[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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 

 

                           Subpart A_Overview

 

Sec.  268.1  Definitions.





    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).