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          Program Environmental Impact Statement – Salinas, CA to San Luis Obispo, CA

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), in cooperation with the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG), the California Department of Transportation Division of Rail (Caltrans DOR), and the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC), issued a Record of Decision (ROD) and Final Program Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) on November 10, 2015. FRA’s ROD signifies completion of the programmatic National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review for the project.

The project consists of rail improvements to the Coast Corridor between Salinas, California and San Luis Obispo, California, under the ownership of the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR), to enhance safety and develop a faster and more reliable passenger and freight rail system that will provide added capacity in response to increased travel demand between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the cities in between. The rail improvements will allow increased passenger rail service in the form of a reestablished Coast Daylight rail line that would ultimately operate between San Francisco, California and Los Angeles, California.

The ROD and Final Program EIS/EIR describes the purpose and need for the project, describes the project alternatives, analyzes the potential impacts, and identifies appropriate mitigation strategies to reduce these impacts. In the ROD, FRA identifies the Build Alternative with modifications as the Preferred Alternative for potential future implementation on the Coast Corridor between Salinas and San Luis Obispo. Accordingly, FRA anticipates future project-level analysis and documentation as funding becomes available and that such analysis and documentation will further refine project design and will identify and refine the appropriate project-level mitigation measures.

The Draft Program EIS/EIR was published and circulated for public review for 55 days from November 14, 2014 to January 7, 2015. Four public hearings were held along the Coast Corridor during the public review period. SLOCOG and FRA addressed all comments received on the Draft Program EIS/EIR in the Final Program EIS/EIR.

View the Tier 1 ROD and Final EIS/EIR

00 Cover Sheets
	0.1 Record of Decision
	0.2 Executive Summary
	Chapter 1.0 Purpose and Need
	Chapter 2.0 Alternatives
	Chapter 3.0 Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
	Chapter 4.0 Section 4F-Section 6F
	Chapter 5.0 Comments and Coordination
	Chapter 6.0 References
	Chapter 7.0 List of Preparers
	Appendix 1 Technical Data from the City of King
	Appendix 2A Public Comments
	Appendix 2B Letter A3 Attachments
	Appendix A Scoping Summary
	Appendix B Union Pacific Capacity Model January 2011
	Appendix C Final Service Development Plan
	Appendix D Technical DataView the Tier 1 Draft EIS

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00a Cover Page and Title Sheets
	00b Summary
	0.1 TOC
	1.0 Purpose and Need
	2.0 Alternatives
	3.0 Affected Environment
	3.1 Traffic and Travel
	3.2 Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	3.3 Noise and Vibration
	3.4 Energy
	3.5 Land Use and Planning
	3.6 Visual Resources
	3.7 Agricultural and Forest Resources
	3.8 Public Utilities & Services
	3.9 Hazardous Materials and Wastes
	3.10 Cultural and Paleontological Resources
	3.11 Geology and Soils
	3.12 Hydrology and Water Resources
	3.13 Biological Resources and Wetlands
	3.14 Growth Inducement
	3.15 Cumulative Impacts
	3.16 Next Steps
	3.17 Unavoidable Impacts
	4.0 Section 4f
	5.0 Comments and Coordination
	6.0 ReferencesAppendices

Appx A Scoping Summary
	Appx B UP Capacity model 1-11
	Appx C Final SDP
	Appx D Technical Data
              
      
    
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