Keys to efficient development of useful environmental documents

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• Creators:
  Bausch, Carl
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Environmental impact analysis
  • Environmental policy
  • Public policy
  • Documents
  • Compliance
  • Environmental impact statements, Environmental assessments, Environmental planning, Federal
  • regulations, Environmental documents, Transit projects, Compliance, Utility, Practicality.
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-FTA-07-03 ; FTA-MA-26-1023-2007.1
• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents—environmental impact statements and assessments—inform agency ; decisionmaking and let the public know about anticipated effects of a proposed Federal action. The fundamental purposes and ; principles of efficient, effective Federal impact statement preparation are set forth in the Council on Environmental Quality’s ; implementing regulations and guidance that have been in existence for nearly three decades. These implementing regulations ; stress the need for environmental documents to focus on considerations that are truly useful to decisionmakers and the public. ; Over the years, however, a tendency to create excessively long, opaque, and costly environmental impact statements and ; assessments has surfaced. Instead of describing in reasonable and comprehensible terms the substance of a proposed project’s ; purpose and need, alternatives considered, and potential environmental impacts, these documents are now often sources of ; confusion and delay in project approval and implementation. ; To facilitate improvement in the clarity, analytical value, and overall quality of environmental documents for transit projects, the ; Federal Transit Administration is reexamining its guidance on and practices for environmental documentation. This handbook is ; intended as a tool to assist in achieving compliance, utility, and practicality when preparing environmental documents.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  TPA2/EV869
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8898/dot_8898_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 195.88 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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