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Summary documents from fall 2023 Draft EIS comment period available online
To align federal and state environmental review processes for the Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) South project, Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Draft/State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) with a 45-day comment period in fall 2023. The Draft EIS engagement summary and comment summary report are now available for you to review on the project website:
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Engagement Summary
- A summary of Sound Transit’s engagement during the Draft EIS 45-day comment period from Sept. 22 to Nov. 6, 2023.
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Comment Summary Report
- A summary of all the comments received during the 2023 Draft EIS comment period. This summary includes an appendix with all the received letters, emails, voicemails, website comments, and verbal comments given during public hearings.
We prepared similar documents as part of the 2021 SEPA Draft EIS comment period; these are also available for your review (engagement summary, comment summary).
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What’s happening next?
Sound Transit and the FTA are preparing a Final EIS that responds to substantiative comments received on the 2021 SEPA Draft EIS and the 2023 NEPA Draft/SEPA Supplemental Draft EIS. We expect to publish the Final EIS in June 2024. We will email you details on accessing the Final EIS in varied formats and locations. After the Final EIS is published, the Board will select a project to be built, and we anticipate the FTA will issue a Record of Decision under NEPA.
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