1. PURPOSE. To issue revised pages to the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) section of the Department of Transportation Organization Manual.
   
   
2. EXPLANATION OF CHANGES. The former Office of Planning and Environment is retitled as the Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, and has restructured from six to five offices. The more substantive changes to the Manual are as follows.
   
   
   1. a. The Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty is comprised of five offices: Planning, Interstate and Border Planning, Project Development and Environmental Review, Natural and Human Environment, and Real Estate Services. All office titles are new except for the latter one.
      
      
   2. The metropolitan and statewide planning functions are merged and placed under the new Office of Planning. These functions previously came under the former Office of Metropolitan Planning and Programs and the Office of Intermodal and Statewide Programs.
      
      
   3. The former Office of Intermodal and Statewide Programs has evolved into the Office of Interstate and Border Planning.
      
      
   4. The Office of Natural Environment is retitled as the Office of Natural and Human Environment. The former Office of Human Environment is eliminated, and its functions merged into the Office of Natural and Human Environment and the other offices.
      
      
3. A revised table of contents, FHWA organization chart, introductory narrative, and mission and function statements for the Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty are attached. In addition, minor updates are made in various other parts of the Manual to reflect the new organizational titles.
   
   
4. FILING INSTRUCTIONS.
   
   
   
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      Remove Pages	Dated	Insert Pages	Dated
      i, 1, 2.2, 3	05-30-02	i, 1, 2.2, 3	09-04-02
      4	02-22-02	4	09-04-02
      6, 7	05-30-02	6, 7	09-04-02
      8	02-02-99	8	09-04-02
      9	05-30-02	9	09-04-02
      10	02-02-99	10	09-04-02
      11	05-30-02	11	09-04-02
      12, 13	02-02-99	12, 13	09-04-02
      14, 15	05-30-02	14, 15	09-04-02
      16 thru 18	02-02-99	16 thru 19	09-04-02
      19	05-30-02	--
      24 thru 26, 32, 35, 37	05-30-02	24 thru 26, 32, 35, 37	09-04-02
      39, 40, 46, 48, 52, 60	05-30-02	39, 40, 46, 48, 52, 60	09-04-02
      66 thru 67.1, 72 thru 80, 90	05-30-02	66 thru 67.1, 72 thru 80, 90	09-04-02

      
      
      
   2. After filing the attached pages, this transmittal may be discarded.

    

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