Transportation for Communities - Advancing Projects Through Partnerships
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Transportation Phases
- Long Range Transportation Planning
- Integrated Programming and Fiscal Constraint
- Corridor Planning
- Environmental Review Merged with Permitting
Decision Guide
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ENV-13
Approve Final EIS
Description: A final EIS is approved that meets all legal requirements and addresses comments received on the Draft EIS.
There is information developed in prior key decisions that informs this step.
Purpose
To formally respond to public and agency comments, approve the Final EIS, including commitments affecting permit conditions, and submit for regulatory approval.
Outcome
An approved Final EIS that meets all legal requirements.
Partner Roles | ||
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FHWA |
Decision Maker |
Approves the final EIS as meeting all federal requirements. |
MPO |
Observer |
Observes final NEPA document approval for consideration of impact to the LRTP, fiscal constraint, and air quality conformity. |
Resource Agency |
Decision Maker |
USACE approves a Final EIS that satisfies the USACE regulatory process in order to issue a Section 404 permit. |
State DOT |
Advisor |
Provides support for the final EIS as needed. |
Process |
Integration Type |
Integration Description |
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| Land Use and Smart Growth | None. | None. |
| Air Quality Conformity | None. | None. |
| Natural Environment and the IEF | None. | None. |
| 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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None. |
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Policy Questions |
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Questions about purpose and roles |
How were comments received from partners addressed in the FEIS? |
Questions about stakeholders |
How were comments received from stakeholders addressed in the FEIS? |
Questions about the transportation process supporting the decision |
Does the project support conformity? |
Is the document legally sufficient; including sufficient justification for the preferred and eliminated alternatives? | |
Questions about other phases |
No specific questions. |
Questions about non-transportation sectors/processes |
No specific questions. |
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 |
Conformity analysis for comparison to project alternative | Programming |
No Specific Data |
Corridor Planning |
No Specific Data |
Environmental Review |
No Specific Data |
From other sectors and processes |
Land Use and Smart Growth |
No Specific Data | Air Quality Conformity |
No Specific Data |
Natural Environment and the IEF |
No Specific Data |
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 |
No Specific Data | |
From stakeholder collaboration |
Input received from stakeholders since the DEIS | |
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 |
Gathering |
Documentation Tools: Used to review documentation from draft environmental documents, to ensure all changes to draft decision process are reflected in final document. |
Key Decision Relationship to Other Topics | |||
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| Topic | Description | ||
| Streamlining a Bottleneck Project |
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