Navigating Multi-Agency NEPA Processes to Advance Multimodal Transportation Projects (2016) / Chapter Skim
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L-1 A P P E N D I X L Summary Project Description The Orange Line LRT Extension project is a 14-mile extension of the Dallas, TX, light rail system between downtown and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
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L-2 FTA or FAA. DART copied FAA and FTA on its communications with the other agency, so that both agencies would be informed.
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L-3 From FAA's perspective, the major federal action triggering NEPA was the change to the Airport Layout Plan required by the light rail transit (LRT) alignment.
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L-4 are not incompatible, but the agencies have different interests and tend to emphasize different elements. FTA and FAA NEPA documents respond to the same statutory requirements in NEPA, and the same regulations from the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
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L-5 It was determined that the changes would not alter the original findings and a re-evaluation was sufficient. Nevertheless, evaluating the issue delayed the project by several months, as FAA would not allow the project to move forward on the airport until the environmental approval was in place.
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L-6 numerous meetings with various parts of its organization. The TAC was instrumental in resolving airport issues.
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