What is the timetable for getting the line open to Eureka?
The schedule will be developed as part of the needs assessment that will be undertaken by the consultant that will be on board by mid-August. Completion is not likely any earlier than the end of 2002. • As regards the Eel River Canyon, where do things stand between FEMA, its Environmental Assessment, the State Historical Preservation Office and the timetable for the NCRA being allowed to go forward with rehabbing the line through the Canyon? It should be noted that the project is the reopening from Willits north, not just the Canyon. The Supplemental Programmatic Agreement regarding Historical Preservation has been executed by all parties. The items from the consent decree that will be accomplished concurrently with the reopening project need to be identified and included in FEMAs scope of work for the Environmental Assessment (EA). Then the applicable Federal Agencies will be able to assess the environmental impacts of the described scope of work. It is hoped that the scope of work ca
