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Title: POST-NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION COMMITMENTS
Accession Number: 00755146
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Post-National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) phase tracking tools have been developed and applied successfully to monitor changes in environmental impacts and mitigation commitments identified during the NEPA process as transportation projects advance and are refined through the highway final design process. The tools have been used effectively on two Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) expansion projects currently under development in the Monongahela River Valley region of southwestern Pennsylvania. The tools include a set of computerized spreadsheet/database tracking tables that identify the environmental impacts and mitigation commitments contained in the final environmental impact statement (FEIS), the memorandum of agreement for cultural resources, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) record of decision, and the Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Condemnation Approval Board adjudication. As refinements were made to the project and its right-of-way requirements during final design, any associated changes to environmental impacts were recorded. The tables provided the PTC, state, and federal agencies with a means to efficiently evaluate the resulting environmental impacts for the projects and assess the applicability of the mitigation commitments as defined in the FEIS. Any refinements needed in the mitigation commitment were incorporated into the final design plans. The rationale behind the development of these tools in conjunction with their functional value to the NEPA process is presented.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1626, Environmental and Social Effects of Transportation.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Wallace, D PShalkowski, J SPagination: p. 31-37
Publication Date: 1998
Serial: ISBN: 0309064716
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Oct 28 1998 12:00AM
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