1. What is the purpose of this Notice? This Notice transmits the certificate of apportionment of Metropolitan Planning funds authorized for FY 2009 pursuant to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) Public Law Number (Pub. L. No.) 109-59. The apportionment is effective immediately.

2. What is the availability of these funds?

   1. The Metropolitan Planning funds resulting from this apportionment are available for obligation until September 30, 2012. Any amounts not obligated by the State on or before September 30, 2012, shall lapse.

   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 share will be in accordance with Section 120(b) of Title 23, United State Code (U.S.C.).

   4. The program code to be used when obligating these funds is L450.

3. What is the background information?

   1. Section 104(f) of Title 23, U.S.C. applies a 1.25 percent takedown for Metropolitan Planning from the amounts authorized for the Interstate Maintenance, National Highway System, Surface Transportation, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement, and Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Programs, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.

   2. The Metropolitan Planning funds from the takedown are distributed for the purpose of carrying out Section 134 of Title 23, U.S.C.

   3. The total contract authority available for distribution in FY 2009 for the purpose of carrying out Section 134 of Title 23, U.S.C. is $303,966,566.

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

Thomas J. Madison, Jr. Administrator

Attachments

CERTIFICATE OF APPORTIONMENT FROM
THE SUM OF $303,966,566 DEDUCTED FOR METROPOLITAN PLANNING 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 HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM

TO--

The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and the State departments of transportation:

Pursuant to Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, Title 23, United States Code, and the delegation of authority from the Secretary of Transportation to the Federal Highway Administrator, Section 1.48 of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, I certify--

First, that in compliance with Section 104(f) of Title 23, United States Code, I have deducted 1.25 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the Interstate Maintenance, National Highway System, Surface Transportation, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement, and Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Programs, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, for the purpose of carrying out Section 134 of Title 23, United States Code.

Second, that I have computed the apportionment for Metropolitan Planning funds for the purpose of carrying out Section 134 of Title 23, United States Code, among the States 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, effective immediately, are respectively as follows:

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS FOR THE
METROPOLITAN PLANNING PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009

STATE	AMOUNT
ALABAMA	$2,930,666
ALASKA	1,519,833
ARIZONA	5,900,202
ARKANSAS	1,519,833
CALIFORNIA	45,321,037
COLORADO	4,850,668
CONNECTICUT	4,300,411
DELAWARE	1,519,833
DIST. OF COL.	1,519,833
FLORIDA	20,335,985
GEORGIA	7,563,836
HAWAII	1,519,833
IDAHO	1,519,833
ILLINOIS	14,700,785
INDIANA	5,149,527
IOWA	1,683,012
KANSAS	1,823,479
KENTUCKY	2,365,357
LOUISIANA	3,828,048
MAINE	1,519,833
MARYLAND	6,491,921
MASSACHUSETTS	8,507,425
MICHIGAN	9,931,760
MINNESOTA	4,093,963
MISSISSIPPI	1,519,833
MISSOURI	4,665,984
MONTANA	1,519,833
NEBRASKA	1,519,833
NEVADA	2,530,745
NEW HAMPSHIRE	1,519,833
NEW JERSEY	11,705,997
NEW MEXICO	1,519,833
NEW YORK	23,407,517
NORTH CAROLINA	5,677,834
NORTH DAKOTA	1,519,833
OHIO	11,037,950
OKLAHOMA	2,239,867
OREGON	2,983,379
PENNSYLVANIA	12,396,227
RHODE ISLAND	1,519,833
SOUTH CAROLINA	2,828,931
SOUTH DAKOTA	1,519,833
TENNESSEE	4,475,878
TEXAS	22,337,498
UTAH	2,639,098
VERMONT	1,519,833
VIRGINIA	7,115,731
WASHINGTON	6,497,505
WEST VIRGINIA	1,519,833
WISCONSIN	4,291,349
WYOMING	1,519,833
TOTAL	$303,966,566

	APPROVED EFFECTIVE October 1, 2008
	FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR

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