Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 2 - ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 2.5 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Affected local
				  government--The governing body of a county or municipality in which a project
				  is located.
(2) Best management
				  practices--Practices that are determined to be the most efficient, practical,
				  and cost effective measures to guide a particular activity or address a
				  particular problem.
(3) Bicycle
				  lane--A portion of a roadway that is designated by striping, signing, or
				  pavement markings for the exclusive use of bicyclists.
(4) CE (Categorical Exclusion)--Is covered by
				  §
										2.81 of
				  this chapter (relating to Categorical Exclusions).
(5) Commission--The Texas Transportation
				  Commission.
(6) DEIS (Draft
				  Environmental Impact Statement)--Is covered by §
										2.84
				  of this chapter (relating to Environmental Impact Statements).
(7) Department--The Texas Department of
				  Transportation.
(8) Disposal
				  plan--An operationally suitable method for the placement of dredged material
				  that avoids or minimizes adverse environmental impacts.
(9) District--One of the 25 geographical
				  districts into which the department is divided.
(10) Division--One of the department's
				  divisions listed on the department's organizational chart.
(11) EA (Environmental Assessment)--Is
				  covered by §
										2.83 of
				  this chapter (relating to Environmental Assessments).
(12) EIS (Environmental Impact Statement)--Is
				  covered by §
										2.84
				  of this chapter.
(13) Environmental
				  Affairs Division--The Environmental Affairs Division of the
				  department.
(14) Environmental
				  report--A report, form, checklist, or other documentation analyzing an
				  environmental issue in the context of a specific transportation project or
				  presenting a thorough summary of an environmental study conducted in support of
				  an environmental review document, or demonstrating compliance with a specific
				  environmental requirement. The term does not include a permit or other approval
				  outside the scope of the environmental review process. The term also does not
				  include an environmental issues checklist prepared to demonstrate a CE
				  determination or a checklist used to perform a reevaluation of a
				  project.
(15) Environmental review
				  document--An environmental assessment, an environmental impact statement, a
				  documented reevaluation, a supplemental environmental impact statement, or, for
				  an FHWA transportation project, a document prepared to demonstrate that it
				  qualifies as a categorical exclusion when FHWA requires a narrative document as
				  opposed to a checklist. An environmental review document includes any attached
				  environmental reports.
(16) FEIS
				  (Final Environmental Impact Statement)--Is covered by §
										2.84
				  of this chapter.
(17) FHWA--The
				  United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway
				  Administration.
(18) FHWA
				  transportation project--A transportation project for which:
(A) FHWA's approval is required by law to
				  comply with NEPA, FHWA is the lead federal agency, and FHWA agrees the
				  department may act as the joint lead agency under 23 Code of Federal
				  Regulations §771.109; or
(B)
				  FHWA has assigned its environmental review responsibilities under NEPA or other
				  federal environmental laws to the department pursuant to a memorandum of
				  understanding.