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Application No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permit thereof 

Modification Special Permits 

10407–M .................. ............................ Thermo Process Instruments, LP 

175.3 (Former 

Grantee: Thermo 

Measure Tech), 

Sugar Land, TX 

49 CFR 173.302a(a); ................ To modify the special permit to authorize 

the addition of Boron trifluoride. 

10646–M .................. ............................ Schlumberger Technologies Corporation, Sugar Land, 

TX 

49 CFR 173.302 ........................ To modify the special to authorize additional Division 2.1 and 2.3 hazardous 

materials. 

10785–M .................. ............................ Thermo Process Instruments, LP 

(Former Grantee: 

Thermo Measure 

Tech), Sugar Land, 

TX 

49 CFR 173.301(a)(1), 

173.302a, 175.3.

To modify the special permit to authorize 

the addition of Boron trifluoride. 

14466–M .................. ............................ Alaska Central Express, Inc., Anchorage, AK 49 CFR 172.101 Column (9B) .. To modify the special permit to authorize 

an additional Division 1.1D hazardous 

material. 

14546–M .................. ............................ Linde Gas North 

America LLC, Murray Hill, NJ 

49 CFR 180.209 ........................ To modify the special permit to remove the 

requirement to comply with 49 CFR 

172.203(a), marking of shipping papers. 

14573–M .................. ............................ Polar Tank Trailer, 

LLC, Holdingford, 

MN 

49 CFR 178.345–2 .................... To modify the special permit to authorize 

the use of an alternative duplex stainless steel. 

14763–M .................. ............................ Weatherford International, Forth 

Worth, TX 

49 CFR 173.302a and 

173.301(f).

To modify the special permit to change the 

minimum elongation from 12% to 10%. 

14844–M .................. ............................ Northern Air Cargo, 

Anchorage, AK 

49 CFR 173.302(f) .................... To modify the special permit to authorize 

cylinders of less than 116 cubic feet to 

be used after June 30, 2010, to include 

other oxidizing gases and that the 

human and veterinary use only provision 

be removed. 

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BILLING CODE 4909–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

FY 2010 Discretionary Livability 

Funding Opportunity: Alternatives 

Analysis Program 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of FTA 

Alternatives Analysis Funds: 

Solicitation of Project Proposals. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

availability of up to $25.7 million in 

discretionary Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 and 

2010 funds under the Alternatives 

Analysis Program (49 U.S.C. 5339) 

authorized by the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient, Transportation 

Equity Act: A Legacy For Users 

(SAFETEA–LU), Public Law 109–59, 

August 10, 2005. Discretionary program 

funds will be distributed in accordance 

with the mission of this program and in 

support of the Department of 

Transportation’s Livability Initiative. 

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 

funding opportunity will be posted in 

the FIND module of the governmentwide electronic grants Web site at 

http://www.grants.gov. All proposals 

must be submitted to FTA electronically 

through the GRANTS.GOVAPPLY 

function. Applicants will receive two 

confirmation e-mails. The first will 

confirm that the application was 

received and a second will confirm 

within 24–48 hours whether the 

application was validated or rejected by 

the system. Additional information on 

submitting proposals through the 

GRANTS.GOV Web site is provided 

later in this announcement. 

DATES: Complete proposals must be 

submitted electronically through the 

GRANTS.GOV Web site by July 12, 

2010. 

To apply for funding through 

GRANTS.GOV, applicants must be 

properly registered. Complete 

instructions on how to register and 

submit proposals can be found at 

www.GRANTS.GOV. If interested 

parties experience difficulties at any 

point during the registration or 

application process, please call the 

GRANTS.GOV Customer Support 

Hotline at 1–800–518–4726, Monday– 

Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general program information, contact 

Kenneth Cervenka, Alternatives 

Analysis Program, Office of Planning 

and Environment, by phone at (202) 

493–0512 or by e-mail at 

Kenneth.Cervenka@dot.gov. A TDD is 

available at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/ 

FIRS). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

Alternatives Analysis Program 

I. Program Purpose 

II. Policy Priority—DOT Livability Initiative 

III. Eligible Applicants 

IV. Eligible Projects 

V. Cost Sharing and Matching 

VI. Application Content 

VII. Evaluation Criteria 

VIII. Technical Assistance and Other Program 

Information 

Appendix A FTA Regional Offices 


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Alternatives Analysis Program 

FTA has the authority to implement 

this program under SAFETEA–LU 

amendments to 49 U.S.C. 5339. The 

authorizing legislation allows for the 

Secretary of Transportation to make 

awards under this program at his 

discretion. FTA may allocate up to 

$25.7 million from available prior year 

and FY 2010 funds. These funds will be 

allocated for alternatives analysis 

activities selected from applications 

submitted in response to this notice. 

I. Program Purpose 

The purpose of the Alternatives 

Analysis program (49 U.S.C. 5339) is to 

assist potential sponsors of New Starts 

and Small Starts projects in the 

evaluation of all reasonable modal and 

multimodal alternatives and general 

alignment options to address 

transportation needs in a defined travel 

corridor. 

As defined in 49 U.S.C. 5309(1)(a), an 

alternatives analysis is a study 

conducted as part of the transportation 

planning process which includes: (1) An 

assessment of a wide range of public 

transportation alternatives designed to 

address a transportation problem in a 

corridor or subarea; (2) [the 

development of] sufficient information 

to enable the Secretary to make the 

findings of project justification and local 

financial commitment required under 

Section 5309; (3) the selection of a 

locally preferred alternative; and (4) the 

adoption of the locally preferred 

alternative as part of the long-range 

transportation plan required under 

section 5303. Further information on 

conducting an alternatives analysis, 

including descriptions of the documents 

produced, can be found on FTA’s Web 

site at http://www.fta.dot.gov/planning/ 

newstarts/ 

planning_environment_2396.html. 

FTA will award discretionary funding 

available under Section 5339 to support 

a limited number of alternatives 

analyses, or technical work conducted 

as part of on-going alternatives analyses, 

to develop information for local 

decision-makers and for the Secretary 

regarding potential New Starts and 

Small Starts projects. These funds will 

be awarded for alternatives analysis 

activities selected from proposals 

submitted in response to this notice. 

II. Policy Priority—DOT’s Livability 

Initiative 

FTA has long fostered livable 

communities and sustainable 

development through its various transit 

programs and activities. Public 

transportation supports the 

development of communities, providing 

effective and reliable transportation 

alternatives that increase access to jobs, 

recreation, health and social services, 

entertainment, educational 

opportunities, and other activities of 

daily life, while also improving mobility 

within and among these communities. 

Through various initiatives and 

legislative changes over the last fifteen 

years, FTA has allowed and encouraged 

projects that help integrate transit into 

a community through neighborhood 

improvements and enhancements to 

transit facilities or services; make 

improvements to areas adjacent to 

public transit facilities that may 

facilitate mobility needs of transit users; 

or support other infrastructure 

investments that enhance the use of 

transit and other alternative 

transportation options for the 

community. 

On June 16, 2009, U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray 

LaHood, U.S. Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (HUD) 

Secretary Shaun Donovan, and U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Administrator Lisa Jackson announced a 

new partnership to help American 

families in all communities—rural, 

suburban and urban—gain better access 

to affordable housing, more 

transportation options, and lower 

transportation costs. DOT, HUD, and 

EPA created this high-level interagency 

partnership to better coordinate federal 

transportation, environmental 

protection, and housing investments. 

Through the Alternatives Analysis 

Program grants, FTA will support a 

limited number of alternatives analyses, 

or technical work conducted as part of 

proposed or on-going alternatives 

analyses, that would advance major 

transit investments that foster the six 

livability principles that serve as the 

foundation for the DOT–HUD–EPA 

Partnership for Sustainable 

Communities: 

1. Provide more transportation 

choices 

2. Promote equitable, affordable 

housing 

3. Enhance economic competitiveness 

4. Support existing communities 

5. Coordinate policies and leverage 

investment 

6. Value communities and 

neighborhoods 

FTA will also consider geographic 

distribution in project selection. 

III. Eligible Applicants 

Section 5339 allows FTA to make 

grants and agreements, under criteria 

established by the Secretary, to States, 

authorities of the States, metropolitan 

planning organizations, and local 

governmental authorities to conduct 

alternatives analyses as defined by 

section 5309(a)(1). 

IV. Eligible Projects 

Alternatives analyses must be 

documented in the Unified Planning 

Work Program of the metropolitan 

planning organization for the area. 

Applicants must commit to begin the 

alternatives analysis study within 12 

months of grant approval, unless the 

study is already underway. FTA will 

award available discretionary funding to 

eligible applicants to conduct an 

alternatives analysis or to support 

additional technical tasks in an 

alternatives analysis that will improve 

and expand the information available to 

decision-makers considering major 

transit improvements. FTA will 

consider proposals for all areas of 

technical work that can better develop 

information about the costs and benefits 

of potential major transit improvements, 

including those that might seek New 

Starts or Small Starts funding. FTA will 

give priority to technical work that 

would advance the study of alternatives 

that foster the six livability principles 

that serve as the foundation for the 

DOT–HUD–EPA Partnership for 

Sustainable Communities. 

V. Cost Sharing and Matching 

Studies or technical tasks selected for 

funding will receive up to 80 percent of 

the study cost. Awards remain available 

for 3 fiscal years, including the fiscal 

year in which the award is made. FTA 

will not approve requests for deferred 

local share under this program. 

To promote collaboration on the 

development of major transit capital 

improvements and to demonstrate the 

value of partnerships across government 

agencies that serve various public 

service missions, FTA will give priority 

to proposals that are supported, 

financially or otherwise, by nontransportation public agencies that are 

pursuing similar objectives and are 

aligning their community development 

activities to increase the efficiency of 

Federal investments. 

VI. Application Content 

A. Brief Description of the 

Alternatives Analysis: Provide a 

paragraph about the study stating its 

goals and providing a brief description 

of the work plan. This section should 

also list all the partners involved in the 

study. 

B. Applicant Information: Provide 

basic identifying information, including: 

(a) Applicant name, address, 

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ID number; (b) contact information 

(including contact name, title, address, 

e-mail, fax and phone number); (c) 

description of services provided by the 

agency, including areas served. Some of 

this information is included in the 

Standard Form 424. If this is a 

collaborative study, provide the contact 

information for the LEAD agency only. 

C. Evaluation Criteria: Address each 

of the evaluation criteria separately, 

providing evidence that demonstrates 

the ways that the proposed study meets 

each criterion. 

D. Work Plan and Budget for the Ongoing or Up-coming Alternatives 

Analysis: Provide the work plan and 

budget describing the nature, technical 

approaches, and cost of the alternatives 

analysis indicating what items would be 

funded with Section 5339 funds and 

what items would be funded by other 

sources. 

E. The total application may not 

exceed 25 pages. 

VII. Proposal Evaluation Criteria and 

Other Considerations 

Awards under this notice could range 

from $50,000 to up to $2 million in 

Section 5339 funding. Eligible 

applicants must be able to begin the 

alternatives analysis within 12 months 

of the study being selected for funding 

if it is not already underway. Proposals 

will be evaluated as follows: 

A. Demonstrated Need. Applicants 

must demonstrate need for these funds 

by identifying a substantial 

transportation problem in the study 

corridor and the degree to which the 

Alternatives Analysis technical work 

will develop information on the full 

range of costs and benefits of the major 

transit capital improvements being 

studied, including alternatives that may 

seek New Starts or Small Starts funding. 

To demonstrate need, applicants should 

provide the following information: 

1. Description of Study Area, 

Transportation Problems, and Needs. 

Applicants should provide a statement 

of the transportation problem for which 

alternative solutions are to be analyzed. 

This information provides the context 

for performing the analysis and for 

identifying the measures against which 

alternatives strategies will be evaluated. 

2. Description of Conceptual 

Alternatives. Applicants should provide 

a conceptual definition of a broad range 

of strategies for improving conditions in 

the corridor. For each alternative, the 

conceptual definition includes the 

preliminary identification of candidate 

general alignments and operating 

strategies, including general ideas of 

overall bus service levels, service 

standards, and guideway service 

options. 

3. Preliminary Evaluation Criteria. 

Applicants should identify the 

preliminary evaluation criteria that 

specify, in part, the desired outcomes of 

an improvement, and provide the basis 

for comparing the performance of the 

various alternatives. This should 

include criteria which would inform 

decision-makers how an improvement 

would advance the six livability 

outcomes: provide more transportation 

choices; promote equitable, affordable 

housing; enhance economic 

competitiveness; support existing 

communities; coordinate policies and 

leverage investment; and value 

communities and neighborhoods. 

B. The Technical Capacity of the 

Applicant to Carry Out the Proposed 

Work Successfully. Applicants must 

demonstrate the technical capacity to 

successfully undertake an analysis of 

alternatives. Demonstration of technical 

capacity may include such items as 

staffing levels and skill sets at the 

organization undertaking the 

alternatives analysis and any previous 

experience completing an alternatives 

analysis or corridor study. 

C. Potential Impact on DecisionMaking. Applicants must demonstrate 

the potential impact of the proposed 

tasks on decision-making. FTA will give 

priority to project sponsors that are 

coordinating the development of transit 

projects with relevant public housing 

agencies, or relevant public agencies 

with energy or environmental missions. 

VIII. Technical Assistance and Other 

Requirements 

FTA’s Office of Planning and 

Environment staff is available to discuss 

and clarify expectations regarding these 

efforts before applicants submit 

proposals. Proposals will be reviewed 

and ranked based on the criteria in this 

notice by FTA headquarters staff in 

consultation with the appropriate FTA 

regional office (see Appendix A). Highly 

qualified proposals will be considered 

for inclusion in a national list that 

represents the highest and best use of 

the available funding. The FTA 

Administrator will determine the final 

selection and amount of funding for 

each study. Selected studies will be 

announced in Fall 2010. FTA will 

publish the list of all selected studies 

and funding levels in the Federal 

Register. 

All proposals must be submitted to 

FTA electronically through the 

GRANTS.GOVAPPLY function. 

Applicants will receive two 

confirmation e-mails. The first will 

confirm that the application was 

received and a second will confirm 

within 24–48 hours whether the 

application was validated or rejected by 

the system. Registering with 

GRANTS.GOV is a one-time process; 

however, processing delays may occur 

and it can take up to several weeks for 

first-time registrants to receive 

confirmation and a user password. 

Therefore, applicants should start the 

registration process as early as possible 

to prevent delays that may preclude 

submitting an application by the 

deadline specified. Proposals will not be 

accepted after the relevant due date; 

delayed registration is not an acceptable 

reason for extensions. Further, 

applicants are urged to submit their 

application at least 72 hours prior to the 

due date of the application to allow time 

to receive the validation message and to 

correct any problems that may have 

caused a rejection notification. 

If applicants experience unforeseen 

GRANTS.GOV technical issues beyond 

their control that prevent the 

submission of their application by the 

deadline, the applicant must contact 

FTA staff at Kenneth.Cervenka@dot.gov 

within 24 hours after the deadline and 

request approval to submit the 

application. At that time, FTA staff will 

require the applicant to e-mail the 

complete grant application, their DUNS 

number, and provide a GRANTS.GOV 

Help Desk tracking number(s). After 

FTA staff reviews all of the information 

submitted as well as contacts the 

GRANTS.GOV Help Desk to validate the 

technical issues reported, FTA staff will 

contact the applicant to either approve 

or deny its request to submit a late 

application. If the reported technical 

issues cannot be validated, the 

application will be rejected as untimely. 

To ensure a fair competition for 

limited discretionary funds, the 

following conditions are not valid 

reasons to permit late submissions: (1) 

Failure to complete the registration 

process before the deadline date; (2) 

failure to follow GRANTS.GOV 

instructions on how to register and 

apply as posted on its Web site; (3) 

failure to follow all of the instructions 

in the funding availability notice; and 

(4) technical issues experienced with 

the applicant’s computer or information 

technology (IT) environment. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

May, 2010. 

Peter Rogoff, 

Administrator. 

Appendix A—FTA Regional and 

Metropolitan Offices 


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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, DC Metropolitan Office, 1990 K Street, NW, Room 510, 

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

Yvette Taylor, Regional Administrator, Region 4—Atlanta, 230 

Peachtreet 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 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Petition for Exemption From the 

Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; 

Ford Motor Company 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA). 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document grants in full 

the Ford Motor Company’s (Ford) 

petition for an exemption of the 

Explorer vehicle line in accordance with 

§ 543.9(c)(2) of 49 CFR Part 543, 

Exemption from the Theft Prevention 

Standard. This petition is granted 

because the agency has determined that 

the antitheft device to be placed on the 

line as standard equipment is likely to 

be as effective in reducing and deterring 

motor vehicle theft as compliance with 

the parts-marking requirements of the 

Theft Prevention Standard (49 CFR Part 

541). Ford requested confidential 

treatment for the attachments it 

submitted in support of its petition. The 

agency will address Ford’s request for 

confidential treatment by separate letter. 

DATES: The exemption granted by this 

notice is effective beginning with the 

2011 model year. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Carlita Ballard, Office of International 

Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer 

Programs, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Ms. Ballard’s telephone number is (202) 

366–0846. Her fax number is (202) 493– 

2990. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 

petition dated December 11, 2009, Ford 

requested an exemption from the partsmarking requirements of the Theft 

Prevention Standard (49 CFR Part 541) 

for the MY 2011 Ford Explorer vehicle 

line. The petition requested an 

exemption from parts-marking pursuant 

to 49 CFR Part 543, Exemption from 

Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, 

based on the installation of an antitheft 

device as standard equipment for an 

entire vehicle line. 

Under § 543.5(a), a manufacturer may 

petition NHTSA to grant exemptions for 

one vehicle line per model year. In its 

petition, Ford provided a detailed 

description and diagram of the identity, 

design, and location of the components 

of the antitheft device for the Explorer 

vehicle line. Ford will install its 

SecuriLock antitheft device (also known 

as the Passive Antitheft System or 

PATS) on the 2011 Explorer as standard 

equipment. Ford stated that it will also 

offer its Intelligent Access with Push 

Button Start (IAwPB) antitheft device as 

optional equipment. Ford stated that 

both systems are passive, electronic 

immobilizer devices that use encrypted 

transponder technology. Key 

components of the Securilock/PATS 

antitheft device will include an 

electronic transponder key, transceiver 

module, ignition lock, and a passive 

immobilizer. Key components of the 

IAwPB device is an electronic keyfob, 

remote function actuator, body control 

module, power train control module 

and a passive immobilizer. Ford stated 

that its MY 2011 Explorer vehicle line 

will also be equipped with several other 

standard antitheft features common to 

Ford vehicles, (i.e., counterfeit resistant 

VIN labels; secondary VINs, cabin 

accessibility through the use of a valid 

key fob or keycode). Ford further stated 

that there will also be a separate visible 

and audible perimeter alarm available 

on its Explorer vehicle line. The alarm 

will be available as an option on 

vehicles with the Securilock/PATS 

device and included as standard 

equipment on vehicles with the IAwPB 

device. Ford’s submission is considered 


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