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Advance Notice of Availability of
Security Improvement Grants and
Application Process
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: DHS is announcing that it
will issue guidance and accept
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applications for surface transportation
security improvement grants and that
applicants must submit the applications
pursuant to procedures to be made
available on or about February 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Email: TSAgrants@tsa.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
New and Extended Programs
On or about February 1, 2008, DHS
will announce a new grant program for
the freight rail industry and extensions
of, and possible changes to, two existing
surface transportation grant programs:
Trucking (Trucking Security Program or
TSP) and Intercity Bus (Intercity Bus
Security Grant Program or IBSGP). By
this notice, DHS is encouraging entities
owning, operating, or having interest in
systems in these transportation sectors
to review the forthcoming guidance and,
as appropriate, apply for grants under
the programs.
DHS will soon be initiating a new
grant program called the Freight Rail
Security Grant Program (FRSGP). It is a
component of the Transit Security Grant
Program (TSGP), which is a part of
DHS’s FY 2008 Infrastructure Protection
Program (IPP). The FRSGP was created
as a result of the ‘‘Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007’’ (9/11
Commission Act), Public Law 110–53.
Sec. 1513 of the 9/11 Commission Act
directs DHS to make funds for security
improvement grants available to certain
entities involved in or with the freight
railroad industry and specifies the uses
to which the funds may be applied.
At the same time that DHS announces
grant guidance, DHS will announce
extensions of the existing TSP and the
IBSGP. Currently, TSP funds are used to
service an anti-terrorism and security
awareness program for professionals
and operating entities within the
highway sector to include: (1)
Participant identification and
recruitment; (2) training; (3)
communications; and (4) information
analysis and distribution. Per The Joint
Explanatory Statement accompanying
HR 2764 the FY 2008 Consolidated
Appropriations Act, the FY 2008
program must be a competitive program
and open to any entity that can
demonstrate the financial and resource
capabilities to service the program
within the highway sector. The IBSGP
awards funds to expand security for bus
services to fixed route over-the-road
buses and charter bus operations with a
minimum of 50 trips into an Urban Area
Security Initiative (UASI) jurisdiction.
An UASI jurisdiction is defined in the
Homeland Security Grant Program
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(HSGP) FY 2008 Program Guidelines
and Application Kit.
General Information
In grant guidance to be released on or
about February 1, 2008, DHS will
identify the categories of freight rail,
trucking, and intercity bus entities that
are eligible for funding under the
programs and the uses to which funding
may be applied. With respect to the TSP
and IBSGP, eligibility will not
necessarily be limited to entities that
have been eligible for funding under
previous DHS grant programs.
To apply for grant funding under the
FRSGP, TSP, or IBSGP, each eligible
applicant must first register as a grant
applicant with the Federal government
at https://www.grants.gov. Several
additional steps are required to
complete this registration, including
registering with the Central Contractor
Registration (https://www.ccr.gov) and
obtaining a Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS)
number. Please visit www.grants.gov for
more detailed information about this
registration process. Please be advised
that the entire process can take several
weeks. DHS will also post additional
information about registration when we
issue the grant guidance on or about
February 1, 2008. After that date, you
may obtain an electronic copy of the
grant guidance at https://www.tsa.gov/
grants.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on January
24, 2008.
John Sammon,
Assistant Administrator, Transportation
Sector Network Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Advance Notice of Availability of Security Improvement Grants and
Application Process
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: DHS is announcing that it will issue guidance and accept
applications for surface transportation security improvement grants and
that applicants must submit the applications pursuant to procedures to
be made available on or about February 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E-mail: TSAgrants@tsa.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
New and Extended Programs
On or about February 1, 2008, DHS will announce a new grant program
for the freight rail industry and extensions of, and possible changes
to, two existing surface transportation grant programs: Trucking
(Trucking Security Program or TSP) and Intercity Bus (Intercity Bus
Security Grant Program or IBSGP). By this notice, DHS is encouraging
entities owning, operating, or having interest in systems in these
transportation sectors to review the forthcoming guidance and, as
appropriate, apply for grants under the programs.
DHS will soon be initiating a new grant program called the Freight
Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP). It is a component of the Transit
Security Grant Program (TSGP), which is a part of DHS's FY 2008
Infrastructure Protection Program (IPP). The FRSGP was created as a
result of the ``Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act
of 2007'' (9/11 Commission Act), Public Law 110-53. Sec. 1513 of the 9/
11 Commission Act directs DHS to make funds for security improvement
grants available to certain entities involved in or with the freight
railroad industry and specifies the uses to which the funds may be
applied.
At the same time that DHS announces grant guidance, DHS will
announce extensions of the existing TSP and the IBSGP. Currently, TSP
funds are used to service an anti-terrorism and security awareness
program for professionals and operating entities within the highway
sector to include: (1) Participant identification and recruitment; (2)
training; (3) communications; and (4) information analysis and
distribution. Per The Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying HR 2764
the FY 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, the FY 2008 program must
be a competitive program and open to any entity that can demonstrate
the financial and resource capabilities to service the program within
the highway sector. The IBSGP awards funds to expand security for bus
services to fixed route over-the-road buses and charter bus operations
with a minimum of 50 trips into an Urban Area Security Initiative
(UASI) jurisdiction. An UASI jurisdiction is defined in the Homeland
Security Grant Program (HSGP) FY 2008 Program Guidelines and
Application Kit.
General Information
In grant guidance to be released on or about February 1, 2008, DHS
will identify the categories of freight rail, trucking, and intercity
bus entities that are eligible for funding under the programs and the
uses to which funding may be applied. With respect to the TSP and
IBSGP, eligibility will not necessarily be limited to entities that
have been eligible for funding under previous DHS grant programs.
To apply for grant funding under the FRSGP, TSP, or IBSGP, each
eligible applicant must first register as a grant applicant with the
Federal government at https://www.grants.gov. Several additional steps
are required to complete this registration, including registering with
the Central Contractor Registration (https://www.ccr.gov) and obtaining
a Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS) number. Please visit www.grants.gov for more
detailed information about this registration process. Please be advised
that the entire process can take several weeks. DHS will also post
additional information about registration when we issue the grant
guidance on or about February 1, 2008. After that date, you may obtain
an electronic copy of the grant guidance at https://www.tsa.gov/grants.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on January 24, 2008.
John Sammon,
Assistant Administrator, Transportation Sector Network Management.
[FR Doc. E8-1548 Filed 1-28-08; 8:45 am]
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