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Federal Agencies and Regulations

Federal Regulations

• U.S. Code Titles and Sections
  
• Code of Federal Regulations
  
• Council on Environmental Quality
  • NEPAnet
    
  • Environmental Justice - Guidance under the National Environmental Policy Act
    
• Federal Register
  • Document Drafting Handbook (October 1998 revision)
    

Federal Highway Administration

• General
  • Environmental Guidebook
    Contains guidance and information on the NEPA process and other environmental requirements.
  • ReNEPA
    FHWA's online "community of practice" supporting an open exchange of knowledge, information, and ideas about NEPA, related environmental issues, and transportation decision making.
  • Interim Guidance on the Use of 23USC§139(1) Limitation on Claims Notices (FHWA Memorandum dated December 1, 2005)
    
  • Presenting and Defending Administrative Records (Edward V. Kussy, February 1992)
    
  • FHWA Planning, Environment, & Realty: Environment
    Source for information on the full range of FHWA environmental programs.
  • FHWA Planning, Environment, & Realty: Legislation, Regulations and Guidance
    Links for guidance issued by FHWA on specific topics (for example, air quality, noise, context sensitive solutions, bicycle and recreational planning).
  • FHWA Planning, Environment, & Realty
    Information and updates on FHWA guidance to implement the requirements of SAFETEA-LU Section 6002 and the environmental review process.
• Purpose and Need
  • CEQ/USDOT exchange of June 23, 2003 on Guidance on Purpose and Need
    
  • FHWA/FTA Joint Guidance on Purpose and Need issued July 23, 2003
    
  • Importance of Purpose and Need in Environmental Documents, September 18, 1990
    
  • Executive Order 13274, Purpose and Need Work Group Baseline Report (Revised draft, March 15, 2006)
    
• Logical Termini
  • The Development of Logical Project Termini (Issued November 15, 1993)
    
• Document Quality
  • Improving the Quality of NEPA Documents (Prepared by FHWA in conjunction with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO))
    
• Air Quality
  • FHWA: Air Quality
    Source for detailed information about conformity analysis and modeling.
  • Interim Guidance on Air Toxic Analysis in NEPA Documents (February 3, 2006)
    
• Indirect and Cumulative Impacts
  • Position Paper: Secondary and Cumulative Impact Assessment in the Highway Development Process (April 1992)
    
  • Interim Guidance Questions and Answers Regarding the Consideration of Indirect and Cumulative Impacts in the NEPA Process (January 2003)
    
• Section 4(f)
  • Guidance for Determining De Minimis Impacts to Section 4(f) Resources (December 13, 2005 memorandum)
    
  • Section 4(f) Interactive Training
    Contains FHWA's Section 4(f) Policy Paper and a description of Section 4(f) resource types, what entails a "use, " and the process for conducting a Section 4(f) analysis.
  • FHWA Section 4(f) Policy Paper ( March 1, 2005)
  • Final Rule on Section 4(f) (March 12, 2008)
    
  • Nationwide Section 4(f) Programmatic Evaluations
    

Floodplains

• FHWA's policy guide on assessing floodplain impacts
  

U.S. Census

• Census data for 2000 and previous census years
  

National Resource Conservation Service

• National Resource Conservation Service
  
• Forms and instructions for completing the Farmland Conversion Impact Rating form (Form AD-1006)
  

US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management

• Visual Resource Management guidance
  

Environmental Protection Agency

• National Priorities List
  
• EnviroMapper: Environmental Justice Assessment tool
  
• EnvironMapper: Hazardous Materials sites
  
• Green Book of Nonattainment Areas for Criteria Pollutants
  

National Wetlands Inventory maps

• National Wetlands Inventory maps
  

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• FEMA.GOV
  Source for obtaining flood insurance maps and information on the program.

National Wild and Scenic Rivers

• National Wild and Scenic Rivers
  

State Agencies and Regulations

Tennessee Department of Transportation

• Environmental Division
  
• Public Involvement Plan
  
• Local Programs Procedures Manual
  • State Industrial Access (SIA) Program
    
  • Right-of-Way Appraisal office
    

Other Agencies/Organizations:

• Tennessee Code Annotated
  
• Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)
  • Environmental Permitting Handbook
    
  • http://www.state.tn.us/environment/
    Source for conducting on-line quarter quadrangle search to determine existence of threatened and endangered species in general project area at TDEC.
• Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Wildlife Management Areas
  • Wildlife Management Areas
    
  • Reelfoot Lake Watershed Management permit program
    
• Tennessee Spatial Data Service
  
• Tennessee Geographic Information Council
  
• Tennessee Scenic Rivers designated under Tennessee Scenic Rivers Act of 1968
  
• Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and the University of Tennessee Center for Business and Economic Research population projections
  



• Detailed Table of Contents
• 1.0 Environmental Regulations and the Environmental Evaluation Process
• 2.0 Project Identification and Developments
• 3.0 NEPA Process Options
• 4.0 Early Coordination
• 5.0 Impact Analysis
• 6.0 Prepare Environmental Documentation
• 7.0 Public Involvement Process
• 8.0 Environmental Permits
• 9.0 Environmental Commitments and Coordination With Design and Construction Activities
• 10.0 Environmental Evaluation of State-Funded Projects
• Appendices
  
• List of Figures