Environmental Assessment for Light Rail Transit: From 82nd Street near 24th avenue to just north of Interstate Highway 494 and 34th Avenue in Bloomington, Minnesota, Hennepin County

This Environmental Assessment (EA) provides background information including:
(1) the need for the proposed project
(2) reasonable alternatives
(3) environmental impacts
(4) agencies and persons consulted

It is prepared as part of the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and state environmental process to fulfill requirements of both 42 United States Code (USC) 4321 et. seq. and Minnesota Rules Ch. 4410.

At a federal level, it is used to provide sufficient environmental documentation to determine the need for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate.

At a state level, it is used to provide sufficient environmental documentation to determine the need for a State EIS or that a Negative Declaration is appropriate.

This document is made available for public review and comment prior to the above decision on significance of environmental impacts.