DEIR Comment Letters

Based on letters submitted in a non-electronic format and we would be happy to crate more accessible versions of portions or all of these documents on request.

• Comment Letters (Part 1)
• Comment Letters (Part 2)
• Comment Letters (Part 3)

September 09 Civic Engagement Meetings on Alternatives

• Project Purpose
• Key Environmental Impact Estimates, 2009
• Key Operations Statistics, 2009
• September Civic Engagement Meeting Minutes 9-14-09 and 9-17-09

Technical Reports on Project Alternatives

• Draft Alternatives Analysis Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Network Simulation Analysis of Proposed 2030 MBTA/Amtrak Operations Technical Memorandum (SYSTRA) - August 2009
• August 20 PowerPoint: Systra Analysis
• August 20 Powerpoint: Rapid Bus Operations
• Draft Methodology and Assumptions of Central Transportation Planning Staff Regional Travel Demand Modeling
• CTPS Modeling 101
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum - September 2009
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Figures 2-1 through 2-5
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Figures 4-1 through 4-10
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Figures 4-11 through 4-29
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Figure 4-30
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Figures 4-31 through 4-33
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Figure 4-34
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Figures 4-35 through 4-41
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Figures 6-1 through 6-5
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Figures 6-6 through 6-10
• Draft Alternatives Description Technical Memorandum Appendices

Technical Reports on Water, Wetlands, Biodiversity, and Species

• Draft Water Resources Affected Environment Technical Report
• Draft Water Resource Affected Environment Report Figures 3-1 through 3-4
• Draft Water Resources Affected Environment Report Figures 3-5 through 3-9
• Draft Water Resources Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Water Resources Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-5
• Draft Water Resources Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-6 through 3-8
• Draft Water Resources Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-9 through 3-26
• Draft Water Resources Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-27 through 3-31
• Draft Wetlands Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Wetlands Affected Environment Technical Report Appendix A
• Draft Wetlands Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 2-1 through 3-3
• Draft Wetlands Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-4 through 3-9
• Draft Wetlands Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-10 through 3-20
• Draft Wetlands Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-21 through 3-31
• Draft Wetlands Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Wetlands Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-3
• Draft Wetlands Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-4 through 3-7
• Draft Wetlands Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-8 through 3-19
• Draft Biodiversity Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Biodiversity Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 2-1 through 2-5
• Draft Biodiversity Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Biodiversity Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 2-1 through 3-7
• Draft Biodiversity Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-8 through 5-11
• Draft Biodiversity Environmental Consequences Technical Report Appendix: Conservation Assessment and Prioritization System South Coast Rail Analysis
• Draft Biodiversity Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 2-6 through 2-11
• Draft Threatened & Endangered Species Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Threatened & Endangered Species Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 2-1 through 2-5
• Draft Threatened & Endangered Species Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 2-6 through 5-1
• Draft Threatened & Endangered Species Affected Environment Technical Report: Attachment 1: Letters
• Draft Threatened & Endangered Species Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Threatened & Endangered Species Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-9
• Draft Threatened & Endangered Species Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 6-1 through 6-6

Technical Reports on Socioeconomic Impacts, Environmental Justice, and Hazardous Materials

• Draft Social & Economic Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Socioconomic-Land Use Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Socioconomic-Land Use Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-4
• Draft Socioconomic-Land Use Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-5 through 3-10
• Draft Socioconomic-Land Use Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-11 through 3-25
• Draft Socioconomic-Land Use Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-26 through 5-4
• Draft Environmental Justice Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Environmental Justice Affected Environment Technical Report: Figures 3-1 through 3-2
• Draft Environmental Justice Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-3 through 3-4
• Draft Environmental Justice Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-5 through 3-6
• Draft Environmental Justice Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-7 through 3-8
• Draft Environmental Justice Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-9 through 3-20
• Draft Environmental Justice Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-21 through 3-29
• Draft Environmental Justice Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Environmental Justice Environmental Consequences Technical Report Appendix
• Draft Environmental Justice Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-6
• Draft Environmental Justice Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-7 through 3-10
• Draft Environmental Justice Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-11 through 3-32
• Draft Hazardous Materials Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Hazardous Materials Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-9
• Draft Hazardous Materials Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-10 through 3-16
• Draft Hazardous Materials Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-17 through 3-24
• Draft Hazardous Materials Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009

Technical Reports on Historic Resources

• Draft Historic Resources Affected Environment Supplemental Technical Report - July 2009 Volume 1
• Draft Historic Resources Affected Environment Supplemental Technical Report - July 2009: Volume 2
• Draft Historic Resources Affected Environment Supplemental Technical Report - July 2009: Volume 3
• Draft Historic Resources Affected Environment Supplemental Technical Report - July 2009: Volume 3 Appendix B
• Draft Historic Resources Affected Environment Technical Report - March 2009 Volume I
• Draft Historic Resources Affected Environment Technical Report - March 2009 Volume II
• Draft Historic Resources Affected Environment Technical Report - March 2009 Volumes III through VI
• Draft Historical Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Historical Environmental Consequences Technical Report Appendix A
• Draft Historical Environmental Consequences Technical Report Appendix B
• Draft Historical Environmental Consequences Technical Report Appendix C

Technical Reports on Land Use, Open Space, Farmland Soils,
Coastal, and Secondary and Cumulative Growth

• Draft Land Use Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Land Use Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-4
• Draft Land Use Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-5 through 3-9
• Draft Land Use Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-10 through 3-20
• Draft Land Use Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-21 through 3-30
• Draft Land Use Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-31 through 3-39
• Draft Open Space Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Open Space Affected Environment Technical Report Appendix A
• Draft Open Space Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 2-1 through 3-4
• Draft Open Space Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 3-5 through 3-8
• Draft Open Space Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Open Space Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-4
• Draft Open Space Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-5 through 3-8
• Draft Open Space Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figure 3-9
• Draft Open Space Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-10 through 3-27
• DRAFT Open Space Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-28 through 4-4
• Draft Farmland Soils Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Farmland Soils Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Chapter 91/Coastal Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Chapter 91/Coastal Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-5
• Draft Chapter 91/Coastal Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-6 through 3-15
• Draft South Coast Rail Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Technical Report

Technical Reports on Noise, Vibration, Traffic, Air Quality and Visual Impacts

• Draft Noise Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Noise Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Noise Environmental Consequences Technical Report Appendix
• Draft Vibration Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Vibration Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Vibration Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures
• Draft Traffic Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Traffic Affected Environment Technical Report Appendix
• Draft Traffic Affected Environment Technical Report Figures
• Draft Traffic Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Traffic Environmental Consequences Technical Report Appendix
• Draft Traffic Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures
• Draft Air Quality Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Visual Affected Environment Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Visual Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 2-1 through 2-10
• Draft Visual Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 2-11 through 2-21
• Draft Visual Affected Environment Technical Report Figures 2-22 through 2-39
• Draft Visual Environmental Consequences Technical Report - September 2009
• Draft Visual Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-1 through 3-20
• Draft Visual Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-21 through 3-38
• Draft Visual Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 3-39 through 3-44
• Draft Visual Environmental Consequences Technical Report Figures 4-1 through 4-4

Environmental Notification Form & Related Documents

• Secretary's Certificate for the ENF
• List of Supplemental Ridership Report Commenters
• Supplemental Ridership Report Comment Letters
• Extended Public Comment Notice
• Supplemental Ridership Memo

ENF Public Comment Letters

• ENF Comment Letters: Individuals and Businesses Part 1
• ENF Comment Letters: Individuals and Businesses Part 2
• ENF Comment Letters: Non-Government Agencies
• ENF Comment Letters: Municipalities
• ENF Comment Letters: Elected Officials
• ENF Comment Letters: Agencies

Environmental Notification Form

• ENF Form and Title page
• ENF Table of Contents
• ENF Chapter 1
• ENF Chapter 2
• ENF Chapter 3
• ENF Chapter 4
• ENF Chapter 5
• ENF Chapter 6
• ENF Chapter 7
• ENF Chapter 8
• ENF Distribution List

ENF Attachments

• ENF Attachment A: Cover Page
• ENF Attachment A: Table of Contents
• ENF Attachment A: Acronyms
• ENF Attachment A: Chapter One - Introduction
• ENF Attachment A: Chapter Two - Purpose and Need
• ENF Attachment A: Chapter Three - Phase 1 Alternatives
• ENF Attachment A: Chapter Four - Phase 1 Evaluation Methodology
• ENF Attachment A: Chapter Five - Step 1 Analysis
• ENF Attachment A: Chapter Six - Step 2 Analysis
• ENF Attachment A: Chapter Seven - Step 3 Analysis
• ENF Attachment A: Chapter Eight - Step 4 Analysis
• ENF Attachment A: Chapter Nine - Next Steps
• ENF Attachment A: References
• ENF Attachment A: Figures 1-1 to 3-7
• ENF Attachment A: Figures 7-1 to 7-4
• ENF Attachment A: Figures 7-5 to 7-7
• ENF Attachment A: Appendices
• ENF Attachment B Part 1
• ENF Attachment B Part 2
• ENF Attachment B Part 3
• ENF Attachment B Part 4
• ENF Attachment C Figures 1-9
• ENF Attachment C Figures 10-19

ENF Figures

• Figure 2-1
• Figure 2-2
• Figure 3-1
• Figure 4-1
• Figure 4-2
• Figure 4-3
• Figure 4-4
• Figure 4-5
• Figure 4-6
• Figure 4-7
• Figure 4-8
• Figure 4-9
• Figure 4-10
• Figure 4-11
• Figure 4-12
• Figure 4-13
• Figure 4-14
• Figure 4-15
• Figure 4-16t
• Figure 4-17
• Figure 4-18
• Figure 4-19
• Figure 4-20
• Figure 4-22
• Figure 4-23
• Figure 4-24A
• Figure 4-24B
• Figure 4-25
• Figure 4-26
• Figure 4-30A
• Figure 4-30B
• Figure 4-30C
• Figure 5-1
• Figure 5-2
• Figure 5-3A
• Figure 5-3B
• Figure 5-3C
• Figure 5-4A
• Figure 5-4B
• Figure 5-4C
• Figure 5-4D
• Figure 5-4E
• Figure 5-5A
• Figure 5-5B
• Figure 5-5C
• Figure 5-6A
• Figure 5-6B
• Figure 5-6C
• Figure 5-6D
• Figure 5-6E
• Figure 5-7A
• Figure 5-7B
• Figure 5-8A
• Figure 5-8B
• Figure 5-9A
• Figure 5-9B
• Figure 5-9C
• Figure 5-9D
• Figure 5-9E
• Figure 5-9F
• Figure 5-10A
• Figure 5-10B
• Figure 5-10C
• Figure 5-10D
• Figure 5-10E
• Figure 5-10F
• Figure 5-10G
• Figure 5-11

Other Environmental Review Documents

• December 2008 Public Meetings Flier
• Federal Register NOI Notice 10-31--08
• Environmental Process Timeline
• Joint Statement by the Army Corps of Engineers and MA EOEEA

Interagency Coordinating Group

• Interagency Coordinating Group - Presentation 7-21-10
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Meeting Notes 7-21-10
• Response to EPA Comments 5-19-10
• South Station Memo to ICG
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Meeting Notes 10-22-09
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Meeting Notes 11-12-09
• Interagency Group Presentation - Sensitivity Analysis - 10-22-09
• Interagency Group Meeting Presentation - Secondary and Cumulative Growth - 11-12-09
• Interagency Coordinating Group Minutes 7-21-09
• Interagency Coordinating Group Minutes 8-20-09
• Interagency Coordinating Group Minutes 6-18-09
• Interagency Coordinating Group Agenda 2-26-09
• Interagency Coordinating Group Minutes 2-26-2009
• Interagency Green House Gas Working Group Minutes 5-5-09
• Interagency Wetlands Working Group Minutes 4-16-2009
• Interagency Secondary and Cumulative Growth Impacts Working Group 5-7-09
• Interagency Coordinating Group Meeting Minutes 12-15-08
• Interagency Coordinating Group Meeting Minutes 1-22-09
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Minutes 10-24-08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Agenda 10-24-08
• Interagency Coordinating Group Minutes 9-16-08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Agenda - 06/19/08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Meeting Notes - 6-19-08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Agenda - 7-17-08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Meeting Notes - 7-17-08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Agenda - 5/27/08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Meeting Notes - 5/27/08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Agenda - 4/1/08
• nteragency Coordinating Group - Meeting Notes - 4/1/08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Agenda - 3/4/08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Meeting Notes - 3/4/08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Agenda - 3/21/08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - Meeting Notes - 3/21/08
• Interagency Coordinating Group - 2/28/08 - Meeting Notes
• Step One Summary Memo
• Step One Evaluation Matrix
• Interagency Coordinating Group - 2/21/08 - Meeting Notes

Wetlands Mitigation Working Group

• Documents being developed

Alternatives Evaluation Process

Alternatives Analysis Phase 1 Report

• Phase 1 Alternatives Analysis Synopsis
• Cover Page
• Table of Contents
• Acronyms
• Chapter One - Introduction
• Chapter Two - Purpose and Need
• Chapter Three - Phase 1 Alternatives
• Chapter Four - Phase 1 Evaluation Methodology
• Chapter Five - Step 1 Analysis
• Chapter Six - Step 2 Analysis
• Chapter Seven - Step 3 Analysis
• Chapter Eight - Step 4 Analysis
• Chapter Nine - Next Steps
• References
• Figures 1-1 to 3-7
• Figures 7-1 to 7-4
• Figures 7-5 to 7-7
• Appendices

March 2008 Meetings

• Flyer with Directions
• Welcome Packet and Draft Summary Findings
• Ten Alternatives
• Civic Engagement Round 3 - Meeting Notes
• Civic Engagement Round 2 Meeting Notes
• Civic Engagement Round 2 Packet 01-9-08
• Civic Engagement Round One Presentation
• Attleboro Bypass Resource Map
• Dartmouth Secondary Resource Map
• Fall River Line Resource Map
• New Bedford Main Line Resource Map
• Northeast Corridor Resource Map
• Route 128 Resource Map
• Stoughton Line Resource Map

Project Documents

• Patrick Administration Selects Rail Project Consultant
• Strategic Environmental Permitting Plan
• Environmental Listening Session 7-25-07 Notes
• South Coast Rail PowerPoint
• Army Corps Highway Methodology
• South Coast Rail Press Release
• MEPA Certificate
• Expanded Feasibility Study Draft Report, 1995

Presentations

• Interagency Group - Need and Goals