Re:NEPA - Federal Highway Administration

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) articulated the national environmental policy, established federal agency responsibility and created the basis or foundation of the federal decisionmaking process. The fundamentals of the NEPA decisionmaking process include: consideration of alternatives, examination of potential environmental impacts and mitigation, interagency coordination, public involvement and documentation.
This Topic Area is focused on the NEPA process and documentation. This includes the specific requirements for categorical exclusions (CEs), environmental assessments (EAs), findings of no significant impact (FONSIs), environmental impact statements (EISs), and records of decisions (RODs).
For information on FHWA's NEPA Project Development Process visit the Office of Project Development and Environmental Review Project Development Website.
Additional NEPA information is available at the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPAnet.

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Env Conflict Managment classes coming to Colorado (no responses) 11/19/2009 ---

Federal Funding (1 response) 11/12/2009 --- Wyatt

Culverts and 404 Permits (4 responses) 11/12/2009 ---

Improvements identified beyond logical termini (9 responses) 10/30/2009 --- Angie B.

TIGER Grant - NEPA Documentation (1 response) 10/13/2009 --- A.Nonymous

Reader-Friendly EIS Summaries Available (no responses) 10/07/2009 --- David Mattern

Re-evaluation for a phase of a project (1 response) 10/05/2009 ---

State Assumption of responsibility for categorical exclusions (5 responses) 9/23/2009 --- Wyatt Kendall

Social Media and the Administrative Record (14 responses) 9/11/2009 --- Ryan Link

Federal Railroad Administration Categrorical Exclusion (2 responses) 8/12/2009 --- Dan Reagle

FHWA/USACE Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for creation of Environmental Assessment (EA) (2 responses) 7/21/2009 --- anonymous

EA and State Level Environmental Document (5 responses) 7/13/2009 --- Alan Tabachnick

Changes in Laws & Regulations for Reevaluations (1 response) 7/07/2009 --- Amy Zlotsky

NEPA approvals and consistency with LRTP TIP/STIP (17 responses) 7/01/2009 --- FDOT office

document requirements for HOT lanes or P3 document requirements (3 responses) 5/26/2009 ---

What "clearances" does a Programmtic EIS garner (1 response) 5/26/2009 --- Steve B

Best NEPA Resources? (4 responses) 5/22/2009 ---

Seats available for NHI NEPA course next week (no responses) 5/19/2009 --- Mary Ann Rondinella

Jobs VS. URA (8 responses) 5/18/2009 ---

Written Response to FEIS Commenters (6 responses) 5/14/2009 --- Michael Zientek

Lead Agency for EA (10 responses) 5/12/2009 ---

NEPA Job Opportunity (1 response) 4/27/2009 --- Gresham Smith & Partners

Scoping comment response & documentation (1 response) 4/21/2009 --- Ernest Combs

interstate toll road expansion subject to NEPA? (5 responses) 4/16/2009 --- Robert Hinson

At what point would an EIS be completed? (2 responses) 4/15/2009 ---

NEPA and Residential/Commerical Relocations (4 responses) 4/01/2009 ---

irrigation canals jurisdictional? (4 responses) 4/01/2009 --- Sam Bilford

TSM Alternative (2 responses) 3/25/2009 --- Research Staff

30 Comment Period (5 responses) 3/20/2009 ---

Technical adequacy of EIS with respect to noise (5 responses) 3/11/2009 --- Karen Wong

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