EHP Best Practice Resources

This page is a compilation of agreements, best practices, lessons learned, federal environmental and historic preservation (EHP) streamlining initiatives, and state and other resources for federal disaster recovery assistance applicants and EHP Practitioners

Agreements

Interagency agreements, including memoranda of understanding, formalizing roles, responsibilities, and procedures for EHP compliance stakeholders.

• Memorandum of Understanding to Foster the Ecosystem Approach

• Inter-Agency Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Oil Spill Planning and Response Activities Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act's national Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan and the Endangered Species Act

Best Practices

Examples identifying efficient and effective strategies and tools organized by EHP compliance area.

• Clean Water Act

  • National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species Consultation Biological Opinion on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit Program

  • Inter-Agency Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Oil Spill Planning and Response Activities Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act's national Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan and the Endangered Species Act

• Endangered Species Act

  • Fuel Treatments in Juniper and Oak-Juniper Woodlands throughout the Range of the Golden-checked Warbler

  • Interagency Task Force Report on Improving Coordination of ESA Section 7 Consultation with the FERC Licensing Process

  • Biological Resources Memorandum of Agreement between the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tennessee Field Office and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

  • FEMA Programmatic Biological Assessment (PBA): Specific Project Information File

Lessons Learned

Analysis of past disaster recovery efforts identifying interagency efforts relevant to expediting compliance with EHP requirements through improved coordination.

• Lessons Learned From Irene: Vermont RPCs Address Transportation System Recovery

• AASHTO Extreme Weather Events Symposium: Managing Vermont's Emergency Response to Irene

Other Federal EHP Streamlining Initiatives

Documentation regarding Federal policy initiatives distinct from but related to the Unified Federal Review (UFR) Process

• Flood Summit 2012: Hurricane Relief Meets Fish Passage

• Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects

• EO 13604

  • Report to the President: Rebuilding America's Infrastructure: Cutting Timelines and Improving Outcomes for Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects

State Resources

Tools and guidance from state resource/regulatory and funding agencies that may assist in understanding permitting, consultation, and other EHP requirements.

Iowa

• Determining if a Flood Plain Permit is Required - Agricultural Levees or Dikes 

• Determining if a Flood Plain Permit is Required - Culverts and Roads

• Determining if a Flood Plain Permit is Required - Bridges and Roads

• Determining if a Flood Plain Permit is Required - Stream Bank Protective Devices

Additional Useful Links

Miscellaneous other EHP compliance resources for applicant and EHP Practitioners.

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