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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 70 / Tuesday, April 12, 2016 / Notices
Issued on: April 5, 2016.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016–08354 Filed 4–11–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
FY16 Competitive Funding
Opportunity: Grants for Buses and Bus
Facilities and Low or No Emission
Grant Programs; 5339(b) Grants for
Buses and Bus Facilities Program and
5339(c) Low or No Emission
Program—Correction
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
On March 29, 2016, the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
published a Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO) in the Federal
Register announcing the availability of
approximately $211 million for Grants
for Buses and Bus Facilities and $55
million for Low or No Emission Grants.
The notice provided incomplete
information regarding FTA’s Buy
America and Disadvantage Business
Enterprise (DBE) requirements.
Additionally, the NOFO was missing
information in one place about how to
submit applications through
www.grants.gov. This notice corrects the
March 29 notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
the Bus Program, contact Sam Snead,
FTA Office of Program Management,
202–366–1089, or samuel.snead@
dot.gov. For the Low-No Program,
contact Tara Clark, same office, 202–
366–2623, or tara.clark@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Need for Correction
The FTA notice published in the
Federal Register on March 29, 2016 (81
FR 17553), FR Doc. 2016–07027,
contained errors. In subsection F.
Federal Award Administration, iii.
Administrative and National Policy
Requirements, iii. Buy America and iv.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, the
notice provides incomplete information
and refers to projects that involve
passenger ferries, which are not eligible
for funding under the Bus Program or
Low-No Program. In section G.
Technical Assistance and Other
Program Information, the NOFO is
missing the date by which applications
must be submitted through
www.grants.gov.
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Therefore, FR Doc. 2016–07027 is
corrected as follows:
1. On page 17560, in the 2nd column,
subsection F. Federal Award
Administration, iii. Administrative and
National Policy Requirements, iii. Buy
America is corrected to read as shown
below:
iii. Buy America
The FTA requires that all capital
procurements meet FTA’s Buy America
requirements, which require that all
iron, steel, or manufactured products be
produced in the U.S. These
requirements help create and protect
manufacturing jobs in the U.S. The Bus
Program and Low-No Program will have
a significant economic impact toward
meeting the objectives of the Buy
America law. The FAST Act amended
the Buy America requirements to
provide for a phased increase in the
domestic content for rolling stock. For
FY16 and FY17, the cost of components
and subcomponents produced in the
United States must be more than 60
percent of the cost of all components.
For FY18 and FY19, the cost of
components and subcomponents
produced in the United States must be
more than 65 percent of the cost of all
components. For FY20 and beyond, the
cost of components and subcomponents
produced in the United States must be
more than 70 percent of the cost of all
components. There is no change to the
requirement that final assembly of
rolling stock must occur in the United
States. FTA will be issuing guidance on
the implementation of the phased
increase in domestic content in the near
future. Any proposal that will require a
waiver must identify the items for
which a waiver will be sought in the
application. Applicants should not
proceed with the expectation that
waivers will be granted, nor should
applicants assume that selection of a
project under the Low-No Program that
includes a partnership with a
manufacturer, vendor, consultant, or
other third party constitutes a waiver of
the Buy America requirements for
rolling stock applicable at the time the
project is undertaken.
2. On page 17560, in the 2nd column,
subsection F. Federal Award
Administration, iii. Administrative and
National Policy Requirements, iv.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise is
corrected to read as shown below:
iv. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
The FTA requires that its recipients
receiving planning, capital and/or
operating assistance that will award
prime contracts exceeding $250,000 in
FTA funds in a Federal fiscal year
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comply with the Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise (DBE) program
regulations at 49 CFR part 26.
Applicants should expect to include any
funds awarded, excluding those to be
used for vehicle procurements, in
setting their overall DBE goal. Note,
however, that projects including vehicle
procurements remain subject to the DBE
program regulations. The rule requires
that, prior to bidding on any FTAassisted vehicle procurement, entities
that manufacture vehicles, perform postproduction alterations or retrofitting
must submit a DBE Program plan and
goal methodology to FTA. The FTA will
then issue a transit vehicle
manufacturer (TVM) concurrence/
certification letter. Grant recipients
must verify each entity’s compliance
with these requirements before
accepting its bid. A list of compliant,
certified TVMs is posted on FTA’s Web
page at https://www.fta.dot.gov/
regulations-and-guidance/civil-rightsada/eligible-tvms-list. Please note, that
this list is nonexclusive and recipients
must contact FTA before accepting bids
from entities not listed on this webposting. Recipients may also establish
project specific DBE goals for vehicle
procurements. The FTA will provide
additional guidance as grants are
awarded. For more information on DBE
requirements, please contact Jennifer
Riess, Office of Civil Rights, 202–366–
3084, email: jennifer.riess@dot.gov.
3. On page 17560, in the 3rd column,
section G. Technical Assistance and
Other Program Information is corrected
to insert a deadline for complete
applications of 11:59 p.m. EDT on May
13, 2016.
Matthew J. Welbes,
Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[Safety Advisory 16–1]
Stop Signal Overruns
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory.
AGENCY:
The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) issued Safety
Advisory 16–1 regarding stop signal
overruns on rail fixed guideway public
transportation systems, and an
accompanying letter to the State Safety
Oversight (SSO) program managers and
SUMMARY:
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the chief safety officers of rail transit
systems, seeking data and information
on stop signal overruns during 2015.
Safety Advisory 16–1 and the
accompanying letter are available in
their entirety on the FTA public Web
site at https://www.fta.dot.gov/tso.html.
DATES: The FTA is asking the directors
of the SSO programs to submit the
requested data and information by July
2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
program matters, Mr. Sam Shelton,
Office of System Safety, telephone (202)
366–0815 or Sam.Shelton@dot.gov. For
legal matters, Scott Biehl, Senior
Counsel, telephone (202) 366–0826 or
Scott.Biehl@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Across the
rail transit industry, many if not most
operators keep a database on the
number of instances in which their
passenger or maintenance vehicles over
run a stop signal. In some instances,
State Safety Oversight Agencies
(SSOAs) have identified stop signal
overruns as event data a Rail Fixed
Guideway Public Transportation System
(RFGPTS) must record and report to the
SSOA, as part of the hazard
management process in the System
Safety Program Plans required by the
FTA rules at 49 CFR part 659. The FTA
considers stop signal overruns to be
significant events, creating safety risks,
with potentially catastrophic
consequences. The FTA now seeks to
better understand the prevalence of stop
signal overruns throughout the industry.
The FTA issued Safety Advisory 16–1,
‘‘Stop Signal Overruns,’’ which is
eliciting data and information on stop
signal overruns at RFGPTSs that
occurred during calendar year 2015.
Specifically, FTA is requesting that
each SSOA provide FTA with; (1) the
total number of stop signal overruns that
occurred during 2015 at each RFGPTS
within the SSOA’s oversight; (2) each
RFGPTS’s definition of stop signal
overrun; (3) each RFGPTS’s definition of
a stop signal/stop aspect (e.g., hand
signal, stop sign, cab signal); (4) a
description of the process each RFGPTS
uses to internally detect stop signal
overruns; and, (5) a description of the
process each RFGPTS uses to report
stop signal overruns to the SSOA. The
FTA is requesting this data and
information by July 2016. The FTA is
making this request in accordance with
its authority to request State Safety
Oversight program information, codified
at 49 CFR 659.39(d). Safety Advisory
16–1 and an accompanying letter
addressed to the SSO program
managers, and the chief safety officers of
RFGPTSs, are available in their entirety
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on the FTA public Web site at https://
fta.dot.gov/tso.html.
Also, FTA is aware that a number of
RFGPTSs keep data and information on
stop signal overruns on their own
volition, for the purpose of enhancing
the safety of their operations, albeit they
are not required to report that data and
information to their SSOAs. The FTA
seeks to develop as complete a database
as practical, thus, FTA would appreciate
these RFGPTSs submitting their data
and information to their SSOAs, and in
turn, the SSOAs providing that material
to FTA. The cooperation of the entire
rail transit industry would be very
helpful in developing a better
understanding of stop signal overruns,
and in due course, a strategy for
mitigating the safety risks created by
stop signal overruns.
Matthew J. Welbes,
Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2015–0029; Notice 2]
Mercedes-Benz USA LLC, Denial of
Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Denial of petition.
AGENCY:
Mercedes-Benz USA LLC
(MBUSA), on behalf of itself and its
parent company Daimler AG (DAG),
collectively referred to as ‘‘Mercedes’’
has determined that certain model year
(MY) 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class (205
Platform) passenger cars do not fully
comply with paragraph S10.18.4 of
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) No. 108, Lamps, Reflective
Devices, and Associated Equipment.
Mercedes has filed a report dated
February 9, 2015, pursuant to 49 CFR
part 573, Defect and Noncompliance
Responsibility and Reports. Mercedes
then petitioned NHTSA under 49 CFR
part 556 requesting a decision that the
subject noncompliance is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
ADDRESSES: For further information on
this decision contact Mike Cole, Office
of Vehicle Safety Compliance, the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA), telephone
(202) 366–2334, facsimile (202) 366–
5930.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Mercedes’ Petition: Pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h) and the
rule implementing those provisions at
49 CFR part 556, Mercedes has
petitioned for an exemption from the
notification and remedy requirements of
49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that
this noncompliance is inconsequential
to motor vehicle safety.
Notice of receipt of Mercedes’ petition
was published, with a 30-day public
comment period, on April 16, 2015 in
the Federal Register (80 FR 20571). No
comments were received. To view the
petition and all supporting documents,
log onto the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Web site
at: https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow
the online search instructions to locate
docket number ‘‘NHTSA–2015–0029.’’
II. Vehicles Involved: Affected are
approximately 9,137 MY 2015
Mercedes-Benz C-Class (205 Platform)
passenger cars manufactured from June
18, 2014 through September 5, 2014 at
Mercedes’ Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant.
III. Noncompliance: Mercedes
explains that the subject vehicles were
manufactured with horizontal
adjustment-visually aimed headlamps
that have a lower beam and a horizontal
adjustment mechanism that was not
made inoperative at the factory.
Specifically, the horizontal adjustment
screw was not properly sealed off with
non-removable sealing caps as necessary
to fully meet the requirements of
paragraph S10.18.4 of FMVSS No. 108.
IV. Rule Text: Paragraph S10.18.4 of
FMVSS No. 108 requires in pertinent
part:
S10.18.4 Horizontal adjustment-visually
aimed headlamp. A visually/optically
aimable headlamp that has a lower beam
must not have a horizontal adjustment
mechanism unless such mechanism meets
the requirements of this standard for on
vehicle aiming as specified in S10.18.8.
V. Summary of MBUSA’s Analyses:
Mercedes stated its belief that the
subject noncompliance is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety
for the following reasons:
(A) Mercedes believes that new
manufacturing methods, including the
use of optical image processing to adjust
the horizontal and the vertical
illumination levels of headlamps in
addition to the reduction in assembly
tolerances for headlamp assemblies, has
resulted in optimal headlamp
adjustments on vehicles leaving their
manufacturing plants. As a result, onvehicle aiming devices are no longer
common in the industry. Mercedes
believes that this has led to the
elimination of the need for horizontal
headlamp adjustment on in-use
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[Safety Advisory 16-1]
Stop Signal Overruns
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued Safety
Advisory 16-1 regarding stop signal overruns on rail fixed guideway
public transportation systems, and an accompanying letter to the State
Safety Oversight (SSO) program managers and
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the chief safety officers of rail transit systems, seeking data and
information on stop signal overruns during 2015. Safety Advisory 16-1
and the accompanying letter are available in their entirety on the FTA
public Web site at https://www.fta.dot.gov/tso.html.
DATES: The FTA is asking the directors of the SSO programs to submit
the requested data and information by July 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For program matters, Mr. Sam Shelton,
Office of System Safety, telephone (202) 366-0815 or
Sam.Shelton@dot.gov. For legal matters, Scott Biehl, Senior Counsel,
telephone (202) 366-0826 or Scott.Biehl@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Across the rail transit industry, many if
not most operators keep a database on the number of instances in which
their passenger or maintenance vehicles over run a stop signal. In some
instances, State Safety Oversight Agencies (SSOAs) have identified stop
signal overruns as event data a Rail Fixed Guideway Public
Transportation System (RFGPTS) must record and report to the SSOA, as
part of the hazard management process in the System Safety Program
Plans required by the FTA rules at 49 CFR part 659. The FTA considers
stop signal overruns to be significant events, creating safety risks,
with potentially catastrophic consequences. The FTA now seeks to better
understand the prevalence of stop signal overruns throughout the
industry. The FTA issued Safety Advisory 16-1, ``Stop Signal
Overruns,'' which is eliciting data and information on stop signal
overruns at RFGPTSs that occurred during calendar year 2015.
Specifically, FTA is requesting that each SSOA provide FTA with;
(1) the total number of stop signal overruns that occurred during 2015
at each RFGPTS within the SSOA's oversight; (2) each RFGPTS's
definition of stop signal overrun; (3) each RFGPTS's definition of a
stop signal/stop aspect (e.g., hand signal, stop sign, cab signal); (4)
a description of the process each RFGPTS uses to internally detect stop
signal overruns; and, (5) a description of the process each RFGPTS uses
to report stop signal overruns to the SSOA. The FTA is requesting this
data and information by July 2016. The FTA is making this request in
accordance with its authority to request State Safety Oversight program
information, codified at 49 CFR 659.39(d). Safety Advisory 16-1 and an
accompanying letter addressed to the SSO program managers, and the
chief safety officers of RFGPTSs, are available in their entirety on
the FTA public Web site at https://fta.dot.gov/tso.html.
Also, FTA is aware that a number of RFGPTSs keep data and
information on stop signal overruns on their own volition, for the
purpose of enhancing the safety of their operations, albeit they are
not required to report that data and information to their SSOAs. The
FTA seeks to develop as complete a database as practical, thus, FTA
would appreciate these RFGPTSs submitting their data and information to
their SSOAs, and in turn, the SSOAs providing that material to FTA. The
cooperation of the entire rail transit industry would be very helpful
in developing a better understanding of stop signal overruns, and in
due course, a strategy for mitigating the safety risks created by stop
signal overruns.
Matthew J. Welbes,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-08353 Filed 4-11-16; 8:45 am]
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