	UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
	REGION III
                               1650 Arch Street
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029

June 3, 2010

Mr. George S. Aburn, Jr., Director
Maryland Department of the Environment
Air and Radiation Management Administration
1800 Washington Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21230

Dear Mr. Aburn:

      On April 23, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a revision to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP) from the Maryland Department of the Environment.  The SIP revision pertains to the adoption of the EPA Control Technique Guideline (CTG) for paper, film, and foil coatings.  This SIP revision includes amendments to Regulation .07 under COMAR 26.11.19, Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific Processes.  EPA has determined that the submittal is administratively and technically complete, and is reviewing it to prepare a Direct Final Rulemaking.

      If members of your staff have any questions, they may direct them to Ms. Ellen Wentworth at<PHONE_NUMBER>.  She is the principal contact for this rulemaking.

                                  Sincerely,

                                                                           /s/

                                       David Arnold, Acting Director
                          			         Air Protection Division

cc:  Brian Hug, MDE


Table 4a. Toxicity of Copper to Freshwater Plants Species Methoda Chemical Hardness ( mg/ L as CaCO3) Duration Effect Resultb ( Total µ g/ L) Reference Blue green alga,

Anabaena flos aqua S, U Copper sulfate 65.2 96 hr EC75 ( cell density) 200 Young and Lisk 1972 Bllue green alga,

Anabaena variabilis S, U Copper sulfate 65.2  EC85 ( wet weight) 100 Young and Lisk 1972 Blue green alga,

Anabaena strain 7120     Lag in growth 64 Laube et al. 1980 Blue green alga,

Chroococcus paris S, U Copper nitrate 54.7 10 days Growth reduction 100 Les and Walker 1984 Blue green alga,

Microcystis aeruginosa S, U Copper sulfate 54.9 8 days Incipient inhibition 30 Bringmann 1975; Bringmann and Kuhn 1976, 1978a, b Alga, Ankistrodesmus braunii     Growth reduction 640 Laube et al. 1980 Green alga, Chlamydomonas sp. S, U Copper sulfate 68 10 days Growth inhibition 8,000 Cairns et al. 1978 Green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii S, M, T  90  133 72 hr NOEC ( deflagellation) 12.2 49.1 Winner and Owen 1991a Green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii S, M, T  90  133 72 hr NOEC ( cell density) 12.2 43.0 Winner and Owen 1991a Green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii F, M, T  24 10 days EC50 ( cell density) 31.5 Schafer et al. 1993 Green alga,

Chlorella pyrenoidosa S, U   96 hr ca. 12 hr lag in growth 1 Steeman Nielsen and Wium Andersen 1970 Green alga,

Chlorella pyrenoidosa S, U  54.7  Growth inhibition 100 Steeman Nielsen and Kamp Nielsen 1970 Green alga,

Chlorella pyrenoidosa S, U Copper sulfate 365 14 days EC50 ( dry weight) 78 100 Bednarz and Warkowska Dratnal 1985 Green alga,

Chlorella pyrenoidosa S, U Copper sulfate 36.5 14 days EC50 ( dry weight) 78 100 Bednarz and Warkowska Dratnal 1985 Green alga,

Chlorella pyrenoidosa S, U Copper sulfate 3.65 14 days EC50 ( dry weight) 78 100 Bednarz and Warkowska Dratnal 1983/ 1984 Green alga,

Chlorella saccharophila S, U Copper chloride  96 hr 96 h EC50 550 Rachlin et al. 1982 Green alga,

Chlorella vulgaris S, U Copper sulfate 2,000 96 hr Growth inhibition 200 Young and Lisk 1972 Green alga,

Chlorella vulgaris S, U Copper chloride 33 days EC20 ( growth) 42 Rosko and Rachlin 1977 Green alga,

Chlorella vulgaris F, U Copper sulfate  96 hr EC50 or EC50 ( cell numbers) 62 Ferard et al. 1983 Green alga,

Chlorella vulgaris S, M, D Copper sulfate  96 hr IC50 270 Ferard et al. 1983 Green alga,

Chlorella vulgaris S, M, T Copper chloride  96 hr EC50 ( cell density) 200 Blaylock et al. 1985 50 Table 4a. Toxicity of Copper to Freshwater Plants Species Methoda Chemical Hardness ( mg/ L as CaCO3) Duration Effect Resultb ( Total µ g/ L) Reference Green alga,

Chlorella vulgaris S, U Copper sulfate 17.1 7 days 15% reduction in cell density 100 Bilgrami and Kumar 1997 Green alga, Scenedesmus quadricauda S, U Copper sulfate 68 10 days Growth reduction 8,000 Cairns et al. 1978 Green alga, Scenedesmus quadricauda S, U Copper sulfate 181 7 days LOEC ( growth) 1,100 Bringmann and Kuhn 1977a, 1978a, b,

1979, 1980a Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper chloride 14.9 14 days EC50 ( cell volume) 85 Christensen et al. 1979 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper chloride 14.9 7 days LOEC ( growth) 50 Bartlett et al. 1974 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, M, T Copper chloride 24.2 96 hr EC50 ( cell count) 400 Blaylock et al. 1985 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper sulfate 9.3 96 hr EC50 ( cell count) 48.4 Blaise et al. 1986 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper sulfate 9.3 96 hr EC50 ( cell count) 44.3 Blaise et al. 1986 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper sulfate 9.3 96 hr EC50 ( cell count) 46.4 Blaise et al. 1986 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper chloride 15 2 3 wk EC50 ( biomass) 53.7 Turbak et al. 1986 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper sulfate 14.9 5 days Growth reduction 58 Nyholm 1990 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper sulfate 9.3 96 hr EC50 ( cell count) 69.9 St. Laurent et al. 1992 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper sulfate 9.3 96 hr EC50 ( cell count) 65.7 St. Laurent et al. 1992 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper sulfate 24.2 96 hr EC50 ( cell count) 54.4 Radetski et al. 1995 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum R, U Copper sulfate 24.2 96 hr EC50 ( cell count) 48.2 Radetski et al. 1995 Green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum S, U Copper sulfate 16 96 hr EC50 ( cell density) 38 Chen et al. 1997 Algae,

mixed culture S, U Copper sulfate   Significant reduction in blue green algae and nitrogen fixation 5 Elder and Horne 1978 Diatom, Cyclotella meneghiniana S, U Copper sulfate 68 10 days Growth inhibition 8,000 Cairns et al. 1978 Diatom, Navicula incerta S, U Copper chloride  96 hr EC50 10,429 Rachlin et al. 1983 Diatom, Nitzschia linearis    5 day EC50 795 815 Academy of Natural Sciences 1960;

Patrick et al. 1968 Diatom, Nitzschia palea     Complete growth inhibition 5 Steeman Nielsen and Wium Andersen 1970 51 Table 4a. Toxicity of Copper to Freshwater Plants Species Methoda Chemical Hardness ( mg/ L as CaCO3) Duration Effect Resultb ( Total µ g/ L) Reference Duckweed,

Lemna minor F   7 day EC50 119 Walbridge 1977 Duckweed,

Lemna minor S, U Copper sulfate  28 days Significant plant damage 130 Brown and Rattigan 1979 Duckweed,

Lemna minor S, U  0 96 hr EC50 ( frond number) 1,100 Wang 1986 Duckweed,

Lemna minor S, U Copper sulfate 78 96 hr EC50 ( chlorophyll a reduction) 250 Eloranta et al. 1988 Duckweed,

Lemna minor R, M, T Copper nitrate 39 96 hr Reduced chlorophyll production 24 Taraldsen and Norberg King 1990 Eurasian watermilfoil,

Myriophyllum spicatum S, U  89 32 days EC50 ( root weight) 250 Stanley 1974 a S= Static; R= Renewal; F= Flow through; M= Measured; U= Unmeasured; T= Total metal conc. measured; D= dissolved metal conc. measured.

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    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the
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2016 at 2:00 p.m., in the Auditorium (L-002) at the Commission's
headquarters building, to hear oral argument in an appeal from an
initial decision of an administrative law judge by respondent Larry C.
Grossman.
    On December 23, 2014, the ALJ found that Grossman, the former
principal of a registered investment adviser, violated certain
antifraud, broker-dealer, and investment adviser provisions of the
federal securities laws by, among other things, making
misrepresentations and omissions of material fact to his advisory
clients when he advised them to invest in funds as to which he had an
economic conflict of interest. For these violations, the ALJ ordered
Grossman to pay a $1.55 million civil penalty, to pay approximately $3
million in disgorgement plus prejudgment interest, and to cease and
desist from further violations of the securities laws. The ALJ also
barred him from association with the securities industry.
    Respondent appealed, challenging only the imposition of sanctions.
The issues likely to be considered at oral argument include, among
other things, whether the five year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C.
2462 prohibits us from imposing a civil penalty, disgorgement, industry
bar, or cease-and-desist order, and, to the extent that it does not,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-XXXX]

Notice of Funding Availability for the Department of
Transportation's National Infrastructure Investments under the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation, DOT.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of funding and requests
proposals for the Department of Transportation's National
Infrastructure Investments. This notice is addressed to organizations
that are interested in applying and provides guidance on selection
criteria and application requirements for the National Infrastructure
Investments.
    The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Pub. L. 113-76, January
17, 2014) (``FY 2014 Appropriations Act'') appropriated $600 million to
be awarded by the Department of Transportation (``DOT'') for National
Infrastructure Investments. This appropriation is similar, but not
identical, to the program funded and implemented pursuant to the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the ``Recovery Act'')
known as the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or
``TIGER Discretionary Grants,'' program. Because of the similarity in
program structure, DOT will continue to refer to the program as ``TIGER
Discretionary Grants.'' As with previous rounds of TIGER, funds for the
FY 2014 TIGER program (``TIGER FY 2014'') are to be awarded on a
competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on
the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.
    Through this notice, DOT is soliciting applications for TIGER
Discretionary Grants. In the event that this solicitation does not
result in the award and obligation of all available funds, DOT may
decide to publish an additional solicitation(s).

DATES: You must submit final applications through Grants.gov by April
28, 2014, at 5:00 p.m. EDT (the ``Application Deadline''). The
Grants.gov ``Apply'' function will open on April 3, 2014, allowing
applicants to submit applications. You are strongly encouraged to
submit applications in advance of the deadline. Please be aware that
you must complete the registration process before submitting an
application, and that this process usually takes 2-4 weeks to complete.
If interested parties experience difficulties at any point during the
registration or application process, please call the Grants.gov
Customer Support Hotline at 1-800-518-4726, Monday-Friday from 7:00
a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EDT. Additional information on applying through
Grants.gov is available in Information about Applying for Federal
Grants through Grants.gov at www.dot.gov/TIGER.

ADDRESSES: You must submit applications electronically through
Grants.gov. Only applications received electronically through
Grants.gov will be deemed properly filed. Instructions for submitting
applications through Grants.gov can be found on the TIGER Web site
(www.dot.gov/TIGER).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning
this notice please contact the TIGER Discretionary Grant program staff
via email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call Howard Hill at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
A TDD is available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing at
202-366-3993. In addition, DOT will regularly post answers to questions
and requests for clarifications on DOT's Web site at www.dot.gov/TIGER.
Applicants are encouraged to contact DOT directly rather than rely on
third parties to receive information about TIGER Discretionary Grants.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is substantially similar to the
final notice published for the TIGER Discretionary Grant program in the
Federal Register on April 26, 2013.

However, there are a few significant differences:
    1. Across the Federal Government, the Administration is dedicated
to enhancing opportunity for all Americans by investing in
transportation projects that better connect communities to centers of
employment, education, and services (including for non-drivers) and
that hold promise to stimulate long-term job growth, especially in
economically distressed areas. Additional consideration will be given
to proposals that seek to strengthen opportunities to expand the middle
class. While the Department will award funds to a variety of project
types, priority consideration will be given to applications that
address this objective.
    2. TIGER FY 2014 is authorized to award up to $35 million (of the
program's $600 million total) for planning grants. Planning grant
applications must identify themselves as project-level or regional plan
applications.
    3. In the previous round of TIGER, funding was available for
obligation for a very short time. Therefore, DOT used project readiness
as a primary criterion in awarding that funding. TIGER FY 2014 funds,
in contrast, are available for obligation until the statutory deadline
of September 30, 2016. This extended schedule allows DOT to encourage
the submission of applications for complex and multimodal projects that
may require slightly longer schedules. However, all applicants should
provide schedules and evidence that they will be able to obligate
funds, if awarded, by June of 2016 and expend such funds by September
30, 2021 (31 U.S.C. 1552).
    4. Applications that identify project co-applicants or project
partners in addition to a lead applicant must be signed by each co-
applicant and/or partner organization.
    Other than the differences above, and minor edits for clarification
and those made to conform the notice to the statutory circumstances of
this round of TIGER Discretionary Grant funding, there have been no
material changes made to the notice. Each section of this notice
contains information and instructions relevant to the application
process for these TIGER Discretionary Grants, and you should read this
notice in its entirety so that you have the information you need to
submit eligible and competitive applications.

Table of Contents

I. Background and Outlook
II. Selection Criteria and Guidance on Application of Selection
Criteria
III. Evaluation and Selection Process
IV. Grant Administration
V. Projects in Rural Areas
VI. TIGER Planning Grants
VII. Application Cycle
VIII. Performance Management
IX. Questions and Clarifications

I. Background and Outlook

    The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery or
``TIGER Discretionary Grants'' program was first created in the
Recovery Act of 2009. Through the Recovery Act and subsequent four
appropriations acts, Congress provided DOT with funding for five rounds
of competitive grants totaling more than $4.1 billion for capital
investments in surface transportation infrastructure. See DOT's Web
site at www.dot.gov/TIGER for further background on the disbursement of
past rounds of TIGER Discretionary Grants.
    The FY 2014 Appropriations Act appropriated $600 million to be
awarded by DOT for the TIGER Discretionary Grants program. As in
previous rounds, the FY 2014 TIGER Discretionary Grants are for capital
investments in surface transportation infrastructure, and are to be
awarded on a competitive basis for projects that will have a
significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.
Additionally, as in the 2010 round, the Act allows for up to $35
million (of the $600 million) to be awarded as grants for the planning
of eligible transportation facilities. DOT is referring to these TIGER
Discretionary Grants for planning as TIGER Planning Grants. The Act
also allows DOT to use a small portion of the $600 million for
oversight of grants.
    ``Eligible Applicants'' for TIGER Discretionary Grants are State,
local, and tribal governments, including U.S. territories, transit
agencies, port authorities, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs),
other political subdivisions of State or local governments, and multi-
State or multi-jurisdictional groups applying through a single lead
applicant (for multi-jurisdictional groups, each member of the group,
including the lead applicant, must be an otherwise Eligible Applicant
as defined in this paragraph).
    To ensure applicants receive the most accurate information
possible, you must contact DOT directly, rather than through
intermediaries, to get answers to questions, set up briefings on the
TIGER Discretionary Grants selection and award process, or receive
other assistance. Assistance can be obtained by simply contacting the
TIGER Discretionary Grant program staff via email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by calling Howard Hill at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Projects that are eligible for TIGER Discretionary Grants
(``Eligible Projects'') for capital projects include, but are not
limited to: (1) Highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23,
United States Code (including bicycle and pedestrian related projects);
(2) public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title
49, United States Code; (3) passenger and freight rail transportation
projects; (4) port infrastructure investments; and (5) intermodal
projects. Projects that are eligible for TIGER Planning Grants include,
but are not limited to: Activities related to the planning,
preparation, or design of a single surface transportation project, or
activities related to regional transportation investment planning,
including transportation planning that is coordinated with
interdisciplinary factors including housing, economic development,
stormwater and other infrastructure investments, and/or that addresses
future risks and vulnerabilities, including extreme weather and climate
change. Federal wage rate requirements included in subchapter IV of
chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, apply to all projects
receiving funds under this program, and apply to all parts of the
project, whether funded with TIGER Discretionary Grant funds, other
Federal funds, or non-Federal funds. This description of Eligible
Projects is identical to the description of eligible projects under
earlier rounds of the TIGER Discretionary Grant program.\1\
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    \1\ Consistent with the FY 2014 Appropriations Act, DOT will
apply the following principles in determining whether a project is
eligible as a capital investment or a planning study in surface
transportation: (1) Surface transportation facilities generally
include roads, highways and bridges, marine ports, freight and
passenger railroads, transit systems, and projects that connect
transportation facilities to other modes of transportation; and (2)
surface transportation facilities also include any highway or bridge
project eligible under title 23, U.S.C., or public transportation
project eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, U.S.C. Please note
that the Department may use a TIGER Discretionary Grant to pay for
the surface transportation components of a broader project that has
non-surface transportation components, and applicants are encouraged
to apply for TIGER Discretionary Grants to pay for the surface
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    As was the case in earlier rounds of the TIGER Discretionary Grant
program, Eligible Projects do not include research, demonstration, or
pilot projects that do not result in publicly accessible surface
transportation infrastructure. To be funded, projects or elements of a
project must have independent utility, which means that the project
provides transportation

benefits and is ready for its intended use upon completion of project
construction.
    Each applicant may submit no more than three applications in each
category (3 capital applications and 3 planning applications). You
should focus on applications that are most likely to align well with
DOT's selection criteria. While applications may include requests to
fund more than one project, you may not bundle together unrelated
projects in the same application for purposes of avoiding the three-
application limit that applies to each applicant. Please note that the
three-application limit applies only to applications where the
applicant is the lead applicant, and there is no limit on applications
for which an applicant can be listed as a partnering agency. If you
submit more than three applications as the lead applicant, only the
first three received in each category will be considered.
    The FY 2014 Appropriations Act specifies that TIGER Discretionary
Grants may not be less than $10 million (except in rural areas) and not
greater than $200 million. For projects located in rural areas (as
defined in Section V, Projects in Rural Areas), the minimum TIGER
Discretionary Grant size is $1 million. For TIGER Planning Grants,
there is no statutory minimum grant size, regardless of location.
    DOT reserves the right to award funds for a part of the project
included in an application, if a part of the project has independent
utility and aligns well with the selection criteria specified in this
notice.
    Pursuant to the FY 2014 Appropriations Act, no more than 25 percent
of the funds made available for TIGER Discretionary Grants (or $150
million) may be awarded to projects in a single State.
    The FY 2014 Appropriations Act directs that not less than 20
percent of the funds provided for TIGER Discretionary Grants (or $120
million) shall be used for projects located in rural areas. Further,
pursuant to the FY 2014 Appropriations Act, DOT must take measures to
ensure an equitable geographic distribution of grant funds, an
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas,
and investment in a variety of transportation modes.
    TIGER Discretionary Grants may be used for up to 80 percent of the
costs of a project. DOT may increase the Federal share above 80 percent
only for projects located in rural areas, in which case DOT may fund up
to 100 percent of the costs of a project. However, priority will be
given to projects that use Federal funds to complete an overall
financing package, and both urban and rural projects can increase their
competitiveness for purposes of the TIGER program by demonstrating
significant non-Federal financial contributions. In the first five
rounds, on average, projects attracted more than 3.5 additional non-
Federal dollars for every TIGER grant dollar. DOT will consider any
non-Federal funds, as well as funds from the Tribal Transportation
Program (formerly known as Indian Reservation Roads), as a local match
for purposes of this program, whether such funds are contributed by the
public sector (State or local) or the private sector. However, DOT
cannot consider any funds already expended (or otherwise encumbered)
towards the matching requirement. Federal requirements also apply to
any matching funds in your application. Therefore, the extent that a
project is already underway or money intended to be matching funds is
already encumbered, DOT will not consider those funds to be matching
funds for the purposes of the TIGER Discretionary Grant program. You
should also take note that even though ``matching'' funding may be
provided by a State DOT or transit agency, DOT will not consider those
funds to be matching funds if the source of those funds is ultimately a
Federal program.
    The FY 2014 Appropriations Act requires that TIGER funds are only
available for obligation through September 30, 2016. DOT will,
therefore, consider whether or not a project is ready to proceed with
obligation of grant funds within the time provided. Under the FY 2014
Appropriations Act, TIGER funding expires automatically after the
deadline of September 30, 2016, if grant funds are not obligated. There
is no waiver possible under the statute for this deadline.
    The FY 2014 Appropriations Act allows for an amount not to exceed
35 percent of the available funds (or $210 million of the $600 million)
to be used by the Department to pay the subsidy and administrative
costs for a project receiving credit assistance under the
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998
(``TIFIA'') program, if it would further the purposes of the TIGER
Discretionary Grant program.
    Recipients of TIGER Discretionary Grants and TIGER Planning Grants
in prior rounds may apply for funding to support additional phases of a
project awarded funds in earlier rounds of this program. However, to be
competitive, the applicant should demonstrate the extent to which the
previously funded project phase has been able to meet estimated project
schedules and budget, including the ability to realize the benefits
expected for the project.
    Transportation plays a critical role in expanding opportunities for
every American. Recent research has found that economic mobility varies
by geography, and poor transportation connections are a factor
preventing some Americans from gaining access to the middle class.\2\
This lack of access limits labor mobility and can be a drag on local
and regional economic growth. Improving transportation infrastructure
can be one of the easiest ways to address this problem.
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    Recognizing economic mobility as a defining trait of America's
promise, the 2014 TIGER program will, in part, seek to improve access
to reliable, safe, and affordable transportation for disconnected
communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas. Providing opportunity
to all Americans is a connecting theme that weaves together all of
DOT's primary criteria. The concept can be found in the explanations of
the primary criteria in this NOFA and should be addressed in
applications through the description of how a proposed project
addresses the primary criteria. This may include, but is not limited
to, capital projects that better connect people to jobs, remove
physical barriers to access, and strengthen communities through
neighborhood redevelopment. Additionally, this objective may include
capital projects with training opportunities that focus on
strengthening human capital and workforce opportunities.
    The above examples are not intended to be exhaustive, and project
sponsors are strongly encouraged to highlight in their applications how
their proposed capital projects will promote opportunities in ways not
cited above.
    DOT may consider the extent to which a proposed project strengthens
access to opportunities through transportation improvements--in
addition to the statutory requirements for an appropriate geographic,
modal, and urban/rural distribution--as a factor to differentiate
meritorious applications from one another. That said, the 2014 TIGER
program will continue to fund innovative and significant projects of
all types, and applications of all types are encouraged.
    The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for TIGER
Discretionary Grants. This is a final notice.

II. Selection Criteria and Guidance on Application of Selection
Criteria

    This section specifies the criteria that DOT will use to evaluate
applications for TIGER Discretionary Grants for capital projects. The
criteria for TIGER Planning Grants are described in Section VI (D) of
this notice. The criteria incorporate the statutory eligibility
requirements for this program, which are specified in this notice as
relevant. This section is divided into two parts. Part A (Selection
Criteria) specifies the criteria that DOT will use to rate projects.
Additional guidance about how DOT will apply these criteria, including
illustrative metrics and examples, is provided in Part B (Additional
Guidance on Selection Criteria).
    TIGER Discretionary Grants will be awarded based on the selection
criteria as outlined below. There are two categories of selection
criteria, ``Primary Selection Criteria'' and ``Secondary Selection
Criteria.''
    A. Primary Selection Criteria: The five primary selection criteria
are based on the priorities included in DOT's Strategic Plan for FY
2012-FY 2016. Applications that do not demonstrate a likelihood of
significant long-term benefits based on these criteria will not proceed
in the evaluation process. For more detail on DOT's long-term
priorities, please refer to the Strategic Plan, which can be found at:
http://www.dot.gov/sites/dot.dev/files/docs/990_355_DOT_StrategicPlan_508lowres.pdf. DOT does not consider any primary
selection criterion more important than the others. The primary
selection criteria, which will receive equal consideration, are:
    1. State of Good Repair: Improving the condition of existing
transportation facilities and systems, with particular emphasis on
projects that minimize life-cycle costs and improve resilience. DOT
will assess whether and to what extent (i) the project is consistent
with relevant plans to maintain transportation facilities or systems in
a state of good repair and address current and projected
vulnerabilities; (ii) if left unimproved, the poor condition of the
asset will threaten future transportation network efficiency, mobility
of goods or accessibility and mobility of people, or economic growth;
(iii) the project is appropriately capitalized up front and uses asset
management approaches that optimize its long-term cost structure; (iv)
a sustainable source of revenue is available for operations and
maintenance of the project; and (v) the project improves the
transportation asset's ability to withstand probable occurrence or
recurrence of an emergency or major disaster or other impacts of
climate change. Additional consideration will be given to the project's
contribution to improvement in the overall reliability of a multimodal
transportation system that serves all users.
    2. Economic Competitiveness: Contributing to the economic
competitiveness of the United States over the medium- to long-term, and
creating and preserving jobs. DOT will assess whether the project will
(i) improve long-term efficiency, reliability or cost-competitiveness
in the movement of workers or goods, with a particular focus on
projects that have a significant effect on reducing the costs of
transporting export cargoes; (ii) increase the economic productivity of
land, capital, or labor at specific locations, particularly in
Economically Distressed Areas; (iii) result in long-term job creation
and other economic opportunities, particularly for low-income workers
or for people in Economically Distressed Areas, and opportunities for
small businesses and disadvantaged business enterprises, including
veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small
businesses,\3\ and (iv) improve economic mobility through enhanced
multimodal connections to centers of employment, education, and
services or the stimulation of such centers in Economically Distressed
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    \3\ The Executive Office of the President, Council of Economic
Advisers (CEA), issued a memorandum in May 2009 on ``Estimates of
Job Creation from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009.'' That memorandum provided a simple rule for estimating job-
years created by government spending, which is that $92,000 of
government spending creates one job-year (or 10,870 job-years per
billion dollars of spending). More recently, in September 2011,
based on further analysis both of actual job-creation experience
from transportation projects under the Recovery Act and on further
macroeconomic analysis, the CEA determined that a job-year is
created by every $76,923 in transportation infrastructure spending
(or 13,000 job-years per billion dollars of transportation
infrastructure spending). This figure can be used in place of the
earlier $92,000/job-year estimate. Applicants can use this estimate
as an appropriate indicator of direct, indirect and induced job-
years created by TIGER Discretionary Grant spending, but are
encouraged to supplement or modify this estimate to the extent they
can demonstrate that such modifications are justified. However,
since this guidance makes job creation purely a function of the
level of expenditure, applicants should also demonstrate how quickly
jobs will be created under the proposed project.
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    3. Quality of Life: Like the livability criterion in past rounds,
quality of life is focused on increasing transportation choices and
access to transportation services for people in communities across the
United States. DOT will consider whether the project furthers the six
``Livability Principles'' developed by DOT with the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) as part of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities.\4\
DOT will focus on the first principle, the creation of affordable and
convenient transportation choices.\5\ Projects that demonstrate this
principle by providing transportation choices to connect economically
disadvantaged populations, non-drivers, senior citizens, and persons
with disabilities with employment, training and education will receive
particular consideration. Further, DOT will prioritize projects
developed in coordination with land-use planning and economic
development decisions, including through programs like TIGER II
Planning Grants, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
Regional Planning Grants, or the Environmental Protection Agency's
Brownfield Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program, as well as technical
assistance programs focused on quality of life or economic development
planning.
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    \4\ http://www.sustainablecommunities.gov/index.html.
    \5\ In full, this principle reads: ``Provide more transportation
choices. Develop safe, reliable and economical transportation
choices to decrease household transportation costs, reduce our
nations' dependence on foreign oil, improve air quality, reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and promote public health.''
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    4. Environmental Sustainability: Improving energy efficiency,
reducing dependence on oil, reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
addressing stormwater through natural means, avoiding and mitigating
environmental impacts and otherwise benefitting the environment. DOT
will assess the project's ability to (i) reduce energy use and air or
water pollution; (ii) avoid adverse environmental impacts to air or
water quality, wetlands, and endangered species; (iii) provide
environmental benefits, such as brownfield redevelopment, ground water
recharge in areas of water scarcity, wetlands creation or improved
habitat connectivity, and stormwater mitigation, including green
infrastructure or (iv) improve the resilience of a transportation asset
or the transportation system. Applicants are encouraged to provide
quantitative information, including baseline information, that
demonstrates how the project will reduce energy consumption, stormwater
runoff, or achieve other benefits for the environment.

    5. Safety: Improving the safety of U.S. transportation facilities
and systems for all modes of transportation and users. DOT will assess
the project's ability to reduce the number, rate, and consequences of
surface transportation-related accidents, serious injuries, and
fatalities among operators, drivers and/or non-drivers in the United
States or in the affected metropolitan area or region, and/or the
project's contribution to the elimination of highway/rail grade
crossings, or the prevention of unintended releases of hazardous
materials. DOT will consider the project's ability to foster a safe,
connected, accessible transportation system for the multimodal movement
of goods and people.

B. Secondary Selection Criteria

    1. Innovation: Use of innovative strategies to pursue the long-term
outcomes outlined above. DOT will assess the extent to which the
project uses innovative technology (such as intelligent transportation
systems, dynamic pricing, value capture, rail wayside or on-board
energy recovery, smart cards, active traffic management or radio
frequency identification) to pursue one or more of the long-term
outcomes outlined above and/or to significantly enhance the operational
performance of the transportation system. DOT will also assess the
extent to which the project incorporates innovations in transportation
funding and finance and leverages both existing and new sources of
funding through both traditional and innovative means. Further, DOT
will consider the extent to which the project utilizes innovative
practices in contracting, congestion management, safety management,
asset management, or long-term operations and maintenance. DOT is
particularly interested in projects that apply innovative strategies to
improve the efficiency of project development or improve overall
project delivery in the area.
    2. Partnership: Demonstrating strong collaboration among a broad
range of participants, integration of transportation with other public
service efforts, and/or projects that are the product of a robust
planning process.
    (a) Jurisdictional and Stakeholder Collaboration: DOT will consider
the extent to which projects involve multiple partners in project
development and funding, such as State and local governments, other
public entities, and/or private or nonprofit entities. DOT will also
assess the extent to which the project application demonstrates
collaboration among neighboring or regional jurisdictions to achieve
national, regional, or metropolitan benefits. In the context of public
private partnerships, DOT will assess the extent to which partners are
incentivized to ensure long-term asset performance, such as through pay
for success approaches. Multiple States or jurisdictions may submit a
joint application and must identify a lead applicant as the primary
point of contact. Joint applications must include a description of the
roles and responsibilities of each project party and must be signed by
each project party.
    (b) Disciplinary Integration: DOT will consider the extent to which
projects include partnerships that bring together diverse
transportation agencies and/or are supported, financially or otherwise,
by non-transportation public agencies that are pursuing similar
objectives. For example, DOT will give priority to transportation
projects that are coordinated with economic development, housing, water
infrastructure, and land use plans and policies; similarly, DOT will
give priority to transportation projects that encourage energy
efficiency or improve the environment and are supported by relevant
public agencies with energy or environmental missions. Projects that
grow out of a robust planning process--such as those conducted with
DOT's various planning programs and initiatives, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development's Regional Planning Grants and Choice
Neighborhood Planning Grants, or the Environmental Protection Agency's
Brownfield Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program, as well as technical
assistance programs focused on livability or economic development
planning--will also be given priority.

C. Demonstrated Project Readiness

    Projects that receive funding in this round of TIGER will have to
obligate funds by September 30, 2016, or the funding will expire.
Therefore, DOT will assess every application to determine whether the
project is likely to proceed to obligation within the statutory
deadline upon receipt of a TIGER Discretionary Grant (see Additional
Information on Project Readiness Guidelines located at www.dot.gov/TIGER for further details), as evidenced by:
    1. Technical Feasibility: The technical feasibility of the project
should be demonstrated by engineering and design studies and
activities; the development of design criteria and/or a basis of
design; the basis for the cost estimate presented in the TIGER
application, including the identification of contingency levels
appropriate to its level of design; and any scope, schedule, and budget
risk-mitigation measures. Applicants must 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;
    2. Financial Feasibility: The viability and completeness of the
project's financing package (assuming the availability of the requested
TIGER Discretionary Grant funds) should be demonstrated including
evidence of stable and reliable capital and (as appropriate) operating
fund commitments sufficient to cover estimated costs; the availability
of contingency reserves should planned capital or operating revenue
sources not materialize; evidence of the financial condition of the
project sponsor; and evidence of the grant recipient's ability to
manage grants. You must include a detailed project budget in this
section of your application or applications containing a detailed
breakdown of how the funds will be spent that provides estimates--both
dollar amount and percentage of cost--of how much each activity would
cost--e.g., preparation, grading, asphalt, etc. If the project will be
completed in individual segments or phases, a budget for each
individual segment or phase must be included. Budget spending
categories must be broken down between TIGER, other Federal, and non-
Federal sources, and identify how each funding source will share in
each activity.
    3. Project Schedule: You must include a detailed project schedule
that includes all major project milestones--such as start and
completion of environmental reviews and approvals; design; right of way
acquisition; approval of plan, specification and estimate (PS&E);
procurement; and construction--in this section of your application with
sufficiently detailed information to demonstrate that:
    (a) all necessary pre-construction activities will be complete to
allow for any potential grant funding awarded to be obligated no later
than June 30, 2016, to give DOT reasonable assurance that the TIGER
Discretionary Grant funds will likely to be obligated sufficiently in
advance of the September 30, 2016, statutory deadline, and that any
unexpected delays will not put TIGER Discretionary Grant funds at risk
of expiring before they are obligated;
    (b) the project can begin construction quickly upon receipt of a
TIGER Discretionary Grant, and that the grant funds will be spent
steadily and

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    (c) any applicant that is applying for a TIGER Discretionary Grant
and does not own all of the property or right-of-way required to
complete the project should provide evidence that the property and/or
right-of-way acquisition can and will be completed expeditiously.
    4. Assessment of Project Risks and Mitigation Strategies: You
should identify the 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. In past rounds of
TIGER Discretionary Grants, certain projects have been affected by
procurement delays, environmental uncertainties, and increases in real
estate acquisition costs. You must assess the greatest risks to your
projects and identify how those risks will be mitigated by the project
parties.
    Applicants, to the extent they are unfamiliar with the Federal
program, should contact DOT modal field or headquarters offices for
information on what steps are pre-requisite to the obligation of
Federal funds in order to ensure that their project schedule is
reasonable and that there are no risks of delays in satisfying federal
requirements. Contacts for the Federal Highway Administration Division
offices--which are located in all 50 States, Washington, DC, and Puerto
Rico--can be found at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/about/field.cfm. Contacts
for the ten Federal Transit Administration regional offices can be
found at http://www.fta.dot.gov/12926.html.

D. Additional Guidance on Evaluation

1. Project Costs and Benefits
    Applicants for TIGER Discretionary Grants are generally required to
identify, quantify, and compare expected benefits and costs, subject to
the following qualifications: \7\
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Principles for Federal Infrastructure Investments, 59 FR 4233, to
base infrastructure investments on systematic analysis of expected
benefits and costs, including both quantitative and qualitative
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    Applicants will be expected to prepare and submit an analysis of
benefits and costs; however, DOT understands that the level of detail
of analysis that should be expected (for items such as surveys, travel
demand forecasts, market forecasts, and statistical analyses) is less
for smaller projects than for larger projects. The level of
sophistication of the benefit-cost analysis (BCA) should be reasonably
related to the size of the overall project and the amount of grant
funds requested in the application. Any subjective estimates of
benefits and costs should still be quantified, and applicants should
provide appropriate evidence to lend credence to their subjective
estimates. Estimates of benefits should be presented in monetary terms
whenever possible; if a monetary estimate is not possible, then at
least another quantitative estimate (in physical, non-monetary terms,
such as crash rates, ridership estimates, emissions levels, energy
efficiency improvements, etc.) should be provided.
    Based on feedback over previous rounds of TIGER, DOT recognizes
that the benefit-cost analysis can be particularly burdensome on Tribal
governments. Therefore, the Department is providing additional
flexibility to Tribal governments for the purposes of this notice. At
their discretion, Tribal applicants may elect to provide raw data to
support the need for a project (such as crash rates, ridership
estimates, and the number of people who will benefit from the project),
without additional analysis. This data will then be used to allow DOT
economists to make the best estimates they can develop (given the data
provided) of benefits and costs. Examples of BCAs by successful Tribal
applicants are also available online.\8\
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    The lack of a useful analysis of expected project benefits and
costs may be the basis for not selecting a project for award of a TIGER
Discretionary Grant. If it is clear to DOT that the total benefits of a
project are not reasonably likely to justify the project's costs, DOT
will not award a TIGER Discretionary Grant to the project.
    Detailed guidance for the preparation of benefit-cost analyses is
provided in the 2014 Benefit-Cost Analyses Guidance for TIGER Grant
Applicants and in the BCA Resource Guide (available at www.dot.gov/TIGER). A recording of the Benefit-Cost Analysis Practitioner's
Workshop (2010) and two BCA-related webinars are also available for
viewing at www.dot.gov/TIGER, along with examples of benefit-cost
analyses that have been submitted in previous rounds of TIGER.
    Benefits should be presented, whenever possible, in a tabular form
showing benefits and costs in each year for the useful life of the
project. Benefits and costs should both be discounted to the year 2014,
and calculations should be presented for discounted values of both the
stream of benefits and the stream of costs. If the project has multiple
parts, each of which has independent utility, the benefits and costs of
each part should be estimated and presented separately. The results of
the benefit-cost analysis should be summarized in the Project Narrative
section of the application itself, but the details may be presented in
an attachment to the application if the full analysis cannot be
included within the page limit for the project narrative. The
requirement to conduct an economic analysis is not applicable to
applicants seeking TIGER Planning Grants; however, such applicants
should describe the expected benefits of the underlying project(s) that
the planning activities will help advance.
2. Other Environmental Reviews and Approvals
    (a) National Environmental Policy Act: An application for a TIGER
Discretionary Grant must detail whether the project will significantly
impact the natural, social and/or economic environment. The application
should demonstrate receipt (or reasonably anticipated receipt) of all
environmental approvals and permits necessary 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 National Environmental Policy Act (``NEPA'') process.
You should submit the information listed below with your application:
    (i) Information about the NEPA status of the project. If the NEPA
process is completed, an applicant must indicate the date of, and
provide a Web site link or other reference to, the final Categorical
Exclusion, Finding of No Significant Impact or Record of Decision. If
the NEPA process is underway but not complete, the application must
detail the type of NEPA review underway, where the project is in the
process, and indicate the anticipated date of completion. You must
provide a Web site link or other reference to copies of any NEPA
documents prepared.
    (ii) Information on reviews by other agencies. An application for a
TIGER Discretionary Grant must indicate whether the proposed project
requires reviews or approval actions by other agencies, indicate the
status of such actions, and provide detailed information about the
status of those reviews or approvals and/or

demonstrate compliance with any other applicable Federal, State, or
local requirements.
    (iii) Environmental studies or other documents--preferably by way
of a Web site link--that describe in detail known project impacts, and
possible mitigation for those impacts.
    (iv) A description of discussions with the appropriate DOT modal
administration field or headquarters office regarding compliance with
NEPA and other applicable environmental reviews and approvals.
    (b) Legislative Approvals: Receipt of all necessary legislative
approvals (for example, legislative authority to charge user fees or
set toll rates), and evidence of support from State and local elected
officials. Support from all relevant State and local officials is not
required; however, you should demonstrate that the project is broadly
supported.
    (c) State and Local Planning: The planning requirements of the
operating administration administering the TIGER project will apply.\9\
You should demonstrate that a project that is required to be included
in the relevant State, metropolitan, and local planning documents has
been or will be included. If the project is not included in the
relevant planning documents at the time the application is submitted,
you should submit a certification from the appropriate planning agency
that actions are underway to include the project in the relevant
planning document. DOT reserves the right to revoke any award of TIGER
Discretionary Grant funds and to award such funds to another project to
the extent either that such funds cannot be timely expended and/or that
construction does not begin in accordance with the project schedule.
Because projects have different schedules, DOT will consider on a case-
by-case basis how much time after selection for award of a TIGER
Discretionary Grant each project has before funds must be obligated
(consistent with law) and construction started through an executed
grant agreement between the selected applicant and the relevant modal
administration administering the grant. This deadline will be specified
for each TIGER Discretionary Grant in the project-specific grant
agreements signed by the grant recipients and will be based on critical
path items identified by applicants in response to items (a)(i) through
(iv) above.
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    \9\ All regionally significant projects requiring an action by
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) or the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) must be in the metropolitan transportation
plan, transportation improvement program (TIP) and statewide
transportation improvement program (STIP). Further, in air quality
non-attainment and maintenance areas, all regionally significant
projects, regardless of the funding source, must be included in the
conforming metropolitan transportation plan and TIP. To the extent a
project is required to be on a metropolitan transportation plan,
TIP, and/or STIP, it will not receive a TIGER Discretionary Grant
until it is included in such plans. Projects not currently included
in these plans can be amended by the State and metropolitan planning
organization (MPO). Projects that are not required to be in long
range transportation plans, STIPs, and TIPs will not need to be
included in such plans in order to receive a TIGER Discretionary
Grant. Freight and passenger rail projects are not required to be on
the State Rail Plans called for in the Passenger Rail Investment and
Improvement Act of 2008. This is consistent with the exemption for
high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects under the Recovery
Act. However, applicants seeking funding for freight and passenger
rail projects are encouraged to demonstrate that they have done
sufficient planning to ensure that projects fit into a prioritized
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III. Evaluation and Selection Process

A. Evaluation Process

    TIGER Discretionary Grant applications will be evaluated in
accordance with the evaluation process discussed below. DOT will
establish application evaluation teams to review each application that
is received by DOT prior to the Application Deadline. These evaluation
teams will be organized and led by the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation and will include members from each of the Relevant Modal
Administrations and, in some cases, staff from other Federal agencies
with relevant expertise, including freight, resilience, quality of
life, environmental review, and permitting expertise. The evaluation
teams will be responsible for evaluating and rating all of the projects
and making funding recommendations to the Secretary.
    DOT will not assign specific numerical scores to projects based on
the selection criteria outlined above in Section II(A) (Selection
Criteria). Rather, ratings of ``highly recommended,'' ``recommended,''
``acceptable,'' or ``not recommended'' will be assigned to projects.
DOT will award TIGER Discretionary Grants to projects that are well-
aligned with one or more of the selection criteria. In addition, DOT
will consider whether a project has a negative effect on any of the
selection criteria, and any such negative effect may reduce the
likelihood that the project will receive a TIGER Discretionary Grant.
    DOT will give more consideration to the Primary Selection Criteria
than to the two Secondary Selection Criteria (Innovation and
Partnership), which will also be considered equally
    Projects that are recommended by the evaluation teams for further
review will have their benefit-cost analyses evaluated by an Economic
Analysis Team, and will have their project readiness evaluated by a
Project Readiness Team. The Economic Analysis Team will assess the
likelihood that the project's benefits will exceed its costs, and the
Project Readiness Team will assess the likelihood that the project will
be able to obligate any grant awarded to it by the obligation deadline
of September 30, 2016. The results of these evaluations will also be
taken into account in the recommendations made to the Secretary.
    Upon completion of this rating process, DOT will analyze the
preliminary list and determine whether highly-rated projects are
consistent with the distributional requirements of the FY 2014
Appropriations Act, including an equitable geographic distribution of
grant funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban
and rural areas, and investment in a variety of transportation modes.
If necessary, DOT will adjust the list of recommended projects to
satisfy the statutory distributional requirements while remaining as
consistent as possible with the competitive ratings. The Secretary of
Transportation will make the final project selections.

B. Evaluation of Eligibility

    To be selected for a TIGER Discretionary Grant, a project must be
an Eligible Project and the applicant must be an Eligible Applicant.
DOT may consider one or more components of a large project to be an
Eligible Project, but only to the extent that the components have
independent utility, meaning the components themselves, not the project
of which they are a part, are Eligible Projects and satisfy the
selection criteria identified above in Section II(A) (Selection
Criteria). For these projects, the benefits described in an application
must be related to the components of the project for which funding is
requested, not the full project of which they are a part. DOT will not
fund individual phases of a project if the benefits of completing only
these phases would not align well with the selection criteria specified
in this notice because the overall project would still be incomplete.

IV. Grant Administration

    DOT expects that each TIGER Discretionary Grant will be
administered by one of the Relevant Modal Administrations, pursuant to
a grant agreement between the TIGER

Discretionary Grant recipient and the Relevant Modal Administration.
Service Outcome Agreements, Stakeholder Agreements, Buy America
compliance, and other requirements under DOT's other highway, transit,
rail, and port grant programs will be incorporated into the TIGER grant
agreements, where appropriate. The Secretary has the discretion to
delegate such responsibilities to the appropriate Relevant Modal
Administration.
    Applicable Federal laws, rules, and regulations of the Relevant
Modal Administration administering the project will apply to projects
that receive TIGER Discretionary Grants.

V. Projects in Rural Areas

    The FY 2014 Appropriations Act directs that not less than $120
million of the funds provided for TIGER Discretionary Grants are to be
used for projects in rural areas. For purposes of this notice, DOT is
defining ``rural area'' as any area not in an Urbanized Area, as such
term is defined by the Census Bureau,\10\ and will consider a project
to be in a rural area if all or the majority of a project (determined
by geographic location(s) where the majority of project money is to be
spent) is located in a rural area. Therefore, if all or the majority of
a project is located in a rural area, such a project is eligible to
apply for less than $10 million, but at least $1 million in TIGER
Discretionary Grant funds, and up to 100 percent of the project's costs
may be paid for with Federal funds. To the extent more than a de
minimis portion of a project is located in an Urbanized Area, you
should identify the estimated percentage of project costs that will be
spent in Urbanized Areas and the estimated percentage that will be
spent in rural areas.
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Area (UA) as an area that consists of densely settled territory that
contains 50,000 or more people. Updated lists of UAs are available
on the Census Bureau Web site. Urban Clusters (UCs) will be
considered rural areas for purposes of the TIGER Discretionary Grant
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VI. TIGER Planning Grants

A. Background

    On December 16, 2009, the President signed the Fiscal Year (FY)
2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which appropriated $600 million
to DOT for National Infrastructure Investments, including up to $35
million for planning.
    That round of planning grants was conducted in conjunction with $40
million in HUD Community Challenge grants. Thirty-three total DOT
planning grants were made, including 14 joint grants with HUD. In this
round, DOT will not be able to pair TIGER planning grants with HUD
Community Challenge grants due to the lack of available HUD funds.
However, those applicants seeking to fund regional transportation
planning grants should show strong coordination with housing, land use,
economic development, stormwater, and other infrastructure needs,
including identifying risks from extreme weather and climate change,
and plans to mitigate that risk.

B. Eligible Planning Activities

    Activities eligible for funding under TIGER Planning Grants are
related to the planning, preparation, or design--including
environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and other pre-construction
activities--of surface transportation projects, including, but not
limited to:
    (1) Highway or bridge projects eligible under Title 23, United
States Code (including bicycle and pedestrian related projects);
    (2) Public transportation projects eligible under Chapter 53 of
Title 49, United States Code;
    (3) Passenger and freight rail transportation projects;
    (4) Port infrastructure investments; and
    (5) Intermodal projects.
    In addition, eligible activities related to multidisciplinary
projects or regional planning may include:
    (1) Development of master plans, comprehensive plans, or corridor
plans that will provide connection to jobs for disadvantaged
populations, or include affordable housing components.
    (2) Planning activities related to the development of a multimodal
freight corridor, including those that seek to reduce conflicts with
residential areas and with passenger and non-motorized traffic.
    (3) Development of port and regional port planning grants,
including State-wide or multi-port planning within a single
jurisdiction or region.
    (4) Planning to encourage multiple projects within a common area to
engage in programmatic mitigation in order to increase efficiency and
improve outcomes for communities and the environment.
    (5) Risk assessments and planning to identify vulnerabilities and
address the transportation system's ability to withstand probable
occurrence or recurrence of an emergency or major disaster or impacts
of climate change.

C. Selection Criteria

    Planning grant applications will be evaluated against the same
criteria as capital grants. For project-level planning, this means
considering how the project resulting from the plan will ultimately
further the five primary and two secondary criteria. For regional
transportation planning efforts, applications should demonstrate how
the regional plan will help lead to these outcomes.
    Similar to capital grant applications, planning applications will
be more competitive if they can demonstrate funding support above the
20 percent match requirement for urban areas, and the 0 percent match
requirement for rural areas.
    Additionally, applicants should show the capacity to successfully
implement the proposed activities in a timely manner.

VII. Application Cycle

A. Contents of Applications

    You must include all of the information requested below in your
application. DOT reserves the right to ask any applicant to supplement
data in its application, but expects applications to be complete upon
submission. To the extent practical, you should provide data and
evidence of project merits in a form that is publicly available or
verifiable.
1. Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance
    Additional clarifying guidance and FAQs to assist you in completing
the SF-424 will be available at www.dot.gov/TIGER by April 3, 2014,
when the ``Apply'' function within Grants.gov opens to accept
applications under this notice.
2. Title Page
    The title page must include the project title, location (city,
State, district), type of application (capitol, project planning, or
regional planning), the applicant organization name, the type of
eligible applicant (State government, local government, U.S. territory,
Tribal government, transit agency, port authority, MPO, RDO, other unit
of government), and the amount of TIGER funding being applied for. The
information may be presented in a table or formatted list.
3. Project Narrative (Attachment to SF 424)
    The project narrative must respond to the application requirements
outlined below. DOT recommends that the project narrative be prepared
with standard formatting preferences (.i.e., a single-spaced document,
using a standard 12-point font, such as Times New Roman, with 1-inch
margins).

    Your application must include information required for DOT to
assess each of the criteria specified in Section II (A) (Selection
Criteria), as such criteria are explained in Section II(B) (Additional
Guidance on Selection Criteria). You must demonstrate the
responsiveness of a project to any pertinent selection criteria with
the most relevant information that you can provide, regardless of
whether such information has been specifically requested, or
identified, in this notice. You should provide concrete evidence of the
feasibility of achieving project milestones, and of financial capacity
and commitment in order to support project readiness. DOT will give
priority to projects for which a TIGER Discretionary Grant will help to
complete an overall funding package, so you should clearly demonstrate
the extent to which the project cannot be readily and efficiently
completed without a TIGER Discretionary Grant, and the extent to which
other sources of funds, including Federal, State, or local funding, may
or may not be readily available for the project. Any such information
shall be considered part of the application, not supplemental, for
purposes of the application size limits identified below in Part B
(Length of Applications). Information provided pursuant to this
paragraph must be quantified, to the extent possible, to describe the
project's benefits to the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.
Information provided pursuant to this paragraph should include
projections for both the build and no-build scenarios for the project
for each year between the completion of the project and a point in time
at least 20 years beyond the project's completion date or the lifespan
of the project, whichever is closer to the present.
    All applications should include a detailed description of the
proposed project and geospatial data for the project, including a map
of the project's location and its connections to existing
transportation infrastructure. An application should also include a
description of how the project addresses the needs of an urban and/or
rural area. An application should clearly describe the transportation
challenges that the project aims to address, the project's potential
vulnerabilities to extreme weather and climate change throughout its
projected life, and how the project will address these challenges. The
description should include relevant data, such as passenger or freight
volumes, congestion levels, infrastructure condition, and safety
experience.
    DOT recommends that the project narrative generally adhere to the
following basic outline and, in addition to a detailed statement of
work, detailed project schedule, and detailed project budget, you
should include a table of contents, maps, and graphics that make the
information easier to review:
    I. Project Description (including information on the expected users
of the project, a description of the transportation challenges that the
project aims to address, and how the project will address these
challenges);
    II. Project Parties (information about the grant recipient and
other project parties);
    III. Grant Funds and Sources/Uses of Project Funds (information
about the amount of grant funding requested, availability/commitment of
funds sources and uses of all project funds, total project costs,
percentage of project costs that would be paid for with TIGER
Discretionary Grant funds, and the identity and percentage shares of
all parties providing funds for the project (including any other
pending or past Federal funding requests for the project as well as
Federal funds already provided under other programs and required match
for those funds);
    IV. Selection Criteria (information about how the project aligns
with each of the primary and secondary selection criteria and a
description of the results of the benefit-cost analysis):
    a. Primary Selection Criteria
    i. State of Good Repair
    ii. Economic Competitiveness
    iii. Quality of Life
    iv. Environmental Sustainability
    v. Safety
    b. Secondary Selection Criteria
    i. Innovation
    ii. Partnership
    c. Results of Benefit-Cost Analysis
    V. Project readiness, including planning approvals, NEPA and other
environmental reviews/approvals, (including information about
permitting, legislative approvals, State and local planning, and
project partnership and implementation agreements); and
    VI. Federal Wage Rate Certification (an application must include a
certification, signed by the applicant(s), stating that it will comply
with the requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40,
United States Code (Federal wage rate requirements), as required by the
FY 2014 Continuing Appropriations Act).
    The purpose of this recommended format is to ensure that
applications clearly address the program requirements and make critical
information readily apparent.

B. Length of Applications

    The project narrative may not exceed 30 pages in length.
Documentation supporting the assertions made in the narrative portion
may also be provided, but should be limited to relevant information. If
possible, Web site links to supporting documentation (including a more
detailed discussion of the benefit-cost analysis) should be provided
rather than copies of these materials. Spreadsheets supporting the
benefit-cost analysis should be original Excel spreadsheets, not PDFs
of those spreadsheets. At your discretion, relevant materials provided
previously to a Relevant Modal Administration in support of a different
DOT discretionary program (for example, New Starts or TIFIA) may be
referenced and described as unchanged. To the extent referenced, this
information need not be resubmitted for the TIGER Discretionary Grant
application (although provision of a Web site link would facilitate
DOT's consideration of the information). DOT recommends use of
appropriately descriptive file names (e.g., ``Project Narrative,''
``Maps,'' ``Memoranda of Understanding and Letters of Support,'' etc.)
for all attachments. Cover pages and tables of contents do not count
towards the 30-page limit for the narrative portion of the application,
and the federal wage rate certification may also be outside of the 30-
page narrative. Otherwise, the only substantive portions of the
application that should exceed the 30-page limit are any supporting
documents (including a more detailed discussion of the benefit-cost
analysis) provided to support assertions or conclusions made in the 30-
page narrative section.

C. Contact Information

    Contact information for a direct employee of the lead applicant
organization is required as part of the SF-424. DOT will use this
information to inform parties of DOT's decision regarding selection of
projects, as well as to contact parties in the event that DOT needs
additional information about an application. Contact information for a
contractor, agent, or consultant of the lead applicant organization is
insufficient for DOT's purposes.

D. Protection of Confidential Business Information

    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 application includes
information

you consider to be a trade secret or confidential commercial or
financial information, you should do the following: (1) Note on the
front cover that the submission ``Contains Confidential Business
Information (CBI);'' (2) mark each affected page ``CBI;'' and (3)
highlight or otherwise denote the CBI portions. DOT protects such
information from disclosure to the extent allowed under applicable law.
In the event DOT receives a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
for the information, DOT will follow the procedures described in its
FOIA regulations at 49 CFR 7.17. Only information that is ultimately
determined to be confidential under that procedure will be exempt from
disclosure under FOIA.

VIII. Performance Management

    Each applicant selected for TIGER Discretionary Grant capital grant
funding will be required to work with DOT on the development and
implementation of a plan to collect information and report on the
project's performance with respect to the relevant long-term outcomes
that are expected to be achieved through construction of the project.
Each recipient of a TIGER Discretionary Grant will, in accordance with
its grant agreement, report on specified performance indicators for its
project. Performance indicators will be negotiated for each project,
considerate of the individual project's stated goals as well as
resource constraints of applicants. Performance indicators will not
include formal goals or targets, but will include baseline measures as
well as post-project outcomes for an agreed-upon timeline, and will
inform the TIGER Discretionary Grant program in working towards best
practices, programmatic performance measures, and future decisionmaking
guidelines.

IX. Questions and Clarifications

    For further information concerning this notice please contact the
TIGER Discretionary Grant program staff via email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call Howard Hill at<PHONE_NUMBER>. A TDD is
available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing at 202-366-
3993. DOT will regularly post answers to these questions and other
important clarifications on DOT's Web site at www.dot.gov/TIGER.

    Issued on February 25, 2014.
Anthony R. Foxx,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-04627 Filed 2-28-14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2010-13]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to
improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of
FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the
inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to
affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket
number involved and must be received on or before May 4, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2010-
0179 using any of the following methods:
     Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at
202-493-2251.
     Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you
provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can
find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including
the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment
for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
    Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to
http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laverne Brunache<PHONE_NUMBER> or
Tyneka Thomas<PHONE_NUMBER>, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8, 2010.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2010-0179.

    Petitioner: Carl Wischmeyer.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.23(a)(3)(i).

Description of Relief Sought

    Mr. Carl Wischmeyer requests relief from Sec.  61.23(a)(3)(i) to
fly AirCam experimental aircraft without a medical certificate, using a
valid driver's license instead.

[FR Doc. 2010-8472 Filed 4-13-10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EC06-152-000]

WPS Resources Corporation, Peoples Energy Corporation; Notice of
Filing

November 8, 2006.
    Take notice that on November 6, 2006 WPS Resources Corporation and
Peoples Energy Corporation filed a supplemental affidavit of Diane L.
Ford, pursuant to the Commission's November 2, 2006 letter order.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or
before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
 Persons unable to file electronically should submit an

original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
    This filing is accessible online at http://www.ferc.gov, using the

``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For

TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on November 13, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0163; FRL-9408-05-OCSPP]

Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New
Uses--May 2022

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register new uses for
pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients.
Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to
comment on these applications.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 21, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0163, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. For the latest
information on EPA/DC docket access, services and submitting comments,
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marietta Echeverria, Registration
Division (RD) (7505P), main telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>, email
address: [email protected]. The mailing address for each contact
person is: Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. As part
of the mailing address, include the contact person's name, division,
and mail code. The division to contact is listed at the end of each
application summary.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
The following list of North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them.
Potentially affected entities may include:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111).
     Animal production (NAICS code 112).
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register new uses for pesticide
products containing currently registered active ingredients. Pursuant
to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA
is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to comment on
these applications. Notice of receipt of these applications does not
imply a decision by the Agency on these applications.

Notice of Receipt--New Uses

    1. EPA File Symbol: 432-RAEE. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-
0444. Applicant: Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of Bayer
CropScience, 5000 Centregreen Way Suite 400, Cary, NC 27513. Active
ingredient: Flupyradifurone. Product type: Insecticide. Proposed use:
Indoor non-food & Indoor residential. Contact: RD.
    2. EPA Registration Number: 7969-446,7969-445, 7969-474, and 7969-
448. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0424. Applicant: BASF
Corporation, Agricultural Solutions, 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina 27709. Active ingredient: Glufosinate ammonium.
Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Tropical and subtropical, medium
to large fruit, edible peel, subgroup 23B; tropical and subtropical,
small fruit, inedible peel, subgroup 24A; tropical and subtropical,
medium to large fruit, smooth, inedible peel, subgroup 24B; grass,
forage and grass, hay. Contact: RD.
    3. EPA Registration Numbers: 59639-230, 59639-233. Docket ID
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0433. Applicant: Valent U.S.A. LLC, 4600 Norris
Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583. Active ingredient: Inpyrfluxam.
Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: Wheat (foliar). Contact: RD.
    4. EPA Registration Numbers: 59639-231, 59639-233. Docket ID
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0433. Applicant: Valent U.S.A. LLC, 4600 Norris
Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583. Active ingredient: Inpyrfluxam.
Product type: Fungicide. Proposed Use: Cotton (seed treatment).
Contact: RD.
    5. EPA Registration Numbers: 59639-231, 59639-233. Docket ID
number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0833. Applicant: Valent U.S.A. LLC, 4600 Norris
Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583. Active ingredient: Inpyrfluxam.
Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: Seed treatment on rapeseed (crop
subgroup 20A). Contact: RD.
    6. EPA Registration Numbers: 67690-6, 67690-78. Docket ID number:
EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0787. Applicant: SePRO Corporation, 11550 North
Meridian Street, Suite 600, Carmel, IN 46032. Active ingredient:
Fluridone. Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: Peanut. Contact: RD.

(Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.)

    Dated: June 10, 2022.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Program Support.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2009-0511; Airspace Docket No. 09-AGL-8]

Amendment of Class E Airspace; Peoria, IL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends Class E airspace for the Peoria, IL area.
Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate Area
Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) at
Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport, Peoria, IL. The FAA is taking this
action to enhance the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rule
(IFR) operations at Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport.

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, December 17, 2009. The Director of the
Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under
1 CFR Part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA Order 7400.9 and
publication of conforming amendments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Enander, Central Service Center,
Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest
Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; telephone (817) 321-
7716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    On July 30, 2009, the FAA published in the Federal Register a
notice of proposed rulemaking to amend Class E airspace at Peoria, IL,
reconfiguring controlled airspace at Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport,
Peoria, IL. (74 FR 37969, Docket No. FAA-2009-0511). Interested parties
were invited to participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting
written comments on the proposal to the FAA. No comments were received.
Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA
Order 7400.9T signed August 27, 2009, and effective September 15, 2009,
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Part 71.1. The Class E
airspace designations listed in this document will be published
subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)
part 71 by amending Class E airspace at Peoria, IL, adding additional
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at
Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport, Peoria, IL, for the safety and
management of IFR operations.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
Therefore, this regulation: (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory
action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule''
under DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26,
1979); and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation
as the anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter
that will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is
certified that this rule, when promulgated, will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is
found in Title 49 of the U.S. Code. Subtitle 1, Section 106, describes
the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation
Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's authority.
This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described in
Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section, the
FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use of
airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient
use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority
as it amends controlled airspace in the Peoria, IL airspace area.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

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In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation Administration
amends 14 CFR Part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Part 71 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854,
24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR Part 71.1 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9T, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, signed August 27, 2009, and effective September 15,
2009, is amended as follows:
* * * * *

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700
feet or more above the surface.

* * * * *

AGL IL E5 Peoria, IL [Amended]

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 40[deg]54'00'' N., long.
89[deg]59'00'' W.; to lat. 40[deg]53'31'' N., long. 89[deg]41'35''
W.; to lat. 40[deg]54'41'' N., long. 89[deg]35'28'' W.; to lat.
40[deg]52'16'' N., long. 89[deg]29'22'' W.; to lat. 40[deg]46'40''
N., long. 89[deg]27'38'' W.; to lat. 40[deg]44'01'' N., long.
89[deg]29'35'' W.; to lat. 40[deg]22'00'' N., long. 89[deg]32'00''
W.; to lat.

40[deg]26'00'' N., long. 90[deg]07'00'' W.; to lat. 40[deg]34'00''
N., long. 90[deg]12'00'' W.; to lat. 40[deg]47'00'' N., long.
90[deg]08'00'' W.; to the point of beginning.
* * * * *

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on Oct 1, 2009.
Walter L. Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
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