This standard operating procedure provides guidance on the purpose and need statements, which provide the rationale and justification for undertaking a major Federal action and forms the basis for the range of alternatives to be studied in the...

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on the identification, development, and evaluation of alternatives in the environmental review process.

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on the preparation of a notice of intent (NOI), which announces that FTA and other lead agencies intend to prepare an environmental impact statement. 

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on the drafting and processing of environmental impact statements required for This standard operating procedure provides any action that significantly affects the quality of the human (including...

This standard operating procedure provides guidance for the review and processing of environmental assessments for actions in which the significance of environmental impacts is not clearly established.

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on the development of annotated outlines, which can be used to create the framework for the environmental document.

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on scoping—an early and open process for determining the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying the significant issues related to a proposed action.

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on the public and agency comment process for the environmental review process.

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on consideration and documentation of mitigation commitments for impacts identified through the environmental review process.

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on preparing a finding of no significant impact based on an environmental assessment that identifies no significant impacts.