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ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: FMCSA amends two of the Agency’s financial assistance programs. As required by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, FMCSA adopts a new funding formula based on recommendations from the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Formula Working Group (working group), effective for fiscal year (FY) 2021 grant funds and beyond. This rule reorganizes the Agency’s regulations to create a standalone subpart for the High Priority Program. It also includes other programmatic changes to reduce redundancies, require the use of 3-year MCSAP commercial vehicle safety plans (CVSPs), and align the financial assistance programs with FMCSA’s current enforcement and compliance programs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack Kostelnik, State Programs Division, at FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590‑0001; (202) 366-5721; jack.kostelnik@dot.gov. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact Docket Operations, (202) 366-9826.