[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42631-42638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17248]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Fiscal Year 2013 and 2014 Passenger Ferry Grant Program Project 
Selections

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Passenger Ferry Grant Program Announcement of Project 
Selections.

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SUMMARY: The US. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit 
Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects with Fiscal 
Year (FY) 2013 and FY 2014 appropriations for the Passenger Ferry Grant 
Program (Ferry Program). The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 
Century Act (MAP-21) set forth a new discretionary Ferry Program as a 
take-down under the Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program, 
49 U.S.C. Sec.  5307, that authorized a combined total of $60 million 
for discretionary allocations in FY 2013 and FY 2014. The across-the-
board rescission enacted by Congress in the FY 2013 Continuing 
Resolution reduced the available amount for the program in FY 2013 to 
approximately $29.9 million; this amount, combined with the FY 2014 
apportionment of $30 million, provided a total of approximately $59.9 
million for this program. On August 21, 2013, FTA published a Notice of 
Funding availability (NOFA) (78 FR 51812) announcing the availability 
of funding for this program. These program dollars will provide 
financial assistance to purchase, replace, or rehabilitate ferries, 
terminals and related infrastructure and other eligible capital project 
costs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful applicants should contact 
the appropriate FTA Regional Office for information regarding applying 
for the

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funds or program-specific information. A list of Regional Offices can 
be found at www.fta.dot.gov. Unsuccessful applicants may contact 
Vanessa Williams, Office of Program Management at (202) 366-4818, 
email: [email protected], to arrange a proposal debriefing 
within 30 days of this announcement. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-
8339 (TDD/FIRS).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to the NOFA, FTA received 31 
proposals from 15 States plus Puerto Rico requesting $115.8 million in 
Federal funds. Project proposals were evaluated based on each 
applicant's responsiveness to the program evaluation criteria as 
detailed in the NOFA. FTA is funding 26 projects as shown in Table 1 
for a total of $59.9 million. Grantees selected for competitive 
discretionary funding should work with their FTA Regional Office to 
finalize the grant application in FTA's Transportation Electronic 
Awards Management System (TEAM) so that funds can be obligated 
expeditiously. 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 purposes 
established in the NOFA and described in the FTA Circular 9030.1E. In 
cases where the allocation amount is less than the proposer's requested 
amount, grantees should work with the Regional Office to reduce scope 
or scale the project such that a complete phase or project is 
accomplished. Grantees are reminded that program requirements such as 
cost sharing or local match can be found in the NOFA. A discretionary 
project identification number has been assigned to each project for 
tracking purposes and must be used in the TEAM application. Selected 
projects are eligible for pre-award authority no earlier than June 2, 
2014. Pre-award authority is also 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 FTA 
Fiscal Year 2014 Apportionments, Allocations, and Program notice found 
in 77 FR 13461 (March 10, 2014). Post-award reporting requirements 
include submission of the Federal Financial Report and Milestone 
reports in TEAM as appropriate (see FTA.C.5010.1D and C9030.1E). The 
grantees 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 grantees must follow all third-party procurement guidance, as 
described in FTA.C.4220.1F. Funds allocated in this announcement must 
be obligated in a grant by September 30, 2019.

    Issued in Washington, DC, this 16th day of July, 2014.
Therese McMillan,
Deputy Administrator.
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