[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR268.1]

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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 A_Overview
 
Sec. 268.1  Definitions.




                           Subpart A_Overview

Sec.
268.1 Definitions.
268.3 Different phases of the Maglev Deployment Program.
268.5 Federal funding sources for the Maglev Deployment Program.
268.7 Federal/State share and restrictions on the uses of Federal Maglev 
          Funds.

              Subpart B_Procedures For Financial Assistance

268.9 Eligible participants.
268.11 Project eligibility standards.
268.13 Deadline for submission of applications for preconstruction 
          planning assistance.
268.15 Form and contents of applications for preconstruction planning 
          assistance.
268.17 Project selection criteria.
268.19 Evaluation of applications for preconstruction planning 
          assistance.
268.21 Down-selection of one or more Maglev projects for further study 
          and selection of one project for final design, engineering, 
          and construction funding.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322; 23 U.S.C. 322; 49 CFR 1.49.

    Source: 65 FR 2344, Jan. 14, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



    As used in this part--
    CMAQ means Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program 
(23 U.S.C. 149).
    Environmental assessment (``EA'') means the environmental assessment 
in support of the project description and containing the information 
listed in Sec. 268.11(b)(6)(i).
    Environmental impact statement (``EIS'') means the environmental 
impact statement which is required pursuant to Sec. Sec. 268.3.
    Eligible project costs means the costs of preconstruction planning 
activities and the capital cost of the fixed guideway infrastructure of 
a Maglev project, including land, piers, guideways, propulsion equipment 
and other components attached to guideways, power distribution 
facilities (including substations), control and communications 
facilities, access roads, and storage, repair, and maintenance 
facilities, but eligible project costs do not include the cost of 
stations, vehicles, and equipment.
    Federal Maglev funds means such funds as are provided under the 
authority of 23 U.S.C. 322 to pay for Eligible Project Costs.
    Full project costs means the total capital costs of a Maglev 
project, including Eligible Project Costs and the costs of stations, 
vehicles, and equipment.
    Phase means one of the five different phases of the Maglev 
Deployment Program; these phases are described in Sec. 268.3.
    Maglev means transportation systems employing magnetic levitation 
that would be capable of safe use by the public at a speed in excess of 
240 miles per hour.
    Maglev Deployment Program means the program authorized by 23 U.S.C. 
322.
    Partnership potential means the usage of the term in the commercial 
feasibility study of high-speed ground transportation (High Speed Ground 
Transportation for America) mandated under section 1036 of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
1978). Under that usage any corridor exhibiting Partnership Potential 
must at least meet the following two conditions:
    (1) Private enterprise must be able to run on the corridor--once 
built and paid for--as a completely self-sustaining entity; and
    (2) The total benefits of a Maglev corridor must equal or exceed its 
total costs.
    STP means the Surface Transportation Program (23 U.S.C. 133).

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    TEA 21 means the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(Public Law No. 105-178, 112 Stat. 107).