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Practitioner's Handbooks Resource Materials:
14 Applying the Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines in Transportation Project Decision-Making

Reference Materials for Practitioner’s Handbook
on Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines

• EPA/Corps Guidance to Identify Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/guidance/wetlands/CWAwaters.cfm
• Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Guidance Letter 08-02, “Jurisdictional Determinations”
  http://www.usace.army.mil/CECW/Documents/cecwo/reg/rgls/rgl08-02.pdf 
• Clean Water Act Section 404(q) Memorandum of Agreement
  http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/guidance/wetlands/dispmoa.cfm
• Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects http://environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/eco_index.asp
• Letter from James Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality to Norman Mineta, Secretary U.S. DOT (May 12, 2003) regarding purpose and need in NEPA documents
  http://www.dot.gov/execorder/13274/impsched/letters/connaughtonmay12.htm 
• Memorandum from Mary Peters, FHWA Administrator, and Jenna Dorn, FTA Administrator, to FHWA Division Administrators and FTA Regional Administrators, “Interim Guidance on ‘Purpose and Need’” (Aug. 21, 2003)
  http://environment.fhwa.dot.gov/guidebook/Ginterim.asp 
• Utahns for Better Transportation v. U.S. DOT, 305 F. 3d 1152 (10th Cir. 2002)
  http://environment.transportation.org/clue/case_details.aspx?case_id=52