81 FR 43705 - Fourth Allocation of Public Transportation Emergency Relief Funds in Response to Hurricane Sandy
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 128 (July 5, 2016)
Federal Transit Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 128 (July 5, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-15801 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 43705-43707] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-15801] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration Fourth Allocation of Public Transportation Emergency Relief Funds in Response to Hurricane Sandy AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the allocation of $834,612,566 through the Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program (Emergency Relief Program, Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance #20.527) for recovery projects to three FTA recipients with estimated damages that exceed the amounts of funding previously made available: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York, the New Jersey Transit Corporation, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Funds allocated in this notice are in addition to funds allocated on March 29, 2013 (78 FR 19357), May 29, 2013 (78 FR 32296), and November 5, 2014 (79 FR 65762), and brings the total amount of Hurricane Sandy Emergency Relief funds allocated by FTA to date to $10.088 billion. Of that amount, $5,196,184,125 has been allocated for emergency response, recovery, and rebuilding projects and $4,891,883,625 has been allocated for resilience projects, which are designed to protect transit systems in the Hurricane Sandy disaster area from damages associated with future storms. With this notice, FTA has now fully allocated all of the funding made available under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Appropriations Act, Pub. L. 113-2). FTA is allocating funds consistent with the requirements of the Appropriations Act, the FTA Emergency Relief Program 49 U.S.C. 5324, the Final Rule for the Emergency Relief Program, 49 CFR part 602, published in the Federal Register on October 7, 2014 (78 FR 23806), and all previously announced FTA policies and procedures for Hurricane Sandy Emergency Relief funding. In addition, this notice establishes a procedure for recipients to request the reallocation of funding previously allocated for resilience projects to fund eligible disaster recovery expenses in excess of the total amount of funding available from previous allocations, insurance payments, and the expected local cost share. Funds reallocated under this procedure must be used for disaster recovery expenses or be returned to FTA upon completion of the recovery effort. Reallocation requests are subject to the terms and conditions specified in this notice and must be approved by FTA. Unless specifically revised by this notice, all previously published program policies and requirements associated with Hurricane Sandy recovery and rebuilding funding remain in effect. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the appropriate FTA Regional Office found at http://www.fta.dot.gov for application-specific information and other assistance needed in preparing an FTA grant application. For program-specific questions, please contact Adam Schildge, Office of Program Management, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, phone: (202) 366-0778, or email, [email protected]. For legal questions, contact Helen Serassio, Office of Chief Counsel, same address, phone: (202) 366-1974, or email, [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Allocation of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Funding II. Procedure for Reallocation of Resilience Funds for Disaster Recovery III. Award Administration I. Allocation of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Funding The FTA Emergency Relief (ER) Program provides FTA with the authority to reimburse emergency response and recovery costs for public transportation systems, including costs for projects to protect systems in danger of future damage (resilience projects), after an emergency or major disaster. The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act provides $10.9 billion for FTA's Emergency Relief Program for recovery, relief, and resilience efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. However, as a result of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112-25) for fiscal year (FY) 2013, approximately five percent, or almost $545 million of the $10.9 billion, was subject to sequestration and is unavailable for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief, leaving approximately $10.349 billion available. In addition, $185 million was transferred to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) leaving a balance of $10.164 billion. FTA has allocated the available funding in multiple tiers for emergency response, recovery and rebuilding, locally-prioritized resilience projects, competitively selected resilience projects, and through direct transfers to other DOT offices. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose of allocation Amount allocated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Response, Recovery and Rebuilding (including $834 $5,196,184,125 million in this notice)............................ Locally-Prioritized Resilience...................... 1,300,000,000 [[Page 43706]] Competitive Resilience.............................. 3,591,883,625 ------------------- Total Allocations................................. \1\ 10,088,067,750 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ An additional $76,232,250 is available for oversight/administrative expenses for a total of $10,164,300,000. With this notice, FTA is allocating the remaining $834.6 million in available recovery funding on a proportional basis, based on previous FTA recovery allocations and detailed damage assessments submitted by the affected agencies that were prepared in cooperation with FTA and Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) staff, including recently validated updates to these estimates. The damage assessments completed in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy estimated a recovery and rebuilding cost of $5.83 billion. During the summer of 2015, FTA was notified by three of the affected transit agencies that the estimated cost of recovery and rebuilding has increased due to previously unknown latent damages, refinement of the cost estimates for recovery capital projects, and changes in the construction market since the original damage estimates were submitted. FTA required submission of the revised cost estimates by August 14, 2015. Based on those submittals, FTA independently verified the validity of proposed increases, and has determined that the estimated total cost of repairing the damage has increased by approximately $2.1 billion to a revised total estimated $7.9 billion. As this is the final allocation of funds, FTA is allocating these funds proportionally based on the current estimated unfunded recovery need for each agency, which takes into account the current revised estimated damage assessments as well as funds that have previously been allocated. Consistent with previous allocations and program policies, recovery funding allocated in this notice can be used for eligible recovery expenses in accordance with the Emergency Relief program requirements. This includes the recovery costs of transportation assets owned by other entities, to the extent those assets are used for public transportation purposes, and in a proportion consistent with written agreement(s) between the public transit agency and the owner of the asset. The approximately $834.6 million allocated in this notice includes approximately $817 million that was reserved for future allocation and a remaining balance of $17.473 million from the approximately $28 million that FTA set aside in the March 29, 2013, Federal Register Notice of Allocation. Prior to determining the allocation amounts in this notice, FTA solicited requests for outstanding Hurricane Sandy disaster relief needs from other affected transit agencies. Based on the responses received, FTA has determined that there are no remaining disaster recovery needs beyond the three agencies included in this notice. Federal Transit Administration FTA Section 5324 Emergency Relief Program [Allocations for Hurricane Sandy recovery, by agency *] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional State(s) Agency Discretionary funding ID (current Previous recovery recovery and Total allocations allocation) allocations restoration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NY.................................. New York Metropolitan D2016-SAND-003................... $2,896,771,774 $432,019,737 $3,328,791,511 Transportation Authority. NY, NJ.............................. Port Authority of New D2016-SAND-004................... 1,073,024,652 299,760,847 1,372,785,499 York and New Jersey. NJ.................................. New Jersey Transit D2016-SAND-005................... 341,990,757 102,831,982 444,822,739 Corporation. Mult................................ Other affected ................................. 49,784,376 0 49,784,376 agencies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand total..................... ...................... ................................. 4,361,571,559 834,612,566 5,196,184,125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \*\ Allocation amounts reflect reductions due to sequestration. Recovery funds include capital and operating assistance II. Procedure for Reallocation of Resilience Funds for Disaster Recovery A. Policy FTA has determined that certain transit agencies have estimated total recovery and rebuilding costs that exceed the amount of funding made available for disaster recovery under the FTA ER Program. These damage estimates have increased due to the discovery of latent damages, refinement to project cost estimates, and changes in the construction market since the original estimates were submitted. The need for Federal assistance has also increased due to the use by recipients of statutory alternatives to local cost sharing and the undetermined status of insurance proceeds. Additionally, FTA has previously allocated funding to these agencies for resilience projects designed to protect the transit systems from damages associated with future natural disasters; however, a portion of this resilience funding has not yet been obligated or disbursed. Based on a review of the remaining unfunded disaster recovery needs, FTA will allow recipients the option to request a reallocation of unliquidated resilience funding for their remaining unfunded disaster recovery expenses. Each agency may request the reallocation of resilience funds up to a maximum amount that is based on most recent damage cost estimates submitted by the agencies as of August 14, 2015, and validated by FTA, insurance payments that have been received to date, and an expectation that agencies will provide a local cost share equal to at least 10 percent of the total cost of Hurricane Sandy disaster recovery. The estimated maximum amount each agency may request to reallocate for FTA ER funding is shown in the table below. However, these amounts may increase or decrease based on additional validated recovery costs and/ or the receipt of additional insurance proceeds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Estimated maximum amount of Agency resilience funds that may be reallocated ($ million) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MTA-NY............................. 800.7 Port Authority..................... 466.6 New Jersey Transit................. 187.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A transit agency's request for reallocation of resilience funds may include eligible repair work to transportation assets not owned by the transit agency, but used by it, if the transit agency provides documentation that: Demonstrates that the damage was caused by Hurricane Sandy; that the [[Page 43707]] asset is used for public transportation purposes; and; that the proposed share of the project cost is consistent with written agreement(s) between the public transit agency and the owner of the asset. In determining whether to approve a reallocation request, FTA will review the eligibility of the proposed project for Hurricane Sandy recovery funding. The reallocation request must include information sufficient for FTA to make the following determinations:The proposed project is a capital recovery project that addresses damage caused directly by Hurricane Sandy. The proposed recovery project is documented in previously validated damage estimates (original or revised) or in new documentation demonstrating that the damage was caused by Hurricane Sandy. For proposed recovery projects that include costs associated with repairing transportation assets owned by other entities, the applicant must provide documentation showing that the asset is used for public transportation purposes, and that the proposed share of the project cost is consistent with written agreement(s) between the public transit agency and the owner of the asset. The proposed recovery project complies with the Appropriations Act, the FTA's Emergency Relief Program Final Rule and applicable FTA guidance. If funds will be reallocated from a resilience project for which FTA has disbursed funding, the applicant must demonstrate that that the funds disbursed to date will support a resilience project of independent utility, consistent with the scope of the competitive funding application if applicable. The request must also include documentation explaining why the applicant has prioritized the recovery project over the resilience project. The eligibility of recovery projects for reallocated funding is consistent with previous eligibilities for recovery funding under this program. Funds reallocated under this procedure may only be used for the recovery project or projects listed in the reallocation request. B. Requirements Agencies that wish to request a reallocation of resilience funds must provide: The name, location, and description of the recovery project(s) for which funds are requested to be reallocated to. Documentation identifying the project in the most recent validated Hurricane Sandy damage assessment, or if new, documentation showing that the project is an eligible disaster recovery expense resulting directly from damages caused by Hurricane Sandy. Such documentation may include FEMA draft project worksheets from the period immediately after the disaster, engineering estimates that indicate the source of damages and the scope and projected cost of necessary repair work, or other similar documents. A statement why the requested project is a priority over the resilience project losing the funds. The source of resilience funds (local priority resilience or competitive resilience) that will be returned to the program, as well as the location and description of any resilience project(s) from which funds will be withdrawn and the status of those projects. If applicable, a copy of the subject agreement with a third party entity if the proposed project includes an asset owned by a third party, including the methodology for determining the allocation of costs associated with repairing the relevant asset. If FTA funds have been disbursed for a resilience project from which the agency proposes to return funds for reallocation, the application must indicate the amount of funds not disbursed for the project, the amount of those funds to be retained for additional work on the project, the status of the project, and an explanation of whether or how any funds retained and the disbursed funds will be used to complete a resilience project with independent utility. All requests for reallocation of funds for recovery projects must be submitted to FTA no later than September 30, 2016. All requests must be submitted through the FTA Emergency Relief docket under FTA-2016- 0001. FTA will post the agency response to reallocation requests to the docket. III. Coordination With the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 appropriated funding to FTA for transit systems affected by Hurricane Sandy, and a Memorandum of Agreement between FTA and FEMA establishes FTA as the primary payor of expenses incurred by public transportation agencies as a result of a major disaster. FTA and FEMA continue to coordinate on funding for Sandy damages, and FEMA has advised that where FTA has made available funding that by FTA's estimation fully satisfies the Federal share of 90% of the maximum amount of funding needed for public transit disaster recovery expenses required by Hurricane Sandy damage, additional funding from FEMA is not eligible. IV. Award Administration All previously published program policies and requirements associated with Hurricane Sandy recovery and rebuilding funding remain in effect. Issued in Washington, DC. Carolyn Flowers, Acting Administrator. [FR Doc. 2016-15801 Filed 7-1-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
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[FR Doc. 2016–15797 Filed 6–29–16; 4:15 pm] FTA is allocating funds consistent with Table of Contents
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P the requirements of the Appropriations I. Allocation of Hurricane Sandy Recovery
Act, the FTA Emergency Relief Program Funding
49 U.S.C. 5324, the Final Rule for the II. Procedure for Reallocation of Resilience
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Emergency Relief Program, 49 CFR part Funds for Disaster Recovery
602, published in the Federal Register III. Award Administration
Federal Transit Administration on October 7, 2014 (78 FR 23806), and
all previously announced FTA policies I. Allocation of Hurricane Sandy
Fourth Allocation of Public
and procedures for Hurricane Sandy Recovery Funding
Transportation Emergency Relief
Emergency Relief funding.
Funds in Response to Hurricane Sandy The FTA Emergency Relief (ER)
In addition, this notice establishes a
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration procedure for recipients to request the Program provides FTA with the
(FTA), DOT. reallocation of funding previously authority to reimburse emergency
allocated for resilience projects to fund response and recovery costs for public
ACTION: Notice.
eligible disaster recovery expenses in transportation systems, including costs
SUMMARY: The Federal Transit excess of the total amount of funding for projects to protect systems in danger
Administration (FTA) announces the available from previous allocations, of future damage (resilience projects),
allocation of $834,612,566 through the insurance payments, and the expected after an emergency or major disaster.
Public Transportation Emergency Relief local cost share. Funds reallocated The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act
Program (Emergency Relief Program, under this procedure must be used for provides $10.9 billion for FTA’s
Catalogue of Federal Domestic disaster recovery expenses or be Emergency Relief Program for recovery,
Assistance #20.527) for recovery returned to FTA upon completion of the relief, and resilience efforts in areas
projects to three FTA recipients with recovery effort. Reallocation requests are affected by Hurricane Sandy. However,
estimated damages that exceed the subject to the terms and conditions as a result of the Balanced Budget and
amounts of funding previously made specified in this notice and must be Emergency Deficit Control Act of 2011
available: The Metropolitan approved by FTA. (Pub. L. 112–25) for fiscal year (FY)
Transportation Authority of New York, Unless specifically revised by this 2013, approximately five percent, or
the New Jersey Transit Corporation, and notice, all previously published almost $545 million of the $10.9 billion,
the Port Authority of New York and program policies and requirements was subject to sequestration and is
New Jersey. Funds allocated in this associated with Hurricane Sandy unavailable for Hurricane Sandy
notice are in addition to funds allocated recovery and rebuilding funding remain disaster relief, leaving approximately
on March 29, 2013 (78 FR 19357), May in effect. $10.349 billion available. In addition,
29, 2013 (78 FR 32296), and November $185 million was transferred to the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
5, 2014 (79 FR 65762), and brings the
Contact the appropriate FTA Regional leaving a balance of $10.164 billion.
total amount of Hurricane Sandy
Office found at http://www.fta.dot.gov FTA has allocated the available funding
Emergency Relief funds allocated by
for application-specific information and in multiple tiers for emergency
FTA to date to $10.088 billion. Of that
other assistance needed in preparing an response, recovery and rebuilding,
amount, $5,196,184,125 has been
FTA grant application. For program- locally-prioritized resilience projects,
allocated for emergency response,
specific questions, please contact Adam competitively selected resilience
recovery, and rebuilding projects and
Schildge, Office of Program projects, and through direct transfers to
$4,891,883,625 has been allocated for
Management, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., other DOT offices.
resilience projects, which are designed
Washington, DC 20590, phone: (202)
to protect transit systems in the
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366–0778, or email, Purpose of allocation Amount allocated
Hurricane Sandy disaster area from
Adam.Schildge@dot.gov. For legal
damages associated with future storms.
questions, contact Helen Serassio, Office Response, Recovery
With this notice, FTA has now fully and Rebuilding (in-
of Chief Counsel, same address, phone:
allocated all of the funding made cluding $834 million
(202) 366–1974, or email,
available under the Disaster Relief in this notice) ............. $5,196,184,125
Helen.Serassio@dot.gov.
Appropriations Act of 2013 Locally-Prioritized Resil-
(Appropriations Act, Pub. L. 113–2). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ience .......................... 1,300,000,000
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Purpose of allocation Amount allocated rebuilding has increased due to the Emergency Relief program
previously unknown latent damages, requirements. This includes the
Competitive Resilience 3,591,883,625 refinement of the cost estimates for recovery costs of transportation assets
recovery capital projects, and changes in owned by other entities, to the extent
Total Allocations ........ 1 10,088,067,750
the construction market since the those assets are used for public
1 An additional $76,232,250 is available for original damage estimates were transportation purposes, and in a
oversight/administrative expenses for a total of submitted. FTA required submission of proportion consistent with written
$10,164,300,000. the revised cost estimates by August 14, agreement(s) between the public transit
2015. Based on those submittals, FTA agency and the owner of the asset.
With this notice, FTA is allocating the independently verified the validity of
remaining $834.6 million in available proposed increases, and has determined The approximately $834.6 million
recovery funding on a proportional that the estimated total cost of repairing allocated in this notice includes
basis, based on previous FTA recovery the damage has increased by approximately $817 million that was
allocations and detailed damage approximately $2.1 billion to a revised reserved for future allocation and a
assessments submitted by the affected total estimated $7.9 billion. remaining balance of $17.473 million
agencies that were prepared in As this is the final allocation of funds, from the approximately $28 million that
cooperation with FTA and Federal FTA is allocating these funds FTA set aside in the March 29, 2013,
Emergency Management Administration proportionally based on the current Federal Register Notice of Allocation.
(FEMA) staff, including recently estimated unfunded recovery need for Prior to determining the allocation
validated updates to these estimates. each agency, which takes into account amounts in this notice, FTA solicited
The damage assessments completed in the current revised estimated damage requests for outstanding Hurricane
the immediate aftermath of Hurricane assessments as well as funds that have Sandy disaster relief needs from other
Sandy estimated a recovery and previously been allocated. Consistent affected transit agencies. Based on the
rebuilding cost of $5.83 billion. During with previous allocations and program responses received, FTA has determined
the summer of 2015, FTA was notified policies, recovery funding allocated in that there are no remaining disaster
by three of the affected transit agencies this notice can be used for eligible recovery needs beyond the three
that the estimated cost of recovery and recovery expenses in accordance with agencies included in this notice.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION FTA SECTION 5324 EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
[Allocations for Hurricane Sandy recovery, by agency *]
Discretionary funding Additional
Previous recovery
State(s) Agency ID recovery and Total allocations
allocations
(current allocation) restoration
NY ........................ New York Metropolitan Transpor- D2016–SAND–003 .... $2,896,771,774 $432,019,737 $3,328,791,511
tation Authority.
NY, NJ .................. Port Authority of New York and D2016–SAND–004 .... 1,073,024,652 299,760,847 1,372,785,499
New Jersey.
NJ ......................... New Jersey Transit Corporation ..... D2016–SAND–005 .... 341,990,757 102,831,982 444,822,739
Mult ...................... Other affected agencies .................. .................................... 49,784,376 0 49,784,376
Grand total .... .......................................................... .................................... 4,361,571,559 834,612,566 5,196,184,125
* Allocation amounts reflect reductions due to sequestration. Recovery funds include capital and operating assistance
II. Procedure for Reallocation of natural disasters; however, a portion of increase or decrease based on additional
Resilience Funds for Disaster Recovery this resilience funding has not yet been validated recovery costs and/or the
obligated or disbursed. receipt of additional insurance
A. Policy Based on a review of the remaining proceeds.
FTA has determined that certain unfunded disaster recovery needs, FTA
transit agencies have estimated total will allow recipients the option to Estimated maximum
recovery and rebuilding costs that request a reallocation of unliquidated amount of resilience
exceed the amount of funding made resilience funding for their remaining Agency funds that may be
available for disaster recovery under the reallocated
unfunded disaster recovery expenses. ($ million)
FTA ER Program. These damage Each agency may request the
estimates have increased due to the reallocation of resilience funds up to a MTA–NY ................. 800.7
discovery of latent damages, refinement maximum amount that is based on most Port Authority .......... 466.6
to project cost estimates, and changes in recent damage cost estimates submitted New Jersey Transit 187.6
the construction market since the by the agencies as of August 14, 2015,
original estimates were submitted. The and validated by FTA, insurance
A transit agency’s request for
need for Federal assistance has also payments that have been received to
reallocation of resilience funds may
increased due to the use by recipients of date, and an expectation that agencies
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statutory alternatives to local cost will provide a local cost share equal to include eligible repair work to
sharing and the undetermined status of at least 10 percent of the total cost of transportation assets not owned by the
insurance proceeds. Additionally, FTA Hurricane Sandy disaster recovery. The transit agency, but used by it, if the
has previously allocated funding to estimated maximum amount each transit agency provides documentation
these agencies for resilience projects agency may request to reallocate for that: Demonstrates that the damage was
designed to protect the transit systems FTA ER funding is shown in the table caused by Hurricane Sandy; that the
from damages associated with future below. However, these amounts may
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asset is used for public transportation if new, documentation showing that the required by Hurricane Sandy damage,
purposes; and; that the proposed share project is an eligible disaster recovery additional funding from FEMA is not
of the project cost is consistent with expense resulting directly from damages eligible.
written agreement(s) between the public caused by Hurricane Sandy. Such
IV. Award Administration
transit agency and the owner of the documentation may include FEMA draft
asset. project worksheets from the period All previously published program
In determining whether to approve a immediately after the disaster, policies and requirements associated
reallocation request, FTA will review engineering estimates that indicate the with Hurricane Sandy recovery and
the eligibility of the proposed project for source of damages and the scope and rebuilding funding remain in effect.
Hurricane Sandy recovery funding. The projected cost of necessary repair work, Issued in Washington, DC.
reallocation request must include or other similar documents. Carolyn Flowers,
information sufficient for FTA to make • A statement why the requested
Acting Administrator.
the following determinations: project is a priority over the resilience
[FR Doc. 2016–15801 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am]
• The proposed project is a capital project losing the funds.
recovery project that addresses damage • The source of resilience funds (local BILLING CODE P
caused directly by Hurricane Sandy. priority resilience or competitive
• The proposed recovery project is resilience) that will be returned to the
program, as well as the location and DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
documented in previously validated
damage estimates (original or revised) or description of any resilience project(s) Maritime Administration
in new documentation demonstrating from which funds will be withdrawn
that the damage was caused by and the status of those projects. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board
Hurricane Sandy. • If applicable, a copy of the subject of Visitors Meeting
• For proposed recovery projects that agreement with a third party entity if
include costs associated with repairing the proposed project includes an asset AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
transportation assets owned by other owned by a third party, including the ACTION: Meeting notice.
entities, the applicant must provide methodology for determining the
allocation of costs associated with SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
documentation showing that the asset is Transportation, Maritime
used for public transportation purposes, repairing the relevant asset.
• If FTA funds have been disbursed Administration (MARAD) announces
and that the proposed share of the that the following U.S. Merchant Marine
project cost is consistent with written for a resilience project from which the
agency proposes to return funds for Academy (‘‘Academy’’) Board of
agreement(s) between the public transit Visitors (BOV) meeting will take place:
agency and the owner of the asset. reallocation, the application must
1. Date: July 13, 2016.
• The proposed recovery project indicate the amount of funds not
2. Time: 1:30 p.m.
complies with the Appropriations Act, disbursed for the project, the amount of 3. Location: Capital Visitors Center,
the FTA’s Emergency Relief Program those funds to be retained for additional Washington, DC. Room to be
Final Rule and applicable FTA work on the project, the status of the determined.
guidance. project, and an explanation of whether 4. Purpose of the Meeting: The
• If funds will be reallocated from a or how any funds retained and the purpose of this meeting is to brief BOV
resilience project for which FTA has disbursed funds will be used to members on the Academy Advisory
disbursed funding, the applicant must complete a resilience project with Board’s annual report to the Secretary of
demonstrate that that the funds independent utility. Transportation and the status of
disbursed to date will support a All requests for reallocation of funds reaccreditation.
resilience project of independent utility, for recovery projects must be submitted 5. Public Access to the Meeting: This
consistent with the scope of the to FTA no later than September 30, meeting is open to the public. Seating is
competitive funding application if 2016. All requests must be submitted on a first-come basis. Members of the
applicable. through the FTA Emergency Relief public wishing to attend the meeting
• The request must also include docket under FTA–2016–0001. FTA will will need to show photo identification
documentation explaining why the post the agency response to reallocation in order to gain access to the meeting
applicant has prioritized the recovery requests to the docket. location.
project over the resilience project. III. Coordination With the Federal FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
The eligibility of recovery projects for Emergency Management Agency
reallocated funding is consistent with BOV’s Designated Federal Officer and
(FEMA) Point of Contact Brian Blower; 202 366–
previous eligibilities for recovery
funding under this program. Funds The Disaster Relief Appropriations 2765; Brian.Blower@dot.gov.
reallocated under this procedure may Act of 2013 appropriated funding to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any
only be used for the recovery project or FTA for transit systems affected by member of the public is permitted to file
projects listed in the reallocation Hurricane Sandy, and a Memorandum a written statement with the Academy
request. of Agreement between FTA and FEMA BOV. Written statements should be sent
establishes FTA as the primary payor of to the Designated Federal Officer at:
B. Requirements expenses incurred by public Brian Blower; 1200 New Jersey Ave SE.,
Agencies that wish to request a transportation agencies as a result of a W28–313, Washington, DC 20590 or via
major disaster. FTA and FEMA continue email at Brian.Blower@dot.gov. (Please
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reallocation of resilience funds must
provide: to coordinate on funding for Sandy contact the Designated Federal Officer
• The name, location, and description damages, and FEMA has advised that for information on submitting comments
of the recovery project(s) for which where FTA has made available funding via fax.) Written statements must be
funds are requested to be reallocated to. that by FTA’s estimation fully satisfies received no later than three working
• Documentation identifying the the Federal share of 90% of the days prior to the next meeting in order
project in the most recent validated maximum amount of funding needed for to provide time for member
Hurricane Sandy damage assessment, or public transit disaster recovery expenses consideration. By rule, no member of
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