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FY 2011 Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP)

Total Funding Available in FY 2011: $7,745,544

Purpose:  FRSGP provides funding to freight railroad carriers, owners and offerors of railroad cars, and owners of rail bridges to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure from acts of terrorism and to increase the resilience of the freight rail system. 

Eligible Applicants:  Eligible applicants for the FY 2011 FRSGP were determined by DHS as Class I, II, and III freight railroad carriers that transport Rail Security-Sensitive Materials (RSSM), owners and offerors of railroad cars that transport toxic inhalation hazardous (TIH) materials, and owners of rail bridges that have a volume exceeding 4.9 Million Gross Ton Miles (MGTM).  For purposes of this grant program, “offerors” were entities that lease rail cars in order to ship TIH materials by railroad.  

Program Awards:  FY 2011 FRSGP funds were allocated competitively based on their ability to deliver protection to rail bridges and other high-risk assets, provide counter-terrorism training, or develop security plans and vulnerability assessments.

FRSGP has a 75 percent (75%) federal and 25 percent (25%) grantee cost match (cash- or in-kind) requirement.  Vulnerability assessments and security plans were exempt from this cost match requirement. 

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Last Modified: Tuesday, 23-Aug-2011 13:01:16 EDT