[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 
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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Resort in the city of Anaheim is being rescinded.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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