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General Content

Legacy ID
171
Show Effective Date
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Significant Regulatory Guidance
No

Notice of Intent

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on the preparation of a notice of intent (NOI), which announces that FTA and other lead agencies intend to prepare an environmental impact statement. 

Alternatives

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on the identification, development, and evaluation of alternatives in the environmental review process.

Purpose and Need

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on the purpose and need statements, which provide the rationale and justification for undertaking a major Federal action and forms the basis for the range of alternatives to be studied in the environmental document.

Early Scoping

This standard operating procedure provides guidance on early scoping, an optional step in the public planning and environmental processes that precedes formal NEPA scoping.

Determining Class of Action

This standard operating procedure provides guidance for the earliest phase of the environmental review process for FTA projects.