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        California HSR – Fresno to Bakersfield
                Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Fresno to Bakersfield
                Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
                Final Environmental Impact Statement - Fresno to Bakersfield
                Draft General Conformity Determination - Fresno to Bakersfield
                
                Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
    

    
    
          California HSR – Fresno to Bakersfield

FRA is circulating for public review the project-level Fresno to Bakersfield High-Speed Rail (HSR) Project Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report/Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Revised DEIR/ Supplemental DEIS). In response to stakeholder, agency, and public feedback on the HSR alignment alternatives, FRA determined it would revise the Draft EIR/EIS that was released in August 2011 to include additional route and station options. The Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS for the Fresno Bakersfield section includes new alignment alternatives and station locations west of Hanford, an additional alternative through Bakersfield, and refinements to the existing Fresno to Bakersfield alternative alignments. The Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS includes the development of preliminary engineering designs and the identification and analysis of the potential environmental effects associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the HSR system, including track structures, ancillary facilities, and stations.

The Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS has incorporated changes to address comments received during the 2011 Draft EIR/EIS public comment period. Changes from the August 2011 Draft EIR/EIS are shaded in grey to facilitate public and agency review. Public comments are being accepted on the Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS from July 20, 2012 to October 19, 2012. The public comment period was extended an additional 30 days. The Final EIR/EIS, which is anticipated for release in early 2013, will provide responses to comments from both public comment periods.

The Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS presents the Project’s purpose and need, identifies all reasonable alternatives including track alignments, stations, and heavy maintenance facilities as well as the no action alternative, describes the affected environment, analyzes the potential environmental impacts of all the reasonable alternatives and the no action alternative, and identifies appropriate mitigation measures to minimize the potential environmental impacts.

Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS Federal Notice of AvailabilityThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers served as a cooperating agency on this Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS. The Corps is the agency responsible for issuing permits for discharge of dredged or fill material within Waters of the U. S. [Fresno to Bakersfield U.S. Army Corps 404 Notice , Attachment]

Public Hearings

Public Hearings on the Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS will be held:

In Bakersfield on August 27, 2012, from 3 pm to 8 pm at the Beale Memorial Library (701 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301)
	In Hanford on August 28, 2012, from 3 pm to 8 pm at the Hanford Fraternal Hall (1015 N. 10th Avenue, Hanford, CA 93230)
	In Fresno on August 29, 2012, from 3 pm to 8 pm at the Fresno Convention Center, Exhibit Hall III (848 M Street, Fresno, CA 93721)Comments

Please provide your comments to the California High-Speed Rail Authority by September 20, 2012.

**Regular Mail**
	Fresno to Bakersfield Revised Draft EIR/Supplemental Draft EIS Comment
	770 L Street, Suite 800
	Sacramento, CA 95814**Email**Fresno_Bakersfield@hsr.ca.gov
	Subject line: Revised Draft EIR/Supplemental Draft EIS Comment**Website**
	See official comment box on California High-Speed Rail Authority websiteFresno to Bakersfield Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS documents for download:

The following documents are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format, which is available for download at no cost on the Internet. (Note: many of these files are very large and could take up to several minutes to download.) Technical appendices that are part of the project record for the Fresno to Bakersfield EIS are available on the California High-Speed Rail Authority website. Parts of the Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS that have changed from the August 2011 Draft EIR/EIS are shaded in grey to facilitate public and agency review.

***I***n the preliminary Section 4(f)/6(f) evaluation, a potential resource was inadvertently reported to be within the “footprint” of disturbance for the BNSF Alternative through Bakersfield. In fact, this resource is located approximately 400 feet south of the BNSF Alternative, within the footprint of disturbance of the Bakersfield South Alternative. Because of the importance of the Section 4(f) determination, the preliminary 4(f)/6(f) evaluation contained in Chapter 4.0 of the Revised Draft EIR/Supplemental Draft EIS has been corrected to indicate that the affected potential resource in Bakersfield would be impacted by the Bakersfield South Alternative. The copies of the Revised Draft EIR/Supplemental Draft EIS available at public locations in the project area are being updated to include the corrected Chapter 4.0.



Overview Documents
	Document
			SizeBrochureExecutive SummarySpanish BrochureSpanish SummaryVolume I (Revised DEIR/Supplemental DEIS)
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			SizeCover Volume I
			1,231 KBTitle Page Volume I
			14 KBSignature Page
			46 KBFact Sheet
			73 KBPreface
			64 KBTable of Contents Volume I
			198 KBSummary
			2,126 KB1.0 Project Purpose, Need, and Objectives
			1,439 KB2.0 Alternatives
			8,661 KB3.1 Introduction
			206 KB3.2 Transportation
			27,779 KB3.3 Air Quality and Global Climate Change
			2,728 KB3.4 Noise and Vibration
			12,318 KB3.5 Electromagnetic Fields and Electromagnetic Interference
			416 KB3.6 Public Utilities and Energy
			1,6093.7 Biological Resources and Wetlands
			2,521 KB3.8 Hydrology and Water Resources
			1,734 KB3.9 Geology, Soils, and Seismicity
			3,810 KB3.10 Hazardous Materials and Wastes
			955 KB3.11 Safety and Security
			1,114 KB3.12 Socioeconomics, Communities, and Environmental Justice
			2,069 KB3.13 Station Planning, Land Use, and Development
			9,834 KB3.14 Agricultural Lands
			4,078 KB3.15 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space
			6,871 KB3.16 Aesthetics and Visual Resources
			14,523 KB3.17 Cultural and Paleontological Resources
			3,301 KB3.18 Regional Growth
			347 KB3.19 Cumulative Impacts
			402 KB4.0 Draft Section 4(f)-6(f) Evaluation
			402 KB5.0 Project Costs and Operations
			185 KB6.0 Other CEQA-NEPA Considerations
			80 KB7.0 Public and Agency Involvement
			374 KB8.0 EIR-EIS Distribution
			100 KB9.0 List of Preparers
			88 KB10.0 References and Sources Used in Document Preparation
			503 KB11.0 Glossary of Terms
			200 KB12.0 Index
			72 KB13.0 Acronyms and Abbreviations
			137 KBVolume II
	Document
			SizeCover Volume II
			1,296 KBTitle Page Volume II
			22 KBTable of Contents Volume II
			21 KB1-A Revised 2012 Business Plan
			768 KB2-A Road Crossings
			417 KB2-B Railroad Crossings
			489 KB2-C Operations and Service Plan Summary
			1,496 KB2-D Applicable Design Standards
			118 KB3.1-A Parcels within HST Footprint
			61,456 KB3.4-A Noise and Vibration
			2,082 KB3.5-A Technical Study: Pre-Construction Electromagnetic Measurement Survey
			26,334 KB3.6-A Existing Plus Project Conditions Energy Analysis
			85 KB3.6-B Water Usage Analysis Technical Memorandum
			7,207 KB3.6-C Energy Analysis Memorandum
			135 KB3.7-A Special-Status Species and Observed Habitats
			2,014 KB3.7-B Comparison of Impacts on Biological Resources by Alternative
			276 KB3.8-A Water Bodies Crossed by Fresno to Bakersfield Section Alternatives
			37 KB3.11-A Safety and Security Data
			54 KB3.11-B Airport Obstructions
			272 KB3.12-A Residential, Business, and Mobile Home Relocation Assistance Brochures
			1,637 KB3.12-B Effects on School District Funding and Transportation Bus Routes
			3,390 KB3.12-C Children's Health and Safety Risk Assessment
			283 KB3.13-A Land Use Plans, Goals, and Policies
			324 KB3.14-A Results and Findings of Land Evaluation and Site Assessment
			163 KB3.14-B Effects on Confined Animal Agriculture
			31,704 KB3.14-C High Speed Train Noise Disturbance on Grazing Lands
			980 KB3.17-A Programmatic Agreement
			882 KB3.19-A Planned and Potential Projects and Plans
			5,6473.19-B Planned and Potential Transportation Projects
			6,119 KB5-A Operating Cost Memorandum
			95 KBVolume III
	Document
			SizeSection A Alignment Plans Part 1 of 2
			49,668 KBSection B Alignment Plans Part 2 of 2
			39,231 KBSection C Roadway and Grade Separation Plans Part 1 of 2
			34,734 KBSection D Roadway and Grade Separation Plans Part 2 of 2
			21,916 KBSection E Station Plans
			16,722 KB
              
      
    
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