California High-Speed Train Project: Merced to Fresno Permitting Phase 1 and Fresno to Bakersfield Section, CP1C Permitting Phase 1 (Amendment No. 11 to Master

California High-Speed Train Project: Merced to Fresno Permitting Phase 1 and Fresno to Bakersfield Section, CP1C Permitting Phase 1 (Amendment No. 11 to Master

Note: Extended Review Per Lead S.4.1 Purpose of the HST System The purpose of the CA HST System is to provide a reliable high-speed electric-powered train system that links the major metropolitan areas of the state, and the 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 CA occur, in a manner sensitive to and protective of CA's unique natural resources. S.4.2 Purpose of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section The purpose of this project is to implement the Fresno to Bakersfield Section of the CA HST System to provide the public with electric-powered high-speed rail service that provides predictable and consistent travel times between major urban centers and connectivity to airports, mass transit, and the highway network in the south San Joaquin Valley and connects the northern and southern portions of the system.

Bakersfield, Fresno, Hanford, Wasco

Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare

Air Resources Board, Transportation 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 Public Health (CDPH), California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Corrections, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of General Services (DGS), Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Office of Historic Preservation, Other Agency(ies), Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Highway Patrol, California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Highway Patrol, California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Transportation:Rail (High Speed Train)

Public Works

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Fiscal Impacts, 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, EMF/EMI