Amendment 1 - CFI NOFO 693JJ323NF00004.pdf

U.S. Department of Transportation

Notice of Funding Opportunity Number 693JJ323NF00004

“Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant

Opportunity”

Amendment #1

Dated 5/12/2023

This amendment to NOFO 693JJ323NF00004 is to extend the submission deadline for applications to 11:59PM on June 13, 2023.

As a result, this amendment incorporates the following changes to the version originally posted to Grants.gov on March 14, 2023:

1. In the summary table on pages 4 – 7 of 67, make the following (see red underlined text for revisions):

Funding Opportunity

Summary:

Up to $700 million in Federal funding to provide grants to eligible entities to strategically deploy publicly accessible EV charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, and natural gas fueling infrastructure in certain locations or along designated AFCs that will be accessible to all drivers of

EVs, hydrogen vehicles, propane vehicles, and natural gas vehicles.

Up to $350 million is available for Community Program projects.

Up to $350 million is available for Corridor Program projects.

Federal Agency Name: U.S. Department of Transportation

FHWA, Office of Planning, Environment and Realty

(HEP)

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20590

Funding Opportunity Title: Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Opportunity

Announcement Type: This is the initial announcement of this funding opportunity. Section 11401of the Bipartisan

Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure

Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58, Nov. 15, 2021), established the Charging and Fueling

Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program which is codified at 23 U.S.C. § 151(f)(2).

There are two funding categories under the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program:

(1) Community Charging and Fueling Program Grants and (2) Alternative Fuel Corridor Grants.

Community Grants: • Located on any public road or in other publicly accessible locations, such as parking facilities at public buildings, public schools, and public parks, or in publicly accessible parking facilities owned or managed by a private entity.

• Must be publicly accessible.

• May use funds to contract with a private entity.

• Minimum award amount of $500,0001, maximum award amount of $15 million.

• Must address environmental justice.

• Expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to expand or fill gaps in access to publicly accessible infrastructure.

• Must be accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.

1 The DOT reserves the discretion to consider award sizes under the anticipated minimum award size threshold upon receiving the full pool of applications and assessing the needs of the program in relation to grant priorities and consideration.

Corridor Grants: • Located along a designated AFC; EV charging within 1 mile and other alternative fuels within 5 miles of the AFC.

• Must be publicly accessible.

• Minimum award amount of $1 million2, no maximum award amount.

• Must use funds to contract with a private entity.

• Must address environmental justice.

• Must be accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.

Funding Opportunity

Number:

693JJ323NF00004

Type of Award: Cost Reimbursement Grant

Funding Categories: The FHWA Administrator may advise the Secretary of

Transportation (Secretary) on options for reduced awards and may award eligible applications under either the Community or the Corridor Program. To the extent possible, all applications will be considered for both the

Community and the Corridor Program regardless of which grant is applied for.

Assistance Listing Number

(formerly Catalog of

Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA)):

20.205 – Highway Planning and Construction

Application Due Date: Submission Deadline: Applications are due not later than 11:59 PM EST on JUNE 13, 2023, through

Grants.gov. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications in advance of the application deadline;

however, applications will not be evaluated, and awards will not be made, until after the application deadline.

Submit Applications To: The FHWA uses Grants.gov for receipt of all applications. Applicants must register and use the system to submit applications electronically. Approval of new user registrations for Grants.gov may take multiple weeks. Applicants are encouraged to register

2 The DOT reserves the discretion to consider award sizes under the anticipated minimum award size threshold upon receiving the full pool of applications and assessing the needs of the program in relation to grant priorities and consideration.

http://www.grants.gov/ http://www.grants.gov/ in advance of the submission deadline, and to subscribe under this NOFO number to receive notifications of updates/amendments. It is the Applicant’s responsibility to monitor Grants.gov for any updates/amendments to this NOFO. Complete instructions on how to register and apply can be found at Grants.gov. If interested parties experience difficulties at any point during registration or application process, please call the Grants.gov Customer

Support Hotline at 1-800-518-4726.

U.S. DOT staff cannot assist with technical Grants.gov questions. Grants.gov technical support is available:

Online: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html

By phone (24 hours a day, 7 days a week): 1-800-518-

By email: support@grants.gov

Questions: Submit Questions to Email: CFIgrants@dot.gov

Applications will not be reviewed in advance, but

FHWA staff are available to answer questions regarding the program. In addition, FHWA will post answers to questions and requests for clarifications at Grants.gov under this funding opportunity number.

2. In item #4 – “Submission Dates and Timelines” on page 37 of 67, make the following

(see red underlined text for revisions):

Submission Dates and Timelines

Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on June 13, 2023.

All other terms, conditions and requirements of this Notice of Funding Opportunity remain unchanged.

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