[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22061-22066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8853]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
FTA Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program: Allocation of
Funding Caps for Treating Fuel and Electric Utility Costs for Vehicle
Propulsion as a Capital Maintenance Expense
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
2012 (Pub. L. 112-055) permits the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
to treat fuel costs for vehicle operations, including utility costs for
the propulsion of electrical vehicles, as a capital maintenance item
for grants made in FY 2012 under the Urbanized Area Formula Program, up
to a total of $100,000,000. FTA announced this provision and its
implementation in the FTA Fiscal Year 2012 Notice of Apportionments,
Allocations, and Program Information, published in the Federal Register
on January 11, 2012 (Vol. 77, No. 7 1786-1856). Since total obligations
for this purpose are limited to $100,000,000, FTA is limiting the use
of funds for this purpose to program recipients that responded to an
announcement which was posted at www.grants.gov on January 25 and
closed on February 29. Based on the $100,000,000 cap on use of this
provision, FTA has allocated funding caps to program recipients that
responded to this announcement based on their relative share of the FY
2012 Section 5307/5340 formula apportionment. Recipients are advised
that this provision does not provide any funding in addition to their
Section 5307/5340 program apportionment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this
notice contact David Schneider, Acting Director, Office of Transit
Programs, at (202) 493-0175. Please contact the appropriate FTA
regional office for any specific requests for information or technical
assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2012, permits FTA to treat fuel costs for vehicle
operations, including utility costs for the propulsion of electrical
vehicles, as a capital maintenance item for grants made in FY 2012
under the Urbanized Area Formula Program, up to a total of
$100,000,000. FTA announced this provision and its implementation in
the FTA Fiscal Year 2012 Notice of Apportionments, Allocations, and
Program Information, published in the Federal Register on January 11,
2012 (Vol. 77, No. 7 1786-1856). Program recipients in the identified
urbanized areas are eligible for reimbursement of fuel and electrical
utility costs for vehicle propulsion under this provision at an 80/20
Federal/local share.
Since total obligations for this purpose are limited to
$100,000,000, the use of funds for this purpose is limited to urbanized
areas that responded to the solicitation that was announced in the
January 11, 2012 FTA Fiscal Year 2012 Notice of Apportionments,
Allocations, and Program Information. Applications were received
between January 25 and February 29 via www.grants.gov.
Eligible respondents were required to be either the designated
recipient of Section 5307 formula apportionments in urbanized areas
over 200,000 in population or a State Department of Transportation or
other designee for urbanized areas under 200,000 in population. FTA
received requests from 70 large UZAs and 24 States, on behalf of 106
small UZAs. The total amount requested was $237,168,845. To allocate
the available resources, FTA has determined funding caps for all
requesting UZAs and States (see Table 1 and 2) proportional to the
Section 5307/5340 formula apportionment. Where a UZA or State requested
less than the calculated cap amount, the funding reflects the requested
amount. Table 1 includes the name of each requesting urbanized area
over 200,000 in population, the name of the requesting designated
recipient(s), and the dollar cap on reimbursements for all
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funding recipients within the urbanized area. Table 2 shows the States
that requested this provision, the list of small urbanized areas for
which the State submitted requests, and the statewide funding cap on
reimbursements made through each State's Governor's apportionment.
Although there may be additional small urbanized areas within the
states listed in Table 2, the funds displayed in Table 2 can only be
used for the specific small urbanized areas listed, as these areas were
identified by the States in their requests to take advantage of the
fuel/electric propulsion provision. The State may sub-allocate the
funding cap among the listed small urbanized areas on the basis of
need.
Program recipients are advised that the distribution of this
provision within an urbanized area is subject to Federal planning
requirements and will require coordination between the designated
recipient(s), the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), and other
direct recipients of FTA funds. Funds sub-allocated to direct
recipients within a UZA will be included in their FTA grants.
Procurements to which these 5307 funds are applied must comply with
Federal procurement requirements and include all applicable Federal
procurement clauses.
Recipients are reminded that this provision does not provide any
additional funding but rather how they may use a portion of their UZA's
Section 5307/5340 program apportionment. Funds granted under this
provision will be treated as an alternative use of the eligible
recipient's formula funding. While this provision applies to grants
made during FY 2012, it is not limited to grants made using FY 2012
apportioned funds and may also include grants made during FY 2012 that
include prior year funds. Recipients within the identified urbanized
areas are required to obligate funds no later than September 30, 2012.
Once funds are obligated, they will remain available until expended,
and may be used for eligible costs incurred during the applicant's
current fiscal year plus one additional year. FTA does not plan to
reallocate funding caps under this provision.
Issued in Washington, DC, this 9th day of April, 2012.
Peter Rogoff,
Administrator.
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