Notice of Clarification of Solicitation of Applications and Notice of Funding Availability for the Capital Assistance to States-Intercity Passenger Rail Service Program, 21170 [E8-8424]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Clarification of Solicitation of
Applications and Notice of Funding
Availability for the Capital Assistance
to States—Intercity Passenger Rail
Service Program
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Clarification regarding
solicitation for applications and notice
of funding availability.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On February 19, 2008, FRA
published a Solicitation of Applications
and Notice of Funding Availability for
the Capital Assistance to States—
Intercity Passenger Rail Service
Program. This notice provides clarifying
information related to elements of the
February 19, 2008 notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Schwartz, Office of Railroad
Development (RDV–11), Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590. Phone: (202) 493–6360; Fax:
(202) 493–6330.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following
publication of the notice, FRA received
a number of inquires from interested
States seeking additional clarification
from the agency with respect to some of
the items included in the notice. In
order to assist applicants, FRA is issuing
this supplemental notice to provide
additional clarification on three items of
interest. Accordingly, the sections of the
February 19, 2008 notice labeled
‘‘Eligible Projects’’ and ‘‘Eligible
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Planning Projects’’ are amended to read
as follows.
Eligible Projects: Eligible projects
must be intended to result in significant
benefits to intercity passenger rail
service. Projects which meet this
criterion, but for which the majority of
benefits, as calculated by one or more
measures of transportation production,
may be projected to accrue to commuter
or freight rail service, may be
considered for funding subject to the
reasonableness of the terms of the cost
sharing arrangement between the parties
affected by the proposed improvements.
Only new projects will be eligible;
projects for which construction has
commenced before the date of the
application will not be considered. Preaward costs, dating from no earlier than
the date of application, may be
considered for funding, although an
applicant will bear all risk for such costs
in the event no award is made. Proposed
projects must be specifically included in
the applicant State’s Statewide
Transportation Improvement Plan at the
time of application to be eligible.
Matching funding must be in the form
of new financial commitments toward
the proposed project by the applicant
and/or its partners. Expenditures which
occurred prior to the date of application
and expenditures on unrelated projects
will not be considered.
Eligible Planning Projects: Congress
has allowed up to ten percent
($3,000,000) of the funding available
under the program to be used for
planning activities that lead directly to
the development of a passenger rail
corridor investment plan. Only
proposed planning projects which lead
to (1) a programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement for the purpose of
route selection, and/or (2) a corridor
transportation plan prepared in
accordance with the methodologies set
forth in FRA’s publication, entitled
‘‘Railroad Corridor Transportation
Plans: A Guidance Manual,’’ available at
https://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/
RRdev/corridor_planning.pdf, will be
considered for funding, subject to the
Selection Criteria outlined below.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11,
2008.
Mark E. Yachmetz,
Associate Administrator for Railroad
Development.
[FR Doc. E8–8424 Filed 4–17–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[Docket Number: FTA–2008–0020]
Notice of Availability of Proposed
Guidance on New and Small Starts
Policies and Procedures
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of the Federal Transit
Administration’s (FTA) Proposed
Guidance on New and Small Starts
Policies and Procedures and requests
your comments on it. The guidance
explains proposed changes to the New
and Small Starts programs that will
become effective upon the issuance of
Final Guidance, which will be
announced in a subsequent Federal
Register notice. FTA requests comments
on the Proposed Guidance, which is
available in DOT’s electronic docket and
on FTA’s Web site.
DATES: Comments must be received
within 30 days after publication in the
Federal Register. Late filed comments
will be considered to the extent
practicable.
You may submit comments
[identified by the Docket Number FTA–
2008–0020] by any of the following
methods:
Web site: https://regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the DOT electronic docket
site.
Fax: 202–493–2251.
Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name (Federal Transit
Administration) and the docket number
(FTA–2007–0020). You should submit
two copies of your comments if you
submit them by mail. If you wish to
receive confirmation that FTA received
your comments, you must include a
self-addressed stamped postcard. Note
that all comments received will be
posted without change to the federal
government Web site located at https://
regulations.gov. This means that if your
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Clarification of Solicitation of Applications and
Notice of Funding Availability for the Capital Assistance to States--
Intercity Passenger Rail Service Program
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Clarification regarding solicitation for applications and
notice of funding availability.
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SUMMARY: On February 19, 2008, FRA published a Solicitation of
Applications and Notice of Funding Availability for the Capital
Assistance to States--Intercity Passenger Rail Service Program. This
notice provides clarifying information related to elements of the
February 19, 2008 notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Schwartz, Office of Railroad
Development (RDV-11), Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Phone: (202) 493-6360; Fax: (202)
493-6330.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following publication of the notice, FRA
received a number of inquires from interested States seeking additional
clarification from the agency with respect to some of the items
included in the notice. In order to assist applicants, FRA is issuing
this supplemental notice to provide additional clarification on three
items of interest. Accordingly, the sections of the February 19, 2008
notice labeled ``Eligible Projects'' and ``Eligible Planning Projects''
are amended to read as follows.
Eligible Projects: Eligible projects must be intended to result in
significant benefits to intercity passenger rail service. Projects
which meet this criterion, but for which the majority of benefits, as
calculated by one or more measures of transportation production, may be
projected to accrue to commuter or freight rail service, may be
considered for funding subject to the reasonableness of the terms of
the cost sharing arrangement between the parties affected by the
proposed improvements. Only new projects will be eligible; projects for
which construction has commenced before the date of the application
will not be considered. Pre-award costs, dating from no earlier than
the date of application, may be considered for funding, although an
applicant will bear all risk for such costs in the event no award is
made. Proposed projects must be specifically included in the applicant
State's Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan at the time of
application to be eligible. Matching funding must be in the form of new
financial commitments toward the proposed project by the applicant and/
or its partners. Expenditures which occurred prior to the date of
application and expenditures on unrelated projects will not be
considered.
Eligible Planning Projects: Congress has allowed up to ten percent
($3,000,000) of the funding available under the program to be used for
planning activities that lead directly to the development of a
passenger rail corridor investment plan. Only proposed planning
projects which lead to (1) a programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for the purpose of route selection, and/or (2) a corridor
transportation plan prepared in accordance with the methodologies set
forth in FRA's publication, entitled ``Railroad Corridor Transportation
Plans: A Guidance Manual,'' available at https://www.fra.dot.gov/
Downloads/RRdev/corridor_planning.pdf, will be considered for funding,
subject to the Selection Criteria outlined below.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2008.
Mark E. Yachmetz,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Development.
[FR Doc. E8-8424 Filed 4-17-08; 8:45 am]
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