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MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 MCSAP Planning Conference & Grants Training Minneapolis Marriott City Center March 22, 2017

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Agenda • Review of FAST Act Highlights & Implementation  Multi-year CVSP’s  Formula Working Group  Other provisions • MCSAP Grant Update  Current funding increment  Future Status • High Priority Grant Update • Inspection Modernization • Overview of Conference Topics 4/7/2017 2

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 FAST Act Review and Update 3

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 • Became law on December 4, 2015  Pub. L. No. 114-94 (Dec. 4, 2015); Title V, Motor Carrier Safety • Several provisions impacting FMCSA Grant Programs • Consolidation – Seven programs restructured into two Pre-FAST FAST MCSAP High Priority 4

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Grant Program Changes – Highlights • MCSAP Expanded:  Now includes New Entrant, Border and components of other discretionary enforcement programs • High Priority Grant Program expanded to include:  Information Technology Deployments (ITD)  Data Quality  Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRiSM)  CMV Safety and Enforcement initiatives (classic High Priority Program) • MCSAP Formula Working Group  Development of new MCSAP allocation formula.  Working Group scheduled to submit new formula recommendation April, 2017 5

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Grant Program Changes – Highlights Interim Funding Formula •  Prior to development of new allocation formula (use in FY 2017 – FY2018?)  Calculate funding using MCSAP formula used in FY 2016; PLUS  Average funding awarded to a State for FY 2013, 2014, & 2015 for Border & New Entrant grant awards Federal share for FMCSA grant programs is now at least 85 percent. • States are required to establish a New Entrant Safety Audit Program • and participate in PRISM. Traffic Enforcement •  States may use up to 10% for non-CMV enforcement  Ensuring safe operation of CMV’s  Must maintain average minimum level of CMV safety activities from FY 2004 & 2005  Higher percentage possible with Secretary approval 6

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Grant Program Changes – Highlights • Commercial Vehicle Safety Plans (required for MCSAP funds)  CVSPs must be posted on FMCSA website within 30 days of approval  Multi-year Plans may be submitted (FMCSA Beta testing this Fall)  Must redact sensitive information the States request be removed • Enroute inspection of CMVs transporting passengers – weigh station excluded as acceptable location (unless imminent/obvious hazard)  Bus station, terminal, border, crossing, maintenance facility, destination, or other location where a motor carrier may make a planned stop. • Non-Compliance Withholding  Staggered for substantial noncompliance  5, 10, 25, then not more than 50% 7

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MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 FAST Act Authorization Levels FY 16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 MCSAP *$218,000,000 $292,600,000 $298,900,000 $304,300,000 $308,700,000 High Priority Activities ** $15,000,000 $42,200,000 $43,100,000 $44,000,000 $44,900,000 Program CMV Operators ***$1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 CDLPI $30,000,000 $31,200,000 $31,800,000 $32,500,000 $33,200,000 CVISN $25,000,000 Collapses into High Priority Activities FY17-20 BEG $32,000,000 Collapses into MCSAP FY17-20 New Entrant **$32,000,000 Collapses into MCSAP FY17-20 PRISM $5,000,000 Collapses into MCSAP & HP - FY17-20 SADIP $3,000,000 Collapses into MCSAP & HP - FY17-20 Administrative Expenses $267,400,000 $277,200,000 $283,000,000 $284,000,000 $288,000,000 Outreach ****$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 * This figure is pre grant consolidation. ** Set aside from MCSAP for FY 2016 *** Set aside from General Operating Expenses (GOE) for FY 2016 **** Outreach’s numbers are a set aside from Administrative Expenses for FY 2016-2021. FY 2015 Administrative Expense levels were $259,000,000, all FY16 grant funding is at FY15 levels. 9

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Multi-Year CVSP’s • FMCSA released Federal Register notice  October 20, 2016  Fourteen questions relating to length of plan and other important facets  Received twenty-four responses from States and other stakeholders • Official responses will be posted in Federal Register  In final review now • Break-out session to review beta-test plan  Seeking ten States (have six) and one additional Territory  Beta testing will start with FY 18 (this year).  Three-year plan (goals, objectives, etc.) budget for  Discussion/feedback during session 10

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 MCSAP Formula Working Group • Established: By Secretary 180 days after enactment. • Consists of: FMCSA, State lead agencies (must be 51% of group), an organization representing State agencies, and others • Submit Recommendations: For new MCSAP allocation formula within 1 year after establishment • Interim Funding Formula: Prior to development of new allocation formula – Calculate funding amount using MCSAP formula used in FY 2016 – Award average funding to a State for FY 2013, 2014, & 2015 for BEG and NE 11

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Working Group Members • Lt. Donald C. Bridge, Jr. • Captain Brian Preston • Ms. Caitlin Cullitan Connecticut Department of Motor Arizona Department of Public FMCSA, Attorney-Advisor Vehicles, MCSAP Coordinator, Safety • Mr. Thomas Liberatore Commercial Vehicle Safety Division • Mr. John E. Smoot FMCSA, Chief, State Programs Lt. Thomas Fitzgerald Kentucky State Police, Division • Massachusetts State Police, MCSAP/Federal Training • Ms. Courtney Stevenson Commanding Officer, Commercial Coordinator FMCSA, Senior Policy Advisor, Vehicle Enforcement Section • Colonel Leroy Taylor Office of Field Operations • Ms. Michelle N. Lopez South Carolina Department of Mr. Dan Meyer • Colorado State Patrol, MCSAP Public Safety, Deputy Director FMCSA, Division Administrator, Grants Administrator • Ms. Adrienne Gildea Illinois Division • Mr. Alan R. Martin Commercial Vehicle Safety Ohio Public Utilities Commission, Alliance, Deputy Executive Deputy Director Director Lt. Stephen Brent Moore Mr. Stephen C. Owings • • Georgia Department of Public Road Safe America, Safety, Special Operations President and Co-Founder Coordinator, Motor Carrier Ms. Nancy Baugher • Compliance Division FMCSA, Grants Management Officer 12

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Working Group –Timeline 13

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Working Group – Development Process Systematic process for formula design: • Establish guiding principles for the new formula • Identify areas in the formula to improve • Create alternative formula designs • Evaluate their impacts with respect to the guiding principles 11

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Working Group – Guiding Principles • Improves upon previous formula • Addresses FAST Act changes to MCSAP grants • Meets FAST Act formula requirements • Safety-based (primary objective) • Promotes stability in funding • Responds to changes • Uses quality data sources • Responds to changes in overall funding levels 12

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Effort - Focused Analysis • Considered previous MCSAP allocation formula’s design as baseline for improvement • Worked to analyze the elements of that formula and the data sources used for calculations • Considered impacts of the grant consolidation and new State match  The actual percentage of the State match was not part of the Working Group’s charge as the FAST Act already set forth this amount • Worked to ensure the formula would continue to provide adequate funding for the programs now combined into the MCSAP Basic program 13

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Guiding Formula Principles • FAST Act requirements  Relative State needs  Administrative capacities and challenges  New entrant motor carrier inventory  Border inspection facilities and CMV border crossings • Safety-Based  Centered formula recommendations on safety  Aimed to reflect today’s safety challenges and maintain valuable safety gains  Use safety-based factors correlated with crashes and linked to crash-risk exposure • Stability  Considered various provisions to limit wide swings in State funding from year to year 15

MCSAP Planning Meeting and Grants Training – 2017 Working Group – I terative Process • Identifying and obtaining data sources • Evaluating data sources to determine if they met the criteria for formula inclusion, e.g. through statistical analysis • Reviewing and considering programmatic needs and trends • Understanding the varying administrative needs of grant recipients • Reviewing published reports and studies • Conducting simulations to evaluate funding impacts 20