EIS library

Materials produced for the EIS will be posted here as they are finalized. A collection of documents related to the proposal produced prior to July 2012 is available from Washington Department of Ecology and Whatcom County websites.

EIS documents

Determination of Significance Notice (PDF, 100KB)
Legal Notice of Seattle meeting date and location (PDF, 173KB)
Notice of Intent (PDF, 122KB)
BNSF Custer Spur Drawing Set (PDF, 13MB)
Public Involvement Plan (PDF, 593KB)
Scoping Report and Appendices

Meeting materials

Guide to scoping (PDF, 173KB)
Scoping process video
Online scoping meeting (PDF, 3.18MB)
Scoping meeting materials (PDF, 2.27MB)
Bellingham room layout (PDF, 74KB)

Scoping Comments

Written comments (posted within 10 days of receipt)
Verbal Comments collected during each scoping meeting
- Bellingham verbal comments (PDF, 1.26MB)
- Ferndale verbal comments (PDF, 776KB)
- Friday Harbor verbal comments (PDF, 1.16MB)
- Mount Vernon verbal comments (PDF, 836KB)
- Seattle verbal comments (PDF, 1.63MB)
- Spokane verbal comments (PDF, 1.22MB)
- Vancouver verbal comments (PDF, 636KB)
Federal Agency Comments
- Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 (PDF, 4.53MB)
- Housing and Urban Development (PDF, 87.8KB)
- US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (PDF, 271KB)
- US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (PDF, 150KB)
- US Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (PDF, 134KB)
- US Department of Interior, National Park Service (PDF, 565KB)
Tribal Comments
- Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (PDF, 203KB)
- Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Tribal Council (PDF, 21.68KB)
- Lummi Indian Business Council (PDF, 419KB)
- Lummi Nation Chairman (PDF, 17.9KB)
- Lummi Nation, Jay Julius (PDF, 17.8KB)
- Lummi Nation, Jeremiah Julius (PDF, 46.68KB)
- Lummi Tribal Health Center (PDF, 79.6KB)
- Makah Tribal Council (PDF, 2.04MB)
- Nisqually Indian Tribe (PDF, 96.3KB)
- North Cheyenne (PDF, 43.5KB)
- Region 10 Tribal Caucus, Regional Tribal Operations Committee (PDF, 360KB)
- Samish Indian Nation, Director of Natural Resources (PDF, 86.1KB)
- Spokane Tribe of Indians (PDF, 49KB)
- The Suquamish Tribe (PDF, 70KB)
- Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (PDF, 477KB)
- The Tulalip Tribes (PDF, 329KB)
- The Tulalip Tribes, Chairman (PDF, 22KB)
State Agency Comments
- Puget Sound Partnership (PDF, 58.7KB)
- Washington Department of Agriculture (PDF, 64KB)
- Washington Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation (PDF, 115KB)
- Washington Department of Commerce (PDF, 614KB)
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (PDF, 427KB)
- Washington Department of Health (PDF, 940KB)
- Washington Department of Natural Resources (PDF, 111KB)
- Washington Department of Transportation (PDF, 915KB)
- Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (PDF, 732KB)
Local/County/Regional Agency Comments
- Cheney Public Schools (PDF, 119KB)
- Cheney (PDF, 53.9KB)
- City of Bellevue (PDF, 224KB)
- City of Bellingham (PDF, 726KB)
- City of Blaine (PDF, 1.43MB)
- City of Burlington (PDF, 709KB)
- City of Edmonds (PDF, 304KB)
- City of Everett (PDF, 736KB)
- City of Ferndale (PDF, 203KB)
- City of Kent (PDF, 146KB)
- City of Livingston (PDF, 41.8KB)
- City of Marysville (PDF, 746KB)
- City of Monroe (PDF, 86KB)
- City of Mt. Vernon (PDF, 400KB)
- City of Mukilteo (PDF, 203KB)
- City of North Bonneville (PDF, 106KB)
- City of Olympia (PDF, 175KB)
- City of Puyallup (PDF, 103KB)
- City of Seattle (PDF, 8.4KB)
- City of Sedro-Woolley (PDF, 78KB)
- City of Shoreline (PDF, 842KB)
- City of Stanwood (PDF, 183KB)
- City of Sumner (PDF, 62KB)
- City of Vancouver (PDF, 762.7KB)
- City of Washougal (PDF, 741KB)
- Clark County (PDF, 103KB)
- Ferndale School District (PDF, 37KB)
- Gallatin City-County Health Department (PDF, 84KB)
- La Conner, Mayor's Office (PDF, 20KB)
- Mt Vernon School District (PDF, 30KB)
- Northwest Clean Air Agency (PDF, 703KB)
- Port of Skagit (PDF, 41KB)
- Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PDF, 160KB)
- San Juan Island National Historical Park (PDF, 24KB)
- San Juan Island Board of Health (PDF, 359KB)
- Seattle Park and Recreation (PDF, 446KB)
- Skagit Valley Hospital District (PDF, 41KB)
- Snohomish County Tomorrow (PDF, 559KB)
- Spokane Clean Air Agency (PDF, 333KB)
- Town of Friday Harbor (PDF, 115KB)
- Town of Woodway (PDF, 1.22MB)
- Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee (PDF, 763KB)

Studies provided by the Applicant

These documents have been submitted by the applicants for potential use in developing the EIS. These documents were generated independently by the authoring party. The Co-lead agencies did not request or direct these studies for the EIS. The Co-lead agencies have not reviewed the information or made a determination on their use at this time. The documents are posted here for public informational purposes only.

2011 Baseline Sediment Sampling Report (PDF, 38.25MB) - warning: large file size may cause a long download time
2011 Hydrologic and Hydrogeologic Investigation Report (PDF, 18MB) - warning: large file size may cause a long download time
2011 Wetland Identification and Delineation, Parcel 14 (PDF, 2.5MB)
2012 Avian Baseline Inventory Report (PDF, 23.7MB) - warning: large file size may cause a long download time
2012 Engineered Traffic Study – Revision 1 (PDF, 7.71MB)
2012 Freshwater Streams Baseline Inventory Report (PDF, 5.06MB)
2012 Marine Biology Baseline Inventory (PDF, 4.95MB)
2012 Preliminary Conceptual Compensatory Mitigation Plan – Revision 1 (PDF, 13.74MB)
2013 Air Quality Technical Report (PDF, 4.29MB)
2013 Environmental Noise Technical Report (PDF, 2.17MB)