Bay Area to Central Valley High-Speed Train Partially Revised Draft Program EIR

Bay Area to Central Valley High-Speed Train Partially Revised Draft Program EIR

The Authority is revising and recirculating portions of its 2010 Revised Final Program EIR to address the Atherton November 2011 court ruling described above. The requirement to revise and recirculate portions of the program EIR does not require the Authority to start the program EIR process anew. (Protect the Historic Amador Waterways v. Amador Water Agency [2004] 116 Cal.App.4th 1099, 1112.) Recirculation of the EIR "may be limited by the scope of the revisions required." (Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Rancho Cordova [2007] 40 Cal.4th 412, 449.) Where the scope of revisions is limited to certain chapters or portions of the EIR, a lead agency need only recirculate the chapters or portions that have been modified. (Id.; citing CEQA Guidelines, S 15088.5, subd. (c).)

Merced, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Stanislaus

Air Resources Board, Airport/Energy Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Transportation:Rail (High-Speed Train)

State Agency Approval

Transportation, construction