transit · Federal Transit Administration · Published 2009-03-24 · Effective 2009-04-23 · 74 FR 12518
Document
Document number
E9-6144
Federal Register citation
74 FR 12518
CFR reference
23 CFR 771
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
transit
Sub-agency
Federal Transit Administration
Publication date
2009-03-24
Effective date
2009-04-23
DOT docket
Docket No. FTA-2006-26604
Abstract
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issue this final rule that modifies our regulations to make certain changes mandated by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). SAFETEA-LU prescribes additional requirements for environmental review and project decisionmaking that are not appropriately reflected in the existing FHWA-FTA joint National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures. Additionally, this final rule creates certain new categorical exclusions (CE) allowing proposed actions to proceed without an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS), and makes other minor changes to the joint procedures in order to improve the description of the procedures or to provide clarification with respect to the interpretation of certain provisions.