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The status table provides a snapshot of the SSO certification process in four stages:
Stage 1 – State is working on its submission to FTAStage 2 – State has submitted some requirements to FTA. Where applicable, all required legislation has not yet been enacted.Stage 3 – State has submitted...Yes, an SSO agency may use existing federal grant funds for reimbursement of operational and administrative costs incurred during the development of its SSO Program. Since 2013, FTA has provided approximately $90 million in SSO formula grant funds to help states develop and implement an SSO...
No. The FTA is prohibited by federal transportation law from from granting waivers or extensions to the April 15, 2019 deadline.
If a state fails to meet the certification deadline, the FTA is prohibited by federal transportation law from obligating funds to any public transportation system or program throughout that entire state until certification is achieved.
April 15, 2019. This deadline was established by the SSO final rule. FTA is prohibited by federal transportation law from granting waivers or extensions to the deadline.
To achieve FTA certification, an SSO Program must meet several federal statutory requirements. To help clarify the SSO Program requirements, FTA distributed a Certification Toolkit to every SSO agency. The toolkit details the six SSO Program categories that each state is required to meet:
SSO...No. The SSO rule requires only those states – 30 in total – which operate rail transit systems to establish and certify an SSO Program. The SSO Certification Map identifies those states that are required to establish an SSO Program.
Letter from FTA’s Chief Counsel to CAF’s legal counsel - Request for Reconsideration-Buy America & Procurement Investigation
The April 2017 issue of the FTA Drug & Alcohol Regulation Updates Newsletter includes:
DOT Publishes Notice of Proposed RulemakingFTA Drug and Alcohol Management Information System (DAMIS) ReportingAlere Records Drug Tests Times in Central Time ZonesDaylight Savings Time: Make Sure Clocks...