[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: 49CFR624.5]

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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.  624.5  Application process.

    (a) Pre-applications must be submitted to the appropriate FTA 
regional office no later than January 1 of each fiscal year. Subject to 
the availability of funds, FTA will apportion the funds based on the 
formula and the pool of applicants, no later than February 1 of each 
year. Once the applicant has been notified of the apportionment of funds 
and the eligibility of its application, it should proceed to complete 
and file the final application. The final application

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must be submitted electronically if the grantee is using the electronic 
application process (i.e., TEAM).
    (b) The pre-application consists of a Letter of Interest and a Pre-
application Worksheet as described as follows:
    (1) Letter of interest. This letter serves as the cover letter for 
the Pre-application Worksheet, expressing interest in submitting an 
application. It describes the overall clean fuel technology program of 
the agency, including the technology selected, describes the necessary 
infrastructure to support the program and the long-range objectives of 
the program including the eventual size of the clean fuel fleet. It 
summarizes the eligible activities for which the agency is applying and 
the amount of funds that the agency is seeking.
    (2) Pre-application worksheet. Applicants must use the worksheet 
found in Appendix A to this part.