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| 1 | Practice: | Geographic Information System Screening Tool (GISST) |
| Subject Areas: | Environment Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 | |
| Contact: | Sharon L. Osowski, Ph.D. | |
| Title: | Ecologist | |
| Email: | Osowski.Sharon@epamail.epa.gov | |
| Phone: | 214-665-7506 | |
| Description: | EPA Region 6 developed the GISST, which is a GIS-driven environmental assessment and data management tool for environmental streamlining that is shared with TxDOT. GISST uses ArcGIS to identify and map environmental concerns and to screen potential projects. It uses over 100 different types of environmental resource criteria. Activities are underway to expand the GISST to better support NEPA transportation needs - from planning and scoping phases to Final EIS and Record of Decision. EPA Region 6 has found the GISST to be an excellent tool for decreasing NEPA review time, while compensating for staffing limitations. For example, by using GISST, TxDOT was able to reduce their fieldwork on the Interstate 69 project, which saved time and costs associated with fieldwork. | |
| Related Documentation: | https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/E8ED5C383F8F128B852570E00077475A/$File/gisst_rev_panel_charge_11-10_05.pdf | |
| 2 | Practice: | GIS Screening Tool |
| Subject Areas: | Environment Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Federal Highway Administration TX Division | |
| Contact: | Tom Bruechert | |
| Title: | Environmental Team Leader | |
| Email: | michael.leary@fhwa.dot.gov | |
| Phone: | 512-536-5948 | |
| Description: | The partnership formed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 to apply the GIS Screening Tool (GISST) to the NEPA process on the Inter ...[click for more] | |
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