Legal Handbook for the New Starts Process (2010) / Chapter Skim
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12 Not all projects that receive a good summary rating are necessarily eligible to be approved for funding and an FFGA. In fact, only a few are proposed for an FFGA in a given fiscal year.
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13 in the planning and project development process for a New Starts project is Alternatives Analysis. It is the only part of the process that does not require FTA approval to begin.
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14 (i) Initiation of the Study. -- The study is initiated after Systems Planning, during which travel patterns are reviewed and transportation corridors in need of improvements are identified.
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15 erative, and comprehensive."81 MPOs often have additional responsibilities under state law. Planning literature identifies five core functions of an MPO:82 Establish a setting.
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16 federal law. If other federal laws do not specify a statute of limitations, a 6-year claims period applies.
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17 detailed analysis in an EIS of any action located within a floodplain. If a locally preferred alternative is to be in a floodplain, FTA must find that it is the only practicable alternative and must document actions to avoid or reduce adverse impacts on the floodplain.
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18 access to services are some of the elements to be considered here. Land Use and Development. -- A part of the statutory justification for a New Starts project is that the "Secretary shall -- (A)
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