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                Dallas to Houston High-Speed Rail – Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 106 Programmatic Agreement
    

    
    
          Final Environmental Impact Statement

FRA released the Final EIS on May 29, 2020. The Final EIS evaluates and documents the reasonably foreseeable potential beneficial and adverse environmental impacts of implementing TCRR’s HSR system, including a No Build Alternative and six Build Alternatives between Dallas and Houston. The study area for the Project traverses 10 counties between Dallas and Houston. A preferred alternative has been identified in the Final EIS, which includes terminal station locations in Dallas and Houston, and an intermediate station west of Roans Prairie in Grimes County.

The Final EIS is available for public review on this web page (see links to files below). FRA has also provided the Final EIS to repositories throughout the Project area. A list of repositories is detailed in Appendix B, Distribution List of the Final EIS and posted in the FRA eLibrary. FRA suggests that the public call the repositories before going there to confirm the availability of, and access to, the Final EIS documents. Additionally, a limited supply of copies of the Final EIS is available to the public in print or electronically (USB flash drive), upon request.

Requests for additional information or for a copy of the Final EIS (as supplies last) may be submitted to Kevin Wright, Environmental Protection Specialist, FRA, at 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, MS-20, Washington, D.C. 20590; or via email at kevin.wright@dot.gov.

Section 106 Programmatic Agreement

Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended, FRA is providing the public a 30-day review period for the Programmatic Agreement that FRA has developed for the Project in consultation with the Texas Historical Commission (THC), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, United States Army Corps of Engineers, TCRR, and other Consulting Parties.

To ensure the appropriate measures to minimize harm to potential impacts to historic properties, FRA, in consultation with the THC, determined that it is appropriate to develop and implement a Programmatic Agreement for the Project because FRA will not be able to fully determine effects to historic properties prior to issuing a Record of Decision.

The Programmatic Agreement establishes the process that governs FRA’s compliance with Section 106 after approval of the Project. FRA has provided Consulting Parties with an opportunity to review and comment on the draft Programmatic Agreement prior to the release of the Final EIS. FRA is also providing the public an opportunity to review the Programmatic Agreement, appended to the Final EIS as **Appendix L**.

FRA accepted public comments for the Draft Section 106 Programmatic Agreement through July 28, 2020.

The Final EIS can be accessed via the following links:

Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Main Text I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Main Text II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix A_List of Preparers
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix B_Distribution_List
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix C_Public and Agency Involvement Correspondence
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Project Footprint I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Project Footprint II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Project Footprint III
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Project Footprint IV
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Project Footprint V
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Surface Water Resources
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Groundwater Resources
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Community and Cultural Resources I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Community and Cultural Resources II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Community and Cultural Resources III
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_HAZMAT
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Natural Resources I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Natural Resources II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Natural Resources III
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Natural Resources IV
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Land Use I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Land Use II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Land Use III
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Environmental Justice
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Mineral Resources I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Mineral Resources II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix D_Mineral Resources III
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix E_Combined Tech Memo I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix E_Combined Tech Memo II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix F_ Final Conceptual Engineering Report I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix F_ Final Conceptual Engineering Report II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details III
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details IV
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details V
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details VI
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details VII
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details VIII
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details IX
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details X
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details XI
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details XII
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details XIII
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix G_ Final Conceptual Engineering Plans and Details XIV
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix H_Response to Draft EIS Comments I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix H_Response to Draft EIS Comments II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix H_Response to Draft EIS Comments III
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix I_Plans and Public Outreach
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix J_Ridership Demand Forecasting Methodology Assessment
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix K_Agency Specific Report I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix K_Agency Specific Report II
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix L_Programmatic Agreement I
	Dallas-Houston HSR Final EIS Appendix L_Programmatic Agreement II
              
      
    
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