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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Grant Availability to Federally
Recognized Indian Tribes To
Implement Traffic Safety Programs and
Projects on Indian Reservations
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with a statute
and as authorized by the Secretary of
Transportation through the Secretary of
the Interior, the Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA), under the Indian Highway Safety
Program (IHSP), will make funds
available to federally recognized Indian
Tribes on an annual basis for
implementing traffic safety programs
and projects designed to reduce the
number of traffic crashes, death,
injuries, and property damage within
these populations. All project
applications received will be reviewed
and selected on a competitive basis.
DATES: On or about February 15, 2021,
the IHSP mailed application packets to
all Tribal leaders. Applications for
program and/or project funds must be
received on or before May 1, 2021.
Applications not received by the IHSP
by close of business on May 1, 2021,
will not be considered and will be
returned unopened. This notice informs
qualified applicants of the application
procedures for Federal Fiscal Year 2022.
ADDRESSES: To apply, each Tribe must
submit its application to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services,
Attention: Indian Highway Safety
Program Director, 1001 Indian School
NE, Suite 251, Albuquerque, New
Mexico 87104.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tribes should direct questions or
requests for copies of the application
packet to: Ms. Kimberly Belone, Indian
Highway Safety Program, 1001 Indian
School NE, Suite 251, Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87104; telephone (505)
563–3900.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Highway Safety Act of 1966, 23
U.S.C. 402, as amended, provided for
U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) funding, through the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) to assist Indian Tribes in
implementing traffic safety projects.
Any program or project request must be
designed to reduce the number of motor
vehicle traffic crashes and their
resulting fatalities, injuries, and
property damage on Indian reservations
and within Indian communities. Motor
vehicle crashes are the leading cause of
death to American Indians/Alaska
Natives ages 1 to 44. Nationwide, 557
American Indians/Alaska Natives were
killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2018.
Of this total 377 died on reservations.
Two hundred four (204) were also
drivers (only) of motor vehicles and 164
of the drivers killed were impaired by
alcohol with a blood-alcohol content
(BAC) of 0.08+. For additional American
Indians/Alaska Natives fatality data, you
can access the NHTSA fatality website
at https://cdan.nhtsa.gov/NA_report/
NA_Report.htm.
This notice solicits applications from
federally recognized Indian Tribes
eligible to receive this assistance. Grant
funds awarded to Tribes as a result of
this announcement are reimbursed for
eligible costs incurred under the terms
of 23 U.S.C. 402, as amended.
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Responsibilities
For the purposes of application of this
grant and the collection and distribution
of the funds, Indian reservations are
collectively considered a ‘‘State’’ and
the Secretary of the Interior is
considered the ‘‘Governor of a State.’’
The Secretary of the Interior delegated
the authority to administer the programs
for all the Indian Tribes in the United
States to the Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs. The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs further delegated the
responsibility for administration of the
IHSP to the BIA, Office of Justice
Services, IHSP located in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. The Program Director of
the IHSP has staff members available to
provide program and technical
assistance to Indian Tribes. The IHSP
maintains contact with NHTSA with
respect to program approval, funding,
and receiving technical assistance.
NHTSA is responsible for ensuring the
IHSP is carried out in accordance with
23 CFR part 1300 and other applicable
Federal statutes and regulations.
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National Priority Program Areas
The following highway safety
program areas have been identified as
priority program areas eligible for
funding under 23 U.S.C 402 on Tribal
lands:
1. Impaired driving
2. Occupant protection
3. Traffic records
Other fundable program areas may be
considered based upon well
documented problem identification
from the Tribes.
Indian Highway Safety Program
Funding Areas
Proposals are being solicited for the
following program areas:
1. Impaired Driving: Programs
directed at reducing injuries and death
attributed to impaired driving on the
reservations such as: selective traffic
enforcement programs (STEP) to
apprehend impaired drivers, specialized
law enforcement training (such as
standardized field sobriety testing),
public information programs on
alcohol/other drug use and driving,
education programs for convicted DWI/
DUI offenders, youth alcohol education
programs promoting traffic safety, DUI/
Impaired driving courts, and programs
or projects directed toward judicial
training. Proposals for projects that
enhance the development and
implementation of innovative programs
to combat impaired driving are also
solicited.
2. Occupant Protection: Programs
directed at decreasing injuries and
deaths attributed to the lack of safety
belt and child restraint usage such as:
surveys to determine usage rates and to
identify high-risk non-users,
comprehensive programs to promote
correct usage of child safety seats and
other occupant restraints, enforcement
of safety belt ordinances or laws,
specialized training (e.g., Operation
Kids, traffic occupant protection
strategies (TOPS), Standardized Child
Passenger Safety Technician Training),
and evaluations.
3. Traffic Records: Programs to help
Tribes develop or update electronic
traffic records systems which will assist
with analysis of crash information,
causational factors, and support joint
efforts with other agencies to improve
the Tribe’s traffic records system.
Project Guidelines
Each Tribe, to be eligible, must fill out
and submit the BIA IHSP application
that was mailed to the Tribal leaders.
Applications will adhere to the
following guidelines:
1. Problem Identification. Highway
traffic safety problems shall be based
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upon accurate Tribal data. Data should
be complete and accurate and should
show problems and/or trends. This data
should be available in Tribal
enforcement, traffic crash records and
medical records.
2. Goals, Performance Measures and
Strategies. Tribes must provide the
overall goals of the project as well as a
list of performance measures and
strategies to be used to evaluate
performance. All goals, performance
measures and strategies must have base
line numbers and will be expressed in
clearly defined, time-framed, and
measurable terms. (Example: To
decrease alcohol related motor vehicle
crashes by ll% from the 2020 number
of ll to ll by the end of FY2022.)
Performance measures should be
aggressive but attainable and based on
available data and trends.
3. Training. Training identified in the
application must relate directly to the
project being proposed.
4. Equipment. Any equipment
identified in the application must relate
directly to the project being proposed.
5. Line Item Budget. The activities to
be funded must be outlined in detail
according to the following object
groups: personnel services; travel and
training, operating costs and equipment.
All Tribes applying for grants must
attach a copy of the Tribe’s indirect cost
rate to the application.
6. Funding Requirements. With the
enactment of the ‘‘Fixing America’s
Surface Transportation Act’’ (Fast Act),
the IHSP is required to certify, on behalf
of the Tribes, the program will meet
certain conditions and comply with all
applicable rules and regulations for
administering a highway safety
program. In addition to program
oversight and technical assistance, the
BIA must certify it will implement the
following activities in support of
national highway safety goals:
a. Participate in national law
enforcement mobilizations;
b. Encourage sustained enforcement
of impaired driving, occupant
protection and speeding;
c. Conduct an annual safety belt
survey in accordance with criteria
established by the Secretary of Interior
to measure safety belt usage rates; and
d. Develop data systems to provide
timely and effective data analysis to
support allocation of highway traffic
safety resources.
7. In order to comply with the
provisions of FAST ACT and the State
Certifications and Assurances, the IHSP
will allocate funds on behalf of the
Tribes to implement the provisions
listed in (6) above. Copies of the State
Certifications and Assurances are
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available upon request or at: https://
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whatsup/
tea21/GrantMan/HTML/
StateCertifications_8-05.html.
8. Funding Length. Traffic safety
program funding is designed primarily
as the source of invention and
motivation. As a result, all projects may
be funded for a 12 month period of time.
This program is not intended for long
term financial support of continuing
and on-going operations.
9. Project Monitoring length may
exceed the grant period in the cases
where distribution of purchase
equipment is necessary.
Measures and Strategies. (35 points
maximum).
Criterion (4), details on necessity and
reasonableness of the budget requested.
(10 points maximum).
Certifications
A list of certifications is attached to
the grant application and must be
initialed to show acceptance by the
Tribe. These certifications are required
by the either the funding agency and/or
the IHSP and include: Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act,
Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988,
Equipment, Civil Rights, Buy America
Act, Political Activity (Hatch Act),
Federal Lobbying, Restriction of State
Lobbying, Lower Tier Certification, and
Policy to Ban Text Messaging While
Driving.
Notification of Non-Selection
The Program Director will notify each
Tribe of non-selection.
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Submission Deadline
Each Tribe must send its funding
request on the appropriate application
form to the BIA IHSP office in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the close
of business May 1, 2020. Request can be
received by U.S. Mail or via email to:
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of
Justice Services, Attention: Indian
Highway Safety Program Director, 1001
Indian School NE, Suite 251,
Albuquerque, NM 87104 or by email to
ojs_indian_highway_safety@bia.gov.
Selection Criteria
A selection committee will review
and evaluate each application
requesting funding. Each member of the
selection committee, by assigning points
to the following four criteria, will rank
each of the proposals based on the
following criteria:
Criterion (1), the General Information
section will include information on the
type of grant, location, population and
size of reservation, type of law
enforcement and pertinent contact
information. (10 points maximum).
Criterion (2), the strength of the
Problem Identification based on
verifiable, current and applicable data to
indicate the extent of the traffic safety
problem. (45 points maximum).
Criterion (3), the quality of the
proposed solution plan based on
aggressive but attainable Performance
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Notification of the Selection
Once the selection committee
concludes its evaluation, it will notify
those Tribes it recommends for
participation and funding by letter.
Upon notification, each selected Tribe
must provide a duly authorized Tribal
resolution. The resolution must be on
file before grants funds can be expended
by or reimbursed to the Tribe.
Uniform Administrative Requirements
for Grant-in-Aid
Uniform grant administration
procedures have been established on a
national basis for all grant-in-aid
programs by 2 CFR 200, ‘‘Uniform
Administrative Requirements for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements to State
and Local Government.’’ NHTSA and
the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) have codified uniform
procedures for State Highway Safety
Programs in 23 CFR part 1300 and the
‘‘Highway Safety Grant Funding Policy
for NHTSA/FHWA Field Administered
Grants’’ are the established cost
principles applicable to grants and
contracts through the BIA and with
Tribal governments. A copy of the Grant
Funding Policy document can be
obtained from the BIA IHSP office or at
https://one.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/whatsup/
tea21/tea21programs/index.htm.
The BIA IHSP office has been
established and is designated to
establish operating procedures
consistent with the applicable
provisions of these rules and any others
that govern these grant funds.
Auditing of Highway Safety Projects
will be included in the Tribal A–133
single audit requirement. Copies of
Tribal audits must be available for
inspection by the highway safety
program staff. Tribes must provide
monthly program status reports and a
corresponding reimbursement claim to
the BIA Indian Highway Safety Program,
1001 Indian School, Suite 251,
Albuquerque, NM 87104, in order to be
reimbursed for program costs. These are
to be submitted no later than 15 working
days beyond the reporting month.
Paperwork Reduction Act
OMB Control Number 1076–0190
currently authorizes the collection of
information requested in this notice,
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with an expiration of September 30,
2021.
Project Monitoring
During the program year, it is the
responsibility of the BIA IHSP office to
review the implementation of Tribal
traffic safety plans and programs,
monitor the progress of their activities
and expenditures and provide technical
assistance as needed. This assistance
may be on-site, by telephone and/or a
review of monthly progress claims.
Project Evaluation
Each project funded is required to
submit an annual report that meets the
minimum criteria as set forth in 23 CFR
part 1300.35. The BIA IHSP will
conduct an annual performance
evaluation for each Highway Safety
Project funded. Pursuant to 23 CFR part
1300.35, the evaluation will measure the
actual accomplishments to the planned
activity and how the project and
activities funded contributed to the
overall goal of the IHSP. Program staff
will evaluate progress from baseline
data as reported by the Tribe. BIA IHSP
staff will evaluate the project on-site at
the discretion of the IHSP Director.
Bryan Newland,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs, Exercising the Delegated Authority
of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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Filing of Plats of Survey, Nebraska
Bureau of Land Management,
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ACTION: Notice of official filing.
AGENCY:
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Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne,
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ADDRESSES: You may submit written
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[212A2100DD/AAKC001030//A0A501010.999900]
Grant Availability to Federally Recognized Indian Tribes To
Implement Traffic Safety Programs and Projects on Indian Reservations
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with a statute and as authorized by the
Secretary of Transportation through the Secretary of the Interior, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), under the Indian Highway Safety Program
(IHSP), will make funds available to federally recognized Indian Tribes
on an annual basis for implementing traffic safety programs and
projects designed to reduce the number of traffic crashes, death,
injuries, and property damage within these populations. All project
applications received will be reviewed and selected on a competitive
basis.
DATES: On or about February 15, 2021, the IHSP mailed application
packets to all Tribal leaders. Applications for program and/or project
funds must be received on or before May 1, 2021. Applications not
received by the IHSP by close of business on May 1, 2021, will not be
considered and will be returned unopened. This notice informs qualified
applicants of the application procedures for Federal Fiscal Year 2022.
ADDRESSES: To apply, each Tribe must submit its application to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services, Attention: Indian
Highway Safety Program Director, 1001 Indian School NE, Suite 251,
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tribes should direct questions or
requests for copies of the application packet to: Ms. Kimberly Belone,
Indian Highway Safety Program, 1001 Indian School NE, Suite 251,
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104; telephone (505) 563-3900.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Highway Safety Act of 1966, 23 U.S.C. 402, as amended, provided
for U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) funding, through the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to assist Indian
Tribes in implementing traffic safety projects. Any program or project
request must be designed to reduce the number of motor vehicle traffic
crashes and their resulting fatalities, injuries, and property damage
on Indian reservations and within Indian communities. Motor vehicle
crashes are the leading cause of death to American Indians/Alaska
Natives ages 1 to 44. Nationwide, 557 American Indians/Alaska Natives
were killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2018. Of this total 377 died on
reservations. Two hundred four (204) were also drivers (only) of motor
vehicles and 164 of the drivers killed were impaired by alcohol with a
blood-alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08+. For additional American Indians/
Alaska Natives fatality data, you can access the NHTSA fatality website
at https://cdan.nhtsa.gov/NA_report/NA_Report.htm.
This notice solicits applications from federally recognized Indian
Tribes eligible to receive this assistance. Grant funds awarded to
Tribes as a result of this announcement are reimbursed for eligible
costs incurred under the terms of 23 U.S.C. 402, as amended.
Responsibilities
For the purposes of application of this grant and the collection
and distribution of the funds, Indian reservations are collectively
considered a ``State'' and the Secretary of the Interior is considered
the ``Governor of a State.'' The Secretary of the Interior delegated
the authority to administer the programs for all the Indian Tribes in
the United States to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs. The
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs further delegated the
responsibility for administration of the IHSP to the BIA, Office of
Justice Services, IHSP located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Program
Director of the IHSP has staff members available to provide program and
technical assistance to Indian Tribes. The IHSP maintains contact with
NHTSA with respect to program approval, funding, and receiving
technical assistance. NHTSA is responsible for ensuring the IHSP is
carried out in accordance with 23 CFR part 1300 and other applicable
Federal statutes and regulations.
National Priority Program Areas
The following highway safety program areas have been identified as
priority program areas eligible for funding under 23 U.S.C 402 on
Tribal lands:
1. Impaired driving
2. Occupant protection
3. Traffic records
Other fundable program areas may be considered based upon well
documented problem identification from the Tribes.
Indian Highway Safety Program Funding Areas
Proposals are being solicited for the following program areas:
1. Impaired Driving: Programs directed at reducing injuries and
death attributed to impaired driving on the reservations such as:
selective traffic enforcement programs (STEP) to apprehend impaired
drivers, specialized law enforcement training (such as standardized
field sobriety testing), public information programs on alcohol/other
drug use and driving, education programs for convicted DWI/DUI
offenders, youth alcohol education programs promoting traffic safety,
DUI/Impaired driving courts, and programs or projects directed toward
judicial training. Proposals for projects that enhance the development
and implementation of innovative programs to combat impaired driving
are also solicited.
2. Occupant Protection: Programs directed at decreasing injuries
and deaths attributed to the lack of safety belt and child restraint
usage such as: surveys to determine usage rates and to identify high-
risk non-users, comprehensive programs to promote correct usage of
child safety seats and other occupant restraints, enforcement of safety
belt ordinances or laws, specialized training (e.g., Operation Kids,
traffic occupant protection strategies (TOPS), Standardized Child
Passenger Safety Technician Training), and evaluations.
3. Traffic Records: Programs to help Tribes develop or update
electronic traffic records systems which will assist with analysis of
crash information, causational factors, and support joint efforts with
other agencies to improve the Tribe's traffic records system.
Project Guidelines
Each Tribe, to be eligible, must fill out and submit the BIA IHSP
application that was mailed to the Tribal leaders. Applications will
adhere to the following guidelines:
1. Problem Identification. Highway traffic safety problems shall be
based upon accurate Tribal data. Data should be complete and accurate
and should show problems and/or trends. This data should be available
in Tribal enforcement, traffic crash records and medical records.
2. Goals, Performance Measures and Strategies. Tribes must provide
the overall goals of the project as well as a list of performance
measures and strategies to be used to evaluate performance. All goals,
performance measures and strategies must have base line numbers and
will be expressed in clearly defined, time-framed, and measurable
terms. (Example: To decrease alcohol related motor vehicle crashes by
__% from the 2020 number of __ to __ by the end of FY2022.) Performance
measures should be aggressive but attainable and based on available
data and trends.
3. Training. Training identified in the application must relate
directly to the project being proposed.
4. Equipment. Any equipment identified in the application must
relate directly to the project being proposed.
5. Line Item Budget. The activities to be funded must be outlined
in detail according to the following object groups: personnel services;
travel and training, operating costs and equipment. All Tribes applying
for grants must attach a copy of the Tribe's indirect cost rate to the
application.
6. Funding Requirements. With the enactment of the ``Fixing
America's Surface Transportation Act'' (Fast Act), the IHSP is required
to certify, on behalf of the Tribes, the program will meet certain
conditions and comply with all applicable rules and regulations for
administering a highway safety program. In addition to program
oversight and technical assistance, the BIA must certify it will
implement the following activities in support of national highway
safety goals:
a. Participate in national law enforcement mobilizations;
b. Encourage sustained enforcement of impaired driving, occupant
protection and speeding;
c. Conduct an annual safety belt survey in accordance with criteria
established by the Secretary of Interior to measure safety belt usage
rates; and
d. Develop data systems to provide timely and effective data
analysis to support allocation of highway traffic safety resources.
7. In order to comply with the provisions of FAST ACT and the State
Certifications and Assurances, the IHSP will allocate funds on behalf
of the Tribes to implement the provisions listed in (6) above. Copies
of the State Certifications and Assurances are
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available upon request or at: https://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whatsup/tea21/GrantMan/HTML/StateCertifications_8-05.html.
8. Funding Length. Traffic safety program funding is designed
primarily as the source of invention and motivation. As a result, all
projects may be funded for a 12 month period of time. This program is
not intended for long term financial support of continuing and on-going
operations.
9. Project Monitoring length may exceed the grant period in the
cases where distribution of purchase equipment is necessary.
Certifications
A list of certifications is attached to the grant application and
must be initialed to show acceptance by the Tribe. These certifications
are required by the either the funding agency and/or the IHSP and
include: Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, Drug Free
Workplace Act of 1988, Equipment, Civil Rights, Buy America Act,
Political Activity (Hatch Act), Federal Lobbying, Restriction of State
Lobbying, Lower Tier Certification, and Policy to Ban Text Messaging
While Driving.
Submission Deadline
Each Tribe must send its funding request on the appropriate
application form to the BIA IHSP office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by
the close of business May 1, 2020. Request can be received by U.S. Mail
or via email to: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services,
Attention: Indian Highway Safety Program Director, 1001 Indian School
NE, Suite 251, Albuquerque, NM 87104 or by email to
[email protected].
Selection Criteria
A selection committee will review and evaluate each application
requesting funding. Each member of the selection committee, by
assigning points to the following four criteria, will rank each of the
proposals based on the following criteria:
Criterion (1), the General Information section will include
information on the type of grant, location, population and size of
reservation, type of law enforcement and pertinent contact information.
(10 points maximum).
Criterion (2), the strength of the Problem Identification based on
verifiable, current and applicable data to indicate the extent of the
traffic safety problem. (45 points maximum).
Criterion (3), the quality of the proposed solution plan based on
aggressive but attainable Performance Measures and Strategies. (35
points maximum).
Criterion (4), details on necessity and reasonableness of the
budget requested. (10 points maximum).
Notification of the Selection
Once the selection committee concludes its evaluation, it will
notify those Tribes it recommends for participation and funding by
letter. Upon notification, each selected Tribe must provide a duly
authorized Tribal resolution. The resolution must be on file before
grants funds can be expended by or reimbursed to the Tribe.
Notification of Non-Selection
The Program Director will notify each Tribe of non-selection.
Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grant-in-Aid
Uniform grant administration procedures have been established on a
national basis for all grant-in-aid programs by 2 CFR 200, ``Uniform
Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to
State and Local Government.'' NHTSA and the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) have codified uniform procedures for State
Highway Safety Programs in 23 CFR part 1300 and the ``Highway Safety
Grant Funding Policy for NHTSA/FHWA Field Administered Grants'' are the
established cost principles applicable to grants and contracts through
the BIA and with Tribal governments. A copy of the Grant Funding Policy
document can be obtained from the BIA IHSP office or at https://one.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/whatsup/tea21/tea21programs/index.htm.
The BIA IHSP office has been established and is designated to
establish operating procedures consistent with the applicable
provisions of these rules and any others that govern these grant funds.
Auditing of Highway Safety Projects will be included in the Tribal
A-133 single audit requirement. Copies of Tribal audits must be
available for inspection by the highway safety program staff. Tribes
must provide monthly program status reports and a corresponding
reimbursement claim to the BIA Indian Highway Safety Program, 1001
Indian School, Suite 251, Albuquerque, NM 87104, in order to be
reimbursed for program costs. These are to be submitted no later than
15 working days beyond the reporting month.
Paperwork Reduction Act
OMB Control Number 1076-0190 currently authorizes the collection of
information requested in this notice, with an expiration of September
30, 2021.
Project Monitoring
During the program year, it is the responsibility of the BIA IHSP
office to review the implementation of Tribal traffic safety plans and
programs, monitor the progress of their activities and expenditures and
provide technical assistance as needed. This assistance may be on-site,
by telephone and/or a review of monthly progress claims.
Project Evaluation
Each project funded is required to submit an annual report that
meets the minimum criteria as set forth in 23 CFR part 1300.35. The BIA
IHSP will conduct an annual performance evaluation for each Highway
Safety Project funded. Pursuant to 23 CFR part 1300.35, the evaluation
will measure the actual accomplishments to the planned activity and how
the project and activities funded contributed to the overall goal of
the IHSP. Program staff will evaluate progress from baseline data as
reported by the Tribe. BIA IHSP staff will evaluate the project on-site
at the discretion of the IHSP Director.
Bryan Newland,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Exercising the
Delegated Authority of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-06725 Filed 3-31-21; 8:45 am]
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