SYNTHESIS OF TRANSPORTATION EXCLUSIONS TO SECTION 106 REVIEW April 2015

C OLLECT AND REVIEW STATE DOT PA S AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORITIES. C OLLECT AND REVIEW STATE DOT PA S AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORITIES. D EVELOP AN EASY - TO - USE FORMAT PRESENTING INFORMATION ON EXCLUDED ACTIONS FOUND IN THE PA S AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORITIES. D EVELOP AN EASY - TO - USE FORMAT PRESENTING INFORMATION ON EXCLUDED ACTIONS FOUND IN THE PA S AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORITIES. I NTERVIEWING STATE DOT S ON THEIR APPLIED EXPERIENCES IN STREAMLINING S ECTION 106 THROUGH THE USE OF THESE EXCLUSIONS FROM FURTHER REVIEW. I NTERVIEWING STATE DOT S ON THEIR APPLIED EXPERIENCES IN STREAMLINING S ECTION 106 THROUGH THE USE OF THESE EXCLUSIONS FROM FURTHER REVIEW.

General Maintenance and Repairs  Routine roadway and roadside maintenance and repair activities within existing interchanges, medians, and adjacent frontage roads in previously disturbed areas Pavement Resurfacing, Restoration, and Replacement  Restore, rehabilitate, and/or resurface existing pavement including sealcoats, chipseal, milling, grooving, patching, etc., within the existing roadway prism  Pavement reconstruction, resurfacing, placement of sealcoats and chipseals, and/or crack filling that extends beyond the existing roadway prism Lane Additions and Widening  Widening of existing roads where additions are limited to a specified lane width (e.g., less than one half lane) or distance from the existing right-of-way (e.g., less than 20 feet); includes minor changes in road alignment  Addition of lanes within the existing right-of-way where no cultural resources or NRHP eligible sites or districts are present Shoulders  Adding new shoulders, paving or widening existing shoulders Intersection/Interchange Improvements  Intersection improvements including construction of turn and auxiliary lanes, minor realignment of on/off ramps, channelization, signage, pavement markings, etc.

M ANY PA S REQUIRE SCREENING OF ACTIONS BY A QUALIFIED CRM SPECIALIST BEFORE THE ACTION CAN BE EXCLUDED FROM FURTHER REVIEW. S OME PA S ALLOWED FOR A NON -CRM PROFESSIONAL TO MAKE THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT AN ACTION CAN BE EXCLUDED FROM FURTHER REVIEW.

S OME PA S EXCLUDED CLASSES OF ACTIONS WITHOUT BEING SCREENED BY EITHER A CRM SPECIALIST OR NON -CRM SPECIALIST : S OME PA S EXCLUDED CLASSES OF ACTIONS WITHOUT BEING SCREENED BY EITHER A CRM SPECIALIST OR NON -CRM SPECIALIST : POTHOLE FILLING PAVEMENT MILLING SURFACE TREATMENTS TO EXISTING ROADWAYS REPAIR IN KIND OF CURBS / SIDEWALKS / STREET FURNITURE BEAM END REPAIR OF BRIDGES THAT ARE LESS THAN 50 YEARS OLD

D OES YOUR USE OF EXCLUDED ACTIONS STREAMLINE S ECTION 106 COMPLIANCE AND THE PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS ? D OES YOUR USE OF EXCLUDED ACTIONS STREAMLINE S ECTION 106 COMPLIANCE AND THE PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS ? W HY DOES YOUR AGENCY REQUIRE THE SCREENING OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BEFORE THEY ARE EXCLUDED FROM FURTHER S ECTION 106 REVIEW ? W HY DOES YOUR AGENCY REQUIRE THE SCREENING OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BEFORE THEY ARE EXCLUDED FROM FURTHER S ECTION 106 REVIEW ? W HY DOES YOUR AGENCY NOT REQUIRE THE SCREENING OF CERTAIN ACTIONS ? W HY DOES YOUR AGENCY NOT REQUIRE THE SCREENING OF CERTAIN ACTIONS ? W HAT IS YOUR PROCESS FOR ADDING TO OR CHANGING YOUR LIST OF EXCLUDED ACTIONS ? W HAT IS YOUR PROCESS FOR ADDING TO OR CHANGING YOUR LIST OF EXCLUDED ACTIONS ?

“… IT ALLOWS US TO QUICKLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE INNOCUOUS TO HISTORIC RESOURCES, AND FOCUS OUR LIMITED PERSONNEL AND TIME ON PROJECTS THAT WILL HAVE EFFECTS ON HISTORIC RESOURCES. W HAT ’ S MORE, WE CAN PERMIT PROJECTS THAT HAVE A SHORT FUSE, AND RELATIVELY SIMPLE ACTIONS ( I. E. PAVING, STRIPING ) WITHOUT HASSLING THE SHPO, EXTENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE TIME OF OUR STAFF, AND IN OUR MINDS, MAKES US FEEL LIKE THE SPIRIT OF S ECTION 106 IS BEING UPHELD.”

H AVING A PA THAT IDENTIFIES ACTIONS EXCLUDED FROM FURTHER S ECTION 106 REVIEW STREAMLINES BOTH S ECTION 106 COMPLIANCE AND PROJECT DELIVERY H AVING A PA THAT IDENTIFIES ACTIONS EXCLUDED FROM FURTHER S ECTION 106 REVIEW STREAMLINES BOTH S ECTION 106 COMPLIANCE AND PROJECT DELIVERY S INCE PA S ARE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS, EACH STATE PA IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS EXCLUDED FROM FURTHER REVIEW AND HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE ON WHAT IS EXCLUDED. S INCE PA S ARE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS, EACH STATE PA IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS EXCLUDED FROM FURTHER REVIEW AND HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE ON WHAT IS EXCLUDED.