1. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Environmental Concerns with Estimating TEA/TUG Conference Portland, Maine October 2006 Jack Van Dop Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division Federal Highway Administration

2. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Presentation Environmental regulations Implementation of transportation projects Documentation and level of environmental mitigation Examples of environmental mitigation

3. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Increase in environmental regulations – Federal State Local Increase in environmental issues regulated Cultural Natural Social

4. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Increase in general public, government agency and interest group involvement in project planning, environmental review, design, construction and maintenance Increase in enforcement of environmental requirements through fines and criminal penalties Desire of project’s, agency sponsor to identify and include all possible costs and address reasonable public concerns prior to initiating construction

5. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Cost Estimate Concept Generous contingency for environmental costs based on review of available data Final Cost Estimate Reduce environmental contingency and include costs for mitigation and regulatory requirements

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7. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence In addition to the regulatory environmental requirements there is the general public, interest group and non-regulatory federal, state and local government agency involvement and input Congress routinely legislates requirements that increase cooperation and coordination between those that manage publicly funded projects and those that pay for and live with these projects – SAFETEA - LU

8. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence FHWA Vital Few Goals Safety Congestion Mitigation Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Utilizing a Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) process for developing and delivering transportation projects is a cornerstone of meeting this FHWA goal

9. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Why could projects subject to the CSS process result in more environmental requirements and different costs than what may have been included in a project developed without a CSS process?

10. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence How do you determine what environmental requirements, mitigations and promises were made for a project?

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12. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Read and Review the NEPA Document Look for proximity to: Water and Wetlands Historic Properties Endangered Species Unique Natural Features Federal Lands Etc.

13. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Read and Review Project Memorandums of Agreement Project Newsletters and Public Information file Public, Interest Group and Agency comments on the NEPA Document Comment responses by the project agency sponsor Project Permits including mitigation and conditions

14. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Many times the estimator can serve as a “new set of eyes and ears” for a project by asking questions regarding how a particular issue was resolved and the associated cost. Meet with and discuss the project with the environmental project manager. Many times the design is completed and funding obtained many years after the NEPA document and its commitments are completed – these commitments may have been overlooked in the construction plans.

15. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Pennsylvania Avenue

16. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Pennsylvania Avenue

17. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Pennsylvania Avenue

18. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Great Smoky Mountains Tunnels

19. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Great Smoky Mountains Tunnels

20. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Great Smoky Mountains Tunnels

21. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Great Smoky Mountains Tunnels

22. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Great Smoky Mountains Tunnels

23. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence North Shore Road

24. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence North Shore Road

25. Federal Lands Highway Commitment to Excellence Questions?