Notice2022-07448
National Transit Database Census Reporting Clarifications
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Published
April 7, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Transit Administration
Abstract
This notice responds to comments received and finalizes on changes to the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) National Transit Database (NTD) reporting requirements published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 20500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07448]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA 2022-0002]
National Transit Database Census Reporting Clarifications
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, United States Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final notice; response to comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice responds to comments received and finalizes on
changes to the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) National Transit
Database (NTD) reporting requirements published in the Federal Register
on January 19, 2022.
DATES: FTA will implement the reporting changes in Report Year 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Coleman, National Transit
Database Program Manager, FTA Office of Budget and Policy,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0d4c8cfcdc1d38ec3cfccc5cdc1cee0c4cfd48ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7c3dfd8dad6c499d4d8dbd2dad6d9f7d3d8c399d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Transit Database (NTD) is the
Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) primary database for
statistics on the transit industry. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5334(k), FTA
published a notice in the Federal Register on January 19, 2022, (87 FR
2980) seeking public comment on changes to the NTD reporting
requirements as they relate to Urbanized Areas. The comment period
closed on February 18, 2022.
FTA received one comment. The commenter asked whether the reporting
changes will apply to transit systems that have a Fiscal Year of July
through June.
FTA Response: The reporting changes affect all transit systems that
submit basic information (B-10) and Federal Funding Allocation (FFA-10)
forms. The changes will apply to such transit systems in Report Year
2021, regardless of their individual Fiscal Year end dates.
In this notice, FTA adopts the proposed policy without change.
Accordingly, transit systems must submit the B-10 and FFA-10 forms
using 2010 Census data by the normal NTD annual report deadline. If the
Census Bureau releases new Urbanized Area definitions prior to October
1, 2022, then transit operators must submit new B-10 and FFA-10 forms
using 2020 Census data as an addendum to the annual report. Collecting
this addendum based on 2020 Census data is necessary to allow FTA to
meet the Urbanized Area definition found in 49 U.S.C. 5302(24) and
produce apportionment data files that support the apportionment of
formula funds. If the Census Bureau releases new Urbanized Area
definitions on or after October 1, 2022, then FTA will not require the
form addendum and will instead integrate the new urbanized area
definitions into the 2022 reporting process.
To minimize the reporting burden, transit operators will not have
to fill in the addendum from scratch. The addendum will pull in as much
data as possible from the initial FFA-10 and B-10 forms completed using
2010 Census UZA definitions, based on unchanged or minimally changed
UZA boundaries.
Nuria I. Fernandez,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-07448 Filed 4-6-22; 8:45 am]
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