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[Federal Register: February 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 24)]
[Notices]
[Page 5490]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr06fe07-80] --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Solicitation of Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, Safety
Data Improvement Program Grant Opportunity AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has published an opportunity to apply
for FY 2007 Safety Data Improvement Program Grant Opportunity funding
on the grants.gov Web site (http://www.grants.gov). Section 4128 of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy For Users (SAFETEA-LU) establishes the Safety Data Improvement
Program Grant Program Opportunity. The legislation supports a
discretionary grant program that provides funding for States to improve
the quality of crash and inspection truck and bus data reported by the
States to FMCSA, as defined in Section 31102 of Title 49, United States
Code. Eligible awardees can include a State agency located in one of
the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To
apply for funding, applicants must be registered with grants.gov.
Registration with grants.gov may take two to five days before the
system will allow you to apply for grants using the grants.gov Web site
(http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). Submit
application in accordance with the instructions provided. Applications
for grant funding must be submitted electronically to the FMCSA through
the grants.gov Web site. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) number for Safety Data Improvement Program is 20.234. DATES: FMCSA will initially consider funding for applications submitted
by March 31, 2007, by qualified applicants. If additional funding
remains available, applications submitted after March 31, 2007 will be
considered on a case-by-case basis. Funds will not be available for
allocation until fiscal year 2007 appropriations legislation is passed
and signed into law. Funding is subject to reductions resulting from
obligation limitations or rescissions as specified in SAFETEA-LU or
other legislation. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Betsy Benkowski, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Research and Analysis,
Analysis Division, e-mail: betsy.benkowski@.dot.gov, telephone: 202-
366-5387, 400 7th Street, SW., Suite 8214, Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. Issued on January 29, 2007.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E7-1842 Filed 2-5-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-MC-P
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