RTP Advisory Committee Compliance to Receive FY 2010 Apportionments
(as of September 28, 2009)
Attachment 1
States must provide documentation about their FY 2009 Recreational Trail Advisory Committee meeting to be eligible for FY 2010 Recreational Trails Program (RTP) apportionments.
States listed in bold with the date the meeting was held in FY 2009 (between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009) have provided sufficient documentation to be eligible for FY 2010 RTP apportionments. The RTP requirement is for at least one meeting with both motorized and nonmotorized user representation. If a State has already provided sufficient documentation for one meeting, it does not have to provide documentation for subsequent meetings within the same Federal fiscal year.
All States met the Advisory Committee requirement in FY 2009, and all States are eligible to receive FY 2010 Recreational Trails Program apportionments.
| Alabama: July 29, 2009 Alaska: January 16, 2009 Arizona: May 15, 2009 Arkansas: July 15, 2009 California: June 18, 2009 Colorado: Dec 8, 2008; Feb 17, 2009 Connecticut: November 5, 2008 Delaware: June 3, 2009 District of Columbia: Dec 2, 2008; Feb 3, 2009 Florida: July 13, 2009 conference call* Georgia: February 11, 2009 Hawaii: August 8, 2009 Idaho: March 12-13, 2009 Illinois: Jan 21 / April 15, 2009 (4 times per year) Indiana: Dec 4, 2008; Mar 9, June 25, Sep 3, 2009 Iowa: March 27, 2009 Kansas: October 7, 2008 Kentucky: March 25, 2009 Louisiana: February 19, 2009 Maine: Nov 19, 2008; Jan 21/Mar 18 Maryland: August 12, 2009 Massachusetts: Nov 2008; Jan 21/April 22, 2009 Michigan: September 8, 2009 Minnesota: March 29, 2009 (3 times per year) Mississippi: August 24, 2009 Missouri: January 17, 2009 |
Montana: September 9, 2009 conference call* Nebraska: Nov 20, 2008; March 18, 2009 Nevada: February 24-25, 2009 New Hampshire: Dec 9, 2008; Jan 13/Apr 14/Sep 22, 2009 New Jersey: Oct 24, 2008; Jan 22 / April 28, 2009 New Mexico: January 16; July 20, 2009 New York: March 21, 2009 North Carolina: September 18, 2009 conference call* North Dakota: May 7, 2009 Ohio: July 29, 2009 Oklahoma: March 11, 2009 Oregon: March 16-17, 2009 Pennsylvania: June 2-3, 2009 Rhode Island: Dec 16, 2008; June 16, August 18, 2009 South Carolina: June 4, 2009 South Dakota: June 15, 2009 Tennessee: Dec 3, 2008; Feb 18/Apr 2/Sep 1-2, 2009 Texas: June 22, 2009 Utah: August 4, 2009 Vermont: January 22; April 16, 2009 Virginia: September 25, 2009 Washington: October 7, 2008; September 9, 2009 West Virginia: May 9, 2009 Wisconsin: Oct 17, 2008; Jan 12/Apr 28/July 17, 2009 Wyoming: December 3, 2008; May 13, 2009 |
- The committee meeting must have both motorized and nonmotorized user representation in the meeting.
- DC had a Segway user for its motorized representative for FY 2007; but has an ATV/snowmobile user for FY 2008. DC's RTP apportionment does not receive a share based on nonhighway recreational fuel use.
- 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.
* FL, MT, and NC publicly available conference calls meet State public meeting requirements. NC is a followup for a March meeting at which the motorized representative was not able to attend.
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.
