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
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ENV-2
Approve Notice of Intent
Description: This key decision is required to satisfy the legal requirement of publishing a Notice of Intent (NOI) to inform partners and the public of the commencement of the environmental review phase. This step does not involve collaboration with partners or public stakeholders and is not closely integrated with other phases of transportation decision making or other decision making processes.
There is information developed in prior key decisions that informs this step.
Purpose
Approve content of Notice of Intent for publication in the Federal Register.
Outcome
A published Notice of Intent.
Partner Roles | ||
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FHWA |
Decision Maker |
Approves the notice of intent in accordance with federal requirements |
MPO |
No Role |
No action required with regard to NEPA Notice of Intent |
Resource Agency |
Observer |
Observe issue of the Notice of Intent |
State DOT |
Advisor |
Ensures the NOI meets federal requirements |
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 |
No specific questions. |
Questions about stakeholders |
No specific questions. |
Questions about the transportation process supporting the decision |
Is the content of the NOI comprehensive and thorough enough to meet legal requirements? |
Is the NOI prepared in the format consistent with federal guidelines? | |
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 |
Proposed project concept. | Programming |
No Specific Data |
Corridor Planning |
Proposed project concept |
Environmental Review |
ENV-1: Description of the scope of the environmental review |
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 |
Description of the public involvement plan. | |
From stakeholder collaboration |
No Specific Data | |
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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None. | |
Key Decision Relationship to Other Topics | |||
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| Topic | Description | ||
| Streamlining a Bottleneck Project |
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| Public-Private Partnerships |
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