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The sales price would be based on an 

appraised market value. Sale proceeds 

would be deposited in the airport 

account to be solely expended for the 

capital and operating costs of the San 

Luis Obispo Airport, thereby serving the 

interests of civil aviation. 

Issued in Brisbane, California, on June 21, 

2018. 

Patrick Magnotta, 

Acting Manager, San Francisco Airports 

District Office, Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13839 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2001–10660] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on May 29, 2018, BNSF Railway 

(BNSF) petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for a waiver of 

compliance from certain provisions of 

the Federal railroad safety regulations 

contained at 49 CFR part 218. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2001–10660. 

FRA granted BNSF a waiver of certain 

provisions of 49 CFR part 218 on May 

6, 2002. Subsequently, FRA extended 

the waiver in 2007 and 2012. BNSF is 

currently petitioning for a renewal of 

this waiver for relief from the 

requirements in 49 CFR 218.22(c)(5). 

Specifically, BNSF seeks to permit train 

crew members, yard crew members, and 

utility employees to remove and replace 

batteries in two-way end-of-train (EOT) 

devices, while the EOT device is in 

place on the rear of the train to which 

the individual has been assigned, 

without establishing any blue signal 

protection. 

In its petition, BNSF states such relief 

would provide several safety benefits. 

First, BNSF contends the safety of train 

service employees and utility employees 

will be enhanced by reducing the time 

such employees are performing a safety 

sensitive task by eighty percent. Second, 

train service employees and utility 

employees will lift and handle 

significantly lighter loads. The 

‘‘Smartpack’’ batteries currently used by 

BNSF weigh 10.1 pounds or less as 

opposed to a PULSE EOT device unit 

weighing 32–34 pounds. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested parties desire 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, they should notify FRA, 

in writing, before the end of the 

comment period and specify the basis 

for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Communications received by August 

13, 2018 will be considered by FRA 

before final action is taken. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered if practicable. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 

and comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 

comments from the public to better 

inform its processes. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13826 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Notice of Funding Opportunity for 

America’s Marine Highway Projects 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity. 

SUMMARY: The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2018, signed by the 

President on March 23, 2018, 

appropriated $7,000,000 to the Short 

Sea Transportation Program, commonly 

referred to as the America’s Marine 

Highway Program (AMHP). The purpose 

of the appropriation is to make grants to 

previously designated Marine Highway 

Projects that support the development 

and expansion of documented vessels, 

or of port and landside infrastructure. 

This notice announces the availability 

of funding for grants and establishes 

selection criteria and application 

requirements. 

The Secretary of the U.S. Department 

of Transportation (Department) will 

award Marine Highway Grants to 

implement projects or components of 

projects previously designated by the 

Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) 

under AMHP. Only Marine Highway 

projects designated by the Secretary are 

eligible for funding as described in this 

notice. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

by the Maritime Administration by 5 

p.m. EDT on October 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Grant applications must be 

submitted electronically using 

Grants.gov (https://www.grants.gov). 

Please be aware that you must complete 

the Grants.gov registration process 

before submitting your application, and 

that the registration process usually 

takes 2 to 4 weeks to complete. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

make submissions in advance of the 

deadline. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information concerning this 

Notice, please contact Tori Collins, 

Office of Ports & Waterways Planning, 

Room W21–315, Maritime 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 

SE, Washington, DC 20590, phone 202– 

366–0795 or email Tori.Collins@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each 

section of this Notice contains 

information and instructions relevant to 

the application process for these Marine 

Highway Grants, and all applicants 

should read this Notice in its entirety so 

that they have the information they 

need to submit eligible and competitive 

applications. Applications received after 


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the deadline will not be considered 

except in the case of unforeseen 

technical difficulties as outlined below 

in Section D.4. 

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 

A. Program Description 

Section 55601 of Title 46, United 

States Code, directs the Secretary to 

establish a short sea transportation grant 

program to implement projects or 

components of designated marine 

highway projects. The grant funds 

currently available are for projects 

related to documented vessels and to 

port and landside infrastructure. 

B. Federal Award Information 

The Secretary, through the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), intends to 

award $6,790,000 through grants to the 

extent that there are qualified 

applications. MARAD will seek to 

obtain the maximum benefit from the 

available funding by awarding grants to 

as many qualified projects as possible; 

however, MARAD reserves the right to 

award all funds to just one project. 

MARAD may partially fund applications 

by selecting discrete components of 

projects. The start date and period of 

performance for each award will depend 

on the specific project to which MARAD 

must agree. MARAD will administer 

each Marine Highway Grant pursuant to 

a grant agreement with the Marine 

Highway Grant recipient. 

Recipients of prior Marine Highway 

Grants in earlier rounds of this program 

may apply for funding to support 

additional phases of a designated 

project. However, to be competitive, the 

applicant should demonstrate the extent 

to which the previously funded project 

phase has met estimated project 

schedules and budget, as well as the 

ability to realize the benefits expected 

for the new award. 

C. Eligibility Information 

To be selected for a Marine Highway 

Grant, an applicant must be an Eligible 

Applicant, and the project must be an 

Eligible Project. 

1. Eligible Applicants 

Eligible grant applicants should be the 

original Project Applicant of a project 

that the Secretary has previously 

designated as a Marine Highway Project 

or a substitute (which can be either a 

public entity or a private-sector entity 

who has been referred to the Program 

Office, with written explanation, as part 

of the application). Grant applicants 

must have operations, or administrative 

areas of responsibility, that are adjacent 

to or near the relevant designated 

Marine Highway Project. Eligible grant 

applicants include State governments 

(including State departments of 

transportation), metropolitan planning 

organizations, port authorities, and 

tribal governments, or private sector 

operators of marine highway services 

within designated Marine Highway 

Projects. 

Project applicants are encouraged to 

develop coalitions and public/private 

partnerships, which might include 

vessel owners and operators; third-party 

logistics providers; trucking companies; 

shippers; railroads; port authorities; 

state, regional, and local transportation 

planners; environmental organizations; 

impacted communities; or any 

combination of entities working in 

collaboration on a single grant 

application that can be submitted by the 

original project applicant or their 

designated substitute with written 

referral from the original project 

applicant. Original project applicants 

are defined as those public entities 

named by the Secretary in the original 

designated project. All successful grant 

applicants, whether they are public or 

private entities, must comply with all 

Federal requirements. 

If multiple project applicants submit 

a joint grant application, they must 

identify a lead grant applicant as the 

primary point of contact. Joint grant 

applications must include a description 

of the roles and responsibilities of each 

applicant and must be signed by each 

applicant. Although we encourage a 

single award recipient, where 

circumstances require more than one 

award recipient, the application must 

identify the recipients of the award. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

An applicant must provide at least 20 

percent of project costs from nonFederal sources. The application should 

demonstrate, such as through a letter or 

other documentation, the sources of 

these funds. Preference will be given to 

those projects that provide a larger 

percentage of costs from non-Federal 

sources. 

3. Other 

Eligible Projects 

The purpose of this grant program is 

to create new marine highway services 

or to expand existing marine highway 

services. Only projects or their 

components, including planning 

studies, that the Secretary has 

previously designated as Marine 

Highway Projects are eligible for this 

round of grant funding, and they must 

support the development and expansion 

of documented vessels or of port and 

landside infrastructure. The current list 

of designated Marine Highway Projects 

can be found on the Marine Highway 

website at: https://www.marad.dot.gov/ 

wp-content/uploads/pdf/Click-here-forMarine-Highway-Project-Designations1.pdf. 

D. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

Applications may be found at and 

must be submitted through Grants.gov. 

Applications must include the Standard 

Form 424 (Application for Federal 

Assistance), which is available on the 

Grants.gov website at https://

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

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

In addition to the SF–424, the 

application should include all the 

information requested below. MARAD 

reserves the right to ask any applicant 

for supplemental data but expects 

applications to be complete upon 

submission. Incomplete applications 

may not be considered for award. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

provide quantitative information, 

including baseline information, that 

demonstrates the project’s merits and 

economic viability. 

a. Length of Application. The 

narrative portion of the application 

should be in the standard academic 

format (i.e., 12 pt. font, double-spaced) 

and must not exceed ten pages. 

Documentation supporting assertions 

made in the narrative portion must also 

be provided but should be limited to 

relevant information. Website links to 

supporting documentation may be 

provided instead of copies of these 

materials, though it is important to 

ensure that the website links are 

currently active and working. At the 

applicant’s discretion, relevant 

materials provided previously in 

support of a Marine Highway Project 

application may be referenced, updated, 

or described as unchanged. To the 

extent referenced, this information need 

not be resubmitted in support of a 

Marine Highway Grant application. 

b. First Page of Application Narrative. 

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the application should provide the 

following items of information: 

(i) Marine Highway Project name (as 

stated on the Marine Highway Program’s 

list of Designated Projects); 

(ii) Primary point of contact for 

applicant; 

(iii) Total amount of the project cost 

in dollars and the amount of grant funds 

the applicant is seeking, along with 

sources and share of matching funds; 

(iv) Summary statement of how the 

grant funding will be applied; 

(v) Project parties; and 

(vi) Unique Entity Identifier (e.g., 

DUNS) number. Recipients of Marine 

Highway Grants and their first-tier subawardees must have Unique Entity 

Identifier numbers (https://

fedgov.dnb.com/webform) and current 

registrations in the System for Award 

Management (https://www.SAM.gov). 

c. Contact Information. An 

application must include the name, 

phone number, email address, and 

business address of the primary point of 

contact for the applicant. MARAD will 

use this information to inform 

applicants of our decision regarding 

selection of grant recipients, as well as 

to contact them if we need additional or 

supplemental information regarding an 

application. 

d. Grant Funds and Sources and Uses 

of Project Funds. An application should 

include specific information about the 

amount of grant funding requested, 

sources and uses of all project funds, 

total project costs, the percentage of 

project costs that would be paid with 

Marine Highway Grant funds as well as 

from other Federal sources, and the 

identity and percentage shares of all 

parties providing funds for the project. 

e. National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) Requirement. Projects selected 

for grant award must comply with 

NEPA and any other applicable 

environmental laws. If the 

environmental review process is 

underway but not complete at the time 

of the application, the application must 

detail where the project is in the 

process, indicate the anticipated date of 

completion, and provide a website link 

or other reference to copies of any 

environmental documents prepared. 

f. Other Federal, State, and Local 

Actions. An application must indicate 

whether the proposed project is likely to 

require actions by other agencies (e.g., 

permits or Buy America waivers), 

indicate the status of such actions, 

provide a website link or other reference 

to materials submitted to the other 

agencies, and demonstrate compliance 

with other Federal, state, or local 

regulations and permits as applicable. 

g. Certification Requirements. For an 

application to be considered for a grant 

award, the Chief Executive Officer, or 

equivalent, of the applicant is required 

to certify, in writing, the following: 

(i) That, except as noted in this grant 

application, nothing has changed from 

the original application for formal 

designation as a Marine Highway 

Project; and 

(ii) The grant applicant will 

administer the project and any funds 

received will be spent efficiently and 

effectively; and 

(iii) The grant applicant will provide 

information, data, and reports as 

required. 

h. Protection of Confidential 

Commercial Information. Applicants 

should submit, as part of or in support 

of an application, 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 that the applicant 

considers to be a trade secret or 

confidential commercial or financial 

information, the applicant should do the 

following: (1) Note on the front cover 

that the submission contains 

‘‘Confidential Commercial Information 

(CCI)’’; (2) mark each affected page 

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

denote the CCI portions. MARAD will 

protect 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, 

procedures described in the 

Department’s FOIA regulation at 49 CFR 

7.29 will be followed. Only information 

that is ultimately determined to be 

confidential under that procedure will 

be exempt from disclosure under FOIA. 

i. Additional Application Information 

Needed From Private-Sector Applicants: 

(i) Written referral from the original 

successful project applicant stating that 

the private entity has been referred by 

the original project applicant for the 

relevant designated Marine Highway 

Project. 

(ii) A description of the entity 

including (A) location of the 

headquarters; (B) a description of the 

company assets (tugs, barges, etc.); (C) 

years in operation; (D) ownership; (E) 

customer base; and (F) website address, 

if any. 

(iii) Unique entity identifier of parent 

company (when applicable): Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS + 

4 number) (when applicable). 

(iv) 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. 

(v) 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. 

(vi) Evidence documenting 

applicant’s ability to make proposed 

matching requirement (loan agreement, 

commitment from investors, cash on 

balance sheet, etc.). 

(vii) 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. 

(viii) 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. 

(ix) Additional information may be 

requested as deemed necessary by the 

Maritime Administration to facilitate 

and complete its review of the 

application. If such information is not 

provided, the Maritime Administration 

may deem the application incomplete 

and cease processing it. 

(x) Company Officer’s certification of 

each of the following: 

1. That the company operates in the 

geographic location of the designated 

Marine Highway Project; 

2. That the applicant has the authority 

to carry out the proposed project: 

3. That the applicant has not, and will 

not make any prohibited payments out 

of the requested grant, in accordance 

with the Department of Transportation’s 

regulation restricting lobbying, 49 CFR 

part 20. 

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System 

for Award Management (SAM) 

MARAD will not make an award to an 

applicant until the applicant has 

complied with all applicable Unique 


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Entity Identifier and SAM requirements. 

Each applicant must be registered in 

SAM before applying, provide a valid 

Unique Entity Identifier number in its 

application, and maintain an active 

SAM registration with current 

information throughout the period of 

the award. Applicants may register with 

the SAM at www.SAM.gov. Applicants 

can obtain a Unique Entity Identifier 

number at http://fedgov.dnb.com/ 

webform. If an applicant has not fully 

complied with the requirements by the 

time MARAD is ready to make an 

award, MARAD may determine that the 

applicant is not qualified to receive a 

Federal award under this program. 

4. Submission Dates and Times 

Applications must be received by 5 

p.m. EDT on October 5, 2018. Late 

applications that are the result of failure 

to register or comply with Grants.gov 

application requirements in a timely 

manner will not be considered. 

Applicants experiencing technical 

issues with Grants.gov that are beyond 

the applicant’s control must contact 

MH@dot.gov or Tim Pickering at 202– 

366–0704 prior to the deadline with the 

user name of the registrant and details 

of the technical issue experienced. The 

applicant must provide: (1) Details of 

the technical issue experienced; (2) 

screen capture(s) of the technical issue 

experienced along with the 

corresponding ‘‘Grant tracking number’’ 

that is provided via Grants.gov; (3) the 

‘‘Legal Name’’ for the applicant that was 

provided in the SF–424; (4) the name 

and contact information for the person 

to be contacted on matters involving 

submission that is included on the SF– 

424; (5) the Unique Entity Identifier 

number (e.g., DUNS) associated with the 

application; and (6) the Grants.gov Help 

Desk Tracking Number. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

MARAD will not allow 

reimbursement of any pre-Federal 

award costs that may have been 

incurred by an applicant. 

Grant funds may only be used for the 

purposes described in 46 U.S.C. 

55601(b)(1) and (3) and may not be used 

as an operating subsidy. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

Grant applications must be submitted 

electronically using Grants.gov https://

www.grants.gov). 

E. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria 

When reviewing grant applications, 

MARAD will consider how the 

proposed service could satisfy, in whole 

or in part, 46 U.S.C. 55601(b)(1) and (3) 

and any of the following criteria found 

at 46 U.S.C. 55601(g)(2)(B): 

(i) The project is financially viable; 

(ii) The funds received will be spent 

efficiently and effectively; and 

(iii) A market exists for the services of 

the proposed project as evidenced by 

contracts or written statements of intent 

from potential customers. 

After applying the above preferences, 

MARAD will consider the following key 

Departmental objectives: 

(A) Supporting economic vitality at 

the national and regional level; 

(B) Utilizing alternative funding 

sources and innovative financing 

models to attract non-Federal sources of 

infrastructure investment; 

(C) Accounting for the life-cycle costs 

of the project to promote the state of 

good repair; 

(D) Using innovative approaches to 

improve safety and expedite project 

delivery; and, 

(E) Holding grant recipients 

accountable for their performance and 

achieving specific, measurable 

outcomes identified by grant applicants. 

In awarding grants under the program, 

MARAD will give preference to those 

projects or components that present the 

most financially viable marine highway 

transportation services and require the 

lowest total percentage Federal share of 

the costs. MARAD will also give special 

consideration to projects which 

emphasize improved infrastructure 

condition, or facilitate economic or 

competitiveness in rural areas. 

2. Review and Selection Process 

Upon receipt, MARAD will evaluate 

the application using the criteria 

outlined above. Upon completion of the 

technical review, MARAD will forward 

the applications to a Department interagency review team (Intermodal Review 

Team). The Intermodal Review Team 

will include members of MARAD, other 

Operating Administrations, and 

representatives from the Office of the 

Secretary of Transportation. The 

Intermodal Review Team will assign 

ratings of ‘‘highly recommended,’’ 

‘‘recommended,’’ ‘‘not recommended,’’ 

‘‘incomplete,’’ or ‘‘not eligible’’ for each 

application based on the criteria set 

forth above. The Intermodal Review 

Team will provide their findings to the 

Program Office. The Program Office will 

use those findings to inform the 

recommendations that will be made to 

the Maritime Administrator and the 

Secretary. 

3. FAPIIS Check 

The Maritime Administration is 

required to review and consider any 

information about the 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. The 

Maritime Administration 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, we will announce the 

selected grant award recipients on the 

MARAD website (https://

www.marad.dot.gov). 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

All awards must be administered 

pursuant to the ‘‘Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards’’ found at 2 CFR part 

200, as adopted by the Department at 2 

CFR part 1201. Additionally, all 

applicable Federal laws and regulations 

will apply to projects that receive 

Marine Highway Grants. The period 

following award that a project is 

expected to expend grant funds and 

start construction, acquisition, or 

procurement will be considered on a 

case-by-case basis and will be specified 

in the project-specific grant agreement. 

We reserve the right to revoke any 

award of Marine Highway Grant funds 

and to award such funds to another 

project to the extent that such funds are 

not expended in a timely or acceptable 

manner and in accordance with the 

project schedule. Federal wage rate 

requirements included at 40 U.S.C. 

3141–3148 apply to all projects 

receiving funds under this program and 

apply to all parts of the project, whether 

funded with other Federal funds or nonFederal funds. 

3. Reporting 

Award recipients are required to 

submit quarterly reports, signed by an 

officer of the recipient, to the Program 

Office to keep MARAD informed of all 


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activities during the reporting period. 

The reports will indicate progress made, 

planned activities for the next period, 

and a listing of any purchases made 

with grant funds during the reporting 

period. In addition, the report will 

include an explanation of any deviation 

from the projected budget and timeline. 

Quarterly status reports will also 

contain, at a minimum, the following: 

(1) A statement as to whether the award 

recipient has used the grant funds 

consistent with the terms contemplated 

in the grant agreement; (2) if applicable, 

a description of the budgeted activities 

not procured by recipient; (3) if 

applicable, the rationale for recipient’s 

failure to execute the budgeted 

activities; (4) if applicable, an 

explanation as to how and when 

recipient intends to accomplish the 

purposes of the grant agreement; and (5) 

a budget summary showing funds 

expended since commencement, 

anticipated expenditures for the next 

reporting period, and expenditures 

compared to overall budget. 

For all non-planning grants, grant 

award recipients will also collect 

information and report on the project’s 

observed performance with respect to 

the relevant long-term outcomes that are 

expected to be achieved through the 

project. Performance indicators will not 

include formal goals or targets, but will 

include observed measures under 

baseline (pre-project) as well as postimplementation outcomes for an agreedupon timeline, and will be used to 

evaluate and compare projects and 

monitor the results that grant funds 

achieve to the intended long-term 

outcomes of the AMHP. Performance 

reporting continues for several years 

after project construction is completed, 

and MARAD does not provide 

America’s Marine Highway funding 

specifically for performance reporting. 

4. Requirements for Domestic Content 

(‘‘Buy American,’’ ‘‘Buy America,’’ and 

‘‘Cargo Preference’’) 

Consistent with the requirements of 

section 410 of Title IV of Division L, 

Transportation, Housing and Urban 

Development, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2018, of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 

(Pub. L. 115–141), the Buy American 

requirements of Chapter 83 of Title 41 

U.S.C. apply to funds made available 

under this Notice of Funding 

Opportunity. Depending on other 

funding streams, the project may be 

subject to ‘‘Buy America’’ requirements. 

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. If certain 

foreign content is granted an exception 

or waiver from Buy American or Buy 

America requirements, a Cargo 

Preference requirement may apply. 

Applications should expressly address 

how the applicant plans to comply with 

domestic-preference requirements and 

whether there are any potential foreigncontent issues with their proposed 

project. In accord with the Executive 

Order 13788, applications that use grant 

funds for domestic-content purchases 

will be viewed favorably. 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

For further information concerning 

this notice, please contact Tori Collins, 

Office of Ports & Waterways Planning, 

Room W21–315, Maritime 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 

SE, Washington, DC 20590, phone 202– 

366–0795 or email Tori.Collins@dot.gov. 

To ensure applicants receive accurate 

information about eligibility, the 

program, or in response to other 

questions, applicants are encouraged to 

contact MARAD directly, rather than 

through intermediaries or third parties. 

* * * * * 

Dated: June 22, 2018. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13798 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0063; Notice 2; 

Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0065; Notice 2] 

Autocar Industries, LLC and Autocar, 

LLC, Grant of Petitions for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petitions. 

SUMMARY: Autocar Industries, LLC and 

Autocar, LLC (collectively referred to as 

‘‘Autocar’’), have determined that 

certain model year (MY) 2014–2018 

Autocar Xspotter and Xpeditor trucks 

do not fully comply with Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

101, Controls and Displays. Autocar 

filed noncompliance reports dated June 

12, 2017; June 14, 2017; and later 

revised one of their reports on August 

29, 2017. Autocar also submitted two 

petitions to NHTSA on June 19, 2017, 

and submitted supplemental petitions 

on August 29, 2017, for a decision that 

the subject noncompliance, present in 

each model, is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Campbell, Office of Vehicle 

Safety Compliance, NHTSA, telephone 

(202) 366–5307, facsimile (202) 366– 

3081. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview 

Autocar has determined that certain 

MY 2014–2018 Autocar Xspotter and 

Xpeditor trucks do not fully comply 

with Table 2 of FMVSS No. 101, 

Controls and Displays (49 CFR 571.101). 

Autocar filed noncompliance reports 

dated June 12, 2017; June 14, 2017; and 

later revised one of their reports on 

August 29, 2017, pursuant to 49 CFR 

part 573, Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. Autocar also 

submitted two petitions to NHTSA on 

June 19, 2017, and submitted 

supplemental petitions on August 29, 

2017, for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that 

this noncompliance is inconsequential 

as it relates to motor vehicle safety, 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h) and 49 CFR part 556. 

Notices of receipt of the petitions 

were published with a 30-day public 

comment period, on August 16, 2017, in 

the Federal Register (82 FR 38995) and 

(82 FR 38999). No comments were 

received. 

II. Vehicles Involved 

Approximately 644 MY 2014–2018 

Autocar Xspotter trucks, manufactured 

between September 12, 2013 and 

August 4, 2017, and approximately 

5,545 MY 2014–2018 Autocar Xpeditor 

trucks, manufactured between 

September 3, 2013, and June 2, 2017, are 

potentially involved. 

III. Noncompliance 

Autocar explains that the 

noncompliance is that the low brake air 

pressure telltale for air brake systems 

displays the word ‘‘BRAKE PRESSURE’’ 

along with a symbol specified in 

Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard (CMVSS) 101 rather than the 

words ‘‘Brake Air’’ as specified in Table 

2 of FMVSS No. 101. Autocar states that 

the telltale is accompanied by an 

audible alert and pressure gauges. 

IV. Rule Requirements 

Paragraphs S5 and S5.2.1 of FMVSS 

No. 101, include the requirements 

relevant to this petition: 

• Each passenger car, multipurpose 

passenger vehicle, truck and bus that is 


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