Best practices for establishing tribal monitoring protocols
With the goal of having a more consistent national approach for tribal monitoring, issues to address include: • Timing/scheduling • Compensation for travel • Amount of requests of tribes •…
Cultural Resource/Environmental Commitment Compliance During Construction
• Tied to communication across all the disciplines during project development and construction. • Section 106 is not static piece within the project delivery process, it needs to be done…
Conducting Meaningful Public Engagement
The idea of meaningful public engagement has evolved of the years and environmental professionals are continual challenged to do more thorough engagement during all phases of the project delivery process.…
A Synthesis of Practices Concerning the Recovery, Retention and Curation of Archaeological Materials from Transportation Projects
Transportation agencies conduct a significant portion of archaeological investigations in the US and in many developed countries around the world. Once a transportation project is built, however, there remains the…
Best Practices in Implementing Environmental Commitments throughout the Life of a Project
Commitments resulting from the environmental clearance document are intended to avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts to environmental resources. These commitments vary in scope and may be derived from federal environmental…
Best Practices in Digital Archeological Data Accessibility for State DOTs, SHPOs and THPOs
The ability to easily access and share digital archeological data during the Section 106 review process has become an issue of increasing concern for State Departments of Transportations (State DOTs)…
Cultural Resource Mitigation: What works, and what doesn’t?
Synthesis on standard and nonstandard mitigation in Section 106 agreements. Survey of cultural resource mitigation in Programmatic Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding. What works/what doesn’t work and why. (Developed in…
Defining Areas of Potential Effects: State of the Practice
A nationwide survey of how transportation agencies from all levels are successfully defining Areas of Potential Effect (APEs) for projects across the country. APEs are defined as part of the…
Successful Communication in the Section 106 Process
A nationwide survey of how transportation agencies from all levels are successfully communicating with both internal and external project partners throughout the Section 106 process. The survey would focus on…
Durable and Compatible Concrete Repair of Historic Bridges
Many bridges that have been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places possess concrete components in need of repair. The Secretary of Interior Standards for concrete repair cannot…