Announcement of Fiscal Year 2021 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program Project Selections, 15489-15491 [2022-05734]

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Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 on: Thomas P. Keane, Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration. [FR Doc. 2022–05728 Filed 3–17–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:27 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 256001 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration Announcement of Fiscal Year 2021 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program Project Selections Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice; announcement of project selections. Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program. AGENCY: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the allocation of $409,274,220 to projects under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program (Buses and Bus Facilities Program) and provides administrative guidance on project implementation. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful applicants should contact the appropriate FTA Regional Office for information regarding applying for the funds or program-specific information. A list of Regional Offices can be found at www.transit.dot.gov/. Unsuccessful applicants may contact Tom Wilson, Office of Program Management at (202) 366–5279, email: Thomas.Wilson@ dot.gov within 30 days of this announcement to arrange a proposal debriefing. A TDD is available at 1–800– 877–8339 (TDD/FIRS). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal public transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5339(b)) authorizes FTA to make competitive grants for buses and bus facilities. Federal public law (49 U.S.C. 5338(a)(2)(M)) authorized $289,044,179 in FY 2021 funds for the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, appropriated an additional $125,000,000 for the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program. After the oversight takedown of $4,455,331, FTA is announcing the availability of $409,588,848 for the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program. On September 20, 2021, FTA published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (86 FR 52291) announcing the availability of $409,588,848 in competitive funding under the Buses and Bus Facilities Program. These funds will provide financial assistance to states and eligible public agencies to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses, vans, and related equipment, and for capital projects to rehabilitate, purchase, construct, or lease bus-related facilities. In response to the NOFO, FTA received 303 eligible project proposals totaling SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15489 approximately $2.56 billion in Federal funds. Project proposals were evaluated based on each applicant’s responsiveness to the program evaluation criteria outlined in the NOFO. Based on the criteria in the NOFO, FTA is funding 70 projects, as shown in Table 1, for a total of $409,274,220. Recipients selected for competitive funding are required to work with their FTA Regional Office to submit a grant application in FTA’s Transit Award Management System (TrAMS) for the projects identified in the attached table to quickly obligate funds. Grant applications must only include eligible activities applied for in the original project application. Funds must be used consistent with the competitive proposal and for the eligible capital purposes described in the NOFO. In cases where the allocation amount is less than the proposer’s total requested amount, recipients are required to fund the scalable project option as described in the application. If the award amount does not correspond to the scalable option, the recipient should work with the Regional Office to reduce scope or scale the project such that a complete phase or project is accomplished. Recipients may also provide additional local funds to complete a proposed project. A discretionary project identification number has been assigned to each project for tracking purposes and must be used in the TrAMS application. Selected projects are eligible to incur costs under pre-award authority no earlier than the date projects were publicly announced. Pre-award authority does not guarantee that project expenses incurred prior to the award of a grant will be eligible for reimbursement, as eligibility for reimbursement is contingent upon other requirements, such as planning and environmental requirements, having been met. For more about FTA’s policy on pre-award authority, please see the current FTA Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information and Interim Guidance at https:// www.transit.dot.gov/funding/ apportionments. Post-award reporting requirements include submission of Federal Financial Reports and Milestone Progress Reports in TrAMS (see FTA Circular 5010.1E). Recipients must comply with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal requirements in carrying out the project supported by the FTA grant. FTA emphasizes that recipients must follow all third-party procurement requirements set forth in Federal public E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1 15490 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 53 / Friday, March 18, 2022 / Notices transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5325(a)) and described in the FTA Third Party Contracting Guidance Circular (FTA Circular 4220.1). Funds allocated in this announcement must be obligated in a grant by September 30, 2025. Technical Review and Evaluation Summary: The FTA assessed all project proposals that were submitted under the FY 2021 Buses and Bus Facilities Program competition according to the following evaluation criteria. The specific metrics for each criterion were described in the September 20, 2021, NOFO: 1. Demonstration of Need 2. Demonstration of Benefits 3. Planning/Local Prioritization 4. Local Financial Commitment 5. Project Implementation Strategy 6. Technical, Legal, and Financial Capacity For each project, a technical review panel assigned a rating of Highly Recommended, Recommended, or Not Recommended for each of the six criteria. The technical review panel then assigned an overall rating of Highly Recommended, Recommended, Not Recommended, or Ineligible to the project proposal. Projects were assigned a final overall rating of Highly Recommended if they were rated Highly Recommended in at least four categories overall, with no Not Recommended ratings. Projects were assigned a final overall rating of Recommended if the projects had three or more Recommended ratings and no Not Recommended ratings. Projects were assigned a rating of Not Recommended if they received a Not Recommended rating in any criteria. A summary of the final overall ratings for all 303 eligible project proposals is shown in the table below. OVERALL PROJECT RATINGS [Eligible submissions] Highly Recommended .................. Recommended ............................. Not Recommended ....................... 166 95 42 Total .......................................... 303 As outlined in the NOFO, FTA made the final selections based on the technical ratings as well as geographic diversity, diversity in the size of transit systems receiving funding, Administration priorities including climate change, and/or receipt of other recent competitive awards. As further outlined in the NOFO, in some cases, due to funding limitations, proposers that were selected for funding received less than the amount originally requested. Nuria I. Fernandez, Administrator. TABLE 1—FY 2021 GRANTS FOR BUSES AND BUS FACILITIES PROJECT SELECTIONS State Recipient AK ................... AL ................... AR .................. AZ ................... D2022–BUSC–001 D2022–BUSC–002 D2022–BUSC–003 D2022–BUSC–004 ................... ................... ................... ................... .................. .................. .................. .................. .................. City and Borough of Juneau, Capital Transit ...... City of Mobile ...................................................... City of Jonesboro ................................................ Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Transportation Authority. Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority .............. Sacramento Regional Transit District .................. City of Torrance Transit Department ................... Napa Valley Transportation Authority ................. Riverside Transit Agency .................................... D2022–BUSC–005 D2022–BUSC–006 D2022–BUSC–007 D2022–BUSC–008 D2022–BUSC–009 ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... CA .................. CA .................. San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority ....... SunLine Transit Agency ...................................... D2022–BUSC–010 ................... D2022–BUSC–011 ................... CA .................. CA .................. City of Norwalk: Norwalk Transit System ............ City of Santa Rosa .............................................. D2022–BUSC–012 ................... D2022–BUSC–013 ................... CA CA CA CA CA North County Transit District (NCTD) ................. City of Cerritos .................................................... Foothill Transit ..................................................... California DOT on behalf of the City of Arvin ..... California DOT on behalf of Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS). State of Colorado, Department of Transportation (CDOT). State of Colorado, Department of Transportation (CDOT). Connecticut Department of Transportation ......... Delaware Transit Corporation ............................. City of Gainesville Dept of Transportation & Mobility, Regional Transit System. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority .................... Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). Honolulu, City and County of .............................. D2022–BUSC–014 D2022–BUSC–015 D2022–BUSC–016 D2022–BUSC–017 D2022–BUSC–018 CA CA CA CA CA .................. .................. .................. .................. .................. CO .................. CO .................. CT ................... DE .................. FL ................... FL ................... GA .................. jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 HI .................... IA .................... ID .................... IL .................... IN .................... IN .................... KS ................... KY ................... Project ID Project description ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... D2022–BUSC–019 ................... D2022–BUSC–020 ................... D2022–BUSC–021 ................... D2022–BUSC–022 ................... D2022–BUSC–023 ................... D2022–BUSC–024 ................... D2022–BUSC–025 ................... D2022–BUSC–026 ................... LA ................... MA .................. Ames Transit Agency, d/b/a CyRide ................... Valley Regional Transit ....................................... Madison County Mass Transit District ................ South Bend Public Transportation Corporation .. Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation .. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation ......................... Transit Authority of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. City of Shreveport ............................................... Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ...... D2022–BUSC–034 ................... D2022–BUSC–035 ................... MD .................. ME .................. MDOT—MTA on Behalf of Harford County ........ Greater Portland Transit District .......................... D2022–BUSC–036 ................... D2022–BUSC–037 ................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:27 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 256001 PO 00000 D2022–BUSC–027 D2022–BUSC–028 D2022–BUSC–029 D2022–BUSC–030 D2022–BUSC–031 D2022–BUSC–032 D2022–BUSC–033 Frm 00133 Fmt 4703 ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... Sfmt 4703 On-route electric bus charging infrastructure ...... Bus replacement ................................................. Bus stop technology upgrades ............................ Electric buses and charging equipment procurement; bus storage facility construction. Zero-emission bus infrastructure ......................... Bus replacement ................................................. Transit fleet modernization .................................. Zero-emission bus electrification ......................... Construction of hydrogen fueling stations and workforce training. Zero-emission bus replacement .......................... Zero-emission bus procurement and bus refurbishment for the Coachella Valley. Zero-emission battery electric bus replacement Replacing diesel buses with battery electric and supporting infrastructure. Hydrogen electric bus replacement ..................... Electric bus procurement and fleet replacement Zero-emission double deck bus procurement ..... Rural battery electric bus replacement ............... Improving bus system inter-modal connectivity to Yosemite National Park. Snowmass Multimodal Transit Station ................ Rural regional transit center renovations and expansion. Zero-emission bus procurement ......................... Rehoboth Transit Center modernization ............. Bus replacement and East Gainesville transfer station construction. Electric bus and charging expansion .................. Clayton County Multipurpose Operations and Maintenance Facility. Battery electric bus acquisition and service expansion. Articulated electric bus procurement ................... Transit vehicle replacement and electrification ... Bus replacement ................................................. Bus replacement ................................................. Enhanced bus stops ............................................ Rural accessible van procurement ...................... Bus replacement ................................................. City-wide bus shelter improvements ................... Maintenance facility replacement and electrification. Bus replacement ................................................. Bus replacement ................................................. E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1 Allocation $1,446,827 4,850,535 752,000 1,292,118 3,998,543 5,250,000 6,280,000 8,455,856 8,787,846 8,799,979 8,409,070 3,530,822 4,288,300 4,800,000 4,378,140 7,942,200 2,922,550 4,600,625 13,500,000 9,350,000 11,446,538 5,400,000 10,660,817 18,399,000 15,000,000 4,711,900 3,185,374 1,920,000 2,700,000 4,327,304 2,346,658 52,972 4,107,642 1,948,000 5,000,000 1,498,000 1,887,000 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 53 / Friday, March 18, 2022 / Notices 15491 TABLE 1—FY 2021 GRANTS FOR BUSES AND BUS FACILITIES PROJECT SELECTIONS—Continued State Recipient Project ID Project description MI ................... Michigan Department of Transportation .............. D2022–BUSC–038 ................... MI ................... Michigan Department of Transportation .............. D2022–BUSC–039 ................... MN .................. MN .................. Minnesota Valley Transit Authority ..................... City of Rochester ................................................. D2022–BUSC–040 ................... D2022–BUSC–041 ................... MO .................. Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District. City of Billings, MET Transit Division .................. City of Greensboro .............................................. D2022–BUSC–042 ................... Bus replacement and fleet expansion in the State of Michigan. Bus facility replacement, expansion, and rehabilitation for four rural transit systems. Burnsville bus garage modernization .................. Bus Stop improvement and 75th St. Park and Ride construction. Battery electric bus deployment in DeBaliviere .. MT .................. NC .................. NC NC NM NV .................. .................. .................. .................. NY .................. NY .................. OH .................. OH .................. OH .................. OH .................. City of Concord ................................................... City of Durham .................................................... City of Albuquerque ............................................. Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority ........... Metropolitan Transportation Authority ................. Laketran ............................................................... D2022–BUSC–045 D2022–BUSC–046 D2022–BUSC–047 D2022–BUSC–048 ................... ................... ................... ................... D2022–BUSC–049 D2022–BUSC–050 D2022–BUSC–051 BUSC–052. D2022–BUSC–053 D2022–BUSC–054 D2022–BUSC–055 ................... ................... & D2022– WA .................. WA .................. Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority .............. Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA). Oklahoma Department of Transportation ............ Rogue Valley Transportation District ................... Lane Transit District ............................................ Oregon Department of Transportation, Public Transportation Division. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. City of Rock Hill ................................................... Galveston, City of ................................................ Fort Worth Transportation Authority .................... Texas Department of Transportation .................. Utah Department of Transportation .................... Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission. Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area Kitsap Transit ...................................................... WA .................. Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority D2022–BUSC–070 ................... WI ................... City of Madison ................................................... D2022–BUSC–071 ................... Total ........ .............................................................................. ................................................... OH .................. OK OR OR OR .................. .................. .................. .................. PA ................... SC .................. TX ................... TX ................... TX ................... UT ................... VA ................... BILLING CODE 4910–57–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC’s determination that one or more VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:27 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 256001 4,098,410 3,028,000 3,008,800 3,966,318 10,800,000 1,161,100 4,870,000 4,844,000 12,337,280 7,233,149 & 7,448,832 1,514,888 2,307,200 10,134,960 ................... ................... ................... ................... Rural bus facility rehabilitation ............................ Bus facility expansion .......................................... Zero-emission bus replacement .......................... Bus fleet expansion ............................................. 914,725 12,552,523 4,891,676 244,800 D2022–BUSC–061 ................... South Philadelphia Transportation Center .......... 9,800,000 D2022–BUSC–062 D2022–BUSC–063 D2022–BUSC–064 D2022–BUSC–065 D2022–BUSC–066 D2022–BUSC–067 ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... Transit fleet and facilities expansion ................... Low-emission fleet replacement .......................... Bus facility improvements ................................... Rural transit asset replacement & modernization Rural bus transit expansion project .................... Bus transit hub rehabilitation ............................... 2,832,848 1,060,000 6,484,320 22,850,000 2,389,699 916,500 D2022–BUSC–068 ................... D2022–BUSC–069 ................... Bus replacement ................................................. Battery-electric buses and charging infrastructure procurement. Bus procurement and station construction for I– 405 Bus Rapid Transit Service. Bus maintenance and administrative facility improvements. 2,742,600 10,400,000 .............................................................................. 409,274,220 OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 202–622–2420; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202–622–2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel: 202–622– 2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 4,960,000 4,339,344 D2022–BUSC–057 D2022–BUSC–058 D2022–BUSC–059 D2022–BUSC–060 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. 7,391,200 D2022–BUSC–056 ................... See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s). AGENCY: 6,199,631 Bus replacement ................................................. Bus facility renovation and safety improvements Bus replacement with new green diesel and electric buses. Bus facility roofing improvement ......................... DATES: Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions SUMMARY: ................... ................... ................... Bus replacement and facility refurbishment ........ Replacing diesel buses with zero-emission buses and infrastructure in the City of Greensboro. Bus replacement ................................................. Durham Station renovation ................................. Bus wash system ................................................ Hydrogen fuel cell bus procurement and solar lighting for bus stops. Battery electric bus deployment .......................... Bus depot renovation .......................................... Bus facility renovation and expansion ................ applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. [FR Doc. 2022–05734 Filed 3–17–22; 8:45 am] jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 D2022–BUSC–043 ................... D2022–BUSC–044 ................... Allocation Frm 00134 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4,000,000 12,924,801 6,400,000 Electronic Availability The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available on OFAC’s website (www.treasury.gov/ofac). Notice of OFAC Actions On March 11, 2022, OFAC determined that the property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are blocked under the relevant sanctions authorities listed below. Individuals 1. GAYEVOY, Aleksandr Andreyevich (a.k.a. GAEVOI, Aleksandr Andreevich; a.k.a. GAEVOY, Aleksandr), Vladivostok, Russia; DOB 16 Jun 1986; POB Artem, Primorkiy Kray, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1

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[FR Doc No: 2022-05734]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Announcement of Fiscal Year 2021 Grants for Buses and Bus 
Facilities Program Project Selections

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice; announcement of project selections. Grants for Buses 
and Bus Facilities Program.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit 
Administration (FTA) announces the allocation of $409,274,220 to 
projects under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Grants for Buses and Bus 
Facilities Program (Buses and Bus Facilities Program) and provides 
administrative guidance on project implementation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful applicants should contact 
the appropriate FTA Regional Office for information regarding applying 
for the funds or program-specific information. A list of Regional 
Offices can be found at www.transit.dot.gov/. Unsuccessful applicants 
may contact Tom Wilson, Office of Program Management at (202) 366-5279, 
email: [email protected] within 30 days of this announcement to 
arrange a proposal debriefing. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 
(TDD/FIRS).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal public transportation law (49 U.S.C. 
5339(b)) authorizes FTA to make competitive grants for buses and bus 
facilities. Federal public law (49 U.S.C. 5338(a)(2)(M)) authorized 
$289,044,179 in FY 2021 funds for the Grants for Buses and Bus 
Facilities Program. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, 
appropriated an additional $125,000,000 for the Grants for Buses and 
Bus Facilities Program. After the oversight takedown of $4,455,331, FTA 
is announcing the availability of $409,588,848 for the Grants for Buses 
and Bus Facilities Program.
    On September 20, 2021, FTA published a Notice of Funding 
Opportunity (NOFO) (86 FR 52291) announcing the availability of 
$409,588,848 in competitive funding under the Buses and Bus Facilities 
Program. These funds will provide financial assistance to states and 
eligible public agencies to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease 
buses, vans, and related equipment, and for capital projects to 
rehabilitate, purchase, construct, or lease bus-related facilities. In 
response to the NOFO, FTA received 303 eligible project proposals 
totaling approximately $2.56 billion in Federal funds. Project 
proposals were evaluated based on each applicant's responsiveness to 
the program evaluation criteria outlined in the NOFO.
    Based on the criteria in the NOFO, FTA is funding 70 projects, as 
shown in Table 1, for a total of $409,274,220. Recipients selected for 
competitive funding are required to work with their FTA Regional Office 
to submit a grant application in FTA's Transit Award Management System 
(TrAMS) for the projects identified in the attached table to quickly 
obligate funds. Grant applications must only include eligible 
activities applied for in the original project application. Funds must 
be used consistent with the competitive proposal and for the eligible 
capital purposes described in the NOFO.
    In cases where the allocation amount is less than the proposer's 
total requested amount, recipients are required to fund the scalable 
project option as described in the application. If the award amount 
does not correspond to the scalable option, the recipient should work 
with the Regional Office to reduce scope or scale the project such that 
a complete phase or project is accomplished. Recipients may also 
provide additional local funds to complete a proposed project. A 
discretionary project identification number has been assigned to each 
project for tracking purposes and must be used in the TrAMS 
application.
    Selected projects are eligible to incur costs under pre-award 
authority no earlier than the date projects were publicly announced. 
Pre-award authority does not guarantee that project expenses incurred 
prior to the award of a grant will be eligible for reimbursement, as 
eligibility for reimbursement is contingent upon other requirements, 
such as planning and environmental requirements, having been met. For 
more about FTA's policy on pre-award authority, please see the current 
FTA Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information and Interim 
Guidance at https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/apportionments. Post-
award reporting requirements include submission of Federal Financial 
Reports and Milestone Progress Reports in TrAMS (see FTA Circular 
5010.1E). Recipients must comply with all applicable Federal statutes, 
regulations, executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal 
requirements in carrying out the project supported by the FTA grant. 
FTA emphasizes that recipients must follow all third-party procurement 
requirements set forth in Federal public

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transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5325(a)) and described in the FTA Third 
Party Contracting Guidance Circular (FTA Circular 4220.1). Funds 
allocated in this announcement must be obligated in a grant by 
September 30, 2025.
    Technical Review and Evaluation Summary: The FTA assessed all 
project proposals that were submitted under the FY 2021 Buses and Bus 
Facilities Program competition according to the following evaluation 
criteria. The specific metrics for each criterion were described in the 
September 20, 2021, NOFO:

1. Demonstration of Need
2. Demonstration of Benefits
3. Planning/Local Prioritization
4. Local Financial Commitment
5. Project Implementation Strategy
6. Technical, Legal, and Financial Capacity

    For each project, a technical review panel assigned a rating of 
Highly Recommended, Recommended, or Not Recommended for each of the six 
criteria. The technical review panel then assigned an overall rating of 
Highly Recommended, Recommended, Not Recommended, or Ineligible to the 
project proposal.
    Projects were assigned a final overall rating of Highly Recommended 
if they were rated Highly Recommended in at least four categories 
overall, with no Not Recommended ratings. Projects were assigned a 
final overall rating of Recommended if the projects had three or more 
Recommended ratings and no Not Recommended ratings. Projects were 
assigned a rating of Not Recommended if they received a Not Recommended 
rating in any criteria. A summary of the final overall ratings for all 
303 eligible project proposals is shown in the table below.

                         Overall Project Ratings
                         [Eligible submissions]
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Highly Recommended...........................................        166
Recommended..................................................         95
Not Recommended..............................................         42
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  Total......................................................        303
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    As outlined in the NOFO, FTA made the final selections based on the 
technical ratings as well as geographic diversity, diversity in the 
size of transit systems receiving funding, Administration priorities 
including climate change, and/or receipt of other recent competitive 
awards.
    As further outlined in the NOFO, in some cases, due to funding 
limitations, proposers that were selected for funding received less 
than the amount originally requested.

Nuria I. Fernandez,
Administrator.

                     Table 1--FY 2021 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Project Selections
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             State                      Recipient             Project ID       Project description    Allocation
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AK.............................  City and Borough of      D2022-BUSC-001...  On-route electric bus    $1,446,827
                                  Juneau, Capital                             charging
                                  Transit.                                    infrastructure.
AL.............................  City of Mobile.........  D2022-BUSC-002...  Bus replacement.......    4,850,535
AR.............................  City of Jonesboro......  D2022-BUSC-003...  Bus stop technology         752,000
                                                                              upgrades.
AZ.............................  Northern Arizona         D2022-BUSC-004...  Electric buses and        1,292,118
                                  Intergovernmental                           charging equipment
                                  Transportation                              procurement; bus
                                  Authority.                                  storage facility
                                                                              construction.
CA.............................  Eastern Contra Costa     D2022-BUSC-005...  Zero-emission bus         3,998,543
                                  Transit Authority.                          infrastructure.
CA.............................  Sacramento Regional      D2022-BUSC-006...  Bus replacement.......    5,250,000
                                  Transit District.
CA.............................  City of Torrance         D2022-BUSC-007...  Transit fleet             6,280,000
                                  Transit Department.                         modernization.
CA.............................  Napa Valley              D2022-BUSC-008...  Zero-emission bus         8,455,856
                                  Transportation                              electrification.
                                  Authority.
CA.............................  Riverside Transit        D2022-BUSC-009...  Construction of           8,787,846
                                  Agency.                                     hydrogen fueling
                                                                              stations and
                                                                              workforce training.
CA.............................  San Luis Obispo          D2022-BUSC-010...  Zero-emission bus         8,799,979
                                  Regional Transit                            replacement.
                                  Authority.
CA.............................  SunLine Transit Agency.  D2022-BUSC-011...  Zero-emission bus         8,409,070
                                                                              procurement and bus
                                                                              refurbishment for the
                                                                              Coachella Valley.
CA.............................  City of Norwalk:         D2022-BUSC-012...  Zero-emission battery     3,530,822
                                  Norwalk Transit System.                     electric bus
                                                                              replacement.
CA.............................  City of Santa Rosa.....  D2022-BUSC-013...  Replacing diesel buses    4,288,300
                                                                              with battery electric
                                                                              and supporting
                                                                              infrastructure.
CA.............................  North County Transit     D2022-BUSC-014...  Hydrogen electric bus     4,800,000
                                  District (NCTD).                            replacement.
CA.............................  City of Cerritos.......  D2022-BUSC-015...  Electric bus              4,378,140
                                                                              procurement and fleet
                                                                              replacement.
CA.............................  Foothill Transit.......  D2022-BUSC-016...  Zero-emission double      7,942,200
                                                                              deck bus procurement.
CA.............................  California DOT on        D2022-BUSC-017...  Rural battery electric    2,922,550
                                  behalf of the City of                       bus replacement.
                                  Arvin.
CA.............................  California DOT on        D2022-BUSC-018...  Improving bus system      4,600,625
                                  behalf of Yosemite                          inter-modal
                                  Area Regional                               connectivity to
                                  Transportation System                       Yosemite National
                                  (YARTS).                                    Park.
CO.............................  State of Colorado,       D2022-BUSC-019...  Snowmass Multimodal      13,500,000
                                  Department of                               Transit Station.
                                  Transportation (CDOT).
CO.............................  State of Colorado,       D2022-BUSC-020...  Rural regional transit    9,350,000
                                  Department of                               center renovations
                                  Transportation (CDOT).                      and expansion.
CT.............................  Connecticut Department   D2022-BUSC-021...  Zero-emission bus        11,446,538
                                  of Transportation.                          procurement.
DE.............................  Delaware Transit         D2022-BUSC-022...  Rehoboth Transit          5,400,000
                                  Corporation.                                Center modernization.
FL.............................  City of Gainesville      D2022-BUSC-023...  Bus replacement and      10,660,817
                                  Dept of Transportation                      East Gainesville
                                  & Mobility, Regional                        transfer station
                                  Transit System.                             construction.
FL.............................  Pinellas Suncoast        D2022-BUSC-024...  Electric bus and         18,399,000
                                  Transit Authority.                          charging expansion.
GA.............................  Metropolitan Atlanta     D2022-BUSC-025...  Clayton County           15,000,000
                                  Rapid Transit                               Multipurpose
                                  Authority (MARTA).                          Operations and
                                                                              Maintenance Facility.
HI.............................  Honolulu, City and       D2022-BUSC-026...  Battery electric bus      4,711,900
                                  County of.                                  acquisition and
                                                                              service expansion.
IA.............................  Ames Transit Agency, d/  D2022-BUSC-027...  Articulated electric      3,185,374
                                  b/a CyRide.                                 bus procurement.
ID.............................  Valley Regional Transit  D2022-BUSC-028...  Transit vehicle           1,920,000
                                                                              replacement and
                                                                              electrification.
IL.............................  Madison County Mass      D2022-BUSC-029...  Bus replacement.......    2,700,000
                                  Transit District.
IN.............................  South Bend Public        D2022-BUSC-030...  Bus replacement.......    4,327,304
                                  Transportation
                                  Corporation.
IN.............................  Indianapolis Public      D2022-BUSC-031...  Enhanced bus stops....    2,346,658
                                  Transportation
                                  Corporation.
KS.............................  Prairie Band Potawatomi  D2022-BUSC-032...  Rural accessible van         52,972
                                  Nation.                                     procurement.
KY.............................  Transit Authority of     D2022-BUSC-033...  Bus replacement.......    4,107,642
                                  the Lexington-Fayette
                                  Urban County
                                  Government.
LA.............................  City of Shreveport.....  D2022-BUSC-034...  City-wide bus shelter     1,948,000
                                                                              improvements.
MA.............................  Massachusetts Bay        D2022-BUSC-035...  Maintenance facility      5,000,000
                                  Transportation                              replacement and
                                  Authority.                                  electrification.
MD.............................  MDOT--MTA on Behalf of   D2022-BUSC-036...  Bus replacement.......    1,498,000
                                  Harford County.
ME.............................  Greater Portland         D2022-BUSC-037...  Bus replacement.......    1,887,000
                                  Transit District.

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MI.............................  Michigan Department of   D2022-BUSC-038...  Bus replacement and       6,199,631
                                  Transportation.                             fleet expansion in
                                                                              the State of Michigan.
MI.............................  Michigan Department of   D2022-BUSC-039...  Bus facility              7,391,200
                                  Transportation.                             replacement,
                                                                              expansion, and
                                                                              rehabilitation for
                                                                              four rural transit
                                                                              systems.
MN.............................  Minnesota Valley         D2022-BUSC-040...  Burnsville bus garage     4,960,000
                                  Transit Authority.                          modernization.
MN.............................  City of Rochester......  D2022-BUSC-041...  Bus Stop improvement      4,339,344
                                                                              and 75th St. Park and
                                                                              Ride construction.
MO.............................  Bi-State Development     D2022-BUSC-042...  Battery electric bus      4,098,410
                                  Agency of the Missouri-                     deployment in
                                  Illinois Metropolitan                       DeBaliviere.
                                  District.
MT.............................  City of Billings, MET    D2022-BUSC-043...  Bus replacement and       3,028,000
                                  Transit Division.                           facility
                                                                              refurbishment.
NC.............................  City of Greensboro.....  D2022-BUSC-044...  Replacing diesel buses    3,008,800
                                                                              with zero-emission
                                                                              buses and
                                                                              infrastructure in the
                                                                              City of Greensboro.
NC.............................  City of Concord........  D2022-BUSC-045...  Bus replacement.......    3,966,318
NC.............................  City of Durham.........  D2022-BUSC-046...  Durham Station           10,800,000
                                                                              renovation.
NM.............................  City of Albuquerque....  D2022-BUSC-047...  Bus wash system.......    1,161,100
NV.............................  Regional Transportation  D2022-BUSC-048...  Hydrogen fuel cell bus    4,870,000
                                  Commission of Southern                      procurement and solar
                                  Nevada.                                     lighting for bus
                                                                              stops.
NY.............................  Niagara Frontier         D2022-BUSC-049...  Battery electric bus      4,844,000
                                  Transportation                              deployment.
                                  Authority.
NY.............................  Metropolitan             D2022-BUSC-050...  Bus depot renovation..   12,337,280
                                  Transportation
                                  Authority.
OH.............................  Laketran...............  D2022-BUSC-051 &   Bus facility            7,233,149 &
                                                           D2022-BUSC-052.    renovation and           7,448,832
                                                                              expansion.
OH.............................  Portage Area Regional    D2022-BUSC-053...  Bus replacement.......    1,514,888
                                  Transportation
                                  Authority.
OH.............................  Toledo Area Regional     D2022-BUSC-054...  Bus facility              2,307,200
                                  Transit Authority.                          renovation and safety
                                                                              improvements.
OH.............................  Southwest Ohio Regional  D2022-BUSC-055...  Bus replacement with     10,134,960
                                  Transit Authority                           new green diesel and
                                  (SORTA).                                    electric buses.
OH.............................  Greater Cleveland        D2022-BUSC-056...  Bus facility roofing      4,000,000
                                  Regional Transit                            improvement.
                                  Authority (GCRTA).
OK.............................  Oklahoma Department of   D2022-BUSC-057...  Rural bus facility          914,725
                                  Transportation.                             rehabilitation.
OR.............................  Rogue Valley             D2022-BUSC-058...  Bus facility expansion   12,552,523
                                  Transportation
                                  District.
OR.............................  Lane Transit District..  D2022-BUSC-059...  Zero-emission bus         4,891,676
                                                                              replacement.
OR.............................  Oregon Department of     D2022-BUSC-060...  Bus fleet expansion...      244,800
                                  Transportation, Public
                                  Transportation
                                  Division.
PA.............................  Southeastern             D2022-BUSC-061...  South Philadelphia        9,800,000
                                  Pennsylvania                                Transportation Center.
                                  Transportation
                                  Authority.
SC.............................  City of Rock Hill......  D2022-BUSC-062...  Transit fleet and         2,832,848
                                                                              facilities expansion.
TX.............................  Galveston, City of.....  D2022-BUSC-063...  Low-emission fleet        1,060,000
                                                                              replacement.
TX.............................  Fort Worth               D2022-BUSC-064...  Bus facility              6,484,320
                                  Transportation                              improvements.
                                  Authority.
TX.............................  Texas Department of      D2022-BUSC-065...  Rural transit asset      22,850,000
                                  Transportation.                             replacement &
                                                                              modernization.
UT.............................  Utah Department of       D2022-BUSC-066...  Rural bus transit         2,389,699
                                  Transportation.                             expansion project.
VA.............................  Central Shenandoah       D2022-BUSC-067...  Bus transit hub             916,500
                                  Planning District                           rehabilitation.
                                  Commission.
WA.............................  Clark County Public      D2022-BUSC-068...  Bus replacement.......    2,742,600
                                  Transportation Benefit
                                  Area.
WA.............................  Kitsap Transit.........  D2022-BUSC-069...  Battery-electric buses   10,400,000
                                                                              and charging
                                                                              infrastructure
                                                                              procurement.
WA.............................  Central Puget Sound      D2022-BUSC-070...  Bus procurement and      12,924,801
                                  Regional Transit                            station construction
                                  Authority.                                  for I-405 Bus Rapid
                                                                              Transit Service.
WI.............................  City of Madison........  D2022-BUSC-071...  Bus maintenance and       6,400,000
                                                                              administrative
                                                                              facility improvements.
                                                                                                    ------------
    Total......................  .......................  .................  ......................  409,274,220
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[FR Doc. 2022-05734 Filed 3-17-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-57-P

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