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ENV-12
Reach Consensus on Avoidance and Minimization for the LEDPA
Description: Following selection of the LEDPA/Preferred Alternative partners reach consensus on additional avoidance and minimization measures not included in the preliminary design.
Purpose
To reach consensus on avoidance and minimization measures for the preferred alternative/LEDPA.
Outcome
Measures for avoidance and minimization to be included in the Final EIS.
Partner Roles | ||
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FHWA |
Observer |
Observes the determination of final avoidance, minimization and mitigation. |
MPO |
No Role |
No action required on the determination of avoidance and minimization measures for the LEDPA |
Resource Agency |
Decision Maker |
USACE is a decision-maker, approving the avoidance and minimization measures. This is also an important key decision to collaborate with State permitting agencies. |
State DOT |
Decision Maker |
Approves avoidance and minimization that will be possible to incorporate in the project. |
Process |
Integration Type |
Integration Description |
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| Land Use and Smart Growth | Decision | Agreement by land use stakeholders that any mitigation related to land use is consistent with land use goals and smart growth principles (if applicable). |
| Air Quality Conformity | None. | None. |
| Natural Environment and the IEF | Decision Between IEF Step 8 - Implement Agreements, Adaptive Management & Deliver Projects | Avoidance and minimization should be consistent with the conservation priorities identified in the ecological plan. |
| Capital Improvement | None. | None. |
| Safety and Security | None. | None. |
| Human Environment | None. | None. |
| Economic Development | None. | None. |
| Greenhouse Gas | None. | None. |
Linkages to other Phases of Transportation Decision Making | ||
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Key Decision |
What is Linked? |
Purpose of Linkage |
From Long Range Transportation Planning |
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LRP-10 - Adopt LRTP by MPO |
Advance mitigation strategy and agreements from the adopted LRTP |
To inform avoidance and minimization for the LEDPA |
From Corridor Planning Studies |
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COR-9 - Adopt Priorities for Implementation |
Advance mitigation strategy and agreements from the Corridor Plan |
To inform avoidance and minimization for the LEDPA |
From Integrated Programming and Fiscal Constraint |
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PRO-9 - Approve STIP with respect to Conformity and Fiscal Constraint |
Funding for mitigation programmed in the STIP. |
To inform partners of the sufficiency of funds for avoidance, minimization and mitigation programmed in the STIP. |
Policy Questions |
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Questions about purpose and roles |
Are all partners in agreement that avoidance and minimization measures reduce impacts to jurisdictional and prioritized resources to the greatest extent possible? |
What roles will private partners play in ensuring that mitigation actions are implemented? | |
Questions about stakeholders |
No specific questions. |
Questions about the transportation process supporting the decision |
Do the avoidance and minimization measures address all changes since the DEIS? |
Questions about other phases |
Is avoidance and minimization consistent with any advance mitigation strategies or agreements incorporated in the LRTP or Corridor Plan? |
Questions about non-transportation sectors/processes |
Is avoidance and minimization consistent with conservation priorities identified in the ecological plan? |
Is mitigation consistent with land use goals and smart growth principles (if applicable)? | |
Questions to Gather Stakeholder Interests |
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None. |
Questions to Incorporate Stakeholder Interests |
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None. |
Case Study Example(s): |
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None. |
Supporting Data for the Key Decision |
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From other phases of transportation decision making |
Long Range Planning |
Advance mitigation strategies and agreements | Programming |
No Specific Data |
Corridor Planning |
Advance mitigation strategies and agreements |
Environmental Review |
Preliminary design and avoidance and minimization incorporated in the DEIS |
Preferred alternative/LEDPA |
Jurisdictional waters |
From other sectors and processes |
Land Use and Smart Growth |
Land use goals and smart growth principles (if applicable) | Air Quality Conformity |
No Specific Data |
Natural Environment and the IEF |
Prioritized areas for conservation, restoration and enhancement |
Capital Improvement |
No Specific Data |
Safety and Security |
No Specific Data |
Human Environment |
No Specific Data |
Economic Development |
No Specific Data |
Greenhouse Gas |
No Specific Data |
From the transportation technical process supporting this key decision |
Changes made to the preferred alternative since the DEIS | |
From stakeholder collaboration |
No Specific Data | |
From public private partnership |
No Specific Data | |
The following is a list of data needed to support the key decision. Practitioners collect this information for decision makers to consider. You may add to this list using the comment box at the bottom of the page. Supporting Tools and Technology | |
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Category |
Detail |
Analysis |
Technical Analysis Tools: a broad range of tools to evaluate technical implications of potential mitigation sites |
Communication |
GIS Tools: Communication of agreed to conservation, restoration, and enhancement areas. |
Gathering |
GIS Tools: To reconcile land use and conservation maps and plans with potential mitigation sites |
Key Decision Relationship to Other Topics | |||
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| Topic | Description | ||
| Public-Private Partnerships |
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