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February 2002

Average Time Required to Complete FHWA Environmental Impact Statements

Decade/Year	1970s	1980s	1990s	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Avg. Time to Completion (years)	2.4	4.4	5	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.3	6.5

Sources: FHWA sponsored NEPA Baseline Study, January, 2001, by Louis Berger Group for the 1970, 1980, 1990 decades: Average time is from project initiation to signing of Final Environmental Impact Study. FHWA records for the years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002: Average time is from the signing of the Notice of Intent to the signing of the Record of Decision.