EPA NEPA Website: including information on filing EISs, e-NEPA electronic filing, NEPAssist, NEPA and Environmental Justice, and the EIS database.
Environmental Process
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires transportation agencies to consider potential impacts to the social and natural environment. Find resources for implementing regulations set forth by NEPA.
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Alternative Project Delivery and the NEPA Process
AASHTO hosted a Virtual Peer Exchange (VPE) that featured three State DOTs discussing their experience with alternative project delivery and the NEPA process. The three states that presented are Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Utah.
AASHTO Resources
NEPA Overview
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) establishes policy and goals for the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of the environment across the United States, and it provides a process for implementing these goals within federal agencies.
Learn more about when NEPA is required, who oversees the process, and why it is important.
NEPA Assignment
NEPA Assignment is a process states can choose to undertake where they assume federal responsibility for transportation projects in exchange for a faster federal review process.
Podcast
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) mandates federal agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of their actions, crucially influencing transportation projects like road construction and bridge expansions. Our special guest, Ted Boling, a Partner at Perkins Coie with over 30 years of public service, will discuss NEPA’s role in promoting sustainable development within the transportation sector.
Environmental Process Overview
The NEPA process impacts every transportation project across the country.
We dive deep into how to successfully navigate NEPA and take it into account when planning and conducting transportation projects.