0034Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Kansas


360,000
D2006-TRTR-0035Pueblo of Laguna-Shaa'srka Transit
New Mexico
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0036Pueblo of Santa Ana
New Mexico
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0037Quapaw Tribe of Okalahoma
Oklahoma
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0038Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation
Washington
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0039Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Minnesota


199,817
D2006-TRTR-0040Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
New York
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0041Santee Sioux Nation
Nebraska
13,800


D2006-TRTR-0042Seminole Nation
Oklahoma

145,000

D2006-TRTR-0043Seneca Nation of Indians
New York
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0044Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish
Washington
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0045Snoquamile Tribe
Washington

274,169

D2006-TRTR-0046Spirit Lake Tribe
North Dakota
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0047Squaxin Island Tribe
Washington
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0048Suquamish Tribe
Washington
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0049Susanville Indian Rancheria
California

99,253

D2006-TRTR-0050The Chickasaw Nation
Oklahoma


349,164
D2006-TRTR-0051The Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Oklahoma


285,000
D2006-TRTR-0052The Navajo Nation
Arizona


500,000
D2006-TRTR-0053The Sac and Fox Nation
Kansas
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0054The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
Washington
24,797


D2006-TRTR-0055The Sitka Tribe
Alaska


265,207
D2006-TRTR-0056Upper Sioux Community
Minnesota
21,368


D2006-TRTR-0057Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Massachusetts
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0058Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
Nevada
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0059White Mountain Apache Tribe
Arizona
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0060Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Nebraska


457,580
D2006-TRTR-0061Yavapai-Apache Nation
Arizona
25,000


D2006-TRTR-0062Yurok Tribe
California

164,484

D2006-TRTR-0063Total

834,965
3,168,681
3,916,354Total: $7,920,000
 Issued in Washington, DC, this 29th day of March, 2007. James S. Simpson, Administrator.
 Appendix A—FTA Regional Offices and Tribal Transit Liaisons Region I—Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine Richard H. Doyle, FTA Regional Administrator, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Kendall Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, Phone: (617) 494-2055, Fax: (617) 494-2865 Regional Tribal Liaison: Judi Molloy Region II—New York, New Jersey Brigid Hynes-Cherin, FTA Regional Administrator, One Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004-1415, Phone: (212) 668-2170, Fax: (212) 668-2136 Regional Tribal Liaison: Rebecca Reyes-Alicea Region III—Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Washington, DC Herman Shipman, Acting FTA Regional Administrator, 1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4124, Phone: (215) 656-7100, Fax: (215) 656-7260 Region IV—Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Yvette G. Taylor, FTA Regional Administrator, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Suite 17T50, Atlanta, GA 30303, Phone: (404) 562-3500, Fax: (404) 562-3505 Regional Tribal Liaisons: Jamie Pfister and James Garland Region V—Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan Marisol R. Simon, FTA Regional Administrator, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606-5232, Phone: (312) 353-2789, Fax: (312) 886-0351 Regional Tribal Liaisons: William Wheeler Region VI—Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma Robert Patrick, FTA Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Phone: (817) 978-0550, Fax: (817) 978-0575 Regional Tribal Liaison: Lynn Hayes Region VII—Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA Regional Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Phone: (816) 329-3920, Fax: (816) 329-3921 Regional Tribal Liaisons: Joni Roeseler and Cathy Monroe Region VIII—Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Utah Letitia A. Thompson, Acting FTA Regional Administrator, 12300 West Dakota Avenue, Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, Phone: (720) 963-3300, Fax: (720) 963-3333 Regional Tribal Liaisons: Jennifer Stewart and David Beckhouse Region IX—California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam Leslie Rogers, FTA Regional Administrator, 201 Mission Street, Suite 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105-1831, Phone: (415) 744-3133, Fax: (415) 744-2726 Regional Tribal Liaison: Donna Turchie Region X—Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska Richard Krochalis, FTA Regional Administrator, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174-1002, Phone: (206) 220-7954, Fax: (206) 220-7959 Regional Tribal Liaisons: Bill Ramos and Annette Clothier


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