[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR624.11]
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TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PART 624_CLEAN FUELS FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
Sec. 624.11 Reporting.
(a) Recipients of financial assistance under 49 U.S.C. 5308 who
purchase or lease hybrid electric, battery electric and fuel cell
vehicles must report to the appropriate FTA regional office on a
quarterly basis for the first three years of the useful life of the
vehicle with the following information:
(1) Vehicle miles traveled;
(2) Fuel/energy costs;
(3) Vehicle fuel/energy consumption and oil consumption;
(4) Number of road calls or breakdowns resulting from clean fuel and
advanced propulsion technology systems, and
(5) Maintenance costs associated with the clean fuels or advanced
propulsion system.
(b) Recipients of financial assistance under 49 U.S.C. 5308 who
purchase or lease compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas
(LNG), and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vehicles may report the
information described in paragraph (a) of this section, but this
reporting is voluntary.
(c) Recipients of financial assistance under 49 U.S.C. 5308 who
purchase or lease clean diesel vehicles should not report information
beyond the normal FTA quarterly reporting requirements.
Appendix A to Part 624--Pre-Application Worksheet
The following are instructions for completing the pre-application
worksheet:
(1) Requesting Agency. Fill in the name of the applicant. The
applicant must be a designated recipient.
(2) UZA (or Urban Area). List the name of the urbanized area if the
applicant is located in an urbanized area. Otherwise, indicate the name
of the city or town.
(3) Nonattainment or Maintenance Area Name. List the name of the
nonattainment or maintenance area in which your agency provides service.
(4) Classification for Ozone. List the current EPA nonattainment
classification for your service area. (The classification must be of the
following terms: marginal, moderate, serious, severe, or extreme.)
(5) Classification for Carbon Monoxide. List the current EPA
nonattainment classification for your service area. (The classification
must be either moderate or serious.)
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I. Proposed activity.
(1) New Bus Purchase/Lease. Enter the number of vans or buses by
fuel category in the pre-application. For hybrid electric vehicles,
include fuel types. Indicate whether the structure is lightweight
composite or traditional structure and weight. Enter the total and
Federal amount for each fuel type.
(2) Construct/Lease New Clean Fuel Facility and Related Equipment.
Indicate the Federal and total amount for a clean fuels facility,
related equipment or electrical recharging facility. Enter any
descriptive or explanatory information on the lines for additional
information, including what fuel type is being accommodated. Facilities
to accommodate clean diesel are not eligible.
(3) Indicate the Federal amount and total amount for improvements to
existing facilities to accommodate clean fuel buses. Enter any
descriptive or explanatory information on the line for additional items,
including what fuel type is being accommodated.
(4) Indicate the Federal amount and total amount for repowering/
replacing pre-1993 engines with engines that meet current emissions
standards when installed. Please include a separate entry for each fuel
type. For the purposes of this program, repowering/replacement means the
removal of an engine from the bus followed by the installation of
another engine. This applies to engines that are replaced with new,
previously unused engines, as well as those exchanged from an inventory
of rebuilt engines.
(5) Enter a quantity, Federal amount, and total amount by fuel type
for retrofit/rebuild of pre-1993 engines to comply with latest EPA-
certified emissions standards. For the purposes of this program,
``retrofit'' means the use of the latest after-market technology such as
``upgrade kits,'' or after-treatment device(s) that treat the exhaust
after it has left the engine, such as catalytic converters or
particulate filters. ``Before the half-life rebuild'' means that the
retrofitting would need to occur before the bus is six years old. Since
this provision applies to pre-1993 engines, this provision is of limited
time availability.
(6) This section should describe any proposed clean fuel project not
included in the categories above. Since any project not included above
requires approval at the discretion of FTA, projects included here
should also be described in the letter of interest. Include the Federal
amount and total.
(7) Summary. Indicate the Totals for the Federal and Total Amounts
requested for all projects listed in this Section I.
II. Data
This section contains the active bus fleet and annual bus passenger
miles information that is required to run the Clean Fuels formula.
(1) Enter the number of buses in the active fixed route fleet. For
this purpose, ``bus'' includes articulated motorbus, Class A bus
(35 seats), Class B bus (25-35 seats), Class C bus (<25
seats), double-decked bus, school bus, and electric trolley bus. Use NTD
data that was reported 2 years prior (e.g., if applying in FY 2003, use
data from FY 2001). For UZAs that have already submitted information to
the National Transit Database (NTD), add the data from column H of Form
408 for the following vehicle types: AB, BA, BB, BC, DD, SB, and TB.
(These vehicle types are defined in reporter's guidance for the NTD.)
(2) Enter the fixed route annual bus passenger miles for 2 years
prior (e.g., if applying in FY 2003, use data from FY 2001. This may
include motorbus (see types above) or trolley bus. For UZAs that have
submitted NTD data, add the information from column I of line 25 of Form
406 for the modes MB and TB.
III. Projects Subject to Minimum/Maximum Apportionments
This section provides a dollar total for the areas that are affected
by either maximum or minimum constraints. These constraints apply to the
entire program and not to individual applicants. However, in order to
comply with these constraints, FTA must know how much each applicant is
applying for in each of these areas.
(1) Enter the total Federal dollar amount for the purchase/lease of
clean diesel vehicles.
(2) Enter the total Federal dollar amount for project elements that
fall into the category of purchasing hybrid electric or battery-powered
buses or constructing facilities designed to service them.
(3) Enter the total Federal dollar amount for project elements that
fall into the category of retrofitting or replacing bus engines that do
not meet the clean air standards of the EPA.
Note: Because of the uncertainty of how many grantees will apply,
the actual amount that a grantee receives in an apportionment may be
different from the amount requested in the application that was
submitted. Furthermore, because clean diesel and retrofit/replacement of
bus engines are subject to maximum constraints, the amounts specifically
apportioned for those purposes may not resemble the proportionality of
the application. For example, suppose Grantee A's application included
$500,000 for clean diesel and $100,000 for a compressed natural gas bus.
If the 35 percent ceiling for clean diesel is exceeded by the total
applications, Grantee A may only be allowed $50,000 to be used
specifically for clean diesel because of the ceiling. The remainder of
the funds apportioned to Grantee A (say, $300,000) would have to be used
in areas without a maximum constraint, i.e., in areas other than clean
diesel
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or retrofit/replacement of bus engines if applied for.
IV. Certification
The chief executive officer or the general manager of the transit
agency should sign this certification.
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