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Timeline

Completed	Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Completed	Final Environmental Impact Statement
2nd Quarter 2010	Record of Decision
Late 2014	Project Open to Traffic

Final EIS May 2010 (by Section)

Record of Decision

Project Fact Sheet

Cover and Signature Pages

Table of Contents

Preface
This Preface lists the lead agencies and their contact information, provides background on the National Environmental Policy Act, explains how the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be used, and describes the organization of this Final EIS. A brief history of the project is included along with an update on activities since the Draft EIS.

Project Commitments

Section 1 - Draft EIS Summary and Updates
Section 1 provides a summary of information presented in the Draft EIS for the Monroe Connector/Bypass (March 2009). The information in this section is presented in the same order as in the Draft EIS. This section also contains, where indicated, clarification and updates such as changes in the existing environment or changes in guidance documents. Errata related to the Draft EIS is included in Appendix A.

Section 2 - Preferred Alternative
Section 2 describes the Preferred Alternative and reasons for selecting DSA D as the Preferred Alternative. This section also describes additional design work and other studies completed for the Preferred Alternative and presents updated impacts associated with the Preferred Alternative.

Section 3 - Comments and Coordination
Section 3 details coordination efforts with the public, as well as federal, state, and local agencies, that have taken place since the Draft EIS was circulated in March 2009. A summary of substantive comments on the Draft EIS and responses to those comments also are included.

Section 4 - List of Preparers

Section 5 - List of Agencies, Organizations, & Persons of Whom Copies of the Statement are Sent

Section 6 - References

Appendices

Appendix A –Draft EIS Errata	230KB
Appendix B –Response to Comments on the Draft EIS	48MB
Appendix C – Summary of Impacts	162KB
Appendix D –Resolutions and Correspondence	17MB
Appendix E –Mobile Source Air Toxics-Discussion of Impacts	311KB
Appendix F –Jurisdiction Resource Attribute and Impact Tables	183KB
Appendix G –Qualitative Indirect and Cumulative Effects Assesment	65MB
Appendix H –Quantitative Indirect and Cumulative Effects Analysis – Land Use	14MB
Appendix I –Quantitative Indirect and Cumulative Effects Analysis – Water Quality	9MB

Final EIS Supporting Documents

April 2010 Indirect and Cumulative Effects Water Quality Analysis 8MB

July 2009	Freshwater Mussel Survey Report	94MB
January 2010	Addendum Traffic Noise Technical memorandum	6MB
February 2010	Review for Potential On-Site Mitigation Technical Memorandum	3MB
February 2010	Final Addendum to Year 2035 Build Traffic Operations Technical Memorandum	4MB
March 2010	Archaeological Inventory and Evaluation for the US 74 Monroe Connector	38MB
April 2010	Monroe Connector/Bypass Service Road Study	43MB
April 2010	Indirect and Cumulative Effects Quantitative Analysis	14MB
May 2010	Biological Assessment	61MB

Page updated 8/31/2010