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Introductory guide to integrated ecological framework.
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2014-10-01
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Abstract:This guide introduces the Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF) to Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT) engineers and planners. IEF is step-by-step approach to integrating ecological and
transportation planning with the goal of avoiding impacts, minimizing mitigation costs, conserving
resources, and improving project delivery. Transportation agencies do their best to avoid and minimize
any impacts to the environment, but some impacts are unavoidable. Compensatory mitigation is used to
offset these unavoidable impacts to the environment. The environmental permitting process under federal
and state legislation constitutes a major component of the transportation project development and delivery
process. Over $3.3 billion is spent annually on compensatory mitigation under the Clean Water Act and
Endangered Species Act programs (1), so there are significant incentives to minimize the cost of
mitigation from transportation impacts.
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