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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Fiscal Year 2016 Public Transportation
on Indian Reservations Program
Project Selections
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), (DOT).
ACTION: Tribal Transit Program
Announcement of Project Selections.
AGENCY:
The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the
selection of 35 projects for funding with
Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 appropriations for
the Public Transportation on Indian
Reservations Program Tribal Transit
Program (TTP), as authorized by (49
U.S.C. 5311(c)(1)(a)(j)), as amended by
the Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act, Public Law
114–94 (December 4, 2015). A total of $5
million is available under this program.
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, along with a
list of tribal liaisons can be found at
www.transit.dot.gov. Unsuccessful
´
applicants may contact Elan Flippin,
Office of Program Management at (202)
366–3800, email: Elan.Flippin@dot.gov,
to arrange a proposal debriefing within
30 days of this announcement. In the
event the contact information provided
by your tribe in the application has
changed, please contact your regional
tribal liaison with the current
information in order to expedite the
grant award process. A TDD is available
at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/FIRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
14, 2016, FTA published a Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO) through a
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announcing the availability of Federal
funding for the TTP program. The FAST
Act authorizes $5 million annually for
federally recognized Indian Tribes or
Alaska Native villages, groups, or
communities as identified by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA) in the U.S.
Department of the Interior for public
transportation. The TTP supports many
types of projects including: Operating
costs to enable tribes to start or continue
transit services; capital to enable tribal
investment in new or replacement
equipment; and funding for tribal transit
planning activities for public
transportation services in Indian
Country. TTP services link tribal
citizens to employment, food,
healthcare, school, social services,
recreation/leisure, and other key
community connections. FTA funds
may only be used for eligible purposes
defined under 49 U.S.C. 5311 and
described in the FTA Circular 9040.1G,
and consistent with the specific
eligibility and priorities established in
the March 2016 NOFO.
A total of 44 applications were
received from 39 tribes in 13 states
requesting $8.3 million, indicated that
there is significant demand for funds for
public transportation projects. Project
proposals were evaluated based on each
applicant’s responsiveness to the
program evaluation criteria outlined in
FTA’s March 2016 NOFO. The FTA also
took into consideration the current
status of previously funded applicants.
This included examining available prior
year competitive and formula balances;
and geographic balance and diversity,
including regional balance based on
tribal population. As a result, FTA is
funding a total of 35 projects for 34
tribes in 12 states. The projects selected
in Table 1 provide funding for transit
planning studies, capital and operating
requests for existing, start-up, expansion
and replacement projects. Funds must
be used only for the specific purposes
identified in Table 1. Allocations may
be less than what the applicant
requested and were capped at $329,843
to provide funding to all highly
recommended, recommended, and
planning proposals that received a
‘‘pass’’ rating; planning projects were
capped at $25,000. Tribes selected for
competitive funding should work with
their FTA regional office to finalize the
grant application in FTA’s Transit
Award Management System (TrAMs) for
the projects identified in the attached
table, so that funds are expeditiously
obligated. In cases where the allocation
amount is less than the proposer’s
requested amount, tribes should work
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with the regional office to ensure the
funds are obligated for eligible aspects
of the projects, and for specific purpose
intended as reflected in Table 1. A
competitive project identification
number has been assigned to each
project for tracking purposes, and must
be used in the TrAMs application. For
more information about TrAMs, please
visit: https://www.transit.dot.gov/16260_
15769.html. The post award reporting
requirements include submission of the
Federal Financial Report (FFR),
Milestone Report in TrAMs, and
National Transit Database (NTD)
reporting, as appropriate (see FTA
Circular 9040.1G).
Tribes must continue to report to the
NTD to be eligible for formula
apportionment funds. To be considered
in the FY 2017 formula apportionments,
tribes should have submitted their
reports to the NTD no later than June 30,
2016; voluntary reporting to the NTD is
also encouraged. For tribes who have
not reported before, please contact the
NTD Operations Center in advance to
get a reporting account for the NTD online data collection system. The
Operation Center can be reached
Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
(ET), by email NTDHelp@dot.gov or by
phone 1–888–252–0936.
TTP grantees 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. To assist tribes with
understanding these requirements, FTA
has conducted Tribal Transit Technical
Assistance Workshops, and expects to
offer additional workshops in FY2017.
FTA has also expanded its technical
assistance to tribes receiving funds
under this program, with the Tribal
Transit Technical Assistance
Assessments initiative. Through these
assessments, FTA collaborates with
tribal transit leaders to review processes
and identify areas in need of
improvement and then assist with
solutions to address these needs. These
assessments include discussions of
compliance areas pursuant to the Master
Agreement, a site visit, promising
practices reviews, and technical
assistance from FTA and its contractors.
These workshops and assessments have
received exemplary feedback from
Tribal Transit Leaders, and provide FTA
with invaluable opportunities to learn
more about tribal transit leaders’
perspectives, and honor the sovereignty
of tribal nations. FTA will post
information about upcoming workshops
to its Web site and disseminate
information about the reviews through
its Regional offices. A list of Tribal
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Liaisons can be found on FTA’s Web
site at https://www.transit.dot.gov/
13094_15845.html.
Funds allocated in this announcement
must be obligated in a grant by
September 30, 2018. Tribes selected for
competitive funding should work with
their FTA regional tribal liaison to
finalize the grant application in TrAMs.
Carolyn Flowers,
Acting Administrator.
TABLE I—FY 2016 TRIBAL TRANSIT PROGRAM AWARDS
State
AK
AK
AK
AK
AK
AK
AZ
CA
CA
...................................
...................................
...................................
...................................
...................................
...................................
...................................
...................................
...................................
CA ...................................
CA ...................................
CA ...................................
CT ...................................
ID ....................................
KS ...................................
MN ..................................
MN ..................................
MN ..................................
MT ..................................
MT ..................................
MT ..................................
NM
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
WA
..................................
..................................
..................................
..................................
..................................
..................................
..................................
..................................
WA ..................................
WA ..................................
WA ..................................
WA ..................................
WA ..................................
WI ...................................
Total Allocation ........
Recipient
Project ID
Project description
McGrath Native Village .........................
Native Village of Fort Yukon .................
Native Village of Unalakleet .................
Nome Eskimo Community ....................
Nulato Village ........................................
Rampart Village ....................................
Hualapai Indian Tribe ...........................
Blue Lake Rancheria, California ...........
North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians
of California.
Susanville Indian Rancheria .................
Susanville Indian Rancheria .................
Yurok Tribe ...........................................
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation .....
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes ...................
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation ..........
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa ..............
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa.
White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians
Chippewa Cree Tribe ............................
Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes.
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Res.
Jicarilla Apache Nation .........................
Cherokee Nation ...................................
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma ...............
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma .....................
Muscogee (Creek) Nation .....................
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma ..............
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes .................
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation.
Cowlitz Indian Tribe ..............................
Kalispel Indian Community of the
Kalispel Reservation.
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe .....................
Nooksack Indian Tribe ..........................
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe .......................
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
D2016–TRTR–001
D2016–TRTR–002
D2016–TRTR–003
D2016–TRTR–004
D2016–TRTR–005
D2016–TRTR–006
D2016–TRTR–007
D2016–TRTR–008
D2016–TRTR–009
Start-up/Capital .....................................
Replacement/Capital .............................
Replacement/Capital .............................
Existing/Operating .................................
Start-up/Planning ..................................
Start-up/Planning ..................................
Start-up/Capital .....................................
Replacement/Capital .............................
Expansion, Replacement/Capital ..........
$63,000
131,655
28,340
179,621
25,000
25,000
140,962
120,000
66,994
D2016–TRTR–010
D2016–TRTR–011
D2016–TRTR–012
D2016–TRTR–013
D2016–TRTR–014
D2016–TRTR–015
D2016–TRTR–016
D2016–TRTR–017
Replacement/Capital .............................
Existing/Capital .....................................
Expansion, Replacement/Capital ..........
Start-up/Operating ................................
Expansion/Capital .................................
Expansion, Replacement/Capital ..........
Expansion/Capital .................................
Existing/Capital .....................................
45,000
1,980
234,000
133,705
85,400
287,500
329,843
127,987
D2016–TRTR–018
D2016–TRTR–019
D2016–TRTR–020
Replacement/Capital .............................
Replacement/Capital .............................
Expansion/Capital .................................
116,352
77,875
329,843
D2016–TRTR–021
Replacement/Capital .............................
119,340
D2016–TRTR–022
D2016–TRTR–023
D2016–TRTR–024
D2016–TRTR–025
D2016–TRTR–026
D2016–TRTR–027
D2016–TRTR–028
D2016–TRTR–029
Start-up/Capital .....................................
Replacement/Capital .............................
Expansion, Replacement/Capital ..........
Expansion, Replacement/Capital ..........
Existing/Capital .....................................
Replacement/Capital .............................
Start-up/Planning ..................................
Expansion/Capital .................................
211,197
321,561
329,843
179,100
108,000
135,000
24,998
255,344
D2016–TRTR–030
D2016–TRTR–031
Existing, Replacement/Capital ..............
Replacement/Capital .............................
58,056
51,021
D2016–TRTR–032
D2016–TRTR–033
D2016–TRTR–034
D2016–TRTR–035
Existing/Operating .................................
Existing/Operating .................................
Existing/Operating .................................
Existing/Planning ..................................
329,843
188,000
113,640
25,000
..............................
...............................................................
5,000,000
...............................................................
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Fiscal Year 2016 Public Transportation on Indian Reservations
Program Project Selections
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), (DOT).
ACTION: Tribal Transit Program Announcement of Project Selections.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the
selection of 35 projects for funding with Fiscal Year (FY) 2016
appropriations for the Public Transportation on Indian Reservations
Program Tribal Transit Program (TTP), as authorized by (49 U.S.C.
5311(c)(1)(a)(j)), as amended by the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act, Public Law 114-94 (December 4, 2015). A
total of $5 million is available under this program.
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, along with a list of tribal liaisons can be found at
www.transit.dot.gov. Unsuccessful applicants may contact [Eacute]lan
Flippin, Office of Program Management at (202) 366-3800, email:
Elan.Flippin@dot.gov, to arrange a proposal debriefing within 30 days
of this announcement. In the event the contact information provided by
your tribe in the application has changed, please contact your regional
tribal liaison with the current information in order to expedite the
grant award process. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 14, 2016, FTA published a Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO) through a Federal Register Notice (81 FR
13444) announcing the availability of Federal funding for the TTP
program. The FAST Act authorizes $5 million annually for federally
recognized Indian Tribes or Alaska Native villages, groups, or
communities as identified by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in the
U.S. Department of the Interior for public transportation. The TTP
supports many types of projects including: Operating costs to enable
tribes to start or continue transit services; capital to enable tribal
investment in new or replacement equipment; and funding for tribal
transit planning activities for public transportation services in
Indian Country. TTP services link tribal citizens to employment, food,
healthcare, school, social services, recreation/leisure, and other key
community connections. FTA funds may only be used for eligible purposes
defined under 49 U.S.C. 5311 and described in the FTA Circular 9040.1G,
and consistent with the specific eligibility and priorities established
in the March 2016 NOFO.
A total of 44 applications were received from 39 tribes in 13
states requesting $8.3 million, indicated that there is significant
demand for funds for public transportation projects. Project proposals
were evaluated based on each applicant's responsiveness to the program
evaluation criteria outlined in FTA's March 2016 NOFO. The FTA also
took into consideration the current status of previously funded
applicants. This included examining available prior year competitive
and formula balances; and geographic balance and diversity, including
regional balance based on tribal population. As a result, FTA is
funding a total of 35 projects for 34 tribes in 12 states. The projects
selected in Table 1 provide funding for transit planning studies,
capital and operating requests for existing, start-up, expansion and
replacement projects. Funds must be used only for the specific purposes
identified in Table 1. Allocations may be less than what the applicant
requested and were capped at $329,843 to provide funding to all highly
recommended, recommended, and planning proposals that received a
``pass'' rating; planning projects were capped at $25,000. Tribes
selected for competitive funding should work with their FTA regional
office to finalize the grant application in FTA's Transit Award
Management System (TrAMs) for the projects identified in the attached
table, so that funds are expeditiously obligated. In cases where the
allocation amount is less than the proposer's requested amount, tribes
should work with the regional office to ensure the funds are obligated
for eligible aspects of the projects, and for specific purpose intended
as reflected in Table 1. A competitive project identification number
has been assigned to each project for tracking purposes, and must be
used in the TrAMs application. For more information about TrAMs, please
visit: https://www.transit.dot.gov/16260_15769.html. The post award
reporting requirements include submission of the Federal Financial
Report (FFR), Milestone Report in TrAMs, and National Transit Database
(NTD) reporting, as appropriate (see FTA Circular 9040.1G).
Tribes must continue to report to the NTD to be eligible for
formula apportionment funds. To be considered in the FY 2017 formula
apportionments, tribes should have submitted their reports to the NTD
no later than June 30, 2016; voluntary reporting to the NTD is also
encouraged. For tribes who have not reported before, please contact the
NTD Operations Center in advance to get a reporting account for the NTD
on-line data collection system. The Operation Center can be reached
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (ET), by email NTDHelp@dot.gov or by
phone 1-888-252-0936.
TTP grantees 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. To
assist tribes with understanding these requirements, FTA has conducted
Tribal Transit Technical Assistance Workshops, and expects to offer
additional workshops in FY2017. FTA has also expanded its technical
assistance to tribes receiving funds under this program, with the
Tribal Transit Technical Assistance Assessments initiative. Through
these assessments, FTA collaborates with tribal transit leaders to
review processes and identify areas in need of improvement and then
assist with solutions to address these needs. These assessments include
discussions of compliance areas pursuant to the Master Agreement, a
site visit, promising practices reviews, and technical assistance from
FTA and its contractors. These workshops and assessments have received
exemplary feedback from Tribal Transit Leaders, and provide FTA with
invaluable opportunities to learn more about tribal transit leaders'
perspectives, and honor the sovereignty of tribal nations. FTA will
post information about upcoming workshops to its Web site and
disseminate information about the reviews through its Regional offices.
A list of Tribal
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Liaisons can be found on FTA's Web site at https://www.transit.dot.gov/13094_15845.html.
Funds allocated in this announcement must be obligated in a grant
by September 30, 2018. Tribes selected for competitive funding should
work with their FTA regional tribal liaison to finalize the grant
application in TrAMs.
Carolyn Flowers,
Acting Administrator.
Table I--FY 2016 Tribal Transit Program Awards
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Project
State Recipient Project ID description Allocation
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AK............................... McGrath Native D2016-TRTR-001........... Start-up/Capital. $63,000
Village.
AK............................... Native Village of D2016-TRTR-002........... Replacement/ 131,655
Fort Yukon. Capital.
AK............................... Native Village of D2016-TRTR-003........... Replacement/ 28,340
Unalakleet. Capital.
AK............................... Nome Eskimo D2016-TRTR-004........... Existing/ 179,621
Community. Operating.
AK............................... Nulato Village.... D2016-TRTR-005........... Start-up/Planning 25,000
AK............................... Rampart Village... D2016-TRTR-006........... Start-up/Planning 25,000
AZ............................... Hualapai Indian D2016-TRTR-007........... Start-up/Capital. 140,962
Tribe.
CA............................... Blue Lake D2016-TRTR-008........... Replacement/ 120,000
Rancheria, Capital.
California.
CA............................... North Fork D2016-TRTR-009........... Expansion, 66,994
Rancheria of Mono Replacement/
Indians of Capital.
California.
CA............................... Susanville Indian D2016-TRTR-010........... Replacement/ 45,000
Rancheria. Capital.
CA............................... Susanville Indian D2016-TRTR-011........... Existing/Capital. 1,980
Rancheria.
CA............................... Yurok Tribe....... D2016-TRTR-012........... Expansion, 234,000
Replacement/
Capital.
CT............................... Mashantucket D2016-TRTR-013........... Start-up/ 133,705
Pequot Tribal Operating.
Nation.
ID............................... Shoshone-Bannock D2016-TRTR-014........... Expansion/Capital 85,400
Tribes.
KS............................... Prairie Band D2016-TRTR-015........... Expansion, 287,500
Potawatomi Nation. Replacement/
Capital.
MN............................... Bois Forte Band of D2016-TRTR-016........... Expansion/Capital 329,843
Chippewa.
MN............................... Fond du Lac Band D2016-TRTR-017........... Existing/Capital. 127,987
of Lake Superior
Chippewa.
MN............................... White Earth Band D2016-TRTR-018........... Replacement/ 116,352
of Chippewa Capital.
Indians.
MT............................... Chippewa Cree D2016-TRTR-019........... Replacement/ 77,875
Tribe. Capital.
MT............................... Confederated D2016-TRTR-020........... Expansion/Capital 329,843
Salish and
Kootenai Tribes.
MT............................... Northern Cheyenne D2016-TRTR-021........... Replacement/ 119,340
Tribe of the Capital.
Northern Cheyenne
Indian Res.
NM............................... Jicarilla Apache D2016-TRTR-022........... Start-up/Capital. 211,197
Nation.
OK............................... Cherokee Nation... D2016-TRTR-023........... Replacement/ 321,561
Capital.
OK............................... Choctaw Nation of D2016-TRTR-024........... Expansion, 329,843
Oklahoma. Replacement/
Capital.
OK............................... Miami Tribe of D2016-TRTR-025........... Expansion, 179,100
Oklahoma. Replacement/
Capital.
OK............................... Muscogee (Creek) D2016-TRTR-026........... Existing/Capital. 108,000
Nation.
OK............................... Seminole Nation of D2016-TRTR-027........... Replacement/ 135,000
Oklahoma. Capital.
OK............................... Wichita and D2016-TRTR-028........... Start-up/Planning 24,998
Affiliated Tribes.
WA............................... Confederated D2016-TRTR-029........... Expansion/Capital 255,344
Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama
Nation.
WA............................... Cowlitz Indian D2016-TRTR-030........... Existing, 58,056
Tribe. Replacement/
Capital.
WA............................... Kalispel Indian D2016-TRTR-031........... Replacement/ 51,021
Community of the Capital.
Kalispel
Reservation.
WA............................... Muckleshoot Indian D2016-TRTR-032........... Existing/ 329,843
Tribe. Operating.
WA............................... Nooksack Indian D2016-TRTR-033........... Existing/ 188,000
Tribe. Operating.
WA............................... Snoqualmie Indian D2016-TRTR-034........... Existing/ 113,640
Tribe. Operating.
WI............................... Red Cliff Band of D2016-TRTR-035........... Existing/Planning 25,000
Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians.
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Total Allocation............. .................. ......................... ................. 5,000,000
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