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3Effective December 26, 2014, 49 CFR part 18 

will apply only to grants obligated on or before 

December 25, 2014. Grants obligated on or after 

December 26, 2014 will be subject to 2 CFR part 

200. This provision (18.36(c)(2)) has been recodified 

at 2 CFR 200.319(b) and is substantively the same 

as 18.36(c)(2). Although Congress did not address 

the change in codification in section 418, FTA 

intends to apply section 418 to grants obligated on 

or after December 26, 2014 and subject to 2 CFR 

200.319(b). 

approved by FHWA after coordination 

with the DOT Office of General Counsel. 

FTA 

For contracts to be funded by FTA 

(including federal financial assistance 

under any FTA formula or discretionary 

program), State and local recipients and 

subrecipients must request prior 

approval from the FTA to use a specific 

contracting requirement pursuant to 

FTA’s research and assistance 

authorities discussed above. In making 

such requests, recipients and 

subrecipients must submit an 

application to their FTA Regional 

Office. In their application, recipients 

should address, at a minimum, the 

following points: 

(1) Describe the contracting 

opportunity, including the schedule for 

the type of project and type of asset 

being constructed and the amount of 

FTA funding involved in the project as 

well as the estimated total project cost. 

(2) Describe the contracting 

requirement that may otherwise be 

found to be inconsistent with the 

general requirement for full and open 

competition. 

(3) Describe how they will evaluate 

the effects of relevant contracting 

requirements on competitive bidding. In 

doing so, the recipient and subrecipient 

should, at a minimum, provide 

comparisons of bids received for the 

projects utilizing the relevant contract 

requirements to other projects of similar 

size and scope and in the same 

geographic area not utilizing such 

requirements. If a reduction in the pool 

of bidders is evident, explain the 

potential offsetting benefits resulting 

from the use of the requirement. 

(4) Describe how the relevant 

contracting requirement would lead to 

increases in the effectiveness and 

efficiency of Federal funds for the 

project. 

(5) Describe and quantify how the 

experimental contracting technique 

would protect the integrity of the 

competitive bidding process either in 

connection with the particular contract 

or when considered over the long term 

for that agency’s program. 

An evaluation committee comprised 

of FTA staff will evaluate applications 

for inclusion in the pilot program. The 

evaluation committee reserves the right 

to evaluate applications it receives and 

to seek clarification from any proposer 

about any statement that is made in an 

application. FTA also may request 

additional documentation or 

information to be considered during the 

evaluation process. The evaluation 

committee will provide a 

recommendation to the FTA 

Administrator regarding each 

application. The FTA Administrator 

will provide a final written 

determination to each applicant, on a 

rolling basis, regarding whether an 

application has been accepted into the 

pilot program. 

For projects involving the use of local 

and other geographic labor hiring 

preferences, economic-based labor 

hiring preferences, and/or labor hiring 

preferences for veterans, FTA may 

approve, at the request of the recipient 

or subrecipient, the use of such 

requirements for a specific contract, a 

specific group of, or on a more general 

programmatic basis. The use of other 

contracting requirements may be 

approved by FTA after coordination 

with the DOT Office of General Counsel. 

With respect to in-state or local 

geographic labor hiring preferences, 

please note that Section 418 of the 

Consolidated and further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 

113–235 (FY 2015 Appropriations Act), 

prohibits FTA from using FY 2015 

funds to implement, administer, or 

enforce 49 CFR 18.36(c)(2), for 

construction hiring. Section 18.36(c)(2) 

prohibits the use of statutorily or 

administratively imposed in-State or 

local geographical preferences in the 

evaluation of bids or proposals.3

Accordingly, for construction contracts 

awarded or advertised in FY 2015, FTA 

recipients may use in-state or local 

geographic preferences for construction 

labor hiring. Additional guidance on 

FTA’s implementation of Section 418 

may be found on FTA’s Web site at 

www.fta.dot.gov. 

As a result of the enactment of 

Section 418, recipients and 

subrecipients do not need to submit 

applications for participation in the 

pilot program for the use of in-state or 

local geographic labor hiring 

preferences for contracts awarded or 

advertised on or before September 30, 

2015. In other words, prior FTA 

approval is not required to use such 

requirements, and FTA recipients and 

subrecipients may impose such 

requirements for their contracts at their 

discretion. Such projects will receive 

automatic admission into the pilot 

program. However, in order to assess the 

effect of such preferences on 

competition, recipients and 

subrecipients that plan to utilize in-state 

or local geographic labor hiring 

preferences must notify their FTA 

Regional Office prior to advertising 

contracts that use such preferences. For 

in-state or local geographic hiring 

preferences proposed for inclusion in 

contracts advertised after September 30, 

2015, recipients and subrecipients must 

request prior approval from the FTA to 

utilize such hiring preferences through 

the above-described process unless 

provisions similar to section 418 are 

included in a new appropriations or reauthorization act. Requests to use 

requirements other than in-state or local 

geographic preferences for construction 

hiring, including requirements 

involving the procurement of rolling 

stock, must request prior FTA approval 

as described above. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24, 

2015. 

Anthony R. Foxx, 

Secretary of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05204 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2015–0013] 

National Emergency Medical Services 

Advisory Council (NEMSAC); Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

ACTION: Meeting Notice—National 

Emergency Medical Services Advisory 

Council. 

SUMMARY: The NHTSA announces a 

meeting of NEMSAC to be held in the 

Metropolitan Washington, DC, area. 

This notice announces the date, time, 

and location of the meeting, which will 

be open to the public, as well as 

opportunities for public input to the 

NEMSAC. The purpose of NEMSAC, a 

nationally recognized council of 

emergency medical services 

representatives and consumers, is to 

advise and consult with the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

and the Federal Interagency Committee 

on EMS (FICEMS) on matters relating to 

emergency medical services (EMS). Preregistration is required to attend. 

DATES: This open meeting will be held 

on March 31, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 5:00 

p.m. EDT, and on April 1, 2015 from, 9 

a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT. A public comment 

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period will take place on March 31, 

2015, at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT 

and April 1, 2015, at approximately 10 

a.m. EDT. Written comments from the 

public must be received no later than 

March 26, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

DOT Headquarters Building at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590 in the Conference Center on 

the ground floor of the West building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Drew Dawson, Director, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Office of 

Emergency Medical Services, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., NTI–140, 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone 202– 

366–9966; email Drew.Dawson@dot.gov. 

Required Registration and Access 

Information: This meeting will be open 

to the public, however pre-registration 

is required to comply with security 

procedures. Government issued photo 

identification must be provided to enter 

the DOT Building and it is suggested 

that visitors arrive 20–30 minutes early 

in order to facilitate entry. Members of 

the public wishing to attend must 

register online at http://events.signup4.

com/NEMSACMarch2015 no later than 

March 26, 2015. Please be aware that 

visitors to DOT are subject to search and 

must pass through a magnetometer. 

Weapons of any kind are strictly 

forbidden in the building unless 

authorized through the performance of 

the official duties of your employment 

(i.e. law enforcement officer). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.). 

The NEMSAC is authorized under 

Section 31108 of the Moving Ahead 

with Progress in the 21st Century Act of 

2012. 

Tentative Agenda of National EMS 

Advisory Council Meeting 

The tentative agenda includes the 

following: 

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 (1 p.m. to 5 

p.m. EDT) 

(1) Opening Remarks by Council Chair 

and Administration Officials 

(2) Disclosure of Conflicts of Interests by 

Members 

(3) Reports of liaisons from the 

Departments of Transportation, 

Homeland Security, and Health & 

Human Services 

(4) Presentation and discussion from the 

Office of National Drug Control Policy 

on the use of naloxone in emergency 

medical services systems 

(5) Presentation, Discussion and 

Possible Adoption of Reports and 

Recommendations from the following 

NEMSAC Workgroups: 

a. NEMSAC Annual Report 2014– 

2015 

b. NEMSAC Process Improvement 

c. NEMSAC New-member Orientation 

(6) Other Business of the Council 

(7) General Public Comment Period 

(approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT) 

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 (9 a.m. to 12 

p.m. EDT) 

(1) Unfinished Business/Continued 

Discussion from Previous Day 

(2) Public Comment Period 

(approximately 10 a.m. EDT) 

(3) Adoption of NEMSAC Work 

Products 

(4) Next Steps and Adjourn 

A final agenda as well as meeting 

materials will be available to the public 

online through www.EMS.gov on or 

before March 24, 2015. 

Public Comment: Members of the 

public are encouraged to comment 

directly to the NEMSAC. There are two 

public comment opportunities as 

indicated above. In order to allow as 

many people as possible to speak, 

speakers are requested to limit their 

remarks to 5 minutes. Written 

comments from members of the public 

will be distributed to NEMSAC 

members at the meeting and should 

reach the NHTSA Office of EMS no later 

than September 5, 2014. Written 

comments may be submitted by either 

one of the following methods: (1) By 

email: nemsac@dot.gov or (2) by fax: 

(202) 366–7149. 

Dated: March 3, 2015. 

Jeffrey P. Michael, 

Associate Administrator for Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05281 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To 

Release Airport Property at the Rocky 

Mountain Metropolitan Airport, 

Broomfield, Colorado 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request to release 

airport property. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invite public comment on the release of 

land at the Rocky Mountain 

Metropolitan Airport under the 

provisions of Section 125 of the 

Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment 

Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 

21), now 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: Mr. 

John P. Bauer, Manager, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Northwest 

Mountain Region, Airports Division, 

Denver Airports District Office, 26805 E. 

68th Avenue, Suite 224, Denver, 

Colorado 80249–6361. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Ms. Aubrey L. 

McGonigle, Airport Administration 

Manager, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan 

Airport, Broomfield, Colorado, at the 

following address: Ms. Aubrey L. 

McGonigle, Airport Administration 

Manager, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan 

Airport, 11755 Airport Way, 

Broomfield, Colorado 80021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Marc Miller, Colorado Engineer/

Compliance Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Northwest Mountain 

Region, Denver Airports District Office, 

26805 E. 68th Avenue, Suite 224, 

Denver, Colorado 80249–6361. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed, by appointment, in person 

at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release property at the Rocky 

Mountain Metropolitan Airport under 

the provisions of the AIR 21 (49 U.S.C. 

47107(h)(2)). 

On December 30, 2014, the FAA 

determined that the request to release 

property at the Rocky Mountain 

Metropolitan Airport submitted by 

Jefferson County meets the procedural 

requirements of the Federal Aviation 

Administration. The FAA may approve 

the request, in whole or in part, no later 

than April 6, 2015. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: Jefferson County is 

proposing the release from the terms, 

conditions, reservations, and 

restrictions on a 449 acre parcel of 

property acquired by Jefferson County 

on June 2, 1959. This property was 

transferred to the Jefferson County 

Airport Authority in April of 1966. With 

the dissolution of the Airport Authority 

in 1998, this property ownership was 

then transferred back to Jefferson 

County, as the airport sponsor, January 

11, 1999. Elevation constraints of this 

parcel compared to the Runway 

environment makes it unusable for 

airport development. The property is 

currently undeveloped vacant land. The 

expected future use of the property is 

for non-aviation development associated 

with the Verve Innovation Park, as well 

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