[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 27831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08326]


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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 2024 Northeast Corridor (NEC) Project 
Inventory (2024 NEC Project Inventory), which is a requirement of the 
Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program for 
projects on the Northeast Corridor (FSP-NEC). FRA was 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), and every two years 
thereafter.

DATES: Applicable April 18, 2024.

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 Bryan Rodda, Chief, Amtrak and Northeast Corridor Capital 
Planning Division at email: [email protected] or telephone: (202) 
493-0443, or Lauren Magnotto, Transportation Industry Analyst, Amtrak 
and Northeast Corridor Capital Planning Division at email: 
[email protected] or telephone: (202) 853-4859.

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 2024 NEC 
Project Inventory, which will be available on April 18, 2024, at: 
https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/nec-inventory. The 2024 NEC Project 
Inventory supersedes the prior November 2022 publication. Subsequently, 
FRA will publish an FSP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) soliciting 
applications for NEC Projects listed on the 2024 NEC Project Inventory. 
FRA will then evaluate applications and select projects consistent with 
the NOFO.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Paul Nissenbaum,
Associate Administrator and Chief Development Officer, Office of 
Railroad Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-08326 Filed 4-17-24; 8:45 am]
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