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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 149 / Friday, August 6, 2021 / Notices designated recipients or eligible direct recipients of Urbanized Area Formula funds to support capital projects to improve existing passenger ferry service, establish new ferry service, and repair and modernize ferry boats, terminals, and related facilities and equipment. 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 on October 5, 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 FTA2021006TPM
Ferry. Mail and fax submissions will not be accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vanessa Williams, FTA Office of Program Management, 202 3664818, or vanessa.williams@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. Program Description B. Federal Award Information C. Eligibility Information D. Application and Submission Information E. Application Review Information F. Federal Award Administration Information G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts H. Other Information
A. Program Description Federal public transportation law 49
U.S.C. 5307h authorizes FTA to award grants for passenger ferries through a competitive process, as described in this notice. The Ferry Program provides funding to designated recipients and direct recipients under FTAs Urbanized Area Formula Program, as well as public entities engaged in providing public transportation passenger ferry service in urban areas that are eligible to be direct recipients. Projects funded under the program will improve the condition and quality of existing passenger ferry services, support the establishment of new passenger ferry services, and repair and modernize ferry boats, terminals, and related facilities and equipment.
FTA recognizes that passenger ferries provide critical and cost-effective transportation links in urban areas throughout the United States but face a
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critical backlog of state of good repair and safety investments. The Ferry Program Federal Assistance Listing:
20.507 supports FTAs strategic goals and objectives through the timely and efficient investment in public transportation. This program also supports the Presidents goals to mobilize American ingenuity to build a modern infrastructure and an equitable, clean energy future. In addition, this NOFO will advance the goals of the Presidents January 20, 2021, Executive Order 13990, Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.
B. Federal Award Information Federal public transportation law 49
U.S.C. 5336h1 apportions $30
million in FY 2021 funds for competitive grants under the Ferry Program. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Pub. L. 116
260, appropriated an additional $8
million for the Ferry Program, for a total of $38 million. Of that amount, $4
million is available only for low or zeroemission ferries or ferries using electric battery or fuel cell components and the infrastructure to support such ferries.
FTA may award additional funding made available to the program prior to the announcement of project selections.
In FY 2020, FTA received 19 eligible proposals from 15 States and territories requesting $102 million in Federal funds. Twelve projects were funded at a total of $47.5 million, using a combination of funding from FY 2020
and funding remaining from prior year appropriations.
FTA will grant pre-award authority to incur costs for selected projects beginning on the date the FY 2021
project selections are announced on FTAs website. Funds are available for obligation for five years after the fiscal year in which the competitive awards are announced. Funds are available only for projects that have not already incurred costs prior to the announcement of project selections.
C. Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants are: 1 Designated recipients as defined in FTA Circular Urbanized Area Formula Program:
Program Guidance and Application Instructions FTA.C.9030.1E and 2
direct recipients of FTAs Urbanized Area Formula Grants, as well as public entities engaged in providing public transportation passenger ferry service in urban areas that are eligible to be direct recipients.

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If an applicant does not currently have an active Urbanized Area Formula Program grant with FTA, the applicant is encouraged to contact the FTA Ferry Program manager for assistance with determining if it is eligible to receive funds under the Ferry Program. An eligible applicant that does not currently have an active grant with FTA
will, upon selection, be required to work with an FTA regional office to establish its 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.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching a. The maximum Federal share for projects selected under the Ferry Program is 80 percent of the net project cost, with the following exceptions.
b. The maximum Federal share is 85
percent of the net project cost of acquiring vehicles including clean-fuel or alternative fuel vehicles for purposes of complying with or maintaining compliance with the Clean Air Act CAA and/or the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA of 1990.
c. The maximum Federal share is 90
percent of the net project cost of acquiring, installing or constructing vehicle-related equipment or facilities including clean fuel or alternative-fuel vehicle-related equipment or facilities for purposes of complying with or maintaining compliance with the ADA
or CAA. The award recipient must itemize the cost of specific, discrete, vehicle-related equipment associated with compliance with the ADA or CAA
to be eligible for the maximum 90
percent Federal share for these costs.
Eligible sources of non-Federal matching funds include:
i. Cash from non-governmental sources other than revenues from providing public transportation services;
ii. Non-farebox revenues from the operation of public transportation service, such as the sale of advertising and concession revenues;
iii. Monies received under a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or private social service organization;
iv. Undistributed cash surpluses, replacement or depreciation cash funds, reserves available in cash, or new capital;
v. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to a department or agency of the Government other than the U.S. Department of Transportation,
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