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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) The necessity 

and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the collected information; and (4) 

ways to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: 49 CFR Part 611 Major Capital 

Investment Projects (OMB Number: 

2132–0561) 

Background: On August 10, 2005, the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU) was enacted. 

Sections 3011(d)(5) and 3011(e)(6) of 

SAFETEA–LU require FTA to issue 

regulations on the manner in which 

candidate projects for major capital 

investment grants for new fixed 

guideway systems, extensions to 

existing fixed guideway systems, or 

significant corridor based bus 

investments (‘‘New Starts,’’ ‘‘Small 

Starts,’’ respectively) will be evaluated 

and rated for purposes of the FTA 

Capital Investment Grants program for 

New and Small Starts under 49 U.S.C. 

Section 5309. An Advanced Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for this 

regulation was issued on January 30, 

2006, (71 FR 22841). A Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was 

issued on August 3, 2007, (72 FR 

43328). The NPRM was withdrawn on 

February 17, 2009, due to an intervening 

statutory change resulting from the 

passage of the SAFETEA–LU Technical 

Corrections Act in June 2008. 

FTA has a longstanding requirement 

to evaluate proposed projects against a 

prescribed set of statutory criteria. The 

Surface Transportation and Uniform 

Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 

(STURAA) established in law a set of 

criteria that proposed projects had to 

meet in order to be eligible for federal 

funding. The requirement for summary 

project ratings has been in place since 

1998. Thus, the requirements for project 

evaluation and data collection for New 

Starts projects are not new, nor have 

they changed extensively since their 

inception. One addition included in 

SAFETEA–LU is the Small Starts 

program. The Small Starts program 

enables projects with a lesser total 

capital cost and smaller requested share 

of New Starts funds to progress through 

a simplified and streamlined project 

evaluation and data collection process. 

In general, though, the information used 

by FTA for New and Small Starts project 

evaluation and rating purposes should 

arise as a part of the normal planning 

process. 

FTA has been collecting project 

evaluation information from project 

sponsors under the existing OMB 

approval for this program (OMB No. 

2132–0561). However, due to 

modifications in project evaluation 

criteria for the New Starts program and 

the addition of the Small Starts 

program, it became apparent that some 

information required might be beyond 

the scope of ordinary planning 

activities. 

SAFETEA–LU creates additional 

requirements for before-and-after data 

collection for purposes of Government 

Performance and Results Act reporting 

as a condition of obtaining a Full 

Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) or a 

Project Construction Grant Agreement 

(PCGA). 

Respondents: State and local 

government. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: Approximately 217.7 

hours for each of the 178 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

38,760 hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Issued: April 21, 2009. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–9471 Filed 4–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2009–0022] 

Notice of Request for the Extension of 

a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to extend the following 

currently approved information 

collection: Transit Investments in 

Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction 

Program. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before June 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site. (Note: The U.S. Department 

of Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic 

docket is no longer accepting electronic 

comments.) All electronic submissions 

must be made to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Commenters 

should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: 202–366–7951. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Submit two copies of your 

comments if you submit them by mail. 

For confirmation that FTA has received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received, including any 

personal information, will be posted 

and will be available to Internet users, 

without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published April 

11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or you may 

visit http://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to read 

background documents and comments 

received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Background documents and comments 

received may also be viewed at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mr. Walter Kulyk, Office of Research, 

Demonstration and Innovation, (202) 

366–4995, or e-mail at: 

Walter.Kulyk@dot.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) The necessity 


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and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the collected information; and (4) 

ways to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: Transit Investments in 

Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction 

Program (OMB Number: 2132–0566). 

Background: The American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) 

established the Transit Investments in 

Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction 

(TIGGER) Program. This program is a 

new $100,000,000 discretionary grant 

program to support public transit 

agencies in making capital investments 

that will assist in reducing the energy 

consumption or greenhouse gas 

emissions of their public transportation 

systems. 

The information collected is 

submitted as part of the application for 

grants used to determine eligibility of 

applicants and project selection. 

Collection of project management 

information also provides 

documentation that the applicants and 

recipients are meeting program 

objectives and are complying with FTA 

Circular 5010.1D Grant Management 

Requirements and other Federal 

requirements. 

To meet the requirements of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act, FTA requested an emergency 

approval from OMB for the Transit 

Investments in Greenhouse Gas and 

Energy Reduction Program. OMB 

approved FTA’s emergency request for 

approval on March 10, 2009. The OMB 

Control Number is 2132–0566. FTA 

published a Federal Register notice for 

Solicitation of Comments and Notice of 

Availability of Fiscal Year 2009 Funding 

for Transit Investments in Greenhouse 

Gas and Energy Reduction Grants on 

March 24, 2009. 

Respondents: State and local 

government agencies. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: Approximately 89 hours 

for each of the 360 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

32,080 hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Issued April 21, 2009. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–9469 Filed 4–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

FTA Supplemental Fiscal Year 2009 

Apportionments and Allocations 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Division I of the ‘‘Omnibus 

Appropriations Act, 2009’’ (Pub. L. 111– 

8), signed into law by President Barack 

Obama on March 11, 2009, made funds 

available for all of the surface 

transportation programs of the 

Department of Transportation (DOT) for 

the Fiscal Year (FY) ending September 

30, 2009. This notice supplements the 

December 18, 2008 Federal Register 

notice. The notice apportions formula 

funds made available under the 

Omnibus Appropriations Act and 

allocates FY 2009 funds to 

congressionally designated projects that 

were contained in the accompanying 

committee report and the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU). The notice does 

not include any extensions of 

previously lapsed earmarks. The Federal 

Transit Administration (FTA) will 

address allocations of lapsed and/or 

unallocated resources subsequent to this 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information about this notice 

contact Henrika Buchanan-Smith, Office 

of Program Management, at (202) 366– 

2053. Please contact the appropriate 

FTA regional or metropolitan office for 

any specific requests for information or 

technical assistance. Appendix A at the 

end of this notice includes contact 

information for FTA regional and 

metropolitan offices. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Overview 

II. FTA Programs Funding 

III. FY 2009 FTA Program Initiatives and 

Changes 

IV. FTA Programs 

A. Metropolitan Planning Program (49 

U.S.C. 5305(d)) 

B. State Planning and Research Program 

(49 U.S.C. 5305(e)) 

C. Urbanized Area Formula Program (49 

U.S.C. 5307) 

D. Clean Fuels Formula Program (49 U.S.C. 

5308) 

E. Capital Investment Program (49 U.S.C. 

5309)—Fixed Guideway Modernization 

F. Capital Investment Program (49 U.S.C. 

5309)—Bus and Bus-Related Facilities 

G. Capital Investment Program (49 U.S.C. 

5309)—New and Small Starts 

H. Special Needs of Elderly Individuals 

and Individuals With Disabilities 

Program (49 U.S.C. 5310) 

I. Nonurbanized Area Formula Program (49 

U.S.C. 5311) 

J. Rural Transportation Assistance Program 

(49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(3)) 

K. Public Transportation on Indian 

Reservation Program (49 U.S.C. 

5311(c)(1)) 

L. National Research Program (49 U.S.C. 

5314) 

M. Job Access and Reverse Commute 

Program (49 U.S.C. 5316) 

N. New Freedom Program (49 U.S.C. 5317) 

O. Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks 

Program (49 U.S.C. 5320) 

P. Alternatives Analysis Program (49 

U.S.C. 5339) 

Q. Growing States and High Density States 

Formula (49 U.S.C. 5340) 

R. Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility 

Program (49 U.S.C. 5310 Note) Tables 

1. FTA Revised FY 2009 Appropriations 

and Apportionments for Grant Programs 

2. FTA Revised FY 2009 Metropolitan 

Planning Program and Statewide 

Planning and Research Program 

Apportionments 

3. FTA Revised FY 2009 Section 5307 and 

Section 5340 Urbanized Area 

Apportionments 

4. FTA FY 2009 Section 5307 

Apportionment Formula 

5. FTA Revised FY 2009 Formula Programs 

Apportionments Data Unit Values 

5–A. FTA Urbanized Areas 200,000 or 

More in Population Eligible to Use 

Section 5307 Funds for Operating 

Assistance 

6. FTA Revised FY 2009 Small Transit 

Intensive Cities Performance Data and 

Apportionments 

7–A. FTA FY 2009 Section 5308 Clean 

Fuels Allocations 

8. FTA Revised FY 2009 Section 5309 

Fixed Guideway Modernization 

Apportionments 

9. FTA FY 2009 Fixed Guideway 

Modernization Program Apportionment 

Formula 

10–A. FTA FY 2009 Section 5309 Bus And 

Bus-Related Facilities Allocations 

10–B. FTA Reprogrammed Section 5309 

Bus And Bus-Related Facilities 

Allocations 

11. FTA Revised FY 2009 Section 5309 

New Starts Allocations 

12–A. FTA Reprogrammed Section 5309 

New Starts Allocations 

13. FTA Revised FY 2009 Special Needs 

for Elderly Individuals and Individuals 

with Disabilities Apportionments 

14. FTA Revised FY 2009 Section 5311 and 

Section 5340 Nonurbanized Area 

Formula Apportionments, and Rural 

Transportation Assistance Program 

(RTAP) Allocations 

16. FTA Revised FY 2009 Section 5316 Job 

Access And Reverse Commute (JARC) 

Apportionments 

18. FTA Revised FY 2009 Section 5317 

New Freedom Apportionments 

19–A. FTA FY 2009 Section 5339 

Alternative Analysis Allocations 

20. FTA FY 2009 National Research 

Programs Allocations Appendix A 


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