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Project Delivery/Streamlining

Key Resources

• AASHTO
  • 2015 State DOT NEPA Assumption Peer Exchange (AASHTO)
  • AASHTO Practitioner's Handbooks
  • AASHTO Programmatic Agreement Resources
    

    • Programmatic Agreement Toolkit
    • Programmatic Agreements Library
  • AASHTO Summary of MAP-21 Project Delivery Provisions
    

    • Project Delivery Provisions and Implementation Status
    • Table of Project Delivery Provisions

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• Federal Actions and Programs
  • 2015 Red Book: Synchronizing Environmental Reviews for Transportation and Other Infrastructure Projects (FHWA)
  • Executive-Level Efforts on Speeding Infrastructure Development
    

    • One Federal Decision Framework for the Environmental Review and Authorization Process for Major Infrastructure Projects under Executive Order 13807 (March 2018)
    • Executive Order 13807, Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure (Aug. 2017)
    • Guidance Establishing Metrics for the Permitting and Environmental Review of Infrastructure Projects (Sept. 2015)
    • Implementation Plan for the Presidential Memorandum on Modernizing Infrastructure Permitting (2014)
    • Executive Order 13604, Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects (2012)
    • Permitting Dashboard: Federal Infrastructure Projects
    • Presidential Memorandum on Expediting High-Priority Infrastructure Projects (2011)
    • Executive Order 13274, Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews (2002)
  • FHWA Accelerating Project Delivery Website
  • FHWA Every Day Counts Initiative (EDC4) Integrating NEPA and Permitting
  • FHWA Summary of Environmental Review Provisions
    

    • Highlights of Environmental Provisions
    • MAP-21 Guidance and Information
    • Categorical Exclusion Survey Review
    • SAFETEA-LU Guidance and Information
  • FHWA State Practices Database
  • FHWA Resources on Programmatic Agreements
    

    • Programmatic Categorical Exclusion Agreements
    • A Practitioner’s Guide to FHWA Programmatic Agreements for
      Categorical Exclusion
    • Benefits and Costs of Programmatic Agreements
  • Eco-Logical Approach Implementation
  • FHWA Resources on Performance Reporting, Timeliness of NEPA Process, Environmental Tracking
  • FHWA Successes in Stewardship Newsletter
  • Transportation Liaison Community of Practice

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• Transportation Research Board
  • Guidance for Managing NEPA-Related and Other Risks in Project Delivery, Volume 2: Expediting NEPA Decisions and Other Practitioner Strategies for Addressing High Risk Issues in Project Delivery (NCHRP Web-Only Document 183; NCHRP Project 20-24, Task 71 Phase 2) (May 2014).
  • Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects, Second Strategic Highway Research Program (July 2012). The report documents 16 common constraints on project delivery along with 24 separate strategies addressing them.

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