65966 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 210 / Tuesday, November 1, 2005 / Notices 

This notice is issued pursuant to Title 

49 U.S.C. 47118. 

Issued at Washington, DC on October 26, 

2005. 

Dennis E. Roberts, 

Director, Office of Airport Planning and 

Programming. 

[FR Doc. 05–21744 Filed 10–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Miami-Dade County, Florida 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for a proposed highway 

project in Miami-Dade County, Florida. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gregory E. Williams, P.E., District 

Transportation Engineer, Federal 

Highway Administration, 545 John 

Knox Road, Suite 200, Tallahassee, 

Florida 32303. Telephone: (850) 942–

9650 Ext. 3031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the Florida 

Department of Transportation (FDOT, 

will prepare an EIS for a proposal to 

improve SR 997 (Krome Avenue) in 

Miami-Dade County, Florida. The 

proposed improvement would involve 

safety and capacity upgrades to SR 997 

(Krome Avenue) from SW., 296th Street/ 

Avocado Drive to SW 136th Street/ 

Howard Street, a distance of 

approximately 10.07 miles. 

Improvements to the corridor are 

considered necessary to provide for 

safety improvements and projected 

future traffic demands. Alternatives 

under consideration include (1) taking 

no action; (20 widening the existing 

two-lane roadway to a divided two-lane 

roadway; (3) widening the existing twolane roadway to a divided two-lane 

roadway with passing zones; and (4) 

widening the existing two-lane roadway 

to a four-lane divided roadway. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments will be sent to 

appropriate Federal, State, and local 

agencies, and to private organizations 

and citizens who have expressed 

interest in this project. A series of 

public meetings are being held in 

Miami-Dade County beginning in 

December 2004 and are expected to 

continue until approximately July 2007. 

In addition, a Public Hearing will be 

held. Public notice will be given of the 

time and location of project meetings 

and the hearing. The Draft EIS will be 

made available for public and agency 

review and comment. A formal kick-off 

meeting was held on January 20th, 2004. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to the proposed action is 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comment or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS should be 

directed to the FHWA at the address 

provided above. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research, 

Planning, and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding inter-governmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: October 13, 2005. 

Gregory E. Williams, 

District Transportation Engineer, Tallahassee, 

Florida. 

[FR Doc. 05–21699 Filed 10–31–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility 

Program Announcement of Project 

Selections 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

selection of projects to be funded under 

Fiscal Year 2005 appropriations for the 

Over-the-Road Bus (OTRB) Accessibility 

Program, authorized by Section 3038 of 

the Transportation Equity Act for the 

21st Century (TEA–21). The OTRB 

Accessibility Program makes funds 

available to private operators of overthe-road buses to help finance the 

incremental capital and training costs of 

complying with DOT’s over-the-road 

bus accessibility rule, published in the 

Federal Register on September 24, 1998. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

appropriate FTA Regional 

Administrator for grant-specific issues; 

or Blenda Younger, Office of Program 

Management, (202) 366–2053, for 

general information about the OTRB 

Program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of 

$6.9 million was made available for the 

program in FY 2005: $5.2 million for 

intercity fixed-route providers and $1.7 

million for all other providers, such as 

commuter, charter, and tour operators. 

A total of 120 applicants requested 

$33.7 million: $19.5 million was 

requested by intercity fixed-route 

providers, and $14.2 million was 

requested by all other providers. Project 

selections were made on a discretionary 

basis, based on each applicant’s 

responsiveness to statutory project 

selection criteria, fleet size, and level of 

funding received in previous years. 

Because of the high demand for the 

funds available, most applicants 

received less funding than they 

requested, but almost all qualified 

applicants received some funding. The 

selected projects will provide funding 

for the incremental cost of adding lifts 

to 72 new vehicles, retrofitting 122 

vehicles, and $53,099 for training. Each 

of the following 93 awardees, as well as 

the 27 applicants who were not selected 

for funding, will receive a letter that 

explains how funding decisions were 

made. 

AWARD AMOUNT

Operator City/State Intercity 

fixed-route Other Total 

Region I 

Arrow Line ............................................................................... E. Hartford, CT ...................... ........................ $35,932 $35,932 

Bonanza Bus Lines ................................................................. Providence, RI ....................... $32,881 ........................ 32,881 

Concord Coach Lines, Inc. ...................................................... Concord, NH .......................... 46,800 ........................ 46,800 

Dartmouth Transportation Co., Inc. ......................................... Concord, NH .......................... 23,900 ........................ 23,900 

DATTCO, Inc. .......................................................................... New Britain, CT ..................... 35,000 ........................ 35,000 

M&L Transit Systems, Inc. ...................................................... Woburn, MA ........................... ........................ 35,000 35,000 

Peter Pan Bus Lines ............................................................... Springfield, MA ...................... 31,461 ........................ 31,461 

Plymouth & Brockton ............................................................... Plymouth, MA ........................ 55,620 ........................ 55,620