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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

FY 2021 American Rescue Plan 

Additional Assistance 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity 

(NOFO). 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

opportunity to apply for $2,207,561,294 

in discretionary grants under the 

American Rescue Plan Act’s Additional 

Assistance Funding (Additional 

Assistance Funding). As required by the 

American Rescue Plan Act, funds will 

be awarded to eligible recipients or 

eligible subrecipients of Urbanized Area 

Formula funds or Rural Area Formula 

funds that, as a result of the Coronavirus 

disease 2019 (COVID–19), require 

additional assistance for costs related to 

operations, personnel, cleaning, and 

sanitization combating the spread of 

pathogens on transit systems, and debt 

service payments incurred to maintain 

operations and avoid layoffs and 

furloughs. FTA may award additional 

funding made available to the program 

prior to the announcement of project 

selections. 

DATES: Complete proposals must be 

submitted electronically through the 

GRANTS.GOV ‘‘APPLY’’ function by 

11:59 p.m. Eastern time, November 8, 

2021. Prospective applicants should 

initiate the process by promptly 

registering on the GRANTS.GOV 

website to ensure completion of the 

application process before the 

submission deadline. Instructions for 

applying can be found on FTA’s website 

at https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/ 

grants/applying/applying-fta-funding 

and in the ‘‘FIND’’ module of 

GRANTS.GOV. The funding 

opportunity ID is 2021–012–TPM–AAF. 

Mail and fax submissions will not be 

accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions regarding this notice, please 

email FTAarpassistance@dot.gov. If you 

need immediate assistance you may call 

Sarah Clements, FTA Office of Program 

Management, (202) 366–3062. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 Contact(s) 

H. Other Information 

A. Program Description 

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARP), 

Public Law 117–2 (March 11, 2021), 

appropriated funding to award grants 

for additional assistance to transit 

agencies in response to COVID–19 

through a discretionary process, as 

described in this notice. The Federal 

Assistance Listing numbers for this 

opportunity are 20.507 and 20.509. 

Additional Assistance Funding is made 

available to eligible recipients or 

subrecipients of Urbanized Area 

Formula funds (49 U.S.C. 5307) or Rural 

Area Formula funds (49 U.S.C. 5311). 

Eligible expenses are operating costs 

related to operations, personnel, 

cleaning, and sanitization combating the 

spread of pathogens on transit systems, 

and debt service payments incurred to 

maintain operations and avoid layoffs 

and furloughs as a result of COVID–19. 

Additional Assistance Funding supports 

FTA’s strategic goals and objectives 

through timely and efficient investment 

in public transportation. 

B. Federal Award Information 

ARP appropriated $ 2,207,561,294 in 

FY 2021 funds for Additional 

Assistance grants. FTA may award 

additional funding made available to the 

program prior to the announcement of 

project selections. 

There is no minimum or maximum 

grant award amount, although FTA may 

cap the amount a single recipient or 

State may receive as part of the selection 

process. FTA intends to fund as many 

eligible projects as possible. FTA does 

not expect there to be sufficient funding 

to support shortfalls beyond September 

30, 2023. 

C. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

Eligible applicants include eligible 

recipients of Urbanized Area Formula 

funds (49 U.S.C. 5307) or Rural Area 

Formula funds (49 U.S.C. 5311) who, as 

a result of COVID–19, require additional 

assistance. This includes Indian tribes 

that are eligible recipients of Urbanized 

Area Formula funds or Rural Area 

Formula funds. 

FTA will administer applications and 

awards under this NOFO in a manner 

similar to the Urbanized Area and Rural 

Area Formula funding programs. Only 

designated and direct recipients under 

those programs, including States and 

Indian tribes, may apply directly to FTA 

under this NOFO, and FTA will make 

awards under this NOFO only to 

applicants that are designated or direct 

recipients of those programs. A 

designated or direct recipient may apply 

on behalf of one or more public 

transportation subrecipients of 

Urbanized Area and Rural Area Formula 

funding. 

Eligible applicants that do not 

currently have an active grant with FTA 

will, upon selection, be required to 

work with the FTA regional office to 

establish their organization as an active 

grant recipient. This process may 

require additional documentation to 

support the organization’s technical, 

financial, and legal capacity to receive 

and administer Federal funds under this 

program. Traditional subrecipients of 

FTA funding are strongly encouraged to 

work with their direct/designated 

recipient on a consolidated application 

to assist with the quick obligation of 

these funds. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

The Federal share is 100 percent of 

the net project cost. Applicants will not 

provide match. 

3. Eligible Projects 

Eligible projects are operating costs 

related to operations, personnel, 

cleaning, and sanitization combating the 

spread of pathogens on transit systems, 

and debt service payments incurred to 

maintain operations and avoid layoffs 

and furloughs as a result of COVID–19. 

As required by ARP, amounts made 

available for Additional Assistance 

Funding are available only for operating 

expenses. 

In general, operating expenses are 

those costs necessary to operate, 

maintain, and manage a public 

transportation system. Operating 

expenses usually include such costs as 

driver salaries, fuel, and items having a 

useful life of less than one year, 

including personal protective 

equipment and cleaning supplies. 

Preventive maintenance is considered 

an operating expense for the purposes of 

Additional Assistance Funding. For 

more information, please see Frequently 

Asked Question ‘‘CA2: What is eligible 

as an operating expense?’’ on FTA’s 

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

frequently-asked-questions-fta-granteesregarding-coronavirus-disease-2019- 

covid-19#CARES. 

Actual and anticipated expenses 

incurred on or after January 20, 2020, 

are eligible for this funding. However, 

FTA does not expect there to be 

sufficient funding to support shortfalls 

beyond September 30, 2023. 


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D. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package 

The application package can be 

downloaded from GRANTS.GOV or the 

FTA website at: https://

www.transit.dot.gov/funding/americanrescue-plan-act-2021. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

a. Proposal Submission 

A complete proposal submission 

consists of two forms: (1) The SF–424 

Application for Federal Assistance; and 

(2) the Additional Assistance Funding 

supplemental form. The supplemental 

form and any supporting documents 

must be attached to the ‘‘Attachments’’ 

section of the SF–424. The application 

must include responses to all sections of 

the SF–424 Application for Federal 

Assistance and the supplemental form, 

unless indicated as optional. The 

information on the supplemental form 

will be used to determine applicant and 

project eligibility for the program, and 

to evaluate the proposal against the 

selection criteria described in Section E 

of this notice. 

FTA will only accept one 

supplemental form per SF–424 

submission. FTA encourages States and 

other applicants to consider submitting 

a single supplemental form that 

includes multiple activities to be 

evaluated as a consolidated proposal. If 

a State or other applicant chooses to 

submit separate proposals for individual 

consideration by FTA, each proposal 

must be submitted using a separate SF– 

424 and supplemental form. 

Applicants may attach additional 

supporting documents to the SF–424 

submission, including but not limited to 

estimates of financial need, data on 

reduction in farebox or other sources of 

local revenue for sustained operations, a 

spending plan for such funds, and 

demonstration of expenditure of greater 

than 90 percent of CARES Act funding 

allocated to the applicant. Supporting 

documentation should be described and 

referenced by file name in the 

appropriate response section of the 

supplemental form, or it may not be 

reviewed. 

Information such as applicant name, 

Federal amount requested, description 

of areas served, etc. may be requested in 

varying degrees of detail on both the 

SF–424 and supplemental form. 

Applicants must fill in all fields unless 

stated otherwise on the forms. 

Applicants should not place N/A or 

‘‘refer to attachment’’ in lieu of typing 

in responses in the field sections. If 

information is copied into the 

supplemental form from another source, 

applicants should verify that the pasted 

text is fully captured on the 

supplemental form and has not been 

truncated by the character limits built 

into the form. Applicants should use 

both the ‘‘Check Package for Errors’’ and 

the ‘‘Validate Form’’ validation buttons 

on both forms to check all required 

fields and ensure that the Federal and 

local amounts specified are consistent. 

b. Application Content 

The SF–424 Application for Federal 

Assistance and the supplemental form 

will prompt applicants for the required 

information, including: 

a. Applicant name 

b. Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number 

c. Key contact information (including 

contact name, address, email address, 

and phone) 

d. Congressional district(s) where 

project will take place 

e. Project information (including title, 

executive summary, and type) 

f. A detailed description of the need for 

additional funding 

g. Data on 2018 operating expenses 

h. Data on reductions in farebox revenue 

and other sources of state or local 

funding 

i. Information on CARES Act allocations 

and expenditures as of the application 

deadline 

j. Information on CRRSAA and ARP 

formula funding allocations and 

expenditures 

k. Information on other Federal sources 

of funding for operating expenses 

l. A detailed project budget 

m. A detailed implementation timeline 

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System 

for Award Management (SAM) 

Each applicant is required to: (1) Be 

registered in SAM before submitting an 

application; (2) provide a valid unique 

entity identifier in its application; and 

(3) continue to maintain an active SAM 

registration with current information at 

all times during which the applicant has 

an active Federal award or an 

application or plan under consideration 

by FTA. FTA may not make an award 

until the applicant has complied with 

all applicable unique entity identifier 

and SAM requirements. If an applicant 

has not fully complied with the 

requirements by the time FTA is ready 

to make an award, FTA may determine 

that the applicant is not qualified to 

receive an award and use that 

determination as a basis for making a 

Federal award to another applicant. 

These requirements do not apply if the 

applicant has an exception approved by 

FTA or the U.S. Office of Management 

and Budget under 2 CFR 25.110(c) or (d) 

All applicants must provide a unique 

entity identifier provided by SAM. 

Registration in SAM may take as little 

as 3–5 business days, but since there 

could be unexpected steps or delays (for 

example, if there is a need to obtain an 

Employee Identification Number), FTA 

recommends allowing ample time, up to 

several weeks, for completion of all 

steps. For additional information on 

obtaining a unique entity identifier, 

please visit www.sam.gov. 

4. Submission Dates and Times 

Project proposals must be submitted 

electronically through GRANTS.GOV by 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 

8, 2021. GRANTS.GOV attaches a time 

stamp to each application at the time of 

submission. Mail and fax submissions 

will not be accepted. 

FTA urges applicants to submit 

applications at least 72 hours prior to 

the due date to allow time to correct any 

problems that may have caused either 

GRANTS.GOV or FTA systems to reject 

the submission. 

Deadlines will not be extended due to 

scheduled website maintenance. 

GRANTS.GOV scheduled maintenance 

and outage times are announced on the 

GRANTS.GOV website. 

Within 48 hours after submitting an 

electronic application, the applicant 

should receive an email message from 

GRANTS.GOV with confirmation of 

successful transmission to 

GRANTS.GOV. If a notice of failed 

validation or incomplete materials is 

received, the applicant must address the 

reason for the failed validation, as 

described in the email notice, and 

resubmit before the submission 

deadline. If making a resubmission for 

any reason, include all original 

attachments regardless of which 

attachments were updated, and check 

the box on the supplemental form 

indicating this is a resubmission. 

Applicants are encouraged to begin 

the process of registration on the 

GRANTS.GOV site well in advance of 

the submission deadline. Registration is 

a multi-step process, which may take 

several weeks to complete before an 

application can be submitted. Registered 

applicants may still be required to take 

steps to keep their registration up to 

date before submissions can be made 

successfully: (1) Registration in SAM is 

renewed annually; and (2) persons 

making submissions on behalf of the 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR) must be authorized in 


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GRANTS.GOV by the AOR to make 

submissions. 

Failure to submit the required 

information as requested may delay 

review or disqualify the application. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

ARP Additional Assistance funds may 

be used only for operating costs. 

Allowable direct and indirect expenses 

must be consistent with the 

Governmentwide Uniform 

Administrative Requirements and Cost 

Principles (2 CFR part 200) and FTA 

Circular 5010.1E. Funding is being 

made available for reimbursement of 

costs normally covered by fare revenue 

or other non-Federal sources of funding 

and is not intended to support new 

initiatives to reduce or eliminate fares, 

except for temporary fare policy changes 

implemented to improve safety in 

response to the COVID–19 pandemic. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

FTA may award a lesser amount than 

the applicant requests. 

All applications must be submitted 

via the GRANTS.GOV website. FTA 

does not accept applications on paper, 

by fax machine, email, or other means. 

For information on application 

submission requirements, please see 

Section D.1., Address to Request 

Application Package. 

E. Application Review Information 

1. Criteria 

Applications will be reviewed 

primarily based on the responses 

provided in the supplemental form. 

Additional information may be 

provided to support the responses; 

however, any additional documentation 

must be directly referenced on the 

supplemental form, including the file 

name where the additional information 

can be found. FTA will review funding 

proposals for Additional Assistance 

Funding based on the criteria described 

in this notice. 

a. Reduction in Farebox or Other 

Sources of Revenue 

Responses will be reviewed based on 

the extent to which the applicant has 

suffered a reduction in farebox revenue 

or other sources of revenue from any 

non-Federal source. Applicants must 

provide totals for their 2018 fare 

revenue and 2018 non-Federal revenue 

that supported operations. The narrative 

section should detail the sources of 

these funds. Applicants also must 

provide their actual or projected farebox 

and non-Federal revenue used or 

needed for operations for each of the 

given Federal fiscal years (FFYs) 

identified in the supplemental form, 

beginning with the eligible timeframe 

for FFY 2020 (January 20, 2020, or a 

date later in 2020 if the applicant’s 

accounting system cannot provide the 

data as of January 20, 2020, through 

September 30, 2020) and for each FFY 

for which the applicant is requesting 

funding, ending with FFY 2023 (October 

1, 2022, through September 30, 2023). 

Additionally, should the applicant 

choose to submit a request for funding 

for shortfalls for FFY 2024 through FFY 

2029, the applicant may provide a 

narrative describing the anticipated 

reduction in revenue. 

The narrative response should 

identify the reason for any differences 

between the 2018 amounts and the 

actual or projected amounts for the time 

period for which you are requesting 

assistance. 

b. Estimate of Financial Need 

Responses will be reviewed based on 

the financial need demonstrated by the 

applicant, including actual or projected 

financial need to maintain service that 

has not been replaced by funds 

allocated to the applicant under the 

CARES Act, Coronavirus Response and 

Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 

(CRRSAA), and other ARP funding, as a 

percentage of 2018 operating costs. 

The applicant must provide their 

2018 operating expense total as reported 

to the National Transit Database (NTD) 

to establish a baseline for the request. 

The applicant also must provide the 

amount of CARES Act, CRRSAA, and 

ARP funding allocated to it. Applicants 

then must provide their operating 

expense total for each FFY for which 

they are requesting funding. Applicants 

should also provide the amount of 

Federal funding used or projected to be 

used toward operating expenses in each 

year. Note that Urbanized Area 

providers should be sure to provide 

their total operating expenses from the 

F–40 form of their NTD Report, which 

is inclusive of all operating expenses, 

including those that are not used for 

apportionment purposes. States should 

submit all relevant operating expense 

reports for any urbanized area or rural 

area subrecipients to which they would 

allocate Additional Assistance Funding. 

The applicant must attach completed 

CARES Act, CRRSAA, and ARP split 

letters or allocation announcements to 

the application. Failure to include this 

information will result in the total 

amount of CARES Act, CRRSAA, and 

ARP funding allocated to the urbanized 

area(s) or state being considered 

available to the applicant or its 

subrecipients to address the additional 

funding needs identified in the 

application. 

In the narrative section of the report, 

the applicant must describe (1) how 

actual and/or projected revenues have 

fallen short of 2018 revenues, as a 

percentage of 2018 operating expenses; 

(2) how much of the lost revenues has 

been or will be replaced by CARES Act, 

CRRSAA, and ARP funding; (3) how the 

requested assistance will support unmet 

operating expense needs, after fully 

using CARES Act, CRRSAA, and ARP 

funding; and (4) how the requested 

assistance will not displace regular 

formula grant assistance from FTA. 

c. Demonstration of Expenditure of 

CARES Act Funding 

Per ARP, the applicant must 

demonstrate that it has expended 90 

percent of the CARES Act funding 

allocated to the applicant no later than 

the application deadline in order to 

receive ARP Additional Assistance 

Funding. The applicant must include 

the amount of CARES Act funding it 

received or was allocated and 

documentation supporting 

disbursement of at least 90 percent of its 

CARES Act allocations. 

d. Project Spending Plan 

Responses will be reviewed based on 

the extent to which the funding is ready 

to be obligated by September 30, 2023, 

and disbursed by September 30, 2029, 

as well as whether the applicant’s 

proposed spending plans are reasonable 

and complete. 

In assessing whether the proposed 

spending plan is reasonable and 

complete, FTA will review the 

description of the amounts needed and 

activities performed in each of FFYs 

2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, as well as 

the period of FFY 2024 through 2029. 

Although FTA does not expect there to 

be sufficient funding to support 

shortfalls after FFY 2023, this does not 

preclude applicants from submitting 

such requests. For projects that will 

require formal coordination, approvals, 

or permits from other agencies or project 

partners, the applicant must 

demonstrate coordination with these 

organizations and their support for the 

project, such as through letters of 

support. 

2. Review and Selection Process 

A technical evaluation committee will 

evaluate proposals based on the 

published criteria. Members of the 

technical evaluation committee and 

other FTA staff may request additional 

information from applicants, if 

necessary. Based on the findings of the 

technical evaluation committee, the 

FTA Administrator will determine the 

final allocation of funding based on the 


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level of financial need demonstrated by 

an eligible recipient or subrecipient, 

including projections of future financial 

need to maintain service, as a 

percentage of the 2018 operating costs, 

that has not been replaced by the funds 

made available from CARES Act, 

CRRSAA, or ARP to the eligible 

recipient or subrecipient for the 

operating expenses of transit agencies. 

FTA intends to fund projects with 

financial needs before September 30, 

2023, before funding projects with 

needs after that date. In determining the 

allocation of funds, FTA may consider 

geographic diversity, diversity in the 

size of the transit systems receiving 

funding, and an applicant’s immediate 

funding need. 

Prior to making an award, FTA is 

required to review and consider any 

information about the applicant that is 

in the Federal Awardee Performance 

and Integrity Information Systems 

accessible through SAM. An applicant 

may review and comment on 

information about itself that a Federal 

awarding agency previously entered. 

FTA may 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 as described in the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

Uniform Requirements for Federal 

Awards (2 CFR 200.205). 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

1. Federal Award Notices 

Final project allocations will be 

posted on the FTA website. Only 

proposals from eligible applicants for 

eligible activities will be considered for 

funding. There is no minimum or 

maximum grant award amount; 

however, FTA intends to fund as many 

meritorious projects as possible. Due to 

funding limitations, projects that are 

selected for funding may receive less 

than the amount originally requested. 

Recipients should contact their FTA 

regional offices for additional 

information regarding allocations for 

projects under the Additional 

Assistance Funding. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

i. Pre-Award Authority 

At the time the project selections are 

announced, FTA will extend pre-award 

authority for the selected projects back 

to January 20, 2020. For more 

information about FTA’s policy on preaward authority, please see the FTA 

Fiscal Year 2021 Apportionments, 

Allocations and Program Information 

Notice at https://www.transit.dot.gov/ 

regulations-guidance/notices/2021- 

15576. 

ii. Grant Requirements 

If selected, awardees will apply for a 

grant through FTA’s Transit Award 

Management System (TrAMS). All 

Additional Assistance Funding 

recipients are subject to the grant 

requirements of the Urbanized Area 

Formula Grant program (49 U.S.C. 

5307), including those of FTA Circular 

‘‘Urbanized Area Formula Program: 

Program Guidance and Application 

Instructions’’ (FTA.C.9030.1E), or the 

Rural Area Formula Grant program (49 

U.S.C. 5311), including those of FTA 

Circular ‘‘Formula Grants for Rural 

Areas’’ (FTA.C.9040.1G). All recipients 

must also follow FTA Circular ‘‘Award 

Management Requirements’’ 

(FTA.C.5010.1E) and the labor 

protections required by Federal public 

transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5333(b)). 

Technical assistance regarding these 

requirements is available from each FTA 

regional office. 

iii. Buy America 

FTA requires that all procurements 

meet FTA’s Buy America requirements 

(49 U.S.C. 5323(j)), which require all 

iron, steel, and manufactured products 

be produced in the United States. 

Applicants should read the policy 

guidance carefully to determine the 

applicable domestic content 

requirement for their projects. Any 

proposal that will require a waiver must 

identify the items for which a waiver 

will be sought in the application. 

Applicants should not proceed with the 

expectation that waivers will be granted. 

iv. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 

Projects that include acquisitions are 

subject to the Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprise (DBE) program regulations 

(49 CFR part 26). FTA will provide 

additional guidance as grants are 

awarded. For more information on DBE 

requirements, please contact Monica 

McCallum, Office of Civil Rights, 206– 

220–7519, email: Monica.McCallum@

dot.gov. 

v. Planning 

FTA encourages applicants to notify 

the appropriate State Departments of 

Transportation and Metropolitan 

Planning Organizations in areas likely to 

be served by the project funds made 

available under these initiatives and 

programs. 

vi. Standard Assurances 

The applicant assures that it will 

comply with all applicable Federal 

statutes, regulations, executive orders, 

directives, FTA circulars, and other 

Federal administrative requirements in 

carrying out any project supported by 

the FTA grant. The applicant 

acknowledges that it is under a 

continuing obligation to comply with 

the terms and conditions of the grant 

agreement issued for its project with 

FTA. The applicant understands that 

Federal laws, regulations, policies, and 

administrative practices might be 

modified from time to time and may 

affect the implementation of the project. 

The applicant agrees that the most 

recent Federal requirements will apply 

to the project, unless FTA issues a 

written determination otherwise. The 

applicant must submit the Certifications 

and Assurances before receiving a grant 

if it does not have current certifications 

on file. 

3. Reporting 

Post-award reporting requirements 

include the electronic submission of 

Federal Financial Reports and Milestone 

Progress Reports. Applicant should 

include any goals, targets, and 

indicators referenced in their 

application to the project in the 

Executive Summary of the TrAMS 

application. Recipients of funds made 

available through this NOFO are also 

required to regularly submit data to the 

NTD. 

As part of completing the annual 

Certifications and Assurances required 

of FTA grant recipients, a successful 

applicant must report on the suspension 

or debarment status of itself and its 

principals. If the award recipient’s 

active grants, cooperative agreements, 

and procurement contracts from all 

Federal awarding agencies exceeds 

$10,000,000 for any period of time 

during the period of performance of an 

award made pursuant to this Notice, the 

recipient must comply with the 

Recipient Integrity and Performance 

Matters reporting requirements 

described in Appendix XII to 2 CFR part 

200. 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

For further information concerning 

this notice, please contact 

FTAarpassistance@dot.gov. If you 

require immediate assistance please 

contact the Additional Assistance 

Program manager, Sarah Clements, by 

phone at (202) 366–3062. A TDD is 

available for individuals who are deaf or 

hard of hearing at 800–877–8339. In 

addition, FTA will post additional 


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information about this NOFO as it 

becomes available on FTA’s website at: 

https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/ 

american-rescue-plan-act-2021. To 

ensure receipt of accurate information 

about eligibility or the program, the 

applicant is encouraged to contact FTA 

directly, rather than through 

intermediaries or third parties. 

For issues with GRANTS.GOV, please 

contact GRANTS.GOV by phone at 1– 

800–518–4726 or by email at support@

grants.gov. Contact information for 

FTA’s regional offices can be found on 

FTA’s website at http://

www.transit.dot.gov/. 

H. Other Information 

This program is not subject to 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

Nuria I. Fernandez, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19397 Filed 9–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Hazardous Materials: Notice of 

Applications for New Special Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: List of applications for special 

permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations, notice is hereby given that 

the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 

has received the application described 

herein. Each mode of transportation for 

which a particular special permit is 

requested is indicated by a number in 

the ‘‘Nature of Application’’ portion of 

the table below as follows: 1—Motor 

vehicle, 2—Rail freight, 3—Cargo vessel, 

4—Cargo aircraft only, 5—Passengercarrying aircraft. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Burger, Chief, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety General 

Approvals and Permits Branch, Pipeline 

and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, East Building, PHH–13, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366– 

4535. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the applications are available for 

inspection in the Records Center, East 

Building, PHH–13, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for special permit is published in 

accordance with part 107 of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 2, 

2021. 

Donald P. Burger, 

Chief, General Approvals and Permits 

Branch. 

SPECIAL PERMITS DATA

Application No. Applicant Regulation(s) 

affected Nature of the special permits thereof 

21274–N ......... CF Industries Sales, LLC .... 172.401, 172.502 ................. To authorize the transportation in commerce of nitric acid mixtures with nitric acid 

concentrations of equal to or greater than 64.5% and less than 65.0% as having a 

Division 5.1 subsidiary hazard. (modes 1, 2). 

21279–N ......... Davey Bickford USA, Inc ..... 173.56(b) ............................. To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain explosives utilizing a shipping 

description that has not yet been incorporated into the HMR. (modes 1, 4). 

21280–N ......... Crown Cork & Seal USA, 

Inc.

178.33a–7 ............................ To authorize the manufacture, marking, sale, and use of non-DOT specification containers conforming with all regulations applicable to a DOT specification 2Q inner 

metal receptacle except for wall thickness, for the transportation in commerce of 

certain Division 2.1 and 2.2 aerosols. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). 

21281–N ......... South/Win, LLC ................... 173.156(c)(1)(iv) .................. To authorize the transportation in commerce of limited quantities of certain hazardous 

materials on pallets that weight 1,350 pounds. (mode 1). 

21282–N ......... The Boeing Company .......... 178.47 .................................. To authorize the transportation in commerce of DOT 4DS cylinders that have not 

been tested as required by 49 CFR 178.47. (mode 1). 

21283–N ......... Gas Innovations Inc. ............ 173.315 ................................ To authorize the transportation in commerce of cryogenic ethane in tank cars via rail 

freight. (mode 2). 

21284–N ......... General Motors LLC ............ 173.185(a)(1) ....................... To authorize the transportation in commerce via motor vehicle of production batteries 

that have not been proven to be of a type that meets the testing requirements of 

the UN Manual of Test and Criteria Section 38.3. (mode 1). 

[FR Doc. 2021–19461 Filed 9–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4909–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Waiver of 

60-Day Rollover Requirement 

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Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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accordance with the Paperwork 

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ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

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