Orientation to Environmental Assessment - Environmental Resource Notebook

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Framework for Environmental Review:

National Environmental Policy Act

1. Authorities
   1. NEPA & EIS fact sheets
   2. 42 U.S.C. 4321 et. seq.*
   3. 40 CFR 1500*
   4. 24 CFR 50*
   5. 24 CFR 58#

    

2. Guidelines
1. Article
2. Lecture Notes
   1. NEPA Overview
   2. Procedural Mechanics
   3. Flow charts
3. Tools
4. Level of environmental review (assessment/ categorical exclusion/exempt)
5. CEQ's 40 most asked questions concerning NEPA regulations
6. EPA Commonly Asked Questions About Enforcement & Compliance Assurance
7. USDOI NEPA coordination policy
8. Memo of Limitations on Action pending clearance
9. USEPA Organization Chart

 

3. Handbooks & Notices
   1. Environmental Review Guide for Community Development Block Grant Programs%
   2. Handbook 1390.2 - Env Assessment Guide for Housing Projects*
   3. Handbook 1390.4 - A Guide to HUD Env Criteria & Standards*
   4. Handbook 1390.5 - HOPWA*
   5. Notice CPD -94-18 HOME%
   6. Notice PIH 94-37 PHA Acquisition of single family HUD-owned properties*
   7. Notice 96-6 Loan Guarantee Recovery Fund*
   8. Notice 97-02 Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity(SHOP) Program *
   9. Notice 97-08 (HA) Environmental Review: Public Housing & Part 58*
   10. Sample Field Notes Checklist*

    

4. Forms & Notices
1. HUD-4128 (10/96)
2. Format II from HUD-CPD-399
3. Request for Release of Funds (7015.15 & .16) & use of fax#
4. Determination of Environmental Status
5. Sample Notices
   1. FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact)#
   2. RROF (Request for Release of Funds)#
   3. Combined#

 

Water Resources

1. Coastal Barrier Resources
   
   
2. Floodplain Management
   1. Intro -Lecture Notes
   2. 8-step process
      1. EO 11988
      2. 24 CFR
      3. Sample Notices
      4. Mortgagee letter 90-16
   3. Flood Insurance
      1. Fact sheet
      2. Standard flood hazard determination form
      3. Statutory prohibition on federal assistance in floodplain w/o flood insurance
      4. Proof of flood insurance
      5. HUD policy (Housing) regarding flood insurance
      6. Flood Disaster Assistance
         
         
3. Wetland Protection
   1. Intro
   2. EO 11990
   3. US Army Corps of Engineers regulatory program - Section 404
   4. Wetland web sites
   5. Nationwide permits

    

4. Sole Source Aquifers

Historic Preservation

1. Flowchart & lecture notes
   
   
2. 36 CFR 800 - historic preservation (106) process%
   
   
3. 43 CFR 10 - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
   
   
4. Secretary's Standards for Rehab (& Guidelines)%
   
   
5. Sample 106 paperwork
   1. Initial SHPO contact
   2. Conditional No Adverse Effect
      
      
6. Historic Tax credits
   
   
7. Potentially Historic Public Housing in Midwest

Noise

1. Noise Guidebook (includes regulations)%
2. Noise Calculation spreadsheet (Lotus 123)*  

Hazardous Operations

1. Intro
2. HQ Policy Statements
3. Guidebook (9/96) - includes regulations%

Runway Clear Zones

1. Notice
2. Regulations - 24 CFR 51D

Toxic Chemicals & Radioactive Materials

1. Environmental Site Assessments
   1. ASTM E-1527&1528
   2. Notice H 94-88
   3. Midwest Policy Paper
   4. Draft "The Property You Acquire May Be An Environmental Toxic Plot"%
   5. Model Lending Package%
   6. Brownfield Redevelopment
2. Underground Storage Tanks
   1. USEPA UST Contacts
   2. USEPA Overview & Fact Sheets
      
3. PCB Transformers
4. Radon - USEPA Citizen's Guide to Radon%  

Endangered Species

1. Intro & Notes
2. Flowchart
3. 50 CFR 402
4. Web Info

Environmental Justice

1. EO 12898
2. HUD Policy  

Soils

1. Lecture Notes
2. Example of soils map
3. Subsidence
4. Undermined areas
5. Seismic Hazard
6. Farmland - 7 CFR 658 & Form

Utilities

1. Water Supply/Sanitary Sewage, Restricted Status/Critical Review Lists
2. Storm Water Management
   1. Lecture Notes
   2. Columbus HUD paper
   3. EPA Overview
   4. How a Watershed Works
3. Pipelines

Energy

1. A. Lecture Notes
2. Contacts
3. SF Housing EEM Notice*
4. MF Notice H 96-77*
5. Sustainable Development

Nuisances & Hazards

Lead Based Paint

1. Lecture Notes
2. Regulations
   1. 24 CFR 35*
   2. Assorted program regulations
   3. Proposed regulations*
3. Cover from 6/95 HUD Guide with HUD User phone #
4. HUD www lead page & CD ROM offer
5. USEPA pamphlet%
6. "Guidance on the LBP Disclosure Rule"%
7. EPA fact sheet

Asbestos

1. Columbus HUD guide
2. 40 CFR 61.140
3. Impact of Asbestos on Real Estate Value

EMF

1. Lecture Notes
2. Midwest Region Policy Paper

Intergovernmental Planning (EO 12372)

Displacement

* Found on floppy disk only, not reproduced for Notebook
# Found on floppy disk and in notebook
% Found in "library" volume