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which the project is located, or his or 

her designee, must certify that there is 

reasonable assurance the project will be 

located, designed, constructed, and 

operated to comply with applicable air 

and water quality standards. 

Planning projects such as technical 

and environmental studies normally 

qualify for categorical exclusion under 

NEPA and would not trigger the 

requirements under 49 U.S.C. 70304 and 

as set forth above. If, absent 

consideration of section 70304, the 

project normally qualifies for a 

categorical exclusion from 

environmental review, the grant 

proposal should reference the relevant 

paragraph in FAA Order 1050.1E, 

Policies and Procedures for Considering 

Environmental Impacts, and address 

whether extraordinary circumstances 

exist that warrant preparation of an 

environmental assessment. 

For more details about the 

environmental review for commercial 

space transportation activities see 

Guidelines for Compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act and 

Related Environmental Review Statutes 

for the Licensing of Commercial 

Launches and Launch Sites. http:// 

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ 

headquarters_offices/ast/ 

environmental/review. 

Grant Award 

The FAA Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation intends to award 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Grants on or before August 31, 2010. An 

FAA grant offer letter may contain 

requirements for assurances to ensure 

the grants are consistent with Chapter 

703. These grant assurances are 

currently in development and not 

finalized at the date of this publication. 

The FAA anticipates that the 

Commercial Space Transportation Grant 

Assurances will be similar in nature and 

purpose to those required under the 

Airport Improvement Program. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 28, 

2010. 

George C. Nield, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Discretionary Bus and Bus Facilities 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of FTA 

State of Good Repair Bus and Bus 

Facilities Initiative Funds: Solicitation 

of Project Proposals. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

availability of discretionary Section 

5309 Bus and Bus Facilities grant funds 

in support of its ‘‘State of Good Repair’’ 

initiative. The State of Good Repair 

(SGR) Bus initiative will be funded with 

up to $775 million in unallocated Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 discretionary Bus and 

Bus Facilities Program funds, 

authorized by 49 USC 5309(b) of the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For 

Users (SAFETEA–LU), Public Law 109– 

59, August 10, 2005. FTA may use 

additional Bus and Bus Facilities 

program funding that becomes available 

in the future to further support this 

initiative. 

The SGR Bus initiative will make 

funds available to public transit 

providers to finance capital projects to 

replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses 

and related equipment and to construct/ 

rehabilitate bus-related facilities, 

including programs of bus and busrelated projects which may include 

assistance to subrecipients that are 

public agencies, private companies 

engaged in public transportation, or 

private non-profit organizations. This 

Notice includes priorities established by 

FTA for these discretionary funds, the 

criteria FTA will use to identify 

meritorious projects for funding, and 

describes how to apply. 

This announcement is available on 

the FTA Web site at: http:// 

www.fta.dot.gov. FTA will announce 

final selections on the Web site and in 

the Federal Register. A synopsis of this 

announcement will be posted in the 

FIND module of the government-wide 

electronic grants Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

DATES: Complete proposals for the SGR 

Bus initiative must be submitted by June 

18, 2010. All proposals must be 

submitted electronically through the 

GRANTS.GOV APPLY function. In 

order to apply through GRANTS.GOV, 

proposers should initiate the process of 

registering on the GRANTS.GOV site 

immediately to ensure completion of 

registration before the deadline for 

submission. Proposers will receive two 

confirmation e-mails. The first email 

will confirm that the application was 

received and a subsequent e-mail will 

be sent indicating whether the 

application was validated or rejected by 

the system. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact the appropriate FTA Regional 

Administrator (see Appendix) for 

proposal-specific information and 

issues. For information on the SGR Bus 

initiative, contact Darren Jaffe, Office of 

Program Management, (202) 366–4008, 

e-mail: darren.jaffe@dot.gov. A TDD is 

available at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/ 

FIRS). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

II. Award Information 

III. Eligibility Information 

IV. Proposal Submission Information 

V. Proposal Review, Selection, and 

Notification 

VI. Award Administration 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Appendix FTA Regional Offices 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

A. Authority 

The bus and bus facilities program is 

authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5309(b), as 

amended by section 3011 of SAFETEA– 

LU: 

‘‘The Secretary may make grants under this 

section to assist State and local governmental 

authorities in financing capital projects 

* * * to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase 

buses and related equipment and to construct 

bus-related facilities, including programs of 

bus and bus-related projects for assistance to 

subrecipients that are public agencies, 

private companies engaged in public 

transportation, or private non-profit 

organizations.’’ 

B. Background 

Maintaining the nation’s public 

transportation fleet, infrastructure, and 

equipment in a state of good repair is 

essential to providing reliable, highquality, and safe transit services to the 

tens of millions of Americans who 

depend on it daily. Transit not only 

provides mobility options for the 

American public, but contributes to the 

livability of our nation’s communities 

and to environmental and energy 

sustainability. However, given recent 

limitations in State and local resources 

and the need to meet projected growth 

in demand for transit service, many 

local transit agencies are finding it 

difficult to meet their basic reinvestment needs. FTA’s April 2009 

Rail Modernization Study estimated a 

combined $50 billion repair and 

replacement backlog in the bus and rail 

systems of the seven oldest and largest 

U.S. transit agencies. 

The state of repair of transit 

infrastructure is an important issue for 

both large and small systems across the 

country. According to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation’s 2008 

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Status of the Nation’s Highways, 

Bridges, and Transit Conditions and 

Performance Report to Congress, over 36 

percent of urban bus maintenance 

facilities were estimated to be in 

marginal or poor condition in 2006, five 

percent higher than in 2004. This report 

also found that nearly 50 percent of the 

nation’s bus facilities were over 20 years 

old and that 18 percent of the nation’s 

bus fleet was in need of replacement. 

The average bus age and condition have 

stabilized recently and are even 

expected to improve due to the number 

of vehicles purchased recently with 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act funds. Buses are relatively shortlived assets, however, and some 8,000 

must be replaced each year. 

Preliminary FTA research indicates 

that while most transit agencies employ 

maintenance management systems and 

have capital improvement plans, few 

possess asset management plans and 

systems that support prioritization of 

asset replacement, as practiced by most 

state highway agencies and other major 

public infrastructure managers. 

Indications are that potential 

improvements in investment efficiency 

from better asset management can 

considerably outweigh the cost of 

implementation. 

Recognizing growing investment 

needs and the large backlog of transit 

assets needing repair or replacement, 

the FTA proposed a $2.9 billion Bus and 

Rail State of Good Repair formula 

program in the President’s FY 2011 

budget. In advance of the 

implementation of this program, this 

notice makes available up to $775 

million in FY 2010 Section 5309 bus 

and bus discretionary program resources 

for a ‘‘State of Good Repair Bus’’ (SGR 

Bus) grant initiative. 

C. Program Purpose 

Improving and maintaining America’s 

buses and bus facilities so that the 

nation’s public transportation systems 

are in good physical condition and 

successfully accomplish their 

performance objectives is a key strategic 

goal of the DOT and FTA. The SGR Bus 

initiative is intended to contribute to the 

improvement of the condition of transit 

capital assets by providing financial 

assistance for recapitalization of buses 

and bus facilities. In addition, funding 

under this SGR Bus initiative may be 

used for the development and 

implementation of new, or improvement 

of existing, transit asset management 

systems. Transportation asset 

management is a strategic and 

systematic process of operating, 

maintaining, improving, and expanding 

physical assets effectively throughout 

their life cycle. Successful systems focus 

on good business and engineering 

policy, practices and procedures for 

resource allocation and utilization with 

the objective of better decision-making 

based upon quality information and 

well defined objectives. 

II. Award Information 

Federal transit funds are available to 

State or local governmental authorities 

as recipients and other public 

transportation providers as 

subrecipients. There is no floor or upper 

limit for any single grant under this 

program; however, FTA intends to fund 

as many meritorious projects as 

possible. In addition, FTA will take into 

consideration the geographic diversity 

of its award decisions. 

Consistent with 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(8), 

the Secretary shall consider the age and 

condition of buses, bus fleets, busrelated facilities and equipment of 

applicants in its award of State of Good 

Repair Bus grants. 

III. Eligibility Information 

A. Eligible Proposers 

Eligible proposers and eventual grant 

applicants under this initiative are 

Direct Recipients under the Section 

5307 Urbanized Area Formula program, 

States, and Indian Tribes. Proposals for 

funding eligible projects in rural 

(nonurbanized) areas must be submitted 

as part of a consolidated State proposal 

with the exception of nonurbanized 

projects to Indian Tribes. Tribes, States, 

and Direct Recipients may also submit 

consolidated proposals for projects in 

urbanized areas. 

Proposals shall contain projects to be 

implemented by the Recipient or its 

subrecipients. Eligible subrecipients 

include public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and private 

providers engaged in public 

transportation. 

B. Eligible Expenses 

SAFETEA–LU grants authority to the 

Secretary to make grants to assist State 

and local governmental authorities in 

financing capital projects to replace, 

rehabilitate, and purchase buses and 

related equipment and to construct or 

rehabilitate bus-related facilities, 

including programs of bus and busrelated projects for assistance to 

subrecipients that are public agencies, 

private companies engaged in public 

transportation, or private non-profit 

organizations. 

Projects eligible for funding under the 

SGR Bus initiative are capital projects 

such as: purchase, replacement, or 

rehabilitation of, buses and vans and 

related equipment (including Intelligent 

Transportation Systems (ITS), fare 

equipment, communication devices that 

are FCC mandatory narrow-banding 

compliant); replacement or the 

modernization of bus maintenance and 

revenue service (passenger) facilities; 

and the development and 

implementation of transit asset 

management systems, that address the 

objectives identified in the Program 

Purpose subsection above. 

C. Cost Sharing 

Costs will be shared at the following 

ratio: 80 percent FTA/20 percent local 

contribution, unless the grantee requests 

a lower Federal share. FTA will not 

approve deferred local share requests 

under this program. 

The Federal share may exceed 80 

percent for certain projects related to the 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 

and the Clean Air Act (CAA) as follows: 

ADA—The Federal share is 90 percent 

for the cost of vehicle-related equipment 

or facilities attributable to compliance 

with the ADA of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 

et seq); CAA—The Federal share is 90 

percent for the cost of vehicle related 

equipment or facilities (including cleanfuel or alternative-fuel vehicle related 

equipment or facilities) attributable to 

compliance with the CAA (42 U.S.C. 

7401 et seq). For administrative 

simplicity, FTA allows recipients to 

compute the Federal share at 83 percent 

for eligible ADA and CAA vehicle 

purchases. 

The FY 2010 Appropriations Act 

allows a 90 percent Federal share for the 

total cost of a biodiesel bus. The Act 

also allows a 90 percent Federal share 

for the net capital cost of factory 

installed or retrofitted hybrid electric 

propulsion systems and any equipment 

related to such a system. For 

administrative simplicity, FTA allows 

recipients to compute the Federal share 

at 83 percent for eligible vehicle 

purchases. 

IV. Proposal Submission Information 

A. Proposal Submission Process 

Project proposals must be submitted 

electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov. Mail and fax 

submissions will not be accepted except 

for supplemental information that 

cannot be sent electronically. 

B. Proposal Content 

1. Proposal Information 

Proposals should provide basic 

sponsor identifying information, 

including: 

a. Proposer’s name and FTA recipient 

ID number. 

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b. Contact information for notification 

of project selection (including contact 

name, title, address, congressional 

district, email, fax and phone number). 

c. A general description of services 

provided by the agency including 

ridership, fleet size, areas served, etc. 

d. A description of the agency’s 

technical, legal, and financial capacity 

to implement the proposed project. 

Some of this information is included in 

Standard Form 424 when applying 

through GRANTS.GOV. 

2. Project Information 

Every proposal must: 

a. Describe concisely, but completely, 

the project scope to be funded. As FTA 

may elect to only partially fund some 

project proposals (see below), the scope 

should be ‘‘scalable’’ with specific 

components of independent utility 

clearly identified. 

b. Address each of the evaluation 

criteria separately, demonstrating how 

the project responds to each criterion. 

c. Provide a line-item budget for the 

total project, with enough detail to 

describe the various key components of 

the project. As FTA may elect to only 

partially fund some project proposals, 

the budget should provide for the 

minimum amount necessary to fund 

specific project components of 

independent utility. 

d. Provide the Federal amount 

requested. 

e. Document the matching funds, 

including amount and source of the 

match, demonstrating strong local or 

private sector financial participation in 

the project. 

f. Provide support documentation, 

including audited financial statements, 

bond-ratings, and documents supporting 

the commitment of non-federal funding 

to the project, or a timeframe upon 

which those commitments would be 

made. 

g. Provide a project time-line, 

including significant milestones such as 

the date anticipated to issue a request 

for proposals for vehicles, or contract for 

purchase of vehicle(s), and actual or 

expected delivery date of vehicles, or 

notice of request for proposal and notice 

to proceed for capital construction/ 

rehabilitation projects. 

C. Submission Dates and Times 

Complete proposals for the State of 

Good Repair Bus initiative must be 

submitted June 18, 2010 electronically 

through the GRANTS.GOV Web site by 

the same date. Proposers are encouraged 

to begin the process of registration on 

the GRANTS.GOV site well in advance 

of the submission deadline. Registration 

is a multi-step process, which may take 

several weeks to complete before a 

proposal application can be submitted. 

FTA will announce project selections 

when the competitive selection process 

is complete. Successful proposers must 

then apply for a grant in FTA’s Webbased grant system, TEAM, for the scope 

and amount approved. 

D. Funding Restrictions 

Only proposals from eligible 

recipients for eligible activities will be 

considered for funding (see Section III). 

Due to funding limitations, proposers 

that are selected for funding may receive 

less than the amount originally 

requested. 

E. Other Submission Requirements 

Proposers should submit three (3) 

copies of any supplemental information 

that cannot be submitted electronically 

to the appropriate regional office. 

Supplemental information submitted in 

hardcopy must be postmarked by June 

18, 2010. 

V. Proposal Review, Selection, and 

Notification 

A. Project Evaluation Criteria 

Projects will be evaluated by FTA 

based on the proposals submitted 

according to the following criteria. Each 

proposer is encouraged to demonstrate 

the responsiveness of a project to any 

and all of the selection criteria with the 

most relevant information that the 

proposer can provide, regardless of 

whether such information has been 

specifically requested, or identified, in 

this notice. FTA will assess the extent 

to which a project addresses the 

following criteria. 

1. Planning and prioritization at the 

local/regional level: 

a. Project is consistent with the transit 

priorities identified in the long range 

plan and/or contingency/illustrative 

projects. Proposer should note if project 

could not be included in the financially 

constrained Transportation 

Improvement Program (TIP)/Statewide 

Transportation Improvement Program 

(STIP) due to lack of funding (if 

selected, project must be in TIP before 

grant award). 

b. Local support is demonstrated by 

availability of local match and letters of 

support for project. 

c. In an area with more than one 

transit operator, the proposal 

demonstrates coordination with, and 

support of, other transit operators, or 

other related projects within the 

proposer’s MPO or the geographic 

region within which the proposed 

project will operate. 

2. The project is ready to implement: 

a. Any required environmental work 

has been initiated for construction 

projects requiring an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) or Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). 

b. Project implementation plans are 

complete, including initial design of 

facilities projects. 

c. TIP/STIP can be amended 

(evidenced by MPO/State endorsement). 

d. Project funds can be obligated and 

the project implemented quickly, if 

selected. 

3. Technical, legal, and financial 

capacity to implement the particular 

project proposed: 

a. The proposer has the technical 

capacity to administer the project. 

b. There are no outstanding legal, 

technical, or financial issues with the 

grantee that would make this a high-risk 

project to implement quickly. 

c. Source of local match is identified 

and is available for prompt project 

implementation if selected (no deferred 

local share will be allowed). 

In addition, for each of the project 

types below, the following criteria will 

apply: 

1. For bus projects: 

a. The age of the asset to be replaced 

or rehabilitated by the proposed project, 

relative to its useful life. 

b. The degree to which the proposed 

project addresses a demonstrated and 

verifiable backlog of deferred 

maintenance. 

c. Consistency with the proposer’s bus 

fleet management plan. 

d. Condition and performance of the 

asset to be replaced by the proposed 

project, as ascertained through field 

inspections or otherwise, if available. 

e. Demonstrated positive impact on 

air quality. 

f. The degree to which the proposed 

project supports emerging or advanced 

technologies for transit buses. 

g. The project conforms to FTA’s 

spare ratio guidelines. 

2. For bus facility and equipment 

projects: 

a. The age of the asset to be 

rehabilitated or replaced relative to its 

useful life. 

b. The degree to which proposed 

project addresses a demonstrated and 

verifiable backlog of deferred 

maintenance. 

c. Supports emerging or advanced 

technologies for transit facilities and 

equipment. 

d. For facilities, evidence of proposed 

project compliance with ‘‘Green 

Building’’ certification. 

3. For transit asset management 

system projects: 

If asset management system 

development or upgrades are proposed, 

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the proposal shall describe, as 

applicable, the system element(s) the 

proposer is seeking to improve; 

including: 

a. How asset management plans/ 

systems will be developed or upgraded. 

b. How asset inventories will be 

maintained physically and fiscally. 

c. How assets initial condition will be 

assessed. 

d. How assets will be inspected and 

monitored, and at what frequency. 

e. How logistical decision support 

tools (including options and tradeoff 

analysis) will be used in the proposer’s 

day-to-day operations. 

f. Demonstrated long-term financial 

and management commitment of the 

proposer to using the asset management 

system. 

B. Review and Selection Process 

Proposals will be evaluated by the 

appropriate FTA regional office using 

the criteria above. The FTA 

Administrator will determine the final 

selection and amount of funding for 

each project. Selected projects will be 

announced in September 2010. FTA 

will publish the list of all selected 

projects and funding levels in the 

Federal Register. Regional offices will 

also notify successful proposers and the 

amount of funding to be awarded to the 

project. 

VI. Award Administration 

A. Award Notices 

FTA will award grants for the selected 

projects to the proposer through the 

FTA electronic grants management and 

award system, TEAM, after receipt of a 

complete application in TEAM. These 

grants will be administered and 

managed by the FTA regional offices in 

accordance with the Federal 

requirements of the Section 5309 Bus 

program. At the time the project 

selections are announced, FTA will 

extend pre-award authority for the 

selected projects. There is no blanket 

pre-award authority for these projects 

before announcement. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

1. Grant Requirements 

If selected, applicants will apply for a 

grant through TEAM and adhere to the 

customary FTA grant requirements of 

the Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities 

program, including those of FTA C 

9300.1B Circular and C 5010.1D and S. 

5333(b) labor protections. Discretionary 

grants greater than $500,000 will be 

subject to the Congressional Notification 

and release process. Technical 

assistance regarding these requirements 

is available from each FTA regional 

office. 

2. Planning 

Applicants are encouraged to notify 

the appropriate State Departments of 

Transportation and MPO in areas likely 

to be served by the project funds made 

available under this program. 

Incorporation of funded projects in the 

long-range plans and transportation 

improvement programs of States and 

metropolitan areas is required of all 

funded projects. 

3. Standard Assurances 

The applicant assures that it will 

comply with all applicable Federal 

statutes, regulations, executive orders, 

FTA circulars, and other Federal 

administrative requirements in carrying 

out any project supported by the FTA 

grant. The applicant acknowledges that 

it is under a continuing obligation to 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of the grant agreement issued for its 

project with FTA. The applicant 

understands that Federal laws, 

regulations, policies, and administrative 

practices might be modified from time 

to time and affect the implementation of 

the project. The applicant agrees that 

the most recent Federal requirements 

will apply to the project, unless FTA 

issues a written determination 

otherwise. The applicant must submit 

the Certifications and Assurances before 

receiving a grant if it does not have 

current certifications on file. 

C. Reporting 

Post-award reporting requirements 

include submission of Financial Status 

Reports and Milestone Reports in TEAM 

on a quarterly basis for all projects. 

Documentation is required for payment. 

In addition, project sponsors receiving 

grants for asset management systems 

and innovative technologies may be 

required to report on the performance of 

these systems and technologies. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Contact the appropriate FTA Regional 

Administrator (Appendix A) for 

proposal specific information and 

issues. For information on the SGR Bus 

and Bus Facilities Initiative, contact 

Darren Jaffe, Office of Program 

Management, (202) 366–4008, e-mail: 

darren.jaffe@dot.gov. A TDD is available 

at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/FIRS). 

Issued in Washington, DC this 29th day of 

April, 2010. 

Peter Rogoff, 

Administrator. 

APPENDIX A—FTA REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN OFFICES

Richard H. Doyle, Regional Administrator, Region 1–Boston, Kendall 

Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142–1093, Tel. 

617–494–2055 

Robert C. Patrick, Regional Administrator, Region 6–Ft. Worth, 819 

Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Tel. 817–978–0550. 

States served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

Rhode Island, and Vermont 

States served: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and 

Texas. 

Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Regional Administrator, Region 2–New York, One 

Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004–1415, Tel. 212– 

668–2170 

Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional Administrator, Region 7–Kansas City, MO, 

901 Locust Street, Room 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Tel. 816– 

329–3920. 

States served: New Jersey, New York States served: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. 

New York Metropolitan Office, Region 2–New York, One Bowling 

Green, Room 428, New York, NY 10004–1415, Tel. 212–668–2202. 

Letitia Thompson, Regional Administrator, Region 3–Philadelphia, 1760 

Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124, Tel. 215– 

656–7100 

Terry Rosapep, Regional Administrator, Region 8–Denver, 12300 West 

Dakota Ave., Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228–2583, Tel. 720–963– 

3300. 

States served: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and District of Columbia States served: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, 

and Wyoming. 

Philadelphia Metropolitan Office, Region 3–Philadelphia, 1760 Market 

Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124, Tel. 215–656–7070 

Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Office, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 510, 

Washington, DC 20006, Tel. 202–219–3562 

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APPENDIX A—FTA REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN OFFICES—Continued 

Yvette Taylor, Regional Administrator, Region 4–Atlanta, 230 Peachtree Street, NW., Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Tel. 404–865–5600 Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Region 9–San Francisco, 

201 Mission Street, Room 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105–1926, 

Tel. 415–744–3133. 

States served: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virgin Islands 

States served: American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, 

Nevada, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 

Los Angeles Metropolitan Office, Region 9–Los Angeles, 888 S. 

Figueroa Street, Suite 1850, Los Angeles, CA 90017–1850, Tel. 

213–202–3952. 

Marisol Simon, Regional Administrator, Region 5–Chicago, 200 West 

Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312–353–2789 

Rick Krochalis, Regional Administrator, Region 10–Seattle, Jackson 

Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 

98174–1002, Tel. 206–220–7954. 

States served: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin States served: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. 

Chicago Metropolitan Office, Region 5–Chicago, 200 West Adams 

Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312–353–2789 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Blocking of Specially Designated 

National Pursuant to Executive Order 

13413 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the name of five 

individuals whose property and 

interests in property have been blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13413 of 

October 27, 2006, ‘‘Blocking Property of 

Certain Persons Contributing to the 

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of 

Congo’’. 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of the five individuals 

identified in this notice, pursuant to 

Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 

2006, is effective on April 28, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, 

tel.: 202/622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site (http:// 

www.treas.gov/ofac) via facsimile 

through a 24-hour fax-on demand 

service, tel.: (202) 622–0077. 

Background 

On October 27, 2006, the President 

signed Executive Order 13413 (the 

‘‘Order’’) pursuant to, inter alia, the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

(IEEPA), section 5 of the United Nations 

Participation Act, as amended (22 

U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and section 301 of 

title 3, United States Code. In the Order, 

the President found that the situation in 

the Democratic Republic of the Congo 

constitutes an unusual and 

extraordinary threat. The President 

identified seven individuals as subject 

to the economic sanctions in the Annex 

to the Order. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in, or 

thereafter come within, the United 

States, or within the possession or 

control of United States persons, of the 

persons listed in the Annex, as well as 

those persons determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, after 

consultation with the Secretary of State, 

to meet any of the criteria set forth in 

subparagraphs (a)(i)–(a)(ii)(G) of Section 

1. 

On April 28, 2010, the Director of 

OFAC exercised the Secretary of the 

Treasury’s authority to designate, 

pursuant to one or more of the criteria 

set forth in Section 1 of the Order, the 

individuals listed below, whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413. 

The listing of the blocked individuals 

is as follows: 

NTAGANDA, Bosco (a.k.a. BAGANDA, 

Bosco; a.k.a. NTAGANDA, Jean 

Bosco; a.k.a. NTAGENDA, Bosco; 

a.k.a. NTANGANA, Bosco; a.k.a. 

NTANGANDA, Bosco; a.k.a. 

TAGANDA, Bosco; a.k.a. 

TANGANDA, Bosco), Runyoni, 

Rutshuru, North Kivu, Congo, 

Democratic Republic of the; DOB 

1973; POB Nord-Kivu, DRC; alt. POB 

Rwanda; nationality Congo, 

Democratic Republic of the 

(individual) [DRCONGO] 

LUBANGA, Thomas (a.k.a. DYILO, 

Thomas Lubanga); DOB 29 Dec 1960; 

POB Djiba, Utcha Sector, Djugu 

Territory, Ituri District, Orientale 

Province, DRC; nationality Congo, 

Democratic Republic of the 

(individual) [DRCONGO] 

KATANGA, Germain; DOB 28 Apr 1978; 

POB Mambasa, Mambasa Territory, 

Ituri District, DRC; nationality Congo, 

Democratic Republic of the 

(individual) [DRCONGO] 

NGUDJOLO, Matthieu Cui (a.k.a. CUI 

NGUDJOLO; a.k.a. NGUDJOLO CHUI, 

Mathieu; a.k.a. NGUDJOLO, Cui Cui; 

a.k.a. NGUDJOLO, Mathieu; a.k.a. 

TCHUI, Mathieu Ngudjolo); DOB 8 

Oct 1970; POB Bunia, Ituri District, 

DRC; nationality Congo, Democratic 

Republic of the (individual) 

[DRCONGO] 

MUTEBUTSI, Jules (a.k.a. COLONEL 

MUTEBUTSI; a.k.a. MUTEBUSI, 

Jules; a.k.a. MUTEBUZI, Jules), 

Rwanda; DOB 6 Jul 1960; POB South 

Kivu, DRC; nationality Congo, 

Democratic Republic of the 

(individual) [DRCONGO] 

Dated: April 28, 2010. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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