Washington -The Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Reservation Roads Program is holding a series of meetings around the country to educate the public on the proposed rules that are the product of negotiated rulemaking between tribal representatives and Federal representatives from the Department of the Interior and the Department of Transportation under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. The meetings on the proposed rules are being held in the following list of cities:
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Rapid City, SD Billings, MT Las Vegas, NV Sacramento, CA Gallup, NM Santa Fe, NM Anchorage, AK Portland, OR Tulsa, OK Oklahoma City, OK Minneapolis, MN Nashville, TN |
August 20, 2002 August 22, 2002 August 27, 2002 August 29, 2002 September 4, 2002 September 6, 2002 September 10, 2002 September 12, 2002 September 17, 2002 September 19, 2002 September 25, 2002 September 27, 2002 |
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605-348-4000 406-252-8407 702-734-7333 916-446-0100 505-722-2201 505-988-5054 907-279-8000 503-281-6111 918-483-7000 405-681-3500 612-349-4000 615-883-9770 |
The BIA Indian Reservation Roads Program provides funding for eligible transportation projects that provide access to or within Indian reservations, Indian lands, Indian communities and Alaska Native villages. The program consists of 55,944 miles of roads and 4,185 bridges, of which 24% of the bridges are deficient.
The schedule of meetings is published in the Federal Register. The comment period for the proposed rule ends October 6, 2002. Written comments may be mailed or hand delivered to: U.S. Department of Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001 or submitted electronically at http://dms.dot.gov/submit. Docket Number FHWA -2002-12229 must be included at the top of all comments.
