Tiêu chuẩn quốc tế

• Số hiệu / Standard Number: AASHTO PG10:2008
• Năm ban hành / Publication date: 2008
• Tình trạng / Status: A - Còn hiệu lực
• Tên tiếng Anh / Title in English: AASHTO Practitioner's Handbook - Using the Transportation Planning Process to Support the NEPA Process
• Số trang / Page: 16

Phạm vi áp dụng / Scope of standard

Overview: This Practitioner's Handbook is intended to help
transportation planners and National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) practitioners improve linkages between the planning and NEPA
processes, while also complying with recent legislative changes
that require increased consideration of environmental issues in the
planning process.

Thoughtful consideration of environmental needs during the
planning process can shorten the environmental review process.
Moreover, it can lead to better program and project decisions, for
both transportation and the environment, meeting the public's
desire for improving both transportation and the environment.

The Background section summarizes key requirements related to
the linkage of transportation planning and the NEPA process,
including recent changes to federal legislation (23 U.S.C. 134 and
135) and recent changes to the statewide and metropolitan planning
regulations (23 C.F.R. 450). It also summarizes key points from
guidance issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regarding planning-NEPA
linkage.

The Practical Tips section reviews a range of possible
approaches to linking the planning and NEPA processes, starting
with organizational linkages and including opportunities to define
broad goals; define corridor-level goals and a project-specific
purpose and need; eliminate unreasonable alternatives; identify
affected resources and potential impacts; and consider potential
environmental mitigation activities.