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 Announcement: Notice of Preparation for the TEP Environmental Review
We are pleased that the San Francisco Planning Department has issued a Notice of Preparation for the Environmental Review of the Transit Effectiveness Project. To attend a public scoping meeting on the environmental review, please come to One South Van Ness Ave., Floor 2, starting at 6:30 p.m. on December 6 or 7, 2011.
Environmental Review
For many TEP proposals, environmental review is a critical next step. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires state and local agencies within California to follow a protocol of analysis and public disclosure for the potential environmental impacts of proposed projects when discretion may be exercised in the approval of a project. CEQA also requires that all feasible mitigation measures to eliminate or lessen identified significant impacts be adopted as part of project approval. The SFMTA has taken necessary steps to initiate an environmental assessment of the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP).
The SFMTA is working with the San Francisco Planning Department, as the local CEQA agency with responsibility for conducting environmental review in San Francisco, to comply with CEQA. On November 9, 2011 the Planning Department published a Notice of Preparation (NOP) to inform the public that an environmental impact report (EIR) would be prepared. Public scoping for the environmental review will be held from November 10 to December 9, 2011. This is an opportunity for the public to comment on the scope of the environmental analysis in the TEP EIR. To provide comment on the scope of the environmental analysis, attend a scoping meeting or submit comments November 10 through December 9 to: TEP, Planning Dept., 1650 Mission St., Ste 400, San Francisco, CA 94103. Meetings will be held on December 6 and 7, 2011 at One South Van Ness Ave., Floor 2, starting at 6:30 p.m. For more information, see the Planning Department's TEP EIR web page at http://tepeir.sfplanning.org/ or contact Debra Dwyer at 415.575.9031or Debra.Dwyer@sfgov.org. All environmental documents will be hosted at http://tepeir.sfplanning.org. To receive future environmental review notices about this project, you must provide your name and contact information to the staff contact above.
The Notice of Preparation can be found in the Download section of the Planning Department's TEP EIR web page.
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To comment on the environmental review, email debra.dwyer@sfgov.org. To receive general updates and other notifications about the TEP, send an email to tep@sfmta.com with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.
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