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Environmental Manual of Instruction – Chapter 7 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sq2OG8s5dZtBPs_7LfpcIBFnP-KJTIXN

Description:

The NEPA regulations require implementation and monitoring of mitigation measures to reduce or eliminate adverse environmental impacts associated with a planned action (for statutory guidance, see 42 USC 4371 et seq., Executive Order 11514, 23 CFR 771.109(b), and 40 CFR 1505.2(C) and 1505.3).

A project commitment is a measure that UDOT or a local agency implements in order to minimize or offset the severity of an adverse impact. Commitments are often made to the general public, businesses, local communities, and state and federal resource agencies. Commitments may be implemented to address resource agencies’ comments and are included as required elements of environmental permits. Such measures are typically identified during the environmental study phase of a project. It is important that all commitments be carried forward from the environmental phase through design, construction, and maintenance. This chapter discusses types of project commitments as well as their development, tracking, and communication to the appropriate parties.

Keywords: Environmental Manual of Instruction, EA, EIS, Categorical Exclusion, SES