State Departments of Transportation for Community Partnerships

This list of state Departments of Transportation was generated in November 2020 as part of the USDOT-FTA and HUD-PIH Partnership for COVID-19 Recovery and is fully searchable in Excel.

Preparing Environmental Documents

There are three levels of environmental review and documentation under NEPA called classes of action. Based on the significance of the impacts, classes of action determine how compliance with NEPA is carried out and documented and include:

FTA Environmental and Sustainability Management System Round 5 Final Report

This report summarizes FTA's environmental and sustainability management system (ESMS) training and assistance project. This report includes the results of a two-year effort to advance international environmental management standard ISO 14001:2015 in public transit agencies in the United States...

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Process Workflow

Environmental Assessment (EA) Process Workflow

SAFETEA-LU Environmental Review Process Final Guidance (2006)

Legislation, Regulation and Guidance

To assist federal agencies in implementing the environmental policy and "action forcing" provisions of NEPA, CEQ issued Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508).

The regulations...

Rail ROW Program Comment - Program Comment to Exempt Consideration of Effects to Rail Properties with Rail Rights-of-Way

On August 17, 2018, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), in coordination with the U.S. DOT, issued a Program Comment to Exempt Consideration of Effects to Rail Properties within Rail Rights-of-Way (83 FR 42920). The Program Comment is an alternative means for Federal agencies to...

Environmental Training and Technical Assistance

FTA sponsors training delivered by the National Transit Institute and other FTA technical assistance and training resources assists stakeholders with conducting the environmental review process. 

FTA encourages project...

Environmental Review Process

NEPA is the primary law governing the environmental review process for all federal agencies. NEPA establishes a decision-making process that agencies must follow to study the environmental impacts of proposed projects, both large and small.