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2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements
i. Grant Requirements
If selected, awardees will apply for a
grant through FTA’s electronic grants
management system and adhere to the
customary FTA grant requirements of
the Section 5303 Metropolitan Planning
program, including those of FTA
Circular 8100.1C and Circular 5010.1D.
All competitive grants, regardless of
award amount, will be subject to the
Congressional Notification and release
process. Technical assistance regarding
these requirements is available from
each FTA regional office.
ii. Planning
FTA encourages proposers to notify
the appropriate metropolitan planning
organizations in areas likely to be served
by the funds made available under this
program. Selected projects must be
incorporated into the unified planning
work programs of metropolitan areas
before they are eligible for FTA funding.
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iii. Standard Assurances
The applicant assures that it will
comply with all applicable Federal
statutes, regulations, executive orders,
FTA circulars, and other Federal
administrative requirements in carrying
out any project supported by the FTA
grant. The applicant acknowledges that
it is under a continuing obligation to
comply with the terms and conditions
of the grant agreement issued for its
project with FTA. The applicant
understands that Federal laws,
regulations, policies, and administrative
practices might be modified from time
to time and may affect the
implementation of the project. The
applicant agrees that the most recent
Federal requirements will apply to the
project, unless FTA issues a written
determination otherwise. The applicant
must submit the Certifications and
Assurances before receiving a grant if it
does not have current certifications on
file.
3. Reporting
Post-award reporting requirements
include submission of Federal Financial
Reports and Milestone Progress Reports
in FTA’s electronic grants management
system on a quarterly basis. Awardees
must also submit copies of the
deliverables identified in the work plan
to the FTA regional office at the
corresponding milestones.
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contact
For program-specific questions, please
contact Benjamin Owen, Office of
Planning and Environment, (202) 366–
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TDD is available at 1–800–877–8339
(TDD/FIRS).
H. Other Information
This program is not subject to
Executive Order 12372,
‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.’’ FTA will consider
applications for funding only from
eligible recipients for eligible projects
listed in Section C.
Complete applications must be
submitted through GRANTS.GOV by
11:59 p.m. EDT June 13, 2016. Contact
information for FTA’s regional offices
can be found on FTA’s Web site at
www.fta.dot.gov.
As a result of amendments in the
FAST Act, transit-oriented development
projects may receive loans through the
USDOT Transportation Infrastructure
Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA)
program. Further information about this
program was published in the Federal
Register on March 11, 2016 and is
available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
pkg/FR-2016-03-11/pdf/2016-05640.pdf.
Matthew J. Welbes,
Executive Director.
Appendix A
Registration in SAM and Grants.Gov
Registration in Brief
Registration takes approximately 3–5
business days, but allow 4 weeks for
completion of all steps.
STEP 1: Obtain DUNS Number
Same day. If requested by phone (1–866–
705–5711) DUNS is provided immediately. If
your organization does not have one, you
will need to go to the Dun & Bradstreet Web
site at https://fedgov.dnb.com/webform [EXIT
Disclaimer] to obtain the number.
*Information for Foreign
Registrants.*Webform requests take 1–2
business days.
STEP 2: Register with SAM
Three to five business days or up to two
weeks. If you already have a TIN, your SAM
registration will take 3–5 business days to
process. If you are applying for an EIN please
allow up to 2 weeks. Ensure that your
organization is registered with the System for
Award Management (SAM) at System for
Award Management (SAM). If your
organization is not, an authorizing official of
your organization must register.
STEP 3: Username & Password
Same day. Complete your AOR
(Authorized Organization Representative)
profile on Grants.gov and create your
username and password. You will need to
use your organization’s DUNS Number to
complete this step. https://
apply07.grants.gov/apply/OrcRegister.
STEP 4: AOR Authorization
*Same day. The E-Business Point of
Contact (E-Biz POC) at your organization
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must login to Grants.gov to confirm you as
an Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR). Please note that there can be more
than one AOR for your organization. In some
cases the E-Biz POC is also the AOR for an
organization. *Time depends on
responsiveness of your E-Biz POC.
STEP 5: TRACK AOR STATUS
At any time, you can track your AOR status
by logging in with your username and
password. Login as an Applicant (enter your
username & password you obtained in Step
3) using the following link: applicant_
profile.jsp.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed
Public Transportation Projects
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces final
environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
for projects in New York, NY; North
Brunswick Township and City of New
Brunswick, NJ; and Cobb and Fulton
Counties, GA. The purpose of this
notice is to announce publicly the
environmental decisions by FTA on the
subject projects and to activate the
limitation on any claims that may
challenge these final environmental
actions.
SUMMARY:
By this notice, FTA is advising
the public of final agency actions
subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23,
United States Code (U.S.C.). A claim
seeking judicial review of FTA actions
announced herein for the listed public
transportation projects will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before
September 12, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312)
353–2577 or Terence Plaskon,
Environmental Protection Specialist,
Office of Environmental Programs, (202)
366–0442. FTA is located at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that FTA has taken final
agency actions by issuing certain
approvals for the public transportation
projects listed below. The actions on the
projects, as well as the laws under
which such actions were taken, are
DATES:
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described in the documentation issued
in connection with the projects to
comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
in other documents in the FTA
administrative record for the projects.
Interested parties may contact either the
project sponsor or the relevant FTA
Regional Office for more information.
Contact information for FTA’s Regional
Offices may be found at https://
www.fta.dot.gov.
This notice applies to all FTA
decisions on the listed projects as of the
issuance date of this notice and all laws
under which such actions were taken,
including, but not limited to, NEPA [42
U.S.C. 4321–4375], Section 4(f) of the
Department of Transportation Act of
1966 [49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act [16
U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42
U.S.C. 7401–7671q]. This notice does
not, however, alter or extend the
limitation period for challenges of
project decisions subject to previous
notices published in the Federal
Register. The projects and actions that
are the subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location: East
Side Access, New York, NY. Project
sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA). Project description:
The East Side Access Project (ESA) will
connect the Long Island Rail Road’s
(LIRR) Main and Port Washington Lines
in Queens to a new LIRR terminal
beneath Grand Central Terminal in
Manhattan. The MTA evaluated various
project changes in seven prior technical
memoranda. In Technical Memorandum
No. 8, the MTA proposed to construct
a new elevator that would connect the
ESA command center (or Terminal
Management Center) in the new LIRR
Concourse with the existing Metro
North Railroad command center, which
is located in the Station Master’s Office
in Grand Central Terminal. In Technical
Memorandum No. 9, the MTA proposed
to extend the construction period at
55th Street, between Park and Madison
Avenues, by approximately 48
additional months to allow concrete
deliveries to the tunnels to facilitate the
remaining Manhattan construction work
and potentially allow hatch access for
construction personnel. In Technical
Memorandum No. 10, the MTA
proposed a new concrete delivery
location on 49th Street between
Madison and Park Avenues, and a
modification to the design for the
entrance located at 415 Madison
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Avenue. This notice only applies to the
discrete actions taken by FTA at this
time, as described below. Nothing in
this notice affects FTA’s previous
decisions, or notice thereof, for this
project. Final agency actions: FTA
determination in each case that neither
a supplemental environmental impact
statement nor a supplemental
environmental assessment is necessary.
Supporting documentation: Technical
Memorandum No. 8—Command Center
Elevator, dated March 26, 2015;
Technical Memorandum No. 9—
Concrete Deliveries at 55th Street, dated
June 8, 2015; and Technical
Memorandum No. 10—Concrete
Deliveries at 49th Street and 415
Madison Entrance Design Enhancement,
dated February 10, 2016.
2. Project name and location: Delco
Lead Safe Haven Storage and ReInspection Facility, North Brunswick
Township and City of New Brunswick,
NJ. Project sponsor: New Jersey Transit
Corporation. Project description: The
proposed project would construct a rail
vehicle service and inspection facility
and outdoor storage rail track for up to
444 rail vehicles. The project would
require the acquisition of eight
properties with a combined total area of
42.6 acres. Final agency actions: Section
4(f) determination; a Section 106
Programmatic Agreement, dated
September 16, 2015; project-level air
quality conformity; and Finding of No
Significant Impact, dated February 19,
2016. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment, dated
December 2015.
3. Project name and location: Connect
Cobb Corridor Project, Cobb and Fulton
Counties, GA. Project description: The
proposed project would build an
approximately 25-mile arterial rapid
transit (ART) bus system with
associated improvements on US 41/
Cobb Parkway. The ART system would
run from the Kennesaw area to the
existing Metropolitan Atlanta Regional
Transit Authority Arts Center Station,
with the majority of the project
operating in a dedicated guideway.
Final agency actions: No use
determination of Section 4(f) resources;
Section 106 finding of no adverse effect;
project-level air quality conformity; and
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Finding of No Significant Impact, dated
April 1, 2016.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and
Environment.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Hazardous Materials: Notice of
Applications for Special Permits
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: List of applications for special
permits.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
procedures governing the application
for, and the processing of, special
permits from the Department of
Transportation’s Hazardous Material
Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart
B), notice is hereby given that the Office
of Hazardous Materials Safety has
received the application described
herein. Each mode of transportation for
which a particular special permit is
requested is indicated by a number in
the ‘‘Nature of Application’’ portion of
the table below as follows: 1—Motor
vehicle, 2—Rail freight, 3—Cargo vessel,
4—Cargo aircraft only, 5—Passengercarrying aircraft.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 16, 2016.
Address Comments to: Record Center,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration U.S. Department of
Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.
Comments should refer to the
application number and be submitted in
triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of
comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing
the special permit number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Paquet, Director, Office of
Hazardous Materials Approvals and
Permits Division, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, East Building, PHH–30,
1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–
4535.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of
the applications are available for
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation
Projects
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for projects in New York, NY;
North Brunswick Township and City of New Brunswick, NJ; and Cobb and
Fulton Counties, GA. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly
the environmental decisions by FTA on the subject projects and to
activate the limitation on any claims that may challenge these final
environmental actions.
DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising the public of final agency
actions subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, United States Code
(U.S.C.). A claim seeking judicial review of FTA actions announced
herein for the listed public transportation projects will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before September 12, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577 or Terence Plaskon,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs,
(202) 366-0442. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken
final agency actions by issuing certain approvals for the public
transportation projects listed below. The actions on the projects, as
well as the laws under which such actions were taken, are
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described in the documentation issued in connection with the projects
to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and in
other documents in the FTA administrative record for the projects.
Interested parties may contact either the project sponsor or the
relevant FTA Regional Office for more information. Contact information
for FTA's Regional Offices may be found at https://www.fta.dot.gov.
This notice applies to all FTA decisions on the listed projects as
of the issuance date of this notice and all laws under which such
actions were taken, including, but not limited to, NEPA [42 U.S.C.
4321-4375], Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of
1966 [49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act [16 U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q].
This notice does not, however, alter or extend the limitation period
for challenges of project decisions subject to previous notices
published in the Federal Register. The projects and actions that are
the subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location: East Side Access, New York, NY.
Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Project
description: The East Side Access Project (ESA) will connect the Long
Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Main and Port Washington Lines in Queens to a
new LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The MTA
evaluated various project changes in seven prior technical memoranda.
In Technical Memorandum No. 8, the MTA proposed to construct a new
elevator that would connect the ESA command center (or Terminal
Management Center) in the new LIRR Concourse with the existing Metro
North Railroad command center, which is located in the Station Master's
Office in Grand Central Terminal. In Technical Memorandum No. 9, the
MTA proposed to extend the construction period at 55th Street, between
Park and Madison Avenues, by approximately 48 additional months to
allow concrete deliveries to the tunnels to facilitate the remaining
Manhattan construction work and potentially allow hatch access for
construction personnel. In Technical Memorandum No. 10, the MTA
proposed a new concrete delivery location on 49th Street between
Madison and Park Avenues, and a modification to the design for the
entrance located at 415 Madison Avenue. This notice only applies to the
discrete actions taken by FTA at this time, as described below. Nothing
in this notice affects FTA's previous decisions, or notice thereof, for
this project. Final agency actions: FTA determination in each case that
neither a supplemental environmental impact statement nor a
supplemental environmental assessment is necessary. Supporting
documentation: Technical Memorandum No. 8--Command Center Elevator,
dated March 26, 2015; Technical Memorandum No. 9--Concrete Deliveries
at 55th Street, dated June 8, 2015; and Technical Memorandum No. 10--
Concrete Deliveries at 49th Street and 415 Madison Entrance Design
Enhancement, dated February 10, 2016.
2. Project name and location: Delco Lead Safe Haven Storage and Re-
Inspection Facility, North Brunswick Township and City of New
Brunswick, NJ. Project sponsor: New Jersey Transit Corporation. Project
description: The proposed project would construct a rail vehicle
service and inspection facility and outdoor storage rail track for up
to 444 rail vehicles. The project would require the acquisition of
eight properties with a combined total area of 42.6 acres. Final agency
actions: Section 4(f) determination; a Section 106 Programmatic
Agreement, dated September 16, 2015; project-level air quality
conformity; and Finding of No Significant Impact, dated February 19,
2016. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated
December 2015.
3. Project name and location: Connect Cobb Corridor Project, Cobb
and Fulton Counties, GA. Project description: The proposed project
would build an approximately 25-mile arterial rapid transit (ART) bus
system with associated improvements on US 41/Cobb Parkway. The ART
system would run from the Kennesaw area to the existing Metropolitan
Atlanta Regional Transit Authority Arts Center Station, with the
majority of the project operating in a dedicated guideway. Final agency
actions: No use determination of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106
finding of no adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity; and
Finding of No Significant Impact, dated April 1, 2016.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
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