80 FR 43832 - FTA Supplemental Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 141 (July 23, 2015)
Federal Transit Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 141 (July 23, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-18062 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 141 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 43832-43833] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-18062] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration FTA Supplemental Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) annually publishes one or more notices to apportion funds appropriated by law. If less than a full year of funds is available, FTA may publish multiple partial apportionment notices. This notice is the second notice announcing a partial apportionment for programs funded with Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 contract authority. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this notice contact Kimberly Sledge, Acting Director, Office of Transit Programs, at (202) 366-2053. Please contact the appropriate FTA regional office for any specific requests for information or technical assistance. A list of FTA regional offices and contact information is available on the FTA Web site at http://www.fta.dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Overview FTA's public transportation assistance program authorization, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), expired September 30, 2014. Since that time, Congress has enacted short-term extensions allowing FTA to continue its current programs. The most recent extension, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Public Law 114-21, (May 29, 2015) continues FTA's transit assistance programs through July 31, 2015. More specifically, it extends contract authority for the Formula and Bus Grants programs at approximately 83 percent of the FY 2015 levels until July 31, 2015. FTA's full-year appropriations, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235 (Dec. 16, 2014), hereinafter ``Appropriations Act, 2015'' was enacted in December, 2014, giving FTA appropriated resources for all of FY 2015 for Administrative Expenses, Capital Investment Grants, Research programs, and grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority. The Appropriations Act, 2015 also provides a full fiscal year obligation limitation on contract authority made available to FTA programs funded from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund during this fiscal year. On February 9, 2015, FTA published an apportionments notice that apportioned approximately 8/12ths of the FY 2015 authorized contract authority among potential program recipients based on contract authority that was available from October 1, 2015 through May 31, 2015 (80 FR 7254). That notice also provided relevant information about the FY 2015 funding available, program requirements, period of availability, prior year unobligated balances, and other related program information and highlights. A copy of that notice and accompanying tables can be found on the FTA Web site at http://www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments. This document provides notice to stakeholders that FTA is apportioning the available FY 2015 authorized contract authority-- October 1, 2014 through July 31, 2015--among potential program recipients according to statutory formulas in 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53. This document also allocates the remainder of Capital Investment Grant funding to projects. FTA has posted tables displaying the funds available to eligible states and urbanized areas on FTA's Web site at http://www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments. FTA will issue a supplemental notice at a later date when additional contract authority becomes available. The formula apportionment tables that allocate approximately 83 percent of FY 2015 appropriated funds can be found at http://www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments. In addition, the National Transit Database (NTD) and Census Data used in the funding formulas can be found at http://www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments. FTA's tables include the following revisions to incorporate updated NTD data or to correct for errors incurred in the tables published on February 9, 2015: A. The Small Transit Intensive Cities (STIC) calculations include updated NTD data that includes an additional STIC factor for the Flagstaff Urbanized Area. B. The Tribal Transit Formula calculations include updated NTD data that has a revised vehicle revenue miles amount for the Southern Ute tribe. C. The Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula calculations have been updated to correct for STIC funding allocated to urbanized areas spanning multiple states where STIC funds were incorrectly attributed to the respective states. D. The Section 5337 State of Good Repair High Intensity Fixed Guideway Tier calculations have been updated to [[Page 43833]] correct for an error in the NTD data used in the February 9 table. That table used data on Directional Route Miles (DRM) that was used in the FY 2014 apportionment calculations. NTD data is updated annually and the supplemental apportionment table uses the DRM associated with the FY 2015 apportionments. Stakeholders with questions or those who are seeking additional information on these corrections can contact David Schneider with FTA's Division of Grants Management at 202-493-0175. II. Grant Management and Application Procedures A. The Transportation Electronic Awards Management (TEAM) system will close on Friday, September 25, 2015. Grants and cooperative agreements must have all applicable assurances and certifications completed so that funds can be awarded by the deadline. Funding that has not been awarded in an application by September 25, 2015 will not be migrated into the new FTA financial system, TrAMS. Instead, these applications will need to be re-created when TrAMS deploys in FY 2016. This applies to new applications as well as amendments to existing awards. B. In an effort to streamline grant processing, assuming the full year 2015 budget level will become available, grantees may now create an application using an estimated full FY 2015 amount with the appropriate scopes and activity line items when developing project budgets. The project budget should reflect the precise activities for which the grant funds will be used. FTA will then send grants to the Department of Labor (DOL) for certification of the use of the estimated full year funds. FTA will then make a grant based on the funding currently available. Subsequently, when additional funding becomes available, grantees can amend grants and FTA will send the amended grants to DOL for information only, since the grantee previously will have received a certification. For additional grant application procedures please see section V.F. of the FY 2015 Apportionments notice published in the Federal Register at http://www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments. C. Recipients of open American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grants should be aware that, as a matter of law, all remaining ARRA funds MUST be disbursed from grants by the end of the 5th fiscal year (FY) after funds were required to be obligated. (SEE 31 U.S.C. 1552.) For FTA ARRA projects, that requirement takes affect at the end of FY 2015. Accordingly, once FTA's ECHO grant payment system closes for disbursements on September 25, 2015, all remaining funds within FTA ARRA funded grants will no longer be available to the grantee and will be deobligated from the grant and returned to the U.S. Treasury. Even if a grantee has incurred costs or disbursed funds prior to the close of ECHO, if the grantee has not actually drawn down the funds by 2:00 p.m. EDT on September 25, 2015 FTA would be unable to reimburse the grantee. Therefore, grantees with open ARRA grants must ensure project activities are completed and all funds are drawdown before by 2:00 p.m. EDT on September 25, 2015. For ARRA TIGER 1 projects, the same requirement will be in effect for the end of FY 2016. Therese McMillan, Acting Administrator. [FR Doc. 2015-18062 Filed 7-22-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
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ACTION: Notice. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION programs funded from the Mass Transit
Account of the Highway Trust Fund
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Federal Transit Administration during this fiscal year.
Administration (FAA) is publishing this On February 9, 2015, FTA published
FTA Supplemental Fiscal Year (FY) an apportionments notice that
notice to announce that the physical
2015 Apportionments, Allocations, and apportioned approximately 8/12ths of
address of the FAA Southwest Regional
Program Information the FY 2015 authorized contract
Office, which is specified in
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration authority among potential program
airworthiness directives (ADs) issued by
(FTA), DOT. recipients based on contract authority
the Rotorcraft Directorate, is changing
that was available from October 1, 2015
due to a relocation. ACTION: Notice.
through May 31, 2015 (80 FR 7254).
DATES: This notice is effective July 23, SUMMARY: The Federal Transit That notice also provided relevant
2015. Administration (FTA) annually information about the FY 2015 funding
publishes one or more notices to available, program requirements, period
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim of availability, prior year unobligated
Grigg, Manager, Safety Management apportion funds appropriated by law. If
less than a full year of funds is balances, and other related program
Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, information and highlights. A copy of
available, FTA may publish multiple
10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, that notice and accompanying tables can
partial apportionment notices. This
Texas 76177; telephone (817) 222–5110; be found on the FTA Web site at
notice is the second notice announcing
email jim.grigg@faa.gov. a partial apportionment for programs http://www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments.
funded with Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 This document provides notice to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
stakeholders that FTA is apportioning
contract authority.
Discussion the available FY 2015 authorized
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For contract authority—October 1, 2014
The FAA Southwest Regional Office general information about this notice through July 31, 2015—among potential
is relocating from 2601 Meacham Blvd., contact Kimberly Sledge, Acting program recipients according to
Fort Worth, Texas 76137, to 10101 Director, Office of Transit Programs, at statutory formulas in 49 U.S.C. Chapter
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, Texas (202) 366–2053. Please contact the 53. This document also allocates the
76177. The Office of the Regional appropriate FTA regional office for any remainder of Capital Investment Grant
specific requests for information or funding to projects. FTA has posted
Counsel and the Rotorcraft Directorate
technical assistance. A list of FTA tables displaying the funds available to
are located in the FAA Southwest
regional offices and contact information eligible states and urbanized areas on
Regional Office. Service information
is available on the FTA Web site at FTA’s Web site at http://
related to ADs that cannot be placed in http://www.fta.dot.gov.
the AD docket is made reasonably www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments. FTA
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: will issue a supplemental notice at a
available for review in the Office of the
Regional Counsel. Rotorcraft Directorate I. Overview later date when additional contract
personnel provide further information authority becomes available.
FTA’s public transportation assistance The formula apportionment tables
about ADs and approve AMOCs for program authorization, the Moving that allocate approximately 83 percent
ADs. The Office of the Regional Counsel Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century of FY 2015 appropriated funds can be
is relocating effective July 20, 2015. The Act (MAP–21), expired September 30, found at http://www.fta.dot.gov/
Rotorcraft Directorate is relocating 2014. Since that time, Congress has apportionments. In addition, the
effective July 27, 2015. enacted short-term extensions allowing National Transit Database (NTD) and
FTA to continue its current programs. Census Data used in the funding
Conclusion
The most recent extension, the Highway formulas can be found at http://
Effective July 20, 2015, you may and Transportation Funding Act of www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments. FTA’s
review service information related to 2015, Public Law 114–21, (May 29, tables include the following revisions to
ADs issued by the Rotorcraft Directorate 2015) continues FTA’s transit assistance incorporate updated NTD data or to
at the FAA, Office of the Regional programs through July 31, 2015. correct for errors incurred in the tables
Counsel, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort More specifically, it extends contract published on February 9, 2015:
authority for the Formula and Bus A. The Small Transit Intensive Cities
Worth, Texas 76177.
Grants programs at approximately 83 (STIC) calculations include updated
Effective July 27, 2015, mail percent of the FY 2015 levels until July NTD data that includes an additional
correspondence regarding additional 31, 2015. STIC factor for the Flagstaff Urbanized
information about ADs issued by the FTA’s full-year appropriations, the Area.
Rotorcraft Directorate to: Safety Consolidated and Further Continuing B. The Tribal Transit Formula
Management Group, Rotorcraft Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law calculations include updated NTD data
Directorate, FAA, 10101 Hillwood 113–235 (Dec. 16, 2014), hereinafter that has a revised vehicle revenue miles
Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177. ‘‘Appropriations Act, 2015’’ was amount for the Southern Ute tribe.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 17,
enacted in December, 2014, giving FTA C. The Section 5307 Urbanized Area
2015.
appropriated resources for all of FY Formula calculations have been updated
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2015 for Administrative Expenses, to correct for STIC funding allocated to
Bruce E. Cain,
Capital Investment Grants, Research urbanized areas spanning multiple
Acting Directorate Manager, Rotorcraft programs, and grants to the Washington states where STIC funds were
Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. Metropolitan Area Transportation incorrectly attributed to the respective
[FR Doc. 2015–18047 Filed 7–22–15; 8:45 am] Authority. The Appropriations Act, states.
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 2015 also provides a full fiscal year D. The Section 5337 State of Good
obligation limitation on contract Repair High Intensity Fixed Guideway
authority made available to FTA Tier calculations have been updated to
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correct for an error in the NTD data used FTA’s ECHO grant payment system it as a Class II or Class I rail carrier and
in the February 9 table. That table used closes for disbursements on September will not exceed $5 million. According to
data on Directional Route Miles (DRM) 25, 2015, all remaining funds within ABC, the lease agreement does not
that was used in the FY 2014 FTA ARRA funded grants will no longer contain any provision that would limit
apportionment calculations. NTD data is be available to the grantee and will be ABC’s ability to interchange traffic with
updated annually and the supplemental deobligated from the grant and returned a third-party connecting carrier.
apportionment table uses the DRM to the U.S. Treasury. Even if a grantee ABC states that it intends to
associated with the FY 2015 has incurred costs or disbursed funds consummate the transaction on or
apportionments. prior to the close of ECHO, if the grantee shortly after August 6, 2015, the
Stakeholders with questions or those has not actually drawn down the funds effective date of this transaction (30
who are seeking additional information by 2:00 p.m. EDT on September 25, days after the exemption was filed). If
on these corrections can contact David 2015 FTA would be unable to reimburse the notice contains false or misleading
Schneider with FTA’s Division of the grantee. Therefore, grantees with information, the exemption is void ab
Grants Management at 202–493–0175. open ARRA grants must ensure project initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption
II. Grant Management and Application activities are completed and all funds under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed
Procedures are drawdown before by 2:00 p.m. EDT at any time. The filing of a petition to
on September 25, 2015. For ARRA revoke will not automatically stay the
A. The Transportation Electronic TIGER 1 projects, the same requirement effectiveness of the exemption. Stay
Awards Management (TEAM) system will be in effect for the end of FY 2016. petitions must be filed no later than July
will close on Friday, September 25, 30, 2015 (at least seven days before the
2015. Grants and cooperative Therese McMillan,
exemption becomes effective).
agreements must have all applicable Acting Administrator. An original and 10 copies of all
assurances and certifications completed [FR Doc. 2015–18062 Filed 7–22–15; 8:45 am] pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
so that funds can be awarded by the BILLING CODE P 35944, must be filed with the Surface
deadline. Funding that has not been
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
awarded in an application by September
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
25, 2015 will not be migrated into the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION addition, one copy of each pleading
new FTA financial system, TrAMS.
Surface Transportation Board must be served on Michael J. Barron, Jr.,
Instead, these applications will need to
Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker
be re-created when TrAMS deploys in [Docket No. FD 35944] Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606–
FY 2016. This applies to new
2832.
applications as well as amendments to Akron Barberton Cluster Railway
existing awards. Board decisions and notices are
Company—Lease and Operation available on our Web site at
B. In an effort to streamline grant Exemption—Metro Regional Transit
processing, assuming the full year 2015 WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
Authority
budget level will become available, Decided: July 20, 2015.
grantees may now create an application Akron Barberton Cluster Railway By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting
using an estimated full FY 2015 amount Company (ABC), a Class III rail carrier, Director, Office of Proceedings.
with the appropriate scopes and activity has filed a verified notice of exemption Brendetta S. Jones,
line items when developing project under 49 CFR 1150.41 to amend its Clearance Clerk.
budgets. The project budget should lease with Metro Regional Transit [FR Doc. 2015–18143 Filed 7–22–15; 8:45 am]
reflect the precise activities for which Authority (Metro), and continue to lease
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
the grant funds will be used. FTA will the freight rail easement on the Akron-
then send grants to the Department of Krumroy Line between approximately
Labor (DOL) for certification of the use milepost 40.42 in Akron, Ohio, and
of the estimated full year funds. FTA approximately milepost 33.70 in DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
will then make a grant based on the Krumroy, Ohio (the Line), a distance of
funding currently available. approximately 6.72 miles in Summit United States Mint
Subsequently, when additional funding County, Ohio.1
ABC states it will continue to provide Notification of Citizens Coinage
becomes available, grantees can amend Advisory Committee August 10, 2015,
grants and FTA will send the amended rail freight service between the
industries on the Line and the Public Meeting
grants to DOL for information only,
since the grantee previously will have connecting line-haul carriers, Wheeling ACTION:Notification of Citizens Coinage
received a certification. For additional & Lake Erie Railway Company and CSX Advisory Committee August 10, 2015,
grant application procedures please see Transportation, Inc., in Akron/ Public Meeting.
section V.F. of the FY 2015 Barberton, Ohio. ABC further states that
Apportionments notice published in the Metro, as the owner and lessor of the SUMMARY: Pursuant to United States
Federal Register at http:// freight easement, will retain a residual Code, Title 31, section 5135(b)(8)(C), the
www.fta.dot.gov/apportionments. common carrier obligation on the Line United States Mint announces the
C. Recipients of open American but will not operate any rail freight Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) service on the Line. (CCAC) public meeting scheduled for
ABC certifies that its projected annual
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grants should be aware that, as a matter August 10, 2015.
of law, all remaining ARRA funds revenues as a result of this transaction Date: August 10, 2015.
MUST be disbursed from grants by the will not exceed those that would qualify Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT.
end of the 5th fiscal year (FY) after Location: This meeting will occur via
1 ABC obtained authority to lease and operate the
funds were required to be obligated. teleconference. Interested members of
subject rail line in Akron Barberton Cluster
(SEE 31 U.S.C. 1552.) For FTA ARRA Railway—Lease & Operation Exemption—Metro
the public may dial in to listen to the
projects, that requirement takes affect at Regional Transit Authority, FD 34362 (STB served meeting at (866) 564–9287/Access Code:
the end of FY 2015. Accordingly, once July 11, 2003). 62956028.
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