FHWA Environmental Excellence Awards
These awards have been designed to recognize outstanding transportation projects, processes, and people who incorporate environmental stewardship into the planning and project development processes using Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funding sources.
WHAT is the Environmental Excellence Awards Program?
This biennial program was developed by FHWA to honor those partners, projects, and processes that excel in meeting growing transportation needs while protecting and enhancing the environment. While working in partnership with States, organizations, businesses, and individuals, we at FHWA encourage environmental stewardship and increased awareness of the successes we can achieve by incorporating environmental excellence into our everyday work.
WHO is eligible to enter?
We accept nominations for any project, process, group, or individuals involved in a project or process that has used FHWA funding sources to make an outstanding contribution to transportation and the environment. Any organization, agency, group, or individual in the public, private, or non-profit sectors may submit a nomination for the 2013 Environmental Excellence Awards.
Winning entries will be selected by an independent panel of judges having varying backgrounds, disciplines, and expertise.
WHEN are the entries due?
The deadline for applications has been extended two weeks to Friday, February 15, 2013. All entries for the 2013 EEAs are now due by Friday, February 15, 2013. Nominations after Friday, February 15, 2013, will not be considered for the 2013 EEAs.
WHERE will the awards be presented?
Information about the 2013 EEA awards ceremony is forthcoming. FHWA intends to hold an awards ceremony for 2013 EEA recipients to recognize their accomplishments.
HOW should entries be submitted?
All award nominations must be submitted electronically using the on-line submission form available on this website. To submit an application, select the "Submit an Application" link at the top of this page. If, for any reason, the electronic submittal of entries is not possible, faxed and mailed copies are acceptable. For more information about the submission of entries, please contact Rachel Strauss at (617) 494-2207 or rachel.strauss@dot.gov.
To provide feedback, suggestions, or comments for the page, contact Bill Ostrum at william.f.ostrum@dot.gov.
This collection of information is voluntary, and will be used to support the FHWA Environmental Excellence Awards Program, which recognizes outstanding initiatives and partnerships across the United States that incorporate environmental stewardship into the planning and project development processes using FHWA funding sources. Public reporting burden is estimated to average eight hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Please note that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this collection is 2125-0636. This collection is valid until 12/31/2015. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: Information Collection Clearance Officer, Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20590.
