Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development, et al v Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration

Filing 30

MEMORANDUM and ORDER Staying 16 Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Take Discovery. Signed by District Judge Avern Cohn. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1) (JOwe)

-VMM Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development, et al v Adm...eral Highway Administration

Doc. 30 Att. 1

Exhibit 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. BACKGROUND ..........................................................................................................1 *1.1 Project History.......................................................................................................1 *1.2 Bi-National Coordination ......................................................................................2 2. DECISION ...................................................................................................................3 *2.1 Selection of Alternative ........................................................................................3 2.1.1 Location of the Selected Alternative ...........................................................4 2.1.2 Description of the Selected Alternative .......................................................4 2.1.3 Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridges ..........................................................................7 2.1.4 Property Acquisition ...................................................................................7 2.1.5 Governance .................................................................................................7 *2.2 Environmental Commitments (Mitigation and Enhancements) ............................7 2.2.1 Environmental Commitment Funding .........................................................8 2.2.2 Environmental Commitment Tracking ........................................................8 3. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED ...........................................................................9 *3.1 Purpose and Need .................................................................................................9 *3.2 Identification and Evaluation of Alternatives .......................................................9 3.2.1 Preliminary Alternatives .............................................................................9 3.2.2 Alternatives Carried Forward ­ DEIS........................................................11 3.2.3 Cost Comparison .......................................................................................12 *3.3 Preferred Alternative ­ FEIS ...............................................................................12 3.3.1 Rationale for Selection...............................................................................12 3.3.2 Potential Reasonably Foreseeable Impacts of Selected Alternative .........17 3.3.3 Consistency with Established Statewide Transportation Planning Goals .................................................17 3.3.4 Environmentally Preferred Alternative .....................................................17 3.3.5 Cost Savings Considerations .....................................................................17 *4. FINAL SECTION 4(f) ...............................................................................................19 5. MEASURES TO MINIMIZE HARM .....................................................................21 *5.1 Section 4(f) (Department of Transportation Act)............................................... 21 *5.2 Section 7 (Endangered Species Act) ...................................................................22 *5.3 Section 106 (National Historic Preservation Act) ...............................................22 *5.4 Air Quality Conformity (Clean Air Act) .............................................................23 *5.5 Environmental Justice and Title VI (Civil Rights Act) .......................................24 *5.6 Permitting ............................................................................................................25 6. MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT................................................................27 *6.1 Environmental Commitments Defined................................................................27 *6.2 Enforcement of Environmental Commitments....................................................27 *6.3 Environmental Commitment Progress Reporting ...............................................28

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7. COMMENTS ON THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT......................................................29 *7.1 Purpose and Need ................................................................................................29 *7.2 Alternatives..........................................................................................................29 *7.3 Environmental Consequences .............................................................................30 7.3.1 General....................................................................................................30 7.3.2 Non-motorized Provisions ......................................................................30 7.3.3 Residential and Business Relocation and Redevelopment .....................30 7.3.4 Jobs and the Economy ............................................................................31 7.3.5 Land Use .................................................................................................32 7.3.6 Environmental Justice.............................................................................32 7.3.7 Traffic .....................................................................................................33 7.3.8 Air Quality ..............................................................................................33 7.3.9 Noise .......................................................................................................34 7.3.10 Historic Properties ..................................................................................34 7.3.11 Parkland and Public Recreation Land.....................................................35 7.3.12 Light Pollution ........................................................................................35 7.3.13 Public Safety ...........................................................................................35 7.3.14 Indirect and Cumulative Impacts ............................................................35 7.3.15 Energy .....................................................................................................36 7.3.16 Governance .............................................................................................36 *7.4 Section 4(f)..........................................................................................................36 *7.5 Mitigation and Minimization of Harm................................................................36 7.5.1 General....................................................................................................36 7.5.2 Air Quality ..............................................................................................37 7.5.3 Construction............................................................................................38 7.5.4 Community Enhancements .....................................................................38

Appendix A ­ Memorandum of Agreement Appendix B ­ Project Mitigation Summary Green Sheet
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