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6.0 References EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Caltrans, Federal Highway Administration, and County of San Bernardino. Initial Study/Environmental Assessment, Victorville to Barstow-Add Southbound Mixed- Flow Lane. May 2001. Council on Environmental Quality, ―Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ’s National Environmental Policy Act Regulations,‖ 46 Fed. Reg. 18026 (March 1981). Available at: <http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/40/40P1.HTM>. Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, Section 1502.12 and 1505.2(b). Federal Railroad Administration Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts, 64 FR 28546 (May 26, 1999). National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332. ALTERNATIVES Bratton, Don, Staubach Company; acting property managers for BNSF Railroad. Personal communication, January 19, 2007. Caltrans, Federal Highway Administration, and County of San Bernardino. Initial Study/Environmental Assessment, Victorville to Barstow, Add Southbound Mixed Flow Lane. May 2001. Cambridge Systematics. DesertXpress Ridership Forecast Review. January 2008. Congressional Research Service. High Speed Rail (HSR) in the United States. December 8, 2009. Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, 1981. Glaab, Christine, Surface Transportation Board librarian. Personal communication, January 4, 2007. Korve Engineering. DesertXpress Plan and Profile Drawings. November 2006. URS Corporation. Desert Xpress Updated Ridership and Revenue Study. December 2005. March 2011 Final EIS 6-1 DesertXpress 6.0 References LAND USE AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS Bureau of Land Management. Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA) Grand Challenge Environmental Assessment. December 2003. <http://www.blm.gov/ca/pdfs/barstow_pdfs/darpa/chapter_3_affected_environ ment.pdfBLM 2003>. Accessed 2008. Bureau of Land Management. Land Use Planning. West Mojave Plan. 2006. Calico Ghost Town. <http://www.calicotown.com>. Accessed 2007. Center for Land Use Interpretation 2007. Barstow Marine Corps Logistics Base Nebo. <http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/CA4992/>. Accessed 2007. City of Victorville Demographics. <http://www.ci.victorville.ca.us/about/demographics.html>. Accessed 2007. City of Victorville General Plan. <http://www.ci.victorville.ca.us/about/general- plan.html>. Accessed 2007. Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-282). November 6, 2002. Clark County. South County Land Use Plan. August 2008. Clark County. Winchester/Paradise Land Use Plan. April 2010. Economics & Politics, Inc. Potential Economic Impact of DesertXpress on the City of Barstow. December 18, 2010. Federal Aviation Administration. Federal Aviation Regulations (Order 8260.19D). June 2010. Ivanpah Valley Airport Public Lands Transfer Act (Public Law 106-362). October 27, 2000. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Nevada Landing About to Sink. February 13, 2007. Las Vegas Sun. Market Upsets Jean Plan. October 12, 2007. Klein, Bob, Clark County Planning Department. Personal communication, July 2007. Roberts, John, Victorville Planning Department. Personal communication, July 2007. Schatz, John, Supervisor, San Bernardino County Planning Department. Personal communication, July 2007. Surface Transportation Board Finance Docket No. 34914, DesertXpress Enterprises, LLC – Petition for Declaratory Order. U.S. Census Bureau News. Dallas-Fort Worth Leads Metro Areas in Numerical Growth. March 27, 2008. March 2011 Final EIS 6-2 DesertXpress 6.0 References U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Conveyance of Public Lands for a Public Heliport Facility in Clark County, NV. August 2009. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Final Environmental Impact Report and Statement for the West Mojave Plan: A Habitat Conservation Plan and California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment. Volume 2. January 2005. <http://www.blm.gov/ca/pdfs/cdd_pdfs/wemo_pdfs/plan/wemo/Vol-2- Complete-Bookmarks.pdf>. Accessed 2007. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Las Vegas Field Office Resource Management Plan. <http://www.nv.blm.gov/vegas/Environmental/Projects/Volume_1.PDF>. Accessed 2007. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Press Release: Long- Awaited West Mojave Conservation Plan Released. March 24, 2005. <http://www.blm.gov/ca/news/2005/03/nr/CDD34_westmojaveplan.html>. Accessed 2007. U.S. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. Rights-of-Way. <http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/rights-of-way.html>. Accessed 2007. GROWTH 2030 Growth Projections. San Bernardino County General Plan EIR. Appendix B. Benston, Liz and Alexandra Berzon. Las Vegas Sun. How Vegas Could Weather a Recession. January 27, 2008. <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jan/27/how-vegas-could-weather- recession/>. Accessed April 2008. City of Barstow. City of Barstow General Plan. July 7, 1997. City of Barstow. City of Barstow General Plan, Housing Element Update 2006-2014. 2008. City of Las Vegas. Las Vegas 2020 Master Plan. July 14, 2000. City of Las Vegas. Planning and Development Department. Las Vegas Master Plan 2020, Population Element. June 15, 2000. City of Victorville. City of Victorville General Plan 2030, Draft Program EIR. August 2008. City of Victorville. City of Victorville General Plan Housing Element Update. 2000. Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning. Clark County Comprehensive Plan. Volume One. 2009. March 2011 Final EIS 6-3 DesertXpress 6.0 References Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning. March 2007. <http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/comprehensive_planning/demograph ics/Pages/demographics.aspx>. Accessed April 22, 2008. County of San Bernardino. 2030-Growth Projections – Background Information. March 29, 2006. County of San Bernardino. Draft Program Environmental Impact Report. 2006. County of San Bernardino. San Bernardino County General Plan. April 2007. DMJM Harris|AECOM. Final Report – DesertXpress Traffic Impact Analysis. February 2009. Economics and Politics, Inc. Potential Economic Impact of DesertXpress on the City of Barstow. December 2010. Federal Railroad Administration Docket No. EP-1. Notice 5. May 26, 1999 Nevada Department of Employment. 2007. Orr, Ryan. Victor Valley Daily Press. High Desert Home prices Continue to Drop. <http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/valley_5352___article.html/victor_februar y.html>. Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Regional Transportation Plan FY 2006-2030 Final Draft. 2006. Risen, Tom. Victor Valley Daily Press. Construction Industry Hit Hard. <http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/construction_6468___article.html/jobs_ha rd.html#slComments>. Southern California Association of Governments. SCAG Growth Projections. 2008. Southern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission. Regional Transportation Plan FY 2006-2030. July 2006. Southern Nevada Strategic Planning Authority. Mission, Vision, and Statement of Principles. <http://www.snrpc.org/Snspa_Plan/Strategic_Plan_Elements/SNSPA_Plan_Mis sion.htm>. State of California Employment Development Department. 2008. San Bernardino Snapshot. <http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/COsnaps/sanbrsnap.pdf>. Accessed April 28, 2008. Thomas Carroll and Associates. DesertXpress: Predicted Employment and Economic Impact Analysis. October 2010. University of Nevada Las Vegas Center for Business and Economic Research. U.S. Census Bureau. 2009 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. 2009 March 2011 Final EIS 6-4 DesertXpress 6.0 References U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey. U.S. Census Bureau. Clark County. 2006. Wargo, Brian. Las Vegas Sun. Housing market downturn hits new low. February 19, 2008. <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/feb/19/housing-market- downturn-hits-new-low/>. Accessed April 2, 2008. Wassmuth, Richard, City of Las Vegas. Personal communication, March 18, 2010. FARMLANDS AND GRAZING LANDS Bureau of Land Management. July 18, 2008. Valley Wells Allotment Grazing Relinquishment for Habitat Conservation, Environmental Assessment [CA-690- EA08-28]. Clark County Comprehensive Plan, Conservation Element. June 25, 2007. <http://www.co.clark.nv.us/comprehensive_planning/CompPlanElements/Conse rvation_Element/Conservation_Element_CH1_Agriculture.htm>. County of San Bernardino. Draft Program Environmental Impact Report. 2006. County of San Bernardino. San Bernardino County General Plan. April 2007. Hennessy, Patrick. California Division of Land Resources. Personal Communication. March 26, 2007. Nevada Department of Agriculture. <http://agri.state.nv.us/>. San Bernardino County Important Farmland, 2008. Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program, California Department of Conservation. Whalon, Larry, National Park Service. Personal communication, 2010. UTILITIES/EMERGENCY SERVICES Baker Community Services District. Personal communication, July 27, 2008 and September 26, 2008. Barstow Fire Department. Letter of Inquiry. April 2008. Barstow Police Department. Letter of Inquiry. January 2007. California Energy Commission. Victorville 2 Hybrid Power Project Power plant Licensing Case. <http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/victorville2/index.html>. Accessed September 12, 2008. California Integrated Waste Management Board. Jurisdiction Profile for San Bernardino County. <http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Profiles/Juris/JurProfile1.asp?RG=U&JURID=428&J UR=San+Bernardino%2DUnincorporated>. Accessed June 2, 2008. March 2011 Final EIS 6-5 DesertXpress 6.0 References Chadbourn, Julie, Clark County Water Reclamation District. Written correspondence, March 2007. City of Las Vegas Planning & Development