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�Y MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND THE MINNESOTA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE REGARDING THE RUSH LINE BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT, RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA WHEREAS, Ramsey County, Minnesota, on behalf of the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority (RCRRA) and in. conjunction with the Metropolitan Council are proposing to construct the Rush Line. Bus Rapid Transit Project (the "Project"), a fifteen (15)-mile long bus rapid transit (BRT) project with twenty-one (21) stations and three (3) park -and -ride facilities; four (4) of the twenty-one (21) stations are. proposed to be constructed under the METRO Gold Line Bus. Rapid Transit Project; two (2) of the park -and -ride facilities. propose to use exist in surface lots and/or parking.structures and the other proposes the construction of a new parkin structure; the Project extends aloe a northerly and easterly alignment g g Y y gnment in mixed traffic or in a dedicated guideway, contrecting downtown Saint Paul with the suburban municipalities of Maplewood, Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, White Bear Lake; and White Bear Township, Minnesota, as depicted in. Attachment A; WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), may fund the Project and has determined it is an undertaking.subject to the requirements of 36 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR].Part 800, the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National [USCJ § 306108); Historic Preservation Act (54 United States Code WHEREAS, although Ramsey County has served as the local lead agency :for the purposes of compliance with the National Environmental. Policy Act (NEPA) and, in conjunction. with the FTA, prepared an Environmental. Assessment to satisfy both NEPA and the: Minnesota Environmental Policy Act, it is anticipated that the Metropolitan. Council will serve as the Project sponsor and federal grantee, lead the process. for engineering and construction, obtain the approvals and permits. to undertake. the Project as required by ]aw, and operate the Project; WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) may issue a Department of Army (DA) permit authorizing the discharge ofdzredged or fill material in. conjunction with Project construction pursuant to 33 USC § 11 and Section 40.4 of the Clean Water Act (Section 404), 33 USC 1251-1376, as. amended, and has. determined the issuance of a DA permit is an undertaking subject to the requirements of Section 146 and 36 CFR Part 80(} Rush Line BRT 54 USC §.306108 MOA