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Environmental Assessment - Palm Tran Satellite Bus Facility

 

The Federal Transit Administration has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed Satellite Bus Facility near Belle Glade, Palm Beach County, Florida.


The purpose of the Palm Tran Satellite Bus Facility project is to provide maintenance/fueling facilities for buses serving the rural communities of western Palm Beach County. This facility is needed because currently, to perform preventive maintenance, the buses are driven to the West Palm Beach facility (80 miles roundtrip), a spare bus is sent from West Palm Beach to Belle Glade to cover the bus scheduled for preventative maintenance, and then both buses have to make the trip back. The Proposed Action would significantly reduce wear and tear on the buses, reduce response time to breakdowns and minimize service interruptions, and lower Palm Tran's operational costs. The West County Governmental Center was chosen as the Proposed Action because it met the requirements of the purpose and need, would not incur significant social, economic, cultural, physical, or natural resources impacts, and eliminate issues associated with fuel storage, resulting in annual savings to the County and Palm Tran. In addition, this site is located at a nexus of the existing bus routes and was therefore a logical location for placement of the maintenance facility.

The EA is available for public review at the following locations:

Palm Beach County Facilities Development & Operations
2633 Vista Parkway
West Palm Beach, FL 33411-5604

From 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday
Palm Beach County Belle Glade Branch Library
530 S. Main Street
Belle Glade, FL 33430

From Monday through Wednesday 10 am to 8 pm
and from Thursday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm.

The public review and comment period for this EA will extend for 30 days, beginning on June 15, 2008 and ending on July 15, 2008. Written comments on the EA must be received by the close of business on July 15, 2008. Please address your comments to:

Palm Tran
Attn: Claudia Salazar
3201 Electronics Way
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
561-841-4241
ptbh@pbcgov.org


Comments will be accepted by mail or electronically via email. Individuals and organizations wishing to comment must provide the following: 1) name, address, and phone number, 2) title of the proposed action (Palm Tran Satellite Bus Facility), and 3) specific substantive comments.

Please keep in mind that the entire document has been separated into its different sections to facilitate its view on-line, you may view separately all the different attachments detailed in the Table of Contents and in the body of the Environmental Assessment below.  WARNING!  Some of the PDF files may be LARGE!!!

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DATA

 

1. Cover Page    06-00415 Palm Tran Approved Draft EA Cover
2  Table of Contents    06-00415 Palm Tran Approved Draft EA Table of Contents
3. Executive Summary    06-00415 Palm Tran Approved Draft EA Exec Summary
4. Environmental Assessment    06-00415 Palm Tran Approved Draft EA Report Text & Tables
5. Figure 1    Figure1-PalmTranAerialLoc
6. Figure 2    Figure2-BusRoutesAll3
7. Figure 3    Figure3-AltSitesLocationMap
8. Figure 4    Figure4-Alt1_LocationMap
9. Figure 5    Figure5-Alt1ExsitingLU 
10. Figure 6    Figure6-Alt1FutureLU
11. Figure 7    Figure7-Alt1Bus&Res
12. Figure 8    Figure8-Alt2_LocationMap
13. Figure 9    Figure9-Alt2ExistingLU
14. Figure 10   Figure10-Alt2FutureLU
15. Figure 11   Figure11-Alt2Bus&Res
16. Figure 12   Figure12-PalmTranExistingLU
17. Figure 13   Figure13-PalmTranFutureLU
18. Figure 14   Figure14-PalmTranBus&Res
19. Figure 15   Figure15-PalmTranParks
20. Figure 16   Figure16-PBC_Wetlands
21. Figure 17   Figure17-WSR_Coastal_NavWaters 
22. Appendix 1 - FDOT-STIP    FDOT STIP FY07
23. Appendix 1 - TIP FY2006    TIP FY 2006_2010 PG_57
24. Appendix 1 - TIP FY2007    TIP FY 2007-2011 PG_68
25. Appendix 1 - TIP FY2008    TIP FY 2008-2012 PG_42_57
26. Appendix 2 - SFWMD Permits    SFWMD ERP mod (50-02701-S) 080907
27. Appendix  2-USACOE Permits    USACOE ISSUED SAJ-2007-3973 (NW-EGR)
28. Appendix 3 Item #1    #1 BCC Meeting April 18 2006 Pg33 & Proof of Publication
29. Appendix 3 Item #2.   #2 SHPO Concurrence Letter
30. Appendix 3 Item #3    #3 BCC Minutes June 19_07 Pg 35
31. Appendix 3 Item #4    #4MPO 6-21-07 Minutes PG 5 _ 14
32. Appendix 3 Item #5    #5 MPO Proof of Publication for 6-21-07 Public Hearing
33. Appendix 3 Item #6    #6 USFWS concurrence 
34. Appendix 3 Item #7    #7 EPA Coordination Ltr 5-12-08
35. Appendix 4    Appendix 4 - West County Jail Rezoning Resolution
36. Appendix 5    Appendix 5 - Traffic Analysis
37. Appendix 6    Appendix 6 - 2000 Census Report
38. Appendix 7    Appendix 7 - Air_Noise Analysis
39. Appendix 8    Appendix 8 - Environmental  Site Assessment
40. Appendix 9    Appendix 9 - Preliminary Natural Resource Assessment
41. Appendix 10  Appendix 10 - FEMA Flood Maps



Last updated : 06/19/2008