Notice2022-05466
Notice of Availability of Initial Guidance Proposals for the Capital Investment Grants Program
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Published
March 15, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Transit Administration
Abstract
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) invites public comment on initial guidance proposals to implement changes made to the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program by the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act (IIJA) (also known as the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law"). The proposed guidance has been placed in the docket and posted on the FTA website. This policy guidance continues to complement FTA's regulations that govern the CIG program.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14612-14613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05466]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA-2021-0010]
Notice of Availability of Initial Guidance Proposals for the
Capital Investment Grants Program
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability of initial guidance proposals for the
capital investment grants program.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) invites public
comment on initial guidance proposals to implement changes made to the
Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program by the Infrastructure and
Investment Jobs Act (IIJA) (also known as the ``Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law''). The proposed guidance has been placed in the
docket and posted on the FTA website. This policy guidance continues to
complement FTA's regulations that govern the CIG program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 14, 2022. Late-
filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments to DOT docket number FTA-2021-0010
by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
U.S. Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Instructions: You must include the agency name (Federal Transit
Administration) and docket number (FTA-2021-0010) for this notice at
the beginning of your comments. You must submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail. If you wish to receive
confirmation FTA received your comments, you must include a self-
addressed, stamped postcard. Due to security procedures in effect since
October 2001, mail received through the U.S. Postal Service may be
subject to delays. Parties submitting comments may wish to consider
using an express mail firm to ensure prompt filing of any submissions
not filed electronically or by hand.
All comments received will be posted, without charge and including
any personal information provided, to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, where
they will be available to internet users. You may review DOT's complete
Privacy Act Statement published in the Federal Register on April 11,
2000, at 65 FR 19477. For access to the docket and to read background
documents and comments received, go to <a href="http://regulations.gov">http://regulations.gov</a> at any
time or to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Docket Management Facility, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Day, FTA Office of Planning
and Environment, telephone (202) 366-5159 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6421080d1e050601100c4a20051d24000b104a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c386afaab9a2a1a6b7abed87a2ba83a7acb7eda4acb5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FTA is seeking comment on three initial
proposed changes to FTA's CIG Final Interim Policy Guidance last issued
in June 2016. (<a href="https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grant-programs/capital-investments/final-capital-investment-grant-program-interim-policy">https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grant-programs/capital-investments/final-capital-investment-grant-program-interim-policy</a>). The proposals relate to changes made in the Infrastructure and
Investment Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 117-58, also known as the
``Bipartisan Infrastructure Law'') to 49
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U.S.C. 5309 and cover three topics: Eligibility as a Core Capacity
project; how FTA will determine that a CIG project sponsor has
demonstrated progress on meeting Transit Asset Management targets; and
how bundles of CIG projects can enter the Project Development phase of
the program. The proposals being made today are available on the
agency's public website at <a href="https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grant-programs/capital-investments/capital-investment-grants-program-regulations-guidance">https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grant-programs/capital-investments/capital-investment-grants-program-regulations-guidance</a> and in the docket to this notice.
After review and consideration of the comments provided on the
three initial CIG proposals in this document, FTA will issue a final
notice and incorporate these changes into the existing CIG Policy
Guidance. No other changes to the CIG Policy Guidance are being
proposed at this time. Instead, FTA intends in the future to propose a
more comprehensive update of the CIG Policy Guidance for notice and
comment, incorporating feedback FTA received in response to its Request
for Information published in the Federal Register in July 2021 (86 FR
37402). The three initial topics covered in this document are intended
to assist FTA in managing the CIG program in the near term while the
more comprehensive CIG policy guidance changes are developed and
proposed.
Nuria I. Fernandez,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-05466 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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