[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 7517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02346]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Federal-State Partnership 
for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants Program for Projects Not Located on 
the Northeast Corridor

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 and extending the application submittal 
period for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 NOFO for the Federal-State 
Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (FSP Program) for 
projects not located on the Northeast Corridor published on December 7, 
2022. The basis for the funding increase and extension is the 
appropriation of additional amounts for the FSP Program from the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, together with the government's 
goal of efficiently administering such funds.

DATES: The original due date was March 7, 2023. The period for 
submitting applications to the NOFO published on December 7, 2022, is 
extended. Applications must now be submitted by 5 p.m. EDT on April 21, 
2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning 
this Notice, please contact the FRA NOFO Support program staff via 
email at [email protected].

Amendment

    FRA amends its FY 2022 NOFO for the Federal-State Partnership for 
Intercity Passenger Rail Program (FSP Program) for projects not located 
on the Northeast Corridor published December 7, 2022 (87 FR 75119) 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-12-07/pdf/2022-26610.pdf. 
by: (1) adding up to an additional $2,283,150,000 for a total of up to 
$4,566,300,000 and (2) extending the period for submitting applications 
to April 21, 2023.
    Section B.1. Federal Award Information/Available Award Amount is 
deleted in its entirety, and the following is substituted therefore:

B. Federal Award Information

1. Available Award Amount
    The total funding available for awards under this NOFO is up to 
$4,566,300,000 made available by IIJA supplemental appropriations, the 
Appropriations Act, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. 
L. 117-328, December 29, 2022), as follows:
    a. Up to $4,464,000,000 in IIJA supplemental appropriations: Title 
VIII of Division J of IIJA provided $36,000,000,000 in supplemental 
appropriations for the FSP Program, with not more than $24,000,000,000 
made available for projects for the NEC and thus at least 
$12,000,000,000 of such funds made available for FSP-National 
($2,400,000,000 made available per year for fiscal years 2022 through 
2026). After the funding set aside for FRA award and project management 
oversight and the planning and development activities authorized at 49 
U.S.C. 24911(k), up to $4,464,000,000 in funding made available for 
fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2023 is made available for FSP Program 
awards under this FSP-National NOFO.
    b. Up to $102,300,000 in fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2023 
annual appropriations: The appropriations acts for fiscal year 2022 and 
fiscal year 2023 provided $200,000,000 for the FSP Program. Consistent 
with 49 U.S.C. 24911(d)(3), a minimum of 45 percent and a maximum of 55 
percent of this amount is for FSP-National, of which not less than 20 
percent (a minimum of $16,740,000) shall be for projects that benefit 
(in whole or in part) a long-distance route. After the funding set 
aside for FRA award and project management oversight and the planning 
and development activities authorized at 49 U.S.C. 24911(k), at least 
$83,700,000 and up to $102,300,000 in fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 
2023 annual funding is made available for FSP Program awards under this 
FSP-National NOFO.
    Should additional FSP-National funds become available after the 
release of this NOFO, FRA may elect to award such additional funds to 
applications received under this NOFO. Any selection and award under 
this NOFO is subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Amitabha Bose,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-02346 Filed 2-2-23; 8:45 am]
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