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• Air Quality
• Archeological Resources Standards of Uniformity (SOU), Guidance and Agreements
• Community Impacts and Environmental Justice
• Cultural Studies and Historic Contexts
• Energy Conservation
• Erosion Control
• Guidance on Tolling
• Hazardous Materials Management
• Hazardous Materials and Project Management
• Historic Standing Structures - Standards of Uniformity (SOU), Guidance Agreements
• Maintenance Program
• Natural Resource Management
• Project Documentation
• Projects Without FHWA Involvement - Standards of Uniformity
• Section 401 Requirements
• Standards of Uniformity (SOU) - General
• Storm Water Management Guidelines for Construction Activities
• Traffic Noise
• Transportation Resources

Air Quality

Date	Title
		PDF	Other
03/13	Air Quality SOP
03/13	Air Quality SOU
	FAA Air Quality Procedures for Civilian Airports and Air Force Bases
	Geographic Information Systems Air Quality Map
05/05	Guidance on Planning & Air Quality Analysis for Toll Projects
12/12	Interim Guidance Update on Mobile Source Air Toxic Analysis in NEPA Documents
05/06	A Methodology for Evaluating Mobile Source Air Toxic Emissions Among Transportation Project Alternatives
	The Missing MSAT - Diesel Particulate Matter
	Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) Analysis Quick-Start Guide
02/13	Texas Nonattainment Areas and Counties
	Transportation Conformity Guidance for Qualitative Hot-spot Analyses in PM2.5 and PM10 Nonattainment and Maintenance Areas
06/06	TxDOT's Air Quality Guidelines
09/11	TxDOT's Air Quality Guidelines Addendum

Archeological Resources Standards of Uniformity (SOU), Guidance and Agreements

Date	Title
		PDF	Word
1999	Cemetery Guidelines
08/08	Certification Standards for Projects that Do Not Require Project-Specific Review: Archeological Resources
06/02	Programmatic Agreement with the Tonkawa Tribe
06/11	Project Coordination Request for Archeological Studies
05/11	Review Standards for Antiquities Permit Applications
05/11	Review Standards for Archeological Background Studies
05/11	Review Standards for Archeological Impact Evaluations
05/11	Review Standards for Archeological Survey Reports
04/11	Review Standards for Interim Testing Reports

Community Impacts and Environmental Justice

Date	Title	Format
07/04	Federal Highway Administration Civil Rights Program
	Getting Census Data for Environmental Documents
03/05	Guidance on Environmental Justice for Toll Roads
07/04	Guidance on Environmental Process for Toll Roads
09/10	Guidance on Preparing Indirect and Cumulative Impact Analyses
10/06	Guidebook for Identifying, Measuring and Mitigating Environmental Justice Impacts of Toll Roads
06/07	lnterim Guidance for Project Level Environmental Justice Analysis
02/07	Limited English Proficiency Program in the Federal-Aid Highway Program (Desk Reference)
06/09	An Overview of Transportation and Environmental Justice (English )
06/09	An Overview of Transportation and Environmental Justice (Spanish)
02/07	Title VI Non-discrimination in the Federal-Aid Highway Program (Desk Reference)

Cultural Studies and Historic Contexts

Date	Title	Format
11/08	Adobe in Texas
04/10	Agricultural Processing in Texas
05/03	The Development of an Agricultural Landscape along a portion of the U.S. 277 corridor, with a case study of the cotton industry in Haskell, Texas
10/03	A Field Guide to Gas Stations in Texas
05/03	A Field Guide to Industrial Properties in Texas
04/09	Field Guide to Irrigation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
01/04	A Guide to the Research and Documentation of Historic Bridges in Texas
03/11	Historic-Age Motels in Texas from the 1950s to the 1970s: An Annotated Guide to Selected Studies
04/09	Historic Bridge Programmatic Section 4(f) Guidelines and Standards of Uniformity
04/07	Historic Ranch Study and Preliminary NRHP-Eligibility Assessments within the New-Location Corridor for the Proposed I-69/TTC in South Texas
07/11	Programmatic Review of TxDOT's Section 106 Compliance Process
03/08	Texas General Aviation

Energy Conservation

Date	Title	Format
12/05	Energy Conservation Plan
02/09	Energy Conservation Plan Quarterly Report

Erosion Control

Title
	Format
Erosion Control Products

Guidance on Tolling

Date	Title	Format
04/09	FHWA/TxDOT Joint Guidance for Project and Network Level Environmental Justice, Regional Network Land Use, and Air Quality Analyses for Toll Roads
07/04	Guidance on the Environmental Process for Toll Roads
05/05	Guidance on Planning and Air Quality Analysis for Toll Projects
07/04	Guidance on Traffic Noise Analysis for Toll Roads
09/03	Policy for Planning, Environment and Project Development for Toll Roads

Hazardous Materials Management

Date	Title	Format
	ASTM Standard Practices: Overview of 1527 & 1528 for Hazardous Materials Assessments
02/07	DMS-11000, Guidelines for Evaluating and Using Non-hazardous Recyclable Materials (NRMs) in TxDOT projects
	Regulatory Database Contacts for Hazardous Materials Assessment
	Regulatory Database Descriptions for Hazardous Materials Assessment
	Regulatory Database Sources for Hazardous Materials Assessment
06/06	Removal of Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) Encountered During Construction
06/06	Response to the Discovery of Unanticipated Contamination (Hazardous Materials) During Construction
	Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Texas List

Hazardous Materials and Project Development

Title	Format
Abbreviations, Acronyms, References and Citations
Additional Guidance
Agreements
Environmental Documentation
Environmental Site Assessments
Hazardous Materials in Project Development Manual
Laws, Regulations and Agencies
Purchase of Service Specifications
Statewide Consultant Contracts

Historic Standing Structures - Standards of Uniformity (SOU), Guidance Agreements

Date	Title
		PDF	Word
10/09	DeMinimis SOU: Section 4(f) DeMinimis Documentation in FHWA Projects – Review Checklist
10/09	Effects SOU: Discussion of Effects on Non-Archeological Historic Resources as Components of HRSRs and NEPA Documents Review Checklist
10/09	Intensive Survey SOU: Non-Archeological Historic-Age Resource Intensive Survey Reports Review Checklist
	Programmatic Agreement on Section 106 (historic properties) with FHWA, the Texas State Historic Preservation Officer and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
10/09	Project Coordination Request
10/09	Public Involvement Plan SOU: Section 106 Public Involvement Plan - Review Checklist
10/09	Reconnaissance Survey SOU: Non-Archeological Historic-Age Resource Reconnaissance Survey Reports Review Checklist
10/09	Research Design SOU: Non--Archeological Historic-Age Resource Research Designs Review Checklist
06/11	Standards of Uniformity for Non-Archeological Historic-Age Resource Reconnaissance Survey Reports for District-Wide Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Projects Done Through ENV HIST Scientific Services Contracts Review Checklist
10/09	Windshield Survey SOU: Windshield Survey of Non-Archeological Historic-Age Resource Review Checklist

Maintenance Program

Title
	PDF
Best Management Practice Summary Report
Environmental Assessment

Natural Resource Management

Title
	PDF	Word
Emergency Contacts List
Memorandum of Agreement Between TxDOT and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Finalization of 1998 MOU Concerning Habitat Descriptions and Mitigation
Memorandum of Understanding between TxDOT and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Memorandum of Understanding between TxDOT and the Texas General Land Office, January 2003
Regulation Outlining Memorandum of Understanding between TxDOT and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Steps and procedures for utilization of a Regional Habitat Conservation Plan (rHCP) for Section 7 Consultation under the Endangered Species Act
Standards of Uniformity Template for Biological Assessment
Standards of Uniformity Template for Biological Evaluation (BE) Reports
Standards of Uniformity Template for Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Assessment Technical Reports
Standards of Uniformity Template for Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA) Reports
Storm Water Field Inspector's Guide, June 2004
Texas Transportation Institute Report #1837: Design Methods, Selection, and Cost Effectiveness of Stormwater Quality Structures
Texas 2004 Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 404 Permit Pre-Application Process, August 2002
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Southwestern Division Guidelines for Requesting Use of Emergency Permit Procedures on Section 404 and 10 Permit Actions – July 17, 2002, Memo from Col. Robert Crear and March 21, 2007 Memo from Dianna Noble

Project Documentation

Date	Title	Format
	Environmental Assessment Outline
	Environmental Project Development Process Flowchart
	Example of an Environmental Timeline page from TxDOT Environmental Tracking System (ETS)
04/11	Federal Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Checklists
	Land Use Forecasting for Indirect Impacts Analysis
11/11	NEPA Categorically Excluded Transportation Projects - Programmatic Agreement between FHWA and TxDOT
04/04	Project-Specific Location (PSL) QuickGuide
04/11	Standard Operating Procedure for Re-evaluations and Continuous Activity Determinations
	Statewide Transportation Planning Guide; This document explains the connections between transportation planning and NEPA.
05/08	Texas Rail Projects

Projects Without FHWA Involvement - Standards of Uniformity

Date	Title	Format
08/11	Air Quality
08/11	Archeological Resources
08/11	Biological Resources
08/11	Categorical Exclusion Documentation Format For Added Capacity Projects
08/11	Categorical Exclusion Documentation Format For Projects Without Added Capacity
08/11	Construction Projects that Incorporate Right-of-Way Parcels Acquired Prior to Environmental Document Approval of Overall Project (All Project Types)
08/11	Documentation Format & Content
08/11	Early Right-of-Way Acquisitions
08/11	Environmental Affairs Documentation Format & Content
08/11	Hazardous Materials Initial Site Assessment Standard of Uniformity
08/11	Historical Studies
08/11	Indirect and Cumulative Impacts
08/11	Public Involvement
08/11	Questions and Answers
08/11	Signature Page - Non-FHWA Categorical Exclusion Determination
08/11	Socioeconomic Resources, Added Capacity
08/11	Socioeconomic Resources, No Added Capacity
08/11	Tolling
08/11	Traffic Noise
08/11	Transportation Planning Consistency and Fiscal Constraint
08/11	Water Resources

Section 401 Requirements

Date	Title	Format
05/04	Environmental Affairs Division memo to Districts regarding Section 401 Best Management Practices (BMPs)
08/00	Memorandum of Agreement Between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on Section 401 Certification Procedures
04/04	State Water Quality Certification of Section 404 Permits /Tier II 401 Certification Questionnaire /Analysis Checklist
04/07	TCEQ 401 Certification Letter for 2007 USACE Nationwide Permits (NWP)
04/07	TCEQ 401 Water Quality Certification Conditions for Nationwide Permits, Including Description of BMPs and Reference to BMP Requirements
12/06	Tier I (Small Projects) Checklist for Section 404 Individual Permits

Standards of Uniformity (SOU) - General

Title
	PDF	Word
Standards of Uniformity for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Standards of Uniformity for Categorical Exclusions
Standards of Uniformity for Programmatic Categorical Exclusions
Standard of Uniformity for Written Re-Evaluations

Storm Water Management Guidelines for Construction Activities

Date	Title
		PDF	Word
07/02	Table of Contents and Section 1.0 Introduction to Storm Water Management
	Section 2.0 Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SW3Ps)
	Section 3.0 Design of Control Measures Best Management Practices (BMPs)
	Section 4.0 Erosion Control BMPs
	Section 5.0 Sediment Control BMPs
	Section 6.0 Other Controls
	Section 7.0 Maintenance and Inspection of BMPs
	Section 8.0 Preconstruction Conference Requirements
	Section 9.0 Completion of Project and Release of Contractor
	Section 10.0 TPDES Construction General Permit
	Appendix A: TCEQ TPDES Construction General Permit
	Appendix B: Construction Site Notice
	Appendix B: Construction Site Notice (Waiver)
	Appendix B: Waiver Application for Small Sites
	Appendix B: Notice of Intent (NOI) Form
	Appendix B: Notice of Termination (NOT)
	Appendix B: Example Notice of Intent
	Appendix B: TxDOT Fee Payment Form
	Appendix D: Index to Statewide Specifications and Drawings
	Appendix E: TxDOT SW3P Inspection Form

Traffic Noise

Date	Title	Format
09/04	Building Barriers to Traffic Noise Brochure
05/07	Construyendo Barreras al Ruido del Tráfico Folleto
01/10	Examples of Recommended Text for Documenting Traffic Noise Analyses
04/11	Guidelines for Analysis and Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise
07/04	Guidance on Traffic Noise Analysis for Toll Roads
10/11	Standards of Uniformity for Noise Analysis: Documentation of Noise Analysis

Transportation Resources

Date	Title	Format
	AASHTO Practitioner's Handbooks
	AASHTO Practitioner's Handbook - Maintaining a Project File and Preparing an Administrative Record for a NEPA Study
	Environmental Guidebook
	Environmental Manual
10/07	NEPA Practitioner's Handbook

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