[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 20500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07448]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

[FTA Docket No. FTA 2022-0002]


National Transit Database Census Reporting Clarifications

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

ACTION: Final notice; response to comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice responds to comments received and finalizes on 
changes to the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) National Transit 
Database (NTD) reporting requirements published in the Federal Register 
on January 19, 2022.

DATES: FTA will implement the reporting changes in Report Year 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Coleman, National Transit 
Database Program Manager, FTA Office of Budget and Policy, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Transit Database (NTD) is the 
Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) primary database for 
statistics on the transit industry. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5334(k), FTA 
published a notice in the Federal Register on January 19, 2022, (87 FR 
2980) seeking public comment on changes to the NTD reporting 
requirements as they relate to Urbanized Areas. The comment period 
closed on February 18, 2022.
    FTA received one comment. The commenter asked whether the reporting 
changes will apply to transit systems that have a Fiscal Year of July 
through June.
    FTA Response: The reporting changes affect all transit systems that 
submit basic information (B-10) and Federal Funding Allocation (FFA-10) 
forms. The changes will apply to such transit systems in Report Year 
2021, regardless of their individual Fiscal Year end dates.
    In this notice, FTA adopts the proposed policy without change. 
Accordingly, transit systems must submit the B-10 and FFA-10 forms 
using 2010 Census data by the normal NTD annual report deadline. If the 
Census Bureau releases new Urbanized Area definitions prior to October 
1, 2022, then transit operators must submit new B-10 and FFA-10 forms 
using 2020 Census data as an addendum to the annual report. Collecting 
this addendum based on 2020 Census data is necessary to allow FTA to 
meet the Urbanized Area definition found in 49 U.S.C. 5302(24) and 
produce apportionment data files that support the apportionment of 
formula funds. If the Census Bureau releases new Urbanized Area 
definitions on or after October 1, 2022, then FTA will not require the 
form addendum and will instead integrate the new urbanized area 
definitions into the 2022 reporting process.
    To minimize the reporting burden, transit operators will not have 
to fill in the addendum from scratch. The addendum will pull in as much 
data as possible from the initial FFA-10 and B-10 forms completed using 
2010 Census UZA definitions, based on unchanged or minimally changed 
UZA boundaries.

Nuria I. Fernandez,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-07448 Filed 4-6-22; 8:45 am]
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