Interagency Agreement between U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and U.S. Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers

This Interagency Agreement (IAA) is entered into by and between the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the U.S. Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (Corps) for the delivery of improved data tracking and analysis specifically for State Department of Transportation (DOT) wetland and stream mitigation projects in the Corps Regulatory In-Lieu Fee and Banking Information Tracking System (RIBITS). The goals of this program are as follows: (1) Develop methods and procedures for FHWA and State DOT transportation projects to expedite environmental review through the use of web based tools, including those for wetland and stream mitigation and conservation banking. (2) Improve collaboration, coordination and communication among and between FHWA, State DOTs, and the Corps. (3) Provide a source of mitigation and conservation bank and in-lieu fee program information that is accessible via the internet to facilitate FHWA and State DOT planning processes and improve project development and delivery.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $150000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTFH61-12-X-30025

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Planning, Environment and Realty (HEP)
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Ruth, Michael

• Performing Organizations:

  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  441 G Street, N.W.
  Washington, DC  United States  20314
• Start Date: 20120724
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20150724
• Source Data: RiP Project 33038

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conservation; Cooperation; Environmental impacts; Interagency relations; Streams; Transportation planning; Websites (Information retrieval); Wetlands
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mitigation measures (Ecology)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Transportation (General); I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01466548
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-12-X-30025
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:19PM