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Sound Transit & the Environment

Sound Transit & the Environment

As we plan and provide high capacity transit for the Central Puget Sound region, Sound Transit is committed to the protection of the environment for present and future generations. We work to integrate the following principles into our daily business practices:

Avoiding environmental degradation by minimizing releases, preventing pollution and conserving resources;
Continual improvement of environmental performance through innovation and self-assessment;
Restoration through mitigation, corrective action and monitoring; and
Increasing awareness of the environmental benefits of transit through education of our employees, the public, and our transit partners.

Environmental Mitigation

Sound Transit has identified environmental mitigation as a key principle of its environmental policy. Learn more here>>>

Innovations

Sound Transit embraces the use of innovations to build projects and provide services that are more environmentally friendly. Learn more here>>>

Initiatives

Learn about the Environmental and Sustainability Management System and other Sound Transit environmental initiatives here>>>

Check back as we continue to add links to environmental studies and additional information related to our projects and services. You may also subscribe to this page using our subscription service.

For more information:

Environmental Management General and ESMS (Environmental and Sustainability Management System)
Perry Weinberg, Environmental Compliance Manager: 206-689-4931.

Link Light Rail Environmental Management
James Irish, Environmental Manager Link Light Rail: 206-398-5140.

ESA, Permitting, Wetland Mitigation
Ellie Ziegler, Senior Environmental Analyst: 206-398-5135

Ecosystem Monitoring, Construction Oversight, Design Review
Marti Louther, Biologist: 206-398-5002.

HazMat, Real Estate Due Diligence
Mark Menard, Senior Environmental Analyst: 206-398-5227.

NEPA/SEPA, Tribal Coordination, Capital Projects Environmental Liaison
Steve Kennedy, Senior Environmental Planner: 206-398-5302.

Latest Environmental Documents

Puyallup Station Parking Expansion project

Sound Transit has issued a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the Puyallup Sounder Commuter Rail Parking Expansion Project. It can be viewed on this page. Sound Transit prepared a SEPA Checklist for the project, which evaluates environmental impacts and mitigation, and it can also be reviewed on this page. Sound Transit is accepting comments on the project and the environmental documentation. Comments are due to Sound Transit by September 18, 2009. Please see the DNS for further information on how to comment.

SEPA DNS for the Puyallup Parking Expansion Project

SEPA Checklist for the Puyallup Parking Expansion Project

East Link Project

Sound Transit is proposing to construct and operate an extension of the Link light rail system, from downtown Seattle to Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond via Interstate 90. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is available for review and comment.

East Link Environmental Scoping Information Report (.pdf)
East Link is a proposed extension of the Central Link Light Rail Transit system, with its corridor consisting of approximately 19-miles between downtown Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond via I-90 and Mercer Island. This report describes the scoping process and the proposed scope of the EIS. Click here>>> for complete East Link project information.

On April 7, 2006, Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration issued the North Link Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) (.pdf) to the 1999 Central Link Final EIS on the light rail transit project running from Downtown Seattle to Northgate. The Final SEIS evaluates the environmental impacts of alternative route alignments and station locations from Downtown Seattle to Northgate.

SEPA Addendum to the Final EIS for the Lakewood-to-Tacoma Commuter Rail and SR512 Park-and-Ride Expansion Project (.pdf, 1.4 MB)
Letter to SEPA Addendum Recipients (.pdf, 270 KB)

Sound Transit is issuing an Addendum under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), which describes the environmental effects of revisions to the proposed commuter rail alignment between D and M Streets in Tacoma for the Lakewood-to-Tacoma commuter rail project. This is an addendum to the Sound Transit Lakewood-to-Tacoma Commuter Rail and SR-512 Park-and-Ride Expansion Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) published in May 2002.

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