Federal Register Notice - Availability of Fiscal Year 2008 Clean Fuels Program Funds; Solicitation of Project Proposals

May 29, 2008

Mass Mailout Number III-2008-29

Subject:  Federal Register Notice - Availability of Fiscal Year 2008 Clean Fuels Program Funds; Solicitation of Project Proposals

Dear Transit Colleague:

FTA issued a Federal Register Notice on May 22, 2008 concerning the Availability of Fiscal Year 2008 Clean Fuels Grant Program Funds; Solicitation of Project Proposals.  The Clean Fuels Grant Program makes funds available to assist non-attainment or maintenance areas in achieving or maintaining the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone or carbon monoxide.  Additionally, the program supports emerging clean fuel and advanced propulsion technologies for transit buses and markets for those technologies.  Complete proposals for the Clean Fuels Grant Program must be submitted by July 21, 2008.

Please use the following link to access this notice http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-11224.pdf or you may access this notice by going to the FTA Website at http://www.fta.dot.gov/ and click on the link to Legislation, Regulations & Guidance.

For additional general information please contact your appropriate regional program specialist or for application-specific information and issues please contact from FTA Headquarters Kimberly Sledge, Office of Transit Programs at (202) 366-2053 or email Kimberly.sledge@dot.gov or Henrika Buchanan-Smith at (202) 366-4020 or email henrika.buchanan-smith@dot.gov.

Please feel free to distribute this throughout your organization as appropriate.

Sincerely,

Letitia A. Thompson

Regional Administrator