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favorably the ability to meet higher 

speeds as well as the duration that 

speeds of at least 240 MPH can be 

attained. 

Section 6: Award Administration 

Information 

6.1 Award Notices 

Applications selected for funding will 

be announced after the application 

review period. FRA will contact 

applicants with successful applications 

after announcement with information 

and instructions about the award 

process. Notification of a selected 

application is not an authorization to 

begin proposed project activities. 

6.2 Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

Applicants selected for funding (and 

any subrecipient(s)) must comply with 

all applicable laws and regulations 

governing the grant agreement. A nonexclusive list of administrative and 

national policy requirements that 

grantees must follow includes: 

Procurement standards, compliance 

with Federal civil rights laws and 

regulations, disadvantaged business 

enterprises (DBE), debarment and 

suspension, drug-free workplace, FRA’s 

and OMB’s Assurances and 

Certifications, Americans with 

Disabilities Act (ADA), labor standards, 

safety oversight, environmental 

protection, National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), and environmental 

justice. In addition, FRA expects 

applicants to comply with the Buy 

America standards in 49 U.S.C. 

24405(a). FRA expects this to apply to 

any capital costs funded under this 

NOFA for steel, iron, or manufactured 

goods used in construction of the 

Maglev project. 

6.3 General Requirements 

The grantee must comply with all 

post-award implementing, reporting, 

auditing, monitoring, and close-out 

requirements, as described in Title 2, 

CFR (particularly 2 CFR part 200, 

Uniform Administrative Requirements, 

Cost Principles, and Audit 

Requirements for Federal Awards), as 

required by the grant award conditions, 

and all other applicable Federal and 

DOT/FRA guidance. 

Section 7: Agency Contact 

For further information regarding this 

notice and the grants program, please 

contact Renee Cooper, Office of Program 

Delivery, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Mail Stop 20, Washington, 

DC 20590; Email: FRA-grants@dot.gov; 

Phone: (202) 493–0491; Fax: (202) 493– 

6333. 

Authority: The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

for Users (Pub. L. 109–59, August 10, 2005), 

and the SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections 

Act (Pub. L. 110–244, June 6, 2008.) 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 18, 

2015. 

Corey Hill, 

Director, Office of Program Delivery. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. EP 670 (Sub-No. 1)] 

Notice of Rescheduled Rail Energy 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Rescheduled Rail 

Energy Transportation Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the Rail Energy 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

(RETAC), pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C. app. 2 10(a)(2). This meeting was 

originally scheduled for Thursday, 

March 5, 2015, 80 FR 8760. However, 

the meeting was cancelled because of 

inclement weather in Washington, DC, 

which ultimately led the Federal 

Government to close that day. 

DATES: The rescheduled meeting will be 

held on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 9:00 

a.m., E.D.T. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Hearing Room on the first floor of 

the Board’s headquarters at 395 E Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20423. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Higgins (202) 245–0284; 

Michael.Higgins@stb.dot.gov. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: 

(800) 877–8339]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RETAC 

was formed in 2007 to provide advice 

and guidance to the Board and to serve 

as a forum for discussion of emerging 

issues related to the transportation of 

energy resources by rail, including coal, 

ethanol, and other biofuels, 

Establishment of a Rail Energy 

Transportation Advisory Committee, 

Docket No. EP 670. The purpose of this 

meeting is to continue discussions 

regarding issues such as rail 

performance, capacity constraints, 

infrastructure planning and 

development, and effective coordination 

among suppliers, carriers, and users of 

energy resources. Agenda items for this 

meeting include introduction of new 

members, a performance measures 

review, industry segment updates by 

RETAC members, a presentation on the 

outlook for U.S. petroleum production, 

and a roundtable discussion. 

The meeting, which is open to the 

public, will be conducted in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2; Federal Advisory 

Committee Management regulations, 41 

CFR pt. 102–3; RETAC’s charter; and 

Board procedures. Further 

communications about this meeting may 

be announced through the Board’s Web 

site at WWW.STB.DOT.GOV. 

Written Comments: Members of the 

public may submit written comments to 

RETAC at any time. Comments should 

be addressed to RETAC, c/o Michael 

Higgins, Surface Transportation Board, 

395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 

20423–0001 or Michael.Higgins@

stb.dot.gov. 

This action will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or the conservation of 

energy resources. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 721, 49 U.S.C. 11101; 

49 U.S.C. 11121. 

Decided: March 17, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Minority 

Veterans; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Public Law 

92–463 (Federal Advisory Committee 

Act) that a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Minority Veterans will be 

held in Seattle, Washington from April 

21–23, 2015, at the below times and 

locations: 

On April 21, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 

p.m., at the VA Puget Sound Health 

Care System, Building 100, 1660 South 

Columbian Way, Seattle, Washington; 

1:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., at the Seattle 

Regional Benefit Office, Jackson Federal 

Building, 915 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA; 

from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the 

Seattle Vet Center, 4735 E. Marginal 

Way S, Room 1103, Seattle, WA; 

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On April 22, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 

a.m., at the Tahoma National Cemetery, 

18600 SE 240th St., Kent, WA; from 

11:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., at the VA Puget 

Sound HCS-American Lake Campus, 

9600 Veterans Dr., Tacoma, WA; 4:30 

p.m. to 6:30 p.m., conducting a Town 

Hall Meeting at Building 9 

(Auditorium), VA Puget Sound HCSAmerican Lake Division, 9600 Veterans 

Dr., Tacoma, WA; and 

On April 23, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 

p.m., at the VA Puget Sound HCS, 1660 

South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary on the 

administration of VA benefits and 

services to minority Veterans, to assess 

the needs of minority Veterans and to 

evaluate whether VA compensation and 

pension, medical and rehabilitation 

services, memorial services outreach, 

and other programs are meeting those 

needs. The Committee will make 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding such activities subsequent to 

the meeting. 

On the morning of April 21 from 8:00 

a.m. to 11:00 a.m., the Committee will 

meet in open session with key staff at 

the VA Puget Sound Health Care System 

to discuss services, benefits, delivery 

challenges, and successes. From 11:00 

a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Committee will 

convene a closed session in order to 

protect patient privacy as the Committee 

tours the VA Medical Center. In the 

afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., 

the Committee will reconvene in a 

closed session in order to protect 

privacy of claims records as the 

Committee is briefed by senior Veterans 

Benefits Administration staff from the 

Seattle Regional Benefit Office. The 

Committee will travel to the Seattle Vet 

Center and will convene a closed 

session to meet with key staff at the 

Seattle Vet Center in order to protect 

patient privacy as the Committee tours 

the facility. 

On the morning of April 22 from 9:00 

a.m. to 10:15 a.m., the Committee will 

convene in open session at the Tahoma 

National Cemetery followed by a tour of 

the cemetery. The Committee will meet 

with key staff to discuss services, 

benefits, delivery challenges and 

successes. From 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 

p.m., the Committee will tour the VA 

Puget Sound HCS-American Lake 

Campus. In the afternoon from 1:45 p.m. 

to 3:15 p.m., the Committee will 

reconvene in open session to be briefed 

and tour the Native American Sweat 

Lodge—American Lake. In the evening, 

the Committee will hold a Veterans 

Town Hall meeting at Building 9 

(Auditorium), VA Puget Sound HCSAmerican Lake Division, beginning at 

4:30 p.m. 

On the morning of April 23 from 8:00 

a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Committee will 

convene in open session at the VA Puget 

Sound HCS to conduct an exit briefing 

with leadership from the VA Puget 

Sound HCS, Seattle Regional Benefit 

Office, and Tahoma National Cemetery. 

In the afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 

p.m., the Committee will work on 

drafting recommendations for the 

annual report to the Secretary. 

Portions of these visits are closed to 

the public in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(6). Exemption 6 permits to 

Committee to close those portions of a 

meeting that are likely to disclose 

information of a personal nature where 

disclosure would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. During the closed sessions the 

Committee will discuss VA beneficiary 

and patient information in which there 

is a clear unwarranted invasion of the 

Veteran or beneficiary privacy. 

Time will be allocated for receiving 

public comments on April 23, at 10 a.m. 

Public comments will be limited to 

three minutes each. Individuals wishing 

to make oral statements before the 

Committee will be accommodated on a 

first-come first serve basis. Individuals 

who speak are invited to submit a 1–2 

page summaries of their comments at 

the time of the meeting for inclusion in 

the official record. The Committee will 

accept written comments from 

interested parties on issues outlined in 

the meeting agenda, as well as other 

issues affecting minority Veterans. Such 

comments should be sent to Ms. Juanita 

Mullen, Advisory Committee on 

Minority Veterans, Center for Minority 

Veterans (00M), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, or email at 

Juanita.Mullen@va.gov. For additional 

information about the meeting, please 

contact Ms. Juanita Mullen at (202) 461– 

6199. 

Dated: March 17, 2015. 

Jelessa Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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