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**Legislation**
Document	Date	Contact(s)
Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act 2015	12/04/2015	The Office of Policy

**Guidance**
Document	Date	Contact(s)
Memo Clarifying Fiscal Constraint Guidance	5/15/2017	Ken Petty 202-366-6654, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Operations and Maintenance Assessment Checklist	8/21/2009	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Guidance on Financial Planning, Fiscal Constraint for Transportation Plans, Programs	4/17/2009	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP) Ken Petty 202-366-6654, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Fiscal Constraint Questions and Answers	4/15/2009	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Forecasting and Fiscal Constraint	8/22/2008	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Innovative Financing/Public Private Partnerships	5/21/2007	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Issuance Major Project Guidance	1/19/2007	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Major Project Guidance	1/19/2007	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP) Ken Petty 202-366-6654, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Use of Inflation Rates to Develop Cost Estimates for Plans, TIPs, and STIPs	8/18/2006	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Lessons Learned in Fiscal Constraint	8/14/2006	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Constrained Long Range Transportation Plans: Projects with Phases Outside the 20-Year Horizon	8/01/2006	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Transportation Plan and Program: Fiscal Constraint Review Questions	3/08/2005	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)

**Information**
Document	Date	Contact(s)
Tribal Transportation Planning Modules	6/27/2013	Theresa Hutchins 360-753-9402, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
MAP-21 Questions & Answers: Major Projects	9/25/2012	Seema Javeri 202-836-3554, Office of Stewardship, Oversight and Management
Planning and NEPA Flow Chart	2/09/2011	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Supplement to January 28, 2008 Transportation Planning Requirements and Their Relation to NEPA Process Completion	2/09/2011	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Transportation Planning Requirements and Their Relationship to NEPA Approvals	2/09/2011	Harlan Miller 202-366-0847, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP) Michael Culp 202-366-9229, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Tribal Transportation Best Practices Guidebook	December, 2009	Theresa Hutchins 360-753-9402, Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)

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