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EVERETT STATION SETA ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE EVERETT-TO-SEATTLis COMMUTER RAIL PROJECT PURPOSE OF THIS ADDENDUM The Everett -to -Seattle Commuter Rail project provides peak-hcu:' commuter rail service in the 35-mile corridor linking Everett and Seattle, Washington. The service is part of the 82-mile Sounder commuter rail corridor between Lakewood and Everett, Washington (Exhibit A). The Everett -to -Seattle commuter rail project includes three multimodal stations located in Edmonds, Mukilteo, and Everett, that will provide connections to a variety of transportation services, including local and express bus service, the Washington State ferry system (connecting cNe^ on the east and west sides of Puget Sound), the Link light rail syste. and Amtrak The project is fully described in the Seattle -to -Everett Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated December 1999 (Final EIS). The Final EIS was issued by Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). Sound Transit selected the project to be constructed in January 2000; FTA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the project in February 2000. Sound Transit has completed a number of the necessary rail improvements and commenced commuter rail service between Seattle and Everett. In addition, Sound Transit is developing the multi -modal stations included in the project, including Everett Station. In this process Sound Transit has modified the design for the project parking lot to be located to the east of the BNSF tracks at the Everett Station (East Parking Lot). SEPA regulations provide that an addendum can be prepared to address changes to a project or new project -related environmental information that do not substantially change the analysis of significant impacts and alternatives in existing environmental documents. Sound Transit has prepared this addendum to the Final EIS in order to assess how the modifications to the East Parking Lot affect the analyses completed in the Final EIS. This analysis indicates that modifications do not substantially change the analyses of impacts and alternatives in the existing environmental document. PROJECT REVISIONS The project description for Everett Station in the 1999 Final EIS included a 900 to 1200- space surface parking lot located east of the BNSF tracks, between Pacific Avenue and 34d' Street. Access and egress were to be gained solely from Pacific Avenue. Following issuance of the Final EIS, the City of Everett and Sound Transit completed the final I "An addendum... adds analyses or information about a prop isal but does got substantially change the analysis of significant impacts and alternatives in the existing environmental document' WAC 197-11-600(4)(c). Everett Station SEPA Addendum 1 617105