[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR256.3]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 256_FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RAILROAD PASSENGER TERMINALS

--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 256.3  Definitions.



    As used in this part--

    (a) Act means the Department of Transportation Act, as amended.

    (b) Administrator means the Federal Railroad Administrator, or his 

delegate.

    (c) Allowable project costs means those project costs for which 

Federal financial assistance may be expended under Sec. 256.7.

    (d) Applicant means a governmental entity, a non-profit public-

purpose organization, or any responsible person having the legal, 

financial, and technical capacity to implement an intermodal passenger 

terminal project under this part. The applicant must have legal 

authority to receive and expend Federal funds.

    (e) Chairman means the Chairman of the National Endowment for the 

Arts.

    (f) Civic and cultural activities includes, but is not limited to, 

museums, libraries, musical and dramatic presentations, art exhibitions, 

adult education programs, public meetings of community groups, 

convention visitors and others, and other public activities supported in 

whole or in part under Federal law.

    (g) Council means the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

    (h) Demonstration funds means funds authorized for the purpose set 

forth in paragraph (1)(A) of subsection 4(i) of the Act.

    (i) Intermodal passenger terminal means an existing railroad 

passenger terminal which has been or may be modified as necessary to 

accommodate several modes of transportation, including intercity rail 

service and some or all of the following: Intercity bus, commuter rail, 

intra-city rail transit and bus transportation, airport limousine 

service and airline ticket offices, rent-a-car facilities, taxis, 

private parking, and other transportation services.

    (j) National Register means the National Register of Historic Places 

maintained by the Secretary of the Interior.

    (k) Planning funds means funds authorized for the purpose set forth 

in paragraph (1)(D) of subsection 4(i) of the Act.

    (l) Preservation funds means funds authorized for the purpose set 

forth in paragraph (1)(B) of subsection 4(i) of the Act.

    (m) Project means a locally sponsored, coordinated, and administered 

program, or any part thereof, to plan, finance, construct, maintain, or 

improve an intermodal passenger terminal, which may incorporate civic or 

cultural activities where feasible in an architecturally or historically 

distinctive railroad passenger terminal.

    (n) 4R Act means the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 

Act of 1976, as amended, Public Law 94-210, 90 Stat. 125, 49 U.S.C. 

1653.

    (o) Sufficient commitments means commitments of a binding nature 

adequate to ensure the successful operation of a project. Such 

commitments may be conditional, requiring, for example, the 

participation of other entities in the project, or action by a date 

certain.



[40 FR 29080, July 10, 1975, as amended at 43 FR 21887, May 22, 1978; 44 

FR 21647, Apr. 11, 1979]