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Practice: |
Texas Environmental Resource Stewards (TERS) and Ecological Assessment Protocol (TEAP) |
| Categories: | GIS and Spatial Data
Linking Planning and NEPA
Mitigation
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State: |
Texas |
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Organization: |
Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 |
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Contact: |
Sharon L. Osowski, Ph.D. |
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Title: |
Ecologist |
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Email: |
Osowski.Sharon@epamail.epa.gov |
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Phone: |
214-665-7506 |
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Description: |
The Texas Environmental Resource Stewards (TERS), established in 2002, is a partnership between Federal and State transportation and resource agencies and The Nature Conservancy. TERS mission is to id
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Related Documentation: |
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6en/xp/enxp2a4.htm
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| Last Updated: |
October 29, 2009 |
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Practice: |
NEPAssist Interagency Agreement Signed by U.S. EPA, TxDOT, and the Governor of the State of Texas |
| Categories: | Environmental Stewardship & Streamlining
GIS and Spatial Data
Linking Planning and NEPA
Project Development
SAFETEA-LU Environmental Provisions
Training & Certification
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State: |
Texas |
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Organization: |
Federal Highway Administration TX Division |
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Contact: |
Kirk D. Fauver |
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Title: |
Statewide Planning Engineer |
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Email: |
kirk.fauver@fhwa.dot.gov |
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Phone: |
512-536-5952 |
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Description: |
On April 21, 2009, the FHWA Texas Division, in conjunction with the TxDOT Environmental Affairs Division, successfully executed an interagency agreement with the U.S. EPA Region 6 and the Office of th
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| Last Updated: |
June 16, 2009 |
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Practice: |
TxDOT Purpose and Need Guidance |
| Categories: | Environmental (NEPA) Documentation
Project Development
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State: |
Texas |
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Organization: |
Texas Department of Transportation |
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Contact: |
Dianna Noble |
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Title: |
Director, Environmental Affairs Division |
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Email: |
DNOBLE@dot.state.tx.us |
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Phone: |
512-416-2734 |
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Description: |
The purpose and need statement is the backbone of the NEPA decision making process, establishing the parameters for identifying, comparing, eliminating and recommending alternatives. In July 2001, the
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Related Documentation: |
http://nepa.fhwa.dot.gov/ReNEPA/ReNepa.nsf/B/KMMM6RFVT7
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| Last Updated: |
August 2, 2006 |
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Practice: |
Texas DOT Contribution to In Lieu Fee Programs and Resource Agency Priorities for Habitat and Wetland Conservation |
| Categories: | General
Habitat/Ecosystem Connectivity & Conservation
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Mitigation
Watersheds & Wetlands
Wildlife and Threatened & Endangered Species
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State: |
Texas |
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Organization: |
Texas Department of Transportation |
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Contact: |
Mary Perez |
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Title: |
Natural Resources Management, Section Director |
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Email: |
mperez@dot.state.tx.us |
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Phone: |
512-416-3014 |
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Description: |
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) helped the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) realize the long-term conservation objectives of the Balcones Canyonland Wildlife Refuge, home to a lar
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| Last Updated: |
July 26, 2005 |
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Practice: |
Texas District Environmental Quality Coordinators |
| Categories: | Performance Measures/Management
Project Development
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State: |
Texas |
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Organization: |
Texas Department of Transportation |
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Contact: |
Mary Perez |
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Title: |
Natural Resources Management, Section Director |
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Email: |
mperez@dot.state.tx.us |
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Phone: |
512-416-3014 |
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Description: |
The Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) leadership has directed each of the 25 District Engineers to designate a District Environmental Quality Coordinator. The DEQC ensures compliance with
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| Last Updated: |
July 26, 2005 |
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Practice: |
Pocket Guides Addressing Environmental Issues for Field Personnel |
| Categories: | Air Quality & Transportation Conformity
Project Development
Training & Certification
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State: |
Texas |
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Organization: |
Texas Department of Transportation |
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Contact: |
Mary Perez |
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Title: |
Natural Resources Management, Section Director |
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Email: |
mperez@dot.state.tx.us |
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Phone: |
512-416-3014 |
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Description: |
The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) provides field personnel with three pocket guides addressing TxDOT’s environmental issues. All three guides present advice on how to address unforeseen i
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| Last Updated: |
July 26, 2005 |
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Practice: |
New Programmatic Agreements with Local Tribes Streamline the Historic Review Process |
| Categories: | Historic
Historical & Archeological Preservation
Mitigation
Performance Measures/Management
Tribal Consultation & Issues
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State: |
Texas |
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Organization: |
Texas Department of Transportation |
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Contact: |
Lisa Hart |
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Title: |
Cultural Resource Management, Section Director |
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Email: |
lhart0@dot.state.tx.us |
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Phone: |
(512) 416-2626 |
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Description: |
Since 2002, the FHWA and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) have signed programmatic agreements (PAs) with 14 Indian tribes to streamline its Section 106 consultation process with the tribes.
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| Last Updated: |
July 26, 2005 |
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Practice: |
Section 106 Programmatic Agreement |
| Categories: | Historic
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Mitigation
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State: |
Texas |
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Organization: |
Texas Department of Transportation |
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Contact: |
Lisa Hart |
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Title: |
Cultural Resource Management, Section Director |
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Email: |
lhart0@dot.state.tx.us |
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Phone: |
(512) 416-2626 |
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Description: |
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has a programmatic agreement (PA) in place with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the State Historic Preservation Officer that delegates
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Related Documentation: |
PDFs/txstrmlng99.pdf
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| Last Updated: |
June 9, 2005 |
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Practice: |
TxDOT and FHWA Categorical Exclusion programmatic agreement |
| Categories: | Interagency Agreements: MOAs, MOUs, and Programmatic Agreements
Interagency Coordination/Funding
Process/NEPA
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State: |
Texas |
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Organization: |
Federal Highway Administration TX Division |
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Contact: |
Tom Bruechert |
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Title: |
Environment and Transportation Planning Coordinator |
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Email: |
Tom.Bruechert@fhwa.dot.gov |
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Phone: |
(512) 536-5948 |
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Description: |
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) have signed a new programmatic agreement that will streamline the Categorical Exclusion (CE) process betwee
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Related Documentation: |
tx_cea.pdf
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| Last Updated: |
June 2, 2005 |
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