General Links:

RESOURCES FOR NEPA AND SAFETEA-LU ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS

If you have questions....

General information on FHWA interpretations (not project-specific advice)

Environmental policy or practices: FHWA Division environmental specialist (see http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/hepdivoff.htm)

Legal: FHWA field legal services counsel for your area (see https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/foisp/hqphone.do)

General Purpose Link to Legislation, Regulations and Guidance

FHWA Office of Planning, Environment and Realty Legislation, Regulations and Guidance.

Page http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/legreg.htm

Regulations

NEPA CEQ Regulations, 40 CFR parts 1500-1508: http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/toc_ceq.htm

FHWA Environmental Regulation, 23 CFR part 771: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_06/23cfr771_06.html

Guidance

Section 6002 Final Guidance, including Appendix E, on statute of limitations: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/section6002/index.htm

SAFETEA-LU Environmental Provisions and Related Information (including links to Q&A's, implementation examples and Section 6002 environmental review process checklist): http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/strmlng/es2safetealu.asp

FHWA Environmental Guidebook: http://environment.fhwa.dot.gov/guidebook/index.asp

Technical Advisory for Preparing and Processing Environmental Documents (under revision): http://environment.fhwa.dot.gov/projdev/impTA6640.asp

Linking planning and NEPA (Appendix A to 2007 Final Rule on Statewide Transportation Planning; Metropolitan Transportation Planning, amending 23 CFR part 450): http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-493.htm or the Federal Register at 72 FR 7223-7286

Other NEPA Information

AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence NEPA Overview: http://environment.transportation.org/environmental_issues/nepa_process/

AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence NEPA Documents and Reports: http://environment.transportation.org/environmental_issues/nepa_process/docs_reports.aspx

AASHTO Handbook on Tracking Environmental Commitments: http: http://environment.transportation.org/center/products_programs/practitioners_handbooks.aspx#tracking

AASHTO Practitioner's Handbook 01, Maintaining a Project File and Preparing an Administrative record for a NEPA Study: http://environment.transportation.org/center/products_programs/practitioners_handbooks.aspx#project_file

AASHTO Practitioner's Handbook 02, Responding to Comments on an Environmental Impact Statement: http://environment.transportation.org/pdf/PG02.pdf

Report of the Joint Task Force on Improving the Quality of NEPA Documents: http://environment.transportation.org/pdf/hot_documents/IQED-1%20for%20CEE.pdf

Federal Register Publication Requirements

Document DraftingHandbook: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/write/handbook/index.html

USDOT National MOU's¹

National MOU between DOT and EPA on Transportation Conformity: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/agreements/documents/HEP10agr.htm

National MOU between US Forest Service and FHWA Regarding the Appropriation and Transfer of National Forest System Lands for Highway Purposes: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/realestate/fsmou.htm

The National Trail System MOU builds on two previous interagency MOU's: the Service-Wide Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperative Management and Administration of National Historic Trails between the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, spanning 1995-2000, and the five-year Memorandum of Understanding for the Administration and Management of National Historic and Scenic Trails signed by BLM, NPS, FS, FHWA and the National Endowment for the Arts: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/nts/memorandum2006.html

Memorandum of Agreement identifies and sets forth the joint and individual responsibilities and procedures of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the implementation of legislation concerned with the construction and improvement of Public Lands Development Roads and Trails: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/agreements/documents/hfld4agr.htm

MOU between USACE and FHWA, to fulfill partnership agreement on collaborative efforts: http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cemp/cn/Document/ScannedMOAs/FHWA-DA%20MOA%2015Mar04.pdf

MOU to Foster Ecological Approach: http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/eco_app_a.asp

Joint Agency Agreement on ESA's Formal Consultation Process: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ecosystems/esalegalhccmem.htm, and http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ecosystems/esalegalhepemem.htm

(COMPILED AS OF APRIL 10, 2007)

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¹ This list reflects Nationwide MOUs currently in use by the FHWA. States should work with their Division Offices to develop a final list of applicable MOUs and update that list on a regular basis.

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