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Primary projects

Transportation projects vary in type, size, complexity, and potential to affect the human and natural environment. To account for the variability of project impacts, three basic "classes of action" are allowed and determine how compliance with NEPA is carried out and documented.

Environmental impact statement - EIS

Environmental assessment - EA

Categorical exclusion- CE

Section 4(f)

NEPA Process and Administrative Record EIS Process EIS Process Short List EIS Letter of Initiation EIS Notice of Intent Memorandum of Understanding Coordination Packet - EIS Cooperating Participating Agency Letter Coordination Packet - EIS Participating Agency Letter Coordination Packet - Agency Coordination Railroad Insert Coordination Packet - Letter to NRI Coordination Packet - Agency Coordination List Coordination Packet - Agency Coordination Address List Coordination Packet - Tribal Notification Letter Coordination Packet - Tribal Notification Form Coordination Packet - Tribal Notification Form - pdf Scoping Packet – Cover Letter Scoping Packet - Project Description Example Scoping Packet - Study Map Example Scoping Packet - Purpose and Need Example Scoping Packet - Alternatives Discussion Example Scoping Packet - Coordination Plan Template Scoping Packet - Methodologies Determination of Effect for T and E Species Form Farmland Protection Form Info Green Sheet EIS Document Distribution EIS DOI Distribution Record of Decision Template Notice of Statute of Limitation Document Distribution Letter