| Page Range | 12071-12072 | |
| FR Document | 2018-05464 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 12071-12072] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-05464] [[Page 12071]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration Fiscal Year 2017 Low or No Emission Grant Program Project Selections AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT. ACTION: Notice of project selections; Low or No Emission Grants Program announcement of project selections. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects with Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 appropriations for the Low or No Emission Grants Program (Low-No Program). Federal transit law authorized $55 million for competitive allocations in FY 2017. On April 27, 2017, FTA published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of $55 million in competitive funding under the Low-No Program. These program funds will provide financial assistance to purchase or lease low or no emission vehicles that use advanced technologies, including related equipment or facilities, for transit revenue operations. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful applicants should contact the appropriate FTA Regional Office for information regarding applying for the funds or program-specific information. A list of Regional Offices can be found at www.fta.dot.gov. Unsuccessful applicants may contact Tara Clark, Office of Program Management at (202) 366-2623, email: [email protected], to arrange a proposal debriefing within 30 days of this announcement. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/ FIRS). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to the NOFO (82 FR 19447), FTA received 128 proposals from 40 states requesting $515 million in Federal funds. Project proposals were evaluated based on each applicant's responsiveness to the program evaluation criteria outlined in the NOFO. FTA is funding 51 projects as shown in Table 1 for a total of $55 million, as authorized by Section 5339(c) of Title 49, United States Code. Recipients selected for competitive funding should work with their FTA Regional Office to submit a grant application in FTA's Transit Award Management System (TrAMs) for the projects identified in the attached table to quickly obligate funds. Grant applications must only include eligible activities applied for in the original project application. Funds must be used consistent with the competitive proposal and for the eligible capital purposes established in the NOFO and described in the FTA Circular 5100.1. In cases where the allocation amount is less than the proposer's total requested amount, recipients are required to fund the scalable project option as described the application. If the award amount does not correspond to the scalable option, for example due to a cap on the award amount, the recipient should work with the Regional Office to reduce scope or scale the project such that a complete phase or project is accomplished. A discretionary project identification number has been assigned to each project for tracking purposes and must be used in the TrAMs application. Selected projects are eligible to incur costs under pre- award authority no earlier than the date successful projects were first publicly announced, September 15, 2017. Pre-award authority does not guarantee that project expenses incurred prior to the award of a grant will be eligible for reimbursement, as eligibility for reimbursement is contingent upon other requirements, such as planning and environmental requirements, having been met. For more about FTA's policy on pre-award authority, please see the FTA Fiscal Year 2017 Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information and Interim Guidance found in 82 FR 6692 (January 19, 2017). Post-award reporting requirements include submission of the Federal Financial Report and Milestone Progress Reports in TrAMs as appropriate (see FTA.C.5010.1E). Recipients must comply with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal requirements in carrying out the project supported by the FTA grant. Selected projects that include partnerships have satisfied the competitive procurement requirement through the competitive selection process. FTA emphasizes that all other recipients must follow all third-party procurement guidance as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5325(a) and described in FTA.C.4220.1F. Funds are available for a period of 3 years. Accordingly, funds allocated in this announcement must be obligated in a grant by September 30, 2020. K. Jane Williams, Acting Administrator. Table 1--FY 17 Low or No Emission Project Selections ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State Recipient Project ID Project description Allocation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AK................ Alaska Department of D2017-LWNO-001 Purchase battery- $408,130 Transportation & electric buses, Public Facilities. associated charging infrastructure and a back-up generator. AL................ Alabama A&M University. D2017-LWNO-002 Purchase battery- 1,000,000 electric buses and a charging station. CA................ City of Fairfield...... D2017-LWNO-003 Purchase battery- 1,225,000 electric buses and charging infrastructure. CA................ City of Los Angeles, D2017-LWNO-004 Purchase battery- 1,225,000 Department of electric buses with a Transportation. capitalized lease for the battery, and install charging stations. CA................ Napa Valley D2017-LWNO-005 Purchase battery- 1,092,250 Transportation electric buses and Authority. depot chargers. CA................ Redding Area Bus D2017-LWNO-006 Purchase battery- 746,456 Authority. electric buses, charging and maintenance equipment, and conduct staff training. CA................ Antelope Valley Transit D2017-LWNO-007 Purchase battery- 705,347 Authority. electric buses and depot chargers. CO................ State of Colorado D2017-LWNO-008 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Department of electric buses for Transportation. three rural transit operators. CT................ Greater Bridgeport D2017-LWNO-009 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Transit Authority. electric buses, depot chargers, and conduct staff training. DE................ Delaware Transit D2017-LWNO-010 Purchase battery- 1,000,000 Corporation. electric buses and on- route/depot charging equipment. FL................ City of Gainesville.... D2017-LWNO-011 Purchase battery- 1,000,000 electric buses and depot chargers. FL................ Pinellas Suncoast D2017-LWNO-012 Purchase battery- 1,000,000 Transit Authority. electric buses and on- route/depot chargers. FL................ The Jacksonville D2017-LWNO-013 Purchase battery- 1,000,000 Transportation electric buses and Authority. chargers. [[Page 12072]] FL................ County of Broward...... D2017-LWNO-014 Purchase battery- 1,000,000 electric buses and depot chargers. FL................ City of Tallahassee.... D2017-LWNO-015 Purchase battery- 1,000,000 electric buses and on- route chargers. GA................ Georgia Department of D2017-LWNO-016 Purchase battery- 1,750,000 Transportation. electric buses and charging infrastructure. HI................ City and County of D2017-LWNO-017 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Honolulu. electric buses and depot chargers. IA................ Des Moines Area D2017-LWNO-018 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Regional Transit electric buses and Authority (DART). charging infrastructure. ID................ Mountain Rides D2017-LWNO-019 Purchase battery- 500,000 Transportation electric buses and Authority. fast charging station. IL................ Bloomington-Normal D2017-LWNO-020 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Public Transit System. electric buses and install solar panels to support charging infrastructure. IL................ Champaign-Urbana Mass D2017-LWNO-021 Purchase hydrogen fuel- 1,450,000 Transit. cell electric articulated buses and hydrogen fueling infrastructure. IN................ Indianapolis Public D2017-LWNO-022 Upgrade electrical 1,450,000 Transportation infrastructure at Corporation. operations facility to charge electric buses. KY................ Transit Authority of D2017-LWNO-023 Purchase battery- 1,000,000 Lexington (Lextran). electric buses and two on-route charging stations. LA................ Capital Area Transit D2017-LWNO-024 Purchase battery- 500,000 System. electric buses, depot chargers and on route fast charger. LA................ Lafayette City-Parish D2017-LWNO-025 Purchase electric 500,000 Consolidated buses and overnight Government. charging stations. MA................ Massachusetts D2017-LWNO-026 Purchase battery- 1,200,000 Department of electric buses and an Transportation. energy storage system. MD................ Montgomery County D2017-LWNO-027 Purchase battery- 1,750,000 Maryland. electric buses and depot chargers. MI................ Mass Transportation D2017-LWNO-028 Purchase battery- 500,000 Authority (Flint). electric buses and charging stations. MN................ Metropolitan Council/ D2017-LWNO-029 Purchase battery- 1,750,000 Metro Transit. electric buses and charging equipment. MO................ Bi-State Development D2017-LWNO-030 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Agency. electric buses and charging equipment. MT................ Missoula Urban D2017-LWNO-031 Purchase battery- 500,000 Transportation electric buses and District. depot chargers. NC................ City of Asheville...... D2017-LWNO-032 Purchase battery- 633,333 electric buses and chargers. NE................ City of Lincoln, D2017-LWNO-033 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Nebraska. electric buses and charging stations. NJ................ New Jersey Transit..... D2017-LWNO-034 Purchase battery- 500,000 electric buses, charging equipment and conduct staff training. NM................ City of Las Cruces..... D2017-LWNO-035 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 electric buses, depot chargers, and upgrade a maintenance facility. NV................ Tahoe Transportation D2017-LWNO-036 Purchase one battery- 850,000 District. electric bus. NY................ Rochester Genesee D2017-LWNO-037 Purchase electric 1,000,000 Regional buses, related Transportation maintenance Authority. equipment, and a charging system. OH................ Stark Area Regional D2017-LWNO-038 Purchase hydrogen fuel- 1,750,000 Transit Authority. cell buses. OK................ Central Oklahoma D2017-LWNO-039 Purchase battery- 797,550 Transportation and electric buses and Parking Authority. charging equipment, and conduct staff training. OR................ Oregon Department of D2017-LWNO-040 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Transportation. electric buses, depot chargers, and conduct staff training. PA................ Port Authority of D2017-LWNO-041 Purchase battery- 500,000 Allegheny County. electric buses, charging stations, and associated training. SC................ South Carolina D2017-LWNO-042 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Department of electric buses and Transportation. depot chargers. SC................ Greenville Transit D2017-LWNO-043 Purchase battery- 1,450,000 Authority. electric buses and chargers. TN................ Nashville Metropolitan D2017-LWNO-044 Purchase battery- 500,000 Transit Authority. electric buses and conduct staff training. TX................ City of Lubbock/Citibus D2017-LWNO-045 Purchase battery- 1,750,000 electric buses and on- route/depot charging equipment. TX................ VIA Metropolitan D2017-LWNO-046 Purchase battery- 1,750,000 Transit. electric buses, charging equipment, and conduct staff training. UT................ Utah Department of D2017-LWNO-047 Purchase battery- 500,000 Transportation. electric buses and depot chargers. VA................ Transportation District D2017-LWNO-048 Purchase battery- 500,000 Commission of Hampton electric buses and Roads. charging equipment. VT................ Vermont Agency of D2017-LWNO-049 Purchase battery- 480,000 Transportation. electric buses. WA................ Kitsap County Public D2017-LWNO-050 Purchase battery- 1,000,000 Transportation Benefit electric buses and Area Authority. charging infrastructure. WI................ City of Madison........ D2017-LWNO-051 Purchase battery- 1,278,950 electric buses, depot chargers, and conduct staff training. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [FR Doc. 2018-05464 Filed 3-16-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of project selections; Low or No Emission Grants Program announcement of project selections. | |
| Contact | Successful applicants should contact the appropriate FTA Regional Office for information regarding applying for the funds or program-specific information. A list of Regional Offices can be found at www.fta.dot.gov. Unsuccessful applicants may contact Tara Clark, Office of Program Management at (202) 366-2623, email: [email protected], to arrange a proposal debriefing within 30 days of this announcement. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/ FIRS). | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 12071 |