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DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

this special permit request by March 29, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the docket number for this 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://

www.Regulations.gov. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, are posted without changes or 

edits to http://www.Regulations.gov. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

is commercial or financial information 

that is both customarily and actually 

treated as private by its owner. Under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from 

public disclosure. If your comments 

responsive to this notice contain 

commercial or financial information 

that is customarily treated as private, 

that you actually treat as private, and 

that is relevant or responsive to this 

notice, it is important that you clearly 

designate the submitted comments as 

CBI. Pursuant to 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) § 190.343, you may 

ask PHMSA to give confidential 

treatment to information you give to the 

agency by taking the following steps: (1) 

Mark each page of the original 

document submission containing CBI as 

‘‘Confidential’’; (2) send PHMSA, along 

with the original document, a second 

copy of the original document with the 

CBI deleted; and (3) explain why the 

information you are submitting is CBI. 

Unless you are notified otherwise, 

PHMSA will treat such marked 

submissions as confidential under the 

FOIA, and they will not be placed in the 

public docket of this notice. 

Submissions containing CBI should be 

sent to Kay McIver, DOT, PHMSA– 

PHP–80, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Any 

commentary PHMSA receives that is not 

specifically designated as CBI will be 

placed in the public docket for this 

matter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone 

at 202–366–0113, or by email at 

kay.mciver@dot.gov. 

Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by 

telephone at 713–272–2855, or by email 

at steve.nanney@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA 

received a special permit request from 

Tejas, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, 

Inc., seeking a waiver from the 

requirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a) and 

(d): Change in class location: 

Confirmation or revision of maximum 

allowable operating pressure, and 49 

CFR 192.619(a): Maximum allowable 

operating pressure: Steel or plastic 

pipelines. This special permit is being 

requested in lieu of pipe replacement or 

pressure reduction for one (1) pipeline 

segment totaling 1,929 feet 

(approximately 0.37 miles) of 30-inch 

diameter pipe on the King Ranch to 

Lovell Pipeline located in Chambers 

County, Texas. The proposed special 

permit will allow operation of the 

original Class 1 pipe in the Class 3 

location. 

The proposed special permit segment 

on the Tejas King Ranch to Lovell 

Pipeline has a maximum allowable 

operating pressure of 703 pounds per 

square inch gauge and was constructed 

in 1958. 

The special permit request, proposed 

special permit with conditions, and 

Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) 

for the Tejas King Ranch to Lovell 

Pipeline are available for review and 

public comments in Docket No. 

PHMSA–2019–0153. PHMSA invites 

interested persons to review and submit 

comments on the special permit request 

and DEA in the docket. Please include 

any comments on potential safety and 

environmental impacts that may result 

if the special permit is granted. 

Comments may include relevant data. 

Before issuing a decision on the 

special permit request, PHMSA will 

evaluate all comments received on or 

before the comments closing date. 

Comments received after the closing 

date will be evaluated, if it is possible 

to do so without incurring additional 

expense or delay. PHMSA will consider 

each relevant comment it receives in 

making its decision to grant or deny this 

special permit request. 

Issued in Washington, DC, under 

authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03913 Filed 2–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

Adjustment to Rail Passenger 

Transportation Liability Cap 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (OST), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice details the 

adjustment made to the rail passenger 

transportation liability cap as required 

by section 11415 of the Fixing 

America’s Surface Transportation 

(FAST) Act (December 4, 2015). 

Pursuant to the FAST Act, the rail 

passenger transportation liability cap is 

raised from $294,278,983 to 

$322,864,228. 

DATES: This adjustment will go into 

effect 30 days after February 25, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding this 

notice, please contact Stephen 

O’Connor, Office of Policy and 

Planning, Federal Railroad 

Administration at stephen.o’connor@

dot.gov or (202) 493–6325. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Transportation is 

publishing the inflation adjusted index 

factors for the rail passenger 

transportation liability cap under 49 

U.S.C. 28103(a)(2), as directed by 

section 11415 of the FAST Act. The 

index methodology ensures that the 

aggregate allowable awards to all rail 

passengers, against all defendants, for 

all claims, including claims for punitive 

damages, arising from a single accident 

or incident is based on current dollars 

and is adjusted for inflation from the 

$200,000,000 cap that went into effect 

on December 2, 1997. 

Under the FAST Act, the index is 

adjusted to the date of enactment of the 

FAST Act using the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics Consumer Price Index—All 

Urban Consumers. 

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The index was based on the liability 

cap established on December 2, 1997, 

and the last full month prior to the 

enactment of the FAST Act on 

December 4, 2015. The FAST Act also 

directs the Secretary to update the 

liability cap every fifth year after the 

date of enactment. The table below 

shows the Index and inflator the Federal 

Railroad Administration used to 

calculate an inflation adjusted amount 

of $322,864,228. 

PASSENGER LIABILITY CAP INFLATION ADJUSTED INDEX AND INFLATION FACTOR

Month Index Inflator Liability cap 

December 1997 ..................................................................................................................... 161.30 1.00 $200,000,000 

October 2020 ......................................................................................................................... 260.39 1.61 322,864,228 

The adjustment of the rail passenger 

transportation liability cap to 

$322,864,228 shall be effective 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22, 

2021. 

Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03886 Filed 2–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Funding Opportunity for the 

Department of Transportation’s 

Infrastructure for Rebuilding America 

(INFRA) Program for Fiscal Year 2021 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation, U.S. Department of 

Transportation (USDOT). 

ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity. 

SUMMARY: The Infrastructure for 

Rebuilding America (INFRA) program 

provides Federal financial assistance to 

highway and freight projects of national 

or regional significance. This notice 

solicits applications for awards under 

the program’s fiscal year (FY) 2021 

funding, subject to the availability of 

appropriated funds. 

DATES: Applications must be submitted 

by 11:59 p.m. EST on March 19, 2021. 

The Grants.gov ‘‘Apply’’ function will 

open by February 17, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Applications must be 

submitted through www.Grants.gov. 

Only applicants who comply with all 

submission requirements described in 

this notice and submit applications 

through www.Grants.gov will be eligible 

for award. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding this 

notice, please contact the Office of the 

Secretary via email at INFRAgrants@

dot.gov, or call Paul Baumer at (202) 

366–1092. A TDD is available for 

individuals who are deaf or hard of 

hearing at 202–366–3993. In addition, 

up to the application deadline, the 

Department will post answers to 

common questions and requests for 

clarifications on USDOT’s website at 

https://www.transportation.gov/ 

buildamerica/INFRAgrants. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

organization of this notice is based on 

an outline set in 2 CFR part 200 to 

ensure consistency across Federal 

financial assistance programs. However, 

that format is designed for locating 

specific information, not for linear 

reading. For readers seeking to 

familiarize themselves with the INFRA 

program, the Department encourages 

them to begin with Section A (Program 

Description), which describes the 

Department’s goals for the INFRA 

program and purpose in making awards, 

and Section E (Application Review 

Information), which describes how the 

Department will select among eligible 

applications. Those two sections will 

provide appropriate context for the 

remainder of the notice: Section B 

(Federal Award Information) describes 

information about the size and nature of 

awards; Section C (Eligibility 

Information) describes eligibility 

requirements for applicants and 

projects; Section D (Application and 

Submission Information) describes in 

detail how to apply for an award; 

Section F (Federal Award 

Administration Information) describes 

administrative requirements that will 

accompany awards; and Sections G 

(Federal Awarding Agency Contacts) 

and H (Other Information) provide 

additional administrative information. 

Table of Contents 

A. Program Description 

1. Overview 

2. Key Program Objectives 

3. Changes From the FY 2020 NOFO 

4. Additional Information 

B. Federal Award Information 

1. Amount Available 

2. Restrictions on Award Portfolio 

C. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

3. Other 

D. Application and Submission Information 

1. Address 

2. Content and Form of Application 

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for 

Award Management (SAM) 

4. Submission Dates and Timelines 

E. Application Review Information 

1. Criteria 

2. Review and Selection Process 

3. Additional Information 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

1. Federal Award Notices 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

3. Reporting 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

H. Other Information 

1. Protection of Confidential Business 

Information 

2. Publication of Application Information 

3. Department Feedback on Applications 

4. INFRA Extra, Eligibility, and 

Designation 

A. Program Description 

1. Overview 

The INFRA program provides Federal 

financial assistance to highway and 

freight projects of national or regional 

significance. To maximize the value of 

FY 2021 INFRA funds for all Americans, 

the Department is focusing the 

competition on transportation 

infrastructure projects that support six 

key objectives, each of which is 

discussed in greater detail in section 

A.2: 

(1) Supporting economic vitality at 

the national and regional level; 

(2) Addressing climate change and 

environmental justice impacts; 

(3) Advancing racial equity and 

Reducing barriers to opportunity; 

(4) Leveraging Federal funding to 

attract non-Federal sources of 

infrastructure investment; 

(5) Deploying innovative technology, 

encouraging innovative approaches to 

project delivery, and incentivizing the 

use of innovative financing; and 

(6) Holding grant recipients 

accountable for their performance. 

This notice’s focus on the six key 

objectives does not supplant the 

Department’s focus on safety as our top 

priority. Consistent with the 

R.O.U.T.E.S. initiative, the Department 

seeks rural projects that address 

deteriorating conditions and