D.C. TO RICHMOND SOUTHEAST HIGH SPEED RAIL

INDEX 13
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INDEX 

Accidents .................. 3.15.1.4, 3.17, 4.17, 4.18 

Abbreviations and Acronyms ...... Chapter 10 

Aesthetics (Visual Quality) .................. 3.9, 4.9 

Affected Environment ..................... Chapter 3 

Agency Coordination .......................... 6.2, 6.3, 

Appendix U, Appendix V 

Agency Scoping Meetings ............. 6.2.1, 6.3.2 

Agricultural Lands .................... 3.3, 4.3, 4.11.5 

Agricultural and Forestal Districts ........ 3.3.2, 

4.3.2 

Air Quality .......... 1.5.2.7, 3.6,4.6, Appendix T 

Air Travel/Aviation .............................. 1.5.2.4 

Alternatives Considered and Dismissed .. 2.4 

Alternatives Development Process .... 2.1, 2.3, 

2.4 

Amtrak ............................................... 2.2, 4.15.1 

Anadromous Fish ...... 3.10.4.1, 4.10.2.3, 4.19.1 

Aquifers .................................. 3.1.7, 4.1.4, 4.1.6 

Aquatic Communities ............. 3.10.4, 4.10.2.3 

Archaeological Resources ......... 3.13.1, 4.13.1, 

Appendix R 

Ashland Bypass ............... 2.3.3.1, 2.4.5, 2.5.2.5 

At-grade Crossings .... (see Grade Crossings/ 

Grade Separation) 

Avoidance Alternatives .............................. 5.5 

Bald Eagles .............................. 3.10.5, 4.10.3.1 

Basis of Design ............................. Appendix B 

Battlefields ................................ 3.13.2.2, 4.13.3 

Bicycle Facilities ..... 3.15.1.3, 4.15.2.2, 4.20.1.4 

Biological Resources ......................... 3.10, 4.10 

Birds .......... 3.10.3.1, 3.10.3.2, 4.10.2.1, 4.10.2.2 

Boulevard Station ........ 2.4.3.1, 2.4.3.2, 2.5.2.6 

Bridges (over roadways) ......... 2.3.2.3, 2.3.3.1, 

2.4.1.1, 2.5.2 

Bridges (over water) ... 2.3.2.3, 2.3.3.1, 2.4.1.1, 

2.5.1.1, 2.5.2 

Broad Street Station ..... 2.4.3.1, 2.4.3.2, 2.5.2.6 

Build Alternatives .................................... 2.5.2 

Business Displacements ........................ 4.11.1, 

Appendix Q 

Capacity (Rail) ...................................... 1.5.2.5 

Capacity (Roadway) .............................. 1.5.2.3 

Carbon Monoxide Emissions .................. 4.6.3 

Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas .. 3.1.3.4, 

4.1.5.10 

Clean Air Act ................................... 3.6.2, 4.6.4 

Clean Air Nonroad Diesel Rule .............. 3.6.3 

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Clean Water Act .................................... 3.1, 4.1 

Coastal Zone Management Areas ....... 3.1.3.5, 

4.1.1.1 

Community Facilities and Services ..... 3.11.5, 

4.11.3, Appendix Q 

Compatibility with Future Land Use Plans ... 

4.11.5.2 

Compatibility with Transportation Plans ...... 

4.11.5.3 

Congestion ................................. 1.5.2.3, 1.5.2.4 

Construction (Approach) ............................ 2.8 

Construction (Impacts) .............................. 4.19 

Consulting Parties (Section 106) ............. 6.3.1 

Cooperating and Participating Agencies .. 6.2 

Corridor Description ................................... 1.3 

Costs (Capital) ................... 2.7.1, Appendix K 

Costs (Operating and Maintenance) ....... 2.7.2 

County and Municipal Planning ...... 3.11.3.2, 

4.11.5.3 

Cultural Resources (see also Archaeological 

and Historical Resources) ......... 3.13, 4.13, 

Appendix R, Appendix U 

Cumulative Impacts................................ 4.20.2 

Demand Forecasting ................... Appendix J 

Demographics ............................................. 3.11 

Designated Waters .................................... 3.1.3 

Displacements .......................................... 4.11.4 

Distribution of Draft EIS ................. Chapter 8 

Drainage Basins ......................................... 3.1.1 

Drinking Water ................................ 3.1.7, 4.1.4 

Economics ................................ 3.11.2.1, 4.11.1 

Elderly & Disabled Populations ..... 3.12, 4.12 

Emergency Services ................................... 3.11 

Employment and Income ............. 3.11.2, 4.12 

Energy ....................................... 1.5.2.7, 3.8, 4.8 

Environmental Consequences ........ Chapter 4 

Environmental Justice ..................... 3.12, 4.12, 

Appendix Q 

Evaluation Criteria ......................... 2.3.2, 2.4.1 

Existing Conditions ......................... Chapter 3 

Farmland......................................... 3.3.1, 4.3.1 

Farmland Conversion Impact Rating 

Forms ........................... 4.3.1, Appendix N 

Fish .......................................... 3.10.4.1, 4.10.2.3 

Floodplains and Floodways ....... 3.1.5, 4.1.1.2 

Fredericksburg Bypass ... 2.3.3.1, 2.4.4, 2.5.2.3 

Freight ..................................................... 1.5.2.2 

Future Growth ........................................ 2.5.1.2 

Geology .......................................... 3.2.2, 4.2.2 

Grade Crossings/Grade Separation ... 2.3.2.3, 

3.17.2, 4.15.2, Appendix S 

Greenhouse Gases ........................... 3.6.6, 4.6.4 

Greenways ........... 3.14.3, 3.14.5, 3.14.7, 3.15.1 

Groundwater .... 3.1.4, 3.1.7, 4.1.1, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 

4.19.1.5 

Hazardous Materials and Waste ..... 3.5, 4.5, 

Appendix O 

Health and Safety .............................. 3.17, 4.18 

High Speed Rail ........................................... 2.1 
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Highway Transportation .......................... 3.15 

Highway Vehicle Operations ................... 3.15 

Historical Resources ..................... 3.13, 4.13.2, 

Appendix R 

Indirect and Cumulative Impacts ........... 4.20 

Invasive Species ........................ 3.10.2, 4.10.1.2 

Irreversible Commitment of Resources .. 4.22 

Land Use ..................................... 3.11.3, 4.11.5 

Limited English Proficiency .................. 3.11.1 

Local Officials Coordination .................... 6.2.3 

Local and Regional Plans and Policies ........... 

3.11.3.2, 4.11.5 

Locomotive Operations ............................ 4.6.1 

Long Bridge ................................................ 1.6.4 

Mailing List .............................................. 6.1.6 

Main Street Station ....... 2.4.3.1, 2.4.3.2, 2.5.2.6 

Minority Communities ..................... 3.12, 4.12 

Migratory Birds ..................... 3.10.3.2, 4.10.2.2 

Migratory Bird Treaty Act .................. 3.10.3.2 

Mineral Resources ................................. 3.4, 4.4 

Mitigation .......... 4.1.6, 4.2.4, 4.4.2, 4.5.2, 4.7.1, 

4.7.2, 4.9.2, 4.10.1.4, 4.10.2.4, 4.10.3.2, 

4.13.4, 4.14.2, 5.6 

Mobile Source Air Toxics .............. 3.6.4, 4.6.2, 

Appendix T 

MS4 Permit .............................................. 4.1.5.8 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards ... 

3.6.1 

National Environmental Policy Act ........ 3.6.6 

National High Speed Rail Program ........ 1.6.1 

National Register of Historic Places ....... 3.13, 

4.13 

Navigable Waters ........... 3.1.3.1, 4.1.1.1, 4.1.5 

Neighborhood and Communities ....... 3.11.4, 

4.11.2 

Newsletters ................................................ 6.1.8 

No Build Alternative ................................ 2.5.1 

Noise .......................... 3.7.1, 4.7.1, Appendix P 

Noise Mitigation .................................... 4.7.1.5 

Numbers of Trains ............ 2.2.1.2, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 

2.5.1.2 

Open Space Easements ..................... 3.10.1.4 

Operating and Maintenance Costs ......... 2.7.2 

Operations Analysis ................................. 2.6.1 

Operational Impacts ........................ Chapter 4 

Parks (federal, state and local) ....... 3.14, 4.14 

Participating Agencies ................................ 6.2 

Patronage/Ridership................................ 2.6.2 

Pedestrian Facilities .. 3.14.3, 3.15.1.3, 4.15.2.2 

Pedestrian Safety ........................................ 4.17 

Permits ........................................................ 4.1.5 

Places of Worship and Cemeteries ...... 3.11.5, 

4.11.3 

Particulate Matter (Hot-Spot Analysis) ......... 

3.6.5, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.19.2.3 

Population Characteristics ....... 1.5.2.1, 3.11.1, 

4.12 

Preferred Alternative ....................... Chapter 7 

Preparers ........................................... Chapter 9 
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Press Releases .......................................... 6.1.10 

Prime and Unique Farmland ......... 3.3.1, 4.3.1 

Priority Conservation Areas .............. 3.10.1.4, 

4.10.1.1 

Project Alternatives ................................... 2.5.2 

Project Areas and Segments .................... 2.3.1 

Project Benefits ............................................. 1.7 

Project Description ................................ 1.3, 1.6 

Project Location ............................................ 1.2 

Property Owner Notifications ................. 6.1.7 

Proposed Action ........................................... 1.4 

Public Comments ............................ 1.5.3, 6.1.3 

Public Education Facilities/Schools ..... 3.11.5 

4.11.3 

Public Involvement .............. 6.1, Appendix V 

Public Meetings ......................................... 6.1.5 

Public Water Supplies .................... 3.1.6, 4.1.4 

Purpose and Need .................... 1.4, 1.5, 2.3.2.2 

Rail Alignment Alternatives ....... 2.3.3.1, 2.4, 

2.5.2 

Recreational Areas ............................ 3.14, 4.14 

References ....................................... Chapter 12 

Regional Planning ................. 3.11.3.2, 4.11.5.2 

Related Studies and Plans ........................... 1.6 

Residential Displacements/Relocation .......... 

4.11.4, Appendix Q 

Resource Maps ....... Chapter 3, Appendix M, 

Appendix N, Appendix O, Appendix Q, 

Appendix R 

Ridership .................. 2.6.2, 4.15.1, Appendix J 

Richmond to Hampton Roads Rail ..... 1.6.2.4 

Richmond to Raleigh High Speed Rail .......... 

1.6.2.3 

Right-of-Way ............ 4.11.4, Appendices C-H 

Riparian Areas ......... 3.1.4, 3.10.1, 4.1.1, 4.10.1 

Rivers ................................................ 3.1.2, 4.1.1 

Roads ............................... 2.3.2.3, 3.15, 4.11.2.2 

Safety and Security ....................... 3.17.2, 4.17 

Scenic Rivers ........................................... 3.1.3.2 

Scoping ....................................................... 6.1.4 

Screening Process .................................. 2.3, 2.4 

Section 4(f) ................... 3.14.7, 4.14, Chapter 5 

Section 6(f) ................................... 3.14.6, 4.14.1 

Section 401 – Point Source Permit ....... 4.1.5.1 

Section 402 – Water Quality Certificate ......... 

4.1.5.2 

Section 404 – Dredge and Fill Permit .. 4.1.5.3 

Section 9 of the Rivers and Harbors Act ........ 

4.1.5.5 

Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act ...... 

4.1.5.6 

Section 106 of National Historic 

Preservation Act ......................... 3.13, 4.13 

Segment Descriptions ............................... 2.3.1 

Selection of the Preferred Alternative 

Chapter 7 

Service Options .............. 2.2.3, 2.3.3.3, 2.4.3.1, 

2.5.2.6, Appendix G 

Service Plan ............................. 2.2, Appendix I 

Short-Term Effects and Long-Term Benefits 

4.21 
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Simulation Modeling ................................ 2.6.1 

Soils ................................................... 3.2.3, 4.2.3 

Southeast High Speed Rail ............. 1.5.1, 1.6.2 

Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor ........ 1.1, 

1.5, 2.1.1 

Solid Wastes ........................................... 3.5, 4.5 

Speed Assumptions ...................... Appendix I 

Staples Mill Station ...... 2.4.3.1, 2.4.3.2, 2.5.2.6 

State Scenic Rivers ..................... 3.1.3.2, 4.1.1.1 

Stations .................................................. 3.15.1.3 

Stormwater Management/Drainage ... 4.1.1.3 

Streams ............................................. 3.1.2, 4.1.1 

Study Area .................................................... 3.0 

Subaqueous Stream Bed Bottom Permit ........ 

4.1.5.4 

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation ........... 3.10.5, 

4.10.3 

Surface Waters ................................. 3.1.2, 4.1.1 

Task Force ................................................. 6.2.2 

Terrestrial Communities ........................... 3.10 

Threatened and Endangered Species .. 3.10.5, 

4.10.3 

Time of Year Restrictions .................... 4.19.2.6 

Title VI ........................ 3.12, 4.12, Appendix Q 

Topography...................................... 3.2.1, 4.2.1 

Track Geometry ................... Appendices C-H 

Traffic Conditions ........................ Appendix S 

Trails ............................................. 3.14.5, 4.14.1 

Train Types ............................................. 2.2.1.1 

Transit ............................ 3.15.1, 3.11.3.2, 4.15.1 

Transportation Facilities .................. 3.15, 4.15 

Transportation/Multimodal Connectivity.... 

4.15.1, 4.15.2 

Travel Time/Service Reliability ................. 1.5 

Tribal Lands .......................................... 3.13.2.3 

Trout Waters .......................... 3.10.4.1, 4.10.2.3 

Tunnels .......................................... 2.4.5, 2.6.1.2 

Utilities ............................................. 3.16, 4.16 

Vehicle Delay ............................. 4.15.1, 4.15.2 

VDOT Relocation Policies ...................... 4.11.1 

Vibration ................... 3.7.2, 4.7.2, Appendix P 

Vibration Mitigation .............................. 4.7.2.5 

Virginia Outdoors Foundation .......... 3.10.1.4 

Virginia Avenue Tunnel .......................... 1.6.3 

Virginia Railway Express ................... 3.15.1.2 

Virginia Water Protection Permit ........ 4.1.5.7 

Visual Quality ....................................... 3.9, 4.9 

Vulnerable Populations .................................. 

(see Environmental Justice) 

Washington Union Station .................... 1.6.5 

Water Quality .................................. 3.1.6, 4.1.3 

Water Resources .................................... 3.1, 4.1 

Water Supply ................................... 3.1.7, 4.1.4 

Waters of the U.S. ....................................... 3.1 

Website ....................................................... 6.1.9 

Wildlife and Waterfowl Refuges ......... 3.10.1, 

3.14.4, 4.14.1 

Wildlife Habitats ......................... 3.10.3, 4.10.2 

WMATA ................................. 3.11.3.2, 3.15.1.3 
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Wetlands .................. 3.1.4, 4.1.2, Appendix M 

Wild and Scenic Rivers ............. 3.1.3.2, 4.1.1.1