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Indiana Division |
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July 9, 2001
Mr. Steve Cecil
Deputy Commissioner
Indiana Department of Transportation
575 N. Pennsylvania St., Rm 254
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1576
Attention: Ms. Janice Osadczuk
Dear Mr. Cecil:
Subject: Indiana’s Streamlined EIS Procedures
The purpose of this letter is to distribute "Indiana’s Streamlined Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Procedures"(see Enclosure) to INDOT and all the other members of the Environmental Streamlining Task Group. We hereby request that you forward these procedures to the EIS and Environmental Assessment/Corridor Study consultants and implement them in the development of Federal Highway Administration EIS projects.Enclosed is the June 11, 2001 letter from R-5 FTA that supports use of these procedures for joint actions involving FHWA-IN and R-5 FTA.
These Procedures 1) eliminate the duplication of effort between planning and NEPA studies, 2)seek agency input at key decision points, 3)provide a structured interagency coordination process with deadlines and a dispute resolution process (per Section 1309 of TEA-21),4) provide a structured mechanism for INDOT, FHWA, and the MPO to guide consultant EIS development,and5)result intimely decisions that avoid project delay.
We want to thank the members of the Environmental Streamlining Task Group for their assistance in developing these procedures.This is meant to bea "living document" and we are open to continuing updates as specific enhancements are identified.By posting the procedures to our website ( http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/indiv/procedur.htm ), all parties will have the benefit of the latest update.
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Sincerely,
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John R. Baxter, P.E
Lawrence M. Heil, P.E. |
Enclosures
cc:
Steve Cecil,INDOT IGCN 755
Andy Minyo,FTA, Region 5
Steve Call, Chicago Metro Office
Jim Juricic, INDOT Rm. N848
Steve Smith, INDOT Rm. N901 MPOs
Paul Tufts, FHWA Midwest Resource Center
Fred Skaer, FHWA Headquarters
Lee Dong, FHWA Headquarters
Jose Sepulveda, FHWA-KY
Leonard Brown, FHWA-OH
Jim Kirschensteiner, FHWA-MI JEN, RED, SMF, ROD, VVS, AMD
Field Supervisor
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bloomington Field Office
Federal Activities Program
620 South Walker Street
Bloomington, IN 47403-2121
Kenneth Westlake
cc: Ms. Virginia Laszewski
Mr. Mike MacMullen
Environmental Protection
Agency, Region V
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604
Mr. Larry Macklin
cc: Steve Jose
IDNR Division of Fish and Wildlife
Room W273, IGC South
402 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Mr.Roger Weibusch
Chief, Bridge Branch
Second Coast Guard District
1222 Spruce Street
St. Louis, MO 63103-2832
Mr. Jon Smith
cc: Mr. John Carr
Mr. Rick Jones
Division of Historic Preservation and Archeology
402 West Washington Street, Room W-274
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Mr. Gary Manesto, Chief
Regulatory Functions Branch
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Detroit District
P.O. Box 1027
Detroit, MI 48231
Ms. Jane Hardisty
State Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service
6013 Lakeside Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46278
Mr. William W. Schenk
Regional Director of National Park Service
U.S. Department of Interior
1709 Jackson Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Ms. Lori Kaplan
cc: Mr. Andrew Pelloso
Mr. David Parry
Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management
P.O. Box 6015
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Mr. Dough Shelton, Chief
cc: Mr. Gerry Newell
North Section Regulatory Functions Branch
Department of the Army
Louisville District, Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 59
Louisville, KY 40201-0059
Mr. Edwin H. Hartke
Head Environmental Geology Section
Indiana Geological Survey
611 North Walnut Grove
Bloomington, IN 47405
File 423.350
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