Agency Consultation Process

APPENDIX G

Agency Consultation Letters

All pertinent agency letters received are not in this appendix. Agency letters commenting on the DEIS and responses to these letters are in Volume II, NEPA/404 consultation letters are in Appendix F.

List of Letters

Date	From	To	Subject
12/16/1996	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Caltrans	Aquatic disposal of dredged materials
3/11/1997	Federal Highway Administration	Caltrans	Lead federal agency
4/8/1997	Caltrans	CCSF, City of Oakland, others	Historic properties
4/29/1997	Federal Highway Administration	Caltrans	Lead agency status
5/19/1997	Coast Guard	Office of Historic Preservation	MOA for interim retrofit
6/12/1997	Mayor of San Francisco	MTC Bay Bridge Design Task Force	Future of the Bridge, connectivity, and impact on San Francisco
6/24/1997	U.S. Coast Guard	Office of Historic Preservation	Lead agency status
6/24/1997	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Coast Guard	Section 7 Consultation
7/18/1997	Caltrans	City of Oakland	City of Oakland role in Section 106 process
7/21/1997	Mayor of San Francisco	MTC Bay Bridge Design Task Force	Transbay Terminal
8/13/1997	Office of Historic Preservation	Federal Highway Administration	Eligibility of historic properties
8/18/1997	Caltrans	National Marine Fisheries Service	Special status species list
8/18/1997	Caltrans	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Special status species list
8/26/1997	National Marine Fisheries Service	Caltrans	Threatened/endangered species
8/29/1997	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Caltrans	Threatened/endangered species
9/5/1997	Mayor of San Francisco	Governor, State of California	Treasure Island Development Authority
Date	From	To	Subject
9/5/1997	Mayor of San Francisco	Caltrans	Conveyance of Yerba Buena Island
11/1997	Mayor of San Francisco	Caltrans	Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island ramps
11/21/1997	Navy for Caltrans	Native Americans	Request information on archaeological sites
12/17/1997	Caltrans	Mayor of San Francisco	Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island ramps
1/14/1998	Oakland Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board	Caltrans	Historic properties
2/4/1998	Caltrans	National Marine Fisheries Service	Drilling impacts to endangered and threatened marine life
2/11/1998	Caltrans	Oakland Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board	Mitigation measures for historic properties
2/12/1998	Caltrans	City and County of San Francisco Planning Department	Disposal and reuse of Naval Station Treasure Island
5/13/1998	Mayor of San Francisco	MTC Bay Bridge Design Task Force	Transbay Transit Terminal replacement
6/11/1998	U.S. House of Representatives (Bay Area Members)	Metropolitan Transportation Commission	Bicycle lanes
6/12/1998	Caltrans	San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission	Park at the Oakland Touchdown
6/15/1998	Caltrans	NAHC and Native American Monitor	Native American coordination
6/15/1998	U.S. Coast Guard	Caltrans	Temporary ramps on Yerba Buena Island
6/22/1998	Mayor of San Francisco	MTC Bay Bridge Design Task Force	Future development of Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island
6/24/1998	Caltrans	CCSF	Historic studies
6/26/1998	Caltrans	Coast Guard	Historic studies
7/8/1998	U.S. Coast Guard	Caltrans	Cooperating agency status
7/16/1998	U.S. Navy	Caltrans	Drilling license for Yerba Buena Island
7/17/1998	Caltrans	Treasure Island Reuse Project	Water and sewer lines

Date	From	To	Subject
8/4/1998	Caltrans	CCSF, Navy	Effect evaluations for historic properties
8/10/1998	Port of Oakland	Bay Relations, Inc.	Southern alignment potential impacts
8/10/1998	State Senator Quentin Kopp	Metropolitan Transportation Commission	Rail service on the Bay Bridge
8/12/1998	U.S. Coast Guard	Caltrans	Coast Guard bridge removal policy
8/13/1998	Office of Historic Preservation	Federal Highway Administration	Historic properties
8/17/1998	Metropolitan Transportation Commission	State Senator Quentin Kopp	Rail service on the Bay Bridge
8/18/1998	Federal Highway Administration	Caltrans	Historic properties
8/19/1998	Caltrans	Office of Historic Preservation	Historic properties
8/21/1998	Office of Historic Preservation	Caltrans	Historic properties
9/1/1998	Caltrans	National Marine Fisheries Service	Potential for blasting during construction
9/10/1998	Office of Historic Preservation	Federal Highway Administration	Effects on historic properties
9/30/1998	Caltrans	City of Oakland	Systems to be installed on new East Span structure
10/23/1998	Caltrans	Bay Bridge Bicycle/ Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Interest group meeting #6
12/1/1998	Caltrans	Public agencies; preservation groups	Mitigation measures for historic properties
12/16/1998	Metropolitan Transportation Commission	Mayor of San Francisco	Legislative parameters for eastern span
12/28/1998	Caltrans	Local Mayors	Rail service on the Bay Bridge
12/30/1998	Caltrans Seismic Advisory Board	Senator Barbara Boxer	Soil explorations
1/20/1999	Caltrans	City of Oakland, CCSF, Navy, others	Mitigation measures for historic properties
Date	From	To	Subject
1/20/1999	National Marine Fisheries Service	Caltrans	Comments on Biological Assessment
1/21/1999	Caltrans	City of Oakland	SFOBB retrofit project performance comparison
1/26/1999	Congress of the United States	Jose Medina, Caltrans Director	Consensus on alignment
1/27/1999	Caltrans	Navy	Alternative-neutral MOA
2/16/1999	Coast Guard	Federal Highway Administration	MOA
2/18/1999	Navy	Caltrans	MOA
2/21/1999	CCSF’s Treasure Island Project	U.S. Coast Guard	Coast Guard Station impacts
2/23/1999	U.S. Coast Guard	CCSF’s Treasure Island Project	Impacts to Coast Guard facilities on YBI
3/1/1999	San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission	CCSF’s Treasure Island Project	Yerba Buena Island Reuse Plan
3/4/1999	CCSF’s Treasure Island Project	San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission	The Bay Plan
3/5/1999	Caltrans	Save San Francisco Bay Association	Replacement vs. retrofit
3/10/1999	Caltrans	Oakland Base Reuse Authority	Oakland Touchdown park
3/11/1999	San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission	CCSF’s Treasure Island Project	BCDC Staff Recommendations
4/1/1999	Port of Oakland	Caltrans	Radio Point Beach
5/7/1999	Caltrans	Native Americans	Native American coordination
5/10/1999	Mayor of San Francisco	Secretary Rodney Slater	Alexandria Historic Restoration and Preservation Commission v. USDOT
5/20/1999	FHWA	CCSF’s Treasure Island Project	Report to the Council of Environmental Quality
Date	From	To	Subject
6/3/1999	U.S. Navy	Governor Gray Davis	Northern alignment concerns
6/10/1999	City of Oakland Council President	Supervisor Mary King, MTC	Oakland’s desired features for the replacement bridge
6/22/1999	U.S. Coast Guard	Federal Highway Administration	Impacts to Coast Guard operations on Yerba Buena Island
6/23/1999	Supervisor Mary King, MTC	City of Oakland Council President	Oakland’s desired features for the replacement bridge
7/13/1999	CCSF’s Treasure Island Project	Secretary Contreras-Sweet	Legal and environmental issues associated with the northern alignment
8/26/1999	U.S. Coast Guard	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Access dredging
8/31/1999	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Federal Highway Administration	Peregrine falcon
9/14/1999	CCSF’s Treasure Island Project	Caltrans	Quarters 1-7 and the Naval Station Treasure Island Draft Reuse Plan
9/16/1999	Secretary Rodney Slater	Mayor of San Francisco	Alexandria Historic Restoration and Preservation Commission v. USDOT
9/23/1999	National Marine Fisheries Service	Federal Highway Administration	Living marine resources and habitats consultation
10/14/1999	Caltrans	CCSF and City of Oakland	Effects evaluations and mitigation measures for historic properties
10/20/1999 10/21/1999	Federal Highway Administration	Office of Historic Preservation, ACHP, Navy, Coast Guard	Effects evaluations and mitigation measures for historic properties
10/28/1999	East Bay Municipal Utility District	Caltrans	Maintenance issues for EBMUD outfall
11/8/1999	Senator Dianne Feinstein	Governor Gray Davis	Interim retrofit, accommodation of rail, and increasing trans-bay crossing capacity.
11/19/1999	Office of Historic Preservation	Federal Highway Administration	Effect evaluations for historic properties
Date	From	To	Subject
2/3/2000	Office of Historic Preservation	Federal Highway Administration	MOA
2/4/2000	San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission	Caltrans	Consistency Determination
2/18/2000	Navy	Federal Highway Administration	Role of CCSF in MOA
2/29/2000	Federal Highway Administration	U.S. Navy	Role of CCSF in MOA
2/29/2000	California Transportation Commission	U.S. Navy	Navy cooperation
3/21/2000	U.S. Navy	California Transportation Commission	CCSF’s exclusion from the East Span Safety Project
3/28/2000	U.S. Navy	Federal Highway Administration	Role of CCSF in MOA
4/19/2000	ACHP	Federal Highway Administration	MOA
5/19/2000	Federal Highway Administration	Navy	MOA and land transfer
5/26/2000	Federal Highway Administration	Office of State Historic Preservation	Maritime archaeology
6/6/2000	Office Of Historic Preservation	Federal Highway Administration	Maritime archaeology
6/13/2000	Federal Highway Administration	Caltrans	Maritime archaeology
6/23/2000	Federal Highway Administration	Navy, CCSF, City of Oakland, Native Americans	Requests concurring party signatures on MOA
7/26/2000	City of Oakland	Federal Highway Administration	Objections to MOA
8/4/2000	U.S. Navy	Federal Highway Administration	MOA
8/8/2000	Department of Fish and Game	Caltrans	Review of the Biological Assessment
9/25/2000	Federal Highway Administration	City of Oakland	MOA
Date	From	To	Subject
10/31/2000	Department of the Army	Caltrans	Sediment test results
12/7/2000	Ad Hoc Committee on Seismic Ground Motion	Joseph Nicoletti, Chairman of EDAP	Review of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Final Report
12/21/2000	BCDC	Caltrans	Bridge railing height on bicycle-pedestrian path
1/22/2001	Caltrans	Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency	Conceptual Mitigation Plan for Special Aquatic Sites
2/14/2001	Caltrans	Army Corps of Engineers	Transmit Administrative FEIS and responses to Corps' comments on DEIS
2/14/2001	Caltrans	Environmental Protection Agency	Transmit Administrative FEIS and responses to EPA's comments on DEIS
2/14/2001	Caltrans	United States Coast Guard	Transmit Administrative FEIS and responses to USCG's comments on DEIS
2/27/2001	Caltrans	Navy	Transmit responses to Navy's comments on DEIS
3/22/2001	NMFS	Caltrans	Response to request for updated endangered species list
3/26/2001	USFWS	Caltrans	Response to request for updated endangered species list