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Notice2021-17545

Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program; California High-Speed Rail Authority Audit Report

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Published
August 17, 2021

Issuing agencies

Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration

Abstract

The Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program (STPD Program), often referred to as the "NEPA Assignment Program," allows a State to assume FRA's responsibilities for Federal environmental review, consultation, and compliance under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other Federal environmental laws, for railroad projects. In accordance with the July 23, 2019, memorandum of understanding (section 327 MOU) between FRA and the California High- speed Rail Authority (CHSRA), CHSRA assumed the environmental review process, in lieu of FRA. The STPD Program mandates annual audits by FRA for the first four years of a State's involvement in the STPD Program, ensuring CHSRA's compliance with program requirements. This notice finalizes FRA's findings of the first-year audit of CHSRA participation in the STPD Program.

Indexed from Federal Register on August 17, 2021.

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