Document ID: FRA-2009-0031-0001
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Guidance for the High-Speed Rail/Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program
Posted Date: 2009-06-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 28770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14251]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Guidance for the High-Speed Rail/Intercity Passenger Rail Grant 
Program

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Announcement of availability of guidance.

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SUMMARY: On June 17, 2009, FRA intends to issue guidance for the High-
Speed Rail (HSR)/Intercity Passenger Rail (IPR) Grant Program. FRA will 
post this guidance on its Web site at: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2243. Subsequently, FRA will publish this guidance in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the 
guidance document and grant program, please contact the FRA HSR/IPR 
Program Manager via e-mail: ARRA.Rail@dot.gov, or by mail: Office of 
Passenger and Freight Programs, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue, MS-20, SE., Washington, DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The guidance document and additional 
information about the HSR/IPR Grant Program are available on FRA's 
public Web site at: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2243. This 
Program builds upon the President's ``Vision for High-Speed Rail in 
America,'' which was issued on April 16, 2009, and which describes a 
collaborative effort among the Federal Government, States, railroads 
and other key stakeholders to help transform America's transportation 
system by investing in an efficient, high-speed passenger rail network 
of 100 to 600 mile intercity corridors. The guidance document details 
HSR/IPR Grant Program funding opportunities as well as specific 
application requirements and procedures. The funds are being made 
available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(ARRA) and the Department of Transportation Appropriations Acts of 
fiscal years 2008 and 2009. ARRA requires the Secretary of 
Transportation to issue interim guidance to applicants within 120 days 
of enactment. In addition to being available on the FRA's Web site, the 
guidance will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 12, 2009.
Paul Nissenbaum,
Director, Office of Passenger and Freight Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-14251 Filed 6-16-09; 8:45 am]
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