83_FR_16496 83 FR 16423 - Small Shipyard Grant Program; Application Deadlines

83 FR 16423 - Small Shipyard Grant Program; Application Deadlines

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 73 (April 16, 2018)

Page Range16423-16426
FR Document2018-07846

Under the Small Shipyard Grant Program, $19,600,000 is currently available for grants for capital and related improvements to qualified shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration. This notice announces the intention of the Maritime Administration to provide grants to small shipyards. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 20.814. Potential applicants are advised that it is expected, based on experience, that the number of applications will far exceed the funds available and that only a small percentage of applications will be funded. It is anticipated that roughly 8-20 applications will be selected for funding with an average grant amount of about $1 million. Applications must be received by the Maritime Administration by 5 p.m. EDT on May 22, 2018. Applications received later than this time will not be considered. The Administrator shall award grants not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the Appropriations Act for the fiscal year concerned.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


Small Shipyard Grant Program; Application Deadlines

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of Small Shipyard Grant application deadlines.

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SUMMARY: Under the Small Shipyard Grant Program, $19,600,000 is 
currently available for grants for capital and related improvements to 
qualified shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering 
efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, 
repair, and reconfiguration. This notice announces the intention of the 
Maritime Administration to provide grants to small shipyards. Catalog 
of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 20.814. Potential applicants are 
advised that it is expected, based on experience, that the number of 
applications will far exceed the funds available and that only a small 
percentage of applications will be funded. It is anticipated that 
roughly 8-20 applications will be selected for funding with an average 
grant amount of about $1 million. Applications must be received by the 
Maritime Administration by 5 p.m. EDT on May 22, 2018. Applications 
received later than this time will not be considered. The Administrator 
shall award grants not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Appropriations Act for the fiscal year concerned.

ADDRESSES: Grant Applications should be sent to the Associate 
Administrator for Business and Finance Development, Room W21-318, 
Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590. Only applicants who comply with all submission requirements 
described in this Notice will be eligible for award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning 
this notice, please contact David M. Heller, Director, Office of 
Shipyards and Marine Engineering, Maritime Administration, Room W21-
318, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590; phone: (202) 366-
5737; or fax: (202) 366-6988.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grants under the Maritime Administration's 
Small Shipyard Grant Program may not be used to construct buildings or 
other physical facilities or to acquire land. Grant funds may be used 
for maritime training programs to foster employee skills and enhanced 
productivity related to shipbuilding, ship repair, and associated 
industries. Grants for such training programs may only be awarded to 
``Eligible Applicants'' as described below, but training programs can 
be established through vendors to such applicants.

Table of Contents

A. Program Description
B. Federal Award Information
C. Eligibility Information
D. Application and Submission Information
E. Application Review
F. Federal Award Administration
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
H. Other Information

A. Program Description

    The Small Shipyard Grant Program was authorized under Section 3505 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 
115-91), codified at 46 U.S.C. 54101. The statute authorizes the 
Maritime Administrator to provide assistance in the form of grants to 
make capital and related improvements in small shipyards and to provide 
training for workers in shipbuilding, ship repair, and associated 
industries. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, appropriated 
$20,000,000 to the Small Shipyard Grant Program. The purpose of the 
Program is to foster efficiency, competitive operations, and quality 
ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration in small shipyards 
across the United States in addition to fostering employee skills and 
enhanced productivity related to shipbuilding, ship repair, and 
associated industries.

B. Federal Award Information

    Under the Small Shipyard Grant Program, $19,600,000 is available 
for grants for: (1) Capital and related improvements to qualified 
shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering efficiency, 
competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and 
reconfiguration; and (2) training projects that would be effective in 
fostering employee skills and enhanced productivity related to 
shipbuilding, ship repair, and associated industries. The Maritime 
Administration intends to award the full amount of the available 
funding through grants to the extent that there are worthy 
applications. No more than 25 percent of the funds available will be 
awarded to shipyard facilities in one geographic location that have 
more than 600 production employees. The Maritime Administration will 
seek to obtain the maximum benefit from the available funding by 
awarding grants to as many of the worthiest projects as possible. The 
Maritime Administration may partially fund applications by selecting 
parts of the total project. The start date and period of performance 
for each award will depend on the specific project and must be agreed 
to by the Maritime Administration. Amounts awarded as a grant under 
this Notice that are not expended by the recipient shall remain 
available to the Administrator for use for grants under this program, 
either in the same or different fiscal year as this Notice.

C. Eligibility Information

    To be selected for a Small Shipyard Grant, an applicant must be an 
Eligible Applicant and the project must be an Eligible Project.

1. Eligible Applicants

    Section 54101, Title 46, United States Code, provides that 
shipyards can apply for grants. The shipyard facility for which a grant 
is sought must be in a single geographic location and may not have more 
than 1,200 production employees. The applicant must be the operating 
company of the shipyard facility. The shipyard facility must construct, 
repair, or reconfigure vessels 40 feet in length or greater for 
commercial or government use, or

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construct, repair, or reconfigure vessels 100 feet in length or greater 
for non-commercial vessels.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    The Federal funds for any eligible project will not exceed 75 
percent of the total cost of such project. The remaining portion of the 
cost shall be paid in funds from or on behalf of the recipient. The 
applicant is required to submit detailed financial statements and 
supporting documentation demonstrating how and when such matching 
requirement is proposed to be funded as described below. The 
recipient's entire matching requirement must be paid prior to payment 
of any Federal funds for the project.

3. Eligible Projects

    Eligible projects include: (1) Capital and related improvement 
projects that will be effective in fostering efficiency, competitive 
operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration; 
and (2) training projects that will be effective in fostering employee 
skills and enhanced productivity related to shipbuilding, ship repair, 
and associated industries. For capital improvement projects, all items 
proposed for funding must be new and to be owned by the applicant. For 
both capital improvement and training projects, all project costs, 
including the recipient's share, must be incurred after the date of the 
grant agreement.

D. Application and Submission Information

1. Address for Application

    Applications must be filed on standard form SF-424, which is 
available on the Maritime Administration's website at 
www.marad.dot.gov.

2. Content and Form of Application Submission

    Although the form is available electronically, the application must 
be filed in hard copy as indicated below due to the amount of 
information requested. Applicants must submit an original paper copy of 
the application, one additional paper copy of the application, and two 
CDs each containing a complete electronic version of the application in 
PDF format to: Associate Administrator for Business and Finance 
Development, Room W21-318, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey 
Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590. A shipyard facility in a single 
geographic location applying for multiple projects must do so in a 
single application. The application for a grant must include all of the 
following information as an addendum to form SF-424. The information 
should be organized in sections as described below:
    Section 1: A description of the shipyard including (a) location of 
the shipyard; (b) a description of the shipyard facilities; (c) years 
in operation; (d) ownership; (e) customer base; (f) current order book 
including type of work; (g) vessels delivered (or major projects) over 
last 5 years; and (h) website address, if any.
    Section 2: For each project proposed for funding the following must 
be included:
    (a) A comprehensive detailed description of the project, including 
a statement of whether the project will replace existing equipment, and 
if so, the disposition of the replaced equipment.
    (b) A description of the need for the project in relation to 
shipyard operations and business plan and an explanation of how the 
project will fulfill this need.
    (c) A quantitative analysis demonstrating how the project will be 
effective in fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality 
ship construction, repair, or reconfiguration (for capital improvement 
projects) or how the project will be effective in fostering employee 
skills and enhanced productivity related to shipbuilding, ship repair, 
and associated industries. The analysis should quantify the benefits of 
the projects in terms of man-hours saved, dollars saved, percentages, 
or other meaningful metrics. The methodology of the analysis should be 
explained with assumptions used, identified and justified.
    (d) A detailed methodology and timeline for implementing the 
project.
    (e) A detailed itemization of the cost of the project together with 
supporting documentation, including current vendor quotes and estimates 
of installation costs.
    (f) A statement explaining if any elements of the project require 
action under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et 
seq.) or require any licenses or permits.
    (g) A statement describing whether the project will be in, or will 
affect, a floodplain. If so, the statement should explain whether a 
practicable alternate siting location exists which would not be in, or 
affect, the floodplain. If alternate siting locations for the project 
are not practicable, the statement should describe the factors that 
prevent alternate siting and identify, as appropriate, ways in which 
the project may be modified to mitigate the long- and short-term 
adverse impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of a 
floodplain or the direct or indirect support of floodplain development.
    Items 2(a) thru 2(g) should be repeated, in order, for each 
separate project included in the application.
    Section 3: A table with a prioritized list of projects and total 
cost and Federal government share (in dollars) for each.
    Section 4: A description of any existing programs or arrangements, 
if any, which will be used to supplement or leverage the federal grant 
assistance.
    Section 5: Shipyard company officer's certification of each of the 
following requirements:
    (a) That the shipyard facility for which a grant is sought is in a 
single geographic location and (i) the shipyard facility has no more 
than 600 production employees, or (ii) the shipyard facility has more 
than 600 production employees, but less than 1200 production employees 
(the shipyard officer must certify to one or the other of (i) or (ii));
    (b) That the applicant has the authority to carry out the proposed 
project; and
    (c) In accordance with the Department of Transportation's 
regulation restricting lobbying, 49 CFR part 20, that the applicant has 
not, and will not, make any prohibited payments out of the requested 
grant. Certifications are not required to be notarized.
    Section 6: Unique entity identifier of shipyard's parent company 
(when applicable): Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS + 4 number) 
(when applicable).
    Section 7: The most recent year-end audited, reviewed or compiled 
financial statements, prepared by a certified public accountant (CPA), 
per U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (not tax-based 
accounting financial statements). If CPA prepared financial statements 
are not available, provide the most recent financial statement for the 
entity. Do not provide tax returns.
    Section 8: Statement regarding the relationship between applicants 
and any parents, subsidiaries or affiliates, if any such entity is 
going to provide a portion of the match.
    Section 9: Evidence documenting applicant's ability to make 
proposed matching requirement (loan agreement, commitment from 
investors, cash on balance sheet, etc.) and in the times outlined in 
2(d) above.
    Section 10: Pro-forma financial statements reflecting (a) financial 
condition beginning of period; (b) effect on balance sheet of grant and 
matching funds (e.g., a decrease in cash or

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increase in debt, additional equity and an increase in fixed assets); 
and (c) impact on company's projected financial condition (balance 
sheet) of completion of project, showing that company will have 
sufficient financial resources to remain in business.
    Section 11: Statement whether during the past five years, the 
applicant or any predecessor or related company has been in bankruptcy 
or in reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, or in any 
insolvency or reorganization proceedings, and whether any substantial 
property of the applicant or any predecessor or related company has 
been acquired in any such proceeding or has been subject to foreclosure 
or receivership during such period. If so, give details.
    Additional information may be requested as deemed necessary by the 
Maritime Administration to facilitate and complete its review of the 
application. If such information is not provided, the Maritime 
Administration may deem the application incomplete and cease processing 
it.

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM)

    The Maritime Administration may not make a Small Shipyard Grant 
Award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all 
applicable unique entity identifier and SAM requirements.
    Each applicant must be registered in SAM before submitting its 
application, provide a valid unique entity identifier number in its 
application, and maintain an active SAM registration with current 
information throughout the period of the award. Applicants may register 
with the SAM at www.SAM.gov. If an applicant has not fully complied 
with the requirements by the submission deadline, the application will 
not be considered.

4. Submission Dates and Times

    Applications must be received by the Maritime Administration by 5 
p.m. EDT on May 22, 2018. Applications received later than this time 
will not be considered. The Maritime Administration encourages 
applicants to submit applications using a carrier and method that will 
provide proof and time of delivery. The Administrator shall award 
grants under this section not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Appropriations Act for the fiscal year concerned.

5. Funding Restrictions

    Grants under the Maritime Administration's Small Shipyard Grant 
Program may not be used to construct buildings or other physical 
facilities or to acquire land.

6. Other Submission Requirements

    Applicants must submit an original paper copy of the application, 
one additional paper copy of the application, and two compact discs 
(CDs) each containing a complete electronic version of the application 
in PDF format to: Associate Administrator for Business and Finance 
Development, Room W21-318, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey 
Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590.

E. Application Review

1. Selection Criteria

    This section specifies the criteria that the Maritime 
Administration will use to evaluate and award applications for Small 
Shipyard grants. The criteria incorporate the statutory eligibility 
requirements for this Program, which are specified in this notice as 
relevant.
    Consistent with the requirements of 46 U.S.C. 54101(b)(1), the 
Maritime Administration will evaluate the applications on the basis of 
how effective the project will be in fostering efficiency, competitive 
operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration 
(for capital improvement projects) or how effective the project will be 
in fostering employee skills and enhancing productivity related to 
shipbuilding, ship repair, and associated industries.

2. Review and Selection Process

    The Maritime Administration reviews all eligible applications 
received before the deadline. The Small Shipyard Grant review and 
selection process consists of three phases: Technical Review, Senior 
Review, and Final Selection. In the Technical Review phase, a Review 
Panel made up of technical experts, including naval architects and 
engineers from the Maritime Administration's Office of Shipyards and 
Marine Engineering will review all timely applications. Additional 
input may be provided to the Review Panel on economic issues by the 
Office of Financial Approvals, on environmental issues by the Office of 
Environment, and on legal issues by the Office of Chief Counsel. The 
Review Panel will assign a rating of ``Highly Recommended,'' 
``Recommended,'' or ``Not Recommended'' based on how well the 
applications align with the selection criteria. As a secondary 
criteria, higher considerations for award shall be made if applicants' 
percentage match contribution toward the overall project is greater 
than the minimum and greater than other competing grant applications.
    In the second review phase, the Senior Review Team, which is led by 
the Maritime Administrator, will consider applications based upon the 
input of the Review Panel and apply key Departmental objectives: 
Supporting economic vitality at the national and regional level; 
Utilizing alternative funding sources and innovative financing models 
to attract non-Federal sources of infrastructure investment; Accounting 
for the life-cycle costs of the project to promote the state of good 
repair; Using innovative approaches to improve safety and expedite 
project delivery; and, Holding grant recipients accountable for their 
performance and achieving specific, measurable outcomes identified by 
grant applicants.
    The Senior Review Team will determine which projects to advance to 
the Secretary. In the third phase, the Secretary selects projects for 
final award.

3. FAPIIS Check

    The Maritime Administration is required to review and consider any 
information about the applicant that is in the designated integrity and 
performance system accessible through SAM (currently FAPIIS) (see 41 
U.S.C. 2313). An applicant, at its option, may review information in 
the designated integrity and performance systems accessible through SAM 
and comment on any information about itself that a Federal awarding 
agency previously entered and is currently in the designated integrity 
and performance system accessible through SAM. The Maritime 
Administration will consider any comments by the applicant, in addition 
to the other information in the designated integrity and performance 
system, in making a judgment about the applicant's integrity, business 
ethics, and record of performance under Federal awards when completing 
the review of risk posed by applicants.

F. Federal Award Administration

1. Federal Award Notices

    Following the evaluation outlined in Section E, and after the 
required notice to Congress, the Maritime Administration will announce 
awarded projects by posting a list of selected projects at 
www.marad.dot.gov/ships-and-shipping/small-shipyard-grants. Following 
the announcement, the Maritime Administration will contact the point of 
contact listed in the SF-424 to initiate development of the grant 
agreement.

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2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

    All awards must be administered pursuant to applicable Federal 
laws, rules, and regulations of the Maritime Administration.
    Federal wage rate requirements included in Subchapter IV of Chapter 
31 of Title 40, United States Code, apply to all projects receiving 
funds under this Program, and apply to all parts of the project, 
whether funded with Small Shipyard Grant funds, other Federal funds, or 
non-Federal funds.

3. Reporting

    Each applicant selected for a Small Shipyard capital or training 
grant will be required to work with the Maritime Administration on the 
development and implementation of a plan to collect information and 
report on the project's performance with respect to the relevant long-
term outcomes that are expected to be achieved through the capital 
project or training. Performance indicators will not include formal 
goals or targets, but will require analysis of post-project outcomes, 
which will inform the Small Shipyard Grant Program in working towards 
best practices, programmatic performance measures, and future decision-
making guidelines.

4. Requirements for Products Produced in the United States

    Consistent with the requirements of Section 410 of Division L--
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018, of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 
2018 (Pub. L. 115-141), the Buy American requirements of 41 U.S.C. 
Chapter 83 apply to funds made available under this Notice of Funding 
Opportunity.

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts

    For further information concerning this notice please contact David 
M. Heller, Director, Office of Shipyards and Marine Engineering, 
Maritime Administration, Room W21-318, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, 
Washington, DC 20590; phone: (202) 366-5737; or fax: (202) 366-6988. To 
ensure applicants receive accurate information about eligibility or the 
Program, you are encouraged to contact the Maritime Administration 
directly, rather than through intermediaries or third parties, with 
questions.

H. Other Information

    All information submitted as part of or in support of any 
application shall use publicly available data or data that can be made 
public and methodologies that are accepted by industry practice and 
standards, to the extent possible. If the application includes 
information you consider to be a trade secret or confidential 
commercial or financial information, you should do the following: (1) 
Note on the front cover that the submission ``Contains Confidential 
Business Information (CBI);'' (2) mark each affected page ``CBI;'' and 
(3) highlight or otherwise denote the CBI portions. The Maritime 
Administration protects such information from disclosure to the extent 
allowed under applicable law. In the event the Maritime Administration 
receives a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the 
information, the Maritime Administration will follow the procedures 
described in the Department of Transportation FOIA regulations at 49 
CFR 7.17. Only information that is ultimately determined to be 
confidential under that procedure will be exempt from disclosure under 
FOIA.

(Authority: 46 U.S.C. 54101 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2018, Pub. L. 115-141.)

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    Dated: April 11, 2018.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2018 / Notices 16423 ACTION: Notice of Unified Carrier funding with an average grant amount of Grant Program. The purpose of the Registration Plan Board of Directors about $1 million. Applications must be Program is to foster efficiency, meeting. received by the Maritime competitive operations, and quality ship Administration by 5 p.m. EDT on May construction, repair, and reconfiguration TIME AND DATE: The meeting will be held 22, 2018. Applications received later in small shipyards across the United on April 19, 2018, from 12:00 noon. to than this time will not be considered. States in addition to fostering employee 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The Administrator shall award grants skills and enhanced productivity related PLACE: This meeting will be open to the not later than 120 days after the date of to shipbuilding, ship repair, and public via conference call. Any the enactment of the Appropriations Act associated industries. interested person may call 1–877–422– for the fiscal year concerned. B. Federal Award Information 1931, passcode 2855443940, to listen ADDRESSES: Grant Applications should and participate in this meeting. be sent to the Associate Administrator Under the Small Shipyard Grant for Business and Finance Development, Program, $19,600,000 is available for STATUS: Open to the public. Room W21–318, Maritime grants for: (1) Capital and related MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified improvements to qualified shipyard Carrier Registration Plan Board of Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. facilities that will be effective in Directors (the Board) will continue its fostering efficiency, competitive work in developing and implementing Only applicants who comply with all operations, and quality ship the Unified Carrier Registration Plan submission requirements described in construction, repair, and and Agreement and to that end, may this Notice will be eligible for award. reconfiguration; and (2) training projects consider matters properly before the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For that would be effective in fostering Board. An agenda for this meeting will further information concerning this employee skills and enhanced be available no later than 5:00 p.m. notice, please contact David M. Heller, productivity related to shipbuilding, Eastern Daylight Time, April 10, 2018 Director, Office of Shipyards and ship repair, and associated industries. at: https://ucrplan.org. Marine Engineering, Maritime The Maritime Administration intends to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Administration, Room W21–318, 1200 award the full amount of the available Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC funding through grants to the extent that Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 20590; phone: (202) 366–5737; or fax: there are worthy applications. No more (505) 827–4565. (202) 366–6988. than 25 percent of the funds available SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grants will be awarded to shipyard facilities in Issued on: April 10, 2018. under the Maritime Administration’s one geographic location that have more Larry W. Minor, Small Shipyard Grant Program may not than 600 production employees. The Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, be used to construct buildings or other Maritime Administration will seek to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. physical facilities or to acquire land. obtain the maximum benefit from the [FR Doc. 2018–07984 Filed 4–12–18; 4:15 pm] Grant funds may be used for maritime available funding by awarding grants to BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P training programs to foster employee as many of the worthiest projects as skills and enhanced productivity related possible. The Maritime Administration to shipbuilding, ship repair, and may partially fund applications by DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION associated industries. Grants for such selecting parts of the total project. 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16424 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2018 / Notices construct, repair, or reconfigure vessels information as an addendum to form associated with the occupancy and 100 feet in length or greater for non- SF–424. The information should be modification of a floodplain or the commercial vessels. organized in sections as described direct or indirect support of floodplain below: development. 2. Cost Sharing or Matching Section 1: A description of the Items 2(a) thru 2(g) should be The Federal funds for any eligible shipyard including (a) location of the repeated, in order, for each separate project will not exceed 75 percent of the shipyard; (b) a description of the project included in the application. total cost of such project. The remaining shipyard facilities; (c) years in Section 3: A table with a prioritized portion of the cost shall be paid in funds operation; (d) ownership; (e) customer list of projects and total cost and Federal from or on behalf of the recipient. The base; (f) current order book including government share (in dollars) for each. applicant is required to submit detailed type of work; (g) vessels delivered (or Section 4: A description of any financial statements and supporting major projects) over last 5 years; and (h) existing programs or arrangements, if documentation demonstrating how and website address, if any. any, which will be used to supplement when such matching requirement is Section 2: For each project proposed or leverage the federal grant assistance. proposed to be funded as described for funding the following must be Section 5: Shipyard company officer’s below. The recipient’s entire matching included: certification of each of the following requirement must be paid prior to (a) A comprehensive detailed requirements: payment of any Federal funds for the description of the project, including a (a) That the shipyard facility for project. statement of whether the project will which a grant is sought is in a single replace existing equipment, and if so, geographic location and (i) the shipyard 3. Eligible Projects the disposition of the replaced facility has no more than 600 Eligible projects include: (1) Capital equipment. production employees, or (ii) the and related improvement projects that (b) A description of the need for the shipyard facility has more than 600 will be effective in fostering efficiency, project in relation to shipyard production employees, but less than competitive operations, and quality ship operations and business plan and an 1200 production employees (the construction, repair, and explanation of how the project will shipyard officer must certify to one or reconfiguration; and (2) training projects fulfill this need. the other of (i) or (ii)); that will be effective in fostering (c) A quantitative analysis (b) That the applicant has the employee skills and enhanced demonstrating how the project will be authority to carry out the proposed productivity related to shipbuilding, effective in fostering efficiency, project; and ship repair, and associated industries. competitive operations, and quality ship (c) In accordance with the Department For capital improvement projects, all construction, repair, or reconfiguration of Transportation’s regulation restricting items proposed for funding must be new (for capital improvement projects) or lobbying, 49 CFR part 20, that the and to be owned by the applicant. For how the project will be effective in applicant has not, and will not, make both capital improvement and training fostering employee skills and enhanced any prohibited payments out of the projects, all project costs, including the productivity related to shipbuilding, requested grant. Certifications are not recipient’s share, must be incurred after ship repair, and associated industries. required to be notarized. the date of the grant agreement. The analysis should quantify the Section 6: Unique entity identifier of D. Application and Submission benefits of the projects in terms of man- shipyard’s parent company (when Information hours saved, dollars saved, percentages, applicable): Data Universal Numbering or other meaningful metrics. The System (DUNS + 4 number) (when 1. Address for Application methodology of the analysis should be applicable). Applications must be filed on explained with assumptions used, Section 7: The most recent year-end standard form SF–424, which is identified and justified. audited, reviewed or compiled financial available on the Maritime (d) A detailed methodology and statements, prepared by a certified Administration’s website at timeline for implementing the project. public accountant (CPA), per U.S. www.marad.dot.gov. (e) A detailed itemization of the cost generally accepted accounting of the project together with supporting principles (not tax-based accounting 2. Content and Form of Application documentation, including current financial statements). If CPA prepared Submission vendor quotes and estimates of financial statements are not available, Although the form is available installation costs. provide the most recent financial electronically, the application must be (f) A statement explaining if any statement for the entity. Do not provide filed in hard copy as indicated below elements of the project require action tax returns. due to the amount of information under the National Environmental Section 8: Statement regarding the requested. Applicants must submit an Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) or relationship between applicants and any original paper copy of the application, require any licenses or permits. parents, subsidiaries or affiliates, if any one additional paper copy of the (g) A statement describing whether such entity is going to provide a portion application, and two CDs each the project will be in, or will affect, a of the match. containing a complete electronic version floodplain. If so, the statement should Section 9: Evidence documenting of the application in PDF format to: explain whether a practicable alternate applicant’s ability to make proposed Associate Administrator for Business siting location exists which would not matching requirement (loan agreement, and Finance Development, Room W21– be in, or affect, the floodplain. If commitment from investors, cash on srobinson on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES 318, Maritime Administration, 1200 alternate siting locations for the project balance sheet, etc.) and in the times New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC are not practicable, the statement should outlined in 2(d) above. 20590. A shipyard facility in a single describe the factors that prevent Section 10: Pro-forma financial geographic location applying for alternate siting and identify, as statements reflecting (a) financial multiple projects must do so in a single appropriate, ways in which the project condition beginning of period; (b) effect application. The application for a grant may be modified to mitigate the long- on balance sheet of grant and matching must include all of the following and short-term adverse impacts funds (e.g., a decrease in cash or VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:42 Apr 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2018 / Notices 16425 increase in debt, additional equity and buildings or other physical facilities or is greater than the minimum and greater an increase in fixed assets); and (c) to acquire land. than other competing grant applications. impact on company’s projected In the second review phase, the 6. Other Submission Requirements financial condition (balance sheet) of Senior Review Team, which is led by completion of project, showing that Applicants must submit an original the Maritime Administrator, will company will have sufficient financial paper copy of the application, one consider applications based upon the resources to remain in business. additional paper copy of the input of the Review Panel and apply key Section 11: Statement whether during application, and two compact discs Departmental objectives: Supporting the past five years, the applicant or any (CDs) each containing a complete economic vitality at the national and predecessor or related company has electronic version of the application in regional level; Utilizing alternative been in bankruptcy or in reorganization PDF format to: Associate Administrator funding sources and innovative under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy for Business and Finance Development, financing models to attract non-Federal Code, or in any insolvency or Room W21–318, Maritime sources of infrastructure investment; reorganization proceedings, and Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. Accounting for the life-cycle costs of the whether any substantial property of the SE, Washington, DC 20590. project to promote the state of good applicant or any predecessor or related repair; Using innovative approaches to company has been acquired in any such E. Application Review improve safety and expedite project proceeding or has been subject to 1. Selection Criteria delivery; and, Holding grant recipients foreclosure or receivership during such accountable for their performance and period. If so, give details. This section specifies the criteria that achieving specific, measurable Additional information may be the Maritime Administration will use to outcomes identified by grant applicants. requested as deemed necessary by the evaluate and award applications for Small Shipyard grants. The criteria The Senior Review Team will Maritime Administration to facilitate determine which projects to advance to and complete its review of the incorporate the statutory eligibility requirements for this Program, which the Secretary. In the third phase, the application. If such information is not Secretary selects projects for final provided, the Maritime Administration are specified in this notice as relevant. award. may deem the application incomplete Consistent with the requirements of and cease processing it. 46 U.S.C. 54101(b)(1), the Maritime 3. FAPIIS Check Administration will evaluate the 3. Unique Entity Identifier and System The Maritime Administration is applications on the basis of how for Award Management (SAM) required to review and consider any effective the project will be in fostering information about the applicant that is The Maritime Administration may not efficiency, competitive operations, and in the designated integrity and make a Small Shipyard Grant Award to quality ship construction, repair, and performance system accessible through an applicant until the applicant has reconfiguration (for capital SAM (currently FAPIIS) (see 41 U.S.C. complied with all applicable unique improvement projects) or how effective 2313). An applicant, at its option, may entity identifier and SAM requirements. the project will be in fostering employee review information in the designated Each applicant must be registered in skills and enhancing productivity integrity and performance systems SAM before submitting its application, related to shipbuilding, ship repair, and accessible through SAM and comment provide a valid unique entity identifier associated industries. on any information about itself that a number in its application, and maintain 2. Review and Selection Process Federal awarding agency previously an active SAM registration with current entered and is currently in the information throughout the period of The Maritime Administration reviews designated integrity and performance the award. Applicants may register with all eligible applications received before system accessible through SAM. The the SAM at www.SAM.gov. If an the deadline. The Small Shipyard Grant Maritime Administration will consider applicant has not fully complied with review and selection process consists of any comments by the applicant, in the requirements by the submission three phases: Technical Review, Senior addition to the other information in the deadline, the application will not be Review, and Final Selection. In the designated integrity and performance considered. Technical Review phase, a Review system, in making a judgment about the Panel made up of technical experts, applicant’s integrity, business ethics, 4. Submission Dates and Times including naval architects and engineers and record of performance under Applications must be received by the from the Maritime Administration’s Federal awards when completing the Maritime Administration by 5 p.m. EDT Office of Shipyards and Marine review of risk posed by applicants. on May 22, 2018. Applications received Engineering will review all timely later than this time will not be applications. Additional input may be F. Federal Award Administration considered. The Maritime provided to the Review Panel on 1. Federal Award Notices Administration encourages applicants to economic issues by the Office of submit applications using a carrier and Financial Approvals, on environmental Following the evaluation outlined in method that will provide proof and time issues by the Office of Environment, and Section E, and after the required notice of delivery. The Administrator shall on legal issues by the Office of Chief to Congress, the Maritime award grants under this section not later Counsel. The Review Panel will assign Administration will announce awarded than 120 days after the date of the a rating of ‘‘Highly Recommended,’’ projects by posting a list of selected srobinson on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES enactment of the Appropriations Act for ‘‘Recommended,’’ or ‘‘Not projects at www.marad.dot.gov/ships- the fiscal year concerned. Recommended’’ based on how well the and-shipping/small-shipyard-grants. applications align with the selection Following the announcement, the 5. Funding Restrictions criteria. As a secondary criteria, higher Maritime Administration will contact Grants under the Maritime considerations for award shall be made the point of contact listed in the SF–424 Administration’s Small Shipyard Grant if applicants’ percentage match to initiate development of the grant Program may not be used to construct contribution toward the overall project agreement. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:42 Apr 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1

16426 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2018 / Notices 2. Administrative and National Policy that are accepted by industry practice (d) Discuss the maritime workforce Requirements and standards, to the extent possible. If and how USMMA supports the All awards must be administered the application includes information maritime industry. pursuant to applicable Federal laws, you consider to be a trade secret or (e) Update the Critical Infrastructure rules, and regulations of the Maritime confidential commercial or financial Plan and infrastructure and Administration. information, you should do the improvements. Federal wage rate requirements following: (1) Note on the front cover (f) Highlight the ongoing planning and included in Subchapter IV of Chapter 31 that the submission ‘‘Contains events to celebrate the Academy’s 75th of Title 40, United States Code, apply to Confidential Business Information Anniversary. all projects receiving funds under this (CBI);’’ (2) mark each affected page 5. Public Access to the Meeting: This Program, and apply to all parts of the ‘‘CBI;’’ and (3) highlight or otherwise meeting is open to the public. Seating is project, whether funded with Small denote the CBI portions. The Maritime on a first-come basis. Members of the Shipyard Grant funds, other Federal Administration protects such public wishing to attend the meeting funds, or non-Federal funds. information from disclosure to the will need to show photo identification extent allowed under applicable law. In in order to gain access to the meeting 3. Reporting the event the Maritime Administration location. Each applicant selected for a Small receives a Freedom of Information Act FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Shipyard capital or training grant will (FOIA) request for the information, the BOV’s Designated Federal Officer and be required to work with the Maritime Maritime Administration will follow the Point of Contact Brian Blower; 202– Administration on the development and procedures described in the Department 366–2765; Brian.Blower@dot.gov. implementation of a plan to collect of Transportation FOIA regulations at 49 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any information and report on the project’s CFR 7.17. Only information that is member of the public is permitted to file performance with respect to the relevant ultimately determined to be confidential a written statement with the Academy long-term outcomes that are expected to under that procedure will be exempt BOV. Written statements should be sent be achieved through the capital project from disclosure under FOIA. to the Designated Federal Officer at: or training. Performance indicators will Brian Blower; 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, (Authority: 46 U.S.C. 54101 and the not include formal goals or targets, but Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, W28–314, Washington, DC 20590 or via will require analysis of post-project Pub. L. 115–141.) email at Brian.Blower@Dot.gov. (Please outcomes, which will inform the Small * * * * * contact the Designated Federal Officer Shipyard Grant Program in working for information on submitting comments towards best practices, programmatic Dated: April 11, 2018. via fax.) Written statements must be performance measures, and future By Order of the Maritime Administrator. received no later than three working decision-making guidelines. T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., days prior to the meeting in order to 4. Requirements for Products Produced Secretary, Maritime Administration. provide time for member consideration. in the United States [FR Doc. 2018–07846 Filed 4–13–18; 8:45 am] Only written statements will be Consistent with the requirements of BILLING CODE 4910–81–P considered by the BOV, no member of Section 410 of Division L— the public will be allowed to present Transportation, Housing and Urban questions from the floor or speak to any Development, and Related Agencies DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION issue under consideration by the BOV Appropriations Act, 2018, of the unless requested to do so by a member Maritime Administration of the Board. Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115–141), the Buy U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board (Authority: 46 U.S.C. 51312; 5 U.S.C. app. American requirements of 41 U.S.C. 552b; 41 CFR parts 102–3.140 through 102– of Visitors Meeting Chapter 83 apply to funds made 3.165) available under this Notice of Funding AGENCY: Maritime Administration, * * * Opportunity. Department of Transportation. By Order of the Maritime Administrator. ACTION: Meeting notice. Dated: April 11, 2018. G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., For further information concerning SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Secretary, Maritime Administration. this notice please contact David M. Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces [FR Doc. 2018–07845 Filed 4–13–18; 8:45 am] Heller, Director, Office of Shipyards and Marine Engineering, Maritime that the following U.S. Merchant Marine BILLING CODE 4910–81–P Administration, Room W21–318, 1200 Academy (Academy) Board of Visitors New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC (BOV) meeting will take place: 20590; phone: (202) 366–5737; or fax: 1. Date: April 23, 2018. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (202) 366–6988. To ensure applicants 2. Time: 3:00–6:00 p.m. National Highway Traffic Safety receive accurate information about 3. Location: U.S. Capitol Visitors Administration eligibility or the Program, you are Center, Room SVC 201–00. encouraged to contact the Maritime 4. Purpose of the Meeting: The [Docket No. NHTSA–2018–0003; Notice 1] Administration directly, rather than purpose of this meeting is to through intermediaries or third parties, (a) Discuss and vote on the BOV Forest River, Inc., Receipt of Petition srobinson on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES with questions. bylaws. for Decision of Inconsequential (b) Provide a briefing to the members Noncompliance H. Other Information on the state of the Academy, the status AGENCY: National Highway Traffic All information submitted as part of of the incoming class of 2022 and Sea Safety Administration (NHTSA), or in support of any application shall Year. Department of Transportation (DOT). use publicly available data or data that (c) Provide an update on the status of ACTION: Receipt of petition. can be made public and methodologies the 5-year Strategic Plan development. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:42 Apr 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Small Shipyard Grant application deadlines.
ContactFor further information concerning this notice, please contact David M. Heller, Director, Office of Shipyards and Marine Engineering, Maritime Administration, Room W21- 318, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590; phone: (202) 366- 5737; or fax: (202) 366-6988.
FR Citation83 FR 16423 
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