DOCUMENTS & LINKS

Final EIS

Note: Changes made to the Draft EIS appear in blue in the Final EIS.

• Dear Reader Letter
• Table of Contents
• Summary
• Chapter 1-Purpose and Need
• Chapter 2-Proposed Action and Alternatives
• Chapter 3-Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
  • Introduction
  • Section 3.1, Vehicle Safety and Delay
  • Section 3.2, Rail Operations Safety
  • Section 3.3, Water Resources
  • Section 3.4, Biological Resources
  • Section 3.5, Geology, Soils, Seismic Hazards, and Hazardous Waste Sites
  • Section 3.6, Noise and Vibration
  • Section 3.7, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases
  • Section 3.8, Energy
  • Section 3.9, Cultural Resources
  • Section 3.10, Paleontological Resources
  • Section 3.11, Land Use and Recreation
  • Section 3.12, Visual Resources
  • Section 3.13, Socioeconomics
  • Section 3.14, Environmental Justice
  • Section 3.15, Cumulative Impacts
• Chapter 4-Mitigation
• Chapter 5-Consultation and Coordination
• Chapter 6-Additional Topics Required by NEPA
• Chapter 7-List of Preparers
• Chapter 8-Distribution List
• Chapter 9-References
• Appendices A-S
• Appendix T: Responses to Comments

• Combined Final EIS Files
• Volume I: Summary and Chapters 1–9
• Volume II: Appendices A through S
• Volume III: Appendix T

OEA is also making the Final EIS available at the following public libraries.

• Duchesne Library - 130 S Center St., Duchesne, UT 84021
• Price City Library - 159 E Main St., Price, UT 84501
• Roosevelt Library - 70 W Lagoon St., Roosevelt, UT 84066
• Uintah Library - 204 East 100 North, Vernal, UT 84078

Draft EIS

• Dear Reader Letter
• Table of Contents
• Summary
• Chapter 1-Purpose and Need
• Chapter 2-Proposed Action and Alternatives
• Chapter 3-Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
  • Introduction
  • Section 3.1, Vehicle Safety and Delay
  • Section 3.2, Rail Operations Safety
  • Section 3.3, Water Resources
  • Section 3.4, Biological Resources
  • Section 3.5, Geology, Soils, Seismic Hazards, and Hazardous Waste Sites
  • Section 3.6, Noise and Vibration
  • Section 3.7, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases
  • Section 3.8, Energy
  • Section 3.9, Cultural Resources
  • Section 3.10, Paleontological Resources
  • Section 3.11, Land Use and Recreation
  • Section 3.12, Visual Resources
  • Section 3.13, Socioeconomics
  • Section 3.14, Environmental Justice
  • Section 3.15, Cumulative Impacts
• Chapter 4-Mitigation
• Chapter 5-Consultation and Coordination
• Chapter 6-Additional Topics Required by NEPA
• Chapter 7-List of Preparers
• Chapter 8-Distribution List
• Chapter 9-References
• Appendices

• Combined Draft EIS Letter, Table of Contents, Summary, and Chapters
• Combined Draft EIS Appendices

OEA is also making the Draft EIS available at the following public libraries.

• Duchesne Library - 130 S Center St., Duchesne, UT 84021
• Price City Library - 159 E Main St., Price, UT 84501
• Roosevelt Library - 70 W Lagoon St., Roosevelt, UT 84066
• Uintah Library - 204 East 100 North, Vernal, UT 84078

Additional Draft EIS Supporting Documents

• EDR Area/Corridor Report

Select OEA Consultation Documents

• Final Mitigation Approach and Agreement for Greater Sage-grouse and Cover Letter
• Biological Opinion
• Biological Assessment
• Final Executed Programmatic Agreement
• Support Letter from Ute Indian Tribe

Maps

• Coalition’s Proposed Routes
  • Coalition’s Proposed Alternatives Overview
  • Indian Canyon Route
  • Craig Route
  • Wells Draw Route
• OEA’s Alternatives for EIS Analysis
  • Indian Canyon Alternative Map
  • Indian Canyon Alternative kmz
  • Wells Draw Alternative Map
  • Wells Draw Alternative kmz
  • Whitmore Park Alternative
  • Whitmore Park Alternative kmz
• Draft EIS Interactive Project Map

Information Requests

• April 12, 2019, Information Request #1
  • April 19, 2019, Coalition’s Response
  • May 31, 2019, Coalition's First Supplemental Response
  • September 9, 2019, Coalition's Second Supplemental Response
• September 25, 2019, Information Request #2
  • October 10, 2019, Coalition’s Response
• October 30, 2019, Information Request #3
  • November 25, 2019, Coalition’s Response
  • November 25, 2019, Appendices to Coalition's Response
• November 8, 2019, Information Request #4
  • November 20, 2019, Coalition’s Response
• February 24, 2020, Information Request #5
  • March 9, 2020, Coalition’s Response

Select Applicant Submissions

• Project Background Documents
  • Uinta Basin Railway Information Paper
• Alternatives Development Documents
  • Uinta Basin Railway Alternatives Evaluation
  • UDOT Uinta Basin Railroad Feasibility Study Summary Report
  • UDOT Alternatives Feasibility Report
  • UDOT Alternatives Development and Screening Methodology Report
  • September 4, 2019 letter re: Feasibility of Craig Route Alternative
  • September 20, 2019 letter re: Whitmore Park Route
  • Uinta Basin Railway Revised Alternatives Evaluation
  • Uinta Basin Railway Supplemental Route Selection Information
• Applicant’s Technical Memoranda and Survey Reports
  • Final Biological Resources Baseline Environment Technical Memorandum
  • Final Waters of the United States Baseline Environment Technical Memorandum
  • Final Selective Reconnaissance-Level Survey of Historic Architectural Resources
  • Draft Barneby Ridge-cress Habitat Evaluation Memorandum
  • Draft Mexican Spotted Owl Habitat Evaluation Memorandum
  • Draft Ute Ladies’- tresses Habitat Evaluation Memorandum
  • Draft Northern Goshawk Nest Survey Memorandum
  • Paleontological Resource Impact Evaluation Report
• Applicant's Petition for Exemption
  • Petition for Exemption
• Voluntary Mitigation
  • Draft Greater Sage-grouse Mitigation Strategies Memorandum
  • State of Utah Letter and Coalition’s Greater Sage-grouse Mitigation Plan
  • Coalition’s Voluntary Mitigation
• Applicant’s Draft EIS Comments
  • Draft EIS comments
  • Draft EIS comment clarification

Board Decisions

• Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS, Draft Scope of Study, Scoping Meetings, and Request for Comments
• Scoping Comment Period Extension
• Notice of Availability of the Final Scope of Study for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
• Issuance of Draft EIS and Notice of Public Comment Period and Meetings
• Draft EIS Comment Period Extension
• Draft EIS Second Comment Period Extension
• Issuance of Final EIS
• Final Board Decision

Draft EIS Public Meeting Materials

• Information Brochure
• Online Public Meeting Participation Instructions
• OEA Presentation (note: the presentation may take a few minutes to load due to the large file size)
• OEA's public meeting presentation slides

Draft EIS Public Comments

• Review all public comments received on the Draft EIS by clicking here.
• Review online public meeting transcripts by clicking here.

Public Scoping Meeting Materials

• OEA Presentation
• Public Scoping Meeting Information Materials: display boards and maps

Public Scoping Comments

• Review public scoping meeting transcripts by clicking here.

Links

• Surface Transportation Board
• Surface Transportation Board Uinta Basin Railway EIS Correspondence
• View incoming or outgoing correspondence by selecting the desired view in the “Jump to View” dropdown. Correspondence regarding the Uinta Basin Railway EIS can be found under Docket # FD_36284_0.
• Council on Environmental Quality's A Citizen's Guide to the NEPA