Document ID: DOT-OST-2009-0092-0355
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Statutes, Regulations, and Executive Orders: Development and Review of Transportation Infrastructure Projects
Posted Date: 2014-04-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 22756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09219]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Federal Environmental Statutes, Regulations, and Executive Orders 
Applicable to the Development and Review of Transportation 
Infrastructure Projects

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Transportation (Department) 
has prepared a document listing Federal environmental statutes, 
regulations, and Executive Orders that establish requirements 
applicable to the development and review of transportation 
infrastructure projects. The Department strives to ensure compliance 
with these requirements in a manner that is both environmentally sound 
and expeditious. The goal of this document is to contribute to this 
important effort by providing a brief description of the primary 
statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders applicable to the 
development and review of these transportation infrastructure projects.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Coyle, Senior Attorney Advisor, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the General Counsel; 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-0691.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Department of 
Transportation (Department or DOT) has prepared a document listing 
Federal environmental statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders that 
establish requirements applicable to the development and review of 
transportation infrastructure projects that receive financial support 
from the Department. DOT strives to meet these requirements in a manner 
that is both environmentally sound and expeditious. The goal of this 
list is to contribute to this important effort by providing a brief 
description of the primary statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders 
applicable to the development and review of these transportation 
infrastructure projects. Additionally, many agencies have developed 
guidance to assist in implementation of the law, and this document 
references certain guidance. This summary is not, and should not be 
relied upon as, a complete list of statutes, regulations, and Executive 
Orders that could apply to a transportation infrastructure project or 
an official or independent interpretation or expression of policy on 
the matters summarized. This document replaces the notice, ``Federal 
Environmental Laws and Executive Orders Applicable to Development and 
Review of Transportation Infrastructure Projects,'' 69 FR 25451, May 6, 
2004.
    The document is available online at http://www.dot.gov/policy/transportation-policy/environment/laws.

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 10, 2014.
Kathryn B. Thomson,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-09219 Filed 4-22-14; 8:45 am]
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