Notice of FAA Intent To Carry Over Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Entitlement Funds, 44978-44979 [2011-18943]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 2011–0786]
Notice of FAA Intent To Carry Over
Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
Entitlement Funds
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
By 12 p.m. prevailing local
time on Friday, August 12, 2011, airport
sponsors eligible to receive entitlement
funds under the Airport Improvement
Program (AIP) must notify, in writing,
the designated representative in the
appropriate FAA Regional or Airports
District Office if they intend to submit
a final grant application in support of
eligible projects with their fiscal year
2011 and/or prior-year entitlement
funds. This notice must address all
entitlement funds apportioned for fiscal
year 2011, regardless of whether the
FAA has authority to obligate those
funds. After that deadline, the FAA will
carry over all remaining entitlement
funds, and the funds will not be
available again until at least the
beginning of fiscal year 2012. This
notification requirement does not apply
to non-primary airports covered by the
block-grant program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Frank J. San Martin, Manager, Airports
Financial Assistance Division, APP–
500, on (202) 267–3831.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Availability of Documents
You can get an electronic copy of this
policy and all other documents in this
docket using the Internet by:
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(1) Searching the Federal
eRulemaking portal (https://
www.regulations.gov/search);
(2) Visiting the FAA’s Regulations and
Policies Web page at https://
www.faa.gov/regulations_policies; or
(3) Accessing the Government
Printing Office’s Web page at https://
www.gpoaccess.gov/.
You can also get a copy by sending a
request to the Federal Aviation
Administration, Airports Financial
Assistance Division, Office of Airport
Planning and Programming, 800
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591, or by calling
(202) 267–3831. Make sure to identify
the docket number, notice number, or
amendment number of this proceeding.
Title 49 of the United States Code,
Chapter 471, allows the FAA to grant
apportioned or entitlement funds to
eligible airport sponsors in support of
eligible projects. Chapter 471 also
allows the FAA to defer or carry over
such grants to the following year. In
such cases, the FAA converts the
current-year funds to AIP discretionary
funds, and then protects an equal
amount of funding to be available to the
sponsor in the following year, subject to
legislative action to give the FAA both
legal authority to issue grants and an
appropriation of funds.
Over the five fiscal years from 2003
through 2007, the FAA converted
entitlements averaging just over $450
million annually, representing
approximately 13 percent of the overall
amount appropriated for AIP. Beginning
in fiscal year 2008, that percentage
increased sharply, to an annual average
closer to $600 million, representing
approximately 18 percent of the amount
appropriated for AIP.
Chapter 471 requires the FAA to
establish a deadline for sponsors to
notify the FAA of their intention to
request a grant using their available
entitlement funds. The FAA has
historically established May 1 as the
deadline for sponsor notification. By the
end of July in each of the fiscal years
from 2006 through 2010, the FAA has
historically been able to convert at least
$400 million in entitlement funds based
on sponsor requests.
On February 3, 2011, the FAA
published a notice in the Federal
Register (23 FR 6178), establishing May
1, 2011 as the notification deadline.
However, as of July 20, 2011 (with about
10 weeks remaining in the fiscal year),
the FAA has been able to convert only
about $120 million in carryover based
on sponsor notifications. This
represents a significantly slower rate of
carryover conversion.
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As the end of the fiscal year
approaches, it will quickly become
difficult to convert further carryover
funds to discretionary in sufficient time
to obligate the funds. The FAA
recognizes the unique circumstances
that many sponsors face due to the
series of short-term extensions of the
FAA’s authorizing legislation, which
has prevented the FAA from making
apportioned AIP funds fully available
during FY 2011. The FAA also
recognizes that in many cases, sponsors
have been awaiting access to the full
amount of entitlement funds. In other
cases, sponsors have been waiting in the
hope of securing AIP discretionary or
state apportionment funds.
Therefore, the FAA is hereby
notifying sponsors about steps required
to ensure that the FAA has sufficient
time to carryover and convert remaining
entitlement funds, due to processes
required under federal and local laws.
The FAA is hereby notifying all
sponsors that by 12 p.m. prevailing local
time on Friday, August 12, 2011, they
must submit written notice to the
appropriate FAA office if they intend to
submit a final grant application in
support of eligible projects with its
fiscal year 2011 or prior-year
entitlement funds. This notice must
address all apportioned for fiscal year
2011, regardless of whether the FAA has
authority to obligate those funds. After
that deadline, the FAA will carry over
all remaining entitlement funds, and the
funds will not be available again until
at least the beginning of fiscal year 2012.
This notification requirement does not
apply to non-primary airports covered
by the block-grant program.
In addition, the FAA is also
reminding sponsors that the February 3,
2011 Federal Register notice established
August 1, 2011 as the deadline to
submit a grant application. In light of
the protracted uncertainty about the
program, the FAA is hereby revising
that deadline to Friday, August 12,
2011. The FAA urges sponsors who
cannot meet this deadline for grant
applications to contact the designated
representative in the appropriate
Airports Regional or District Office.
The FAA is also notifying sponsors
who have requested but not received
AIP discretionary funding in fiscal year
2011 that they must contact the
designated representative in the
appropriate Airports District Office or
Regional Office. The FAA will advise
such sponsors if it is unlikely that the
FAA can fulfill those funding requests
in fiscal year 2011, enabling such
sponsors to make timely decisions about
their fiscal year 2011 entitlement funds.
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In the absence of either a final grant
application or written notification from
the sponsor stating their intent to use
fiscal year 2011 entitlement funds, the
FAA will carry over all remaining
entitlement funds, and the funds will
not be available again until at least the
beginning of fiscal year 2012.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 22, 2011.
Frank J. San Martin,
Manager, Airports Financial Assistance
Division, Office of Airport Planning and
Programming.
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Federal Transit Administration
Section 5309 Discretionary Bus and
Bus Facilities Program
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of FTA
Bus and Bus Facilities Program Funds:
Solicitation of Project Proposals for
Veterans Transportation and
Community Living Initiative grants.
AGENCY:
The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the
availability of discretionary Section
5309 Bus and Bus Facilities grant funds
in support of the Federal Interagency
Coordinating Council on Access and
Mobility’s (CCAM or Coordinating
Council) Veterans Transportation and
Community Living Initiative (VTCLI or
Initiative). This grant opportunity will
be funded using $30 million in
unallocated Discretionary Bus and Bus
Facilities Program funds, authorized by
49 U.S.C. 5309(b) of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient,
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For
Users (SAFETEA–LU), Public Law 109–
59, August 10, 2005.
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agencies to finance capital costs of
implementing, expanding, or increasing
access to local One-Call/One-Click
Transportation Resource Centers. These
Centers simplify access to transportation
for the public by connecting customers
in one place to rides and transportation
options provided in their locality by a
variety of transportation providers and
programs. This notice includes
priorities established by the
Coordinating Council’s partnership for
these discretionary funds, the criteria
the interagency review panel will use to
identify meritorious projects for
funding, and describes how to apply.
Additionally, the Department of
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Veterans Affairs (VA) will make
mobility management training
assistance and support available to
Veteran’s Affairs networks in
communities selected for award. The
Department of Labor (DOL) will make
social communication technologies and
training available to selected grantees in
order to actively engage veterans,
military service personnel and families
as well as others in the community in
the development of plans to better
respond to the transportation needs of
veterans and military service families.
This announcement is available on
the FTA’s Web site, on the Veterans
Transportation and Community Living
initiative Web page at: https://
www.fta.dot.gov/veterans. FTA will
announce final selections on its Web
site and in the Federal Register. A
synopsis of this announcement will be
posted in the FIND module of the
government-wide electronic grants Web
site at https://www.grants.gov. Proposals
must be submitted to FTA,
electronically, through the
GRANTS.GOV ‘‘APPLY’’ function.
Complete proposals for the
discretionary Veterans Transportation
and Community Living grants must be
submitted by September 16, 2011. The
proposals must be submitted
electronically through the
GRANTS.GOV Web site. Applicants
who have not already done so should
initiate the process of registering on the
GRANTS.GOV site immediately to
ensure completion of registration before
the deadline for submission.
DATES:
Proposals must be
submitted electronically at https://
www.grants.gov.
ADDRESSES:
For
general program information, as well as
proposal-specific questions, please send
an e-mail to
VeteransTransportation@dot.gov or
contact Doug Birnie, (202) 366–1666, or,
Pamela Brown, (202) 493–2503. A TDD
is available at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/
FIRS).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Funding Opportunity Description
II. FTA and Other Partnership Award
Information
III. Eligibility Information
IV. Proposal Submission Information
V. Proposal Review, Selection and
Notification
VI. Award Administration
VII. Agency Contacts
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44978-44979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18943]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 2011-0786]
Notice of FAA Intent To Carry Over Airport Improvement Program
(AIP) Entitlement Funds
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: By 12 p.m. prevailing local time on Friday, August 12, 2011,
airport sponsors eligible to receive entitlement funds under the
Airport Improvement Program (AIP) must notify, in writing, the
designated representative in the appropriate FAA Regional or Airports
District Office if they intend to submit a final grant application in
support of eligible projects with their fiscal year 2011 and/or prior-
year entitlement funds. This notice must address all entitlement funds
apportioned for fiscal year 2011, regardless of whether the FAA has
authority to obligate those funds. After that deadline, the FAA will
carry over all remaining entitlement funds, and the funds will not be
available again until at least the beginning of fiscal year 2012. This
notification requirement does not apply to non-primary airports covered
by the block-grant program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank J. San Martin, Manager,
Airports Financial Assistance Division, APP-500, on (202) 267-3831.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Documents
You can get an electronic copy of this policy and all other
documents in this docket using the Internet by:
(1) Searching the Federal eRulemaking portal (https://www.regulations.gov/search);
(2) Visiting the FAA's Regulations and Policies Web page at https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies; or
(3) Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at https://www.gpoaccess.gov/.
You can also get a copy by sending a request to the Federal
Aviation Administration, Airports Financial Assistance Division, Office
of Airport Planning and Programming, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-3831. Make sure to
identify the docket number, notice number, or amendment number of this
proceeding.
Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 471, allows the FAA to
grant apportioned or entitlement funds to eligible airport sponsors in
support of eligible projects. Chapter 471 also allows the FAA to defer
or carry over such grants to the following year. In such cases, the FAA
converts the current-year funds to AIP discretionary funds, and then
protects an equal amount of funding to be available to the sponsor in
the following year, subject to legislative action to give the FAA both
legal authority to issue grants and an appropriation of funds.
Over the five fiscal years from 2003 through 2007, the FAA
converted entitlements averaging just over $450 million annually,
representing approximately 13 percent of the overall amount
appropriated for AIP. Beginning in fiscal year 2008, that percentage
increased sharply, to an annual average closer to $600 million,
representing approximately 18 percent of the amount appropriated for
AIP.
Chapter 471 requires the FAA to establish a deadline for sponsors
to notify the FAA of their intention to request a grant using their
available entitlement funds. The FAA has historically established May 1
as the deadline for sponsor notification. By the end of July in each of
the fiscal years from 2006 through 2010, the FAA has historically been
able to convert at least $400 million in entitlement funds based on
sponsor requests.
On February 3, 2011, the FAA published a notice in the Federal
Register (23 FR 6178), establishing May 1, 2011 as the notification
deadline. However, as of July 20, 2011 (with about 10 weeks remaining
in the fiscal year), the FAA has been able to convert only about $120
million in carryover based on sponsor notifications. This represents a
significantly slower rate of carryover conversion.
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As the end of the fiscal year approaches, it will quickly become
difficult to convert further carryover funds to discretionary in
sufficient time to obligate the funds. The FAA recognizes the unique
circumstances that many sponsors face due to the series of short-term
extensions of the FAA's authorizing legislation, which has prevented
the FAA from making apportioned AIP funds fully available during FY
2011. The FAA also recognizes that in many cases, sponsors have been
awaiting access to the full amount of entitlement funds. In other
cases, sponsors have been waiting in the hope of securing AIP
discretionary or state apportionment funds.
Therefore, the FAA is hereby notifying sponsors about steps
required to ensure that the FAA has sufficient time to carryover and
convert remaining entitlement funds, due to processes required under
federal and local laws. The FAA is hereby notifying all sponsors that
by 12 p.m. prevailing local time on Friday, August 12, 2011, they must
submit written notice to the appropriate FAA office if they intend to
submit a final grant application in support of eligible projects with
its fiscal year 2011 or prior-year entitlement funds. This notice must
address all apportioned for fiscal year 2011, regardless of whether the
FAA has authority to obligate those funds. After that deadline, the FAA
will carry over all remaining entitlement funds, and the funds will not
be available again until at least the beginning of fiscal year 2012.
This notification requirement does not apply to non-primary airports
covered by the block-grant program.
In addition, the FAA is also reminding sponsors that the February
3, 2011 Federal Register notice established August 1, 2011 as the
deadline to submit a grant application. In light of the protracted
uncertainty about the program, the FAA is hereby revising that deadline
to Friday, August 12, 2011. The FAA urges sponsors who cannot meet this
deadline for grant applications to contact the designated
representative in the appropriate Airports Regional or District Office.
The FAA is also notifying sponsors who have requested but not
received AIP discretionary funding in fiscal year 2011 that they must
contact the designated representative in the appropriate Airports
District Office or Regional Office. The FAA will advise such sponsors
if it is unlikely that the FAA can fulfill those funding requests in
fiscal year 2011, enabling such sponsors to make timely decisions about
their fiscal year 2011 entitlement funds.
In the absence of either a final grant application or written
notification from the sponsor stating their intent to use fiscal year
2011 entitlement funds, the FAA will carry over all remaining
entitlement funds, and the funds will not be available again until at
least the beginning of fiscal year 2012.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 22, 2011.
Frank J. San Martin,
Manager, Airports Financial Assistance Division, Office of Airport
Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. 2011-18943 Filed 7-26-11; 8:45 am]
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