20.106 AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

(AIP)

FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION: Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, Public Law 97-248; as amended, and Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979, as amended, Public Law 96-193. OBJECTIVES: To assist sponsors, owners or operators of public-use airports in the development of a nationwide system of airports adequate to meet the needs of civil aeronautics.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Advisory Services and Counseling.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants can be made for planning, construction, improving, or repairing a public-use airport or portion thereof consisting of: (1) development of airport master plans, (2) development of airport system plans, (3) development and carrying out of airport noise compatibility programs, (4) land acquisition, (5) site preparation, (6) construction, alteration, and repair of runways, taxiways, aprons, and roads within airport boundaries, (7) construction and installation of lighting utilities, navigational aids, and certain offsite work, (8) safety equipment required for certification of airport facility, (9) security equipment required of the sponsor by the Secretary of Transportation by rule or regulation for the safety and security of persons and property on the airport, (10) snow removal equipment, (11) terminal development, (12) aviationrelated weather reporting equipment, or (13) equipment to measure runway surface friction. Grants may not be made for the construction of hangars, parking areas for automobiles, or for buildings not related to the safety of persons on the airport. Technical advisory services are also provided. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: States, counties, municipalities, U.S. Territories and possessions, and other public agencies including an Indian tribe or Pueblo are eligible for airport development grants if the airport on which the development is required is listed in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). Certain units of local governments surrounding airports may be eligible for grants associated with achieving noise compatibility with airports. Public and private owners of reliever airports or airports enplaning over 2,500 passengers annually are eligible. Beneficiary Eligibility: States, counties, municipalities, U.S. Territories and possessions, and other public agencies including an Indian tribe or Pueblo, and public and private owners of reliever airports. Credentials/Documentation: Sponsors must submit information establishing financial capability and legal authority to accomplish the project and to operate the airport. Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. Preapplication conference recommended but not required. Consultation and assistance available at FAA Offices. Applications should be reviewed under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 83 Stat. 852; and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. 1653. An environmental impact assessment report will be needed for some projects. The standard application forms as furnished by the Federal agency and required by OMB Circular No. A-102 must be used for this program by State and local governments. Application Procedure: Preapplication for Federal Assistance, SF 424, Part I (facesheet) and remaining parts of FAA Form 5100-30 is filed with FAA Field Office, reviewed by the Regional Office and/or Washington Office for program approval, as appropriate. For Master Plans (may be combined as part of development project), Noise Compatibility Plans, and System Plans, SF-424 and

Parts II through V of FAA Form 5100-101, Application for Federal Assistance, must be submitted to FAA Field Offices. Level of approval is dependent on the type of airport and amount of FAA monies requested. No State plan is required. Award Procedure: Upon program approval for development projects, applicant submits project application, SF 424, Part I (facesheet) and remaining parts of FAA Form 5100-100 to FAA Field Office. Master, Noise Compatibility, and System Plan grant applications are submitted to FAA Field Offices and upon approval, grant offers are made by FAA Field Offices. Either the District or Regional Office prepares Grant Offer, FAA Form 5100-37 for planning and development for execution by FAA applicant. Deadlines: Primary airport sponsor must notify FAA by January 31 of their intent to apply for funds to which they are entitled under Public Law 97-248. A reminder is published annually in the Federal Register.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: No later than September 30.
Appeals: Not applicable.
Renewals: None.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Federal Government share of allowable costs for the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-248) are set forth as follows. 1) Sponsors of primary airports enplaning greater than 25 percent: Airport development 75 percent, terminal development 50 percent, noise compatibility program implementation 80 percent, master planning and noise compatibility planning 75 percent, system plans, not applicable. All other Primary Airports: Airport development 90 percent, terminal development 50 percent, noise compatibility program implementation 80 percent, master planning and noise compatibility planning 90 percent, master planning and noise compatibility planning 90 percent, systems plans, not applicable. 2) Sponsors of nonprimary commercial service: Airport development 90 percent, terminal development 50 percent, noise compatibility program implementation 80 percent, master planning and noise compatibility planning 90 percent, system plans, not applicable; 3) Sponsors of reliever airports (both publicly and privately owned): Airport development 90 percent, noise compatibility program implementation 80 percent, master planning and noise compatibility planning 90 percent, system plans, not applicable. (4) Sponsors of all other public use airports (includes general aviation and privately owned airports enplaning greater than 2,500 passengers): Airport development 90 percent, noise compatibility program implementation 80 percent, master planning and noise compatibility planning 90 percent, system plans, not applicable; 5) Sponsors of system plans: Airport development, terminal development, noise compatibility program implementation and master planning and noise compatibility planning, not applicable, system plans 90 percent. Primary airport means a commercial service airport to have .01 percent or more of the total number of passengers enplaned annually at all commercial service airports. (This equaled 36,809 enplaned in calendar year 1984.) Commercial service airport means a public airport which enplanes annually 2,500 or more passengers and receives schedule passenger service of aircraft. Reliever airport means an airport having the function of relieving congestion at a commercial service airport and providing more general aviation access to the overall community. Geographic entities include State, local and federally recognized tribal governments, and U.S. Territories and possessions. Computation of the formula is Public Law 97-248; as amended, Section 101. The range of financial or other matching assistance required from nonfederal sources, varies from 10 percent to 50 percent depending on the types of project development.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: No set period of time. Assistance is released upon application for progress payments as needed. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: During the project, the sponsor monitors performance to assure that time schedules are being met. Periodic reports as required, are forwarded to FAA.

Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A128, "Audits of State and Local Governments," State and local

governments that receive $100,000 or more a year in Federal financial assistance shall have an audit made for that year. State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $100,000 a year shall have an audit made in accordance with Circular A-128, or in accordance with Federal laws and regulations governing the program in which they participate. Records: Sponsors' records are required to be made available for inspection by FAA and the General Accounting Office. Layout plan of the airport must be kept up to date and available as long as this agreement lasts, ordinarily a period of 20 years. Accounting records reflecting all project costs, books, documents, and records pertinent to grants are to be retained for 3 years after date of submission of final expenditure report.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 69-8106-0-7-402.

Obligations: (Grants) FY 85 $939,800,000; FY 86 est $885,225,000; and FY 87 est $712,500,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $25,000 to $12,500,000; $732,000.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1985, 1,400 applications were received, 1,160 grant agreements were executed;

1,100 grant agreements are estimated for execution in fiscal year 1986; 1,000 grant agreements are estimated for fiscal year 1987. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Federal Aviation Administration Order and Advisory Circulars (FAA Order 5100.38, Airport Improvement Program Handbook and FederalAid Airport Program Advisory Circulars in the 150/5100 series). INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: Persons are encouraged to contact the Federal Aviation Administration Regional Offices listed in Appen

dix IV of the Catalog.

Headquarters Office: Grants-in-Aid Division, APP-500, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Airport Planning and Program

ming, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591. Telephone: (202) 426-3831.

RELATED PROGRAMS: 39.002, Disposal of Federal Surplus Real Property; 39.003, Donation of Federal Surplus Personal Property. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Construct new public airports, improve and repair existing public airports, extend runways at existing public airports, purchase fire fighting, rescue, security, snow removal and noise suppressing equipment, acquire land, and install navigation aids. Planning at individual airports includes demand/capacity analysis, airport noise control and land use compatibility analysis, environmental studies, and system plans for states, regions, and metropolitan areas.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Only those Airport Improvement Program (AIP) projects considered by the FAA Administrator to be necessary to provide for a safe and efficient airway system and to meet the current and projected growth of aviation and the requirements of interstate commerce, the Postal Services, and the national defense will be considered for selection. The airports at which AIP projects are proposed must be included in the National Plan of Integrated Airports Systems (NPIAS).

FEDERAL

20.205 HIGHWAY PLANNING AND

CONSTRUCTION

(Federal-Aid Highway Program)

AGENCY: FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION: Title 23 U.S.C., "Highways"; as revised by the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, Public Law 97-424 and Public Law 98-229. OBJECTIVES: To assist State highway agencies (SHA) in the development of an integrated, interconnected network of highways by constructing and rehabilitating the Interstate highway system and building or improving primary, secondary, and urban systems roads and streets; to provide aid for their repair following disasters; to foster safe highway design; to replace or rehabilitate deficient or obsolete bridges; and to provide for other special purposes. Also provides for the improvement of some highways in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Depending on which aspect of the program funds are applied to, they may be used for planning, research, surveying, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, relocation assistance, new construction, reconstruction, repair, improvement, restoration, rehabilitation, resurfacing, and roadside beautification. Funds may be applied to highways, bridges, and in some cases, bicycle transportation, pedestrian walkways, fringe and corridor parking facilities, and rest areas. These funds cannot participate in any maintenance activities, such as pothole patching or snowplowing. All projects in urban areas of more than 50,000 population must be based on a continuing comprehensive planning process. Some county and local roads and streets may be part of a Federalaid system and are eligible for improvement, but only through State highway agency coordination and action. Federal-aid urban system authorizations may be used for mass transit capital improvements at the request of State and local governments. Special substitution, funds have been authorized in areas where certain Interstate segments have been withdrawn from the System by the Secretary of Transportation; substitution funding when made available by Congress, may be used for highway or mass transit projects selected by responsible local officials of the area from which the interstate segment was withdrawn. Special programs for highway safety, bridge replacement and rehabilitation, and railroad grade crossing improvements are available for roads on and off the designated Federal-aid systems. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: State highway agencies. Projects related to pedestrian and bicycle transportation and forest and public lands highways, certain projects in urban areas, or projects off the State highway systems may be proposed by counties and other political subdivisions or agencies through the State highway agencies. Territorial highway projects are funded in the same manner as other Federal-aid highway projects, with the territorial highway agency functioning as the State highway agency. Beneficiary Eligibility: State highway agencies. Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: Federal-aid secondary projects must be selected in cooperation with local officials. Urban system projects must be selected by local officials with concurrence of the State. Most other types of projects are selected by the State highway agencies in cooperation with local officials. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or offi

cial designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. The standard application forms as furnished by the Federal agency and required by OMB Circular No. A-102 must be used for this program. An environmental impact assessment is required for some projects under this program.

Application Procedure: State highway agencies submit a program of desired projects to the State-level office of the Federal Highway Administration; for projects related to forest highways, submissions are made to the Direct Federal Division Engineers. The Bureau of Indian Affairs works with Tribal governments to develop a priority program of projects for Indian Reservation Roads, and the National Park Service develops a priority program of projects for Park Roads and Parkways; both agencies submit the programs to the FHWA.

Award Procedure: In most cases, the State level office of FHWA makes the final decision on the eligibility of specific projects for funding but the State highway agencies generally decide which projects will be developed within apportioned funding levels; however, some project eligibility decisions are made by the FHWA Headquarters or Region level Offices. There are several categories where limited assistance is allocated at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation. Candidate projects are usually solicited around the start of the fiscal year and must be submitted by the State highway agencies.

Deadlines: With regular formula programs, there are no deadlines for funding requests. For the limited number of discretionary project grants, applications are usually considered late in the fiscal year before the year for which the funds are available. Grants are generally made early in the fiscal year. Contact Federal agency for deadline date(s). All grants are made through the State highway agency which are advised of schedules for submission of candidates.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 5 days to 5 months.
Appeals: None.

Renewals: None.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Formulas where applicable are based on independently derived factors such as ratio of population, area and road mileage that generally reflect needs in a single State relative to the totals for all States. Both statutory and administrative formulas are used. Some categories, plus part of the Interstate and bridge funds, are distributed on an as-needed basis. The normal Federal share is 90 percent for Interstate and safety projects, 85 percent for Interstate transfer, substitute highway projects, 80 percent for bridge replacement and rehabilitation, and 75 percent for most other projects. The Federal share for some programs may be increased in the case of States with large areas of public lands. Some projects, including territorial highway projects, require no State matching of Federal funds. The broad concept of the Highway Planning and Construction Program includes over 30 sub-program areas. The following list includes a sample of these areas with their respective statistical factors, sources used for allocation, and the types of formulas used to determine the means of allocation and eligibility requirements. INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION: State's relative share of the estimated cost necessary to complete the Interstate System, source - "A Revised Estimate of the Cost of Completing the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways," based on information provided by the State. Eligibility determined by legislative criteria and statutory formulas are used for apportionment. INTERSTATE RESURFACING FUNDS: 1) interstate system lane miles, source Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS), Office of Highway Statistics, and data from the States; 2) vehicle miles traveled on interstate routes, source HPMS data

source

provided by States. Eligibility determined by legislative criteria and statutory formulas are used for apportionment. CONSOLIDATED PRIMARY FUNDS: 1) area land and inland water square miles, source 1980 Census; 2) population in rural areas, 1980 Census; 3) inter-city mail and rural delivery route miles (December 31, 1984), source Postmaster General's records; 4) population in urban areas, source 1980 Census. Eligibility determined by legislative criteria and statutory formulas are used for apportionment. RURAL SECONDARY FUNDS: 1) area land and inland water square miles, source 1980 Census; 2) population in rural areas, source 1980 Census; 3) inter-city mail and rural delivery route miles (December 31, 1984), source - Postmaster General's records. Eligibility determined by legislative criteria and statutory formulas are used for apportionment. URBAN SYSTEM FUNDS: Population in places of 5,000 or more, source 1980 Census; population in urbanized areas of 200,000 or more, source 1980 Census. Eligibility determined by legislative criteria and statutory formulas are used for apportionment. HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM:

States' deficient bridges on and off the Federal-Aid System which are eligible for replacement or rehabilitation, the previous year's unit construction costs, minimum (.25) and maximum (10 percent) factors, and further data from State highway departments. Eligibility determined by legislative criteria and statutory formulas are used for apportionment. HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM: 1) population of the State, source 1980 Census; 2) public road mileage, source - administrative records certified annually by the States. Eligibility determined by legislative criteria and statutory formulas are used for apportionment. RAIL HIGHWAY CROSSING PROGRAM: 1) area land and inland water square miles, source - 1980 Census; 2) rural area population, source - 1980 Census; 3) intercity mail and rural delivery route miles, source Postmaster General's records; 4) population in places of 5,000 or more, source 1980 Census; 5) rail highway crossings, source Federal Railroad Administration's "Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin." Eligibility determined by legislative criteria and statutory formulas are used for apportionment. PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAY: States having unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations. Allocations based on need for specific projects, with preference given to those which are significantly impacted by Federal land and resource management activities. METROPOLITAN PLANNING: population in urbanized area, source 1980 Census. Eligibility determined by legislative criteria and statutory formulas are used for apportionment. EMERGENCY RELIEF: Program of projects submitted by State highway agency or Federal agency following serious Federal-aid road damage caused by a natural disaster which occurred over a wide area, or by catastrophic failure. INTERSTATE TRANSFERS, SUBSTITUTE HIGHWAY PROJECTS: State's relative share of the estimated cost of completing substitute highway projects, source - Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and Transportation Committee Print 99-69 prepared by the FHWA in cooperation with the states. Eligibility determined by legislative criteria. Statutory formulas used for apportionment. There are no statistical factors used for eligibility for any of the above programs.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Except for the Interstate program, Federal-aid highway funds generally become available at the beginning of the fiscal years for which they are authorized, and must be obligated within 3 years after the close of that fiscal year. Interstate funds become available 1 year prior to the beginning of the fiscal year for which they are authorized, and must be obligated by the close of that fiscal year, except for Interstate 4R funds which must be obligated within 2 years after the close of that fiscal year.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Generally, the State-level office of the Federal Highway Administration monitors State operations during highway project location, design and construction. After the project is completed State maintenance of the project is reviewed periodically.

Audits: States are expected to audit their own operations. DOT auditors evaluate the State's operations and perform additional audit work as warranted. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-128, "Audits of State and Local Governments," State and local governments that receive $100,000 or more a year in Federal financial assistance shall have an audit made for that year. State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $100,000 a year shall have an audit made in accordance with Circular No. A-128, or in accordance with Federal laws and regulations governing the programs in which they participate.

Records: Project records and documents must be retained by the State for 3 years following the final submission for Federal pay

ment.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 20-8102-0-7-401. Obligations:

$60,587,000

(Grants) FY 85 $13,813,691,000; FY 86 est $14,626,478,000; and FY 87 est $12,570,909,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: 1,$036,024,000; $270,029,000. (Based on State-by-State obligations in fiscal year 1985.)

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: During the first 7 years of the Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program (fiscal year 1979 through fiscal year 1985), approximately 21,000 bridges were advanced through various stages of preliminary engineering and construction for replacement and rehabilitation. (See “Examples of Funded Projects" Section of this program.) REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 23 CFR, "Highways."

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: Regional or State-level offices of the Federal Highway Administration (as listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog) or State highway agencies.

Headquarters Office: Ronald Heinz, Director, Office of Engineering, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 426-4853 (use same 7digit number for FTS).

RELATED PROGRAMS: 20.500, Urban Mass Transportation Capital Improvement Grants; 20.505, Urban Mass Transportation Technical Studies Grants; 20.507, Urban Mass Transportation Capital and Operating Assistance Formula Grants; 20.509, Public Transportation for Nonurbanized Areas; 20.600, State and Community Highway Safety; 23.003, Appalachian Development Highway System; 23.008, Appalachian Local Access Roads; 23.017, Appalachian Special Transportation Related Planning, Research and Demonstration Program.

EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (A) On the Interstate System, 159 new miles were opened to traffic in the 12 months ending December 31, 1985, with construction underway on new segments totaling 601 miles. A total of 41,297 miles or 97.2 percent of the proposed Interstate System is open to traffic. (B) Over $62 million in Emergency Relief funding was obligated in fiscal year 1985 for the repair and reconstruction of highways and bridges damaged in recent years. During the year, emergency assistance was extended to 10 additional disasters in 9 States. (C) The replacement or rehabilitation of approximately 3,200 additional deficient bridges was initiated in fiscal year 1985, with $1.59 billion of Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program funds for new projects and projects already underway. (D) Over $2.0 billion for safety improvements to existing highways, including $338 million of special safety funds for railroad grade crossing protection, eliminating roadside obstacles, correcting high hazard locations, and improving markings were obligated in fiscal year 1985. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: To be eligible, most projects must be located on one of the designated Federal-Aid Systems and included in a statewide (or areawide) program of projects submitted for Federal approval. The major exceptions are the Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program, which provides assistance for bridges on and off the Federal-Aid Systems; the Hazard Elimination and Rail-Highway Crossings Program, which provides funds for any public road other than the

Interstate; and assistance for bikeways, which need not be located on a Federal-Aid System. Legislative language restricts some authorizations to projects on a particular Federal-Aid System (Interstate, primary, secondary, urban), and other authorizations to particular types of projects (bridge replacement and rehabilitation, hazard elimination, emergency relief, etc.). Proposed projects meeting these and other design, environmental, safety, etc., standards can be approved on the basis of State and local priorities within the limit of the funds apportioned or allocated to each State.

20.214 HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION-CONTROL OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, AND CONTROL OF JUNKYARDS

FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION: Highway Beautification Act of 1965, Public Law 89-285 as amended; 23 U.S.C. 131, 136; Federal Aid Highway Amendments of 1974, Public Law 93-643; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976, Public Law 94-280; Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, Public Law 95-599.

OBJECTIVES: To beautify areas adjacent to Interstate and Federal-aid primary highways.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To assist State highway agencies

in beautifying highways and communities by controlling junkyards and outdoor advertising signs in areas adjacent to the interstate and Federal-aid primary highway system.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: State highway agencies. Beneficiary Eligibility: State highway agencies. Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. Application Procedure: State highway agencies submit a program of desired projects to the State-level office of the Federal Highway Administration.

Award Procedure: The FHWA Division Administrator (State-level office) generally makes final decisions to approve or disapprove individual projects.

Deadlines: None.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 5 to 7 days. Appeals: None.

Renewals: None.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Project grant based on estimated cost of removing or screening junkyards on Interstate and Federal-aid primary highway systems, or of removing nonconforming and illegal signs from controlled areas. The Federal share of costs of projects for control of junkyards and outdoor advertising is generally 75 percent.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Federal funds are available after they are appropriated until the authorization expires. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: The State-level office of the Federal Highway Administration monitors State operations during highway project location, design, and construction. After the project is completed, State maintenance of the project is reviewed periodically. Audits: States are expected to audit their own operations. DOT auditors evaluate the State's audit operations and perform additional audit work as warranted. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-128, "Audits of State and Local Governments," State and local governments that receive $100,000 or more in a year Federal financial assistance shall have an audit

made for that year. State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $100,000 a year shall have an audit made in accordance with Circular No. A-128, or in accordance with Federal laws and regulations governing the programs in which they participate.

Records: Project records and documents must be retained by the State for 3 years following the final submission for Federal pay

ment.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 69-0540-0-1-401.

Obligations: (Grants) FY 85 $0; FY 86 est $220,000; and FY 87 est $0.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: As of September 30, 1985, 276 projects were underway. Data unavailable for fiscal years 1986 and 1987.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 23 CFR 750751.

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: Regional or State-level offices of the Federal Highway Administration (as listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog) or State highway agencies.

Headquarters Office: Robert Harter, Office of Right of Way, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 426-0142 (use the same 7-digit number for FTS).

RELATED PROGRAMS: None. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: 1) Nonconforming signs acquired, 2) nonconforming signs removed, 3) nonconforming junkyards abated (screened, removed, or relocated), 4) bonus payments to States.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Funding for individual States is generally based on the following criteria: 1) obligation level, 2) level of expenditures, 3) percentage of program not currently funded, 4) bonus payments, 5) cumulative unexpended obligations, and 6) State's request.

20.215 HIGHWAY TRAINING AND EDUCATION FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL HIGHWAY INSTITUTE, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

AUTHORIZATION: Section 115(a), (b), and (c) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970, Public Law 91-605, 23 U.S.C. 321, 23 U.S.C. 307(a), 315, and 403.

OBJECTIVES: To develop and administer, in cooperation with State highway departments, training programs of instruction for Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and State and local highway department employees engaged or to be engaged in Federal-aid highway work.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Training.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: States may use up to 1/2 of 1 percent of the Federal funds available to them for primary, secondary and urban system highway purposes (see Program 20.205) for education and training of State and local highway department employees. This training may be offered by the State through its own training facilities or may be obtained by contact with universities or other institutions. Three conditions are attached to usage of Federal funds: the payment cannot exceed 75 percent of the costs of tuition and direct educational expenses, no funds can be used for travel, subsistence, or salaries of employees being trained, and no funds can be used to purchase training courses offered by the National Highway Institute (NHI). NHI conducts or arranges for presentations of courses of study which meet the greatest common training needs existing at the Federal, State, and local levels in highway-related areas. Such courses address new technological developments, and Federal programs and procedures. There is a charge equal to 50 percent of the cost of providing NHI training

courses.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: State and local highway agencies.