The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has prepared the Bay Area to Central Valley High-Speed Train (HST) Partially Revised FINAL Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to address the November 2011 Town of Atherton court rulings regarding the 2010 Bay Area to Central Valley HST Revised Final Program EIR. To comply with the court rulings, the Authority circulated a Partially Revised Draft Program EIR for public comment for 45 days, from January 6, 2012 to February 21, 2012.
The Partially Revised Final Program EIR includes the following:
- Bay Area to Central Valley HST Partially Revised Final Program EIR (including Response to Comments)
- 2010 Bay Area to Central Valley HST Revised Final Program EIR (Volume 1)
- 2010 Responses to Comments – Bay Area to Central Valley HST Revised Final Program EIR (Volume 2)
- 2008 Bay Area to Central Valley HST Final Program EIR/EIS and Addendum/Errata (Volume 1)
- 2008 Appendices to the Bay Area to Central Valley HST Final Program EIR (Volume 2)
- 2008 Responses to Comments on the Bay Area to Central Valley HST Final Program EIR/EIS (Volume 3)
The Authority will consider the Partially Revised Final Program EIR and related decisions at a public meeting to be held on April 19, 2012. At this meeting, the Authority will receive a staff report and public comment on the Partially Revised Final Program EIR and consider making decisions related to the Partially Revised Final Program EIR. These decisions include whether to certify the Partially Revised Final Program EIR for compliance with CEQA, selection of a network alternative for further project-level study, and whether to adopt a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and CEQA findings along with a statement of overriding considerations.
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