PENNSYLVANIA'S LEAN NEW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: MAXIMUM INFORMATION, MINIMUM SPACE

Weighing in between 300 and 1,000 pages, Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for large transportation projects in Pennsylvania once resembled the size of metropolitan phone books. When the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), District 10, proposed improvements along an 8.3-mi (13.4-km) stretch of State Route 0119 (SR 0119) in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, it wanted to find a better way to document the project's potential environmental issues. PennDOT accomplished this with its SR 0119 Final EIS--a 172-page, reader-friendly document with companion CD-ROM that meets National Environmental Policy Act requirements and is drawing rave reviews. The innovative report streamlines data and graphics and offers the public and regulatory agencies clear, accessible information on the highway-widening alternatives and issues related to farmlands, wetlands, forestlands, wildlife, and other environmental resources. PennDOT's high-tech approach to the EIS documentation process demonstrates a fundamental commitment to enhancing the social and economic welfare of local residents and regional transportation users and sets a new standard for transportation agencies nationwide.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01474820
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Schilling, R
  • Sternberger, S
  • Johnston, L D
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 36-40
• Serial:
  • AASHTO Quarterly Magazine
  • Volume: 78
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  • ISSN: 0147-4820

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; CD-ROM; Documents; Environmental impact statements; Highway maintenance; Information dissemination; Pavement widening; Regulations; Reports; Road construction; State departments of transportation; Transportation
• Identifier Terms: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
• Geographic Terms: Indiana County (Pennsylvania); Pennsylvania
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00788825
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 5 2000 12:00AM