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d) Assessed safety and security issues and has a written sign-off by the State Safety <strong>Oversight</strong><br />

Board<br />

e) A System Safety Program Plan (SSPP) or Safety and Security Management Plan (SSMP) in<br />

place<br />

f) Determined the funding sources and local share contribution.<br />

g) Demonstrated financial capacity to operate and maintain the project once built. This assessment<br />

is normally made by others.<br />

h) Analyzed remaining uncertainties and proposed mitigations.<br />

i) Provided for third party interfaces such as for real estate acquisitions and relocations<br />

(conforming to the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Act), utilities, freight<br />

railroads, Amtrak, etc.<br />

6.2 Construction<br />

During construction at intervals requested by <strong>FTA</strong>:<br />

1) Evaluate the progress and quality of construction and testing against the scope, schedule and cost<br />

estimate.<br />

2) Note construction issues that could affect within-budget and on-schedule project completion. The<br />

PMOC shall assist <strong>FTA</strong> and the Grantee in developing and implementing project recovery plans in<br />

the event performance is significantly below targets.<br />

6.3 Other<br />

<strong>FTA</strong> may direct the PMOC to perform certain of these tasks at other milestones during project<br />

implementation. For instance, on larger Small Starts projects, <strong>FTA</strong> evaluates the features and Small<br />

Starts qualifications of the grantee’s locally preferred alternative (LPA). This occurs prior to entry into<br />

Project Development. When requested, the PMOC will assist <strong>FTA</strong> in technical aspects of the review,<br />

such as the relationship of the LPA scope to conceptual designs, preliminary cost estimates, project<br />

risks, and other issues.<br />

7.0 REPORT, PRESENTATION, RECONCILIATION<br />

The PMOC shall provide <strong>FTA</strong> with a written report of its findings, analysis, recommendations,<br />

professional opinions, and a description of the review activities undertaken. For areas of significant<br />

uncertainty, recommend additional investigation, planning or design work by the Grantee or other<br />

parties, with a schedule for the accomplishment of the work. After <strong>FTA</strong> approval, the PMOC should<br />

share the report with the Grantee. In the event that differences of opinion exist between the PMOC<br />

and the Grantee regarding the PMOC’s findings, the <strong>FTA</strong> may direct the PMOC to reconcile with the<br />

Grantee and provide <strong>FTA</strong> with a report addendum covering the agreed modifications by the Grantee<br />

and PMOC.<br />

The report formatting requirements of OP-1 apply. When necessary, PMOC shall perform data<br />

analysis and develop data models that meet <strong>FTA</strong> requirements using Microsoft Office products such as<br />

Excel and Word and use <strong>FTA</strong>-templates when provided. The PMOC may add other software as<br />

required but documentation and report data shall be made available to <strong>FTA</strong>.<br />

OP 45 Small Starts Review<br />

Revision 0, June 2008<br />

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