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Applying for FTA Funding
Overview
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ARRA FAQs
Note: The following page contains a list of documents with all corrections, updates and additions beginning 3/20/09.(Corrections/Updates/Additions). All corrections, updates and additions have been incorporated into the full Questions and Answers section below.
As of 1/20/12, new questions...
Can a Transit Agency Use What Was Considered in the Metropolitan Planning or Other Planning Process?
The transportation planning process (i.e., long-range transportation planning by the metropolitan planning organization) may consider a wide variety of options for solving a transportation problem. Linking the planning and NEPA processes is an important approach to transportation decisionmaking...
Resource-Specific Laws, Regulations, and Executive Orders
In addition to the regulatory process requirements, what are the other laws, regulations, and executive orders that address specific environmental resources that FTA must follow?
Other environmental laws, regulations, and executive orders related to environmental review process are...
Process-Oriented Regulatory Requirements
What are the process oriented regulatory requirements that apply to FTA projects?
The primary environmental laws and regulations related to the environmental review process for FTA-funded projects are summarized below with web links to the full law or regulation.
National...
Supplementations and Re-evaluations
When is a supplemental environmental review needed?After FTA’s completion of an environmental review with a Record of Decision (ROD), Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), or Categorical Exclusion (CE) determination, a supplemental environmental review is needed in the following situations...
Content (Outline) of FEIS; Differences from DEIS
The general format of an EIS should follow the CEQ regulations for draft and final EISs (40 CFR Part 1502.3, 40 CFR Part 1502.9, 40 CFR Part 1502.10 and Federal Transit Administration/Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation regulations ...
Purpose and Need
What is a purpose and need statement?All EISs must contain a statement of purpose and need in accordance with 40 CFR § 1502.13. Consistent with NEPA, the purpose and need statement should be a statement of a transportation problem, not a specific solution. However, the purpose and...
Record of Decision
What is contained in a Record of Decision?The Record of Decision (ROD) is the conclusion of the NEPA EIS process. The ROD document is prepared after the final EIS and identifies the Preferred Alternative. The NEPA implementing regulations (40 CFR § 1505.2) state that a Record of...