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• The actual 1-page, 2009 Applicant’s 

Area of Interest/Geographical Preference 

Sheet, also included on this site. 

• For Undergraduate Students: A 

typed essay, 1-page, double-spaced, 

minimum 12-point type, on your 

transportation interests, describing how 

participation in the 2009 STIPDG will 

enhance educational and career plans 

and goals. 

• For Graduate Students: A writing 

sample representing your educational 

and career plans and goals. 

• For Law Students: A legal writing 

sample. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The estimated average burden 

is 4 hours per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The estimated total annual 

burden is 2,000 hours per year. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: August 14, 2008. 

James R. Kabel, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

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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 of Project Selections. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

selection of projects to be funded under 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 and FY 2008 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

appropriate FTA Regional Office for 

grant-specific issues (Appendix A); or 

Blenda Younger, Office of Program 

Management, 202–366–2053, for general 

information about the OTRB Program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A total of $15.9 million, which 

includes $7.6 million in FY 2007 funds 

and $8.3 million in FY 2008 funds is 

available for allocation. Of the FY 2007 

funds, $5.7 million is available to be 

awarded to intercity fixed-route 

providers and $1.9 million is available 

for other providers. Also, of the FY 2008 

funds, $6.225 million is available to be 

awarded to intercity fixed-route 

providers and $2.075 million is 

available for other providers. The 

category of other providers includes 

commuter, charter, and tour bus 

operators. 

A total of 123 applicants requested 

$41.6 million: $21.8 million was 

requested by intercity fixed-route 

providers, and $19.8 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 successful 

applicants received less funding than 

they requested, and applicants who did 

not meet the statutory criteria were not 

selected for funding. Selected projects 

will result in the addition of lifts to 375 

new vehicles, the retrofitting of 96 

vehicles, and $136,915 for training in 

the proper operation of the equipment. 

Each of the following 79 awardees listed 

in Table 1, as well as the 44 applicants 

who were not selected for funding, will 

receive a letter that explains how 

funding decisions were made. 

Eligible project costs may be incurred 

by awardees prior to final grant 

approval. The incremental capital cost 

for adding wheelchair lift equipment to 

any new vehicles delivered on or after 

June 9, 1998, the effective date of TEA–

21, is eligible for funding under the 

OTRB Accessibility Program. 

Applicants selected for funding may be 

contacted by FTA regional offices if 

additional information is needed before 

grants are made. Awards are processed 

through FTA’s electronic grants 

management system, TEAM–WEB, and 

the project identification (ID) listed will 

be used to track the obligation of funds 

for the projects selected. The grant 

applications will be sent to the U.S. 

Department of Labor (DOL) for 

certification under labor protection 

requirements pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

5333(b). After referring applications to 

affected employees represented by a 

labor organization, DOL will issue a 

certification to FTA. Terms and 

conditions of the certification will be 

incorporated in the FTA grant 

agreement under the new guidelines 

replacing those in 29 CFR part 215. 

Please see Amendment to Section 

5333(b), Guidelines to Carry Out New 

Programs Authorized by the 

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 

Century (TEA–21); Final Rule (64 FR 

40990, July 28, 1999). 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

August, 2008. 

James S. Simpson, 

Administrator. 

Appendix A 

Richard H. Doyle: Regional Administrator, Region 1—Boston, Kendall 

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

617–494–2055. States served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, 

New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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

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

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. 

No. 212–668–2170. States served: New Jersey, New York.

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

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

329–3920. States served: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. 


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Letitia Thompson, Regional Administrator, Region 3—Philadelphia, 

1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124. Tel. 

215–656–7100. States served: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 

Virginia, West Virginia, and District of Columbia.

Terry Rosapep, Regional Administrator, Region 8—Denver, 12300 

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

963–3300. States served: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South 

Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. 

Yvette Taylor, Regional Administrator, Region 4—Atlanta, 230 Peachtree Street, NW., Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303. Tel. 404–865–5600. 

States served: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Islands.

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: American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 

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

Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606. Tel. 313–353–2789. 

States served: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

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: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. 

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