The Maglev Deployment Program, as authorized by Congress in the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA 21), encourages the development and construction of an opening transportation system employing magentic levitation. Magnetic levitation (Maglev) is an advanced transportation technology in which magnetic forces lift, propel, and guide a vehicle over a specially designed guideway with cruising speeds of up to 483 km/h (300 mph). In order to comply with the TEA 21 legislation, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is conducting a competition among seven state participants for the purpose of demonstrating the use of Maglev. To satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, FRA with the assistance of the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center has prepared and distributed a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS). In response to the public and agency comment on the DPEIS, FRA has refined the DPEIS that is now considered the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The PEIS is comprised of two volumes. Volume I is the DPEIS as revised by FRA in light of agency and public comment. Volume II contains the agency and public comments and FRA's specific responses to those comments.


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