FRA is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Project pursuant to NEPA and has coordinated the NEPA process with consultation pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.  FRA, along with the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office and the New York State Historic Preservation Office, as the result of the Section 106 consultation process, has determined that it is appropriate to enter into a Programmatic Agreement. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has elected to participate in the consultation process and is a signatory to the Programmatic Agreement.  Other agencies who have elected to participate in the consultation process as an invited signatory to the Programmatic Agreement include the Federal Transit Administration and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.