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BILLING CODE 4910-57-M DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program Announcement of Project Selection 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 2002 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 over-the-road buses to help finance the incremental capital and training costs of complying with DOT's over-the-road bus accessibility rule, published in a **Federal Register** notice on September 24, 1998. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The appropriate FTA Regional Administrator for grant-specific issues; or Sue Masselink, Office of Program Management, 202-366-2053, for general information about the OTRB Program. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of $6.9 million was appropriated for the program in FY 2002 which together with $204,100 in prior year unobligated funds made a total of $7.1 million available for allocation: $5.3 million for intercity fixed-route providers and $1.8 million for all other providers, such as commuter, charter, and tour operators. A total of 91 applicants requested $18.4 million: $11.5 million was requested by intercity fixed-route providers, and $6.9 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 all qualified applicants received some funding. The selected projects will provide funding for the incremental cost of adding lifts to 149 new vehicles, retrofitting 68 vehicles, and $476,279 for training. Each of the following 73 awardees, as well as the 18 applicants who were not selected for funding, will receive a letter that explains how funding decisions were made. Operator Award Amounts Intercity fixed-route Other Total Region I: Arrow Line, Inc., East Hartford, CT $50,000 50,000 Bonanza Bus Lines, Providence, RI $68,080 68,080 Brunswick Transportation Company, South Portland, ME 42,700 42,700 Brush Hill Transportation Company, Randolph, MA 28,915 28,915 Gulbankian Bus Lines, Southborough, MA 11,709 11,709 McGinn Bus Company, Plymouth, MA 28,915 28,915 Mini Coach of Boston, Inc., Chelsea, MA 38,000 38,000 Morgan Coach Lines, Inc., South Deerfield, MA 39,895 39,895 Pawtuxet Valley Bus Lines, West Warwick, RI 7,200 7,200 Peter Pan Bus Lines, Springfield, MA 113,600 113,600 Vermont Transit Company, Inc., Burlington, VT 99,454 99,454 Region II: Academy Express, LLC, Hoboken, NJ 18,000 26,936 44,936 Adirondack Trailways, Hurley, NY 130,000 130,000 Blue Bird Coach Lines, Inc., N. Tonawanda, NY 40,770 42,120 82,890 DeCamp Bus Lines, Montclair, NJ 90,000 90,000 Hampton Jitney, Inc., Southampton, NY 25,575 25,575 Hudson Transit Lines, Inc., Mahwah, NJ 108,000 108,000 Suburban Transit Corp., New Brunswick, NJ 18,000 18,000 Sunrise Coach Lines, Inc., Greenport, NY 32,010 32,010 Syracuse and Oswego Motor Lines, East Syracuse, NY 39,600 39,600 Utica Rome Bus Company, Clinton, NY 39,150 39,150 Region III: Butler Motor Transit, Butler, PA 44,100 44,100 Capitol Bus Company, Harrisburg, PA 5,000 5,000 Central Cab Company, Waynesburg, PA 43,200 43,200 Elite Coach, Ephrata, PA 40,950 40,950 Eyre Bus Service, Inc., Glenelg, MD 102,857 102,857 First Priority Tours, Inc., District Heights, MD 34,306 34,306 James River Bus Lines, Richmond, VA 38,520 38,520 Lenzer Tour and Travel, Sewickley, PA 42,750 42,750 Martz Trailways, Wilkes-Barre, PA 199,579 199,579 Mountaineer Coach, Beaver, WV 19,000 19,000 Thomas Tours, Beltsville, MD 20,646 20,646 Trans-Bridge Lines, Bethlehem, PA 51,053 51,053 Region IV: Southern Coach, Durham, North Carolina 84,090 84,090 Carolina Trailways, Raleigh, North Carolina 99,454 99,454 First Class Coach Co., St. Petersburg, Florida 107,200 107,200 Good Time Tours, Pensacola, Florida 26,902 26,902 Capital Trailways, Montgomery, Alabama 69,300 69,300 Colonial Trailways, Mobile, Alabama 60,750 60,750 Americoach Tours, Memphis, Tennessee 46,250 46,250 Region V: Jefferson Lines, Minneapolis, Minnesota 143,188 143,188 Rockford Coach Lines, LLC, Rockford, Illinois 66,303 66,303 Gad-About Tours, Columbiana, Ohio 36,800 36,800 Ready Bus Lines, La Crescent, Minnesota 29,700 29,700 VanGalder Bus, Janesville, Wisconsin 9,700 9,700 Seniors Unlimited, Pontiac, Michigan 22,190 22,190 Wisconsin Coach, Waukesha, Wisconsin 81,400 81,400 Croswell Bus Lines, Inc., Williamsburg, Ohio 27,692 27,692 Peoria Charter Coach Co., Peoria, Illinois 19,950 19,950 Robinson Coach, Evanston, Illinois 56,500 56,500 Region VI: Valley Transit, Harlington, Texas 66,000 66,000 Kerrville Bus Co., San Antonio, Texas 94,140 36,000 130,140 TNM&O, Lubbock, Texas 66,303 66,303 All Aboard America, Carlsbad, New Mexico 41,741 41,741 Franklin Charter, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma 29,000 29,000 Gulf Coast Transit, Houston, Texas 112,000 112,000 El Expresso, Houston, Texas 85,500 38,250 123,750 Fun Time Tours, Corpus Christi, Texas 38,934 38,934 Greyhound, Dallas, Texas 3,025,082 3,025,082 Region VII: St. Louis Executive Coach, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri 32,800 32,800 Burlington Trailways, West Burlington, Iowa 57,025 57,025 Region VIII: No Applications Region IX: Royal Safari, Orange, California 28,885 28,885 Santa Barbara Air Bus, Goleta, California 51,868 51,868 Roberts Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 126,000 126,000 Marin Airporter, San Rafael, California 80,600 80,600 KT Contract Services, Inc., North Las Vegas, Nevada 76,950 6,000 82,950 Quest, San Luis Obispo, California 32,612 32,612 Grosvenor Bus Lines, San Francisco, California 36,000 36,000 Storer Coach, Modesto, California 62,500 62,500 Orange Belt Stages, Visalia, California 51,520 51,520 Region X: Wikkiser International Co., Inc., Ferndale, Washington 40,000 40,000 Wheatland Express, Pullman, WA 28,800 27,000 55,800 Total 5,313,946 1,825,523 7,139,469 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. 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 on October 22, 2002. Jennifer L. Dorn, Administrator. [FR Doc. 02-27374 Filed 10-25-02; 8:45 am]
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