Environmental Statutes & Regulations

Regulations

• Parks, Recreation Areas, Wildlife and Waterfowl Refuges, and Historic Sites; Final Rule (Section 4f) [HTML] [PDF]
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Environmental Impact and Related Procedures [HTML] [PDF]
• 40 CFR Part 51 Subpart T – Conformity to State or Federal Implementation Plans of Transportation Plans, Programs, and Projects Developed, Funded or Approved Under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal Transit Laws (US EPA's Transportation Conformity Regulations) [PDF]

Statutes & Regulations

The following statutes (codified in the United States Code) and the implementing regulations (in the Code of Federal Regulations) pertain to environmental review of transit programs. Please note that this is a partial, but not comprehensive, list of relevant statutues and regulations.

• 16 USC Section 470 
• 33 USC Part 1342 
• 33 USC Part 1344 
• 42 USC Part 4601 
• 49 USC Part 303 
• 23 CFR Part 771 – Environmental Impact and Related Procedures
• 23 CFR Section 771.115 – Classes of actions
• 23 CFR Section 771.117 – Categorical exclusions
• 23 CFR Section 771.119 – Environmental assessments
• 23 CFR Section 771.121 – Findings of no significant impact
• 23 CFR Section 771.123 – Draft environmental impact statements
• 33 CFR Part 60 – National Register of Historic Places
• 33 CFR Part 230 – Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines for Specification of Disposal Sites for Dredged or Fill Material
• 33 CFR Part 320 
• 36 CFR Part 63 – Determinations of Eligibility for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
• 50 CFR Part 402 – Interagency Cooperation--Endangered Species Act of 1973, As Amended
• Transportation Conformity Regulations – issued by the US EPA in January 2008.