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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 m ...[click for more] | |
| 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 Interstate 69 (I-69) project exemplifies the potential of GIS to perform sophisticated analyses. Developed by EPA, the GISST is a system that imposes a scoring structure on GIS coverages to inform decisionmaking and prioritize environmental protection. The system has many applications, however TxDOT is using the GISST as a screening tool for environmental assessment. TxDOT uses the system to identify priority areas and to inform TxDOT decisions about where to concentrate resources for further studies. The GISST has been designed to better understand the potential significance of single and cumulative impacts and to facilitate communication of technical and regulatory data with industry, the public, and other stakeholders. By explicitly establishing a clear rating system for environmental resources, the GISST makes the NEPA process more objective. This is largely because of the way GISST helps to pinpoint critical areas through its screening capabilities. The relatively quick and easy screening process offered through GISST points out 'red flags' to prioritize the areas where additional information and analysis is needed. | |
| 3 | Practice: | Regional Ecological Assessment Protocol (REAP) |
| 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: | The REAP is a planning and screening-level assessment tool that uses GIS and electronic data to identify ecologically important resources throughout the South Central US. The results of the REAP can b ...[click for more] | |
| Related Documentation: | https://www.epa.gov/nscep | |
| 4 | Practice: | State Planning Map |
| Subject Area: | Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Texas Department of Transportation | |
| Contact: | Michael Chamberlain | |
| Title: | GIS Manager | |
| Email: | mchamb1@dot.state.tx.us | |
| Phone: | 512-486-5086 | |
| Description: | The Transportation Planning and Programming Division of TxDOT developed a web-based map similar in function to Google Maps and Microsoft's Virtual Earth to display planning-related data. Users can pan ...[click for more] | |
| Related Documentation: | https://www.txdot.gov/apps/statewide_mapping/StatewidePlanningMap.html | |
| 5 | Practice: | TxDOT's archeological Mapping Process and Historic Sites Atlas |
| Subject Areas: | Asset Management Environment | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Texas Department of Transportation | |
| Contact: | Lorie Ledesma-Ramirez | |
| Title: | Environmental Information Resources Branch Lead | |
| Phone: | (512) 416-2541 | |
| Description: | In March 2001, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) finalized its Potential Archeological Liability Map (PALM) GIS database for the Houston area. Begun in 1998, the Houston-PALM is a plannin ...[click for more] | |
| Related Documentation: | https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/ | |
| 6 | Practice: | TxDOT's Environmental GIS Database |
| Subject Areas: | Environment Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Texas Department of Transportation | |
| Contact: | Lorie Ledesma-Ramirez | |
| Title: | Environmental Information Resources Branch Lead | |
| Phone: | (512) 416-2541 | |
| Description: | In February 2001, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Environmental Affairs Division began the project planning process to design and implement a spatial data server that would facilitate t ...[click for more] | |
| 7 | Practice: | TxDOT's Environmental Tracking and Management System |
| Subject Areas: | Environment Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Texas Department of Transportation | |
| Contact: | Lorie Ledesma-Ramirez | |
| Title: | Environmental Information Resources Branch Lead | |
| Phone: | (512) 416-2541 | |
| Description: | In August 2001, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) completed its paperless pilot in select TxDOT districts. The pilot tested a new procedure that allows TxDOT districts to electronically s ...[click for more] | |
| Related Documentation: | https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/env_topics/ecosystems/scanrpt/intro.aspx | |
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