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Costs Related to Compliance with Federal Environmental Laws: Case Studies in the Federal-Aid Highway Program
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2006-07-01
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Abstract:Projects to build or preserve transportation infrastructure sometimes affect human and natural environmental quality. Federal environmental laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) require the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) to consider and address mitigation of the environmental impacts of Federal-aid transportation projects. This study responds to a request by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, Housing, and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies that requires the FHWA "to determine the costs associated with the environmental process on a representative sample of projects." The purpose of the study is to establish a comprehensive definition of state DOTs' environmental costs, including mitigation and documentation costs as described in the Congressional request, and use it to gather best available data on complete environmental costs for a set of case studies that represent the kinds of projects routinely undertaken by state DOTs. The study is based on detailed interviews and information provided by practitioners at selected state DOTs, including Arizona DOT, Florida DOT, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Maryland State Highway Administration, Montana DOT, New Jersey DOT, Oregon DOT, Utah DOT, Washington DOT, and Wisconsin DOT.
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