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Section4fChecklist

Section4（f）Checklist

Theattachedsection4（f）checklistwasdevelopedbyDanHarris（FHWA,SanFrancisco）.Itincludestheitemshelooksforwhenreviewingsection4（f）evaluations,andisbasedon2CFR771.15,theFHWATechnicalAdvisoryT6640.8A,theFHWAGuidebookSection24,andprojectexperience.

Commentsandsuggestionsregardingthechecklistareencouraged;pleasesendthemtoDanHarrisviatheinternetorFHWAemail.Thechecklisthasbeeninuseforsometime;however,itisaworkingdocumentsubjecttochangeandimprovement.

DanR.Harris

EnvironmentalSpecialist

FHWAWesternResourceCenter

201MissionStreet,Suite2100

SanFrancisco94105-188

tel:

415.744.2611

dan.harris@fhwa.dot.gov

May1997

DraftSection4（f）Evaluation

General

Isthesection4（f）evaluationcontainedinaseparatesection,chapter,orappendix?

ForEIS's,istheenvironmentaldocumententitledDraftEnvironmentalImpactStatementandSection4（f）Evaluation@ontheEIStitlepage?

ForEA's,isitentitledDraftEnvironmentalAssessmentandSection4（f）Evaluation@?

Doesthetitlepageincludethecitation:

SubmittedPursuantto42U.S.C.42

（2）（c）and49U.S.C.0@?

Doestheintroductiontothesection4（f）evaluationincludethefollowingboilerplatedescriptionofsection4（f）:

Section4（f）oftheDepartmentofTransportationActof1966,codifiedinFederallawat49U.S.C.'0,declaresthatA[i]tisthepolicyoftheUnitedStatesGovernmentthatspecialeffortshouldbemadetopreservethenaturalbeautyofthecountrysideandpublicparkandrecreationlands,wildlifeandwaterfowlrefuges,andhistoricsites.

Section4（f）specifiesthatA[t]heSecretary[ofTransportation]mayapproveatransportationprogramorproject...requiringtheuseofpubliclyownedlandofapublicpark,recreationarea,orwildlifeandwaterfowlrefugeofnational,State,orlocalsignificance,orlandofanhistoricsiteofnational,State,orlocalsignificance（asdeterminedbytheFederal,State,orlocalofficialshavingjurisdictionoverthepark,area,refuge,orsite）onlyif:

（1）thereisnoprudentandfeasiblealternativetousingthatland;and

（2）theprogramorprojectincludesallpossibleplanningtominimizeharmtothepark,recreationarea,wildlifeandwaterfowlrefuge,orhistoricsiteresultingfromtheuse.

Section4（f）furtherrequiresconsultationwiththeDepartmentoftheInteriorand,asappropriate,theinvolvedofficesoftheDepartmentsofAgricultureandHousingandUrbanDevelopmentindevelopingtransportationprojectsandprogramswhichuselandsprotectedbysection4（f）.

IsAsection4（f）listedintheEISindexwithcorrectpagenumbers?

ProposedAction

AretheproposedprojectandtheprojectpurposeandneedbrieflydescribedwiththecorrespondingEIS/EAtextdiscussionsproperlyreferencedforadditionalinformation?

DescriptionofSection4（f）Property（ies）

Doesthedescriptionofeachsection4（f）resourcewhichwouldbeusedbyanyalternativeincludealloftheapplicableinformationoutlinedinAttachmentA?

ImpactsontheSection4（f）Property（ies）

Doestheimpactevaluationdiscussionaddressthefollowingimpactsoneachsection4（f）propertyforeachalternative?

theamountoflandtobeused?

thefacilities,functions,and/oractivitiesaffected?

accessibility?

visual?

noise?

vegetation?

wildlife?

airquality?

waterquality?

Ifthereisnotanimpactinoneoftheaboveareas,doestheevaluationstatesuchwithadequatesupportiveinformation?

Doestheevaluationincludeanimpactsummarytablewhen:

（1）morethanonesection4（f）propertyisinvolvedand

（2）suchatablewouldbeusefulincomparingthevariousimpactsofthealternatives?

Alternatives

Doesthesection4（f）evaluationofalternativesidentifyandsummarizethealternativesaddressedintheEIS/EAandincludespecificreferencestothosediscussions?

DetaileddiscussionsofalternativesinanEIS/EAdonotneedtoberepeatedinthesection4（f）portionofthedocumentiftheyareidentifiedandsummarizedwithspecificreferencestotheEIS/EAdiscussionsofalternatives.

Doboththesection4（f）evaluationandtheEIS/EAdiscussionofalternativesincludethesamelocationalternatives?

Arelocationalternativesandsite-specificdesignvariationswhichavoidsection4（f）property（ies）identifiedandevaluated?

Doesthesection4（f）evaluationofalternatives

includeatleastonebuildalternativewhichavoidseachandallsection4（f）resources

or

explainwhytherearenotanysuchavoidancealternativeswithadequatesupportiveinformation?

MeasurestoMinimizeHarm

Areallpossiblemeasureswhichareavailabletominimizetheimpactstothesection4（f）property（ies）discussed?

DetaileddiscussionsofmitigationmeasuresintheEIS/EAmaybereferencedandappropriatelysummarizedratherthanrepeated.

Ifthesection4（f）propertyincludeslandsorfacilitiesdevelopedundersection6（f）oftheLandandWaterConservationFundAct,doesthemitigationdiscussionaddressthesection6（f）requirements?

SeeAttachmentC.

OtherPark,RecreationalFacilities,WildlifeRefuges,andHistoricPropertiesEvaluatedRelativetotheRequirementsofSection4（f）

Thissectionevaluatesotherpark,recreationalfacilities,wildliferefuges,andhistoricsitesintheprojectvicinitythatdonotinvolveasection4（f）use.

ItneedstoincludetheinformationoutlinedinAttachmentB.Thisdiscussionisnecessarytoexplainwhysomeresourcesorfacilitiesarenotprotectedbyprovisionsofsection4（f）andtodocumentthatanyproximityimpactstosection4（f）resourcesdonotresultinaconstructiveuse.

Coordination

Doesthesummarydiscussionofpreliminarycoordinationwiththepublicofficialhavingjurisdictionoverthesection4（f）resourceaddressthefollowing:

avoidancealternatives,

impactstotheproperty,

measurestominimizeharm,and

wherenecessary,thesignificanceandprimaryuseoftheproperty?

Ifsection6（f）landsareinvolved,doesthesummarydiscussionincludepreliminarycoordinationwiththeNationalParkServiceRegionOffice?

FinalSection4（f）Evaluation

Istheinformationcontainedinthedraftsection4（f）evaluationincludedinthefinalevaluationwithappropriaterevisionstoreflectcommentsreceivedonthedraftdocumentandanychangedconditions,newinformation,orprojectrefinements?

Doesthefinalevaluationprovidethebasisforconcludingthattherearenofeasibleandprudentalternativestotheuseofsection4（f）land（s）?

Thesupportinginformationmustdemonstratethatthereareuniqueproblemsorunusualfactorsinvolvedintheuseofalternativesthatavoidthesepropertiesorthatthecost,social,economic,andenvironmentalimpacts,orcommunitydisruptionresultingfromsuchalternativesreachextraordinarymagnitudes2CFR'771.15（a）

（2）.

Doesthefinalevaluationprovidethebasisforconcludingthatthepreferredalternativeincludesallpossibleplanningtominimizeharmtothesection4（f）property（ies）?

Doesthefinalevaluationdemonstratethatthepreferredalternativeisthefeasibleandprudentalternativewiththeleastharmonthesection4（f）resourcesafterconsideringmitigation?

DoestheACoordinationSection@summarizetheformalsection4（f）coordinationwiththeDepartmentoftheInteriorand,asappropriate,theinvolvedofficesoftheDepartmentsofAgriculture（usuallytheForestService）andHousingandUrbanDevelopment?

Arecopiesofthesection4（f）commentsincludedinthefinalevaluation,orifcontainedintheDraftEISCommentandResponseSection,aretheyaccuratelyreferenced?

Haveeachofthesection4（f）commentsreceivedafullandadequateresponse?

Wherenewalternativesormodificationstoexistingalternativesareidentifiedandwillnotbegivenfurtherconsideration,thebasisfordismissingthealternatives/modificationsneedstobeprovidedandsupportedbyfactualinformation.

Wheresection6（f）landisinvolved,istheNationalParkService'spositiononthelandtransfersummarizedinthetextanddocumentedwithacopyofanNPSletter?

Doesthefinalsection4（f）evaluationconcludewiththefollowingstatement?

Basedupontheaboveconsiderations,thereisnofeasibleandprudentalternativetotheuseoflandfromthe[name（s）ofthesection4（f）property（ies）]andtheproposedactionincludesallpossibleplanningtominimizeharmtothe[names（s）ofthesection4（f）property（ies）]resultingfromsuchuse.

EIS/EA'sWithoutaSection4（f）Use

AllEIS's（andEA'sonlyifappropriate）needtoincludeasubsection/subchapterwithintheEnvironmentalConsequencessection/chapterentitled:

Park,RecreationalFacilities,WildlifeRefuges,andHistoricProperties

EvaluatedRelativetotheRequirementsofSection4（f）

thataddressestheinformationoutlinedinAttachmentB.

Thisdiscussionisnecessarytoexplainwhysomeresourcesorfacilitiesarenotprotectedbyprovisionsofsection4（f）andtodocumentthatanyproximityimpactstosection4（f）resourcesdonotresultinaconstructiveuse.

AttachmentA

DescriptionofSection4（f）Property（ies）

Adetailedmapordrawingofsufficientscaletoidentifytherelationshipofthealternativestothesection4（f）property.

Sizeofthesection4（f）property（hectaresorsquaremeters（withacresorsquarefeetfollowingparenthesis））.

Locationofthesection4（f）property（mapsorotherexhibitssuchasphotographsand/orsketches）.

Ownership（e.g.,private,city,county,State,Federalagency）.

Typeofsection4（f）property（e.g.,park,recreation,historic）.

Availableactivitiesorfunctionoftheproperty（e.g.,ballpla