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 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 933 to carry out this chapter. The decision of the Commission is binding on the other parties. (k) COORDINATION. —<1) The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate— (A) transportation programs related to the Northeast Corridor to ensure that the programs are integrated and consistent with the Northeast Corridor improvement program; and (B) amounts from departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government to achieve urban redevelopment and revitalization in the vicinity of urban rail stations in the Northeast Corridor served by intercity and commuter rail passenger transportation. (2) If the Secretary finds significant noncompliance with this section, the Secretary may deny financing to a noncomplying program until the noncompliance is corrected. (1) COMPLETION. —Atntrak shall give the highest priority to completing the program. § 24903. Program master plan for Boston-New York main line (a) CoNTENTS.Not later than October 27, 1993, in consultation with Amtrak and the commuter and freight rail carriers operating over the Northeast Corridor main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a program master plan for a coordinated program of improvements to that main line that will allow the establishment of regularly scheduled, safe, and dependable rail passenger transportation between Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, in not more than 3 hours, including intermediate stops. The plan shall include— (1) a description of the implications of the improvements for the regional transportation system, including the probable effects on general travel trends and on travel volumes in other transportation modes and the implications for State and local governments in achieving compliance with the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); (2) an identification of the coordinated program of improvements and the specific projects of that program, including the estimated costs, schedules, timing, and relationship of those projects with other projects; (3) an identification of the financial responsibility for the specific projects of that program and the sources of the amounts for the projects; (4) an operating plan for the construction period of the improvements that shows a coordinated approach to scheduling intercity and commuter trains; (5) an operating plan for the coordinated scheduling of intercity and commuter trains for the period after the program is completed, including priority scheduling, dispatching, and occupancy of tracks for appropriately frequent, regularly scheduled intercity rail passenger transportation between Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, in not more than 3 hours, including intermediate stops; (6) a comprehensive plsin to control future congestion in the Northeast Corridor attributable to increases in intercity and commuter rail passenger transportation;

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