Document ID: DOT-OST-2010-0076-0102
Agency: dot
Document Type: Rule
Title: Funding Availability: National Infrastructure Investments Under Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (2010)
Posted Date: 2010-06-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 30, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 125)]
[Notices]               
[Page 37873-37874]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0076]

 
Notice of Funding Availability for the Department of 
Transportation's National Infrastructure Investments Under the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for 2010

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of extension of deadline to submit pre-applications.

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SUMMARY: On June 1, 2010, DOT published a notice (75 FR 30461) 
announcing the availability of funding and requesting proposals for 
DOT's National Infrastructure Investments grant program under the FY 
2010 Appropriations Act. The DOT is referring to the grants for 
National Infrastructure Investments as ``TIGER II Discretionary 
Grants.'' Through this notice, DOT is extending the deadline to submit 
pre-applications for TIGER II Discretionary Grants from July 16, 2010, 
at 5 p.m. EDT to July 26, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT. The deadline for 
submitting final applications is not being extended, and remains August 
23, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT.

DATES: Pre-applications must be submitted by July 26, 2010, at 5 p.m. 
EDT (the ``Pre-Application Deadline''). Final applications must be 
submitted through Grants.gov by August 23, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT (the 
``Application Deadline''). The DOT pre-application system opened on 
June 23, 2010 to allow prospective applicants to submit pre-
applications. Subsequently, the Grants.gov ``Apply'' function will open 
on July 30, 2010, allowing applicants to submit applications. While 
applicants are encouraged to submit pre-applications in advance of the 
Pre-Application Deadline, pre-applications will not be reviewed until 
after the Pre-Application Deadline. Similarly, while applicants are 
encouraged to submit applications in advance of the Application 
Deadline, applications will not be evaluated, and awards will not be 
made, until after the Application Deadline. Pursuant to the FY 2010 
Appropriations Act, the DOT will evaluate all applications and announce 
the projects that have been selected to receive TIGER II Discretionary 
Grants no sooner than September 15, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Pre-applications must be submitted electronically to DOT, 
and applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. 
Only pre-applications received by DOT and applications received through 
Grants.gov will be deemed properly filed. Instructions for submitting 
pre-applications to DOT and applications through Grants.gov are 
included in Section VIII (Pre-Application and Application Cycle) of the 
June 1 notice of funding availability (75 FR 30461).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning 
this notice, please contact the TIGER II Discretionary Grant program 
manager via e-mail at TIGERIIGrants@dot.gov, or call Robert Mariner at 
202-366-8914. A TDD is available for individuals who are hearing 
impaired at 202-366-3993. In addition, DOT will regularly post answers 
to questions and requests for clarifications on DOT's Web site at 
http://www.dot.gov/recovery/ost/TIGERII.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 26, 2010, DOT published an interim 
notice (75 FR 21695) announcing the availability of funding and 
requesting proposals for the Department of Transportation's National 
Infrastructure Investments program under the Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2010 
(Div. A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, 
Dec. 16, 2009)) (the ``FY 2010 Appropriations Act''). The DOT is 
referring to the grants for National Infrastructure Investments under 
the FY 2010 Appropriations Act as ``TIGER II Discretionary Grants.'' 
Because this is a new program, the interim notice also requested 
comments on the proposed selection criteria and guidance for awarding 
TIGER II Discretionary Grants. The DOT considered the comments that 
were submitted in accordance with the interim notice and published an 
additional notice revising some elements of the interim notice on June 
1, 2010 (75 FR 30461). This notice makes one additional revision to the 
notice published on June 1, 2010. This notice extends the deadline for 
submitting pre-applications from July 16, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT to July 
26, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT. The deadline for submitting final applications 
is not being extended, and remains August 23, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT.

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    Issued on: June 24, 2010.
Ray LaHood,
Secretary.
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