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Appendix A Level 1 Alternatives Screening Summaries

According to regulations established in Part 1502 of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) must include an alternatives analysis. Over the course of the development of the Draft Environmental Impact...

Chapter 8 Distribution of the Tier 1 Draft EIS

The Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement is being distributed to the following federal, regional, state and local agencies and other interested parties for their review and comments. The Tier 1 EIS is available for review online at FRA’s website www.fra.dot.gov and the Program’s website at...

Chapter 6 List of Preparers

Chapter 3 discusses the existing social, economic, and environmental (SEE) conditions for each affected resource within the “Area of Analysis”, which is described in Section 3.1.2. The Program’s potential environmental consequences are discussed by individual resource and mitigation measures that...

Chapter 5 Next Steps

This chapter identifies general next steps that may be considered by the Program Sponsors for implementation to achieve the goals identified within the Program’s Purpose and Need (see Chapter 1). More specific actions will be developed during the development of the Tier 1 Final EIS once a...

Chapter 4 Public Involvement and Agency Coordination

This chapter summarizes the public involvement and agency coordination that occurred for the Chicago- Detroit/Pontiac Passenger Rail Program (Program). More details about the outreach efforts and a list of all public and agency comments are provided in Appendix K, which includes a Scoping Summary...

Chapter 3 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES

Chapter 3 discusses the existing social, economic, and environmental (SEE) conditions for each affected resource within the “Area of Analysis”, which is described in Section 3.1.2. The Program’s potential environmental consequences are discussed by individual resource and mitigation measures that...

Chapter 2 Alternatives Considered

This chapter identifies the Alternatives considered for the Program and the analysis conducted to define the alternatives. The Route Alternatives encompass the physical infrastructure, track, and right of way between Chicago and Pontiac, Michigan, whereas Service Alternatives describe the...

Chapter 1 Purpose and Need

This chapter describes the purpose and need for the Chicago-Detroit/Pontiac Passenger Rail Corridor Program (Program). CEQ regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1502.13) (NEPA) require that an environmental impact statement (EIS) specify the underlying purpose...