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Fro m : Se nt: To: Cc: Subject: Runkel, Nicholas Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:15:39 +0000 Fritz, Trish (OST); Schmoll, Joseph (OST); Priebe, Jack (OST) Walker, Naomi; Kelley, Andrew (Boozman); Pierson, Avery RE: Chairman Womack & Senator Boozman RFI: MarTREC Funding You don't often get email from nicholas.runkel@mail.house.gov. Learn why this is important This email originated from outside of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. T rish - Just following up here. Sorry if I missed any communication on this. Thanks, Nick From: Fritz, Trish (OST) <trish.fritz@dot.gov> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2025 9:18 AM To: Runkel, Nicholas <Nicholas.Runkel@mail. house.gov>; Schmoll, Joseph (OST) <joseph.schmoll@dot.gov>; Priebe, Jonathan (OST) <jonathan.priebe@dot.gov> Cc: Walker, Naomi <Naomi.Walker@mail.house.gov>; Kelley, Andrew (Boozman) <Andrew_Kelley@boozman.senate.gov>; Pierson, Avery <Avery.Pierson@mail. house.gov> Subject: RE: Chairman Womack & Senator Boozman RFI: MarTREC Funding Hi Nick, Confirming receipt. Let us look into this and circle back. TF From: Runkel, Nicholas <Nicholas.Runkel@mail.house.gov> Se nt: Friday, January 31, 2025 5:57 PM To: Schmoll, Joseph (OST) <joseph.schmoll@dot.gov>; Priebe, Jonathan (OST) <jonathan.priebe@dot.gov>; Fritz, Trish (OST) <trish.fritz@dot.gov> Cc: Walker, Naomi <Naomi.Walker@mail.house.gov>; Kelley, Andrew (Boozman) <Andrew Kelley@boozman.senate.gov>; Pierson, Avery <Avery.Pierson@mail.house.gov> Subje ct: Chairman Womack & Senator Boozman RFI: MarTREC Funding This email originated from outside of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. OST-2025-1200 Page 03625 Sierra Club v. Dept. of Transp. - 3:25-cv-06221 SC_EVERSPLIT0033321 Joe, Jonathan & Trish, I hope you are doing well. I know you all are still getting everything stood up over there and we appreciate the consistent outreach y'all have had over these past few weeks. Below is a Request for Information from Chairman Womack and Senator Boozman. For background, the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC) is affiliated with the University of Arkansas and located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Chairman Womack and Senator Boozman are very supportive of President Trump and Secretary Duffy's commitment to protecting federal spending and federal investments. They are also very supportive of MarTREC and its work furthering Arkansas's maritime and multimodal transportation industry. We understand, in response to President Trump's Executive Orders, that DOT is conducting a review of UTCs including MarTREC. 1. Do you have a timeline for review of the MarTREC program and its funding? 2. Should any of the pre-Trump Administration requirements for MarTREC be in conflict with President Trump's executive orders, will MarTREC be given an opportunity to amend its application/program guidelines to meet current requirements? 3. Will DOT be looking at individual projects/initiatives or will this review judge MarTREC as a whole? I've included Andrew from Senator Boozman's team along with Naomi from our team and Avery from the THUD staff for their awareness. Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information . Thanks, Nick Nick Runkel I Deputy Chief of Staff Congressman Steve Womack (AR-03) I ._~)b(-6_l _ _ __. 2412 Rayburn HOB I Washington, DC 20515 Nicholas.Runkel@mail.house.gov I www.womack.house.gov OST-2025-1200 Page 03626 Sierra Club v. Dept. of Transp. - 3:25-cv-06221 SC_EVERSPLIT0033322