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42 U.S.C. § 16102 — Railroad efficiency
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall (in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency) establish a cost-shared, public-private research partnership involving the Federal Government, railroad carriers, locomotive manufacturers and equipment suppliers, and the Association of American Railroads, to develop and demonstrate railroad locomotive technologies that increase fuel economy, reduce emissions, and lower costs of operation.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section—
(1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(3) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall (in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency) establish a cost-shared, public-private research partnership involving the Federal Government, railroad carriers, locomotive manufacturers and equipment suppliers, and the Association of American Railroads, to develop and demonstrate railroad locomotive technologies that increase fuel economy, reduce emissions, and lower costs of operation.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section—
(1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(3) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
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In this part—
(1) “Class I railroad”, “Class II railroad”, and “Class III railroad” mean railroad carriers that have annual carrier operating revenues that meet the threshold amount for Class I carriers, Class II carriers, and Class III carriers, respectively, as determined by the Surface Transportation Board under section 1201.1–1 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) “railroad”—
(A) means any form of nonhighway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including—
(i) commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation on January 1, 1979; and
(ii) high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those systems use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads; but
(B) does not include rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.
(3) “railroad carrier” means a person providing railroad transportation, except that, upon petition by a group of commonly controlled railroad carriers that the Secretary determines is operating within the United States as a single, integrated rail system, the Secretary may by order treat the group of railroad carriers as a single railroad carrier for purposes of one or more provisions of part A, subtitle V of this title and implementing regulations and order, subject to any appropriate conditions that the Secretary may impose.
(4) “safety-related railroad employee” means—
(A) a railroad employee who is subject to chapter 211;
(B) another operating railroad employee who is not subject to chapter 211;
(C) an employee who maintai
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 16102
(Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, § 751, Aug. 8, 2005, 119
Stat. 826.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LOCOMOTIVE GRANT PILOT
PROGRAM
Pub. L. 110–140, title XI, § 1111, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat.
1757, provided that:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation,
in consultation with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, shall establish and carry
out a pilot program for making grants to railroad car-
riers (as defined in section 20102 of title 49, United
States Code) and State and local governments—
‘‘(1) for assistance in purchasing hybrid or other en-
ergy-efficient locomotives, including hybrid switch
and generator-set locomotives; and
‘‘(2) to demonstrate the extent to which such loco-
motives increase fuel economy, reduce emissions, and
lower costs of operation.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no
grant under this section may be used to fund the costs
of emissions reductions that are mandated under Fed-
eral law.
‘‘(c) GRANT
CRITERIA.—In selecting applicants for
grants under this section, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall consider—
‘‘(1) the level of energy efficiency that would be
achieved by the proposed project;
‘‘(2) the extent to which the proposed project would
assist in commercial deployment of hybrid or other
energy-efficient locomotive technologies;
‘‘(3) the extent to which the proposed project com-
plements other private or governmental partnership
efforts to improve air quality or fuel efficiency in a
particular area; and
‘‘(4) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates
innovative strategies and a financial commitment to
increasing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse
gas emissions of its rai
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