§ 22903.
(a)
Project Management Plan Requirements.—
To receive Federal financial assistance for a major capital project under this chapter, an applicant must prepare and carry out a project management plan approved by the Secretary of Transportation. The plan shall provide for—
(1)
adequate recipient staff organization with well-defined reporting relationships, statements of functional responsibilities, job descriptions, and job qualifications;
(2)
a budget covering the project management organization, appropriate consultants, property acquisition, utility relocation, systems demonstration staff, audits, and miscellaneous payments the recipient may be prepared to justify;
(3)
a construction schedule for the project;
(4)
a document control procedure and recordkeeping system;
(5)
a change order procedure that includes a documented, systematic approach to handling the construction change orders;
(6)
organizational structures, management skills, and staffing levels required throughout the construction phase;
(7)
quality control and quality assurance functions, procedures, and responsibilities for construction, system installation, and integration of system components;
(8)
material testing policies and procedures;
(9)
internal plan implementation and reporting requirements;
(10)
criteria and procedures to be used for testing the operational system or its major components;
(11)
periodic updates of the plan, especially related to project budget and project schedule, financing, and ridership estimates; and
(12)
the recipient’s commitment to submit periodically a project budget and project schedule to the Secretary.
[(b)
Repealed. [Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11316(p)], Dec. 4, 2015, [129 Stat. 1679]]
(c)
Access to Sites and Records.—
Each recipient of assistance under this chapter shall provide the Secretary and a contractor the Secretary chooses under subsection (b) of this section with access to the construction sites and records of the recipient when reasonably necessary.
(Added [Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title III, § 301(a)], Oct. 16, 2008, [122 Stat. 4941], § 24403; amended [Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11316(p)], Dec. 4, 2015, [129 Stat. 1679]; renumbered § 22903, [Pub. L. 115–420, § 7(a)(1)], Jan. 3, 2019, [132 Stat. 5445].)