Notice2022-16164
Notice of Availability of a Final General Conformity Determination for the California High-Speed Rail System, San Francisco to San Jose Section
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Published
July 28, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
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FRA is providing this notice to advise the public that it is issuing a Final General Conformity Determination (FCD) for the San Francisco to San Jose Section of the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) System (Project). The Project is located between Fourth and King Street Station in San Francisco, CA, and Scott Boulevard in Santa Clara, CA, along and adjacent to the existing Caltrain rail corridor.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45389-45390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16164]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2022-0026]
Notice of Availability of a Final General Conformity
Determination for the California High-Speed Rail System, San Francisco
to San Jose Section
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: FRA is providing this notice to advise the public that it is
issuing a Final General Conformity Determination (FCD) for the San
Francisco to San Jose Section of the California High-Speed Rail (HSR)
System (Project). The Project is located between Fourth and King Street
Station in San Francisco, CA, and Scott Boulevard in Santa Clara, CA,
along and adjacent to the existing Caltrain rail corridor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lana Lau, Supervisory Environmental
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Protection Specialist, RPD, telephone: (202) 923-5314, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#19557877783755786c597d766d377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d517c737c33517c685d797269337a726b">[email protected]</span></a>; or Marlys Osterhues, Chief Environment and Project
Engineering, RPD, telephone: (202) 493-0413, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#135e72617f6a603d5c606776617b66766053777c673d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f0bd91829c8983debf8384958298859583b0949f84de979f86">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 (Section 327), the
California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has assumed FRA's
environmental review responsibilities under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). However, under Section 327,
FRA remains responsible for compliance with the Clean Air Act General
Conformity requirements. In compliance with NEPA and the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Authority published a Final
Environmental Impact Record/Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/
EIS) for the San Francisco to San Jose Section of the California High-
Speed Rail (HSR) System on June 10, 2022.
FRA prepared a Draft General Conformity Determination, pursuant to
40 CFR part 93, subpart B, which establishes the process for complying
with the General Conformity requirements of the Clean Air Act. FRA
published a notice in the Federal Register on May 2, 2022, advising the
public of the availability of the Draft Conformity Determination for a
30-day review and comment period. The Draft Conformity Determination
was published at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, Docket No. FRA-2022-0026.
The comment period of the Draft Conformity Determination closed on June
2, 2022. FRA received one comment on the Draft General Conformity
Determination on behalf of the City of Brisbane. The commenter stated
``the Draft GCD findings are erroneous because it is based upon the
Project's EIR/EIS, which provides inaccurate and incomplete
information.'' The commenter also identified specific statements in the
Draft General Conformity Determination where the commenter believed the
analysis was deficient. FRA prepared a response to the City's comment,
which is included as Attachment B to the Final General Conformity
Determination.
FRA prepared the Final General Conformity Determination pursuant to
40 CFR part 93, subpart B, and based on the Authority's coordination
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bay Area Air
Quality Management District (BAAQMD), and the California Air Resources
Board (CARB). The analysis found that construction period emissions for
one of the Project alternatives (Alternative B) would exceed the
General Conformity de minimis threshold for Nitrogen Oxides (NOx).
However, operation of the Project would result in an overall reduction
of regional emissions of all applicable air pollutants and would not
cause a localized exceedance of an air quality standard. Consistent
with the General Conformity Rule, the Authority will ensure all
remaining emissions that exceed the de minimis thresholds, after
implementation of the impact avoidance and minimization features and
onsite mitigation measures, will be completely mitigated to zero
through agreements with the applicable air districts. Based on this
commitment, FRA determined the Project will conform to the requirements
in the approved State Implementation Plan.
The Final General Conformity Determination is available at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, Docket No. FRA-2022-0026, and FRA's website at
<a href="https://railroads.dot.gov/environment/environmental-reviews/clean-air-act-california-general-conformity-determinations">https://railroads.dot.gov/environment/environmental-reviews/clean-air-act-california-general-conformity-determinations</a>,
Issued in Washington, DC
Marlys A. Osterhues,
Chief Environment and Project Engineering.
[FR Doc. 2022-16164 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]
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