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15. Index

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A

  • accidents
    7.18-1, 7.18-2, 7.18-4, 7.18-5, 7.18-7, 7.18-9, 7.18-10, 9-29
  • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
    1-10, 2-3, 11-11, 11-13
  • Amtrak
    S-1, S-4, S-7, 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 2-7, 3-1, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-9, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 4-11, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, 4-18, 4-19, 4-21, 4-34, 4-35, 4-38, 4-61, 5-1, 5-7, 5-10, 5-13, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-33, 6-6, 7.13-14, 7.15-35, 7.15-38, 7.17-4, 7.18-3, 7.18-4, 7.18-8, 7.20-17, 8-5, 9-19, 10-7, 10-11, 10-12, 11-2, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, 11-19
  • at-grade/at grade
    S-23, 2-5, 4-28, 4-30, 4-54, 4-57, 4-58, 4-59, 4-60, 4-62, 4-65, 4-66, 4-68, 4-69, 4-70, 4-71, 4-72, 4-74, 4-75, 7.5-22, 7.5-25, 7.7-3, 7.10-5, 7.10-6, 7.10-7, 7.10-8, 7.10-9, 7.15-7, 7.15-8, 7.15-9, 7.15-22, 7.15-25, 7.15-32, 7.15-41, 7.16-28, 7.17-2, 7.17-3, 7.17-4, 7.17-5, 7.17-6, 7.18-5, 7.18-9, 7.18-10, 8-1, 8-3, 8-4, 8-6, 8-8, 9-24, 10-4

B

  • Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel (B&P Tunnel)
    3-5, 3-6, 3-8, 4-9, 4-52, 4-57, 7.1-14, 7.20-14, 9-6, 10-4, 10-13, 11-19
  • Baltimore-Washington International (BWI)
    4-36, 10-4
  • Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
    7.5-21
  • Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA)
    6-4, 6-5
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
    3-2, 5-7

C

  • chokepoint
    4-44, 4-45, 4-46, 4-48, 4-49, 4-51, 4-52, 4-62, 4-65, 5-30, 7.20-15, 8-5, 9-8, 10-4
  • Clean Air Act (CAA)
    7.13-1, 7.13-2, 7.13-21, 7.20-5, 9-27
  • Clean Water Act (CWA)
    S-18, 7.5-3, 7.5-25, 7.5-29, 9-36
  • Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA)
    7.1-9, 7.5-2, 7.5-10, 7.5-11, 7.5-12, 7.5-13, 7.20-9
  • communications and signaling (C&S)
    7.15-42
  • Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
    1-1, 6-4, 7.14-2, 11-2, 11-11, 11-12
  • crashes
    6-17, 6-18, 6-24, 7.18-2
  • CSX Transportation (CSXT)
    1-10, 4-18

D

  • DC2RVA
    4-18
  • diesel
    S-6, 3-4, 3-12, 4-17, 4-32, 6-25, 7.1-4, 7.13-6, 7.13-11, 7.13-14, 7.13-15, 7.13-17, 7.13-19, 7.14-5, 7.19-3, 8-12, 8-13, 9-28

E

  • electric multiple unit (EMU)
    S-11, 4-12
  • Empire Corridor
    1-9, 4-18, 4-19, 5-14, 5-16, 9-17, 9-18, 9-19, 9-23
  • Endangered Species Act (ESA)
    1-11, 7.6-6, 7.6-10
  • Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
    S-22, 7.1-3, 7.1-6, 7.1-11, 7.6-1, 7.6-2, 7.6-6, 7.6-7, 7.6-8, 7.6-18, 7.6-21, 7.6-24, 7.6-37, 7.6-38, 7.6-39, 7.20-10, 7.20-12, 8-11, 9-37

F

  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
    1-13, 3-11, 5-2, 5-7, 5-11, 7.12-5, 11-7
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
    7.5-2, 7.5-30, 7.15-4
  • Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
    1-13, 3-10, 5-7, 5-8, 5-10, 5-18, 5-19, 7.13-15, 7.13-16, 7.15-40, 7.15-45, 7.20-5, 11-7
  • Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA)
    7.15-4
  • Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
    S-4, 1-5, 3-4, 5-13, 5-16, 5-17, 6-22, 7.11-1, 7.11-8, 7.11-16, 7.12-1, 7.15-9, 7.15-34, 11-6
  • freight
    S-1, S-3, S-5, S-12, S-15, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9, 3-1, 3-2, 3-7, 3-8, 3-10, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-17, 4-9, 4-10, 4-15, 4-16, 4-18, 4-33, 4-45, 4-48, 4-49, 4-51, 5-2, 5-3, 5-6, 5-18, 5-19, 5-22, 6-4, 6-5, 6-9, 6-18, 6-25, 6-26, 6-57, 7.1-1, 7.1-4, 7.11-15, 7.12-2, 7.18-1, 7.18-4, 7.18-5, 7.18-8, 7.18-9, 7.18-10, 7.20-3, 7.20-13, 7.20-14, 7.20-16, 7.20-24, 8-10, 8-13, 9-2, 10-12, 11-2, 11-6, 11-7, 11-11, 11-19

G

  • Global Warming Potential (GWP)
    7.13-16
  • grade crossing (grade-crossing)
    7.18-5, 7.18-6, 7.18-9
  • Grand Central Terminal (GCT)
    4-18, 4-24, 4-38, 4-39, 4-58, 7.16-15, 9-18, 10-8
  • greenhouse gas (GHG)
    S-17, S-20, 3-15, 7.1-4, 7.11-8, 7.11-14, 7.13-1, 7.13-3, 7.13-6, 7.14-1, 7.15-1, 9-5, 9-27
  • gross domestic product (GDP)
    1-2, 3-2

H

  • hazardous waste and contaminated material (HWCM)
    7.1-11, 7.19-2
  • high performance (high-performance)
    7.14-6
  • High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR)
    1-4
  • high-speed rail (HSR)
    1-4, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-30, 7.12-1, 7.18-8, 7.18-9, 11-11
  • Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
    7.12-5, 7.16-1

I

  • Initial Alternatives
    S-6, S-7, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5
  • Inland Route
    4-12, 4-19, 5-11, 5-14, 9-19
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    (IPCC) 7.13-17, 7.15-36
  • interlocking
    10-4, 10-5, 10-13

K

  • Keystone Corridor
    1-9, 4-12, 4-18, 4-32, 5-14, 5-16, 7.20-15, 9-17, 9-18, 9-23

L

  • Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
    S-17, S-18, 2-3, 7.4-4, 7.11-7, 7.16-21, 9-37

M

  • magnetic levitation (maglev)
    S-12, 4-8, 9-3
  • Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA)
    7.6-39, 7.6-40
  • mandates
    S-23, 4-34, 7.20-13, 9-38
  • market area
    4-11, 4-38, 5-36, 9-8, 11-21
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
    1-10, 4-11, 4-13, 5-16
  • metropolitan planning organization (MPO)
    S-4, S-17, 3-16, 6-49, 7.2-2, 7.2-4, 7.2-14, 7.3-5, 7.3-6, 7.3-10, 7.20-24, 9-5, 9-28, 9-48, 11-5
  • metropolitan statistical areas (MSA)
    6-23
  • movable bridge
    3-6, 4-46, 4-49, 9-24
  • Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)
    3-4
  • MTA-Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)
    3-9, 4-13, 5-13, 5-16, 7.20-15, 9-10, 11-7, 11-19
  • MTA-Metro-North Railroad (MNR)
    3-1, 3-6, 3-7, 4-13, 4-61, 5-13, 5-16, 11-7

N

  • National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
    3-15, 7.13-1, 7.13-5, 9-27
  • National Climate Assessment (NCA)
    7.15-36
  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
    S-1, 1-1, 2-1, 6-5, 7.14-2, 7.16-2, 9-2, 10-5, 11-2
  • National Historic Landmark (NHL)
    6-51, 7.1-8, 7.1-11, 7.1-12, 7.16-8, 7.16-12, 7.16-18, 7.20-5, 9-37
  • National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
    S-1, S-18, 1-11, 2-3, 7.16-5, 9-37, 11-13
  • National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
    1-10, 7.6-9, 7.6-10, 11-11, 11-13
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
    1-10, 7.2-1, 11-11, 11-13
  • National Park Service (NPS)
    1-10, 7.2-1, 7.4-4, 7.16-1, 7.16-8, 7.16-18, 11-12, 11-13
  • National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
    S-17, 6-51, 7.1-8, 7.11-8, 7.16-1, 7.16-3, 7.16-8, 7.16-12, 7.16-13, 7.16-18
  • National Wetlands Inventory (NWI)
    7.5-2
  • Native American
    7.11-1, 7.11-2, 7.11-8
  • New Haven-Hartford-Springfield (NHHS)
    S-4, 2-7, 3-12, 4-17, 4-19, 5-13, 5-39, 9-15, 9-17, 9-18, 9-19, 9-23, 11-19
  • New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT)
    4-19
  • NJ TRANSIT
    1-5, 1-10, 3-7, 3-9, 3-12, 3-13, 4-9, 4-13, 4-34, 4-61, 5-13, 5-14, 5-16, 10-8, 10-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, 11-19
  • Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission (NEC Commission)
    S-4, S-5, S-7, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-10, 3-12, 3-14, 3-19, 4-35, 5-10, 5-11, 10-2
  • Northern New England Intercity Rail Initiative (NNEIRI)
    4-19, 9-19
  • Notice of Intent (NOI)
    1-1, 2-3, 11-2

O

  • operations and maintenance (O&M)
    S-12, 1-4, 4-1, 4-79, 6-14, 6-15, 7.20-20, 9-3

P

  • Passenger Rail Corridor Investment Plan (PRCIP)
    S-1, 1-1
  • Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA)
    1-6, 1-12, 3-3, 10-11
  • peak hour
    S-27, 1-7, 3-7, 4-34, 4-38, 4-42, 5-23, 8-13, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9, 9-10, 9-19, 9-41
  • peak travel time
    3-9, 8-10
  • Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
    4-18
  • Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ)
    11-8
  • Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)
    11-8
  • Positive Train Control (PTC)
    4-33, 7.17-3, 7.18-10
  • Preferred Alternative
    S-1, S-18, S-32, 1-1, 1-9, 1-12, 4-9, 4-37, 4-70, 4-81, 7.4-3, 7.5-4, 7.6-2, 7.15-2, 7.16-1, 7.16-5, 7.16-19, 9-1, 9-2, 9-32, 10-1, 10-2, 10-14, 10-15
  • Public Involvement Plan (PIP)
    11-1

R

  • Record of Decision (ROD)
    S-3, S-26, S-32, 1-5, 4-18, 7.6-39, 10-1, 11-6
  • Related Projects
    4-9, 7.20-2
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
    7.1-7, 7.8-2, 7.8-5

S

  • safety standards
    7.18-8, 7.18-9, 7.18-10
  • Scoping
    1-8, 2-3, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-5, 4-11, 4-15, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-9, 11-15, 11-24, 11-25
  • screenline
    4-7, 4-41, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9, 9-10, 9-46
  • Section 106
    S-1, S-18, 1-11, 2-1, 2-3, 7.16-3, 7.16-5, 7.16-18, 7.16-20, 9-37, 11-5, 11-13
  • Section 4(f)
    S-18, S-19, S-22, 1-11, 2-1, 2-3, 7.1-3, 7.4-1, 7.4-23, 7.12-15, 7.12-18, 7.12-20, 7.16-1, 7.16-2, 7.16-3, 7.16-4, 7.16-5, 7.16-6, 7.16-7, 7.16-8, 7.16-9, 7.16-10, 7.16-11, 7.16-12, 7.16-14, 7.16-17, 7.16-18, 7.16-19, 7.16-20, 7.16-21, 7.16-31, 9-5, 9-34, 9-35, 9-37, 11-13
  • Section 6(f)
    S-18, 2-3, 7.1-8, 7.1-11, 7.1-12, 7.4-1, 7.4-23, 7.16-1, 7.16-2, 7.16-21, 7.16-22, 7.16-23, 7.16-24, 7.16-25, 7.16-26, 7.16-27, 7.16-28, 7.16-29, 7.16-30, 7.16-31, 9-35, 9-37
  • Selected Alternative
    S-23, S-26, S-32, 1-9, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 7.18-10, 10-1, 10-12, 10-16
  • Service Development Plan (SDP)
    S-1, 1-1, 6-4, 6-5, 8-6, 9-2, 10-1, 10-16
  • Shore Line East (SLE)
    3-7, 4-13, 4-49, 5-16, 5-17, 5-39, 7.20-4, 10-8
  • Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor (SEHSR)
    1-9, 4-9, 6-33
  • Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
    3-7, 4-13, 5-16, 11-8
  • special flood hazard area (SFHA)
    7.5-2, 7.5-3, 7.5-8, 9-37
  • standard peak hour
    4-17, 9-8, 9-10
  • State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
    2-3, 7.16-17, 7.16-20, 11-11
  • state of good repair/state-of-good-repair
    S-5, S-7, S-11, S-27, 1-6, 1-7, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 4-7, 4-10, 4-34, 4-35, 4-36, 4-51, 4-80, 5-33, 6-23, 7.18-2, 9-2, 9-5, 9-6, 9-19, 9-41, 9-46, 10-3, 11-4, 11-16

T

  • transit-oriented development (TOD)
    3-16, 6-37, 6-49, 7.2-2, 7.2-4, 7.2-14, 7.2-15, 7.20-20, 9-5, 9-28, 9-48, 11-16, 11-20
  • tribal
    6-51, 7.16-1, 7.16-3, 7.16-5, 7.16-8, 7.16-18, 7.16-20, 7.16-21, 8-11, 11-4, 11-13
  • Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO)
    7.16-20
  • tripmaking
    S-14, 5-7, 5-12, 5-20, 5-21, 5-31, 7.18-8

U

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
    1-10, 7.2-1, 7.5-3, 7.5-20, 11-11
  • U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
    1-10, 7.5-20, 7.5-30, 11-11
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
    7.3-1, 7.4-4, 7.16-23, 7.16-24
  • U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT)
    S-18, S-32, 1-6, 1-10, 1-12, 2-3, 3-5, 3-8, 3-10, 5-7, 5-10, 7.11-1, 7.14-1, 7.14-7, 7.15-1, 7.15-9, 7.15-45, 7.17-4, 7.18-3, 9-37, 11-2
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    S-17, 1-10, 7.2-1, 7.5-3, 7.7-1, 7.8-1, 7.8-4, 7.11-8, 7.13-1, 7.13-4, 7.13-8, 7.13-9, 7.13-20, 7.14-1, 7.15-2, 7.19-2, 7.19-3, 7.20-5, 8-13, 9-27, 11-12
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
    1-10, 7.2-1, 7.4-4, 7.5-2, 7.6-9, 7.6-16, 11-12, 11-13
  • U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
    7.2-1, 7.7-7

V

  • Virginia Railway Express (VRE)
    1-10, 4-13, 5-16, 11-9
 

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