1. What is the purpose of this Notice? This Notice transmits the revised certificate of apportionment of Recreational Trails Program funds authorized for FY 2003 by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), Restoration Act. The apportionment is effective immediately.



2. Does this Notice cancel FHWA Notice 4510.488? Yes, this Notice cancels FHWA Notice 4510.488, Apportionment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Recreational Trails Program Funds, dated October 1, 2002. The revisions to the apportionment are required pursuant to the provisions of Division N, section 601, of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (P.L. 108-7), which includes the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003. Revisions to the apportionment are also required to reflect corrections to the factor data.



3. What is the availability of these funds?
1. The Recreational Trails Program funds resulting from this apportionment are subject to lapse on September 30, 2006, if they have not been obligated for projects.



2. The funds resulting from this apportionment are available for obligation immediately and will be subject to obligation controls in force at the time of obligation.



3. The Federal participating rate for projects eligible for these funds is 80 percent, subject to the provisions of section 206(f) of title 23, United States Code. The Federal participating rate for State administrative costs is 80 percent, with sliding scale rates not to exceed 95 percent.



4. The appropriation code is Q94.



4. What action is required? Division Administrators should ensure that copies of this Notice are provided to State departments of transportation.

Mary E. Peters Administrator

Attachment

CERTIFICATE OF APPORTIONMENT OF THE SUM OF $50,000,000 AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2003

TO--

The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and the State Agencies responsible for the Recreational Trails Program:

Pursuant to section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, title 23, United States Code, and the delegation of authority from the Secretary of Transportation to the Federal Highway Administrator in section 1.48, title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, I certify--

First, that the Secretary of the Treasury has made the estimate required by section 9503(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and based on that estimate, I have determined that the amount that can be apportioned for the Recreational Trails Program for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, pursuant to section 1101(a)(7) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, is $50,000,000, which is 100 percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Program for the fiscal year.

Second, pursuant to Division N, section 601, of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (P.L. 108-7), which includes the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, I have determined that it will be necessary to deduct .65 percent from the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, for the Recreational Trails Program, and I have deducted said .65 percent from the sum of $50,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, by section 1101(a)(2) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. The resulting amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, is $49,675,000.

Third, pursuant to section 104(h)(1) of title 23, United States Code, I have deducted 1.5 percent from the sum of $49,675,000 authorized to be appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, by section 1101(a)(7) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and Division N, section 601 of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolutions, 2003 (P.L. 108-7), for the purposes of carrying out the provision of section 206 of title 23, United States Code.

Fourth, that after making the deductions, I have computed the apportionment to each State and the District of Columbia of the remainder of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Recreational Trails Program in the manner provided by law in accordance with the formula set forth in section 206 of title 23, United States Code.

Fifth, that subject to the foregoing deduction, the sums that are hereby apportioned to each State and the District of Columbia, effective immediately, are respectively as follows:

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