EFFECTS OF HIGHWAY RUNOFF ON RECEIVING WATERS. VOLUME IV: PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

This volume, the 4th of 5, is a guidelines manual intended to provide the highway engineer and/or agency responsible for preparation of environmental assessments with the necessary procedures to evaluate potential impacts from stormwater runoff from operating highways. Included are descriptions of institutional factors such as water uses, standards, and other regulations pertaining to nonpoint source programs; and technical considerations such as effects of highway type and documented or potential impacts (including information from Vols. II and III). Mitigation strategies are also described for those cases where they are required or advisable.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume I - Executive Summary (TRIS 461764), Volume II - Research Report (TRIS 461765), Volume III - Resource Document for Environmental Assessments (TRIS 461766), and Volume V - Guidelines for Conducting Field Studies (TRIS 461768).
• Corporate Authors:

  Rexnord

  EnviroEnergy Technology Center, 5103 West Beloit Road
  Milwaukee, WI  United States  53214

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Dupuis, T V
  • Kobriger, N
• Publication Date: 1985-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 121 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Environmental impact statements; Environmental impacts; Runoff; Standards; Surface drainage; Water pollution
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway drainage
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00461767
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/RD-84/065, FCP 33B1-012
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-61-80-C-00001
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1987 12:00AM