[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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 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.