Local Environmental Issues
Resources and Forms
Resources
- Local Assistance Procedures Manual (LAPM), Chapter 6: Environmental Procedures (PDF)
- Local Assistance Procedures Manual (LAPM)
- Standard Environmental Reference (SER)
- Non-Infrastructure Undertakings Exempt from Further Review Memo Dated April 5, 2016 (PDF)
- Non-Infrastructure Project Natural Environmental Study - No Effect Memo Dated April 25, 2016 (signed by Amy Bailey)(PDF)
- 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 771
- 23 USC 326 CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION Assignment / 23 USC 327: NEPA Assignment
- 23 USC 326 Memorandum of Understanding
- 23 USC 327: NEPA Assignment
- 23 USC 327 NEPA Assignment Memorandum of Understanding (December 23, 2016)
- Chapter 38 NEPA Assignment
- Quality Control Guidance for Standard Biological Technical Documents and Reports (PDF)
- Visual Impact Assessment Level (Questionnaire)
Forms
- Preliminary Environmental Study (PES) Form (PDF)
- PES Instruction (PDF)
- PES (NI) Form(PDF)
- PES (NI) Form Instruction(PDF)
- Location Hydraulic Study Form (Word)
- Summary Floodplain Encroachment Report (Word)
- Floodplain CALTRANS Reviewers Checklist (Word)
- Floodplain Encroachment Memo (PDF)
- SER Forms and Templates
- Annotated Outlines--NEPA Only EIS (DOC)
- Annotated Outlines--NEPA Only EA (DOC)
Training
Environmental training opportunities for local and tribal agencies, please visit the Local Assistance Technical Program website. To received DLA News & Training Announcements for local and tribal agencies, sign up to receive the weekly announcements here.
PartneringReports
Quarterly Reports
Monitoring requirements in both the 23 USC 326 CE Assignment and 23 USC 327 NEPA Assignment MOUs require Caltrans to report twice a year to FHWA. For 23 USC 327 NEPA Assignment, Caltrans must provide the FHWA California Division a report every six months that lists any approvals and decisions Caltrans has made with respect to its responsibilities under part 3 of the MOU. The 23 USC 326 CE Assignment MOU requires Caltrans to provide a list of Categorical Exclusion (CE) determinations that it approves in each fiscal quarter.
FHWA Audits
Under the 23 USC 327 NEPA Assignment MOU, pursuant to MAP-21, FHWA audits are no longer required, however, SAFETEA-LU required that FHWA audit Caltrans' performance under the Pilot Program twice a year for the first two years of the Pilot Program, and once a year thereafter to ensure that Caltrans is meeting federal requirements.
FHWA CE Monitoring Review Report:SAFETEA-LU requires that FHWA monitor Caltrans' performance under the CE assignment program. Monitoring occurs approximately every 15 months and includes Caltrans District visits with interviews of Caltrans staff and project file reviews.
Contacts| Headquarters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Responsibilities | Telephone Numbers | |
| Office Chief | |||
| Kelly Hobbs | NEPA Assignment and Environmental Compliance | Mobile: (916) 838-9085 | Kelly.Hobbs@dot.ca.gov |
| Environmental Policy and Training Coordinators | |||
| Quint Chemnitz | Districts 1, 3, 8, 11 | (279) 444-9563 | quint.chemnitz@dot.ca.gov |
| Guadalupe (Lupe) V. Jiménez | Districts 2, 3, 6, 9 | (279) 599-1042 | Lupe.Jimenez@dot.ca.gov |
| Haiyan Zhang | Districts 4, 5, 10, 12 | (279) 599-3448 | haiyan.zhang@dot.ca.gov |
| Environmental Database and Reporting | |||
| Jonathan Oshalim | Districts 1-12 | (279) 599-1286 | Jonathan.Oshalim@dot.ca.gov |
| Resource Agency Coordinators | |||
| Sammantha Soto | Districts 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11 | (279) 599-3198 | sammantha.soto@dot.ca.gov |
| Danielle Elledge | Districts 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 12 | (279) 599-3341 | danielle.elledge@dot.ca.gov |
| District Senior Environmental Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Districts | DLA Senior Environmental Contacts | Telephone Numbers | |
| 1 | Darrell Cardiff | (707) 298-0904 | Darrell.Cardiff@dot.ca.gov |
| 2 | Chris Fazzari | (530)782-2108 | chris.fazzari@dot.ca.gov |
| 3 | Cara Lambirth (Acting) | (530) 300-4912 | Cara.Lambirth@dot.ca.gov |
| 4 | Thomas Holstein | (510) 286-6371 | Thomas.Holstein@dot.ca.gov |
| 5 | Sunny McBride | (805) 406-7563 | Sunny.McBride@dot.ca.gov |
| 6 | Pedram Mafi | (559) 981-7400 | Pedram.Mafi@dot.ca.gov |
| 7 | Michael Enwedo | (213) 335-0060 | Michael.Enwedo@dot.ca.gov |
| 8 | Aaron Burton | (909) 383-2841 | Aaron.Burton@dot.ca.gov |
| 9 | Cecilia Boudreau | (916) 307-0640 | Cecilia.Boudreau@dot.ca.gov |
| 10 | Elizabeth Hummel |
(209)984-3825 | Elizabeth.Hummel@dot.ca.gov |
| 11 | Kevin Hovey | (619) 688-0240 | Hovey.Kevin@dot.ca.gov |
| 12 | Brian Liu | (657) 328-6135 | Brian.Liu@dot.ca.gov |
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