Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Replacement Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky; Comment Period Extension, 90069-90070 [2016-29871]
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proposed key personnel and outside
consultants and subcontractors.
Proposed key personnel must have
detailed demonstrated experience
providing services similar in scope and
nature to the proposed effort. The
proposed Project Director will serve as
the responsible individual for the
program. 100% of the Project Director’s
time must be dedicated to the SBTRC.
Both the Executive and Project Directors
must be located on-site. In this element,
OSDBU will consider the extent to
which the applicant’s proposed Staffing
Plan; (a) clearly meets the education and
experience requirements to accomplish
the objectives of the cooperative
agreement; (b) delineates staff
responsibilities and accountability for
all work required and; (c) presents a
clear and feasible ability to execute the
applicant’s proposed approach and
strategy.
(e) Cost Proposal (10 Points)
Applicants must submit the total
proposed cost of establishing and
administering the SBTRC in the
applicant’s geographical region for a 12
month period, inclusive of costs funded
through alternative matching resources.
The applicant’s budget must be
adequate to support the proposed
strategy and costs must be reasonable in
relation to project objectives. The
portion of the submitted budget funded
by OSDBU cannot exceed the ceiling
outlined in Section B. Applicants are
encouraged to provide in-kind costs and
other innovative cost approaches.
(f) Scoring Applications
A review panel will score each
application based upon the evaluation
criteria listed above. Points will be
given for each evaluation criteria
category, not to exceed the maximum
number of points allowed for each
category. Proposals which are deemed
non-responsive, do not meet the
established criteria, or incomplete at the
time of submission will be disqualified.
OSDBU will perform a responsibility
determination of the prospective
awardee in the region, which will
include a site visit, before awarding the
cooperative agreement.
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(g) Conflicts of Interest
Applicants must submit signed
statements by key personnel and all
organization principals indicating that
they, or members of their immediate
funded transportation project, nor any
relationships with local or state
transportation agencies that may have
the appearance of a conflict of interest.
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2. Review and Selection Process
A team of people will evaluate the
proposals. Those proposals meeting the
mandatory criteria will be assessed
based on the above mentioned criteria.
The proposals demonstrating the
organization’s capacity to fully execute
the requirements of this grant will be
considered. The proposal receiving the
highest overall score will be awarded.
F. Federal Award Administration
Following the evaluation outlined in
Section E, the OSDBU will announce
the awarded applicant with a written
Notice of Funding Award. The NOFA
will also include the cooperative
agreement for signature.
(a) Administrative and National Policy
Requirements
All awards will be administered
pursuant to the Uniform Administrative
Cost Principles and Audit Requirements
for Federal Awards found in 2 CFR part
200, as adopted by DOT as 2 CFR
partl201.
(b) Reporting
Performance Reporting—The
recipient of this cooperative agreement
must collect information and report on
the cooperative agreement performance
with respect to the relevant deliverables
that are expected to be achieved through
the cooperative agreement. Performance
indicators will include formal goals or
targets, but will include baseline
measures for an agreed-upon timeline,
and will be used to evaluate and
monitor the results that the cooperative
agreement funds achieve to ensure that
funds achieve the intended long-term
outcomes of the cooperative agreement
program.
Progress Reporting—The recipient for
this cooperative agreement funding
must submit quarterly progress reports
and annual Federal Financial Report
(SF-425) on the financial condition of
the cooperative agreement and its
progress, as well as an Annual Budget
Review and Implementation Plan to
monitor the use of Federal funds and
ensure accountability and financial
transparency in the program.
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contracts
For further information this notice
please contact the OSDBU program staff
via email at sbtrc@dot.gov, or call Ms.
Steronica Mattocks at 202–366–0658. To
ensure applicants receive accurate
information about eligibility or the
program, the applicant is encouraged to
contact DOT directly, rather than
through intermediaries or third parties,
with questions.
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H. Protection of Confidential Business
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, the applicant 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. DOT protects
such information from disclosure to the
extent allowed under applicable law. In
the event DOT received a Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) request for the
information, DOT will follow the
procedures described in its FOIA
regulation as 49 CFR 7.17. Only
information that is ultimately
determined to be confidential under that
procedure will be exempt from
disclosure under FOIA.
Issued On: December 5, 2016.
Torre Jessup,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for a
Replacement Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Louisville, Kentucky; Comment
Period Extension
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice of availability; Comment
period extension.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
On October 27, 2016, the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
published, in the Federal Register, the
Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for a Replacement VA Medical Center
(VAMC) and Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA) regional office in
Louisville, Kentucky, that analyzes the
potential impacts of three alternatives
for changes to VA’s facilities in the
Louisville area. Two public hearings on
the Draft EIS were held in Louisville on
November 15, 2016, which were
attended by over 200 people. Since
then, VA has received many requests
from stakeholders for more time to
review and analyze the document due to
its size and the controversy surrounding
SUMMARY:
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the preferred alternative. After
considering these requests and other
factors, VA is extending the comment
period for the Draft EIS by 30 days, from
December 12, 2016 to January 11, 2017.
DATES: All comments must be submitted
by January 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the Draft EIS at www.LouisvilleEIS.com, by email to Louisville
ReplacementHospitalComments@
va.gov, or by regular mail to Robley Rex
VAMC, Replacement VAMC Activation
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Team Office (Attn: Judy Williams), 800
Zorn Avenue, Louisville, KY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Replacement VAMC Activation Team
Office, 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, KY
40206 or by email to Louisville
ReplacementHospitalComments@
va.gov.
Signing Authority: The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved
this document and authorized the
undersigned to sign and submit the
document to the Office of the Federal
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Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department
of Veterans Affairs. Gina S. Farrisee,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of
Veterans Affairs, approved this
document, for publication.
Dated: December 7, 2016.
Jeffrey Martin,
Office Program Manager, Office of Regulation
Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for a Replacement Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville,
Kentucky; Comment Period Extension
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice of availability; Comment period extension.
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SUMMARY: On October 27, 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
published, in the Federal Register, the Notice of Availability of a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Replacement VA Medical
Center (VAMC) and Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) regional
office in Louisville, Kentucky, that analyzes the potential impacts of
three alternatives for changes to VA's facilities in the Louisville
area. Two public hearings on the Draft EIS were held in Louisville on
November 15, 2016, which were attended by over 200 people. Since then,
VA has received many requests from stakeholders for more time to review
and analyze the document due to its size and the controversy
surrounding
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the preferred alternative. After considering these requests and other
factors, VA is extending the comment period for the Draft EIS by 30
days, from December 12, 2016 to January 11, 2017.
DATES: All comments must be submitted by January 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the Draft EIS at www.Louisville-EIS.com, by email to LouisvilleReplacementHospitalComments@va.gov, or
by regular mail to Robley Rex VAMC, Replacement VAMC Activation Team
Office (Attn: Judy Williams), 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, KY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Replacement VAMC Activation Team
Office, 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206 or by email to
LouisvilleReplacementHospitalComments@va.gov.
Signing Authority: The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee,
approved this document and authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of
Veterans Affairs. Gina S. Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department
of Veterans Affairs, approved this document, for publication.
Dated: December 7, 2016.
Jeffrey Martin,
Office Program Manager, Office of Regulation Policy & Management,
Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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