SCH Number 2007031067

Project Info

Title

California High-Speed Rail Project, Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section

Description

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), as the Lead Agency for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process for a proposed California HSR System, is issuing this Revised NOP for the Project Level EIR/EIS for the section of the HSR system from the City of Los Angeles (Union Station) to Anaheim (Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center [ARTIC]) to initiate additional scoping to solicit input on additional facilities in Colton and Lenwood. The Authority conducted scoping for the project in 2007, but the project at that time did not include facilities in Colton and Lenwood. Those facilities have now been identified as necessary project components, so additional scoping to obtain public and other stakeholder feedback and information to inform the environmental review process is appropriate. The 2007 scoping and environmental development process since then remains valid; information learned in and since 2007 will be used, supplemented by information learned through this additional scoping, in development of the Draft EIR/EIS. Most of the information contained in this Revised NOP is the same as was contained in the 2007 NOP, but is repeated here for ease of review. This Los Angeles to Anaheim corridor runs through a narrow and constrained urban environment, with other existing rail operators in the area, including trains operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Metrolink (governed by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority), the Union Pacific Railroad, and BNSF Railway. Projected future cumulative passenger (commuter diesel and electric HSR) and freight train volumes require additional facilities be added outside the corridor to maintain existing and anticipated freight and passenger train operations, including on-time service levels, during project construction and operation. The proposed BNSF Colton Intermodal Facility Component (Colton Component) and BNSF Lenwood Staging Track Component (Lenwood Component) have been identified as necessary Los Angeles to Anaheim project components outside the corridor that are required to maintain freight and passenger train performance at existing levels during project construction and accommodate currently projected freight and passenger growth during project operation within the corridor. See NOP for full details.

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