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                        All Aboard Florida - Miami to Orlando Passenger Rail Service


            
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                All Aboard Florida - Miami to Orlando Passenger Rail Service-DEIS
    

    
    
          Draft Environmental Impact Statement

All Aboard Florida – FRA Issued the Draft EIS on September 19, 2014.  FRA corrected several statements in the DEIS in an errata sheet. Other minor errors, typographic errors, or corrections are addressed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement.

Public Meeting Information Presentations Click Here

DEIS Simulation Videos: New River  Jupiter  St. Lucie

Draft EIS
	Draft EIS Public Presentation
	Appendices 
	1.1 A1 2013 FONSI
		1.1 A2 2013 FONSI Exhibits
		3.3 A Ft Lauderdale Station Re-Evaluation
		3.3 B1 AlternativeA MCO Segment PlanSet
		3.3 B2 AlternativeA E-W Corridor OOCEA Portion PlanSet
		3.3 B3 AlternativeA E-W Corridor FDOT Portion PlanSet
		3.3 B4 AlternativeA NS Corridor TrackChart
		3.3 C Grade Crossing Details
		3.3 D AlternativeC E-W Corridor OOCEA Portion PlanSet
		3.3 E AlternativeE E-W Corridor OOCEA Portion PlanSet
		3.3 F Ridership and Revenue Study Summary
		4.1.1 A Existing Land Use Maps
		4.1.3 A USCG CooperatingAgency Acceptance 080213
		4.1.3 B USCG Jurisdictional Determinations 20130501
		4.1.3 C Navigation Discipline Report
		4.1.3 D Addendum to Navigation Discipline Report
		4.1.3 E USCG Comments to 2nd Nav Study 06022014
		4.2.4 A Potentially Contaminated Sites Aerial Photographs
		4.3.1 A USCG Meeting Notes Regarding Bridges and Nav 08122013
		4.3.3 A1 Upland Plant Species
		4.3.3 A2 Wetland Plant Species
		4.3.3 A Location of Impacted Wetlands Along E W Corridor
		4.3.5 A Essential Fish Habitat Assessment
		4.3.6 A Rare Species Surveys
		4.3.6 B Rare Species Consultation Areas
		4.4.2 A Minority Populations
		4.4.2 B Poverty Populations
		4.4.5 A1 NHPA Section 106 Consultation March 2013 Meeting Minutes
		4.4.5 A2 NHPA Section 106 Consultation July 2013 Meeting Minutes
		4.4.5 A3 NHPA Section 106 Consultation October 2013 Letter
		4.4.5 A4 THPO 0011849 Response
		4.4.5 A5 Cultural Resources FDOT 2013 Letter
		4.4.5 B1 Cultural Resources Proximate to MCO and VMF
		4.4.5 B2 Cultural Resources Proximate to the EW Corridor
		4.4.5 B3 Cultural Resources Proximate to the NS Corridor
		4.4.6 A Recreation Resources By County
		5.2.2 A1 Noise and Vibration Contours VMF
		5.2.2 A2 Noise and Vibration Contours MCO Segment
		5.2.2 A3 Noise and Vibration Contours NS and EW Corridors
		5.2.2 B Noise Impact Tables
		5.2.2 C Vibration Impact Tables
		5.2.3 A Farmland Soils NRCS Form
		5.2.4 A Risk Evaluation Summary Table
		5.3.1 A Bridge Crossing Maps
		5.3.4 A Floodplains
		5.3.6 A1 ESA Section 7 Coordination Materials
		5.3.6 B1 ESA Section 7 Consultation 20130918
		5.3.6 B2 ESA Section 7 Consultation 20130919
		5.3.6 B3 ESA Section 7 Consultation 20130924
		5.3.6 B4 ESA Section 7 Consultation 20131028
		5.3.6 B5 ESA Section 7 Consultation 20131101
		5.3.6 B6 ESA Section 7 Consultation 20140129
		8.1-A Federal Register NOI 20130415
		8.1 B Scoping ReportIn addition, the 2013 Cultural Resources Assessment Report can be found here and a Draft 2015 Addendum can be found here.

FRA provided an extended public comment period of 75 days from the day that the FRA issued the DEIS; thus, the comment period ended on December 3, 2014. In addition, FRA hosted eight public information meetings. Click hereto view the Draft EIS public presentation.  Dates and locations for those meetings were:

Date
			Time
			LocationOctober 27, 2014
			3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
			Miami-Dade College – Wolfson Campus | James K. Batten Room - 2106 | 300 NE 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33132October 28, 2014
			3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
			Broward County Convention Center | 1950 Eisenhower Blvd. | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316October 29, 2014
			3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
			West Palm Beach Marriott|1001 Okeechobee Blvd|  West Palm Beach, FL 33401October 30, 2014
			3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
			The Kane Center | 900 SE Salerno Road | Stuart, FL 34997November 5, 2014
			3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
			Indian River State College | Richardson Hall | 6155 College Lane| Vero Beach, FL 32966November 6, 2014
			3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
			Port St. Lucie Civic Center | 9221 SE Civic Center Place |Port St Lucie, FL 34952November 12, 2014
			3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
			Cocoa Civic Center | 430 Delannoy Avenue | Cocoa, FL 32922November 13, 2014
			3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
			Wyndham Orlando Resort I-Drive| 800 International Drive| Orlando, Florida, 32819
              
      
    
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