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BILLING CODE 4910-81-P 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 2004 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 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 2004: $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 96 applicants requested $23.9 million: $11.2 million was requested by intercity fixed-route providers, and $12.7 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 79 new vehicles, retrofitting 110 vehicles, and $172,839 for training. Each of the following 74 awardees, as well as the 22 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 Bonanza Bus Lines Providence, RI $104,784 $104,784 Bristol Tours, Inc. Bristol, VT $30,659 30,659 Cavalier Coach Corp. Boston, MA 36,000 36,000 Concord Coach Lines, Inc. Concord, NH 49,800 49,800 Dartmouth Transportation Co. Inc Concord, NH 22,400 22,400 Lamoille Valley Transportation Morrisville, VT 25,192 25,192 Peter Pan Bus Lines Springfield, MA 264,650 264,650 Premier Coach Company, Inc Colchester, VT 30,240 30,240 Vermont Transit Co. Burlington, VT 132,606 132,606 VIP Tour and Charter Bus Co Portland, ME 40,492 40,492 Region II Adirondack Trailways Hurley, NY 290,500 290,500 Allen AME Transportation Corp Jamaica, NY 71,000 71,000 Blue Bird Coach Lines N. Tonawanda, NY 45,000 45,000 Brown Coach Inc. Amsterdam, NY 35,429 35,429 Coach USA/Cape Transit Pleasantville, NJ 39,150 39,150 Hampton Jitney, Inc. Southampton, NY 31,827 31,827 Paradise Travel, Inc. W. Hempstead, NY 40,000 40,000 Private One of New York, LLC Brooklyn, NY 22,500 22,500 Shortline (Hudson Transit) Mahwah, NJ 150,039 150,039 Stout's Charter Service, Inc. Trenton, NJ 25,650 25,650 Suburban Trails, Inc. New Brunswick, NJ 22,500 22,500 Syracuse and Oswego Motor Lines E. Syracuse, NY 40,500 40,500 Trans Express, Inc. Brooklyn, NY 59,420 59,420 Trolley Tours, Inc. Forked River, NJ 22,950 22,950 Utica Rome Bus Company Clinton, NY 40,500 40,500 Region III Abbott Bus Lines, Inc. Roanoke, VA 39,600 39,600 Bieber Tourways Kutztown, PA 113,000 113,000 Butler Motor Transit Butler, PA 45,000 45,000 Elegance Bus Tours, Inc. Suitland, MD 27,000 27,000 Eyre Bus Service, Inc. Glenelg, MD 26,105 26,105 Lenzer Tour and Travel Sewickley, PA 45,000 45,000 Martz Trailways Wilkes-Barre, PA 148,000 148,000 Morgan & Sons Week-End Tours Greensboro, NC 33,300 33,300 Scenic America, Inc. Broad Run, VA 39,600 39,600 Sun Coach Lines, LLC. McKeesport, PA 28,000 28,000 Trans-Bridge Lines Bethlehem, PA 90,000 90,000 Wilson's Luxury Tours, Inc. District Hgts., MD 39,600 39,600 Region IV Americoach Tours Memphis, TN 38,250 38,250 Angelic Tours and Shuttles Fayetteville, NC 40,000 40,000 Carolina Trailways Raleigh, NC 198,909 198,909 Lancaster Tours Inc. Lancaster, SC 40,000 40,000 Region V Colonial Coach Lines Mt. Prospect, IL 27,000 27,000 Croswell Bus Lines Inc. Williamsburg, OH 24,416 24,416 Jefferson Lines Minneapolis, MN 50,400 50,400 Lakefront Lines Inc. Brook Park, OH 27,900 27,900 Lamers Bus Lines Inc. Green Bay, WI 47,000 47,000 Pioneer Coach Lines, Inc. Chicago, IL 27,000 27,000 Ready Bus Line La Crescent, MN 25,200 25,200 Riteway Bus Service, Inc. Richfield, WI 29,250 29,250 Robinson Coach Evanston, IL 28,875 28,875 Seniors Unlimited Inc. Pontiac, MI 26,550 26,550 Van Galder Bus Company Janesville, WI 95,000 95,000 Wisconsin Coach Waukesha, WI 74,250 74,250 Region VI Central Texas Trails Inc. Waco, TX 12,600 12,600 El Expresso Houston, TX 78,000 78,000 Franklin Motorcoach Charters Sapulpa, OK 39,600 39,600 Greyhound Dallas, TX 2,609,512 2,609,512 Gulf Coast Transit Houston, TX 36,000 36,000 Hotard Motor Coach Services New Orleans, LA 36,000 36,000 Kerrville Bus Co. San Antonio, TX 87,800 87,800 San Antonio City Tours San Antonio, TX 36,000 36,000 Si Texas Tours Bandera, TX 44,345 44,345 TNM&O Lubbock, TX 99,453 99,453 Valley Transit Harlingen, TX 99,453 99,453 Region VII Burlington Trailways W. Burlington, IA 89,283 89,283 Region VIII No Applications Region IX All Aboard America Mesa, AZ 20,715 20,715 Antelope Valley Bus Long Beach, CA 180,540 180,540 Arrow Stage Lines Phoenix, AZ 35,955 35,955 K-T Contract Services Las Vegas, NV 71,910 71,910 Pacific Coast Sightseeing Tours Anaheim, CA 39,780 39,780 Ryan's Express Las Vegas, NV 23,337 23,337 Showtime Tours Las Vegas, NV 35,910 35,910 Region X Northwestern Stage Lines Spokane, WA 40,050 40,050 Wickkiser International Co. Ferndale, WA 44,759 44,759 Total 5,219,025 1,689,970 6,908,995 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: November 9, 2004. Jennifer L. Dorn, Administrator. [FR Doc. 04-25419 Filed 11-15-04; 8:45 am]
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