[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7277-7278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01925]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed Transit Improvements in the
Corridor Between the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center
(ARTIC) and the Anaheim Resort[supreg] in the City of Anaheim, Orange
County, California
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Rescind notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in cooperation with
the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and the City of
Anaheim, are issuing this notice to advise the public that the Notice
of
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Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for
proposed transit improvements in the corridor between the Anaheim
Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) and The Anaheim
Resort in the city of Anaheim is being rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ted Matley, Community Planner,
Region IX, Federal Transit Administration, 201 Mission Street, Suite
1650, San Francisco, CA 94105, phone (415) 744-2590, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, in cooperation with the OCTA and
the City of Anaheim, published a NOI in the Federal Register on October
27, 2009 (74 FR 55279-55281) to prepare an EIS for proposed transit
improvements over a 3.5-mile corridor between the future Anaheim
Regional Transportation Intermodal Center on the east and The Anaheim
Resort on the west in the City of Anaheim. At that time, the
alternatives proposed for evaluation included: A No-Build Alternative,
a Transportation System Management Alternative, a Bus Rapid Transit
Alternative, and an Elevated Fixed-Guideway Alternative. In October
2012, an Alternatives Analysis was completed, which screened these
alternatives as well as a Streetcar Alternative. Based upon the results
of the AA, in October 2012, the Anaheim City Council selected the
Streetcar Alternative as the LPA for further environmental analysis.
The mode and alignment for the proposed project has been refined
substantially. It is anticipated that an Environmental Assessment,
leading to a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), would be the
appropriate class of action under NEPA. Therefore, the FTA has
determined that the NOI for the EIS will be rescinded.
Comments and questions concerning the proposed action should be
directed to FTA at the address provided above.
Issued on: January 24, 2014.
Leslie T. Rogers,
Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2014-01925 Filed 2-5-14; 8:45 am]
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