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transit service or they provide funding to a subrecipient. MPOs or states that fund or
manage transit providers, but do not provide transit service, must ensure that transit
provider employers provide a certification of compliance.
FTA’s relationship is with its grantees. Many grantees that receive transit funds
operate mass transit services. Typical among these are large transit entities that receive
funds under sections 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5309, and 5311. In addition, some grantees
(typically states) pass Federal transit funds to smaller subrecipients within the state.
This rule eliminates the distinction between large and small operators. The term
“employer” is now used to include both small and large operators, as well as entities
providing service under contract or other arrangement with the transit operator.
III. Section-by-Section Discussion of the Comments
In this section, FTA will discuss the differences between the rules in Parts 653
and 654 and the final rule in Part 655. The responses to comments on each section are
also included herein. There is no discussion for sections that have remained substantially
the same. FTA also did not discuss comments that addressed Department-wide issues,
which are more properly addressed in Part 40, or issues that were beyond the scope of the
NPRM.
FTA received 84 comments in response to the NPRM. The breakdown among
commenter categories follows:
Nonprofits, and special transit providers: 10
City and County transit providers: 19
State agencies: 20
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