[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77302-77307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31694]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
FY 2011 Discretionary Sustainability Funding Opportunity; Transit
Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) and Clean
Fuels Grant Program, Augmented With Discretionary Bus and Bus
Facilities Program
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: FTA Sustainability Program Funds: Announcement of Project
Selections.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the selection of Fiscal Year (FY) 2011
projects funded under two discretionary programs: The Transit
Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program
and the Clean Fuels Grant program enhanced with Section 5309 Bus and
Bus Facilities program funds. Both programs support the U.S. Department
of Transportation's environmental sustainability efforts and were
announced in FTA's Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) on June 24,
2011. The TIGGER program makes funds available for capital investments
that will reduce the energy consumption or greenhouse gas emissions of
public transportation systems. The Clean Fuels Grant program makes
funds available to assist nonattainment and maintenance areas in
achieving or maintaining the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for
ozone and carbon monoxide and supports emerging clean fuel and advanced
propulsion technologies for transit buses and markets for those
technologies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful applicants should contact
the appropriate FTA Regional office (Appendix) for specific information
regarding applying for these funds or specific questions. For general
program information on TIGGER, contact Matthew Lesh, Office of Mobility
Innovation, (202) 366-0953, email: matthew.lesh@dot.gov. For general
program information on the Clean Fuels Grant program, contact Vanessa
Williams, Office of Program
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Management, at (202) 366-4818, email: vanessa.williams@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Clean Fuels: A total of $51.5 million was
available for FTA's Clean Fuels Grant program in FY 2011. A total of
111 applicants requested approximately $450.5 million indicating
significant demand for available funds. Of the proposals submitted, 20
were from attainment areas requesting $80.8 million and were only
considered for Bus and Bus Facilities program funds. The project
proposals were evaluated based on the criteria detailed in the June 24,
2011 NOFA. The projects selected and shown in Table 1 will provide a
reduction in transportation-related pollutants and improve air quality.
Table 1 also includes the five projects selected from attainment areas
that will be funded for a total of $11.3 million with FY 2011 Section
5309 Bus and Bus Facilities funding. Clean Fuels and Bus projects can
be funded at up to 83 percent Federal share for eligible vehicle
purchases. The 83 percent share is a blended figure representing 80
percent of the vehicle and 90 percent of the vehicle-related equipment
to be acquired in compliance with the Clean Air Act. The 83 percent
share does not apply to facilities, for which the costs are more
variable. The eligibility of facility-related cost element at the 90
percent share will be reviewed for eligibility of the higher Federal
share on a case-by-case basis as part of the grant application process.
The FY 2011 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Department of Defense and
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Pub L. 112-10) allows a
90 percent Federal share for total cost of a biodiesel bus and 90
percent Federal share for the net capital cost of factory installed
hybrid electric propulsion systems and any equipment related to such a
system. The Clean Fuels Grant and Bus program funds allocated in this
announcement must be obligated in a grant by September 30, 2014.
TIGGER: A total of $49.9 million was available for FTA's TIGGER
program in FY 2011. A total of 155 applicants requested approximately
$616 million, indicating significant demand for available funds.
Project proposals were evaluated based on the criteria detailed in the
June 24, 2011 NOFA. Projects selected for implementation with the
TIGGER program funds are included in Table 2. TIGGER projects can be
funded at up to 100 percent Federal share; however, the local share
ratio described in the project proposal must be maintained in the grant
application. Recipients of TIGGER funds must report on an annual basis:
(1) Actual annual energy consumed within the project scope attributable
to the investment for the energy consumption projects; (2) actual
greenhouse gas emissions within the project scope attributable to the
investment for greenhouse gas reduction projects; and, (3) actual
annual reductions or increase in operating costs to the investment for
all projects. The TIGGER funds allocated in this announcement must be
obligated by September 30, 2013.
Project Implementation: Grantees selected for competitive
discretionary funding should work with their FTA regional office to
finalize the application in FTA's Transportation Electronic Award
Management (TEAM) system, so that funds can be obligated expeditiously.
Funds must be used for the purposes specified in the competitive
proposal and developed within the grant application. A discretionary
project identification number has been assigned to each project for
tracking purposes and must be used in the TEAM application. Selected
projects have pre-award authority as of November 17, 2011. Post-award
reporting requirements include submission of the Financial Federal
Report and Milestone reports in TEAM as appropriate (see
FTA.C.5010.1D).
The grantee must comply with all applicable Federal statutes,
regulations, executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal
administrative 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.
Issued in Washington, DC, this 6th day of December, 2011.
Peter Rogoff,
Administrator.
Appendix A
FTA Regional and Metropolitan Offices
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Mary Beth Mello, Regional Robert C. Patrick,Regional
Administrator, Region 1--Boston, Administrator, Region 6--Ft.
Kendall Square, 55 Broadway, Suite Worth, 819 Taylor Street, Room
920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Tel.
Tel. 617-494-2055. 817-978-0550.
States served: Connecticut, Maine, States served: Arkansas, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.
Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Anthony Carr, Acting Regional Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional
Administrator, Region 2--New York, Administrator, Region 7--Kansas
One Bowling Green, Room 429, New City, MO, 901 Locust Street, Room
York, NY 10004-1415, Tel. 212-668- 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Tel.
2170. 816-329-3920.
States served: New Jersey, New States served: Iowa, Kansas,
York. Missouri, and Nebraska.
New York Metropolitan Office, ...................................
Region 2--New York, One Bowling
Green, Room 428, New York, NY
10004-1415, Tel. 212-668-2202.
Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Regional Terry Rosapep, Regional
Administrator, Region 3-- Administrator, Region 8--Denver,
Philadelphia, 1760 Market Street, 12300 West Dakota Ave., Suite 310,
Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103- Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, Tel. 720-
4124, Tel. 215-656-7100. 963-3300.
States served: Delaware, Maryland, States served: Colorado, Montana,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,
Virginia, and District of and Wyoming.
Columbia.
Washington, DC Metropolitan Office, ...................................
1990 K Street, NW., Room 510,
Washington, DC 20006, Tel. 202-219-
3562.
Yvette Taylor, Regional Leslie T. Rogers, Regional
Administrator, Region 4--Atlanta, Administrator, Region 9--San
230 Peachtree Street NW., Suite Francisco, 201 Mission Street,
800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Tel. 404- Room 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105-
865-5600. 1926, Tel. 415-744-3133.
States served: Alabama, Florida, States served: American Samoa,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii,
North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Nevada, and the Northern Mariana
Carolina, Tennessee, and Virgin Islands.
Islands.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Office,
Region 9--Los Angeles, 888 S.
Figueroa Street, Suite 1850, Los
Angeles, CA 90017-1850, Tel. 213-
202-3952.
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Marisol Simon, Regional Rick Krochalis, Regional
Administrator, Region 5--Chicago, Administrator, Region 10--Seattle,
200 West Adams Street, Suite 320, Jackson Federal Building, 915
Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312-353- Second Avenue, Suite 3142,
2789. Seattle, WA 98174-1002, Tel. 206-
220-7954.
States served: Illinois, Indiana, States served: Alaska, Idaho,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Oregon, and Washington.
Wisconsin.
Chicago Metropolitan Office, Region ...................................
5--Chicago, 200 West Adams Street,
Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel.
312-353-2789.
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