Compliance for FY 2009 Apportionments
Attachment 1
The States listed below in bold with the date the meeting was held in FY 2008 (Year Month Day) have provided sufficient documentation to be eligible for FY 2009 RTP apportionments.
Reported to FHWA RTP Headquarters as of 1 July 2008.
| Alabama Alaska 2008 01 25 Arizona Arkansas 2008 06 12 California 2008 06 12 Colorado 2007 12 06; 2008 02 11; 2008 06 17 Connecticut 2008 01 30; 2008 02 06 Delaware 2008 02 20 District of Columbia 2007 10 02; 2007 12 11; 2008 02 05; 2008 04 01; etc. Florida plans June or July Georgia 2008 02 13 Hawaii Idaho Illinois 2007 10 17; 2008 01 16; 04 16; 07 16 Indiana 2007 12 06; 2008 03 06 Iowa 2007 12 05 Kansas 2007 10 02 Kentucky 2008 03 28 Louisiana 2008 04 10 Maine 2007 10 18; 2007 12 06; 2008 02 26; etc. Maryland plans August Massachusetts 2007 11 03 Michigan probably late September Minnesota 2007 10 17; 2008 03 30; 2008 04 20 Mississippi plans July/August Missouri 2008 03 01 Montana 2007 12 08; 2008 02 13 |
Nebraska 2007 11 09 Nevada 2008 04 15 New Hampshire 2008 01 08; 2008 04 08 New Jersey New Mexico plans 2008 07 08 New York 2008 03 29 North Carolina 2008 04 18 North Dakota 2008 05 20 Ohio Oklahoma 2008 03 13 Oregon Pennsylvania 2007 10 16; 2008 06 23-24 Rhode Island South Carolina 2008 05 20 South Dakota Tennessee 2007 12 05; 2008 04 03; 2008 06 30 Texas 2008 06 23 Utah Vermont Virginia Washington 2008 05 29 West Virginia 2008 04 26 Wisconsin 2007 10 12; 2008 01 07; etc. Wyoming 2007 12 06 |
- Puerto Rico has not been eligible for RTP funds since 1998.
- American Samoa, Guam, Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands never have been eligible for RTP funds.
- *DC. The motorized user is a Segway user. DC's RTP apportionment does not receive a share based on nonhighway recreational fuel use. DC transferred the Advisory Committee to DCDOT.
Attachment 2: Recreational Trails Program Advisory Committee Requirements
The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) legislation specifies in 23 U.S.C. 206(c):
- the Governor of the State shall designate the State agency or agencies that will be responsible for administering apportionments to the State under this section; and
- the State shall establish a State recreational trail advisory committee that represents both motorized and nonmotorized recreational trail users, which shall meet not less often than once per fiscal year.
To meet this legislation, a State's committee must:
Have at least one combined meeting where the motorized and nonmotorized users discuss how the RTP should operate in the State. It is not sufficient to have two independent committees (one motorized, one nonmotorized) even if the FHWA division office approved that in the past. The clear Congressional intent was to have at least one committee meeting with motorized and nonmotorized users together.
Meet not less than once per Federal fiscal year (October 1 through September 30). A September meeting to plan for the next fiscal year does not qualify as a meeting in the next fiscal year beginning in October.
Meet in an open public meeting. The meeting must be held in accordance with State laws and policies regarding public involvement. Closed planning meetings, meetings of partial groups of the committee, meetings called on such short notice that many members cannot attend, conference calls, and email conversation do not qualify as open public meetings. However, a teleconference may qualify as a public meeting if each teleconference site is interconnected with all others, is open to the public, and meets State laws and policies regarding public involvement.
NOTE for CT, DE, DC, RI: The Small State Exemption in 206(d)(3)(B) does not apply to the committee. CT, DE, DC, and RI still must have both motorized and nonmotorized representation.
Further details on the RTP's Advisory Committee requirement are available in the RTP Guidance at www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails/guidance.htm.
