1. What is the purpose of this Notice? The purpose of this Notice is to transmit the certificate of apportionment of Metropolitan Planning funds authorized for FY 2001 by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, Section 1103(e). The apportionment is effective immediately.
   
   
2. What is the availability of these funds?
   
   
   1. The Metropolitan Planning funds resulting from this apportionment are subject to lapse on September 30, 2004, if not already 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 participation rate for these funds is 80 percent, with sliding scale rates not to exceed 95 percent.
      
      
   4. The appropriation code is Q45.
      
      
3. What action is required? Division Administrators should ensure that copies of this Notice are provided to State Departments of Transportation.

Kenneth R. Wykle
Federal Highway Administrator

TO--

The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and the State Transportation Agencies:

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 in compliance with section 104(f) of title 23, United States Code, and after making the deductions authorized by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, I have deducted one percent of the sums remaining from the authorizations for the Interstate Maintenance Program, the National Highway System, the Surface Transportation Program, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program and the Bridge Program, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, for the purpose of carrying out section 134 of title 23, United States Code.

Second, that I have computed the apportionment for Metropolitan Planning for the purpose of carrying out section 134 of title 23, United States Code, to each State and the District of Columbia in the manner provided by law in accordance with the formula in section 104(f)(2) of title 23, United States Code.

Third, that the sums that are hereby apportioned to each State and the District of Columbia, for Metropolitan Planning, effective immediately, are respectively as follows:

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS FOR METROPOLITAN PLANNING AUTHORIZED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
	STATE	AMOUNT
	ALABAMA	$2,137,417
	ALASKA	962,541
	ARIZONA	3,085,368
	ARKANSAS	962,541
	CALIFORNIA	29,583,008
	COLORADO	2,762,221
	CONNECTICUT	2,852,687
	DELAWARE	962,541
	DIST. OF COL.	962,541
	FLORIDA	11,822,948
	GEORGIA	3,787,798
	HAWAII	962,541
	IDAHO	962,541
	ILLINOIS	9,849,359
	INDIANA	3,127,977
	IOWA	1,095,043
	KANSAS	1,183,273
	KENTUCKY	1,483,273
	LOUISIANA	2,588,202
	MAINE	962,541
	MARYLAND	4,160,443
	MASSACHUSETTS	5,495,100
	MICHIGAN	6,752,123
	MINNESOTA	2,754,223
	MISSISSIPPI	962,541
	MISSOURI	3,232,598
	MONTANA	962,541
	NEBRASKA	962,541
	NEVADA	1,058,384
	NEW HAMPSHIRE	962,541
	NEW JERSEY	7,701,278
	NEW MEXICO	962,541
	NEW YORK	16,398,054
	NORTH CAROLINA	2,919,098
	NORTH DAKOTA	962,541
	OHIO	7,733,147
	OKLAHOMA	1,573,288
	OREGON	1,649,627
	PENNSYLVANIA	8,372,668
	RHODE ISLAND	962,541
	SOUTH CAROLINA	1,657,387
	SOUTH DAKOTA	962,541
	TENNESSEE	2,576,572
	TEXAS	13,210,694
	UTAH	1,532,871
	VERMONT	962,541
	VIRGINIA	4,448,858
	WASHINGTON	3,734,436
	WEST VIRGINIA	962,541
	WISCONSIN	2,863,170
	WYOMING	962,541
	TOTAL	$192,508,331
		APPROVED EFFECTIVE October 1, 2000
		Kenneth R. Wykle FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR