Document ID: FRA-2009-0031-0205
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Funding Opportunity: Restoration and Enhancement Grants Program
Posted Date: 2020-01-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28305]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Restoration and Enhancement Grants Program

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

ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO or notice); extension and 
supplemental funding notice.

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SUMMARY: FRA is adding funding to and extending the application 
submittal period for its NOFO for the Restoration and Enhancement 
Grants Program (R&E Program) published on November 6, 2019. The basis 
for the funding increase and extension is the appropriation of 
additional amounts for the Restoration and Enhancement Grants Program 
in Fiscal Year 2020 together with the government's goal of efficiently 
administering such funds.

DATES: The original due date for applications was January 6, 2020. The 
period for submitting applications to the NOFO published on November 6, 
2019 (84 FR 59907) https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-11-06/pdf/2019-24225.pdf, is extended. Applications must now be submitted by 
5:00 p.m. eastern on February 5, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the 
R&E Program and projects, please contact Ruthie Americus, Office of 
Policy and Planning, Federal Railroad Administration,1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Room W36-403, Washington, DC 20590; email: 
ruthie.americus@dot.gov; phone: 202-493-0431. Grant application 
submission and processing questions should be addressed to Amy Houser, 
Office of Program Delivery, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Room W36-412, Washington, DC 20590; email: 
amy.houser@dot.gov; phone: 202-493-0303.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Amendment

    FRA amends its NOFO for the Restoration and Enhancement Grants 
Program published on November 6, 2019 (84 FR 59907) https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-11-06/pdf/2019-24225.pdf by: (1) 
Adding an additional $1,918,600 for a total of $26,337,600 and (2) 
extending the period for submitting applications to February 5, 2020.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Ronald L. Batory,
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-28305 Filed 12-31-19; 8:45 am]
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