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evaluate the activity’s success, both as 

the activities unfold and at the end of 

the program. Reviewers will assess your 

plans to monitor student progress and 

program activities, particularly in regard 

to intended outcomes indicated in your 

proposal. Grantees will be expected to 

submit quarterly reports, which should 

be included as an inherent component 

of the work plan. 

7. Cost-effectiveness/Cost sharing: 

Reviewers will analyze the budget for 

clarity and cost-effectiveness. They will 

also assess the rationale of the proposed 

budget and whether the allocation of 

funds is appropriate to complete tasks 

outlined in the project narrative. The 

overhead and administrative 

components of the proposal, including 

salaries and honoraria, should be kept 

as low as possible. All other items 

should be necessary and appropriate. 

Proposals should maximize cost-sharing 

through other private sector support as 

well as institutional direct funding 

contributions. Preference will be given 

to organizations whose proposals 

demonstrate a quality, cost-effective 

program. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1. Award Notices 

Final awards cannot be made until 

funds have been appropriated by 

Congress, allocated and committed 

through internal Bureau procedures. 

Successful applicants will receive a 

Federal Assistance Award (FAA) from 

the Bureau’s Grants Office. The FAA 

and the original proposal with 

subsequent modifications (if applicable) 

shall be the only binding authorizing 

document between the recipient and the 

U.S. Government. The FAA will be 

signed by an authorized Grants Officer, 

and mailed to the recipient’s 

responsible officer identified in the 

application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review from the ECA 

program office coordinating this 

competition. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations.’’ 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions.’’ 

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

State, Local and Indian Governments.’’ 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements With Institutions of 

Higher Education, Hospitals, and 

Other Nonprofit Organizations. 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations. 

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants 

http://fa.statebuy.state.gov 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide ECA with a hard 

copy original plus one copy of the 

following reports: 

(1) A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award. 

(2) A concise, one-page final program 

report summarizing program outcomes 

no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award. This one-page 

report will will be transmitted to OMB, 

and be made available to the public via 

OMB’s USAspending.gov Web site—as 

part of ECA’s Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA) reporting requirements. 

(3) A SF–PPR, ‘‘Performance Progress 

Report’’ Cover Sheet with all program 

reports. 

(4) Quarterly program and financial 

reports which should include both 

quantitative and qualitative data you 

have available. 

Award recipients will be required to 

provide reports analyzing their 

evaluation findings to the Bureau in 

their regular program reports. (Please 

refer to IV. Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

information.) 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Kevin Baker, 

Office of Citizen Exchanges, ECA/PE/C/ 

PY, SA–5, Floor 3, Department of State, 

2200 C St., NW., Washington, DC 

20522–0503. Telephone: (202) 632– 

6073;E-mail: BakerKM1@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above contact and ECA/PE/C/PY– 

10–07. 

Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries 

or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may 

not discuss this competition with 

applicants until the proposal review 

process has been completed. 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: April 15, 2010. 

Maura M. Pally, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9322 Filed 4–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6966] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA); Request for Grant 

Proposals: DanceMotion USA 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/CU–10–24. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Key Dates: 

Application Deadline: May 27, 2010. 

Executive Summary 

The Cultural Programs Division, 

within the Office of Citizen Exchanges 

of the Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, announces an open 

competition for a cooperative agreement 

to administer the 2010–2012 cycle of the 

DanceMotion USA Program. The 

program’s goal is to showcase the best 

of American dance and provide an 

opportunity to directly engage priority 

audiences in foreign countries. The 

program will consist of approximately 

four to six tours by approximately the 

same number of U.S. dance companies, 


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whose repertoires are representative of 

American culture (e.g. contemporary, 

jazz, hip hop, tap.) In addition to public 

performances, overseas tours will 

include public workshops, master 

classes, lecture-demonstrations, 

outreach activities and interaction with 

local youth in a wide variety of venues 

and settings. Priority audiences are 

those who do not have regular access to 

American culture, including 

underserved and younger populations. 

Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority 

Overall grant making authority for 

this program is contained in the Mutual 

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 

of 1961, Public Law 87–256, as 

amended, also known as the FulbrightHays Act. The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to 

enable the Government of the United 

States to increase mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of other countries * * *; 

to strengthen the ties which unite us 

with other nations by demonstrating the 

educational and cultural interests, 

developments, and achievements of the 

people of the United States and other 

nations * * * and thus to assist in the 

development of friendly, sympathetic 

and peaceful relations between the 

United States and the other countries of 

the world.’’ The funding authority for 

the program above is provided through 

legislation. 

Purpose 

Because many countries around the 

world have strong and honored dance 

traditions, dance provides an ideal 

avenue for engagement. The FY 2008 

pilot DanceMotion USA program 

demonstrated the effectiveness of dance 

in communicating American ideals and 

values despite language and other 

cultural barriers. Based on the positive 

results of the pilot program, and the 

enthusiastic demand for DanceMotion 

USA, the Bureau has developed an 

expanded program for the 2010–2012 

cycle that will result in greater outreach 

potential. Of particular interest to the 

Bureau is engaging youth and 

underserved populations through 

programs in American dance. 

U.S. public and non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue code 

section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit 

proposals that support the goals of the 

DanceMotion USA Program. 

Additionally, applicant organizations 

must provide cost-sharing and 

demonstrate a capacity to work closely 

with the Bureau and U.S. Embassies 

overseas on the administration of the 

program. 

Under this cooperative agreement, the 

award recipient will work with the 

Cultural Programs staff to: Develop a 

transparent and competitive process for 

selecting U.S. dance companies; plan, 

implement and manage the tour 

schedules; develop and organize predeparture briefings and a public launch 

event in Washington, DC; develop 

educational materials to provide 

historical and artistic context for foreign 

audiences (including the general 

public); evaluate the tours and overall 

program effectiveness; and plan and 

coordinate marketing and public 

relations initiatives that will brand and 

promote the program in the U.S. and 

abroad. 

Requirements of the Award Recipient 

The DanceMotion USA program 

requires the award recipient to oversee 

planning details and facilitate 

communication among the various 

stakeholders in the program effectively 

and efficiently. Proposals should reflect 

a practical understanding of global 

issues, and demonstrate sensitivity to 

cultural, political, economic and social 

differences in regions where tour groups 

may perform. 

Applicants must identify all partner 

organizations and/or venues with whom 

they are proposing to collaborate, and 

describe previous cooperative projects 

in the section on ‘‘Institutional 

Capacity.’’ Please note that all subgrantee considerations and 

arrangements for all aspects of the tours 

are subject to review and approval by 

the ECA Bureau. 

Under this cooperative agreement, 

and in consultation with ECA, the 

successful awardee will be required to: 

1. Design, organize, and implement a 

transparent open competition process to 

select approximately four to six U.S. 

dance groups. Dance genres should be 

representative of the diversity of U.S. 

society and culture and should include, 

among others, contemporary, hip-hop, 

tap, and jazz. 

The search, adjudication and 

selection process for the dance 

companies must consist of an open call 

to U.S. dance companies with clear and 

transparent selection criteria geared to 

final competitive selection by an 

independent panel that includes an ECA 

representative, and culminating in a 

diverse cadre of artists meeting the 

description in the following paragraph. 

Final approval of the selection process 

and selected dance companies will be 

given by ECA. 

The selected companies (up to 10 

dancers) must be able to work with 

choreography, music and visual artistic 

expression to convey to international 

audiences and workshop students ideas 

about American culture, history and 

society. 

Participating dancers must be U.S. 

citizens who are at least 21 years old; 

demonstrate the highest artistic, 

performance and teaching abilities; be 

conversant with broader aspects of 

contemporary American society and 

culture; and be adaptable to rigorous 

touring through regions of the world 

where travel and performance situations 

may be difficult. In addition to 

performances, DanceMotion USA 

participants will be expected to conduct 

or participate in master classes, lectures, 

workshops, impromptu choreography 

sessions, radio and TV appearances, and 

other activities with local cultural 

institutions, dancers, media and 

students. 

2. Plan and develop, through close 

collaboration with ECA and our 

American Missions abroad, 

approximately four to six tours to 

countries in regions that may include 

the Middle East, East Asia and the 

Pacific, Africa, South and Central Asia, 

Europe and/or South/Central American 

regions. 

For each overseas location, the award 

recipient will need to actively work 

with our Embassies and Consulates 

abroad to find and secure appropriate 

venues for performances and 

workshops. The award recipient may 

find that a pre-tour trip to one or two 

overseas locations might be a desirable 

planning aid. 

Special attention should be given to 

describing the applicant organization’s 

experience with planning and 

implementing complex and 

unpredictable logistical scenarios 

overseas. Applicants should also outline 

their project team’s capacity for 

successfully coordinating projects of 

this nature and provide a detailed 

sample program (to include itineraries) 

to illustrate planning capacity and 

ability to achieve program objectives. 

For purposes of this competition, 

please use the following program as a 

model: One dance company consisting 

of six dancers and one choreographer 

travels to Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon and 

Syria for one week each. 

3. Manage the full array of tour 

logistics including: 

—Organizing a pre-departure 

orientation that provides participants 

media training, cultural briefing about 

the countries on the tour, and a 

general context for their mission as 

cultural ambassadors; 

—Outreach to international and U.S. 

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media and public relations strategy 

developed by the awardee and 

approved by ECA; 

—Making all international travel 

arrangements and coordinating with 

posts on all in-country overseas 

travel; 

—Making all arrangements for visas, 

immunizations and health insurance 

for participants; 

—Developing educational materials 

appropriate for foreign audiences who 

may not be familiar with the U.S. and/ 

or dance (including, as needed, 

translation of materials); 

—Shipping performance and education 

materials; 

—Making all hotel arrangements for 

company members; 

—Making all financial and 

administrative arrangements with the 

dancers; 

—Providing on-going and detailed 

information to the Cultural Programs 

Division regarding tour schedules, 

venues and program activities, 

performance and workshop results, 

tour highlights and media coverage; 

—Arranging a de-briefing session for 

each dance company/group for 

purposes of evaluation and to 

summarize the project activities at the 

conclusion of each tour. 

4. Design and implement, in 

consultation with ECA, a media strategy 

that will highlight the program to both 

international and U.S. public. The 

awardee will be responsible for 

developing press kits for each company, 

as well as preparing dancers and 

company managers for radio, television, 

newspaper and other electronic media 

interviews and feature articles. The 

award recipient will work closely with 

U.S. Embassy and Consulate public 

relations staff members to arrange 

interviews and ensure that dancers and 

company managers are briefed on 

current political and social issues in 

each overseas country. 

5. Design and implement, in 

consultation with ECA, a public 

relations strategy that maximizes the 

‘DanceMotion USA’ brand, including 

via development of promotional 

materials such as t-shirts, pencils, etc. 

As part of this public relations 

strategy, the award recipient will 

organize a pre-tour public event in 

Washington DC to roll-out the 2010– 

2012 cycle of the program and present 

the selected dance companies. Event 

elements will include securing a venue, 

working with the companies to develop 

a program of demonstrations, selecting 

key audiences such as students and 

members of the diplomatic community, 

arranging travel to Washington for the 

dancers, and developing a media plan to 

ensure appropriate coverage. 

Note: The U.S. Department of State 

maintains exclusive rights in DanceMotion 

USA SM for and relating to the production, 

sponsorship, advertising, and distribution of 

musical and choreographic performances and 

similar educational and cultural services. For 

the purpose of performing the terms of the 

grant program the Government will authorize 

to the award recipient a non-exclusive 

license to use the mark to carry out the terms 

and conditions of this grant agreement, and 

the award recipient will need to use the 

service mark symbol (SM) following the mark 

in all literature, promotional materials and 

other products produced and/or distributed 

under the terms and conditions of this grant 

agreement. 

ECA Bureau Responsibilities 

In a cooperative agreement, ECA is 

substantially involved in program 

activities above and beyond routine 

monitoring. ECA’s activities and 

responsibilities for this program are as 

follows: 

(1) Determination of the tour 

countries. Countries will be those of 

greatest importance to the Department 

of State’s public diplomacy mission to 

build mutual understanding in the 

following world regions: Middle East, 

East Asia and the Pacific, Africa, South 

and Central Asia, Europe and/or South/ 

Central America. 

(2) Review and final approval of 

selected dance companies. 

(3) Approval of all tour arrangements, 

including daily program schedules. 

(4) Arrangement of participation by 

Department of State officers in pre-tour 

briefings, de-briefings, and the 

Washington DC roll-out event. 

(5) Approval of media and public 

relations strategies and of arrangements 

for the Washington D.C. showcase 

event. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement. ECA’s level of involvement 

in this program is listed under number 

I above. 

Fiscal Year Funds: FY–2010. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$1,500,000. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 1. 

Approximate Average Award: 

$1,500,000. 

Anticipated Award Date: August 2, 

2010. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

August 2012. 

Additional Information: Pending 

successful implementation of this 

program and the availability of funds in 

subsequent fiscal years, it is ECA’s 

intent to renew this cooperative 

agreement for two additional fiscal 

years, before openly competing it again. 

III. Eligibility Information 

III.1. Eligible Applicants 

Applications may be submitted by 

public and private non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue Code 

section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3). 

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds 

Applicants must provide cost-sharing. 

Proposals that contain a minimum 

percentage of 20% cost sharing of the 

total project budget required for this 

project, will be deemed more 

competitive under the ‘‘CostEffectiveness and Cost-Sharing’’ review 

criteria (number 6). It is understood and 

agreed that the applicant must provide 

cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal 

and later included in an approved 

agreement. Proposals providing for 

private sector cost-sharing will be 

deemed more competitive under this 

competition. 

Cost sharing may be in the form of 

allowable direct or indirect costs. For 

accountability, you must maintain 

written records to support all costs 

which are claimed as your contribution, 

as well as costs to be paid by the Federal 

government. Such records are subject to 

audit. The basis for determining the 

value of cash and in-kind contributions 

must be in accordance with OMB 

Circular A–110, (Revised), Subpart 

C.23—Cost Sharing and Matching. In 

the event you do not provide the 

minimum amount of cost sharing as 

stipulated in the approved budget ECA’s 

contribution will be reduced in like 

proportion. 

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements 

(a) Bureau grant guidelines require 

that organizations with less than four 

years experience in conducting 

international exchanges be limited to 

$60,000 in Bureau funding. ECA 

anticipates making one award, in an 

amount up to $1,500,000 to support 

program and administrative costs 

required to implement this exchange 

program. Therefore, organizations with 

less than four years experience in 

conducting international exchanges are 

ineligible to apply under this 

competition. 

For this competition applicants must 

include in their proposals supporting 

materials or documents that 

demonstrate a minimum of five years 

experience in conducting international 

performing arts exchanges. Proposals 

must include references with contact 

names, e-mail addresses and phone 

numbers for organizations from which 

the applicant has received other 

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(b) Technical Eligibility: All proposals 

must comply with the cost sharing 

requirement listed above or your 

proposal will be declared technically 

ineligible and given no further 

consideration in the review process. 

—Eligible applicants may not submit 

more than one proposal in this 

competition. 

—If more than one proposal is received 

from the same applicant, all 

submissions will be declared 

technically ineligible and will receive 

no further consideration in the review 

process. Please note: Applicant 

organizations are defined by their 

legal name, EIN number as stated on 

their completed SF–424, and 

additional supporting documentation 

outlined in the Proposal Submission 

Instructions (PSI) document. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Note: Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries or 

submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may not 

discuss this competition with applicants 

until the proposal review process has been 

completed. 

IV.1. Contact Information To Request an 

Application Package 

Please contact the Office of Citizens 

Exchanges, Cultural Programs Division, 

ECA/PE/C/CU, SA–5, Third Floor, U.S. 

Department of State, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–0504, Phone: 

(202) 632–9367, Fax: (202) 632–9355, email: ColeCA@state.gov to request a 

Solicitation Package. Please refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/PE/ 

C/CU–10–24 located at the top of this 

announcement when making your 

request. Alternatively, an electronic 

application package may be obtained 

from grants.gov. Please see section IV.3f 

for further information. 

The Solicitation Package contains the 

Proposal Submission Instruction (PSI) 

document which consists of required 

application forms, and standard 

guidelines for proposal preparation. 

Please specify Bureau Program 

Officer, Jill Staggs and refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/PE/ 

C/CU–10–24 located at the top of this 

announcement on all other inquiries 

and correspondence. 

IV.2. To Download a Solicitation 

Package Via Internet 

The entire Solicitation Package may 

be downloaded from the Bureau’s Web 

site at http://exchanges.state.gov/grants/ 

open2.html, or from the Grants.gov Web 

site at http://www.grants.gov. 

Please read all information before 

downloading. 

IV.3. Content and Form of Submission 

Applicants must follow all 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

The application should be submitted 

per the instructions under IV.3f. 

‘‘Application Deadline and Methods of 

Submission’’ section below. 

IV.3a. You are required to have a Dun 

and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number to 

apply for a grant or cooperative 

agreement from the U.S. Government. 

This number is a nine-digit 

identification number, which uniquely 

identifies business entities. Obtaining a 

DUNS number is easy and there is no 

charge. To obtain a DUNS number, 

access http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1– 

866–705–5711. Please ensure that your 

DUNS number is included in the 

appropriate box of the SF–424 which is 

part of the formal application package. 

IV.3b. All proposals must contain an 

executive summary, proposal narrative 

and budget. 

Please Refer to the Solicitation 

Package. It contains the mandatory PSI 

document for additional formatting and 

technical requirements. 

IV.3c. You must have nonprofit status 

with the IRS at the time of application. 

Please note: Effective January 7, 2009, 

all applicants for ECA federal assistance 

awards must include in their 

application the names of directors and/ 

or senior executives (current officers, 

trustees, and key employees, regardless 

of amount of compensation). In 

fulfilling this requirement, applicants 

must submit information in one of the 

following ways: 

(1) Those who file Internal Revenue 

Service Form 990, ‘‘Return of 

Organization Exempt From Income 

Tax,’’ must include a copy of relevant 

portions of this form. 

(2) Those who do not file IRS Form 

990 must submit information above in 

the format of their choice. 

In addition to final program reporting 

requirements, award recipients will also 

be required to submit a one-page 

document, derived from their program 

reports, listing and describing their 

grant activities. For award recipients, 

the names of directors and/or senior 

executives (current officers, trustees, 

and key employees), as well as the onepage description of grant activities, will 

be transmitted by the State Department 

to OMB, along with other information 

required by the Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA), and will be made available to 

the public by the Office of Management 

and Budget on its USASpending.gov 

Web site as part of ECA’s FFATA 

reporting requirements. 

If your organization is a private 

nonprofit which has not received a grant 

or cooperative agreement from ECA in 

the past three years, or if your 

organization received nonprofit status 

from the IRS within the past four years, 

you must submit the necessary 

documentation to verify nonprofit status 

as directed in the PSI document. Failure 

to do so will cause your proposal to be 

declared technically ineligible. 

IV.3d. Please take into consideration 

the following information when 

preparing your proposal narrative: 

IV.3d.1 Adherence to All Regulations 

Governing the J Visa 

For informational purposes, grant 

applicant organizations should be aware 

of the following information: 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs is the official program sponsor of 

the exchange program covered by this 

RFGP, and an employee of the Bureau 

will be the ‘‘Responsible Officer’’ for the 

program under the terms of 22 CFR 62, 

which covers the administration of the 

Exchange Visitor Program (J visa 

program). Under the terms of 22 CFR 62, 

organizations receiving awards (either a 

grant or cooperative agreement) under 

this RFGP will be third parties 

‘‘cooperating with or assisting the 

sponsor in the conduct of the sponsor’s 

program.’’ The actions of recipient 

organizations shall be ‘‘imputed to the 

sponsor in evaluating the sponsor’s 

compliance with’’ 22 CFR 62. Therefore, 

the Bureau expects that any 

organization receiving an award under 

this competition will render all 

assistance necessary to enable the 

Bureau to fully comply with 22 CFR 62 

et seq. 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs places critically 

important emphases on the secure and 

proper administration of Exchange 

Visitor (J visa) Programs and adherence 

by recipient organizations and program 

participants to all regulations governing 

the J visa program status. Therefore, 

proposals should explicitly state in 

writing that the applicant is prepared to 

assist the Bureau in meeting all 

requirements governing the 

administration of Exchange Visitor 

Programs as set forth in 22 CFR 62. If 

your organization has experience as a 

designated Exchange Visitor Program 

Sponsor, the applicant should discuss 

their record of compliance with 22 CFR 

62 et. seq., including the oversight of 

their Responsible Officers and Alternate 

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selection of program participants, 

provision of pre-arrival information and 

orientation to participants, monitoring 

of participants, proper maintenance and 

security of forms, record-keeping, 

reporting and other requirements. 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of 

ECA will be responsible for issuing DS– 

2019 forms to participants in this 

program. 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 

available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: Office of Designation, ECA/EC/ 

D, SA–5, Floor C2, Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20522–0582. 

V.3d.2 Diversity, Freedom and 

Democracy Guidelines 

Pursuant to the Bureau’s authorizing 

legislation, programs must maintain a 

non-political character and should be 

balanced and representative of the 

diversity of American political, social, 

and cultural life. ‘‘Diversity’’ should be 

interpreted in the broadest sense and 

encompass differences including, but 

not limited to ethnicity, race, gender, 

religion, geographic location, socioeconomic status, and disabilities. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

adhere to the advancement of this 

principle both in program 

administration and in program content. 

Please refer to the review criteria under 

the ’Support for Diversity’ section for 

specific suggestions on incorporating 

diversity into your proposal. Public Law 

104–319 provides that ‘‘in carrying out 

programs of educational and cultural 

exchange in countries whose people do 

not fully enjoy freedom and 

democracy,’’ the Bureau ‘‘shall take 

appropriate steps to provide 

opportunities for participation in such 

programs to human rights and 

democracy leaders of such countries.’’ 

Public Law 106–113 requires that the 

governments of the countries described 

above do not have inappropriate 

influence in the selection process. 

Proposals should reflect advancement of 

these goals in their program contents, to 

the full extent deemed feasible. 

IV.3d.3. Program Monitoring and 

Evaluation 

Proposals must include a plan to 

monitor and evaluate the project’s 

success, both as the activities unfold 

and at the end of the program. The 

Bureau recommends that your proposal 

include a draft survey questionnaire or 

other technique plus a description of a 

methodology to use to link outcomes to 

original project objectives. The Bureau 

expects that the recipient organization 

will track participants or partners and 

be able to respond to key evaluation 

questions, including satisfaction with 

the program, learning as a result of the 

program, changes in behavior as a result 

of the program, and effects of the 

program on institutions (institutions in 

which participants work or partner 

institutions). The evaluation plan 

should include indicators that measure 

gains in mutual understanding as well 

as substantive knowledge. 

Successful monitoring and evaluation 

depend heavily on setting clear goals 

and outcomes at the outset of a program. 

Your evaluation plan should include a 

description of your project’s objectives, 

your anticipated project outcomes, and 

how and when you intend to measure 

these outcomes (performance 

indicators). The more that outcomes are 

‘‘smart’’ (specific, measurable, attainable, 

results-oriented, and placed in a 

reasonable time frame), the easier it will 

be to conduct the evaluation. You 

should also show how your project 

objectives link to the goals of the 

program described in this RFGP. 

Your monitoring and evaluation plan 

should clearly distinguish between 

program outputs and outcomes. Outputs 

are products and services delivered, 

often stated as an amount. Output 

information is important to show the 

scope or size of project activities, but it 

cannot substitute for information about 

progress towards outcomes or the 

results achieved. Examples of outputs 

include the number of people trained or 

the number of seminars conducted. 

Outcomes, in contrast, represent 

specific results a project is intended to 

achieve and is usually measured as an 

extent of change. Findings on outputs 

and outcomes should both be reported, 

but the focus should be on outcomes. 

We encourage you to assess the 

following four levels of outcomes, as 

they relate to the program goals set out 

in the RFGP (listed here in increasing 

order of importance): 

1. Participant satisfaction with the 

program and exchange experience. 

2. Participant learning, such as 

increased knowledge, aptitude, skills, 

and changed understanding and 

attitude. Learning includes both 

substantive (subject-specific) learning 

and mutual understanding. 

3. Participant behavior, concrete 

actions to apply knowledge in work or 

community; greater participation and 

responsibility in civic organizations; 

interpretation and explanation of 

experiences and new knowledge gained; 

continued contacts between 

participants, community members, and 

others. 

4. Institutional changes, such as 

increased collaboration and 

partnerships, policy reforms, new 

programming, and organizational 

improvements. 

Please note: Consideration should be 

given to the appropriate timing of data 

collection for each level of outcome. For 

example, satisfaction is usually 

captured as a short-term outcome, 

whereas behavior and institutional 

changes are normally considered longerterm outcomes. 

Overall, the quality of your 

monitoring and evaluation plan will be 

judged on how well it (1) specifies 

intended outcomes; (2) gives clear 

descriptions of how each outcome will 

be measured; (3) identifies when 

particular outcomes will be measured; 

and (4) provides a clear description of 

the data collection strategies for each 

outcome (i.e., surveys, interviews, or 

focus groups). (Please note that 

evaluation plans that deal only with the 

first level of outcomes [satisfaction] will 

be deemed less competitive under the 

present evaluation criteria.) 

Recipient organizations will be 

required to provide reports analyzing 

their evaluation findings to the Bureau 

in their regular program reports. All 

data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

IV.3e. Please take the following 

information into consideration when 

preparing your budget: 

IV.3e.1. Applicants must submit SF– 

424A—‘‘Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs’’ along with a 

comprehensive budget for the entire 

program. Budget requests may not 

exceed $1,500,000. There must be a 

summary budget as well as breakdowns 

reflecting both administrative and 

program budgets. Applicants may 

provide separate sub-budgets for each 

program component, phase, location, or 

activity to provide clarification. 

IV.3e.2. Allowable costs for the 

program include the following: 

(1) Participant travel (international 

and domestic). 

(2) Food and lodging. 

(3) Interpreters, if necessary. 

(4) Cultural and outreach activities. 

(5) Stipends or allowances. 

(6) Orientations. 

(7) Translation of outreach and/or 

educational materials. 

(8) Evaluation. 

(9) Other justifiable expenses directly 

related to supporting program activities. 

(10) Administrative costs—While 

there is no rigid ratio of administrative 

to program costs, the Bureau urges 

applicants to keep administrative costs 

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proposal should show strong 

administrative cost sharing 

contributions. Maximum limits on grant 

funding are as follows: books and 

educational materials allowance-$100 

per participant per tour; conference 

room rental costs—$250 per day per 

room; consultant fees and participant 

honoraria—$200/day; cultural 

allowance—$150 per participant per 

tour; per diem—standard government 

rates; evaluation costs—5% of the grant. 

Organizations are encouraged to costshare any rates that exceed these 

amounts. 

Dance company members can be 

enrolled in the Bureau’s Accident and 

Sickness Program for Exchanges (ASPE) 

with no charge to the cooperative 

agreement. Alternatively, you may use 

your own plan as long as it offers the 

same or better coverage and costs no 

more than $50 per person per month; 

premiums may be included in the 

agreement request. Please see http:// 

exchanges.state.gov/aspe for more 

information on coverage. 

Please refer to the PSI for allowable 

costs and complete budget guidelines 

and formatting instructions. 

Please refer to the Solicitation 

Package for complete budget guidelines 

and formatting instructions. 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission 

Application Deadline Date: May 27, 

2010. 

Reference Number: ECA/PE/C/CU– 

10–24. 

Methods of Submission: 

Applications may be submitted in one 

of two ways: 

(1.) In hard-copy, via a nationally 

recognized overnight delivery service 

(i.e., Federal Express, UPS, Airborne 

Express, or U.S. Postal Service Express 

Overnight Mail, etc.), or 

(2.) electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Along with the Project Title, all 

applicants must enter the above 

Reference Number in Box 11 on the SF– 

424 contained in the mandatory 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

of the solicitation document. 

IV.3f.1 Submitting Printed 

Applications 

Applications must be shipped no later 

than the above deadline. Delivery 

services used by applicants must have 

in-place, centralized shipping 

identification and tracking systems that 

may be accessed via the Internet and 

delivery people who are identifiable by 

commonly recognized uniforms and 

delivery vehicles. Proposals shipped on 

or before the above deadline but 

received at ECA more than seven days 

after the deadline will be ineligible for 

further consideration under this 

competition. Proposals shipped after the 

established deadlines are ineligible for 

consideration under this competition. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

application. It is each applicant’s 

responsibility to ensure that each 

package is marked with a legible 

tracking number and to monitor/confirm 

delivery to ECA via the Internet. 

Delivery of proposal packages may not 

be made via local courier service or in 

person for this competition. Faxed 

documents will not be accepted at any 

time. Only proposals submitted as 

stated above will be considered. 

Important note: When preparing your 

submission please make sure to include 

one extra copy of the completed SF–424 

form and place it in an envelope 

addressed to ‘‘ECA/EX/PM’’. 

The original and 8 copies of the 

application should be sent to: Program 

Management Division, ECA–IIP/EX/PM, 

Ref.: ECA/A/S/U–10–24, SA–5, Floor 4, 

Department of State, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–0504. 

Applicants submitting hard-copy 

applications must also submit the 

‘‘Executive Summary’’ and ‘‘Proposal 

Narrative’’ sections of the proposal in 

text (.txt) or Microsoft Word format on 

CD–ROM. As appropriate, the Bureau 

will provide these files electronically to 

Public Affairs Section(s) at the U.S. 

embassy(ies) for its (their) review. 

IV.3f.2 Submitting Electronic 

Applications 

Applicants have the option of 

submitting proposals electronically 

through Grants.gov (http:// 

www.grants.gov). Complete solicitation 

packages are available at Grants.gov in 

the ‘‘Find’’ portion of the system. 

Please Note: ECA bears no 

responsibility for applicant timeliness of 

submission or data errors resulting from 

transmission or conversion processes for 

proposals submitted via Grants.gov. 

Please follow the instructions 

available in the ‘Get Started’ portion of 

the site (http://www.grants.gov/ 

GetStarted). 

Several of the steps in the Grants.gov 

registration process could take several 

weeks. Therefore, applicants should 

check with appropriate staff within their 

organizations immediately after 

reviewing this RFGP to confirm or 

determine their registration status with 

Grants.gov. 

Once registered, the amount of time it 

can take to upload an application will 

vary depending on a variety of factors 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your internet connection. 

In addition, validation of an electronic 

submission via Grants.gov can take up 

to two business days. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend 

that you not wait until the application 

deadline to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

The Grants.gov Web site includes 

extensive information on all phases/ 

aspects of the Grants.gov process, 

including an extensive section on 

frequently asked questions, located 

under the ‘‘For Applicants’’ section of 

the Web site. ECA strongly recommends 

that all potential applicants review 

thoroughly the Grants.gov Web site, 

well in advance of submitting a 

proposal through the Grants.gov system. 

ECA bears no responsibility for data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

Direct all questions regarding 

Grants.gov registration and submission 

to: 

Grants.gov Customer Support. 

Contact Center Phone: 800–518–4726. 

Business Hours: Monday–Friday, 7 

a.m.–9 p.m. Eastern Time. 

E-mail: support@grants.gov. 

Applicants have until midnight (12 

a.m.), Washington, DC time of the 

closing date to ensure that their entire 

application has been uploaded to the 

Grants.gov site. There are no exceptions 

to the above deadline. Applications 

uploaded to the site after midnight of 

the application deadline date will be 

automatically rejected by the grants.gov 

system, and will be technically 

ineligible. 

Please refer to the Grants.gov Web 

site, for definitions of various 

‘‘application statuses’’ and the difference 

between a submission receipt and a 

submission validation. Applicants will 

receive a validation e-mail from 

grants.gov upon the successful 

submission of an application. Again, 

validation of an electronic submission 

via Grants.gov can take up to two 

business days. Therefore, we strongly 

recommend that you not wait until the 

application deadline to begin the 

submission process through Grants.gov. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

electronic applications. 

It is the responsibility of all 

applicants submitting proposals via the 

Grants.gov web portal to ensure that 

proposals have been received by 

Grants.gov in their entirety, and ECA 

bears no responsibility for data errors 

resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

IV.3g. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications 

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V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Review Process 

The Bureau will review all proposals 

for technical eligibility. Proposals will 

be deemed ineligible if they do not fully 

adhere to the guidelines stated herein 

and in the Solicitation Package. All 

eligible proposals will be reviewed by 

the program office, as well as the Public 

Diplomacy section overseas, where 

appropriate. Eligible proposals will be 

subject to compliance with Federal and 

Bureau regulations and guidelines and 

forwarded to Bureau grant panels for 

advisory review. Proposals may also be 

reviewed by the Office of the Legal 

Adviser or by other Department 

elements. Final funding decisions are at 

the discretion of the Department of 

State’s Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs. Final 

technical authority for assistance 

awards/cooperative agreements resides 

with the Bureau’s Grants Officer. 

Technically eligible applications will 

be competitively reviewed according to 

the criteria stated below. These criteria 

are not rank ordered and all carry equal 

weight in the proposal evaluation: 

1. Program Planning: A detailed 

description of each program component 

and a relevant work plan should 

demonstrate substantive organizational 

and logistical capacity. Your agenda and 

plan should adhere to the program 

overview of DanceMotion USA and the 

guidelines described above. 

2. Ability to Achieve Program 

Objectives: Your proposal should clearly 

demonstrate how your organization will 

meet DanceMotion USA’s objectives and 

goals. The program implementation 

plan should be comprehensive and 

feasible. Your ability to recruit, select 

and tour the highest caliber of American 

dance groups should be clearly reflected 

in your proposal. Your proposal should 

describe how your previous experience 

with international dance tours will help 

you achieve the DanceMotion USA 

program objectives. 

3. Multiplier Effect/Impact: Your 

proposal should demonstrate your 

understanding of DanceMotion USA’s 

impact on cultural diplomacy. Your 

program plan should include strategies 

for strengthening long-term mutual 

understanding, including maximum 

sharing of information and 

establishment of long-term institutional 

and individual linkages. Your proposal 

should describe your plans for 

furthering the multiplier effect of 

DanceMotion USA. 

4. Support of Diversity: Your proposal 

should demonstrate your organization’s 

commitment to promoting the 

awareness and understanding of 

diversity. Achievable and relevant 

features should be cited in both your 

administration of DanceMotion USA 

(program venue, study tour venue, and 

program evaluation) and the program 

content (orientation and wrap-up 

sessions, site visits, program meetings 

and resource materials). 

5. Project Evaluation: Your proposal 

should include a plan to evaluate 

DanceMotion USA’s success, both as the 

program activities and components 

unfold, and at the end of the program. 

The Bureau recommends that the 

proposal include a draft survey 

questionnaire or other technique, plus a 

description of a methodology to use to 

link outcomes to original project 

objectives. 

6. Cost-effectiveness/Cost-sharing: 

The overhead and administrative 

components of the proposal, including 

salaries and honoraria, should be kept 

as low as possible. All other items 

should be necessary and appropriate. 

Proposals should maximize cost-sharing 

through other private sector support as 

well as institutional direct funding 

contributions. Proposals containing a 

minimum cost-sharing of 20% of the 

total project cost will be deemed more 

competitive under this category. 

7. Institution’s Record/Ability/ 

Institutional Capacity: Your institution’s 

expert knowledge of the American 

performing arts and artistic community 

should be reflected in your proposal. 

Your proposal should demonstrate an 

institutional record of successful 

international exchange programs, 

including responsible fiscal 

management and full compliance with 

all reporting requirements for past 

Bureau grants as determined by the 

Bureau’s Office of Contracts. The 

Bureau will consider the past 

performance of prior recipients and the 

demonstrated potential of new 

applicants. Proposed personnel and 

institutional resources should be 

adequate and appropriate to achieve the 

goals of DanceMotion USA. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1a. Award Notices 

Final awards cannot be made until 

funds have been appropriated by 

Congress, allocated and committed 

through internal Bureau procedures. 

Successful applicants will receive an 

Federal Assistance Award (FAA) from 

the Bureau’s Grants Office. The FAA 

and the original proposal with 

subsequent modifications (if applicable) 

shall be the only binding authorizing 

document between the recipient and the 

U.S. Government. The FAA will be 

signed by an authorized Grants Officer, 

and mailed to the recipient’s 

responsible officer identified in the 

application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review from the ECA 

program office coordinating this 

competition. 

In the event that the tour companies 

travel to the West Bank and Gaza, please 

be aware that all awards made under 

this competition must be executed 

according to all relevant U.S. laws and 

policies regarding assistance to the 

Palestinian Authority, and to the West 

Bank and Gaza. Organizations must 

consult with relevant Public Affairs 

Offices before entering into any formal 

arrangements or agreements with 

Palestinian organizations or institutions. 

Note: To assure that planning for the 

inclusion of the Palestinian Authority 

complies with requirements, please contact 

Jill Staggs, (202) 632–6408, 

staggsjj@state.gov, for additional information. 

VI.2 Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations’’ 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions’’ 

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

State, Local and Indian Governments’’ 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of 

Higher Education, Hospitals, and 

other Nonprofit Organizations 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations 

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants, 

http://fa.statebuy.state.gov. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide ECA with a hard 

copy original plus one copy of the 

following reports: 

(1) A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award; 

(2) A concise, one-page final program 

report summarizing program outcomes 

no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award. This one-page 


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report will be transmitted to OMB, and 

be made available to the public via 

OMB’s USAspending.gov Web site—as 

part of ECA’s Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA) reporting requirements. 

(3) A SF–PPR, ‘‘Performance Progress 

Report’’ Cover Sheet with all program 

reports. 

(4) Quarterly program and financial 

reports which should include, updated 

project calendars, description of any 

program complications, and program 

accomplishments to date. 

Award recipients will be required to 

provide reports analyzing their 

evaluation findings to the Bureau in 

their regular program reports. (Please 

refer to IV. Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation information. 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

Additional Program Data 

Requirements: 

Award recipients will be required to 

maintain specific data on program 

participants and activities in an 

electronically accessible database format 

that can be shared with the Bureau as 

required. As a minimum, the data must 

include the following: 

(1) Name, address, contact 

information and biographic sketch of all 

persons who travel internationally on 

funds provided by the agreement or who 

benefit from the award funding but do 

not travel. 

(2) Itineraries of international and 

domestic travel, providing dates of 

travel and cities in which any exchange 

experiences take place. Final schedules 

for in-country and U.S. activities must 

be received by the ECA Program Officer 

at least three work days prior to the 

official opening of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Jill Staggs, 

Program Officer, U.S. Department of 

State, Cultural Programs Division, Office 

of Citizen Exchanges, ECA/PE/C/CU, 

SA–5, Floor 3, Reference Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/CU–10–24, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–0503, (202) 632– 

6408, staggsjj@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ 

CU–10–24. 

Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries 

or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may 

not discuss this competition with 

applicants until the proposal review 

process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: April 15, 2010. 

Maura M. Pally, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9324 Filed 4–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Availability of the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), announces the availability of 

the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for a proposed highway 

project and route adoption study in San 

Benito and Santa Clara Counties, 

California. 

DATES: Public circulation of this 

document will begin on April 26, 2010 

and will end on June 10, 2010. An open 

forum public hearing will be held for 

this project on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 

between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Hollister. 

The location is R.O. Hardin Elementary 

School, 881 Line Street, Hollister, CA 

95023 in the Multi-purpose Room. 

ADDRESSES: This document will be 

available at the Caltrans District 5 office, 

50 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 

93401 on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m. (except for the first, second, and 

third Fridays of the month, when 

Caltrans offices are closed). Copies of 

the document can also be read at the 

San Benito County Free Library, 470 

Fifth Street, Hollister, CA 95023 and at 

the Santa Clara County Library, 7562 

Monterey Street, Gilroy, CA 95020. The 

Draft EIS is also available at http:// 

www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/paffairs/ 

hwy25widening/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. 

William ‘Trais’ Norris III, Sierra Pacific 

Environmental Analysis Branch, 2015 

East Shields Avenue, Suite 100, Fresno, 

CA 93726. E-mail 

trais_norris@dot.ca.gov. Telephone 

(805) 542–4711. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) assigned, and 

(Caltrans) assumed, environmental 

responsibilities for this project pursuant 

to 23 U.S.C. 327. Caltrans as the 

delegated National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) agency, has prepared 

a Draft Tier I Environmental Impact 

Statement that evaluates two proposed 

projects: (1) A route adoption of State 

Route 25 between Hollister in San 

Benito County and US 101 just south of 

Gilroy in Santa Clara County and (2) a 

proposed four-lane expressway 

construction project within the limits of 

the proposed route adoption in San 

Benito County. Caltrans approved the 

Draft EIS on April 13, 2010. 

Alternatives 1 and 2, the route 

adoption alternatives, would share the 

same alignment from 1⁄2 mile south of 

Shore Road in San Benito County to US 

101 in Santa Clara County. Between 1⁄2

mile south of Shore Road and the 

southern end of the proposed project at 

San Felipe Road, these alternatives 

separate. In this area Alternative 1 

proposes to align the future four-lane 

expressway generally to the east of the 

existing highway, while Alternative 2 

would be aligned mostly to the west of 

the existing two-lane highway. 

The proposed widening project 

extends from San Felipe Road in 

Hollister to just west of Hudner Lane in 

San Benito County. A four-lane 

expressway would be built on a new 

alignment. Alternative A would be 

within the footprint of Alternative 1, 

and Alternative B would be within the 

footprint of Alternative 2. Because this 

project is really two projects, it would 

be possible for the No-Build Alternative 

to be selected instead of a construction 

project, and to also have an action: a 

route adoption. The No-Action 

Alternative would result in no action 

being taken. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 


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