| Department
of Transportation Programmatic Consultation Guidance
The Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with Federal Highways provides the following guidance to help streamline Endangered Species Act compliance on TEA-21 transportation projects. TEA-21 is the Transportation and Equity Act for the 21 st Century that was passed on June 9, 1998 and provided $203 billion for upgrading and improving the Nation’s transportation infrastructure through the year 2003. Section 1309 provides for “environmental streamlining” measures involving various Federal agencies, particularly the Service. Questions on the contents of this document should be directed to the Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office nearest you. Page numbers in this electronic version may not match the printed version due to the size of the file and formatting requirements. Please note: The files below are in “portable document format”. To view “PDF” documents, you may need to download and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from Adobe, Inc. | |
