[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR268.15]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 268--MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--Procedures For Financial Assistance
 
Sec. 268.15  Form and contents of applications for preconstruction planning assistance.

    States, groups of States, or designated authorities that have Maglev 
projects are invited to submit applications in Phase I of the Maglev 
Deployment Program, the competition for preconstruction planning grants. 
The applications shall contain:
    (a)(1) If submitted by a State: name, address, responsible party, 
telephone, fax number, and e-mail address of the State agency submitting 
the application; or
    (2) If submitted by a designated authority: name, address, 
responsible party, telephone, fax number, and e-mail address of the 
designated authority and of the State agency or agencies on whose behalf 
the designated authority is submitting the application, together with 
letters from the State(s) evidencing all such designations;
    (b) A description of the project concept, identifying its likely 
location, market area, length, and the transportation service that it 
would perform, and a preliminary estimate of the time that would be 
required--if funds are made available--to bring the project to the start 
of construction and then to the initiation of full revenue service. At 
its option, the applicant may include any reports already completed on 
the project as well as any additional

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descriptive material that would assist the FRA in evaluating the 
application;
    (c) Whatever information the applicant has to demonstrate that the 
project meets the project eligibility standards in Sec. 269.11(a), and 
the project selection criteria in Sec. 268.17. together with a 
certification that the applicant fully intends to comply with the 
requirements in Sec. 269.11 should its project be selected by FRA for 
final design, engineering and construction financing.
    (d) A statement of work for the preconstruction planning activities 
to be accomplished under the planning grant. The statement shall 
describe the work to be performed, including but not necessarily limited 
to:
    (1) Preconstruction planning work as is needed to develop a Maglev 
project, and project description that will satisfy the project 
eligibility standards in Sec. 268.11(b), and the project selection 
criteria in Sec. 268.17; and
    (2) Preparation of EAs, as described in Sec. 268.11(b)(6)(i);
    (e) Management plan, schedule, and financial plan for accomplishing 
the preconstruction planning work under the planning grant;
    (f) Letters supporting the application from the heads of all State 
departments of transportation involved, as well as from responsible 
officials of the Metropolitan Planning Organizations of all metropolitan 
areas to be served by the proposed project;
    (g) A certification from the State, or from the authority designated 
by one or more States, that the \1/3\ matching funds required for work 
under the planning grant are, or will be, available by the time the 
grants are announced. The source(s) of the matching must be shown in the 
financial plan under paragraph (e); and
    (h) If the applicant has made a definitive choice of the particular 
Maglev technology proposed to be included, a description of that 
technology and the degree to which it has been produced and tested 
should be submitted. Further, if the applicant has identified 
organizations that would form members of the team that would implement 
the project, the names of those organizations and the persons 
representing them should also be submitted.