"The purpose of the 'Scoping Summary Report' is to formally conclude the scoping process conducted in conjunction with the preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor Project located in Rockland and Westchester Counties, New York (NY). The EIS is being prepared by the Project Sponsors ... in cooperation with the Federal Partners - Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). ...

The purpose of the Environmental Impact Statement is to evaluate multimodal highway and transit alternatives that will address the transportation and mobility needs of the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor from Suffern to Port Chester, NY. Also, structural and security needs of the Tappan Zee Bridge will be evaluated as well as other existing highway-improvement needed within the corridor. Environmental, socioeconomic conditions will be analyzed. A key component of EIS development is the scoping process. Comments, affillation, comment catagory, summary of comments and response are presented in tables from the scoping process and organized as follows: federal, state, local, group (non-governmental) and public (general public).

"This final environmental impact statement (FEIS) examines the potential environmental effects of proposed alternatives for the Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Project, and where adverse impacts are identified, it discusses measures to mitigate them"--page [1].