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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 172 / Thursday, September 9, 2021 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Additional Assistance Federal Transit Administration FTA, Department of Transportation DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity NOFO.
AGENCY:

The Federal Transit Administration FTA announces the opportunity to apply for $2,207,561,294
in discretionary grants under the American Rescue Plan Acts Additional Assistance Funding Additional Assistance Funding. As required by the American Rescue Plan Act, funds will be awarded to eligible recipients or eligible subrecipients of Urbanized Area Formula funds or Rural Area Formula funds that, as a result of the Coronavirus disease 2019 COVID19, require additional assistance for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, and sanitization combating the spread of pathogens on transit systems, and debt service payments incurred to maintain operations and avoid layoffs and furloughs. FTA may award additional funding made available to the program prior to the announcement of project selections.
DATES: Complete proposals must be submitted electronically through the GRANTS.GOV APPLY function by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, November 8, 2021. Prospective applicants should initiate the process by promptly registering on the GRANTS.GOV
website to ensure completion of the application process before the submission deadline. Instructions for applying can be found on FTAs website at https www.transit.dot.gov/funding/
grants/applying/applying-fta-funding and in the FIND module of GRANTS.GOV. The funding opportunity ID is 2021012TPMAAF.
Mail and fax submissions will not be accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding this notice, please email FTAarpassistance@dot.gov. If you need immediate assistance you may call Sarah Clements, FTA Office of Program Management, 202 3663062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Table of Contents A. Program Description B. Federal Award Information C. Eligibility Information D. Application and Submission Information E. Application Review Information F. Federal Award Administration
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Information G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts H. Other Information
A. Program Description The American Rescue Plan Act ARP, Public Law 1172 March 11, 2021, appropriated funding to award grants for additional assistance to transit agencies in response to COVID19
through a discretionary process, as described in this notice. The Federal Assistance Listing numbers for this opportunity are 20.507 and 20.509.
Additional Assistance Funding is made available to eligible recipients or subrecipients of Urbanized Area Formula funds 49 U.S.C. 5307 or Rural Area Formula funds 49 U.S.C. 5311.
Eligible expenses are operating costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, and sanitization combating the spread of pathogens on transit systems, and debt service payments incurred to maintain operations and avoid layoffs and furloughs as a result of COVID19.
Additional Assistance Funding supports FTAs strategic goals and objectives through timely and efficient investment in public transportation.
B. Federal Award Information ARP appropriated $ 2,207,561,294 in FY 2021 funds for Additional Assistance grants. FTA may award additional funding made available to the program prior to the announcement of project selections.
There is no minimum or maximum grant award amount, although FTA may cap the amount a single recipient or State may receive as part of the selection process. FTA intends to fund as many eligible projects as possible. FTA does not expect there to be sufficient funding to support shortfalls beyond September 30, 2023.
C. Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants include eligible recipients of Urbanized Area Formula funds 49 U.S.C. 5307 or Rural Area Formula funds 49 U.S.C. 5311 who, as a result of COVID19, require additional assistance. This includes Indian tribes that are eligible recipients of Urbanized Area Formula funds or Rural Area Formula funds.
FTA will administer applications and awards under this NOFO in a manner similar to the Urbanized Area and Rural Area Formula funding programs. Only designated and direct recipients under those programs, including States and Indian tribes, may apply directly to FTA
under this NOFO, and FTA will make awards under this NOFO only to applicants that are designated or direct
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designated or direct recipient may apply on behalf of one or more public transportation subrecipients of Urbanized Area and Rural Area Formula funding.
Eligible applicants that do not currently have an active grant with FTA
will, upon selection, be required to work with the FTA regional office to establish their organization as an active grant recipient. This process may require additional documentation to support the organizations technical, financial, and legal capacity to receive and administer Federal funds under this program. Traditional subrecipients of FTA funding are strongly encouraged to work with their direct/designated recipient on a consolidated application to assist with the quick obligation of these funds.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching The Federal share is 100 percent of the net project cost. Applicants will not provide match.
3. Eligible Projects Eligible projects are operating costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, and sanitization combating the spread of pathogens on transit systems, and debt service payments incurred to maintain operations and avoid layoffs and furloughs as a result of COVID19.
As required by ARP, amounts made available for Additional Assistance Funding are available only for operating expenses.
In general, operating expenses are those costs necessary to operate, maintain, and manage a public transportation system. Operating expenses usually include such costs as driver salaries, fuel, and items having a useful life of less than one year, including personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies.
Preventive maintenance is considered an operating expense for the purposes of Additional Assistance Funding. For more information, please see Frequently Asked Question CA2: What is eligible as an operating expense? on FTAs website at https www.transit.dot.gov/
frequently-asked-questions-fta-granteesregarding-coronavirus-disease-2019covid-19CARES.
Actual and anticipated expenses incurred on or after January 20, 2020, are eligible for this funding. However, FTA does not expect there to be sufficient funding to support shortfalls beyond September 30, 2023.

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