| TO: | APTA Members |
| FROM: | William W. Millar
President |
| DATE: | November 10, 2005 |
| SUBJECT: | APTA Process For Key SAFETEA-LU Rulemakings |
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With the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) enacted into law on August 10, 2005, focus now turns to implementing the many policy provisions in the new law. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) estimates that some 15 new rulemakings will be required by various provisions of SAFETEA-LU and has informally identified the following rulemakings as a priority: new starts/small starts; planning; Buy America; and charter bus.
The purpose of this memorandum is to explain to the APTA membership the process that will be used for developing APTA comments on each of these priority rules. Information on the substance of each rule may be found at www.apta.com at SAFETEA-LU Resource Center under Government Affairs. I urge all interested APTA members to participate in the rulemaking processes.
Small Starts/New Starts
FTA plans to issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on small starts in January/February 2006; the purpose of such an ANPRM is to seek early comments from stakeholders. The results will be incorporated into a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which will address small starts and new starts, that FTA plans to issue in the late spring of 2006 with a final rule expected in 2007.
APTA's Policy and Planning Committee, through its Major Capital Investment Subcommittee, has played a key role in developing APTA's policies and positions on New Starts issues in coordination with the New Starts Working Group, and will continue to do so in connection with SAFETEA-LU small and new starts rulemakings.
The results of small starts listening sessions held at the APTA Annual Meeting will be incorporated into a Transit Cooperative Research Program Quick Response white paper requested by APTA; the study will frame the options for simplified criteria for a small starts program. For more information on this rulemaking, please contact Rich Weaver of APTA's Government Affairs Department at (202) 496-4809 or email rweaver@apta.com.
KEY SAFETEA-LU RULEMAKINGS 2
Planning
The new planning provisions are to be jointly implemented by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and FTA in the form of regulations and guidance; the regulations could take up to a year to be developed for public comment. APTA's Policy and Planning Committee will, as in the past, have the lead in developing APTA's comments in coordination with other appropriate APTA committees. FTA staff briefed the committee on SAFETEA-LU planning provisions during the APTA Annual Meeting and held a listening session on implementing the provisions. On September 2, FTA and FHWA issued interim guidance for implementing SAFETEA-LU provisions on planning, environment, and air quality. The guidance is posted on the APTA web site under SAFETEA-LU Resource Center. For more information on this rulemaking, please contact Rich Weaver of APTA's Government Affairs Department at (202) 496-4809 or email rweaver@apta.com.
Buy America
FTA is expected to act soon on the Buy America rulemaking since SAFETEA-LU calls for a final Buy America rule no later than six months after its August 10 enactment.
A Buy America Task Force, chaired by former Vice Chair-Government Affairs Richard J. Bacigalupo, was created by the APTA Executive Committee in late 2003 to develop a position on regulatory changes to Buy America. APTA Vice Chair-Government Affairs Christopher P. Boylan has asked Mr. Bacigalupo to continue to chair that task force to develop comments on FTA's Buy America rulemaking. A list of the membership of the task force is attached. Its meetings are open to all members; the task force's first meeting since SAFETEA-LU passed will be December 1, in Washington, DC, in the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel's Lafayette Room from 3-5 p.m. For more information on this rulemaking, please contact Jim LaRusch of APTA's Government Affairs Department at (202) 496-4808 or email jlarusch@apta.com.
Charter Bus
SAFETEA-LU requires a charter bus rulemaking to be developed by means of a negotiated rulemaking process. Under such a process, FTA will set up an advisory committee of public and private sector interests in an effort to reach agreement on the outline of a proposed charter bus rule. FTA plans to collect information on charter bus issues over the coming months, and is likely to issue a Federal Register Notice in January/February 2006 asking interested parties to contact FTA if they would like to participate on the advisory committee. The first advisory committee meeting would likely be around April 2006, with at least six monthly meetings expected thereafter.
KEY SAFETEA-LU RULEMAKINGS 3
An APTA Charter Bus Task Force, chaired by Sandy Draggoo of Capital Area Transportation Authority in Lansing, Michigan, and reporting to APTA's Legislative Committee, has been meeting for a year or so. APTA Vice Chair-Government Affairs Christopher P. Boylan has asked Ms. Draggoo and the task force to continue its work in connection with this FTA rulemaking. The APTA staff has indicated to FTA that it will submit the names of its task force members to be on the advisory committee, and FTA appears willing to accept all of the task force members on the advisory committee. Others are free to apply to be on the committee. A list of the membership of the task force is attached. For more information on this rulemaking, please contact Dan Duff of APTA's Government Affairs Department at (202) 496-4860 or email dduff@apta.com.
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APTA BUY AMERICA TASK FORCE
Richard J. Bacigalupo, Chair
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Orange County Transportation Authority
550 S. Main Street
P.O. Box 14184
Orange, CA 92863-1584
Tel: (714) 560-5901
Fax: (714) 560-5795
Email: rbacigalupo@octa.net
Dorval R. Carter, Jr.
Executive Vice President,
Management & Performance
Chicago Transit Authority
567 W. Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60661-1498
Tel: (312) 681-2800
Fax: (312) 681-2805
Email: dcarter@transitchicago.com
Nuria I. Fernandez
Senior Vice President
Earth Tech
Suite 300
675 N. Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: (703) 549-8728
Fax: (703) 549-9134
Email: nuria.fernandez@earthtech.com
Edward J. Gill, Jr.
Partner
Thompson Coburn LLP
1909 K Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006-1167
Tel: (202) 585-6927
Fax: (202) 585-6969
Email: egill@thompsoncoburn.com
Sharon Greene
Principal
Sharon Greene and Associates
Suite 104
275 Centennial Way
Tustin, CA 92780
Tel: (714) 669-9222
Fax: (714) 669-9359
Email: greenesga@aol.com
Stanley J. Grill
Vice President, Division of Materiel
Office of Executive Vice President
MTA New York City Transit
2 Broadway, Room A19.63
New York, NY 10004
Tel: (646) 252-6050
Fax: (646) 252-6053
Email: stgrill@nyct.com
Huelon A. Harrison
Chairman
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
Office of Board Support
P.O. Box 660163
Dallas, TX 75266-7200
Tel: (214) 749-3347
Fax: (214) 749-3651
Email: njohnson@dart.org
Erich Horn
President
Scheidt & Bachmann USA, Inc.
31 North Avenue
Burlington, MA 01803
Tel: (781) 272-1664 (223)
Fax: (781) 272-1654
Email: ehorn@scheidt-bachmann-usa.com
John M. Inglish
General Manager
Utah Transit Authority
3600 South 700 West
P.O. Box 30810
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0810
Tel: (801) 262-5626
Fax: (801) 287-4592
Email: jinglish@uta.cog.ut.us
Saundra Lautenberg
Manager of Contracts - Rail Automation Division
Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc.
498 7th Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Tel: (212) 672-4085
Fax: (212) 672-4001
Email:saundra.lautenberg@siemens.com
William D. Lochte
Principal
Silver Lake Enterprises, Inc.
P.O. Box 2825
Eagle River, WI 54521
Tel: (715) 477-1999
Fax: (715) 477-1998
Email: mblochte@direcway.com
Michael J. Scanlon
General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans)
1250 San Carlos Avenue
P.O. Box 3006
San Carlos, CA 94070-1306
Tel: (650) 508-6221
Fax: (650) 508-6325
Email: scanlonm@samtrans.com
Michael S. Townes
President/Chief Executive Officer
Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads - Hampton Roads Transit
3400 Victoria Boulevard
Hampton, VA 23661
Tel: (757) 222-6160
Fax: (757) 222-6174
Email: mtownes@hrtransit.org
David L. Turney
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
RTI, Inc.; a dri Company
5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1050
Dallas, TX 75225
Tel: (214) 378-9429
Fax: (214) 378-8437
Email: davet@digrec.com
William L. Volk
Managing Director
Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
1101 E. University Avenue
Urbana, IL 61802-2009
Tel: (217) 384-8188
Fax: (217) 384-8215
Email: bvolk@cumtd.com
Charles R. Wochele
Vice President, Business Development
ALSTOM Transportation Inc.
1 Transit Drive
Hornell, NY 14843
Tel: (607) 281-2487
Fax: (607) 324-2641
Email:chuck.wochele@transport.alstom.com
Staff:
James P. LaRusch
Assistant Chief Counsel
American Public Transportation
Association
1666 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 496-4808
Fax: (202) 496-4322
Email: jlarusch@apta.com
Frances Hooper
Director-Member Services
American Public Transportation
Association
1666 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 496-4876
Fax: (202) 496-4331
Email: fhooper@apta.com
APTA CHARTER BUS TASK FORCE
Sandy Draggoo, Chair
Executive Director
Capital Area Transportation Authority
4615 Tranter Avenue
Lansing, MI 48910
Tel: (517) 394-1100
Fax: (517) 394-1151
Email: sdraggoo@cata.org
Christopher P. Boylan
Deputy Executive Director, Corporate
Affairs and Communications
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
347 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 878-7160
Fax: (212) 878-7050
Email: cboylan@mtahq.org
James (Jim) K. Gee
General Manager
Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority
1127 West Central Avenue
P.O. Box 792
Toledo, OH 43697-0792
Tel: (419) 245-5223
Fax: (419) 243-8588
Email: jgee@tarta.com
Patricia (Pat) Jordan
President
Jordan & Associates, Inc.
Suite 600
2111 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: (703) 351-5020
Fax: (703) 351-6700
Email: pat@pjordanassoc.com
Carol L. Ketcherside
Executive Director
South West Transit Association
622 Isom Road, # 104
San Antonio, TX 78216
Tel: (210) 366-1435
Fax: (210) 366-1433
Email: cketcherside@swta.org
Carl Sedoryk
Acting General Manager/CEO
Monterey-Salinas Transit
One Ryan Ranch Road
Monterey, CA 93940
Tel: (831) 899-2558
Fax: (831) 899-3954
Email: flichtanski@mst.org
Richard (Dick) L. Ruddell
President/Executive Director
Fort Worth Transportation Authority
(The T)
1600 E. Lancaster Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76102-6720
Tel: (817) 215-8712
Fax: (817) 215-8706
Email: druddell@the-t.com
Staff:
Daniel Duff
Chief Counsel and Vice President -
Government Affairs
American Public Transportation
Association
1666 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 496-4860
Fax: (202) 496-4322
Email: dduff@apta.com
James P. LaRusch
Assistant Chief Counsel
American Public Transportation
Association
1666 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 496-4808
Fax: (202) 496-4322
Email: jlarusch@apta.com
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