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authority at the time of selection. The
FTA does not provide pre-award
authority for competitive funds until
projects are selected and even then,
there are Federal requirements that must
be met before costs are incurred. For
more information about FTA’s policy on
pre-award authority, please see the FY
2019 Apportionment Notice published
on July 3, 2019 which can be accessed
at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/
FR-2019-07-03/pdf/2019-14248.pdf.
b. Grant Requirements
If selected, awardees will apply for a
grant through FTA’s Transit Award
Management System (TrAMS).
Recipients of HOPE Program funding in
urban areas are subject to the grant
requirements of the Urbanized Area
Formula Grant program (49 U.S.C.
5307), including those described in FTA
Circular ‘‘Urbanized Area Formula
Program: Program Guidance and
Application Instructions’’
(FTA.C.9030.1E). Recipients of funding
in rural areas are subject to the grant
requirements described in the Formula
Grants for Rural Areas Program (49
U.S.C. 5311), including those described
in FTA Circular ‘‘Formula Grants for
Rural Areas: Program Guidance and
Application Instructions’’
(FTA.C.9040.1G). All recipients (urban
and rural) must follow the Award
Management Requirements as described
in (FTA.C.5010.1E). Technical
assistance regarding these requirements
is available from each FTA regional
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c. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
The FTA requires that its recipients
receiving planning, capital and/or
operating assistance that will award
prime contracts exceeding $250,000 in
FTA funds comply with the
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
(DBE) program regulations (49 CFR part
26).
For more information on DBE
requirements, please contact Scheryl
Portee, the Office of the Chief Counsel,
at 202–366–0840, email: scheryl.portee@
dot.gov.
d. Standard Assurances
By submitting a grant application, 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. Further, the applicant
acknowledges that it is under a
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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.
4. Reporting
Post-award reporting requirements
include the electronic submission of
Federal Financial Reports and Milestone
Progress Reports in FTA’s electronic
grants management system. Recipients
of funds made available through this
NOFO are also required to regularly
submit data to the National Transit
Database.
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
For further information concerning
this notice, please contact Mr. Charles
Goodman via email at
[email protected]; or by phone
at 202–366–1944. A TDD is available for
individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing at 800–877–8339. In addition,
FTA will post answers to questions and
requests for clarifications on FTA’s
website at http://transit.dot.gov. The
FTA staff will also conduct a webinar
for potential applicants to learn more
about the program and submittal
process
To ensure the receipt of accurate
information about eligibility or the
program, applicants with questions are
encouraged to contact FTA directly,
rather than through intermediaries or
third parties.
H. Technical Assistance and Other
Program Information
This program is not subject to
Executive Order 12372,
‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.’’ The FTA will consider
applications for funding only from
eligible recipients for eligible projects
listed in Section C. Complete
applications must be submitted through
GRANTS.GOV by 11:59 p.m. Eastern
time on May 4, 2020. For assistance
with GRANTS.GOV please contact
GRANTS.GOV by phone at 1–800–518–
4726 or by email at [email protected].
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regional-offices/regional-offices.
K. Jane Williams,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2020–0020]

Request for Comments of a Previously
Approved Information Collection:
United States Merchant Marine
Academy Alumni Survey
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comments. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was
published on November 4, 2019.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 2, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of
the Secretary of Transportation, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
John R. Ballard, (516) 726–5833, U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy, Kings
Point, NY 11024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Alumni Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0542.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Background: The United States
Merchant Marine Academy is an
accredited federal service academy that
confers BS and MS degrees. The
Academy is expected to assess its
educational outcomes and report those
findings to its Regional Accreditation
authority in order to maintain the
institution’s degree granting status.
Periodic survey of alumni cohorts and
analysis of the data gathered is a routine
higher education assessment practice in
the United States.
Respondents: Graduates of the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy.
SUMMARY:

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Affected Public: U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy Graduates.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 600.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25
Hrs.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 150.
Public Comments Invited: Comments
are invited on: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and
49 CFR 1.93)

* * *
Dated: February 27, 2020.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Notice of Funding Opportunity for
Department of Transportation’s PIDP
Under the Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2020
Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity.
AGENCY:

The National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
(NDAA) and the Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2020 (‘‘FY 2020
Appropriations Act’’ or the Act),
authorized and appropriated $225
million for the Port Infrastructure
Development Program (PIDP) to make
grants to improve facilities within, or
outside of and directly related to
operations of coastal seaports, inland
river ports, and Great Lakes ports. This
notice announces the availability of
funding for grants under this program
and establishes selection criteria and
application requirements. The Act
directed that at least $200 million of the
appropriated funds shall be for grants to
coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports.
Funds for the PIDP are to be awarded as
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basis for projects that will improve the
safety, efficiency, or reliability of the
movement of goods into, out of, around,
or within a port. All PIDP grant
recipients must meet all applicable
Federal requirements, including the Buy
American Act. The purpose of this
notice is to solicit grant applications for
the PIDP.
DATES: Applications must be submitted
by 8:00 p.m. E.D.T. on May 18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be
submitted through Grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information concerning this
notice, please contact the PIDP staff via
email at [email protected], or call Bob
Bouchard, Director, Office of Port
Infrastructure Development, at 202–
366–5076. A TDD is available for
individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing at 202–366–3993. In addition,
the Department of Transportation (DOT)
may post answers to questions and
requests for clarifications as well as
information about webinars for further
information at www.maritime.dot.gov/
PIDPgrants.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each
section of this notice contains
information and instructions relevant to
the application process for the PIDP
discretionary grants, and all applicants
should read this notice in its entirety to
prepare eligible and competitive
applications. Selection criteria have
been modified since the FY2019 PIDP
program.
Table of Contents
A. Program Description
1. Overview
2. Merit Criteria
B. Federal Award Information
1. Amount Available
2. Award Size
3. Restriction on Funding
4. Availability of Funding
C. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
D. Application and Submission Information
1. Address
2. Content and Form of Application
3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for
Award Management (SAM)
4. Submission Dates and Times
5. Consideration of Applications
6. Late Applications
E. Application Review Information
1. Criteria
2. Review and Selection Process
3. Additional Information
F. Federal Award Administration
Information
1. Federal Award Notice
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements
3. Reporting
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
H. Other Information

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1. Protection of Confidential Business
Information
2. Publication/Sharing of Application
Information

A. Program Description
1. Overview
The PIDP was established under 46
U.S.C. 50302, which authorizes the
Department of Transportation (DOT) to
establish a port and intermodal
improvement program for improving the
safety, efficiency or reliability of the
movement of goods through ports and
intermodal connections to ports. To
carry out a project under this program,
the Department may provide grants for
port and intermodal infrastructurerelated projects. The Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
(Pub. L. 116–94) appropriated $225
million to the PIDP to make
discretionary grants to improve the
safety, efficiency, or reliability of the
movement of goods into, out of, around,
or within coastal seaports, inland river
ports, or Great Lakes ports.
The efficient movement of goods
through ports and their intermodal
connections depends on rural
transportation networks. Consistent
with the R.O.U.T.E.S. Initiative, the
Department may consider how projects
will address the challenges faced by
rural areas under the PIDP.
2. Merit Criteria
This section of the notice describes
the following three merit criteria that
the Department intends to use to select
FY 2020 PIDP awards:
(a) Effect on the Movement of Goods
Ports play a critical role in the
movement of freight and goods
throughout the country. As primary
entry and exit points for imports and
exports, ports are essential drivers of
our economic growth and productivity.
The international competitiveness of the
United States’ domestic industries, such
as agriculture and energy, depends on
safe and efficient cargo movements
through our nation’s coastal and inland
ports, as well as their intermodal
connectors. To prioritize investment in
projects that support goods movement,
the Department will evaluate the extent
to which the project will improve the
safety, efficiency, or reliability of the
movement of goods through a port or
intermodal connection to a port.
(b) Leverage of Federal Funding
The Department is committed to
supporting the President’s call for more
infrastructure investment. That goal will
not be achieved through Federal
investment alone, but rather requires

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