{"abstract":"The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of funds in fiscal year (FY) 2000 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 finance the incremental capital and training costs of complying with DOT's over- the-road bus accessibility final rule, published in the Federal Register Notice on September 24, 1998. The OTRB Accessibility Program calls for national solicitation of applications, with grantees to be selected on a competitive basis. FTA's FY 2000 Appropriation Act made Federal funds available for intercity fixed route projects at up to 90 percent of the project cost. All other projects will be funded at up to 50 percent of the project cost. A total of $24.3 million is available for the program over the life of TEA-21. The guaranteed level of funding available for intercity fixed-route service was $2 million in FY 1999, and is $2 million in FY 2000, $3 million in FY 2001, and $5.3 million in FY 2002 and FY 2003, for a total of $17.5 million. The guaranteed level of funding for other over-the-road bus services, including charter and tour bus, is $1.7 million per year from FY 2000 to 2003, for a total of $6.8 million. The FY 2000 Appropriation Act changed the Federal match ratio for intercity fixed route providers from up to 50 percent of the project cost to up to 90 percent of the project cost. All other over-the-road bus accessibility program projects will be funded at up to 50 percent of the project cost. For FY 2000, $2 million was appropriated for intercity fixed-route service providers and $1.7 million was appropriated for other over-the- road service providers. This announcement describes application procedures for the OTRB Accessibility Program and the procedures FTA will use to determine which projects it will fund. It includes all of the information needed to apply for an OTRB Accessibility Program grant. This announcement is available on the Internet on the FTA website at: [http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/legal/fr00toc.htm]. FTA will announce final selections on the website and in the Federal Register.","action":"Notice of Availability of Funds; Solicitation of Grant Applications.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/01/18/00-572.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"65 FR 2772","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2000-04-28","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Complete applications for OTRB Accessibility Program grants must be submitted to the appropriate FTA regional office (see Appendix A) by the close of business April 28, 2000. The appropriate FTA regional office is that office which serves the state in which an applicant's headquarters office is located. FTA intends to announce grant selections in July 2000, and it is anticipated that grants will be made by September 30, 2000, the end of the Federal fiscal year. FTA will accept comments on this notice until (30 days after date published). Based on input, FTA may provide amending or clarifying program 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