November 6, 2008, FR Notice (NOFA)

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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 216 / Thursday, November 6, 2008 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Agency Request for Emergency
Processing of Collections of
Information Associated with Today’s
Publication of Solicitation of
Applications and Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA)
Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) hereby gives
notice that it has submitted the
following information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Emergency Processing
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.). FRA requests that OMB authorize
the collection of information identified
below on or before November 21, 2008,
for 180 days after the date of approval
by OMB. A copy of this ICR, with
applicable supporting documentation,
may be obtained by calling FRA’s
Clearance Officers, Mr. Robert Brogan
(tel. (202) 493–6292) or Ms. Nakia
Jackson (tel. (202) 493–6073). These
numbers are not toll-free. A copy of this
ICR may also be obtained electronically
by contacting Mr. Brogan at
robert.brogan@dot.gov or by contacting
Ms. Jackson at nakia.jackson@dot.gov.
Comments and questions about the ICR
identified below should be directed to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA), Attn: FRA OMB Desk
Officer, 725 17th St., NW., Washington,
DC 20503. Comments and questions
about the ICR identified below may also
be transmitted electronically to OIRA at
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
as soon as possible upon publication of
this notice in the Federal Register.
Title: Notice of Funding Availability
and Solicitation of Applications for
Grants under the Railroad Rehabilitation
and Repair Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 2130–New.
Frequency: One-time.
Affected Public: 32 States.
Form(s): SF–424.
Other Instruments: Collection of
Information Associated with the NOFA
Published in Today’s Federal Register.
Estimated Total Annual Number of
Responses: 10.0 Grant Applications
(Paper/Electronic).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,875 hours.
Abstract: On September 30, 2008,
President Bush signed Public Law 110–
329, The Consolidated Security, Disaster

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Assistance, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009. As part of
this Act, Congress provided $20 million
in disaster relief funds to FRA to award
to States in one or more grants for
eligible projects related to repair and
rehabilitation of Class II and Class III
railroad infrastructure damaged by
hurricanes, floods, and other natural
disasters in counties for which the
President declared a major disaster
under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster relief and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974. These funds are
available for rehabilitation and repairs
of railroad right-of-way, bridges, signals,
and other infrastructure which are part
of the general railroad system of
transportation and primarily used by
railroads to move freight traffic. The
Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1
percent of these funds for the oversight
of the design and implementation of
projects funded by grants under this
Program. Funds provided under this
grant program may constitute no more
than 80 percent of the total cost of a
selected project, with the remaining cost
funded from other sources. The funding
provided under these grants will be
made available to grantees on a
reimbursement basis. FRA anticipates
awarding grants to multiple eligible
participants. FRA may choose to award
a grant or grants within the available
funds in any amount. Funding made
available through grants provided under
this program, together with funding
from other sources that is committed by
a grantee as part of a grant agreement,
must be sufficient to complete the
funded project and achieve the
anticipated rehabilitation and repairs to
Class II and Class IIII railroads. FRA will
begin accepting grant applications 10
days after publication of this Federal
Register notice. Applications may be
submitted until the earlier of December
31, 2008, or the date on which all
available funds will have been
committed under this program.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 3,
2008.
D.J. Stadtler,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Funding Availability and
Solicitation of Applications for Grants
under the Railroad Rehabilitation and
Repair Grant Program
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of funding availability;
solicitation of applications.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: Under this Notice, the FRA
encourages interested State departments
of transportation to submit applications
for grants to repair and rehabilitate Class
II and Class III railroad infrastructure
damaged by hurricanes, floods, and
other natural disasters in areas for
which the President declared a major
disaster after January 1, 2008, under
Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974.
DATES: FRA will begin accepting grant
applications 10 days after publication of
this Notice of Funding Availability in
the Federal Register. Applications may
be submitted until January 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Applications for grants
under this Program must be submitted
electronically to ‘‘Grants.gov’’ at http://
www.grants.gov. Grants.Gov allows
organizations to find and apply
electronically for competitive grant
opportunities from all Federal grantmaking agencies. Any State wishing to
submit an application pursuant to this
notice should immediately initiate the
process of registering with Grants.Gov.
Please confirm all Grants.gov
submissions by sending an e-mail to
paxrail@dot.gov.
For application materials that an
applicant is unable to submit via
Grants.Gov (such as oversized
engineering drawings), applicants may
submit an original and two (2) copies to
the Federal Railroad Administration at
the following address: Federal Railroad
Administration, Attention: Alice
Alexander, Office of Railroad
Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Mail Stop 20,Washington, DC
20590.
Due to delays caused by enhanced
screening of mail delivered via the U.S.
Postal Service, applicants are
encouraged to use other means to assure
timely receipt of materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alice Alexander, Office of Railroad
Development, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Mail Stop 20, Washington,

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