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II. Determination on the Acts, Policies, 

and Practices Under Investigation 

Based on information obtained during 

the investigation, and in consultation 

with the Department of the Treasury 

and other agencies represented on the 

Section 301 Committee, USTR has 

prepared and published a 

comprehensive report on Vietnam’s 

acts, policies, and practices related to 

the undervaluation of its currency (the 

Report). The Report, which is posted on 

the USTR website at https://ustr.gov/ 

issue-areas/enforcement/section-301- 

investigations/section-301-vietnam, 

includes a full discussion on whether 

the acts, policies, and practices under 

investigation are actionable under 

section 301(b) of the Trade Act. The 

Report supports a finding that Vietnam’s 

acts, policies, and practices related to 

currency valuation, including excessive 

foreign exchange market interventions 

and other related actions, taken in their 

totality, are unreasonable and burden or 

restrict U.S. commerce. 

In consultation with the Department 

of the Treasury, based on the 

information obtained during the 

investigation, and taking account of 

public comments and the advice of the 

Section 301 Committee and advisory 

committees, the U.S. Trade 

Representative has made the following 

determination under sections 301(b) and 

304(a) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 

2411(b) and 2414(a)): As described in 

the Report, Vietnam’s acts, policies, and 

practices related to currency valuation, 

including excessive foreign exchange 

market interventions and other related 

actions, taken in their totality, are 

unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. 

commerce, and thus actionable under 

Section 301(b) of the Trade Act. In 

particular: 

1. Vietnam’s acts, policies, and 

practices with respect to currency 

valuation, including excessive foreign 

exchange market interventions and 

other related actions, taken in their 

totality and as discussed in further 

detail in the Report, are unreasonable in 

light of U.S. and international norms 

that exchange rate policy should not be 

undertaken to gain an unfair 

competitive advantage in international 

trade, should not artificially enhance a 

country’s exports and restrict its imports 

in ways that do not reflect the 

underlying competitiveness, should not 

prevent exchange rates from reflecting 

underlying economic and financial 

conditions, and should not prevent 

balance of payments adjustment; 

2. Vietnam’s acts, policies, and 

practices that contribute to 

undervaluation of its currency through 

excessive foreign exchange market 

interventions and other related actions 

burden or restrict U.S. commerce; and, 

accordingly, 

3. The acts, policies, and practices 

under investigation are actionable under 

Section 301(b) of the Trade Act. 

III. Further Proceedings 

Sections 301(b) and 304(a)(1)(B) of the 

Trade Act provide that if the U.S. Trade 

Representative determines that an act, 

policy, or practice of a foreign country 

is unreasonable or discriminatory and 

burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, the 

U.S. Trade Representative shall 

determine what action, if any, to take 

under Section 301(b). These matters will 

be addressed in subsequent proceedings 

under Section 301. 

Juan Millan, 

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for 

Monitoring and Enforcement, Office of the 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01352 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F0–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Small Shipyard Grant Program; 

Application Deadlines 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Small Shipyard Grants 

Application Deadlines. 

SUMMARY: Under the Small Shipyard 

Grant Program, $19,600,000 is currently 

available for grants to: (1) Make capital 

and related improvements to qualified 

shipyard facilities that will be effective 

in fostering efficiency, competitive 

operations, and quality ship 

construction, repair, and 

reconfiguration, and (2) provide training 

for workers in shipbuilding, ship repair, 

and associated industries. This notice 

announces the intention of the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD) to provide for 

grants to small shipyards. Federal 

Assistance Listing Number: 20.814 

(formerly known as the Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance Number). 

Potential applicants are advised that it 

is expected, based on experience, that 

the number of applications will far 

exceed the funds available and that only 

a small percentage of applications will 

be funded. Historically, the program has 

selected roughly 15–30 applications for 

funding with an average grant amount of 

about $1 million. 

Timing of Grant Applications 

In accordance with the statutory 

requirement at 46 U.S.C. 54101(f)(1) that 

applications must be submitted within 

60 days of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116– 

260, December 27, 2020), applications 

must be received by MARAD by 5:00 

p.m. EST on February 25, 2021. 

Applications received later than this 

time will not be considered. The 

Administrator shall award grants under 

this section not later than 120 days after 

the date of the enactment of the 

appropriations Act for the fiscal year 

concerned. 

ADDRESSES: Grant Applications should 

be sent to the Associate Administrator 

for Business and Finance Development, 

Room W21–318, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Only applicants who comply with all 

submission requirements described in 

this notice will be eligible for award. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information concerning this 

notice, please contact David M. Heller, 

Director, Office of Shipyards and 

Marine Engineering, Maritime 

Administration, Room W21–318, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590; phone: (202) 366–5737; or fax: 

(202) 366–6988. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grants 

under MARAD’s Small Shipyard Grant 

Program may not be used to construct 

buildings or other physical facilities or 

to acquire land. Grant funds may be 

used for maritime training programs to 

foster employee skills and enhanced 

productivity related to shipbuilding, 

ship repair, and associated industries. 

Grants for such training programs may 

only be awarded to ‘‘Eligible 

Applicants’’ as described below, but 

training programs can be established 

through vendors to such applicants. 

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 

Information 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

H. Other Information 

A. Program Description 

The Small Shipyard Grant Program 

was authorized under Section 3501 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub. L. 116–92), 

codified at 46 U.S.C. 54101. The statute 

authorizes the Maritime Administrator 

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grants to make capital and related 

improvements in small shipyards and to 

provide training for workers in 

shipbuilding, ship repair, and 

associated industries. Federal 

Assistance Listing Number: 20.814 

(formerly known as the Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance Number). 

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2021, appropriated $20,000,000 to the 

Small Shipyard Grant Program. Per 46 

U.S.C. 54101, 2 percent of the funds 

may be set aside for grant 

administration. Therefore, the total 

amount available for grant awards is 

$19,600,000. The purpose of the 

Program is to foster efficiency, 

competitive operations, and quality ship 

construction, repair, and reconfiguration 

in small shipyards across the United 

States in addition to fostering employee 

skills and enhanced productivity related 

to shipbuilding, ship repair, and 

associated industries, and grants will be 

awarded to further this purpose. Award 

recipients will be expected to comply 

with the performance goals and 

reporting requirements as outlined in 

the executed grant agreement, such as 

the completion of actions of the capital 

and related improvement projects or 

training projects completed. 

B. Federal Award Information 

Under the Small Shipyard Grant 

Program, $19,600,000 is available for 

grants for: (1) Capital and related 

improvements to qualified shipyard 

facilities that will be effective in 

fostering efficiency, competitive 

operations, and quality ship 

construction, repair, and 

reconfiguration; and (2) training projects 

that would be effective in fostering 

employee skills and enhanced 

productivity related to shipbuilding, 

ship repair, and associated industries. 

MARAD intends to award the full 

amount of available funding through 

grants to the extent that there are worthy 

applications. No more than 25 percent 

of the funds available will be awarded 

to shipyard facilities in one geographic 

location that have more than 600 

production employees. MARAD will 

seek to obtain the maximum benefit 

from the available funding by awarding 

grants to as many of the worthiest 

projects as possible. MARAD may 

partially fund applications by selecting 

parts of the total project. The start date 

and period of performance for each 

award will depend on the specific 

project and must be agreed to by 

MARAD. MARAD will administer each 

Small Shipyard Grant pursuant to a 

grant agreement with the Small 

Shipyard Grant recipient. Amounts 

awarded as a grant under this notice 

that are not expended by the recipient 

shall remain available to the 

Administrator for use for grants under 

this program, either in the same or 

different fiscal year as this notice. 

C. Eligibility Information 

To be selected for a Small Shipyard 

Grant, an applicant must be an Eligible 

Applicant and the project must be an 

Eligible Project. 

1. Eligible Applicants 

Section 54101, Title 46, United States 

Code, provides that shipyards can apply 

for grants. The shipyard facility for 

which a grant is sought must be in a 

single geographic location and may not 

have more than 1,200 production 

employees. The applicant must be the 

operating company of the shipyard 

facility. The shipyard facility must 

construct, repair, or reconfigure vessels 

40 feet in length or greater for 

commercial or government use, or 

construct, repair, or reconfigure vessels 

100 feet in length or greater for noncommercial vessels. Refer to section D.5, 

Funding Restrictions, for more 

information. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

The Federal funds for any eligible 

project will not exceed 75 percent of the 

total cost of such project. The remaining 

portion of the cost shall be paid in funds 

from or on behalf of the recipient. 

Third-party in-kind contributions are 

not allowed to satisfy the matching 

requirement. The applicant is required 

to submit detailed financial statements 

and supporting documentation 

demonstrating how and when such 

matching requirement is proposed to be 

funded as described below. The 

recipient’s entire matching requirement 

must be paid prior to payment of any 

Federal funds for the project. Refer to 

section D.2 for the documentation 

required to satisfy the matching 

requirement. 

3. Eligible Projects 

Eligible projects include: (1) Capital 

and related improvement projects that 

will be effective in fostering efficiency, 

competitive operations, and quality ship 

construction, repair, and 

reconfiguration; and (2) training projects 

that will be effective in fostering 

employee skills and enhanced 

productivity related to shipbuilding, 

ship repair, and associated industries. 

For capital improvement projects, all 

items proposed for funding must be new 

and to be owned by the applicant. For 

both capital improvement and training 

projects, all project costs, including the 

recipient’s share, must be incurred after 

the date of the grant agreement. 

4. Requirements for Products Produced 

in the United States 

As expressed in Executive Orders 

13788 of April 18, 2017 and 13858 of 

January 31, 2019, it is the policy of the 

executive branch to maximize, 

consistent with law, the use of goods, 

products, and materials produced in the 

United States in the terms and 

conditions of Federal financial 

assistance awards. Section 3507 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2020 included a requirement 

for Small Shipyard Grantees to comply 

with Buy America requirements, 

codified at 46 U.S.C. 54101(d)(2). 

Subject to few exceptions, these 

requirements state that no funds may be 

obligated by MARAD for this program 

unless each product or material 

purchased with these funds (including 

products and materials purchased by a 

grant recipient), and including any 

commercially available off-the-shelf 

item, is: 

(i) An unmanufactured article, 

material, or supply that has been mined 

or produced in the United States; or 

(ii) A manufactured article, material, 

or supply that has been manufactured in 

the United States substantially all from 

articles, materials, or supplies mined, 

produced, or manufactured in the 

United States. 

Applications that use grant funds for 

domestic-content purchases will be 

viewed more favorably. If a project 

intends to use any product with foreign 

content or of foreign origin, this 

information should be listed and 

addressed in the application. 

Applications should expressly address 

how the applicant plans to comply with 

domestic-preference requirements. If an 

applicant anticipates any potential 

foreign-content issues with its proposed 

project, applications should 

demonstrate that the domestic source is 

not available and how that 

determination was achieved. If certain 

foreign content is granted an exception 

from the Buy America requirements, a 

Cargo Preference requirement may 

apply. 

D. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

This announcement contains all the 

information needed for applicants to 

apply for this funding opportunity. 

Applications must include the Standard 

Form 424 (Application for Federal 

Assistance), which is available on the 


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Grants.gov website at https://

www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf424-family.html. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

Although the form is available 

electronically, the application must be 

filed in hard copy as indicated below 

due to the amount of information 

requested. Applicants must submit an 

original paper copy of the application, 

one additional paper copy of the 

application, and two USB flash drives 

each containing a complete electronic 

version of the application in PDF format 

to: Associate Administrator for Business 

and Finance Development, Room W21– 

318, Maritime Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. A shipyard facility in a single 

geographic location applying for 

multiple projects must do so in a single 

application. The application for a grant 

must include all the following 

information as an addendum to the SF– 

424. The information should be 

organized in sections as described 

below: 

Section 1: A description of the 

shipyard including (a) location of the 

shipyard; (b) a description of the 

shipyard facilities; (c) years in 

operation; (d) ownership; (e) customer 

base; (f) current order book including 

type of work; (g) vessels delivered (or 

major projects) over last 5 years; and (h) 

website address, if any. 

Section 2: For each project proposed 

for funding the following must be 

included: 

(a) A comprehensive detailed 

description of the project, including a 

statement of whether the project will 

replace existing equipment, and if so, 

the disposition of the replaced 

equipment. 

(b) A description of the need for the 

project in relation to shipyard 

operations and business plan and an 

explanation of how the project will 

fulfill this need. 

(c) A quantitative analysis 

demonstrating how the project will be 

effective in fostering efficiency, 

competitive operations, and quality ship 

construction, repair, or reconfiguration 

(for capital improvement projects) or 

how the project will be effective in 

fostering employee skills and enhanced 

productivity related to shipbuilding, 

ship repair, and associated industries. 

The analysis should quantify the 

benefits of the projects in terms of manhours saved, dollars saved, percentages, 

or other meaningful metrics. The 

methodology of the analysis should be 

explained with assumptions used, 

identified, and justified. 

(d) A detailed methodology and 

timeline for implementing the project. 

(e) A detailed itemization of the cost 

of the project together with supporting 

documentation, including current 

vendor quotes and estimates of 

installation costs. 

(f) A statement explaining if any 

elements of the project require action 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) or 

require any licenses or permits. 

Items 2(a) thru 2(f) should be 

repeated, in order, for each separate 

project included in the application. 

Section 3: A table with a prioritized 

list of projects with the total cost and 

Federal government share (in dollars) 

for each. 

Section 4: A description of any 

existing programs or arrangements, if 

any, which will be used to supplement 

or leverage the Federal grant assistance. 

Section 5: Shipyard company officer’s 

certification of each of the following 

requirements: 

(a) That the shipyard facility for 

which a grant is sought is in a single 

geographic location and (i) the shipyard 

facility has no more than 600 

production employees, or (ii) the 

shipyard facility has more than 600 

production employees, but less than 

1,200 production employees (the 

shipyard officer must certify to either (i) 

or (ii)); 

(b) That the applicant has the 

authority to carry out the proposed 

project; and 

(c) In accordance with the U.S. 

Department of Transportation’s 

regulation restricting lobbying, 49 CFR 

part 20, that the applicant has not, and 

will not, make any prohibited payments 

out of the requested grant. Certifications 

are not required to be notarized. 

Section 6: Unique entity identifier of 

shipyard’s parent company (when 

applicable): Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS + 4 number) (when 

applicable). 

Section 7: The most recent year-end 

audited, reviewed, or compiled 

financial statements, prepared by a 

certified public accountant (CPA), per 

U.S. generally accepted accounting 

principles (not tax-based accounting 

financial statements). If CPA prepared 

financial statements are not available, 

provide the most recent financial 

statement for the entity. Do not provide 

tax returns. 

Section 8: Statement regarding the 

relationship between applicants and any 

parents, subsidiaries or affiliates, if any 

such entity is going to provide a portion 

of the match. 

Section 9: Evidence documenting 

applicant’s ability to make proposed 

matching requirement (e.g., loan 

agreement, commitment from investors, 

and cash on balance sheet) and in the 

timeline outlined in 2(d) above. 

Section 10: Pro-forma financial 

statements reflecting (a) financial 

condition beginning of period; (b) effect 

on balance sheet of grant and matching 

funds (e.g. a decrease in cash or increase 

in debt, additional equity, and an 

increase in fixed assets); and (c) impact 

on company’s projected financial 

condition (balance sheet) of completion 

of project, showing that company will 

have sufficient financial resources to 

remain in business. 

Section 11: Statement whether during 

the past five years, the applicant or any 

predecessor or related company has 

been in bankruptcy or in reorganization 

under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy 

Code, or in any insolvency or 

reorganization proceedings, and 

whether any substantial property of the 

applicant or any predecessor or related 

company has been acquired in any such 

proceeding or has been subject to 

foreclosure or receivership during such 

period. If so, give details. 

Section 12: Consistent with the 

Department’s R.O.U.T.E.S. Initiative 

(https://www.transportation.gov/rural), 

a strong transportation network is 

critical to the functioning and growth of 

the American economy. The nation’s 

industry depends on the transportation 

network to move the goods that it 

produces, and facilitate the movements 

of the workers who are responsible for 

that production. When the nation’s 

highways, railways, and ports function 

well, that infrastructure connects people 

to jobs, increases the efficiency of 

delivering goods and thereby cuts the 

costs of doing business, reduces the 

burden of commuting, and improves 

overall well-being. Rural transportation 

networks play a vital role in supporting 

our national economic vitality. 

Addressing the deteriorating conditions 

and disproportionately high fatality 

rates on our rural transportation 

infrastructure is of critical interest to the 

Department, as rural transportation 

networks face unique challenges in 

safety, infrastructure condition, and 

passenger and freight usage. Consistent 

with the R.O.U.T.E.S. Initiative, the 

Department encourages applicants to 

consider how the project will address 

the challenges faced by rural areas. 

Applicants should also state whether 

a project is located in a Qualified 

Opportunity Zone designated pursuant 

to 26 U.S.C. 1400Z–1. 

Additional information may be 

requested as deemed necessary by 

MARAD to facilitate and complete its 

review of the application. If such 


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information is not provided, MARAD 

may deem the application incomplete 

and cease processing it. 

Section 13: If a project intends to use 

any product with foreign content or of 

foreign origin, the application should 

expressly address how the applicant 

plans to comply with domestic 

preference requirements as described in 

section C.4 of this notice and 46 U.S.C. 

54101(d)(2). If an applicant anticipates 

any potential foreign-content issues 

with its proposed project, applications 

should demonstrate that the domestic 

source is not available and how that 

determination was achieved. 

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System 

for Award Management (SAM) 

MARAD may not make a Small 

Shipyard Grant award to an applicant 

until the applicant has complied with 

all applicable unique entity identifier 

and SAM requirements. Each applicant 

must be registered in SAM before 

submitting its application, provide a 

valid unique entity identifier number in 

its application, and maintain an active 

SAM registration with current 

information at all times during which it 

has an active Federal award or an 

application or plan under consideration 

by a Federal awarding agency. 

Applicants may register with the SAM 

at www.SAM.gov. MARAD may not 

make a Federal award until the 

applicant has complied with all 

applicable unique entity identifier and 

SAM requirements and, if an applicant 

has not complied with the requirements 

by the time MARAD is ready to make a 

Federal award, MARAD may determine 

that the applicant is not qualified to 

receive a Federal award and use that 

determination as a basis for making a 

Federal award to another applicant. 

4. Submission Dates and Times 

Applications must be received by 

MARAD by 5:00 p.m. EST on February 

25, 2021. Applications received later 

than this time will not be considered. 

MARAD encourages applicants to 

submit applications using a carrier and 

method that will provide proof and time 

of delivery. The Administrator shall 

award grants under this section not later 

than 120 days after the date of the 

enactment of the appropriations Act for 

the fiscal year concerned. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

Grants under MARAD’s Small 

Shipyard Grant Program may not be 

used to construct buildings or other 

physical facilities or to acquire land. 

Federal award recipients and 

subrecipients are prohibited from 

obligating or expending grant funds to 

procure or obtain; extend or renew a 

contract to procure or obtain; or enter 

into a contract (or extend or renew a 

contract) to procure or obtain 

equipment, services, or systems that 

uses covered telecommunications 

equipment or services as a substantial or 

essential component of any system, or 

as critical technology as part of any 

system. See Section 889 of Public Law 

115–232 (National Defense 

Authorization Act 2019). 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

Applicants must submit an original 

paper copy of the application, and two 

USB flash drives each containing a 

complete electronic version of the 

application in PDF format to: Associate 

Administrator for Business and Finance 

Development, Room W21–318, 

Maritime Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

E. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria 

This section specifies the criteria that 

MARAD will use to evaluate and award 

applications for Small Shipyard grants. 

The criteria incorporate the statutory 

eligibility requirements for this 

Program, which are specified in this 

notice as relevant. 

Consistent with the requirements of 

46 U.S.C. 54101(b)(1), MARAD will 

evaluate the applications based on how 

effective the project will be in fostering 

efficiency, competitive operations, and 

quality ship construction, repair, and 

reconfiguration (for capital 

improvement projects) or how effective 

the project will be in fostering employee 

skills and enhancing productivity 

related to shipbuilding, ship repair, and 

associated industries. 

As a secondary criterion, higher 

considerations for award shall be made 

if applicants’ percentage match 

contribution toward the overall project 

is greater than the minimum and greater 

than other competing grant applications. 

2. Additional Considerations 

(A) Opportunity Zones 

MARAD may also consider whether a 

project is located in a Qualified 

Opportunity Zone designated pursuant 

to 26 U.S.C. 1400Z–1. 

(B) R.O.U.T.E.S. 

Consistent with the R.O.U.T.E.S. 

Initiative, the Department will consider 

how the project will address the 

challenges faced by rural areas under 

the Small Shipyard Grant Program. 

Rural transportation networks play a 

vital role in supporting our national 

economic vitality. Addressing the 

deteriorating conditions and 

disproportionately high fatality rates on 

our rural transportation infrastructure is 

of critical interest to the Department, as 

rural transportation networks face 

unique challenges in safety, 

infrastructure condition, and passenger 

and freight usage. The Department’s 

R.O.U.T.E.S. Initiative can be found at 

(https://www.transportation.gov/rural). 

2. Review and Selection Process 

MARAD reviews all eligible 

applications received before the 

deadline. The Small Shipyard Grant 

review and selection process consists of 

three phases: Technical Review, Senior 

Review, and Final Selection. In the 

Technical Review phase, a Review 

Panel made up of technical experts, 

including naval architects and engineers 

from MARAD’s Office of Shipyards and 

Marine Engineering, will review all 

timely applications. Additional input 

may be provided to the Review Panel on 

economic issues by the Office of 

Financial Approvals, on environmental 

issues by the Office of Environment, and 

on legal issues by the Office of Chief 

Counsel. The Review Panel will assign 

a rating of ‘‘Highly Recommended,’’ 

‘‘Recommended,’’ or ‘‘Not 

Recommended’’ based on how well the 

applications align with the selection 

criteria. In addition, higher 

considerations for award shall be made 

if applicants’ percentage match 

contribution toward the overall project 

is greater than the minimum and greater 

than other competing grant applications. 

In the second review phase, the 

Senior Review Team, which is led by 

the Maritime Administrator, will 

consider applications based upon the 

input of the Review Panel. The Senior 

Review Team will determine which 

projects to advance to the Secretary. In 

the third phase, the Secretary selects 

projects for final award. 

The Department will review and 

consider applications for funding 

pursuant to this notice in accordance 

with the President’s September 2, 2020 

memorandum, entitled Memorandum 

on Reviewing Funding to State and 

Local Government Recipients of Federal 

Funds That Are Permitting Anarchy, 

Violence, and Destruction in American 

Cities, consistent with guidance from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

and the Attorney General, and with all 

applicable laws. 

3. Federal Awardee Performance and 

Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) 

Check 

MARAD is required to review and 

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applicant that is in the designated 

integrity and performance system 

accessible through SAM (currently 

FAPIIS) (see 41 U.S.C. 2313). An 

applicant, at its option, may review 

information in the designated integrity 

and performance systems accessible 

through SAM and comment on any 

information about itself that a Federal 

awarding agency previously entered and 

is currently in the designated integrity 

and performance system accessible 

through SAM. MARAD will consider 

any comments by the applicant, in 

addition to the other information in the 

designated integrity and performance 

system, in making a judgment about the 

applicant’s integrity, business ethics, 

and record of performance under 

Federal awards when completing the 

review of risk posed by applicants. 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

1. Federal Award Notices 

Following the evaluation outlined in 

section E, and after the required notice 

to Congress, MARAD will announce 

awarded projects by posting a list of 

selected projects at www.marad.dot.gov/ 

ships-and-shipping/small-shipyardgrants. Following the announcement, 

MARAD will contact the point of 

contact listed in the SF–424 to initiate 

development of the grant agreement. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

All awards must be administered 

pursuant to applicable Federal laws, 

rules, and regulations of MARAD. 

Federal wage rate requirements 

included in Subchapter IV of Chapter 31 

of Title 40, United States Code, apply to 

all projects receiving funds under this 

Program, and apply to all parts of the 

project, whether funded with Small 

Shipyard Grant funds, other Federal 

funds, or non-Federal funds. 

3. Reporting 

Each applicant selected for a Small 

Shipyard capital or training grant will 

be required to work with MARAD on 

the development and implementation of 

a plan to collect information and report 

on the project’s performance with 

respect to the relevant long-term 

outcomes that are expected to be 

achieved through the capital project or 

training. Performance indicators will 

not include formal goals or targets, but 

will require analysis of post-project 

outcomes, which will inform the Small 

Shipyard Grant Program in working 

towards best practices, programmatic 

performance measures, and future 

decision-making guidelines. 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

For further information concerning 

this notice please contact David M. 

Heller, Director, Office of Shipyards and 

Marine Engineering, Maritime 

Administration, Room W21–318, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590; phone: (202) 366–5737; or fax: 

(202) 366–6988. To ensure applicants 

receive accurate information about 

eligibility or the Program, you are 

encouraged to contact MARAD directly, 

rather than through intermediaries or 

third parties, with questions. 

H. Other Information 

All information submitted as part of 

or in support of any application shall 

use publicly available data or data that 

can be made public and methodologies 

that are accepted by industry practice 

and standards, to the extent possible. If 

the application includes information 

you consider to be a trade secret or 

confidential commercial or financial 

information, you should do the 

following: (1) Note on the front cover 

that the submission ‘‘Contains 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI);’’ (2) mark each affected page 

‘‘CBI;’’ and (3) highlight or otherwise 

denote the CBI portions. MARAD 

protects such information from 

disclosure to the extent allowed under 

applicable law. In the event MARAD 

receives a Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) request for the information, 

MARAD will follow the procedures 

described in the Department of 

Transportation FOIA regulations at 49 

CFR 7.29. Only information that is 

ultimately determined to be confidential 

under that procedure will be exempt 

from disclosure under FOIA. 

(Authority: 46 U.S.C. 54101 and the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, 

Public Law 116–260, December 27, 2020.) 

Dated: January 15, 2021. 

By Order of the Chief Counsel in lieu of the 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01359 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2020–0007] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special 

Permit; Southern Natural Gas 

Company, L.L.C. 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this 

notice to solicit public comments on a 

request for special permit received from 

the Southern Natural Gas Company, 

L.L.C. (SNG). The special permit request 

is seeking relief from compliance with 

certain requirements in the Federal 

pipeline safety regulations. At the 

conclusion of the 30-day comment 

period, PHMSA will review the 

comments received from this notice as 

part of its evaluation to grant or deny 

the special permit request. 

DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

this special permit request by February 

22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the docket number for this specific 

special permit request and may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

• E-Gov website: http://

www.Regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Docket Management 

System: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You should identify the 

docket number for the special permit 

request you are commenting on at the 

beginning of your comments. If you 

submit your comments by mail, please 

submit two (2) copies. To receive 

confirmation that PHMSA has received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may submit comments at http://

www.Regulations.gov. 

Note: There is a privacy statement 

published on http:// 


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