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DOT/FHWA RIN: 2125-AD78 Publication ID: Fall 2000 
Title: Mitigation of Impacts to Wetlands 
Abstract: The FHWA is further supplementing its June 17, 1996, notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), Mitigation of Impacts to Wetlands, and June 18, 1997, supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) on the same subject. The recently enacted Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) (Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 107) added the term "natural habitat" to those provisions of title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), making wetlands mitigation banking efforts eligible for National Highway System (NHS) and Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds. This second SNPRM would update the FHWA's wetlands regulation to make it consistent with the authority established in TEA-21 by including mitigation of impacts to natural habitat, as well as wetlands within the scope of the regulation, specifying that it applies to all projects funded pursuant to the provisions of title 23, U.S.C. This SNPRM would also include a provision requiring that existing mitigation banks be used to provide mitigation for these highway impacts to wetlands and natural habitat when they are available and practicable. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 23 CFR 777    49 CFR 1.48(b)   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 4321    23 USC 109(h)    23 USC 138    23 USC 315(i)    23 USC 133(b)    EO 11990   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/17/1996  61 FR 30553   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/16/1996    
SNPRM  06/18/1997  62 FR 33047   
SNPRM Comment Period End  08/18/1997    
Second SNPRM  04/07/1999  64 FR 16870   
SNPRM Comment Period End  06/07/1999    
Final Action  10/00/2000    
Additional Information: Additional authority DOT Order 5660.1A
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Paul Garrett
Water and Ecosystems Team
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:303 969-5772
Email: paul.garrett@fhwa.dot.gov