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MAP-21-related Federal Register Notices and preliminary documents


Federal Register website (official daily publication: notices of rules, proposed rules, etc.) Regulations.gov (federal dockets: notices plus comments)

Comment/application period still open:
(listed by date and general subject)
  • May 13, 2013 FRN: Full FY 2013 transit apportionment notice
    Comments due June 12, 2013
    FTA –Establishes the FY 2013 obligation limitation at $8.461 billion (this is less than the OL for FY 2012 due to a 0.2 percent recission in the FY 2013 appropriations bill). Apportionment tables are posted separately on FTA’s website. This notice also: 1) requests comments on the proposed formula for the new State Safety Oversight program (for fixed guideway systems); 2) revises a table regarding Section 5307 operating assistance; 3) provides expected publication dates for revised circulars; and 4) corrects a typo in the Oct. 16, 2012, notice. FTA-2013-0022
  • April 22, 2013 FRN: public participation requirements for transit programs
    Comments due May 22, 2013
    FTA – notice that FTA is seeking final OMB approval of new requirements for sections 5307, 5309, 5310, and 5311 due to MAP-21 changes. This notice is the second step in the formal process of approving these new requirements, which include public participation.
    FTA-2013-0020
  • March 22, 2013 FRN: Reporting element level bridge data for non-NHS bridges
    Comments due May 21, 2013
    FHWA – request for comments on the feasibility of requiring element level bridge inspection data for bridges NOT on the NHS. (MAP-21 required reporting this data for NHS bridges, and a STUDY on the feasibility of reporting the same data for non-NHS bridges. This notice is in regard to the study.)
    FHWA-2013-0011
  • Jan. 9, 2013 FRN: Public-private partnerships
    Comments due May 31, 2013
    FHWA – request for comments on what to include in the model contracts that MAP-21 requires US DOT and FHWA to develop for public-private partnership initiatives. Also, a listening session will be held on Jan. 16, 2013, from noon to 4 pm EST at the US DOT in Washington, D.C.
    (FHWA-2012-0126)

Due date passed or no due date
In some cases, comments and applications are accepted after the due date has passed
(listed by date and general subject)
  • April 2013 report: US DOT significant rulemakings
    No request for comments/deadlines
    US DOT - Status report on all (110) rules currently in process by US DOT, including many related to MAP-21.

    PDF Report on DOT Significant Rulemakings

  • March 25, 2013 FRN: Recipient reports re. Sec. 5337 and 5339 funding
    Comments due April 24 2013
    FTA – notice that designated recipients of transit “State of Good Repair” and “Bus and Bus Facilities” funding will be required to provide quarterly milestone and financial status reports. In the case of Sec. 5339, states will be required to submit reports as well. FTA does not say exactly what will be required in the reports, but is asking for comments on ways to “enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and ways to minimize the burden on respondents.”
    FTA-2013-0017
  • Feb. 25, 2013 FRN: Vehicle theft reporting
    Petitions for reconsideration due April 11, 2013
    NHTSA – notice that insurance companies are no longer required to file reports on theft and recovery of vehicles. MAP-21 discontinued NHTSA’s authority to collect this information.
    NHTSA-2013-0024
  • Feb. 6, 2013 FRN: Public participation requirements for Sec. 5310 and 5311 funds
    Comments due before April 8, 2013
     FTA – request for comments on FTA’s intention to apply Title 49 public participation requirements to programs created/revised by MAP-21: the new discretionary Passenger Ferry Boat program under Sec. 5307; the revised Capital Assistance for Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities Program under Sec. 5310; the revised Non-urbanized Area Formula Program under Sec. 5311;  and the revised Tribal Transit Program under Sec. 5311.
    FTA-2013-0007

First quarter - 2013

  • March 29, 2013 FRN: $2 billion allocated for Hurricane Sandy
    No request for comments
    FTA –MAP-21 authorized $2 billion for the Transit Emergency Relief Program. This notice details the allocation of those funds for Hurricane Sandy relief, as required by PL 113-2, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act.
    2013-07268
  • Mar. 15, 2013 FRN: FTA withdrawal of 2011 notice regarding transit major capital projects
    No request for comments/deadlines
    FTA – Due to MAP-21 changes mainly regarding fixed guideway projects, FTA is withdrawing a Sept. 13, 2011 notice that would have proposed a new definition of “major capital project” and made other changes to oversight regulations. FTA will begin a new rulemaking “in the near future.” FTA may also “seek to set policy on major capital improvements through public notice-and-comment.”
    FTA-2009-0030
  • Mar. 14, 2013 FRN: Transportation of Agricultural Commodities
    No request for comments/deadlines (except see below)
    FMCSA – final rule for exemptions for transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies, and covered farm vehicles and drivers. Compatibility amendments to CFR parts 390, 391, 395 and 396 (required to retain MCSAP eligibility) must be adopted by March 14, 2016. Amendments to retain compliance re. CDLS in Part 383 (required to avoid withholding highway funds) must be adopted by March 14, 2016.
    FMCSA-2012-0378
  • Feb. 7, 2013 FRN: FTA project environmental compliance
    No request for comments/deadlines
    FTA and FHWA – Final rule primarily adding new categorical exclusions for transit projects. Although the proposed rule (March 15, 2012) was in response to two Executive Orders from 2011 (on streamlining regulations), FTA notes that the final rule is consistent with MAP-21 which was signed into law in the interim. One change was made specifically to conform with MAP-21: early ROW acquisition for FTA projects is no longer limited to railroad ROW. Part 771 of the Title 23 CFR is a joint FTA-FHWA regulation, but this final rule relates almost exclusively to FTA and FTA grantees.
    FTA-2011-0056
  • Feb. 6, 2013 FRN: FTA Emergency Relief initial funding for Hurricane Sandy
    Applications due March 8, 2013 (from areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy)
    FTA – notice that FTA is taking applications from areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy for $2 billion in initial (apparently similar to FHWA’s “quick release”) Emergency Relief Program funds available until March 30. FTA is in the process of writing rules for distributing “regular” FTA ER funding. MAP-21 created this program, but it was not funded under the CR. On Jan. 29, the President signed PL 113-2 providing a total of $10.9 billion.
    2013-02729
  • Feb. 6, 2013 FRN: Primary freight network, state-designated critical rural freight corridors
    No request for comments/deadlines
    FHWA - notice of the criteria FHWA will use to designate up to 27,000 miles of a “primary freight network” and up to 3,000 additional miles. Also says FHWA will request that states identify critical rural freight corridors but that FHWA will “maintain route information” thereafter.”
    2013–02580
    See Feb. 13, 2013 correction
  • Jan. 14, 2013 FRN: New CEs for rail projects
    No request for comments/deadlines
    FRA – notice that FRA is adding seven classes of actions to the categorical exclusion list, primarily to streamline projects under the HSIPR grant program and the RRIF loan program. Some were chosen from CE lists currently used by FHWA and FTA. FRA began this process before passage of MAP-21. However, the FRN notes that Section 1314 of MAP-21 allows use of another modal administration’s CE for a multimodal projects once US DOT issues guidance on this provision.
    (2013-00561)
  • Jan. 9, 2013 FRN: US DOT questionnaires regarding planning practices
    Comments due Feb. 28, 2013
    FHWA – request for comments on US DOT’s intention to collect information from state, metropolitan, regional, local and tribal transportation planning entities regarding compliance with Sec. 134 and Sec. 135 of Title 23. This notice does not mention MAP-21 but is apparently being republished due to the passage of MAP-21 (it was first published June 28, 2012).
    (FHWA-2013-0001)
  • Jan. 9, 2013 FRN: New Starts/Small Starts proposed guidance
    Comments due March 11, 2013
    FTA – request for comments on proposed guidance on FTA’s evaluation of projects seeking funding. Please note: this notice makes no mention of MAP-21, but is included in the list as a reference due to its connection with the final rule below.
    (FTA-2010-0009 - same as for final rule)
  • Jan. 9, 2013 FRN: New Starts/Small Starts final rule
    No request for comments/deadlines
    FTA – final rule on evaluating applications for New Starts/Small Starts funding, effective April 9, 2013. Please note: this notice is included in the list as a reference. It is related to MAP-21 only because FTA states that the new law made few significant changes to the current New Starts evaluation process, and that additional guidance will be issued in the future to reflect provisions in MAP-21 that are not addressed in this final rule.
    (FTA-2010-0009 - same as for proposed guidance)
  • Jan. 8, 2013 FRN: US DOT rules agenda
    No request for comments/deadlines
    OST - This FRN is a heads-up on the rules, etc. on which action has begun or is expected to begin within a year or so. The notice itself has background information on each. US DOT is asking for input on these subjects, and also on which existing regulations should be reviewed for possible revision or revocation. None of the subjects listed here relate directly to MAP-21, but I thought I would send this just in case there was something of significance, or there is a MAP-21-related topic which should be addressed within the next 12 months.
    2012-31500)

Fourth quarter - 2012

  • Dec. 12, 2012 FRN: Bus and Bus Facilities and SGR
    Comments due Feb. 11, 2012
    FTA – notice that they will be requesting applications and financial/milestone reports from states and other designated recipients for Bus and Bus Facilities grants and State of Good Repair Grants.
    (FTA-2012-0056)
  • Nov. 13, 2012 FRN: Motor carrier operating authority suspension
    Comments due Jan. 14, 2013
    FMCSA – notice of proposed rulemaking to amend FMCSRs to allow suspension/revocation of operating authority registration for egregious disregard for safety compliance, as required by SAFETEA-LU and MAP-21.
    (FMCSA-2011-0321)
  • Aug. 24, 2012 FRN: Distracted driving NOFA
    Applications due Feb. 28, 2013
    NHTSA – notice of funding availability for the Distracted Driving Grant Program (DPS submits NHTSA applications, and then funds are split with DOT. Iowa’s current law fails to meet the eligibility criteria.)
    Note: Oct. 5, 2012 FRN moves the application deadline to Feb. 28, 2013 (originally Oct. 9, 2012).
    (2012-20926)
  • Dec. 20, 2012 FRN: CMV driver training
    No deadline for comments
    FMCSA – notice of a public listening session on factors that should be considered when rules are written to implement the entry-level driver training provisions in MAP-21. The in-person session will take place in Charlotte, NC on Jan. 7. Comments will also be taken via the docket at regulations.gov.
    (FMCSA-2007-27748)
  • Nov. 5, 2012 FRN: High risk rural roads
    No request for comments
    FHWA – notice that they will be requesting U.S. Office of Management and Budget approval to survey states regarding high-risk rural roads best practices (an earlier notice invited comments on the survey).
    (FHWA-2012-0103)
  • Oct. 1, 2012 FRN: FMCSRs
    No request for comments
    FMCSA – Notice of minor editorial changes (but no substantive changes) to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs).
    (FMCSA-2012-0274)
  • Oct. 1, 2012 FRN: University Transportation Center NOFA
    Comments due Oct. 31, 2012. Letters of intent due one month after the solicitation is announced on grants.gov
    RITA - Notice of opportunity to submit grant applications for the University Transportation Centers Program.
    (RITA-2012-0002)

Third quarter - 2012

  • Sept. 6, 2012 FRN: DBEs
    Comments due Nov. 5, 2012
    Office of the Secretary – proposed rulemaking regarding changes to DBE rules.
    (OST-2012-0147)
  • Aug. 14, 2012 FRN: High risk rural roads
    Comments due Oct. 15, 2012
    FHWA – request for comments on FHWA’s plans to survey state DOTs re. HRRR practices. The results of the survey are to be used in conjunction with a research study to create a report to submit to EPW and T&I by Oct. 1, 2013.
    (FHWA-2012-0084)
  • Aug 14, 2012 FRN: DWI courts
    Comments due Oct. 15, 2012
    NHTSA – request for comments on NHTSA proposal to collect information from specialized courts known as DWI Courts and Hybrid DWI/Drug Courts to obtain an inventory of their current operational practices. All known operating DWI Courts and Hybrid DWI/Drug Courts will be contacted by mail and/or email.
    (NHTSA-2012-0094)
  • August 10, 2012 FRN: Human services transportation
    No request for comments
    FTA – notice that FTA plans to fund a National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM) to improve the coordination of Federal resources for human services transportation.
    (2012-19573)
  • August 6, 2012 FRN: Safety grant programs
    No request for comments/deadlines
    FMCSA – notice of FY 2013 safety grant opportunities and projected application due dates, based on FY 2012 deadlines. Notices of Funding Availability, with specific FY 2013 deadlines, will be posted later.
    (2012-19109)
  • July 31, 2012 FRN: TIFIA
    Letters of Interest accepted on a rolling basis. Comments due Sept. 1, 2012
    Office of the Secretary - NOFA and request for comments regarding TIFIA.
    (OST-2012-0130)