From: Meyer, Susan A SPL To: Zaref, Amy; Ted.Matley@dot.gov CC: Young, George P POH; Van Epps, James; Kasperowicz, Lindsey POH;

wiltse.wendy@epamail.epa.gov, Spurgeon, Lawrence Sent: 8/5/2009 3:09:35 PM Subject: RE: Honolulu Transit Re: Corps of Engineers comments on the AFEIS Attachments: POH-2007-00127 EIS Comments. pdf

Hi Amy,

Per our phone conversation last Thursday (7/30), please find attached our comment letter to FTA and the City & County of Honolulu regarding the AFEIS. Although copies of our original letter have been sent directly to FTA and the C&C, I have included Ted Matley in this email transmittal out of professional courtesy, given FTA's role as the lead Federal agency. Please disseminate this correspondence to your counterparts and/or "client" as you deem appropriate.

Regards, Susan

Original Message From: Zaref, Amy [mailto:Zaref@pbworld.com] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:12 PM To: Meyer, Susan A SPL Cc: Young, George P POH; robbins@pbworld.com; Van Epps, James; Kasperowicz, Lindsey POH; wiltse.wendy@epamail.epa.gov ; Spurgeon, Lawrence Subject: Honolulu Transit Re: Corps of Engineers receipt of revised documents

Susan, Thank you for taking the time to send your email and discuss your process with me. We trust that you will find that the July 10, 2009 Wetland and Waters Study addresses your comments and provides you the information and data you need for Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination. As you review please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.

Thank you also for making the Administrative Final EIS your priority for your review and comment. Please note that we intend to add a few sentences to Section 4.14 to reflect to reflect the Preliminary Jurisdiction Determination Approach and incorporate the July 10, 2009 Wetland Waters of U.S. Study by reference. We hope to receive the Corps comments on the June 18 Administrative FEIS next week and will incorporate those comments as well and respond quickly. At that point, we hope to be able to meet with you and address any outstanding issues.

As a follow up to our meeting of July 2, 2009 we are preparing a schedule of construction phasing activities that we will send to you shortly.

You mentioned today that you were developing a schedule of your review timeline. If you can share with us the date you anticipate sending us comments on the Administrative Final EIS and then the comments on the Wetland Waters of U.S. Study that would be appreciated in our project planning.

Thanks,

Amy

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Amy Zaref, AICP

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From: Meyer, Susan A SPL [mailto:Susan.A.Meyer@usace.army.mil] Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:03 PM To: Zaref, Amy; Spurgeon, Lawrence Cc: Reichelderfer, Jan; Young, George P POH; robbins@pbworld.com ; Van Epps, James; Kasperowicz, Lindsey POH; wiltse.wendy@epamail.epa.gov Subject: Honolulu Transit Re: Corps of Engineers receipt of revised documents

Amy,

Just to let you know that on July 13, 2009 our office received two (2) copies of the revised "Wetland Waters of the U.S. Study, Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project" report (dated July 10, 2009) with the City and County of Honolulu's amended request for a preliminary JD (PJD) from the Corps rather than an approved JD. We also received two sets of the preliminary alignment plans and profiles for the wetlands and other waters of the U.S. (sites 1 - 31).

Based on our teleconference last week, I understand the applicant and FTA's priority is obtaining the Corps' review comments on the Administrative Final EIS (AFEIS). During our call, both FTA and the C&C indicated having review comments from the cooperating agencies is most critical at this juncture of the environmental process. Also during our conversation, FTA clarified they have actually initiated review of the AFEIS and don't necessarily need a Corps JD letter in order to commence their agency's internal review of the administrative document, although their preference is to avoid a piecemeal approach to the review of the FEIS (i.e., FTA prefers to review a complete AFEIS).

I will be sure to call you if I have any questions as a result of my review of the AFEIS and/or the wetlands/WofUS technical report.

Thanks, Susan

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