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TABLE 3—BUS EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENTS RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT SELECTIONS—Continued 

Project ID State Project 

sponsor Transit agency partner Project description Amount 

D2015–BERD–004 ....... GA .. Center for 

Transportation and 

the Environment (CTE).

Metropolitan Atlanta 

Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Atlanta, 

GA.

Center for Transportation and the Environment 

(CTE), in partnership with the Metropolitan 

Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), will 

receive funding to develop and demonstrate 

a BAE Systems prototype Reduced Engine 

Idle Load System. This first-of-its-kind effort 

will bring a multimode, electric accessory 

‘power plant’ to market. 

$976,030 

D2015–BERD–005 ....... MD Maryland 

Transit Administration 

(MTA), MD.

Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), 

Baltimore, MD.

The Maryland Transit Administration will receive 

funding to develop and demonstrate a retrofit 

of 35 hybrid buses with a hybrid beltless alternator and support equipment to monitor 

fuel savings and impact on house batteries. 

$495,621 

D2015–BERD–001 ....... MI ... American 

Seating.

The Rapid, Grand Rapids, MI.American Seating, in partnership with The 

Rapid in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will receive 

funding to develop and demonstrate a heated 

and cooled seat, which is intended to reduce 

fuel consumption of public transportation vehicles. 

$298,906 

D2015–BERD–003 ....... UT .. Center for 

Transportation and 

the Environment (CTE).

Utah Transit Authority 

(UTA), Salt Lake 

City, UT.

Center for Transportation and the Environment 

(CTE), in partnership with the Utah Transit 

Authority (UTA), will receive funding to develop and demonstrate a system that will 

eliminate or reduce idling during paratransit 

passenger loading operations, lowering operating costs, reducing energy usage, and improving air quality. 

$697,185 

Total ...................... ........ ....................... ...................................... ............................................................................. $3,000,000 

[FR Doc. 2015–07825 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 365X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company— 

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Chicago, Cook County, 

Ill. 

On March 17, 2015, Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company (NSR) filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) a 

petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for 

exemption from the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 10903 to discontinue rail service 

over approximately 1.5 miles of rail line 

between milepost KN 4.0 and milepost 

KN 5.5, located on NSR’s LeMoyne 

Industrial Track in Chicago, Cook 

County, Ill. The line includes no 

stations and traverses U.S. Postal 

Service Zip Code 60632. 

NSR states that the line does not 

contain any federally granted rights-ofway. Any documentation in NSR’s 

possession will be made available 

promptly to those requesting it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). 

By issuance of this notice, the Board 

is instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by July 2, 2015. 

Because this is a discontinuance 

proceeding and not an abandonment 

proceeding, trail use/rail banking and 

public use conditions are not 

appropriate. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) to 

subsidize continued rail service will be 

due no later than July 15, 2015, or 10 

days after service of a decision granting 

the petition for exemption, whichever 

occurs sooner. Each offer must be 

accompanied by a $1,600 filing fee. See 

49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to Docket No. AB 290 (SubNo. 365X) and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001; and (2) William A. Mullins, Baker 

& Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037. 

Replies to the petition are due on or 

before April 27, 2015. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning discontinuance procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment and 

discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR 

1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) at (202) 245–0305. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339.] 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’ 

Decided: March 30, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2015–0061] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

DOT. 


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ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) invites public 

comments on our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval to reinstate a 

previously approved Information 

Collection Request (OMB Control 

Number 2105–0563) in accordance with 

the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

The previous approval granted the 

Department of Transportation authority 

to collect information involving 

National Infrastructure Investments or 

‘‘TIGER’’ Discretionary Grants pursuant 

to Title I of the Transportation, Housing 

and Urban Development, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act for 2010 

(the ‘‘FY 2010 Appropriations Act’’). 

The Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (‘‘OST’’) is referring to 

these grants as ‘‘TIGER Discretionary 

Grants.’’ The original collection of 

information was necessary in order to 

receive applications for grant funds 

pursuant to the Transportation, Housing 

and Urban Development, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010 

(‘‘FY 2010 Appropriations Act’’), Title 

I—Department of Transportation, Office 

of the Secretary, National Infrastructure 

Investments, Public Law 111–117, 123 

Stat. 3034. The purpose of the TIGER 

Discretionary Grants program is to 

advance projects that will have a 

significant impact on the Nation, 

Metropolitan area or a region. 

This request for reinstatement 

advances the previously approved 

request of an information collection. 

The information to be collected will be 

used to, receive applications for grant 

funds, to evaluate the effectiveness of 

projects that have been awarded grant 

funds and to monitor project financial 

conditions and project progress in 

support of the National Infrastructure 

Investments, referred to by the 

Department as ‘‘Grants for 

Transportation Investment Generating 

Economic Recovery’’, or ‘‘TIGER’’ 

Discretionary Grants program 

authorized and implemented pursuant 

to the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the 

‘‘Recovery Act’’) (OMB Control Number: 

2105–0563) and the grants for National 

Infrastructure Investments under the FY 

2010 Appropriations Act or TIGER 

Discretionary Grant programs include 

promoting economic recovery and 

supporting projects that have a 

significant impact on the Nation, a 

metropolitan area, or a region. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by June 5, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2015–0061] through one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

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

Friday, except on Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Mariner, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Transportation Policy, at 

202–366–8914 or Robert.Mariner@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control Number: 2105–0563. 

Title: National Infrastructure 

Investments Grant Program or ‘‘TIGER 

Discretionary Grants’’ and 

Supplemental Discretionary Grants for 

Capital Investments in Surface 

Transportation Infrastructure. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved 

information collection. 

Background: The Transportation 

Investment Generating Economic 

Recovery or ‘‘TIGER Discretionary 

Grants’’ program was created as part of 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009. Through the 

Recovery Act and six appropriations 

acts, Congress provided DOT with 

funding for seven rounds of competitive 

grants totaling more than $4.6 billion for 

capital and planning investments in 

surface transportation infrastructure. 

Funding for 72 projects totaling more 

than $584 million under the TIGER 

program was announced on September 

12, 2014. Projects were selected based 

on their alignment with the selection 

criteria specified in the Federal Register 

notice for the TIGER Discretionary Grant 

program. As announced in the Federal 

Register notices for each of the TIGER 

Discretionary Grant programs, grantees 

are expected to provide information to 

the Government so that the Government 

may monitor the financial conditions 

and progress of projects, as well as the 

effectiveness of projects using 

performance measurement metrics 

negotiated between the grantees and the 

Government. 

This request reinstates the existing 

PRA clearance to cover the requests for 

information from grantees that is 

necessary to receive grant applications, 

negotiate the grant agreements, and 

cover the reporting requirements agreed 

to by recipients of TIGER Discretionary 

Grants. 

The reporting requirements for the 

program are as follows: 

Grantees will submit reports on the 

financial condition of the project and 

the project’s progress. Grantees will 

submit progress reports and the Federal 

Financial Report (SF–425) to the 

Government on a quarterly basis, 

beginning on the 20th of the first month 

of the calendar-year quarter following 

the execution of a grant agreement, and 

on the 20th of the first month of each 

calendar-year quarter thereafter until 

completion of the project. The initial 

report will include a detailed 

description, and, where appropriate, 

drawings, of the items funded. 

Grantees will also submit an Annual 

Budget Review and Program Plan to the 

Government via email 60 days prior to 

the end of each Agreement year that 

they are receiving grant funds. The 

Annual Budget Review and Program 

Plan will provide a detailed schedule of 

activities, estimate of specific 

performance objectives, include 

forecasted expenditures, and schedule 

of milestones for the upcoming year. If 

there is an actual or projected project 

cost increase, the Annual Budget 

Review will include a written plan for 

providing additional sources of funding 

to cover the project budget shortfall or 

supporting documentation of committed 

funds to cover the cost increase. 

This information will be used to 

monitor grantees’ use of Federal funds, 

ensuring accountability and financial 

transparency in the TIGER programs. 

Grantees will also submit reports on 

the performance (or projected 

performance) of the project on 

performance measures that the grantee 

and the Government select through 

negotiations. The Grantees will submit a 

Pre-project Report that will consist of 

current baseline data for each of the 

performance measures specified in the 

Performance Measurement Table in the 

grant agreement negotiated between the 

grantee and the Government. The Preproject Report will include a detailed 

description of data sources, 

assumptions, variability, and the 

estimated level of precision for each 

measure. The Grantees will submit 

interim Project Performance 

Measurement Reports to the 

Government for each of the performance 

measures specified in the Performance 

Measurement Table in the grant 

agreement negotiated between the 

grantee and the Government. Grantees 

will submit reports at each of the 

intervals identified for the duration of 


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the time period specified in the 

Performance Measurement Table in the 

grant agreement negotiated between the 

grantee and the Government. The 

Grantees will submit a Project Outcomes 

Report after the project is completed 

that will consist of a narrative 

discussion detailing project successes 

and/or the influence of external factors 

on project expectations. 

This information collected will be 

used to evaluate and compare projects 

and the monitor results that grant funds 

achieve, ensuring that grant funds 

achieved the outcomes targeted by the 

TIGER Discretionary Grant program. 

The Department’s estimated burden 

for this information collection is the 

following: 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

5,570. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500. 

Estimated Costs: $4,259,310. 

Target Audience: Eligible Applicants’’ 

for TIGER Discretionary Grants are 

State, local, and tribal governments, 

including U.S. territories, transit 

agencies, port authorities, metropolitan 

planning organizations (MPOs), other 

political subdivisions of State or local 

governments, and multi-State or multijurisdictional groups applying through a 

single lead applicant (for multijurisdictional groups, each member of 

the group, including the lead applicant, 

must be an otherwise eligible applicant 

as described in this paragraph). 

Frequency: Quarterly, and Yearly. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 8 hours for each request for 

Quarterly Progress and Monitoring 

Report; 8 hours for each Annual Budget 

Review; 8 hours for each Quarterly 

Performance Measurement Report. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

144,070 hours. 

The following is detailed information 

and instructions regarding the specific 

reporting requirements for each report 

identified above: 

TIGER Discretionary Grant program 

grantees will submit a Project Progress 

and Monitoring Report and the Federal 

Financial Report (SF–425) to the 

Government on a quarterly basis. 

Grantees should use the following 

structure when preparing the quarterly 

Project Progress and Monitoring Report. 

• Project Progress and Monitoring 

Report 

Æ Frequency: Quarterly (on the 20th 

of the first month of the calendar 

quarter). 

Æ Report covers: Previous quarter, 

along with a two-quarter forecast. 

Æ Start: Upon award of grant. 

Æ End: Once construction is 

complete. 

Æ Format/Fields and accompanying 

instructions (beyond project ID 

information): 

1. Executive Summary.—A clear and 

concise summary of the current status of 

the project, including identification of 

any major issues that have an impact on 

the project’s scope, budget, schedule, 

quality, or safety, including: 

• Current total project cost (forecast) 

vs. latest budget vs. baseline budget. 

Include an explanation of the reasons 

for any deviations from the approved 

budget. 

• Current overall project completion 

percentage vs. latest plan percentage. 

• Any delays or exposures to 

milestone and final completion dates. 

Include an explanation of the reasons 

for the delays and exposures. 

• A summary of the projected and 

actual dates for notices to proceed for 

significant contracts, start of 

construction, start of expenditure of 

TIGER Discretionary Grant funds, and 

project completion date. Include an 

explanation of the reasons for any 

discrepancies from the corresponding 

project milestone dates included in the 

Agreement. 

• Any Federal obligations and/or 

TIFIA disbursements occurring during 

the month versus planned obligations or 

disbursements. 

• Any significant contracts 

advertised, awarded, or completed. 

• Any significant scope of work 

changes. 

• Any significant items identified as 

having deficient quality. 

• Any significant safety issues. 

• Any significant Federal issues such 

as environmental compliance, Buy 

America/Buy American (whichever is 

applicable to this Project), Davis Bacon 

Act Prevailing Wage requirements, etc. 

2. Project Activities and 

Deliverables.—Highlighting the project 

activities and deliverables occurring 

during the previous quarter (reporting 

period), and (2) define the activities and 

deliverables planned for the next two 

reporting periods. Activities and 

deliverables to be reported on should 

include meetings, audits and other 

reviews, design packages submitted, 

advertisements, awards, construction 

submittals, construction completion 

milestones, submittals related to 

Recovery Act requirements, media or 

Congressional inquiries, value 

engineering/constructability reviews, 

and other items of significance. The two 

reporting period ‘‘look ahead schedule’’ 

will enable the Government to 

accommodate any activities requiring 

input or assistance. 

3. Action Items/Outstanding Issues.— 

Drawing attention to, and tracking the 

progress of, highly significant or 

sensitive issues requiring action and 

direction in order to resolve. In general, 

issues and administrative requirements 

that could have a significant or adverse 

impact to the project’s scope, budget, 

schedule, quality, safety, and/or 

compliance with Federal requirements 

should be included. Status, responsible 

person(s), and due dates should be 

included for each action item/

outstanding issue. Action items 

requiring action or direction should be 

included in the quarterly status meeting 

agenda. The action items/outstanding 

issues may be dropped from this section 

upon full implementation of the 

remedial action, and upon no further 

monitoring anticipated. 

4. Project Schedule.—An updated 

master program schedule reflecting the 

current status of the program activities 

should be included in this section. A 

Gantt (bar) type chart is probably the 

most appropriate for quarterly reporting 

purposes, with the ultimate format to be 

agreed upon between the grantee and 

the Government. It is imperative that the 

master program schedule be integrated, 

i.e., the individual contract milestones 

tied to each other, such that any delays 

occurring in one activity will be 

reflected throughout the entire program 

schedule, with a realistic completion 

date being reported. Narratives, tables, 

and/or graphs should accompany the 

updated master program schedule, 

basically detailing the current schedule 

status, delays and potential exposures, 

and recovery efforts. The following 

information should also be included: 

• Current overall project completion 

percentage vs. latest plan percentage. 

• Completion percentages vs. latest 

plan percentages for major activities 

such as right-of-way, major or critical 

design contracts, major or critical 

construction contracts, and significant 

force accounts or task orders. A 

schedule status description should also 

be included for each of these major or 

critical elements. 

• Any delays or potential exposures 

to milestone and final completion dates. 

The delays and exposures should be 

quantified and overall schedule impacts 

assessed. The reasons for the delays and 

exposures should be explained, and 

initiatives being analyzed or 

implemented in order to recover the 

schedule should be detailed. 

5. Project Cost.—An updated cost 

spreadsheet reflecting the current 

forecasted cost vs. the latest approved 

budget vs. the baseline budget should be 

included in this section. One way to 

track project cost is to show: (1) 

Baseline Budget, (2) Latest Approved 

Budget, (3) Current Forecasted Cost 


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Estimate, (4) Expenditures or 

Commitments to Date, and (5) Variance 

between Current Forecasted Cost and 

Latest Approved Budget. Line items 

should include all significant cost 

centers, such as prior costs, right-ofway, preliminary engineering, 

environmental mitigation, general 

engineering consultant, section design 

contracts, construction administration, 

utilities, construction packages; force 

accounts/task orders, wrap-up 

insurance, construction contingencies, 

management contingencies, and other 

contingencies. The line items can be 

broken-up in enough detail such that 

specific areas of cost change can be 

sufficiently tracked and future 

improvements made to the overall cost 

estimating methodology. A Program 

Total line should be included at the 

bottom of the spreadsheet. Narratives, 

tables, and/or graphs should accompany 

the updated cost spreadsheet, basically 

detailing the current cost status, reasons 

for cost deviations, impacts of cost 

overruns, and efforts to mitigate cost 

overruns. The following information 

should be provided: 

• Reasons for each line item deviation 

from the approved budget, impacts 

resulting from the deviations, and 

initiatives being analyzed or 

implemented in order to recover any 

cost overruns. 

• Transfer of costs to and from 

contingency line items, and reasons 

supporting the transfers. 

• Speculative cost changes that 

potentially may develop in the future, a 

quantified dollar range for each 

potential cost change, and the current 

status of the speculative change. Also, a 

comparison analysis to the available 

contingency amounts should be 

included, showing that reasonable and 

sufficient amounts of contingency 

remain to keep the project within the 

latest approved budget. 

• Detailed cost breakdown of the 

general engineering consultant (GEC) 

services (if applicable), including such 

line items as contract amounts, task 

orders issued (amounts), balance 

remaining for tasks, and accrued 

(billable) costs. 

• Federal obligations and/or TIFIA 

disbursements for the project, compared 

to planned obligations and 

disbursements. 

6. Project Funding Status.—The 

purpose of this section is to provide a 

status report on the non-TIGER 

Discretionary Grant funds necessary to 

complete the project. This report section 

should include a status update of any 

legislative approvals or other actions 

necessary to provide the non-TIGER 

Discretionary Grant funds to the project. 

Such approvals might include 

legislative authority to charge user fees 

or set toll rates, or the commitment of 

local funding revenues to the project. In 

the event that there is an anticipated or 

actual project cost increase, the project 

funding status section should include a 

report on the anticipated or actual 

source of funds to cover the cost 

increase and any significant issues 

identified with obtaining additional 

funding. 

7. Project Quality.—The purpose of 

this section is to: (1) Summarize the 

Quality Assurance/Quality Control 

activities during the previous month 

(reporting period), and (2) highlight any 

significant items identified as being 

deficient in quality. Deficient items 

noted should be accompanied by 

reasons and specifics concerning the 

deficiencies, and corrective actions 

taken or planned. In addition, the 

agency or firm responsible for the 

corrective action should be 

documented. Planned corrective actions 

should then be included as Action 

Items/Outstanding Issues. 

8. Federal Financial Report (SF– 

425).—The Federal Financial Report 

(SF–425) is a financial reporting form 

used throughout the Federal 

Government Grant system. Grantees 

should complete this form and attach it 

to each quarterly Project Progress and 

Monitoring Report. 

TIGER Discretionary Grant program 

grantees will submit an Annual Budget 

Review and Program Plan to the 

Government 60 days prior to the end of 

each Agreement year that they are 

receiving grant funds. Grantees should 

use the following structure when 

preparing the Annual Budget Review 

Report. 

• Annual Budget Review Report 

Æ Frequency: Yearly (60 days before 

the end of the Agreement year). 

Æ Report covers: Upcoming 

Agreement year. 

Æ Start: 60 days before first 

anniversary of grant award. 

Æ End: Once construction is 

complete. 

Æ Format/Fields and accompanying 

instructions (beyond project ID 

information): 

1. Detailed Schedule of Activities.— 

An updated master program schedule 

reflecting the current status of the 

program activities should be included in 

this section. A Gantt (bar) type chart is 

probably the most appropriate for 

annual reporting purposes. 

2. Estimate of Specific Performance 

Objectives.—This section will discuss, 

what, if any performance objectives of 

the project will be achieved over the 

course of the upcoming Agreement Year 

and note any differences from the 

original project plan. 

3. Forecasted Expenditures.—This 

section will discuss financial outlays 

that will occur in support of the project 

over the course of the upcoming 

Agreement Year and note any 

differences from the original project 

plan. 

4. Schedule of Milestones for the 

Upcoming Agreement Year.—This 

section will discuss, what, if any project 

milestones will be achieved over the 

course of the upcoming Agreement Year 

and the obligations associated with each 

milestone, noting any differences from 

the original project plan. 

If there are no proposed deviations 

from the Approved Detailed Project 

Budget, the Annual Budget Review shall 

contain a statement stating such. The 

grantee will meet with the Government 

to discuss the Annual Budget Review 

and Program Plan. If there is an actual 

or projected project cost increase, the 

annual submittal should include a 

written plan for providing additional 

sources of funding to cover the project 

budget shortfall or supporting 

documentation of committed funds to 

cover the cost increase. To the extent 

the annual budget update deviates from 

the approved project budget by more 

than 10 percent, then work proposed 

under the Annual Budget Review and 

Program Plan shall not commence until 

written approval from the Government 

is received. 

TIGER Discretionary Grant program 

grantees will submit Performance 

Measure Reports on the performance (or 

projected performance) of the project 

using the performance measures that the 

grantee and the Government selected 

through negotiations. 

• Performance Measurement Reports 

Æ Frequency: Quarterly (on the 20th 

of the first month of the calendar 

quarter). 

Æ Report covers: Previous quarter. 

Æ Start: Once, upon award of grant; 

Quarterly, once construction complete. 

Æ End: At the end of agreed upon 

performance measurement period. 

Æ Format/Fields and accompanying 

instructions (beyond project ID 

information): 

1. Performance Measures Narrative.— 

Including a detailed description of data 

sources, assumptions, variability, and 

the estimated level of precision for each 

measure. 

2. Performance Measures 

Spreadsheet.—Government and grantee 

will agree on the format of the 

spreadsheet for each individual project. 

Measures (to be negotiated between 

grantees and the Government, 

individually) may include, but are not 


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limited to: Average tons handled/day; 

average daily gross ton-miles (GTM); 

average container lifts per day (TEUs); 

containers transported on lines (TEUs); 

transit passenger miles and hours of 

travel; transit passenger & nonpassenger counts; transit rider 

characteristics; average bike and or 

pedestrian users at key locations; 

average daily traffic (ADT) and average 

daily truck traffic (ADTT); average daily 

total train delay (minutes); average daily 

total (all vehicles) vehicle delay at 

crossings; transit service level; facility 

service level; average hourly (or peak & 

off-peak) vehicle travel time; average 

hourly (or peak & off-peak) buffer index; 

annual crash rates by type/severity; 

average slow order miles and average 

daily delay minutes due to slow orders; 

bridge condition (Sufficiency Rating); 

road closure/lost capacity time (lanehours). 

3. [For final Report] Project 

Outcomes.—Detailing Project successes 

and/or the influence of external factors 

on Project expectations. Including an ex 

post examination of project 

effectiveness in relation to the Preproject Report baselines. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for OST’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for OST to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1:48. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 25, 

2015. 

Patricia Lawton, 

DOT Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Funding Availability Under Supportive 

Services for Veteran Families Program 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of Fund Availability 

(NOFA); correction. 

SUMMARY: This notice corrects a 

provision requiring grantees to have 

spent a certain amount of their previous 

grant award by a certain date, as stated 

in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ 

February 3, 2015 NOFA, as amended on 

March 17, 2015, 

Announcement Type: Amendment. 

Funding Opportunity Number: VA– 

SSVF–021015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 64.033, VA 

Supportive Services for Veteran 

Families Program. 

DATES: Applications made in response 

to this amendment are due April 10, 

2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Kuhn, Supportive Services for 

Veteran Families Program Office, 

National Center on Homelessness 

Among Veterans, 4100 Chester Avenue, 

Suite 201, Philadelphia, PA 19104; (877) 

737–0111 (this is a toll-free number); 

SSVF@va.gov. 

For a Copy of the Application 

Package: Copies of the application can 

be downloaded directly from the SSVF 

Program Web site at: www.va.gov/

homeless/ssvf.asp. Questions should be 

referred to the SSVF Program Office via 

phone at (877) 737–0111 (toll-free 

number) or via email at SSVF@va.gov. 

For detailed SSVF Program information 

and requirements, see part 62 of title 38, 

Code of Federal Regulations (38 CFR 

part 62). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Federal Register of March 17, 2015, in 

FR Doc. 2015–05941, on page 13958, in 

the third column, under ‘‘II. Allocation 

of Funds’’ correct paragraph (2) to read: 

‘‘(2) Applicants must have spent no less 

than 46 percent of their total direct 

service portion of their 3-year grant 

award (this includes direct service staff 

and funds allocated for temporary 

financial assistance) no later than 

August 30, 2015.’’ 

Dated: April 2, 2015. 

Jeffrey M. Martin, 

Office of Regulation Policy & Management, 

Office of the General Counsel, Department 

of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07903 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] 

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