---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 260.7"
title: "49"
number: "260.7"
heading: "Priority consideration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/260.7"
---

# §260.7. Priority consideration.


When evaluating applications, the Administrator will give priority consideration (but not necessarily in the following order) to projects that:

- (a) Enhance public safety;
- (b) Enhance the environment;
- (c) Promote economic development;
- (d) Enable United States companies to be more competitive in international markets;
- (e) Are endorsed by the plans prepared under [section 135](/usc/23/135.md) of title 23, United States Code, by the State or States in which they are located; or
- (f) **Preserve or enhance rail or intermodal service to small communities or rural areas.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 22401, 22402, 22403, 22404, 22405, 22406; 49 U.S.C. 116.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 41841, July 6, 2000, unless otherwise noted.