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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 149 / Friday, August 6, 2021 / Notices increase resiliency, and recycle or redevelop existing infrastructure.
Furthermore, in support of Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, FTA may consider projects that advance racial equity and overcomes barriers to opportunity for underserved communities. FTA seeks to select projects that have considered racial equity in the planning stage and were designed with specific elements to address racial equity and barriers to opportunity. The applicant should indicate which if any planning and policies related to racial equity and barriers to opportunity they are implementing or have implemented, along with the specific project investment details necessary for FTA to evaluate if the investments are being made either to proactively advance racial equity and remove barriers to opportunity, or to redress prior inequities and barriers to opportunity.
All project investment costs for the project that are related to racial equity and barriers to opportunity should be summarized.
Prior to making an award, FTA is required to review and consider any information about the applicant that is in the FAPIIS accessible through SAM.
An applicant may review and comment on information about itself that a Federal awarding agency previously entered. FTA may consider any comments by the applicant, in addition to the other information in FAPIIS, in making a judgment about the applicants integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under Federal awards when completing the review of risk posed by applicants as described in the Office of Management and Budgets Uniform Requirements for Federal Awards 2 CFR 200.206.

Recipients should contact their FTA
Regional Offices for additional information regarding allocations for projects under the Ferry Program.

F. Federal Award Administration Information
iii. Buy America FTA requires that all capital procurements meet FTAs Buy America requirements 49 U.S.C. 5323j which require all iron, steel, or manufactured products be produced in the United States. Any proposal that will require a waiver must identify the items for which a waiver will be sought in the application. Applicants should not proceed with the expectation that waivers will be granted.

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1. Federal Award Notices Final project selections will be posted on the FTA website. Only proposals from eligible recipients for eligible activities will be considered for funding.
There is no minimum or maximum grant award amount; however, FTA
intends to fund as many meritorious projects as possible. Due to funding limitations, projects that are selected for funding may receive less than the amount originally requested. In those cases, applicants must be able to demonstrate that the proposed projects are still viable and can be completed with the amount awarded.

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2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements i. Pre-Award Authority At the time the project selections are announced, FTA will extend pre-award authority for the selected projects. There is no blanket pre-award authority for these projects before announcement and pre-award authority cannot be used prior to FTA issuance of pre-award authority. FTA does not provide preaward authority for competitive funds until projects are selected and even then, there are Federal requirements that must be met before costs are incurred. For more information about FTAs policy on pre-award authority, please see the most recent Apportionment Notice at https
www.transit.dot.gov.
ii. Grant Requirements If selected, awardees will apply for a grant through FTAs Transit Award Management System TrAMS. All Ferry Program recipients are subject to the grant requirements of the Urbanized Area Formula Grant program 49 U.S.C.
5307, FTAs Master Agreement for financial assistance awards, the annual Certifications and Assurances required of applicants, and FTA Circular Urbanized Area Formula Program:
Program Guidance and Application Instructions FTA.C.9030.1E. All recipients must also follow the Award Management Requirements FTA.C.5010.1 and the labor protections required by Federal public transportation law 49 U.S.C. 5333b.
All these documents are available on FTAs website. Technical assistance regarding these requirements is available from each FTA regional office.

iv. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Projects that include ferry acquisitions are subject to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE program regulations 49 CFR part 26 and ferry manufacturers must
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comply with that part to be eligible to bid on an FTA-assisted ferry procurement. Grant recipients must verify each Transit Vehicle Manufacturers TVM compliance before accepting its bid. A list of certified TVMs is posted on FTAs web page at https www.transit.dot.gov/
TVM. Recipients should contact FTA
before accepting bids from entities not listed on this web-posting. In lieu of using a certified TVM, recipients may also establish project specific DBE goals for ferry purchases. The FTA will provide additional guidance as grants are awarded. For more information on DBE requirements, please contact Monica McCallum, Director of Regional Operations, Office of Civil Rights, 206
2207519, email: Monica.McCallum@
dot.gov.
v. Planning FTA encourages applicants to notify the appropriate State Departments of Transportation and MPOs in areas likely to be served by the project funds made available under these initiatives and programs. Selected projects must be incorporated into the long-range plans and transportation improvement programs of States and metropolitan areas before they are eligible for FTA
funding. As described under the evaluation criteria, FTA may consider whether a project is consistent with or already included in these plans when evaluating a project.
vi. Standard Assurances The applicant assures that it will comply with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, directives, FTA circulars, and other Federal administrative requirements in carrying out any project supported by the FTA grant. The applicant acknowledges that it is under a continuing obligation to comply with the terms and conditions of the grant agreement issued for its project with FTA. The applicant understands that Federal laws, regulations, policies, and administrative practices might be modified from time to time and may affect the implementation of the project.
The applicant agrees that the most recent Federal requirements will apply to the project, unless FTA issues a written determination otherwise. The applicant must submit the Certifications and Assurances before receiving a grant if it does not have current certifications on file.
3. Reporting Post-award reporting requirements include the electronic submission of Federal Financial Reports and Milestone
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