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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...
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...
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...
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.
Environmental Management Systems Technical AssistanceFTA encourages project...
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.
Environmental Review Roles and Responsibilities...Webinar transcript from the Staying on Track with TAM webinar hosted on October 21, 2020.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau (the Bureau) has provided a $8.45 million loan to the Monterey-Salinas Transit District (MST) in Monterey County, California. This is the second loan under...