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inflators artificially exposed to
additional humidity and temperature
cycling without a rupture or abnormal
deployment and accompanying
statistical interpretation of those
results,6 and a predictive-aging model
developed by Northrop Grumman. Id. at
12–16. GM also states that it ‘‘does not
believe’’ that objections in several
public comments regarding the design
of the aging study ‘‘merit a
comprehensive response,’’ although GM
does ‘‘emphasize[ ]’’ ‘‘a few points
regarding the study’s design’’ to contend
that its analysis is supported. See id. at
15–16.
In addition, GM states that the
covered passenger inflators are not used
by any other original equipment
manufacturer and, further, that the
covered inflators have a number of
unique design features that influence
burn rates and internal ballistic
dynamics, including greater vent-areato-propellant-mass ratios, steel end
caps, and thinner propellant wafers. See
id. at 6. GM also states that the physical
environment of the GMT900 vehicles
better protects the covered passenger
inflators from temperature cycling that
can lead to propellant degradation and,
ultimately, inflator rupture. See id. at 7.
This notice serves to make the public
aware of GM’s pending request to the
agency and the period for public
comment. Accordingly, it does not
address the substantive claims, or legal
arguments or interpretations, asserted
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IV. Consolidation
GM’s Fourth Petition for
Inconsequentiality involves newer
model years of the same covered
passenger inflators (i.e., frontal
passenger inflator types ‘‘SPI YP’’ and
‘‘PSPI–L YD’’), the same vehicle
platform (i.e., the GMT900), and similar
purported evidence to support the safety
of the inflators (e.g., estimated field
deployments, ballistic testing), and
relies upon results derived from the
same long-term aging study as GM’s
First, Second, and Third Petitions.
Accordingly, it is appropriate to
evaluate the First, Second, Third, and
Fourth Petitions together. In the interest
of clarity, consistency, and efficiency,
the Agency is consolidating the Fourth
Petition with the First, Second, and
6 After filing its Third Petition, Northrop
Grumman continued the long-term aging study by
aging remaining GMT900 covered passenger
inflators to thirty-five years—five years beyond the
study’s original thirty years. Fourth Petition at 13.
GM states that it observed no ruptures in the
remaining forty-five inflators after this additional
aging, and that this ‘‘is consistent with field data
and ballistic testing data from GMT900 Inflators
recovered from the field.’’ Id. at 13–14.

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Third Petitions (the ‘‘Consolidated
Petitions’’) under Docket No. NHTSA–
2016–0124.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30101, et seq., 30118,
30120(h), 30162, 30166(b)(1), 30166(g)(1);
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95(a); 49
CFR parts 556, 573, 577.
Dated: June 12, 2019.
Jonathan Morrison,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2019–12869 Filed 6–17–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary of
Transportation
Notice of Funding Opportunity for
Department of Transportation’s Port
Infrastructure Development Program
Under the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2019
Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, DOT.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice of funding opportunity.

The Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2019 (‘‘FY 2019
Appropriations Act’’), appropriated
$292,730,000 for the Port Infrastructure
Development Program to make grants to
improve port facilities at coastal
seaports. This notice announces the
availability of funding for grants under
this program and establishes selection
criteria and application requirements.
The Act directed that $92,730,000 of the
appropriated funds shall be for grants to
the 15 coastal seaports that handled the
greatest number of loaded foreign and
domestic twenty-foot equivalent units of
containerized cargo in 2016, as
identified by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Funds for the Port
Infrastructure Development Program are
to be awarded as discretionary grants on
a competitive basis for projects that will
improve the safety, efficiency, or
reliability of the movement of goods
into, out of, around, or within a coastal
seaport, as well as the unloading and
loading of cargo at a coastal seaport. All
Port Infrastructure Development
Program funding grant recipients must
meet all applicable Federal
requirements, including the Buy
American Act. The purpose of this
notice is to solicit applications for Port
Infrastructure Development Program.
SUMMARY:

Applications must be submitted
by 8:00 p.m. E.D.T. on September 16,
2019.

DATES:

Applications must be
submitted through Grants.gov.

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For
further information concerning this
notice, please contact the Port
Infrastructure Development Program
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)
will regularly post answers to questions
and requests for clarifications as well as
information about webinars for further
information at www.transportation.gov/
Portgrants.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each
section of this notice contains
information and instructions relevant to
the application process for the Port
Infrastructure Development Program
discretionary grants, and all applicants
should read this notice in its entirety so
that they have the information they
need to submit eligible and competitive
applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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 Contacts
H. Other Information

A. Program Description
The Port Infrastructure Development
Program was established under 46
U.S.C. 50302. The statute authorizes the
Department of Transportation
(‘‘Department’’ or ‘‘DOT’’) to establish a
port infrastructure development
program for the improvement of port
facilities. To carry out a project under
this program, the Department may
provide financial assistance, including
grants, to port authorities or
commissions or their subdivisions and
agents for port and intermodal
infrastructure-related projects. The
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019
(Pub. L. 116–6, February 15, 2019)
appropriated $292,730,000 to the Port
Infrastructure Development Program, to
make discretionary grants to improve
port facilities at coastal seaports. The
Act directed that $92,730,000 of this
amount be reserved for grants to the 15
coastal seaports that handled the
greatest number of loaded foreign and
domestic twenty-foot equivalent units of
containerized cargo in 2016, as
identified by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Through this program, the
Department seeks projects that will
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Among possible project outcomes, the
Department seeks projects that will: (1)
Advance technology-supported safety
and design efficiency improvements; (2)
bring facilities to a state of good repair
and improve resiliency; (3) promote
efficient trade in energy resources; (4)
promote exports of manufacturing,
agriculture, or other goods; and (5) for
only the top 15 coastal ports, support
the safe flow of agricultural and food
products, free of pests and disease,
domestically and internationally.
Accordingly, the Department expects to
award at least one project that advances
each of the aforementioned project
outcomes, but a project does not need to
address one or more of these outcomes
to be awarded.
B. Federal Award Information
1. Amount Available
DOT intends to award up to
$292,730,000 to projects that improve
port facilities at or near coastal seaports.
The FY 2019 Appropriations Act allows
up to 2 percent of the funds
appropriated be available for necessary
costs of grant administration.
If the DOT does not receive sufficient
qualified applications, it will award less
than the amount available.
2. Award Size
The minimum Port Infrastructure
Development Program award size is $10
million. Except as limited by the
amount of available funding, there is no
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3. Availability of Funds
To ensure the funds are responsibly
expended in a timely manner, the
Department, to the greatest extent
possible, seeks to obligate Port
Infrastructure Development Program
funds by September 30, 2022.
Obligation occurs when a selected
applicant and DOT enter into a written
grant agreement after the applicant has
satisfied applicable administrative
requirements, including transportation
planning and environmental review
requirements. Unless authorized by the
Department in writing after the
Department’s announcement of Port
Infrastructure Development Program
awards, any costs incurred prior to the
Department’s obligation of funds for a
project are ineligible for reimbursement.
The Department will determine the
period of performance for each award
based on the specific project that was
evaluated and selected. As part of the
review and selection process described
in Section E.2., DOT will consider a
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funds by September 30, 2022 and
complete liquidation of these
obligations within a reasonable
timeline.
4. Awarded Funding Allocations
i. Top 15 Coastal Seaports
Of the appropriated amount available,
$92,730,000 is reserved for the 15
coastal seaports that handled the
greatest number of loaded foreign and
domestic twenty-foot equivalent units of
containerized cargo in 2016, as
identified by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.1 A listing of these top
container ports can be found at: https://
usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/
collection/p16021coll2/id/1431. The 15
coastal seaports may also be awarded
funding from the $200,000,000 that is
not reserved.
ii. Project Outcomes
The Department anticipates awarding
at least one project that advances each
of the project outcomes described in
Section E.1.iii of this notice. However,
a project does not need to address one
or more of these outcomes to be
awarded.
C. Eligibility Information
To be selected for a Port Infrastructure
Development Program discretionary
grant, an applicant must be an Eligible
Applicant and the project must be an
Eligible Project.
1. Eligible Applicants
An eligible applicant for a Port
Infrastructure Development Program
discretionary grants is a port authority,
a commission or its subdivision or agent
under existing authority, as well as a
State or political subdivision of a State
or local government, a Tribal
government, a public agency or publicly
chartered authority established by one
or more States, a special purpose district
with a transportation function, a
multistate or multijurisdictional group
of entities, or a lead entity described
above jointly with a private entity or
group of private entities.
If multiple States or jurisdictions
submit a joint application, that
application must identify a lead
applicant as the primary point of
contact and identify the primary
recipient of the award. Joint
applications must include a description
of the roles and responsibilities of each
1 These

15 ports are: Los Angeles, Long Beach,
New York (NY and NJ), Savannah, Port of Virginia,
Houston, Oakland, Tacoma, Charleston, Seattle,
Jacksonville, Miami, Port Everglades, San Juan (PR),
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applicant and must be signed by each
applicant.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
This section of the notice describes
cost share requirements for Port
Infrastructure Development Program
Grant award.
The Federal share of the costs for
which an expenditure is made under a
Port Infrastructure Development
Program grant may not exceed 80
percent. Non-Federal sources include
State funds originating from programs
funded by State revenue, local funds
originating from State or local revenue
funded programs, or private funds. The
application should demonstrate, such as
through a commitment letter or other
documentation, the sources of the nonFederal funds. Unless otherwise
authorized by statute, State or local costshare may not be counted as the nonFederal share for both the Port
Infrastructure Development Program
Grant award and another Federal grant
program. Preference will be given to
those projects that require a lower
percentage Federal share of costs (see
Section E. iv. for information on how
the Department will evaluate leverage).
The Department will not consider
previously incurred costs or previously
expended or encumbered funds towards
the matching requirement for any
project. Matching funds are subject to
the same Federal requirements
described in Section F.2. as awarded
funds.
As directed by statute, for the purpose
of eligibility, the proceeds of Federal
assistance under chapter 6 of Title 23,
United States Code or sections 501
through 504 of the Railroad and
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform
Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 94–210), as
amended, shall be considered to be part
of the non-Federal share of project costs
if the loan is repayable from nonFederal funds, unless otherwise
requested by the project sponsor.
Cost share will also be evaluated
according to the ‘‘Leveraging of Federal
Funding’’ evaluation criterion described
in Section E. iv. That section explains
that the Department seeks applications
for projects that maximize the nonFederal share, and clarifies
consideration of Federal assistance as
part of the selection criterion.
3. Other
iii. Eligible Projects
For the purposes of these grants, a
‘‘coastal seaport’’ is a seaport capable of
receiving deep-draft vessels (drafting
greater or equal to 20 feet) from a foreign
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Eligible projects for Port Infrastructure
Development Program grants shall be
located either within the boundary of a
coastal seaport, or outside the boundary
of a coastal seaport and directly related
to port operations or to an intermodal
connection to a port. Eligible projects
should improve the safety, efficiency, or
reliability of the movement of goods
into, out of, around, or within a port, as
well as the unloading and loading of
cargo at a coastal seaport including
phytosanitary facilities. Examples of
potential projects include, but are not
limited to: Highway or rail
infrastructure that develops or extends
intermodal connectivity, intermodal
facilities, marine terminal equipment,
wharf construction or redevelopment,
vessel alternative fueling access and
distribution, fuel efficient cargo
handling equipment, freight intelligent
transportation systems, digital
infrastructure systems, and berth
dredging incidental to construction.
This program will not fund vessel
construction.
iv. Project Components
An application may describe a project
that contains more than one component
and may describe components that may
be carried out by parties other than the
applicant. The Department may award
funds for a component, instead of the
larger project, if that component (1)
independently meets minimum award
amounts described in Section B and all
eligibility requirements described in
Section C; (2) independently aligns well
with the selection criteria specified in
Section E; and (3) meets National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
requirements with respect to
independent utility. Independent utility
means that the component will
represent a transportation improvement
that is usable even if no other
improvement is made in the area, and
will be ready for intended use upon
completion of that component’s
construction. All project components
that are presented together in a single
application must demonstrate a
relationship or connection between
them. (See Section D.2. iv. for Required
Approvals).
Applicants should be aware that,
depending upon the relationship
between project components and
applicable Federal law, Federal funding
of some project components may make
other project components subject to
Federal requirements as described in
Section F.2.
The Department strongly encourages
applicants to identify in their
applications the project components
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separately detail costs and requested
Port Infrastructure Development
Program funding for those components.
If the application identifies one or more
independent project components, the
application should clearly identify how
each independent component addresses
selection criteria and produces benefits
on its own, in addition to describing
how the full proposal of which the
independent component is a part
addresses selection criteria.
v. Application Limit
Each lead applicant may submit no
more than one application.
D. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address
Applications must be submitted to
Grants.gov. Instructions for submitting
applications can be found at
www.transportation.gov/Portgrants
along with specific instructions for the
forms and attachments required for
submission.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission
The application must include the
Standard Form 424 (Application for
Federal Assistance), cover page, and the
Project Narrative. More detailed
information about the Project Narrative
follows. Applicants should also
complete and attach to their application
the ‘‘2019 Project Information’’ form
available at www.transportation.gov/
Portgrants. The Department
recommends that the project narrative
follow the basic outline below to
address the program requirements and
assist evaluators in locating relevant
information.
I. Project Description ......
II. Project Location .........
III. Grant Funds, Sources
and Uses of all Project
Funding.
IV. Leveraging of Federal
Funds.
V. Project Costs and
Benefits.
VI. Project Outcomes .....
VII. Demonstrate Project
Readiness.
VIII. Domestic Preference.

See D.2.i.
See D.2.ii.
See D.2.iii.

See D.2.iv.
See D.2.v.
See D.2.vi.
See D.2.vii.
See D.2.viii.

The project narrative should include
the information necessary for the
Department to determine that the
project satisfies project requirements
described in Sections B and C and to
assess the selection criteria specified in
Section E.1. To the extent practicable,
applicants should provide supporting
data and documentation in a form that
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The Department may ask any applicant
to supplement data in its application,
but expects applications to be complete
upon submission. The Department may
seek clarifying or additional information
from applicants according to
circumstances described in Section E.2.
In addition to a detailed statement of
work, detailed project schedule, and
detailed project budget, the project
narrative should include a table of
contents, maps and graphics, as
appropriate, to make the information
easier to review. The Department
recommends that the project narrative
be prepared with standard formatting
preferences (a single-spaced document,
using a standard 12-point font such as
Times New Roman, with 1-inch
margins, and the narrative text in one
column only). The project narrative may
not exceed 30 pages in length, excluding
cover pages and table of contents. The
only substantive portions that may
exceed the 30-page limit are documents
supporting assertions or conclusions
made in the 30-page project narrative.
Except for the benefit cost analysis, the
Department does not consider support
documentation or websites an essential
part of the application and may not
review supplemental materials as part of
the application. If possible, website
links to supporting documentation
should be provided rather than copies of
these supporting materials. If supporting
documents are submitted, applicants
should clearly identify within the
project narrative the relevant portion of
the project narrative that each
supporting document supports. The
Department recommends applications
include the following sections:
i. Project Description
The first section of the application
should provide a concise description of
the project, the port-related
transportation challenges that it is
intended to address, and how it will
address those challenges. The project
description should provide both a highlevel overview of the overall project and
a clear itemization of its major
components. This section may discuss
the project’s history, including a
description of any previously completed
components. The applicant may use this
section to place the project into a
broader context of other transportation
infrastructure investments being
pursued by the project sponsor. This
section should not address any selection
criteria or project outcomes advanced by
the project.
ii. Project Location
This section of the application should
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a detailed geographical description of
the proposed project, a map of the
project’s location and connections to
existing transportation infrastructure,
and geospatial data describing the
project location. This section should
also identify whether the project is
located in a qualified opportunity zone 2
designated pursuant to 26 U.S.C.
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iii. Grant Funds, Sources, and Uses of
Project Funds
This section of the application should
describe the project’s budget. This
budget should not include any
previously incurred expenses.
At a minimum, this section should
include:
(A) Project costs;
(B) For all funds to be used for eligible
project costs, the source and amount of
those funds;
(C) Documentation of funding
commitments for non-Federal funds to
be used for eligible project costs
(documentation may be referenced and
submitted as an appendix);
(D) For Federal funds to be used for
eligible project costs, the amount,
nature, and source of any required nonFederal match for those funds;
(E) A budget showing how each
source of funds will be spent. The
budget should show how each funding
source will share in each major
construction activity, and present that
data in dollars and percentages.
Funding sources should be grouped into
three categories: Non-Federal; Ports
Program; and other Federal. If the
project contains individual components,
the budget should separate the costs of
each project component. If the project
will be completed in phases, the budget
should separate the costs of each phase.
The budget detail should sufficiently
demonstrate that the project satisfies the
statutory cost-sharing requirements
described in Section C.2.
In addition to the information
enumerated above, this section should
provide complete information on how
all project funds may be used. For
example, if a particular source of funds
is available only after a condition is
satisfied, the application should identify
that condition and describe the
applicant’s control over whether it is
satisfied. Similarly, if a particular
source of funds is available for
expenditure only during a fixed time
period, the application should describe
that restriction. Complete information
about project funds will ensure that the
2 See https://www.cdfifund.gov/Pages/
Opportunity-Zones.aspx for more information on
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Department’s expectations for award
execution align with any funding
restrictions unrelated to the Department,
even if an award differs from the
applicant’s request.
iv. Leveraging of Federal Funds
The Department calculates leverage as
the ratio of non-Federal share of the
project’s future eligible project costs to
total future eligible project costs. This
section of the application should
include:
(A) A description of the applicant’s
activities to maximize the non-Federal
share of the project funding;
(B) A description of all evaluations of
the project for private funding, the
outcome of those evaluations, and all
activities undertaken to pursue private
funding for the project;
(C) A description of any fiscal
constraints that affect the applicant’s
ability to increase the amount of nonFederal revenue dedicated for
transportation infrastructure.
(D) If applicable, the amount of nonFederal investment the port has
undertaken for related projects in the
recent past as well as going forward.
v. Project Costs and Benefits
This section describes the
recommended approach for the
completion and submission of a benefit
cost analysis (BCA) as an appendix to
the Project Narrative. The results of the
analysis should also be summarized in
the Project Narrative directly.
The appendix should provide present
value estimates of a project’s benefits
and costs relative to a no-build baseline.
To calculate present values, applicants
should apply a real discount rate (i.e.,
the discount rate net of the inflation
rate) of 7 percent per year to the
project’s streams of benefits and costs.
The purpose of the BCA is to enable the
Department to evaluate the project’s
cost-effectiveness by estimating a
benefit-cost ratio and calculating the
magnitude of net benefits for the project.
The primary economic benefits from
projects eligible for Port Infrastructure
Development Program grants are likely
to include savings in travel time costs,
vehicle and port operating costs, and
safety costs for both existing users of the
improved facility and new users who
may be attracted to it because of the
project. Savings in infrastructure
maintenance costs may also be
quantified. Applicants may describe
other categories of benefits in the BCA
that are more difficult to quantify and
value in economic terms, such as
improving the reliability of travel times,
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of each of these additional impacts
wherever possible. Any benefits claimed
for the project, both quantified and
unquantified, should be clearly tied to
the expected outcomes of the project.
The BCA should include the full costs
of developing, constructing, operating,
and maintaining the proposed project,
as well as the expected timing or
schedule for costs in each of these
categories. The BCA may also consider
the present discounted value of any
remaining service life of the asset at the
end of the analysis period. The costs
and benefits that are compared in the
BCA should also cover the same project
scope, including the costs of other
related projects on which the benefits of
the Port Infrastructure Development
Program project depend.
The BCA should carefully document
the assumptions and methodology used
to produce the analysis, including a
description of the baseline, the sources
of data used to project the outcomes of
the project, and the values of key input
parameters. Applicants should provide
all relevant files used for their BCA,
including any spreadsheet files and
technical memos describing the analysis
(whether created in-house or by a
contractor). The spreadsheets and
technical memos should present the
calculations in sufficient detail and
transparency to allow the analysis to be
reproduced by DOT evaluators. Detailed
guidance for estimating some types of
quantitative benefits and costs, together
with recommended economic values for
converting them to dollar terms and
discounting to their present values, are
available in the Department’s guidance
for conducting BCAs for projects
seeking funding under the Port
Infrastructure Development Program
(www.transportation.gov/Portgrants).
vi. Project Outcomes
If the project advances one or more of
the five project outcomes described in
section A of this notice, this section of
the application should address those
outcomes. The applicant should provide
information demonstrating
advancement of a particular outcome,
consistent with the information
described below, only if the project
reasonably addresses that outcome.
Applicants should avoid addressing a
particular outcome if it is unrelated to
the project. The Department recognizes
that projects might address several
outcomes but encourages applicants to
describe only those outcome(s) the
project most advances. The Department
does not expect each project will
address each outcome, so it is
permissible not to address outcomes
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applicant does not need to address one
more of these outcomes to be awarded.
(a) Advance technology-supported
safety, and design efficiency
improvements by incorporating
technology or innovative approaches to
port safety, design, or efficiency.
If a project advances this outcome,
this section of the application should
describe technology and additional
features that the applicant will
incorporate into the project. The
application should also include a
discussion of any benefits of the
proposed innovative technology beyond
improving efficiency. Indicators of
efficiency could also include vessel
and/or truck turn times, capacity
increases or enhancements, modal
diversion, or improved connectivity.
If the project incorporates fullyautomated cargo-handling equipment,
the applicant should provide
information demonstrating the job
change that will result from the project,
including supporting evidence that the
project will not directly result in a net
job loss as described in Section E.1.vi.
(b) Bring facilities to a state of good
repair and improve resiliency by
addressing current or projected
vulnerabilities in the condition of port
transportation facilities.
If a project advances this outcome,
this section of the application should
describe how the project will contribute
to a state of good repair by improving
the condition or resilience of existing
transportation facilities and intermodal
connectors including the project’s
current condition and how the proposed
project will improve it, and any
estimates of impacts on long-term cost
structures or impacts on overall lifecycle costs.
(c) Promote efficient energy trade by
supporting the efficient movement of
energy products and/or increasing
national energy production capacity.
If a project advances this outcome,
this section should describe energy
commodities that the port handles and
how the project improves the efficiency
of domestically-produced energy
movements. For the purpose of this
notice, energy commodities means: (1)
Petroleum products; (2) natural gas
(including LNG); (3) coal; and (4)
biofuels. Applicants are expected to
quantify current and projected volumes
of those commodities through the port
in the application, both by tonnage and
value.
(d) Promote manufacturing,
agriculture, or other forms of exports by
increasing the efficient movement of
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If a project advances this outcome,
this section should include a
description of the applicant’s current
export initiatives, including the volume
of imports and exports by tonnage and
value and export to import ratio, as well
as a description of how the project
would improve port capacity to handle
exports or improve the efficiency of
export flows.
(e) For only the top 15 coastal ports,
support the safe flow of agricultural and
food products, free of pests and disease,
domestically and internationally.
If a project advances this outcome,
this section should describe how the
project will further the phytosanitary
treatment requirements of 7 CFR 305.5–
305.8, including improving facilities to
prevent the inadvertent introduction of
harmful organisms and diseases into the
United States
vii. Demonstrated Project Readiness
This section of the application should
include information that, when
considered with the project budget
information presented elsewhere in the
application, is sufficient for the
Department to evaluate whether the
project is reasonably expected to begin
construction in a timely manner. To
assist the Department’s project readiness
assessment, the applicant should
provide information on technical
feasibility, project schedule, project
approvals, and project risk, each of
which is described in greater detail in
the following sections. To minimize
redundant information in the
application, the Department encourages
applicants to cross-reference from this
section of their application to relevant
substantive information in other
sections of the application.
The guidance here is about what
information applicants should provide
and how the applicant should organize
their application. Guidance describing
how the Department will evaluate a
project’s readiness is described in
Section E.1.iv of this notice. Applicants
also should review that section when
considering how to organize their
application.
Applicants are not required to follow
the specific format described here, but
this organization, which addresses each
relevant aspect of project readiness,
promotes a clear discussion that assists
project evaluators.
(a) Technical Feasibility
The applicant should demonstrate the
technical feasibility of the project with
engineering and design studies and
activities; the development of design
criteria and/or a basis of design; the
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the application, including the
identification of contingency levels
appropriate to its level of design; and
any scope, schedule, and budget risk
mitigation measures. Applicants should
include a detailed statement of work
that focuses on the technical and
engineering aspects of the project and
describes in detail the project to be
constructed.
(b) Project Schedule
The applicant should include a
detailed project schedule that identifies
all major project milestones. Examples
of such milestones include State and
local planning approvals; start and
completion of NEPA and other Federal
environmental reviews and approvals
including permitting; design
completion; right of way acquisition;
approval of plans, specifications and
estimates; procurement; State and local
approvals; project partnership and
implementation agreements, including
agreements with railroads; and
construction. The project schedule
should be sufficiently detailed to
demonstrate that the project can begin
construction quickly upon obligation of
Port Infrastructure Development
Program funds, and that the grant funds
will be spent expeditiously once
construction starts.
(c) Required Approvals
(1) Environmental Permits and
Reviews.
(a) Information about the NEPA status
of the project. The applicant should
indicate the anticipated NEPA level of
review for the project and describe any
environmental analysis in progress or
completed. This includes Categorical
Exclusion, Environmental Assessment/
Finding of No Significant Impact, or
Environmental Impact Statement/
Record of Decision. The applicant
should review Maritime Administration
Manual of Orders MAO 600–1 prior to
submission. The application should
detail the type of NEPA review
underway, where the project is in the
process, and indicate the anticipated
date of completion of all milestones and
of the final NEPA determination. If the
last agency action with respect to NEPA
documents occurred more than three
years before the application date, the
applicant should describe why the
project has been delayed and include a
proposed approach for verifying and, if
necessary, updating this material in
accordance with applicable NEPA
requirements.
(b) Environmental Permits and
Reviews. The application should
demonstrate receipt (or reasonably
anticipated receipt) of all environmental

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permits and approvals necessary,
including Section 106 of the National
Historical Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C.
306108, and Section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C.
1531, for the project to proceed to
construction on the timeline specified
in the project schedule and necessary to
meet the statutory obligation deadline,
including satisfaction of all Federal,
State, and local requirements and
completion of the NEPA process.
(c) Additional information.
The application should also include:
(i) Information on reviews, approvals,
and permits by other agencies. An
application should indicate whether the
proposed project requires reviews or
approval actions by other agencies,3
indicate the status of such actions, and
provide detailed information about the
status of those reviews or approvals and
should demonstrate compliance with
any other applicable Federal, State, or
local requirements, and when such
approvals are expected. Applicants
should provide a website link or other
reference to copies of any reviews,
approvals, and permits prepared.
(ii) A description of whether the
project is dependent on, or affected by,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
investment and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers planned activities as it relates
to the project.
(iii) Environmental studies or other
documents, preferably through a
website link, that describe in detail
known project impacts, and possible
mitigation for those impacts. This could
include State NEPA analysis
information as applicable.
(iv) A description of discussions with
the appropriate Maritime
Administration NEPA Coordinator in
the Maritime Administration Office of
Environment regarding the project’s
compliance with NEPA and other
applicable Federal environmental
reviews and approvals.
(v) A description of public
engagement about the project that has
occurred, including details on the
degree to which public comments and
commitments have been integrated into
project development and design.
(2) State and Local Approvals. The
applicant should demonstrate receipt of
State and local approvals on which the
project depends, such as State and local
environmental and planning. Additional
support from relevant State and local
officials is not required; however, an
3 Projects that may impact protected resources
such as wetlands, species habitat, cultural or
historic resources require review and approval by
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applicant should demonstrate that the
project has broad public support.
(d) Assessment of Project Risks and
Mitigation Strategies
Project risks, such as procurement
delays, environmental uncertainties,
increases in real estate acquisition costs,
uncommitted local match, or lack of
legislative approval, affect the
likelihood of successful project start and
completion. The applicant should
identify all material risks to the project
and the strategies that the lead applicant
and any project partners have
undertaken or will undertake in order to
mitigate those risks. The applicant
should assess the greatest risks to the
project and identify how the project
parties will mitigate those risks.
To the extent the applicant is
unfamiliar with the requirements for
receiving and expending Federal grant
funds administered by the Maritime
Administration, the applicant should
contact the Ports Program staff for
information on the pre-requisite steps to
obligate Federal funds in order to ensure
that their project schedule is reasonable
and there are no risks of delays in
satisfying Federal requirements.
viii. Domestic Preference
This section should include a
description of whether materials and
manufactured products to be used in the
project are produced or manufactured
domestically. This section should also
include an assessment of what, if any,
materials or manufactured products
would require an exception or waiver of
the Buy American provisions described
in section F.2 of this notice and the
applicant’s current efforts and planned
future efforts to maximize domestic
content. The content of this section of
the application is particularly important
for projects that propose the acquisition
of heavy equipment, including cranes,
that are often procured from foreign
manufacturers. If the project may, or is
likely to, need a waiver or exception,
the applicant should describe a plan to
maximize domestic content.
3. Unique Entity Identifier and System
for Award Management (SAM)
Each applicant must: (1) Be registered
in SAM before submitting its
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 it has an active
Federal award or an application or plan
under consideration by a Federal
awarding agency.
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Grant award to an applicant until the
applicant has complied with all
applicable unique entity identifier and
SAM requirements and, if an applicant
has not fully complied with the
requirements by the time Department is
ready to make a Port Infrastructure
Development Program grant award, the
Department may determine that the
applicant is not qualified to receive a
Port Infrastructure Development
Program grant award and use that
determination as a basis for making a
Port Infrastructure Development
Program grant award to another
applicant.
4. Submission Dates and Times
i. Deadline
Applications must be submitted by
8:00 p.m. E.D.T. on September 16, 2019.
The funding opportunity on Grants.gov
will open by August 1, 2019.
To submit an application through
Grants.gov, applicants must:
(1) Obtain a Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) number;
(2) Register with the System for
Award Management (SAM) at
www.SAM.gov;
(3) Create a Grants.gov username and
password; and
(4) The E-Business Point of Contact
(POC) at the applicant’s organization
must respond to the registration email
from Grants.gov and login at Grants.gov
to authorize the applicant as the
Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR). Please note that there can be
more than one AOR for an organization.
Please note that the Grants.gov
registration process usually takes 2–4
weeks to complete and that the
Department will not consider late
applications that are the result of failure
to register or comply with Grants.gov
applicant requirements in a timely
manner. For information and instruction
on each of these processes, please see
instructions at http://www.grants.gov/
web/grants/applicants/applicant
faqs.html. If applicants experience
difficulties at any point during the
registration or application process,
please call the Grants.gov Customer
Service Support Hotline at 1(800) 518–
4726, Monday–Friday from 7:00 a.m. to
9:00 p.m. EST.
ii. Consideration of Applications
Only applicants who comply with all
submission deadlines described in this
notice and electronically submit valid
applications through Grants.gov will be
eligible for award. Applicants are
strongly encouraged to make
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iii. Late Applications
Applicants experiencing technical
issues with Grants.gov that are beyond
the applicant’s control must contact
[email protected] prior to the application
deadline with the user name of the
registrant and details of the technical
issue experienced. The applicant must
provide:
(1) Details of the technical issue
experienced;
(2) Screen capture(s) of the technical
issues experienced along with
corresponding Grants.gov ‘‘Grant
tracking number’’;
(3) The ‘‘Legal Business Name’’ for the
applicant that was provided in the SF–
424;
(4) The AOR name submitted in the
SF–424;
(5) The DUNS number associated with
the application; and
(6) The Grants.gov Help Desk
Tracking Number.
To ensure a fair competition of
limited discretionary funds, the
following conditions are not valid
reasons to permit late submissions: (1)
Failure to complete the registration
process before the deadline; (2) failure
to follow Grants.gov instructions on
how to register and apply as posted on
its website; (3) failure to follow all
instructions in this notice of funding
opportunity; and (4) technical issues
experienced with the applicant’s
computer or information technology
environment. After the Department
reviews all information submitted and
contacts the Grants.gov Help Desk to
validate reported technical issues, DOT
staff will contact late applicants to
approve or deny a request to submit a
late application through Grants.gov. If
the reported technical issues cannot be
validated, late applications will be
rejected as untimely.
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1. Criteria
This section specifies the criteria that
the Department will use to evaluate and
award applications for Port
Infrastructure Development Program
Grants.
i. Leveraging of Federal Funding
To maximize the impact of Port
Infrastructure Development Program
grant awards, the Department seeks to
leverage Port Infrastructure
Development Program funding with
non-Federal contributions. To evaluate
this criterion, the Department will
assign a rating to each project based on
how the calculated non-Federal share of
the project’s future eligible project costs
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for Port Infrastructure Development
Program Grant funding. The Department
will sort project applications’ nonFederal leverage percentage from high to
low, and the assigned ratings will be
based on quintile: Projects in the 80th
percentile and above receive the highest
rating; the 60th–79th percentile receive
the second highest rating; 40th–59th,
the third highest; 20–39th, the fourth
highest; and 0–19th, the lowest rating.
The project’s non-Federal leverage
percentage will be calculated based on
the best available information provided
by the applicant. In cases where the
source of the funding is unclear, the
funding will be treated as Federal for
the purposes of this calculation.
Unlike how the Department evaluates
cost share for eligibility purposes (as
described in section C.2 of this notice),
for the purposes of evaluating leverage
as a competitive selection criterion,
proceeds of Federal assistance under
chapter 6 of Title 23, United States Code
or sections 501 through 504 of the
Railroad and Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Pub. L.
94–210), as amended, shall be
considered to be part of the Federal
share of project costs. Applications that
require other discretionary funding from
the Department to complete the project’s
funding package will be considered less
competitive.
This evaluation criterion is separate
from the statutory cost share
requirements for Port Infrastructure
Development Program Grants, which are
described in Section C.2. Those
statutory requirements establish the
minimum permissible non-Federal
share; they do not define a competitive
Port Infrastructure Development
Program Grant project.
ii. Project Costs and Benefits
The Department will consider the
costs and benefits of projects seeking
Port Infrastructure Development
Program funding. To the extent possible,
the Department will rely on
quantitative, data-supported analysis to
assess how well a project addresses this
criterion, including an assessment of the
project’s estimated benefit-cost ratio and
net benefits based on the applicantsupplied BCA described in Section
D.2.v.
Based on the Department’s
assessment, the Department will group
projects into ranges based on their
estimated benefit costs ratio (BCR) and
net present value (NPV), and assign a
level of confidence associated with each
project’s assigned BCR and NPV ratings.
The Department will use these ranges
for BCR: Less than 1; 1–1.5; 1.5–3; and
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these ranges for NPV: Less than $0; $0–
$50,000,000; $50,000,000–$250,000,000;
and greater than $250,000,000. The
confidence levels are high, medium, and
low.
iii. Project Outcomes
The Department will evaluate
information described in Section D.2.vi
to determine whether the project
advances each of the following five
project outcomes. Among otherwise
comparable applications, one that
advances at least one of these outcomes
will be more competitive than one that
does not.
(a) Advance technology supported
safety, and design efficiency
improvements by incorporating
technology or innovative approaches to
port safety, design, or efficiency.
(b) Improve state of good repair and
resiliency by addressing current or
projected vulnerabilities in the
condition of port transportation
facilities.
(c) Promote efficient energy trade by
supporting the efficient movement of
domestically-produced energy products
and/or increasing national energy
capacity.
(d) Promote manufacturing,
agriculture, or other forms of exports by
increasing the efficient movement of
exports and/or increasing national
export capacity.
(e) For only the top 15 coastal ports,
support the safe flow of agricultural and
food products, free of pests and disease,
domestically and internationally.
iv. Demonstrated Project Readiness
The Department will consider project
readiness to assess the likelihood of a
successful project. In that analysis, the
Department will consider significant
risks to successful completion of a
project, including risks associated with
environmental review, permitting,
technical feasibility, funding, and the
applicant’s capacity to manage project
delivery. Risks do not disqualify
projects from award, but competitive
applications clearly and directly
describe achievable risk mitigation
strategies. The Department will assign
one of three risk ratings based on the
likelihood that the project will be
successfully delivered within a
reasonable timeframe: High risk means
that there is a high likelihood that the
project will not be successfully
delivered; moderate risk means there is
some possibility that the project will not
be successfully delivery; and low risk
means that it is highly likely that the
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v. Domestic Preference
The Department will consider
whether an exception/waiver of the Buy
American provisions will be necessary
to complete the project. Among
otherwise comparable applications,
projects that depend on materials or
manufactured products that do not
comply with domestic preference
requirements will be less competitive
than projects that comply with those
requirements. Among otherwise
comparable applications that require
exceptions or waivers, an application
that presents an effective plan to
maximize domestic content will be
more competitive than one that does
not. The Department will not award
projects that likely need a waiver but
present no plan to maximize domestic
content.

and a Senior Review phase, each of
which are described below. During the
Technical Review Phase, Department
staff analyze applications and provide
ratings for the selection criteria,
consistent with the descriptions in this
NOFO. Based on this analysis, the
Senior Review Team assembles a list of
Projects for Consideration for selection
by the Secretary based on the selection
criteria described in Section E. The
Secretary makes final selections based
on the criteria described in Section E.
Throughout the review and selection
process, the Department may seek
additional information from an
applicant related to project eligibility,
whether the project can be completed
with a reduced award, or data needed to
complete project analysis.

vi. Additional Considerations
The Department will consider the
geographic diversity among applicants
when selecting Port Infrastructure
Development Program Grant awards,
including whether the project is located
in a qualified opportunity zone
designated pursuant to 26 U.S.C.
1400Z–1. A project located in a
qualified opportunity zone is more
competitive than a similar project that is
not located in a qualified opportunity
zone.
In awarding grants from funds for the
15 coastal seaports that handled the
greatest number of loaded foreign and
domestic twenty-foot equivalent units of
containerized cargo in 2016, as
identified by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, the Department will give
priority consideration for proposed
projects that construct treatment
facilities defined in section 305.1 of title
7, Code of Federal Regulations, to meet
the phytosanitary treatment
requirements of sections 305.5 through
305.8 of title 7, Code of Federal
Regulations.
The Joint Explanatory Statement that
accompanied the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2019, directed the
Department ‘‘to ensure that any fullyautomated cargo-handling equipment
procured under [the Program] will not
directly result in a net job loss or
directly reduce the overall safety,
reliability and efficiency of the port.’’
For projects that incorporate fully
automated cargo-handling equipment,
the Department will consider job change
that will result from the project,
including whether the project will
directly result in a net job loss.

Prior to award, each selected
applicant will be subject to a risk
assessment as required by 2 CFR
200.205. The Department must review
and consider any information about the
applicant that is in the designated
integrity and performance system
accessible through SAM (currently the
Federal Awardee Performance and
Integrity Information System (FAPIIS).
An applicant may review information in
FAPIIS and comment on any
information about itself. The
Department will consider comments by
the applicant, in addition to the other
information in FAPIIS, 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.

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F. Federal Award Administration
Information
1. Federal Award Notice
Following the evaluation outlined in
Section E, the Department will
announce awarded projects by posting a
list of selected projects at
www.transportation.gov/Portgrants.
Notice of selection is not authorization
to begin performance. Following that
announcement, the Department will
contact the point of contact listed in the
SF 424 to initiate negotiation of the
grant agreement for authorization.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements
The Department will determine the
period of performance for each award
based on the specific project that was
evaluated and selected. DOT will
administer each Port Infrastructure
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recipient. Amounts awarded as a grant
under this notice that are not expended
by the grant recipient shall remain
available to DOT for use for grants
under this program, either in the same
or different fiscal year as this notice.
All awards will be administered
pursuant to the Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles and
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
found in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted by
the Department of Transportation at 2
CFR part 1201. Additionally, applicable
Federal laws, Executive Orders, and any
rules, regulations, and requirements of
the Maritime Administration will apply
to the projects that receive Port
Infrastructure Development Program
Grants awards.
As expressed in Executive Orders
13788 of April 18, 2017 and 13858 of
January 31, 2019, it is the policy of the
executive branch to maximize,
consistent with law, the use of goods,
products, and materials produced in the
United States in the terms and
conditions of Federal financial
assistance awards. Consistent with the
requirements of Section 410 of the
Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L. 116–
6, div. G, February 15, 2019), the Buy
American requirements of 41 U.S.C.
8301–8305 apply to funds made
available under this notice and other
expenditures within the scope of the
award, and all grant recipients must
apply, comply with, and implement all
provisions of the Buy American Act and
related provisions in the grant
agreement when implementing Port
Infrastructure Development Program
Grant projects. If selected for an award,
grant recipients will be required to
obtain approval from the Department
before applying any Buy American Act
exception. To obtain that approval,
grant recipients must be prepared to
demonstrate how they will maximize
the use of domestic goods, products,
and materials in constructing their
project.
In connection with any program or
activity conducted with or benefiting
from funds awarded under this notice,
recipients of funds must comply with
all applicable requirements of Federal
law, including, without limitation, the
Constitution of the United States; the
conditions of performance,
nondiscrimination requirements, and
other assurances made applicable to the
award of funds in accordance with
regulations of the Department of
Transportation; and applicable Federal
financial assistance and contracting
principles promulgated by the Office of
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with these requirements, recipients, in
particular, must ensure that no
concession agreements are denied or
other contracting decisions made on the
basis of speech or other activities
protected by the First Amendment. If
the Department determines that a
recipient has failed to comply with
applicable Federal requirements, the
Department may terminate the award of
funds and disallow previously incurred
costs, requiring the recipient to
reimburse any expended award funds.
Additionally, Federal wage rate
requirements included in subchapter IV
of chapter 31 of title 40, U.S.C., apply
to all projects receiving funds under this
program, and apply to all parts of the
project, whether funded with Port
Infrastructure Development Program
grant funds, other Federal funds, or nonFederal funds.
Port Infrastructure Development
Program projects involving vehicle
acquisition must involve only vehicles
that comply with applicable Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Regulations, or vehicles that are exempt
from Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Standards or Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Regulations in a manner that
allows for the legal acquisition and
deployment of the vehicle or vehicles.
3. Reporting
This section of the notice provides
general information about the reporting
requirements that accompany Port
Infrastructure Development Program
Grant funding. Potential applicants
should review these requirements to
ensure that they can satisfy them if they
receive an award. A recipient’s failure to
timely submit required reports may
result in termination of an award and a
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i. Progress Reporting on Grant Activities
Each applicant selected for Port
Infrastructure Development Program
Grants funding must submit quarterly
progress reports and Federal Financial
Reports (SF–425) to monitor project
progress and ensure accountability and
financial transparency in the Port
Infrastructure Development Program.
ii. Outcome Performance Reporting
Each applicant selected for Port
Infrastructure Development Program
Grant funding must collect information
and report on the project’s observed
performance with respect to the relevant
long-term outcomes that are expected to
be achieved through construction of the
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period determined by the Department.
They will be used to evaluate and
compare projects and monitor the
results that grant funds achieve to the
intended long-term outcomes of the Port
Infrastructure Development Program. To
the extent possible, performance
indicators used in the reporting will
align with the measures included in the
application and will relate to at least
one of the selection criteria defined in
Section E and to a benefit estimated in
the BCA. The Department expects that
the level of performance will be
consistent with estimates used in the
applicant’s BCA. Performance reporting
continues for several years after project
construction is completed, and the
Department does not provide Port
Infrastructure Development Program
grant funding specifically for
performance reporting. For each project
selected for award, the Department,
with input from the grant recipients,
will identify the measures to be
collected. Those measures and the
reporting requirements will be
formalized in the agreement obligating
award funds for the project.
iii. Port Performance Reporting
The Department is required to report
annually on port performance (see Sec.
6314 of the FAST Act). To help the
Department more accurately assess port
performance, Port Infrastructure
Development Program grant recipients
will be required to enter a data sharing
agreement to submit to the Department
information where consistent data
related to the project, particularly on
cargo throughput, is not publicly
available and difficult to collect from
Ports and port terminals. Data, which
must originate from the port, that could
be required as a condition of award
includes the following:
• Total capacity of inbound and
outbound cargo
• Total volume of inbound and
outbound cargo
• Average number of lifts per hour of
containers by crane
• Average vessel turn time by vessel
type
• Average cargo or container dwell time
• Port storage capacity and utilization
• Modal throughput statistics, including
rail and truck turn times
• Types of cargo moved
• Presences and location of intermodal
connectors
• Physical size of the terminals within
the port boundaries
• Maximum authorized channel depth
and maximum actual/current channel
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• Schedule vessel arrivals (for use in
determining vessel on-time
performance)
• Berth utilization
Details and definitions on the data
elements described above will be
provided in the data sharing agreement
with the Department.
iv. Asset Management Report
A Port Infrastructure Development
Program grant recipient that does not
currently have an asset management
plan in place will be required to include
a post-construction reporting
requirement utilizing the Asset
Management Tool currently under
development by the Maritime
Administration. The reporting
requirement should include both
changes in operating cost and
performance.
v. Reporting of Matters Related to
Recipient Integrity and Performance
If the total value of a selected
applicant’s currently 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 this Federal award,
then the applicant during that period of
time must maintain the currency of
information reported to the SAM that is
made available in the designated
integrity and performance system
(currently FAPIIS) about civil, criminal,
or administrative proceedings described
in paragraph 2 of this award term and
condition. This is a statutory
requirement under section 872 of Public
Law 110–417, as amended (41 U.S.C.
2313). As required by section 3010 of
Public Law 111–212, all information
posted in the designated integrity and
performance system on or after April 15,
2011, except past performance reviews
required for Federal procurement
contracts, will be publicly available.
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
For further information concerning
this notice please contact the Port
Infrastructure Development Program
staff via email at [email protected], or call
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 will post answers to
questions and requests for clarifications
at www.transportation.gov/Portgrants.
To ensure applicants receive accurate
information about eligibility or the
program, the applicant is encouraged to
contact DOT directly, rather than
through intermediaries or third parties,

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with questions. DOT may also conduct
briefings on the Port Infrastructure
Development Program Grants selection
and award process upon request.
H. Other Information
1. Protection of Confidential Business
Information

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2. Publication/Sharing of Application
Information
Following the completion of the
selection process and announcement of
awards, the Department intends to
publish a list of all applications
received along with the names of the
applicant organizations and funding
amounts requested. Except for the
information properly marked as
described in Section H.1., the
Department may make application
narratives publicly available or share
application information within the
Department or with other Federal
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2019.
Elaine L. Chao,
Secretary.
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All information submitted as part of
or in support of any application shall
use publicly available data or data that
can be made public and methodologies
that are accepted by industry practice
and standards, to the extent possible. If
the applicant submits information that
the applicant considers to be a trade
secret or confidential commercial or
financial information, the applicant
must provide that information in a
separate document, which the applicant
may cross-reference from the
application narrative or other portions
of the application. For the separate
document containing confidential
information, the applicant must do the
following: (1) State on the cover of that
document that it ‘‘Contains Confidential
Business Information (CBI)’’; (2) mark
each page that contains confidential
information with ‘‘CBI’’; (3) highlight or
otherwise denote the confidential
content on each page; and (4) at the end
of the document, explain how
disclosure of the confidential
information would cause substantial
competitive harm. DOT will protect
confidential information complying
with these requirements to the extent
required under applicable law. If DOT
receives a Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request for the information that
the applicant has marked in accordance
with this section, DOT will follow the
procedures described in its FOIA
regulations at 49 CFR 7.29. Only
information that is in the separate
document, marked in accordance with
this section, and ultimately determined
to be confidential under § 7.29 will be
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that sharing is relevant to the respective
program’s objectives.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names
of one or more persons that have been
placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons List
based on OFAC’s determination that one
or more applicable legal criteria were
satisfied. All property and interests in
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of
these persons are blocked, and U.S.
persons are generally prohibited from
engaging in transactions with them.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for effective date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; Assistant
Director for Sanctions Compliance &
Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490;
Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.:
202–622–2480; or the Department of the
Treasury’s Office of the General
Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel
(Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202–622–
2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability
The Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons List and additional
information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC’s
website (www.treas.gov/ofac).
Notice of OFAC Actions
On June 12, 2019, OFAC determined
that the property and interests in
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of
the following persons are blocked under
the relevant sanctions authorities listed
below.
Entities
1. SOUTH WEALTH RESOURCES
COMPANY (a.k.a. MANABEA THARWAT
AL-JANOOB GENERAL TRADING
COMPANY, LLC; a.k.a. SHIRKAT MANABI’
THARAWAT AL-JANUB LILTIJARAH AL-

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‘AMMAH; a.k.a. SOUTH WEALTH
RESOURCES LTD.), Al Jadriya District,
Baghdad, Iraq; Additional Sanctions
Information—Subject to Secondary Sanctions
[SDGT] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)QODS FORCE).
Designated pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of
Executive Order 13224 of September 23,
2001, ‘‘Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit,
Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism’’
(E.O. 13224) for assisting in, sponsoring, or
providing financial, material, or
technological support for, or financial or
other services to or in support of, IRGC–
QODS FORCE, an entity whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to
E.O. 13224.

Individuals
1. ‘ABD AL-HAMID AL-ASADI, Makki
Kazim (a.k.a. ABDUL HAMEED AL ASADI,
Makki Kadhim), Basrah, Iraq; DOB 10 Oct
1957; Additional Sanctions Information—
Subject to Secondary Sanctions (individual)
[SDGT] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)QODS FORCE).
Designated pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of
E.O. 13224 for assisting in, sponsoring, or
providing financial, material, or
technological support for, or financial or
other services to or in support of, Iran’s
IRGC–QODS FORCE, an entity whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224.
2. SALIH AL HASANI, Mohammed
Hussein (a.k.a. AL-HUSAYNI, Mohammed
Hossein); DOB 01 Jul 1954; Additional
Sanctions Information—Subject to Secondary
Sanctions; Passport A9298980 (Iraq)
(individual) [SDGT] [IFSR] (Linked To:
SOUTH WEALTH RESOURCES COMPANY).
Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O.
13224 for acting for or on behalf of South
Wealth Resources Company, an entity whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224.
Dated: June 12, 2019.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2019–12878 Filed 6–17–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
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Agency Information Collection
Activity: VA Fiduciary’s Account, Court
Appointed Fiduciary’s Account, and
Certificate of Balance on Deposit and
Authorization To Disclose Financial
Records
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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