Coachella Valley - San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Service Tier 1/Program Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2016101017
Lead Agency
Riverside County Transportation Commission
(RCTC)
Document Title
Coachella Valley - San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Service Tier 1/Program Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report
Document Type
JD - Joint Document
Received
Present Land Use
Mix of urbanized, transportation, and rural
Document Description
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Rail and Mass Transportation, and Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), have prepared a joint NEPA/CEQA Tier 1/Program Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Tier 1/Program EIS/EIR) to: 1) evaluate passenger rail service options between Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) in Los Angeles County, California and the City of Coachella in Riverside County, California, which are collectively known as the Coachella Valley San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor Service Program (Program), and 2) provide alternative travel choices to automobile ownership along the 144-mile long Coachella Valley-San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor (Program Corridor). The Draft Tier 1/Program EIS/EIR has been prepared by FRA, Caltrans, and RCTC to analyze the potential significant environmental impacts of the proposed Program and to identify potential mitigation strategies that would inform future, site-specific mitigation measures to avoid or reduce significant impacts during subsequent (future) Tier 2/Project-level analyses.
Contact Information
Name
Sheldon Peterson
Agency Name
RCTC
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Banning, Beaumont, Cathedral City, Coachella, Colton, Fullerton, Indio, Loma Linda, Los Angeles, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside
Counties
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino
Regions
Southern California
Railways
BNSF, Union Pacific Railroad
Other Location Info
Passenger rail service from Los Angeles Union Station to Indio or Coachella
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Highway Patrol (CHP)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Highway Patrol (CHP)
Development Types
Transportation:Rail
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
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