cooperating authoritymeans a Department of Transportation operating administration or secretarial office that has expertise but is not the lead authority with respect to a proposed multimodal project.
covered projectmeans a project competitively selected by the Department to receive a discretionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, or line of credit commitment in an amount equal to or greater than $750,000.
Departmentmeans the Department of Transportation, including the modal administrations of the Department.
eligible applicantmeans any United States private business, State government, local government, organization of State or local government, or any combination thereof.
entitymeans a non-Federal entity with the demonstrated technical expertise and requisite administrative and financial resources to meet any terms and conditions established by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection.
financial assistanceincludes obligation guarantees.
inland waterwayincludes the Great Lakes.
lead authoritymeans a Department of Transportation operating administration or secretarial office that has the lead responsibility for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to a proposed multimodal project.
multimodal projecthas the meaning given the term in section 139(a) of title 23.