FHWA Update

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FHWA Update
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Outline

• FHWA IRR Inventory
• FHWA Tribal Funding Agreements
• FHWA News
• Technical Resources

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Comprehensive IRR Inventory Project

• National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory
• SAFETEA- LU requires a comprehensive national
  inventory of transportation facilities eligible
  for assistance under the IRR program
• DOT/FHWA designated as the lead agency in
  legislation
• Report to Congress due November 2007
• Broad overview (national regional) of
  transportation facility quantities by
  characteristics (ownership, surface, class,
  etc.).
• Verification reporting (accuracy and completeness
  of data) supported by statistical analysis on
  windshield survey data.

FHWA Federal Lands Highway
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397 IRR Inventory records 28 States 200
Counties 155 Tribal Govt
FHWA Federal Lands Highway
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FHWA Federal Lands Highway
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Comprehensive IRR Inventory Project

• Three distinct goals
• Identify the true need and cost for tribal
  transportation
• Ensure that the data in the existing inventory is
  accurate and
• Eliminate the frustration factor in submitting
  inventory updates

FHWA Federal Lands Highway
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Comprehensive IRR Inventory Project

• Three Implementation Phases of Report
• 1) Sampling Survey Design Testing complete
• 2) Data Collection/Management complete
• 3) Final Report
• complete, in-process to be submitted to
  Congress

FHWA Federal Lands Highway
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Comprehensive IRR Inventory Project

• Bert McCauley, Project Manager
• [phone]
• Bert.mccauley_at_fhwa.dot.gov

FHWA Federal Lands Highway
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FHWA/Tribal Agreements

• Tribes to date 10 Tribal Govt and 1 Consortium
• Standing Rock Sioux (ND/SD)
• Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes (Fort Peck, MT)
• Ramah Navajo Chapter (NM)
• Turtle Mountain (ND)
• Oglala Sioux Tribe (SD)
• Chickaloon Native Village (AK)
• Healy Lake Village (Mendas Cha-Ag Tribe) (AK)
• Chilkoot Indian Association (AK)
• Native Village of Eyak (AK)
• Three Affiliated Tribes (ND)
• All Nations Tribal Transportation Consortium (AK)
• Hoonah Indian Association
• Organized Village of Saxman
• Wrangell Cooperative Association
• Yakutat Tlingit Tribe)

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FHWA/Tribal Agreements

• SAFETEA-LU
• All funds made available on request of the
  tribal government to the tribal government in
  accordance with ISDEAA for use in carrying out
  contracts and agreements for planning, design,
  engineering, and construction..
• Authorizes DOT Secretary to enter into funding
  agreements
• Amount a tribe receives equals
• funding that the tribe would otherwise receive in
  accordance with the formula, plus
• an amount as determined by the DOT Secretary as
  the amount that BIA would withhold for project
  administration

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FHWA/Tribal Agreements

• Eligibility
• Financial stability and management capability
  during the preceding three fiscal years.
• No uncorrected significant and material audit
  exceptions in their annual audit. This is
  conclusive evidence.
• Assumption of Powers, Functions and Duties
• Tribe assumes all powers, functions and duties
  (that are not inherently Federal or cannot be
  transferred) that the Secretary of Interior would
  have performed.

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FHWA/Tribal Agreements

• Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, June 26, 2006
• Ramah Navajo Chapter, August 10, 2006
• Chickaloon Native Village, August 23, 2006
• Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes (Fort Peck),
  October 13, 2006
• Oglala Sioux Tribes (Pine Ridge), October 13,
  2006
• Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians,
  September 20, 2007
• Pawnee Nation, November 30, 2007
• Chilkoot Indian Association, December 12, 2007
• Mendas Cha-Ag Tribe (Healey Lake Village),
  January 11, 2008
• Native Village of Eyak, February 27, 2009
• All Nations Tribal Transportation Consortium,
  February 27, 2008
• Hoonah Indian Association
• Organized Village of Saxman
• Wrangell Cooperative Association
• Yakutat Tlingit Tribe

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FHWA/Tribal Agreements

• Agreement Structure
• Two-part
• IRR Program Agreement
• Multi-year through SAFETEA
• Provides general overview of program and the
  roles and responsibilities of the parties
• Referenced Funding Agreement
• Annual/monthly/as needed
• Provides funding and outlines activities for that
  funding.

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FHWA News

• Jim Ray - FHWA Acting Administrator
• John Baxter - Associate Administrator for
  Federal Lands Highway
• Terry Haussler replaced Butch Wlaschin
• Theresa Hutchins Community Planner FHWA, Office
  of Planning
• Consultation Peer Exchange with ITA in May 2008

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Technical Resources
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Transportation DecisionmakingInformation Tools
For Tribal Governments
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FHWA Tribal Transportation Planning Website
http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/tribaltrans/index.htm
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Project completed by the Lummi Nation in
partnership with the Federal Highways
Administration (FHWA) and the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA).
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People To Know In FHWA

• Robert Sparrow - Indian Reservation Roads Program
  Manager
• FHWA Federal Lands Highway
• [phone]
• Tim Penney - Native American Coordinator
• FHWA Office of Legislative and Governmental
  Affairs
• Phone [phone]
• Email tim.penney_at_dot.gov
• Theresa Hutchins - Community Planner
• Federal Highway Administration Olympia, WA
  Tel [phone]
• Northwest Tribal Technical Assistance Program
• [phone]