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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Status:
Complete
POC Name:
Stefan Galvez
POC Title:
Director of Environmental Services
Action Outcome:
Issuance of multiple RODs and combined FEIS-ROD

Description:

This action is for the supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative. In June 2014, the City of Bakersfield filed a lawsuit challenging the approval under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). As a result, the Authority and the City continued meeting in an effort to resolve the issues addressed by the litigation. In December 2014, the Authority and the City announced that they would study an alternative alignment and a high-speed rail station at F Street and that the City agreed to dismiss their CEQA lawsuit. On May 10, 2016, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors identified the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative, previously referred to as the Bakersfield F Street Station Alignment or BFSSA, as the Preliminary Preferred Alternative. The Locally Generated Alternative is a 23-mile corridor located between the cities of Shafter and Bakersfield in the Central Valley and has been developed in cooperation with the City of Bakersfield, the City of Shafter, and Kern County. CHSRA has issued a combined FEIS and ROD. Therefore, the 30-day wait/review period under NEPA does not apply to this action.

Milestones:

Issuance of Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Scoping (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Official Notice of Availability of a Draft EIS published in the Federal Register (FR) beginning both the public comment period and concurrent CAA Section 309 Review (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Official Notice of Availability of a Final EIS published in the FR beginning both the public review period and concurrent CAA Section 309 Review (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Official Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Draft EIS published in the FR (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Official Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Final EIS published in the FR (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Issuance of Additional Record of Decision (Agency Action)
Completed Date: