PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 349 "(b) AUTHORITY. —The Secretary shall make grants in accordance with this section to designated recipients to finance eligible projects. "(c) APPLICATION. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Not later than January 1 of each year, any designated recipient seeking to apply for a grant under this section for an eligible project shall submit an application to the Secretary, in such form and in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish by regulation. "(2) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. —An application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain a certification by the applicant that the grantee will operate vehicles purchased with a grant under this section only with clean fuels. "(d) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS. — "(1) FORMULA.— Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall apportion amounts made available to carry out this section to designated recipients submitting applications under subsection (c), of which— "(A) two-thirds shall be apportioned to designated recipients with eligible projects in urban areas with a population of at least 1,000,000, of which— "(i) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to the ratio between— "(I) the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of the eligible project of the designated recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment for the area in which the eligible project is located, as provided in paragraph (2); and "(II) the total number of vehicles in the bus fleets of all eligible projects in areas with a population of at least 1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of nonattainment for all areas in which those eligible projects are located, as provided in paragraph (2); and "(ii) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such designated recipient receives a grant in an ' amount equal to the ratio between— "(I) the number of bus passenger miles (as that term is defined in section 5336(c)) of the eligible project of the designated recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment of the area
in which the eligible project is located, as provided in paragraph (2); and "(II) the total number of bus passenger miles of all eligible projects in areas with a population of at least 1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of nonattainment of all areas in which those eligible projects are located, as provided in paragraph (2); and "(B) one-third shall be apportioned to designated recipients with eligible projects in urban areas with a population of less than 1,000,000, of which— "(i) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to the ratio between—
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