Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP)
The FRSGP is one tool among a comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and implemented by the Administration to help strengthen the nation's critical infrastructure against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks.
The program provides funds to freight railroad carriers and owners and offerors of railroad cars to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies.
The program provides funds to freight railroad carriers and owners and offerors of railroad cars to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies.
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Program Guidance
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible applicants for the Fiscal Year 2011 FRSGP are determined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Class I, II, and III freight railroad carriers that transport Rail Security-Sensitive Materials (RSSM) and owners and offerors of railroad cars that transport toxic inhalation hazardous (TIH) materials.
For purposes of this grant program, "offerors" are entities that lease rail cars in order to ship materials poisonous by inhalation/TIH materials by railroad.
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Agency Email Description:
Agency Email:
GMD-Systems-Branch@fema.gov
Date Posted:
2011-05-19
Application Due Date:
2011-06-20
Archive Date:
2011-07-20
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