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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–1999–6254]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that on May 10, 2018, the Santa Clara
Valley Transportation Authority
(SCVTA) petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) for a
waiver of compliance from certain
provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations. FRA assigned the petition
docket number FRA–1999–6254.
In its petition, SCVTA seeks to extend
the terms and conditions of its Shared
Use waiver regarding operations in its
Vasona Corridor, originally granted by
FRA’s Railroad Safety Board (Board) on
September 26, 2005; modified in 2008;
and extended in 2011 and 2013.
Specifically, this Shared Use waiver is
for the continued operation of the
SCVTA rail fixed guideway transit
system in the Vasona Corridor. SCVTA
shares this corridor with Union Pacific
Railroad (UP) running parallel for 5
miles of the existing 15-mile long UP
Vasona Industrial Lead and serves the
cities of southwest San Jose, CA, and
Campbell, CA. SCVTA and the parallel
UP line share grade crossings and the
corridor, but have no other connection.
Because SCVTA owns this 5-mile-long
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portion of the shared corridor, SCVTA
and UP have executed an Operations
and Maintenance Agreement, which
includes an exclusive operating
easement, allowing UP to fulfill its
obligations as a common carrier of
freight by continuing its existing freight
operations within the purchased
corridor. This agreement requires
SCVTA to inspect, maintain, and repair
all tracks, signal systems and automatic
warning devices along the freight track
within that portion of the corridor
shared with SCVTA tracks.
SCVTA continues to seek partial relief
from 49 CFR part 220, Railroad
Communications, for SCVTA
employees, except its dispatchers; and
from 49 CFR part 225, Railroad
Accidents/Incident Reports, to waive
employee injury reporting requirements
only. SCVTA continues to seek full
relief from some parts of the regulations
(e.g., 49 CFR parts 217, 219, 221, 229,
238, and 239) as well.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested parties desire
an opportunity for oral comment and a
public hearing, they should notify FRA,
in writing, before the end of the
comment period and specify the basis
for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Website: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received by July 9,
2018 will be considered by FRA before
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final action is taken. Comments received
after that date will be considered if
practicable.
Anyone can search the electronic
form of any written communications
and comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
document, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better
inform its processes. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy. See
also https://www.regulations.gov/
privacyNotice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety,
Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–11079 Filed 5–23–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
FY 2018 Competitive Funding
Opportunity: Pilot Program for TransitOriented Development Planning
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity
(NOFO).
AGENCY:
The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the
opportunity to apply for approximately
$25.79 million of funding under the
Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented
Development Planning (Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance #20.500).
As required by federal transit law and
subject to funding availability, funds
will be awarded competitively to
support comprehensive planning
associated with new fixed guideway and
core capacity improvement projects.
DATES: Complete proposals must be
submitted electronically through the
GRANTS.GOV ‘‘APPLY’’ function by
11:59 p.m. EDT July 23, 2018.
Prospective applicants should initiate
the process by registering on the
GRANTS.GOV website promptly to
ensure completion of the application
process before the submission deadline.
Instructions for applying can be found
on FTA’s website at https://
www.transit.dot.gov/TODPilot and in
the ‘‘FIND’’ module of GRANTS.GOV.
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The GRANTS.GOV funding opportunity
ID is FTA–2018–004–TPE. Mail and fax
submissions will not be accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benjamin Owen, FTA Office of Planning
and Environment, (202) 366–5602, or
Benjamin.Owen@dot.gov. A TDD is
available at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/
FIRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
A. Program Description
B. Federal Award Information
C. Eligibility Information
D. Application and Submission Information
E. Application Review Information
F. Federal Award Administration
Information
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
H. Technical Assistance and Other Program
Information
Appendix A: Registration in SAM and
GRANTS.GOV
A. Program Description
Section 20005(b) of the Moving Ahead
for Progress in the 21st Century Act
(MAP–21; Pub. L. 112–141, July 6,
2012), with funding authorized by 49
U.S.C. 5338(a)(2)(B), authorizes FTA to
award funds under the Pilot Program for
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
Planning (TOD Pilot Program) through a
competitive process, as described in this
notice, to local communities to integrate
land use and transportation planning
with a new fixed guideway or core
capacity improvement transit capital
project as defined in Federal transit
statute. (See section C of this NOFO for
more information about eligibility.)
As outlined in MAP–21, the TOD
Pilot Program is intended to fund
comprehensive planning that supports
economic development, ridership,
multimodal connectivity and
accessibility, increased transit access for
pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and
mixed-use development near transit
stations. The TOD Pilot Program also
encourages identification of
infrastructure needs and engagement
with the private sector.
Consistent with direction in MAP–21,
FTA is seeking comprehensive planning
projects covering an entire transit
capital project corridor, rather than
proposals that involve planning for
individual station areas or only a small
section of the corridor. To ensure any
proposed planning work reflects the
needs and aspirations of the local
community and results in concrete,
specific deliverables and outcomes,
transit project sponsors must partner
with entities with land use planning
authority in the transit project corridor
to conduct the planning work.
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B. Federal Award Information
Federal transit law authorizes FTA to
make grants for eligible comprehensive
planning projects under Section
20005(b) of MAP–21, with funding
authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5338(a)(2)(B).
FTA intends to award all available
funding to selected applicants
responding to this NOFO.
Only proposals from eligible
recipients for eligible activities will be
considered for funding. FTA anticipates
minimum grant awards of $250,000 and
maximum grant awards of $2,000,000.
The maximum period of performance
allowed for the work covered by the
award is 36 months.
C. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants
Applicants under the TOD Pilot
Program must be FTA grantees (i.e.,
existing direct and designated
recipients) as of the publication date of
this NOFO. An applicant must either be
the project sponsor of an eligible transit
capital project as defined below in
section C, subsection 3 or an entity with
land use planning authority in an
eligible transit capital project corridor.
Except in cases where an applicant is
both the sponsor of an eligible transit
project and has land use authority in at
least a portion of the transit project
corridor, the transit project sponsor and
at least one entity in the project corridor
with land use planning authority must
partner on the proposed comprehensive
planning project. Documentation of this
partnership must be included with the
application; see section D, subsection 2
of this NOFO for further information.
Only one application per transit
capital project corridor may be
submitted to FTA. Multiple applications
submitted for a single transit capital
project corridor indicate that
partnerships are not in place and FTA
will reject all of the applications.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
The maximum Federal funding share
is 80 percent.
Eligible sources of local match
include the following: Cash from nonGovernment sources other than
revenues from providing public
transportation services; revenues
derived from the sale of advertising and
concessions; amounts received under a
service agreement with a State or local
social service agency or private social
service organization; revenues generated
from value capture financing
mechanisms; or funds from an
undistributed cash surplus; replacement
or depreciation cash fund or reserve; or
new capital. In-kind contributions are
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-1999-6254]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice that on May 10, 2018, the Santa
Clara Valley Transportation Authority (SCVTA) petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain
provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations. FRA assigned the
petition docket number FRA-1999-6254.
In its petition, SCVTA seeks to extend the terms and conditions of
its Shared Use waiver regarding operations in its Vasona Corridor,
originally granted by FRA's Railroad Safety Board (Board) on September
26, 2005; modified in 2008; and extended in 2011 and 2013.
Specifically, this Shared Use waiver is for the continued operation of
the SCVTA rail fixed guideway transit system in the Vasona Corridor.
SCVTA shares this corridor with Union Pacific Railroad (UP) running
parallel for 5 miles of the existing 15-mile long UP Vasona Industrial
Lead and serves the cities of southwest San Jose, CA, and Campbell, CA.
SCVTA and the parallel UP line share grade crossings and the corridor,
but have no other connection. Because SCVTA owns this 5-mile-long
portion of the shared corridor, SCVTA and UP have executed an
Operations and Maintenance Agreement, which includes an exclusive
operating easement, allowing UP to fulfill its obligations as a common
carrier of freight by continuing its existing freight operations within
the purchased corridor. This agreement requires SCVTA to inspect,
maintain, and repair all tracks, signal systems and automatic warning
devices along the freight track within that portion of the corridor
shared with SCVTA tracks.
SCVTA continues to seek partial relief from 49 CFR part 220,
Railroad Communications, for SCVTA employees, except its dispatchers;
and from 49 CFR part 225, Railroad Accidents/Incident Reports, to waive
employee injury reporting requirements only. SCVTA continues to seek
full relief from some parts of the regulations (e.g., 49 CFR parts 217,
219, 221, 229, 238, and 239) as well.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of
Transportation's (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations
Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested parties
desire an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Website: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received by July 9, 2018 will be considered by FRA
before
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final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered if practicable.
Anyone can search the electronic form of any written communications
and comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the comment (or signing the document, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better
inform its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice for the
privacy notice of regulations.gov.
Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-11079 Filed 5-23-18; 8:45 am]
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