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What is a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)?

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What is a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)?

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The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) identifies the environmental preferred build alternative for the Pennsylvania Project. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has authorized its publication after numerous alignments were studied and evaluated and significant feedback was obtained from the public, community leaders, elected officials and a variety of agencies regarding the proposed project. Prior to identifying the environmentally preferred build alternative, several different alternative alignments within the corridor were studied using criteria that examined each alignment’s potential social, economic, environmental and transportation impacts as well as federal requirements for high-speed maglev technology. The environmentally preferred build alternative was also compared with a no-build alternative, which took into account the regions adopted long-range transportation plan without a high-speed maglev system. This environmental analysis, documented in the DEIS, remai

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