FHWA Update
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FHWA IRR Inventory
FHWA Tribal Funding Agreements
FHWA News
Technical Resources
Comprehensive IRR Inventory
Project
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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
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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
397 IRR Inventory records
28 States
200 Counties
155 Tribal Gov’t
FHWA – Federal Lands Highway
FHWA – Federal Lands Highway
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
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
Comprehensive IRR Inventory
Project
Bert McCauley, Project Manager
(720) 963-3726
Bert.mccauley@fhwa.dot.gov
FHWA – Federal Lands Highway
FHWA/Tribal Agreements
• Tribes to date: 10 Tribal Gov’t and 1 Consortium
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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)
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Hoonah Indian Association
Organized Village of Saxman
Wrangell Cooperative Association
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe)
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
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.
FHWA/Tribal Agreements
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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
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Hoonah Indian Association
Organized Village of Saxman
Wrangell Cooperative Association
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
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.
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
Technical Resources
Transportation Decisionmaking
Information Tools For Tribal Governments
FHWA Tribal Transportation
Planning Website
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/tribaltrans/index.htm
Project completed by the Lummi Nation in partnership with the Federal Highways
Administration (FHWA) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
People To Know In FHWA
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Robert Sparrow - Indian Reservation Roads Program Manager
FHWA – Federal Lands Highway
(202) 366-9483
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Tim Penney - Native American Coordinator
FHWA Office of Legislative and Governmental Affairs
Phone: (202) 366-2698
Email: tim.penney@dot.gov
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Theresa Hutchins - Community Planner
Federal Highway Administration
Olympia, WA
Tel: 360-753-9402
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Northwest Tribal Technical Assistance Program
(509) 359-6829