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3: Environmental Stewardship

Chapter_03.pdf (1.41 MB)

– CFL Supplements
– WFL Supplements

PDDM Chapter 3

  • Section 3.1 - Introduction
    • 3.1.1 - Purpose
    • 3.1.2 - Applicability to Federal Lands Highway Projects
    • 3.1.3 - Organization
    • 3.1.4 - Revisions
  • Section 3.2 - Responsibilities by Program
    • 3.2.1 - General Environmental Compliance Responsibilities
    • 3.2.2 - Program-Specific Environmental Compliance Responsibilities
    • 3.2.3 - Other Agreements and Programs
  • Section 3.3 - Laws, Regulations, Policies, Guidance and Permits
    • 3.3.1 - National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 USC 4321; PL 91 90)
    • 3.3.2 - Resource-Specific Environmental Considerations
    • 3.3.3 - Commonly Required Permits
  • Section 3.4 - Environmental Process
    • 3.4.1 - Role of Environmental Streamlining in the Environmental Process
    • 3.4.2 - Federal Lands Highway Environmental Process
  • Section 3.5 - NEPA Documentation
    • 3.5.1 - NEPA Class of Action
    • 3.5.2 - NEPA Document Contents
    • 3.5.3 - Internal Document Approvals
  • Section 3.6 - Tracking and Reporting
    • 3.6.1 - Environmental Document Tracking System
    • 3.6.2 - Wetland Impact and Mitigation Reporting
    • 3.6.3 - Endangered Species Act Compliance Costs
    • 3.6.4 - Section 4(f) De Minimis Findings
    • 3.6.5 - Environmental Commitments
    • 3.6.6 - Other Tracking

PDDM Chapter 3 Appendices

Chapter_03A.pdf (121.66 KB)
  • Appendix 3A.1 - Laws, Regulations, Policies, Guidance and Permits
    • 3A.1.1 - Resource-Specific Environmental Considerations
  • Appendix 3A.2 - NEPA Documentation
    • 3A.2.1 - Categorical Exclusion
    • 3A.2.2 - Environmental Assessment
    • 3A.2.3 - Finding of No Significant Impact
    • 3A.2.4 - Draft Environmental Impact Statement
    • 3A.2.5 - Reevaluations