[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR64.8]

[Page 339-340]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 64_GRANTS AND ALLOCATIONS FOR RECREATION AND CONSERVATION USE OF 
ABANDONED RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 64.8  Project selection criteria.

    Those projects which best meet the following criteria will be 
selected to receive assistance:
    (a) Projects which have cleared abandonment procedures and for which 
sufficient control and tenure of land can be assured, in order that the 
project can be accomplished shortly after project approval.

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    (b) Projects which are located or originate in Standard Metropolitan 
Statistical Areas.
    (c) The degree to which the project results in a facility which 
demonstrates maximum beneficial public use of the property acquired. 
(For example, the diversity of recreation/conservation opportunities 
provided.)
    (d) The ease of accessibility to large numbers of potential users.
    (e) The effectiveness of the project in enhancing existing Federal, 
State, or local recreation/conservation resources. (For example, the 
ability of the project to tie together existing recreation/conservation 
resources.)
    (f) Whether use of the right-of-way for recreation/conservation 
purposes has been identified in existing State, Federal, or local plans.
    (g) The degree to which the project advances new ideas in 
recreation/conservation use and promotes nonmotorized forms of 
transportation such as commuting by bicycle.
    (h) The recreation/conservation potential of the environment 
traversed by the right-of-way.
    (i) The energy conservation potential of using the right-of-way for 
recreation and/or commuting.
    (j) The urgency of the acquisition as reflected by the plans of the 
owner of record to sell the property to persons other than the project 
sponsor.
    (k) The degree to which Federal, State or local land use controls 
will protect the recreation and conservation values of the right-of-way 
from encroachment by conflicting uses of surrounding land.
    (l) State and local projects involving the development of abandoned 
railroad rights-of-way which do not include the acquisition of the 
rights-of-way will be given lower funding priority than projects 
involving both acquisition and development.