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07 Defining the Purpose and Need and Determining the Range of Alternatives for Transportation Projects

Section 6002 of SAFETEA-LU
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/section6002/appx.htm#Toc148770634

CEQ Regulations (40 CFR 1502.13 and 1502.14)
http://www.nepa.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/1502.htm#1502.13

FHWA/FTA Regulations – 23 CFR 450.212 and 450.318
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.g
po.gov/2007/pdf/07-493.pdf

CEQ, "Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ's National Environmental Policy Act Regulations" (March 16, 1981)
http://www.nepa.gov/nepa/regs/40/40p3.htm

FHWA and FTA, "Guidance on Purpose and Need" (July 23, 2003)
http://nepa.fhwa.dot.gov/ReNEPA/ReNepa.nsf/All+Documents/
EFE6B59BE347825685256D8900722F05/$FILE/FHWA_FTA%20Joint%20Guidance%20on%20Purpose%20and%20Need.pdf

FHWA, "Purpose and Need in Environmental Documents" (Sept. 18, 1990)
http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/projdev/tdmneed.asp

FHWA and FTA, "Final Guidance: SAFETEA-LU Environmental Review Process" (Nov. 15, 2006)
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/section6002/

FHWA and FTA, "Guidance on Linking Transportation Planning and NEPA Documents" (Feb. 14, 2007) (Appendix A to 23 CFR 450)
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.g
po.gov/2007/pdf/07-493.pdf

FHWA, "NEPA Analysis of Toll Roads" (Oct. 15, 2004)
http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/guidebook/NEPA_tollroads.asp

CEQ and USDOT, Letters regarding Purpose and Need in NEPA Documents
USDOT Letter (May 6, 2003)
http://www.nepa.gov/nepa/regs/CEQPurpose.pdf

CEQ Letter (May 12, 2003)
http://www.nepa.gov/nepa/regs/CEQPurpose2.pdf

E.O. 13274, Purpose and Need Work Group Report (March 15, 2005)
http://www.dot.gov/execorder/13274/workgroups/projectpn.htm


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