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ACTIA 2002-26.01 <br />APPENDIX D <br />POLICY REGARDING THE TIMING LIMITATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL <br />APPROVAL <br />INTENT <br />The ACTIA adopted "Alameda County's 20-year Transportation Expenditure Plan" (PLAN) <br />contains provisions for geographic equity. Projects which cannot clear the Environmental <br />Approval process or cannot do so in a timely manner are subject to deletion under the PLAN by <br />declaring the unencumbered funds as "unused funds". Unused funds are returned to the <br />geographic area thereby maintaining the geographic equity included in the PLAN. <br />The PLAN establishes a deadline for environmental approval for each PROJECT that receives <br />Measure B funding. Approval is defined as the issuance of a Categorical Exclusion (CE), a <br />Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) or the filing of the Record of Decision (ROD) for <br />NEPA documents and the Notice of Determination (NOD) or Notice of Exemption for CEQA <br />documents. That deadline is April 1, 2007, however the PLAN includes provisions for one-year <br />extensions to the deadline, if approved by the ACTIA Board. <br />The intent is to assure continued "due diligence" by the SPONSOR to secure environmental <br />clearance. <br />POLICY <br />This policy is to clarify the requirements for one-year extensions. <br />1. In the event that the Administrative Draft Environmental Document has not been <br />submitted for public review by April 2007, no time extension will be recommended, <br />and staff will recommend that the project be deleted from the PLAN. <br />2. A time extension of one year maybe recommended for projects where the <br />SPONSOR has started the environmental process, and has worked diligently on <br />critical items in an ACTIA-approved project schedule showing initial completion <br />before April 2007. <br />3. Projects meeting the criteria of requirement No. 2 needing additional extensions <br />shall be required to make application to the ACTIA Board to justify any additional <br />extensions. <br />4. Projects with an original ACTIA-approved schedule starting the Environmental <br />Document prior to April 2003 and showing environmental approval after April 2007 <br />shall automatically be recommended for extensions to the year of scheduled <br />approval. ACTIA will not approve any schedule under this condition unless the <br />environmental document is started prior to April 2003. <br />Page D-8 <br />