49 C.F.R. § 256.3
Definitions.
Cite as 49 C.F.R. § 256.3 (2026)
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 § 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]
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 49:1653.
- Cross-references to the CFR
- 256.7.