[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68571-68572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24860]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program; 
Northeast Corridor Project Inventory

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Northeast Corridor Project 
Inventory.

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SUMMARY: FRA is publishing the Northeast Corridor (NEC) project 
inventory (NEC Project Inventory), which is a requirement of the 
Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (FSP). 
FRA is required to publish the NEC Project Inventory not later than one 
year after the enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 
also known and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

DATES: Applicable November 15, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The NEC Project Inventory can be found at: https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/nec-inventory.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please 
contact Amishi Castelli, Northeast Corridor Program Manager, Office of 
Amtrak and Northeast Corridor Program Delivery, at email: 
[email protected] or telephone: 202-845-4394, or Bryan Rodda, 
Lead Community Planner, Office of Amtrak and Northeast Corridor Program 
Delivery, at email: [email protected] or telephone: 202-493-0443.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The FSP was reauthorized and revised in the BIL, Title II, U.S.C. 
22106 and 22307, Public Law 117-58 (2021); codified at 49 U.S.C. 24911. 
Under the FSP, the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is directed 
to develop and implement a program for issuing grants, on a competitive 
basis, to fund projects that reduce the state of good repair backlog, 
improve performance, or expand or establish new intercity passenger 
rail service, including privately operated intercity passenger rail 
service if an eligible applicant is involved. The FSP also requires the 
Secretary to, among other things, develop and publish an NEC Project 
Inventory to: (1) create a predictable project pipeline that will 
assist Amtrak, States, and the public with long-term capital planning, 
and (2) use the NEC Project Inventory when selecting projects located 
on the NEC for FSP funds. 49 U.S.C. 24911.
    In compliance with the above, FRA is publishing the NEC Project 
Inventory, which will be available on November 15, 2022, at: https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/nec-inventory. In the future, FRA will 
publish FSP Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) soliciting 
applications for NEC Projects listed on the NEC Project Inventory. FRA 
will then evaluate applications and select projects consistent with the 
NOFO. FRA will publish an NEC Project Inventory at least every two 
years following this initial publication.


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    Issued in Washington, DC.
Paul Nissenbaum,
Associate Administrator and Chief Development Officer, Office of 
Railroad Development.
[FR Doc. 2022-24860 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
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