Elk Grove Double Track Project Supplemental EIR

Elk Grove Double Track Project Supplemental EIR

As part of the Valley Rail Program, the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) and the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA) completed an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Sacramento Extension Project in September 2020. The Sacramento Extension Project involves expanding passenger rail service between Stockton and Sacramento along a new alignment using the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR or “UP”) Sacramento Subdivision. Following coordination with the City of Elk Grove, a station location was identified just north of Laguna Boulevard with primary access (for all modes) via Dwight Road. The station would include a center platform, surface parking lot, pedestrian overcrossing, access improvements, and a new siding (which would also serve as the second track at the station). An EIR for the station and associated improvements (the “Elk Grove Station Project”) was certified by SJRRC, on April 1, 2022. The siding track planned for the Elk Grove Station would be extended further south by 4.7 miles by the proposed Project. The purpose of this extension is to accommodate additional capacity enhancements needed by UPRR as part of the approved Sacramento Extension Project EIR. Therefore, this EIR is being conducted as a supplemental EIR to the Sacramento Extension Project EIR.

Elk Grove

Sacramento

Countywide, Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (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 3 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), 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

Transportation:Rail (Passenger Rail)

Transit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, 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