California High-Speed Rail Project: San Jose to Merced Project Section
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2009022083
Lead Agency
California High Speed Rail Authority
Document Title
California High-Speed Rail Project: San Jose to Merced Project Section
Document Type
JD - Joint Document
Received
Present Land Use
Mix of urbanized uses (residential/commercial/industrial), transportation uses, and rural uses (agriculture, open space)
Document Description
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) certified a Statewide Program Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) (Tier 1) in November 2005 as the first phase of a tiered environmental review process for the proposed California High-Speed Rail (HSR) System planned to provide a reliable, high-speed, electric-powered rail system that links the major metropolitan areas of the state and that delivers predictable and consistent travel times. A further objective is to provide an interface with commercial airports, mass transit, and the highway network and to relieve capacity constraints of the existing transportation system as increases in intercity travel demand in California occur, in a manner sensitive to and protective of California's unique natural resources. A second program-level (Tier 1) EIR/EIS was completed in 2008 focusing on the connection between the Bay Area and Central Valley; the Authority revised this document under CEQA and completed it in 2012. Based on the Program EIR/EISs, the Authority selected preferred corridors and station locations to advance for further study.
Contact Information
Name
Mark A. McLoughlin
Agency Name
California High-Speed Rail Authority
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
California High Speed Rail Authority
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Cities
Glory, Los Banos, Morgan Hill, San Jose, Santa Clara
Counties
Merced, San Benito, Santa Clara
Cross Streets
See Attachments
Zip
Various
Total Acres
~145 Miles
Railways
Caltrain, UPRR
Schools
Multiple
Waterways
Multiple
Other Location Info
State Highway: 33, 85, 87, 89, 1s2. 16s, US 101 , I-5. 1-280, 1-880
Airports: SJC, South County Airport, Frazier Lake, Los Banos
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Corrections, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Development Types
Transportation (Rail (high-speed train))
Local Actions
Public Works
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, EMF/EMI, Vibration, Safety & Security
Attachments
Environmental Document
NOC
State Comments
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